India, June 8 -- Donald Trump said on Sunday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have no choice but to accept any deal the US negotiates with Iran because, according to him, the US President "calls the shots".

Hours after Trump said so in an interview, Israel launched attacks on Iran, saying in a statement on X that its Air Force struck "military targets" in western and central parts of the Islamic Republic.

"He won't have any choice. He [Netanyahu] doesn't call the shots. I call the shots. I call all the shots," Trump told the Financial Times in a telephone interview.

Trump spoke shortly after Iran launched a salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel over its attacks in Lebanon in the most serious breach of the ceasefire t...