The Prime Minister demands that Trump not cease fire with Iran and will continue to "eliminate" high-ranking Iranian officials.

According to an Israeli media report on the 6th, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on the 5th, asking the U.S. not to agree to a ceasefire with Iran during the current phase of the war. The report cited a statement from an Israeli official as saying that during the call, Netanyahu expressed “concerns about the possibility that the U.S. might reach a ceasefire agreement with Iran, and even pointed out the risks of doing so.” The report said that Trump told Netanyahu during the call that if Iran agreed to the demands made by the U.S., a ceasefire could be achieved; he would not drop the demand that Iran hand over all enriched uranium, and he would not allow Iran to resume uranium enrichment activities. Also, according to Israeli media, Netanyahu said at a cabinet meeting on the 5th that even if the U.S. reached a ceasefire agreement with Iran, it would not require Israel to stop its military actions against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu issued a video statement on the 6th confirming that he spoke by phone with Trump on the 5th. Netanyahu said that Israel had destroyed Iran’s largest petrochemical plant, “systematically dismantling Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ money-making machine.” Israel will also continue to “purge” Iran’s senior officials. (Xinhua)