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Trump: The agreement in the Middle East is close. We have two or three days to go

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that The negotiatorshave reached the final stages of the talks in an effort to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East, after Tehran and the occupying state announced the cessation of mutual attacks that raised fears of a renewed conflict on a large scale.

Trump has previously spoken repeatedly about the imminent signing of a memorandum of understanding with Iran, without diplomatic efforts resulting in any agreement so far that would put a final end to the war that began more than 100 days ago with an American-Israeli attack. The Republic Islamic State.

Trump said after attending a match in the American Basketball League final in New York "We are in the final stages of reaching an agreement that would be very good"

He added, in response to a question, that reaching an agreement "It will take two or three days".

Stopping the war in Lebanon

Iran insists that stopping the war in Lebanon between the occupying state and Hezbollah be part of the understanding with Washington, while the Hebrew state wants to separate the two tracks, and insists on continuing its military operations against the party.

Iran fired missiles into the occupied territories in response to Israel’s bombing of the southern suburb of Beirut, the party’s stronghold, on Sunday. In response, Israel launched attacks on Iran despite American pressure to calm down.

After that, Iran launched another missile salvo before announcing the cessation of military operations. Hours later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced "Contain the fire" On the Iranian front.

Iran threatened that it would attack Israel again if it continued its strikes in Lebanon, while Israel vowed a strong response if Iran attacked it again.

Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz pledged to continue the military campaign against Hezbollah, and on Monday he ignored the Iranian warning, stressing that the army would strike the southern suburbs in response to any attack on northern Israel.

Trump urged Israel and Iran to cease the exchange of fire, in light of Reports indicated increasing disagreements between him and the Israeli Prime Minister.

But Netanyahu said in a televised speech that he informed Trump that "Israel has the full right to defend itself, and we exercise this right whenever necessary"adding "If Iran makes the mistake of resuming attacks on us, we will respond with full force".

The site was mentioned "Axios" That Israel was about to carry out major strikes, before Trump called Netanyahu and asked him to calm down. The website quoted Trump as saying: "I told him, you have to be careful, otherwise you will find yourself alone"

US Vice President J.D. Vance told Fox News on Monday that despite the common interests between the United States and Israel, their positions do not always coincide.

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