Israel-Iran latest: Trump to decide on US action over conflict within two weeks, White House says
US president Donald Trump has said he will make a decision on whether to strike Iranian nuclear facilities within the next two weeks.
Mr Trump said he would make the call on whether to order US warplanes to strike Iranian nuclear sites depending on whether Tehran engages in talks over ending its nuclear weapons programme.
“Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,” he said.
It comes after Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz vowed that Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei “cannot continue to exist” said after the latest wave of Iranian missiles struck an Israeli hospital.
Mr Katz said the military “has been instructed and knows that in order to achieve all of its goals, this man absolutely should not continue to exist”.
US officials said this week that Mr Trump had vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Mr Khamenei.
