US President Donald Trump has refused to support Israel in a potential attack on nuclear facilities in Iran, the New York Times reported, citing unnamed US government officials. Instead, Trump advocated for negotiations with Tehran,

Netanyahu reportedly pushed for an attack on Iran as early as May, which would see the two allies launch an extensive bombing campaign.

Israel’s defense minister says its troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, after Israel unilaterally expanded its frontiers in the war unleashed by Hamas’ Oct.

Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zones they have created in Gaza even after any end to the war with Hamas, Israel’s defence minister said on Wednesday, in remarks that could complicate efforts to revive a truce in the enclave.