A senior administration official said that the relationship between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become increasingly strained in recent months. A number of US officials said that Netanyahu encouraged Trump to use force against Tehran, but since then he has continuously blocked Trump's efforts to end the war, including attacking Hezbollah's goals in Lebanon when Trump explicitly prohibited it. Trump said he did not believe reports that Egypt and the UAE issued an early warning to Netanyahu before the October 7 attack, but Israel will hold a general election in late October. This is the first general election after the most serious security incident in the country's history, and Trump has not expressed support for Netanyahu's re-election. When asked if he would work better with Netanyahu's main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, the former military chief of general staff, Trump reserved the possibility: “To put it bluntly, I've heard nothing bad about him.”

A senior administration official said that the relationship between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has become increasingly strained in recent months. A number of US officials said that Netanyahu encouraged Trump to use force against Tehran, but since then he has continuously blocked Trump's efforts to end the war, including attacking Hezbollah's goals in Lebanon under Trump's explicit prohibition. Trump said he did not believe reports that Egypt and the UAE issued an early warning to Netanyahu before the October 7 attack, but Israel will hold a general election in late October. This is the first general election after the most serious security incident in the country's history, and Trump has not expressed support for Netanyahu's re-election. When asked if he would work better with Netanyahu's main rival, Gadi Eisenkot, the former military chief of general staff, Trump reserved the possibility: “To put it bluntly, I've heard nothing bad about him.”