US denies involvement in Israeli strike on Beirut - Axios

US President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have "no choice" but to accept an agreement with Iran, according to the Financial Times.

The comments follow reports that Trump has urged the Israeli premier not to retaliate after Iran's latest missile attack, underscoring Washington's determination to prevent further escalation while negotiations continue.

According to the report, asked what he would do if a potential deal with Iran failed "on its merits," President Donald Trump said he would consider a commando raid on Iran.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel faces a test of whether it is “a sovereign state capable of defending itself,” urging a forceful response.

“Containment or a symbolic response will signal to our enemies that the blood of our citizens is permitted,” Bennett said, adding that Israel must act “with strength and effectiveness.”

He said all Israelis stand together on the issue.

The Israeli military said Iran is attempting to establish a new deterrence equation by launching direct attacks on Israeli territory in response to Israeli operations in Beirut's southern suburbs.

In a statement posted on X, the military said Tehran was seeking to impose "new rules" linking Israeli strikes in Lebanon to attacks on Israel.

"We will not allow this," the statement said.

It added that Israeli forces were operating forcefully on both offense and defense, while air defense systems remained deployed across the country.

“The Iranian strikes didn’t hurt anybody. Hopefully Israel is not going to retaliate. If Bibi strikes them back it’s just gonna keep going like the last 47 years, or the last 3000 years,” President Donald Trump told Axios.

"I’m 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.”

"We are very close to a final deal with Iran. It is going to be a good deal. I don’t want it to blow up because of what is happening now,” he was quoted as saying.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted Israel's Ramat David air base with ballistic missiles fired by the IRGC Aerospace Force.

The IRGC said the attack was a warning and that, if aggression is repeated, Iran's responses would be broader and include all US-Israeli targets in the region.

The IRGC added that Iran's acceptance of a ceasefire had been conditional on fire ending on all fronts, but that the United States and Israel had not adhered to their commitments.