Netanyahu and Trump hold phone call, discuss Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump held a phone call on Monday in which they discussed the Iran nuclear dossier, Israeli and US media outlets reported.

The conversation lasted around 40 minutes, Israel's Channel 12 and the Times of Israel reported, and is due to be followed by a meeting of the Israeli security cabinet on Iran.

It comes as Washington is hoping to clinch a Gaza ceasefire deal and hostage release as well as an Iran nuclear deal.