US President Donald Trump speaks to media ahead of boarding Marine One to depart to attend the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington D.C., US, June 24, 2025. Photo: VCG

Donald Trump has called Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and asked him not to attack Iran, an Axios reporter said in a X post, citing an Israeli official, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday. Trump also said that Russian president Vladimir Putin had called him and offered to help with Iran, Reuters reported.

Netanyahu reportedly told Trump that he was unable to cancel the attack and that it was needed because Iran violated the ceasefire, the Axios reporter said. The attack would be significantly scaled back and would not hit a large number of targets but only strike one target, according to the report.

Trump said both Israel and Iran violated a ceasefire he announced hours earlier and he was not happy with either country but especially Israel. He also said lran's nuclear capabilities are gone, Reuters reported the same day.

Trump issued a strongly worded warning to Israel against launching another attack on Iran, after Israel's defense ministry announced plans for "intense strikes" in response to an alleged Iranian ceasefire violation.

Earlier, Israel agreed to Trump's proposal for a ceasefire with Iran after it achieved its goal of removing Tehran's nuclear and ballistic missile threat, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement on Tuesday, according to the Reuters.

However, shortly after Israel said it had agreed to a bilateral ceasefire with Iran, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it has detected a new launch of ballistic missiles from Iran, The Times of Israel reported. 

In response, Israeli defense minister Israel Katz said he has ordered the country's military to respond forcefully to what he said was Iran's violation of a ceasefire with Israel, according to the Guardian.

Iran on Tuesday denied it launched missiles at Israel in the "last few hours", after Israel accused it of doing so following US president Donald Trump's announcement of a ceasefire, AFP reported. Iran's Supreme National Security Council has warned its armed forces are prepared to "decisively respond" to any renewed attacks, per an Al Jazeera report.

Global Times