The fighting is interconnected. Hezbollah's persistent firing of missiles and drones from southern Lebanon into northern Israel prompted the Israeli military to target Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut. Tehran then claimed it was justified in firing on Israel itself.

President Trump is eager to keep negotiations going and told Fox News, "What I would suggest to Iran: you've shot your missiles, that's enough. Get back to the table and make a deal."

He reportedly spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the phone, asking him not to respond to the Iranian attack, later posting, "Israel and Iran must immediately stop 'shooting.'"

He also told The Financial Times, "The attacks on Israel have not changed my desire to complete the negotiations with Iran...we're gonna make a great deal."

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee posted on X, "Missile alerts sounded at 6 a.m. in Jerusalem. They were intercepted, thank God! Iran & its proxy agents of evil want to incinerate America and Israel. Mothership of satan is Tehran.

Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter wrote, "Iran fired 11 ballistic missiles at Israel today. Each one of those missiles can level an entire neighborhood and kill hundreds. No self-respecting country in the world would tolerate such an attack, and neither will Israel."

Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin announced that the IDF completed a large-scale strike on Iran's strategic air defense systems.

"A short while ago, the Iranian terrorist regime launched missiles toward the territory of the State of Israel. We were prepared for this. The IDF is strongly prepared in defense and strong in offense. The air defense systems are deployed throughout the country," Defrin said.

Trump cautioned that if a deal doesn't work, it leaves the US with two options: military action against Iran's remaining nuclear infrastructure or continued economic pressure.

Democratic Senator Mark Warner (D-Virginia) criticized the president on Fox News Sunday, charging, "I unfortunately believe that President Trump's war of choice may go down as his biggest folly because while there has been some incremental progress, we don't have regime change; the new crowd is worse than the prior supreme leader. We know we don't have the enriched uranium, and it will be extraordinarily difficult to get it out."

Last Friday, Trump told NBC News, "It takes years to do these things; these people have been fighting for 47 years... I'm moving very fast. I'm into three months. You know Vietnam lasted 19 years. I'm into my third month."?? Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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