New Delhi, July 2 -- WASHINGTON - At some point between the collapse of the ceasefire and the opening of indirect talks in Doha, President Trump sat with his military advisers and reviewed options for resuming what the United States and Israel started in February. The plans were operational, not theoretical. He reviewed them and said no.

The Wall Street Journal reported on July 1 that Trump held multiple conversations with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine, and envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner about abandoning negotiations and resuming large-scale strikes - what some officials described internally as "finishing the job." Trump declined. His reasoning, as relayed to aides, was that another round of...