{"id":664105,"date":"2026-11-02T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/664105\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T01:00:08","slug":"netanyahu-trump-hold-private-phone-call-as-fears-of-renewed-iran-strikes-grow-i24news-learns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/664105\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu, Trump Hold Private Phone Call As Fears Of Renewed Iran Strikes Grow, I24NEWS Learns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump held a &#8220;private&#8221; phone call on Saturday, Israeli officials confirmed to i24NEWS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Although few details of the call have been released, with even Netanyahu&#8217;s closest advisers kept in the dark, senior Israeli security officials were briefed on its contents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">The call comes amid the possibility of renewed strikes against Iran and ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s US midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">In the days leading up to the Israeli election, Netanyahu repeatedly spoke of a heightened state of alert, including the possibility of an Iranian attack and threats from other fronts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">He has remained completely silent on the subject since then, which speaks volumes about the seriousness and sensitivity of the current situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-is=\"component-paragraph\">Meanwhile, diplomatic efforts to reach a deal continue. Israel is placing little hope in these negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Two days until the US midterm elections, can Democrats shift the balance of power in congress?\" class=\"Lazy_poster__hZbms\" data-is=\"lazy-image\" data-observed-item-id=\"https:\/\/i24israel.vod.immergo.tv\/i24israel\/api-uploaded\/WILDMOKA_70542671816.jpg\"\/>Two days until the US midterm elections, can Democrats shift the balance of power in congress?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump held a &#8220;private&#8221; phone call on Saturday, Israeli officials&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-664105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}