Israel Strikes Iran After Trump Urges Netanyahu Not to Retaliate Over Iran’s Missile Attack

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said early June 8 that its forces have struck Iranian military targets in “western and central Iran.”
The strikes came just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate against Iran after its regime fired a barrage of missiles at Israel late on June 7.
“I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate. Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one,” Trump told Axios.
“We are very close to a final deal with Iran,” the president said. “It is going to be a good deal. I don’t want it to blow up because of what is happening now.”…