Iran and the United States kept up their communication over the weekend, NBC news reported on Saturday citing a US official, but it was not clear if the contact amounted to negotiations.
Israeli officials have told the United States they may not wait until the end of Donald Trump's two-week deadline to strike Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility and could act alone, Reuters reported Saturday, citing two sources familiar with what they described as a tense phone call.
“The Israeli officials said they do not want to wait the two weeks that US President Donald Trump presented on Thursday as a deadline for deciding whether the US will get involved in the Israel-Iran war," the report said citing the sources.
During the tense conversation with US officials on Thursday, Israeli leaders—Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, and military chief Eyal Zamir—expressed frustration with Washington’s timeline, insisting they face a narrowing window to hit Iran’s fortified Fordow site.
Only the US has weapons capable of penetrating the mountain-buried facility, the sources said.
