Trump and Netanyahu spoke after US strikes on Iran: AFP
President Donald Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the U.S. military launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, a senior White House official said Saturday.
The United States also "gave Israel a heads-up before the strikes," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity, as Washington joined Israel's air campaign against Iran.
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