Trump Tells Netanyahu Not to Bomb Iran, Then Israel Strikes Anyway (opens in new tab)

The Israeli military bombed Iran on Monday shortly after US President Donald Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to respond to an Iranian missile barrage, which came in retaliation for Israel’s earlier bombing of Beirut. “I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate,” Trump told Axios on Sunday, noting that the Iranian [...]