- US President Trump briefed Netanyahu on US operations in the Gulf region
- Netanyahu expressed concerns about Turkey's statements against Israel's existence
- Turkey's Erdogan denied Israel's claims about F-35 sales disrupting power balance
US President Donald Trump briefed Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday about US operations in the Gulf, the Israeli Prime Minister's office said, said, after Iran reported fresh American strikes.
"As part of the continuous contact" between the two, "President Trump updated the Prime Minister on American moves in the Gulf," Netanyahu's office said in a message on X.
A US official confirmed the call occurred without providing further details Thursday.
The Israeli leader also voiced concern to the White House about Turkey, accusing "Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his people" of making statements "against the existence of the State of Israel, as well as the need for security zones along Israel's borders," according to the post on X.
Erdogan on Tuesday rejected as "disinformation" Israel's claim that the sale to Ankara of US F-35 fighter jets and components would upset the regional power balance.
On Monday, Netanyahu urged the United States not to sell the jets to NATO ally Turkey.
Tensions have mounted between Trump and Netanyahu over the handling of the war with Iran, which has costed the US president politically with prices of oil and consumer goods surging during the conflict.
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, based on anonymous sources, that Israel also told the US that their intelligence had detected a new Iranian plot to kill Trump.
Iran has openly vowed to retaliate against Trump since his first term, when the US assassinated Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Qassem Suleimani.
Tehran's calls for retaliation have only sharpened since the US-Israel joint attacks that began on February 28, killing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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