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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem and Julian Borger in Ramat Gan

Trump sets deadline of two weeks to decide if US will join Israel’s war on Iran

A firefighter on crane douses a smoking building with water
The aftermath of an Iranian missile strike on Soroka hospital in southern Israel. The defence minister, Israel Katz, made his comments on a visit to the site. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters

Donald Trump has set a two-week deadline to decide whether the US will join Israel’s war with Iran, allowing time to seek a negotiated end to the conflict, the White House has said.

The decision to leave a window for diplomacy came after Israel’s defence minister openly embraced regime change in Tehran as a war aim.

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