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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Martin Belam

First Thing: Netanyahu orders Iran strikes despite Trump claiming ‘I call all the shots’

Netanyahu and Trump face each other in front of an Israeli flag.
Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, late last year. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

Good morning. Israel has again attacked Iran, in apparent defiance of the US president, Donald Trump, who had said in an recent interview that “I call all the shots”, not the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

The attack was the first exchange of direct strikes between the two enemies since a ceasefire paused the US-Israel war with Iran in April. Iranian state media reported explosions in Tehran, Isfahan, Karaj and Tabriz. Iran also launched about 10 ballistic missiles at northern Israel, in response to Israel bombing a target in southern Beirut.

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