US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that they were united on issues including trade and Iran. In 2018, Donald Trump withdrew the United States from a landmark nuclear deal signed three years earlier that eased sanctions on Iran in return for curbs on its nuclear program.

The military has successfully held back the Iranian axis from smuggling weapons into the West Bank through the Israeli-Jordanian border that would have flooded the area with high-stakes terrorist threats, IDF Lt.-Col. Aviv Amir, the commander of the Jordan Valley defenses, said on Tuesday at his outgoing ceremony, The Jerusalem Post has learned.