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Israel chose to act now, whether Trump likes it or not 4 hours ago

It has become clear that there has been increasing tension between Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump regarding the possibility of Israel launching an attack against Iran.

Trump has been telling the Israeli leader that he does not want him to do this now and to wait, while the U.S. administration continues nuclear negotiations with the Iranians.

But the Israelis clearly thought they had their chance to act.

They believe that the Iranians are as weakened as they will be in the region after last year's degradation of Hezbollah in Lebanon - which took away a major deterrent from Israel.

Netanyahu felt that now was the time, even if the Americans do not like it.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a brief statement shortly after the news of the military attacks broke, distancing the United States from what he called his close ally's "unilateral action."

"We are not involved in attacks against Iran and our top priority is to protect U.S. forces in the region," he said.