President Trump said he would decide within two weeks whether the United States would intervene militarily in the war against Iran, according to the White House press secretary.
An Iranian missile struck a large hospital in southern Israel on Thursday, causing widespread damage and injuring several patients, as President Trump said he would decide “within the next two weeks” whether to join Israel’s bombing campaign against Iran to stop its nuclear program.
“Based on the fact that there’s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,” Mr. Trump said in a statement read aloud by the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, in a news conference.
The apparent pivot from Mr. Trump bought the American president time and space for further diplomacy to confront the war that has been raging since Friday, when Israel launched waves of strikes on Iran, including the capital, Tehran. Iran soon retaliated with missile and drone attacks on major Israeli cities, like Tel Aviv.
Mr. Trump’s comments also came as European officials planned to host a meeting with Iranian officials on Friday in Geneva in an effort to de-escalate the conflict. Israeli and American officials were not expected to take part, leaving the Europeans under no illusions that the gathering would have an immediate effect on the war.
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