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Sunday, June 7, 2026
Trump: I’m calling Netanyahu ‘right now… to tell him not to retaliate’ for Iran’s missile attacks
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US President Donald Trump says he is going to call Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “right now” to tell him not to hit back at Iran following tonight’s missile attacks from Tehran on northern Israel.
Speaking to Channel 12’s Barak Ravid, Trump says: “The Iranian strikes didn’t hurt anybody. Hopefully, Israel is not going to retaliate. If Bibi strikes them back, it’s just gonna keep going like the last 47 years, or the last 3,000 years.”
Trump adds: “We are very close to a final deal with Iran. It is going to be a good deal. I don’t want it to blow up because of what is happening now.”
“I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate,” Trump adds. “Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one.”
“I don’t want to see an additional attack tonight,” Trump reportedly adds.
Ravid suggests that “it’s not clear” that the US would support Israel if it decides to attack Iran. Decision-makers will need to think twice before doing so, Ravid adds, noting that a senior US official has told him that “we’re not part of this” — in apparent reference to a new escalation.
Channel 12 notes that Israeli officials said earlier tonight they were indeed planning a “forceful response.”
The Times of Israel Community.