Iran called on U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to force Israel to cease fire as the only way to end the four-day-old aerial war, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country was on the "path to victory".

US President Donald Trump has asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza and stop talk of a potential military strike on Iran.

(CNN) – A source said President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza and stop talk of an attack on Iran. The two leaders spoke on the phone Monday, with Trump saying the call went “very well.”

Donald Trump declared that, “for the first time in a thousand years, the world will look at this region not as a place of turmoil and strife, and war and death, but as a land of opportunity and hope.”

US President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Benjamin to end the war in Gaza and to remove the option of striking Iran, N12 reported on Tuesday. N12 attributed these quotes to the conversation that took place between Trump and Netanyahu on Monday.

Calls for Israel to change course come as Washington seeks a nuclear agreement with Iran and engages in indirect negotiations with Hamas over a ceasefire in Gaza

Ori Goldberg: Yes, international pressure, especially from G7 nations, could be a solution. Neither Iran nor Israel can truly “win” this war. Israel has no clear endgame; Iran may only manage a war of attrition. The only viable path is diplomatic mediation—perhaps reviving the nuclear deal talks.

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