India, June 2 -- US President Donald Trump confronted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a heated phone call on Monday over Israel's continuous bombardment in Lebanon, according to Axios, citing US officials and a source briefed on the call.

During the call, Trump referred to Netanyahu as "crazy" and accused him of being ungrateful, the report said.

Summarising his remarks, a US official told Axios: "You're f**king crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your a*s. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."

Earlier the same day, Iran had warned it could pull out of negotiations with the US in response to Israel's actions in Lebanon.

A second source said Trump also shouted at Netanyahu...