Tel Aviv, July 23 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday (local time) said that Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords would be a "historic leap" for peace in West Asia, echoing US President Donald Trump's call for Riyadh to normalise ties with Israel.

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office, in a post on X, said that the joint US-Israeli military action against Iran's "terror axis" had created the possibility to expand the circle of peace.

The post said, "The joint American and Israeli military action against the genocidal regime in Tehran and Israel's crushing of Iran's terror axis have created the possibility to expand the circle of peace."

Referring to Trump's remarks, Netanyahu said, "As President DonaldTrump has s...