Donald Trump was accused of having 'lost control of the war in Iran' on Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorised strikes in response to Iranian ballistic missiles, apparently defying Trump's public insistence that Israel should hold fire.
Tensions between Iran, Israel and the United States have been building for months. The US and Israel carried out joint strikes on several key Iranian sites in February, prompting Iran to retaliate by hitting targets across the region and closing the Strait of Hormuz. A ceasefire was agreed in April, but it has remained fragile, with no long-term peace deal in place and each side testing how far it can push without triggering a wider regional conflict.
