First since strikes: Trump and Netanyahu hold emergency call on Iran offensive

Jerusalem: The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a photograph on social media Saturday showing the Israeli leader engaged in a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump as their nations carry out a massive joint military offensive against Iran.

In the image, Netanyahu is seen seated at a desk featuring a large regional map and a copy of the book Allies at War by British historian Tim Bouverie. The 2024 work explores the complex and often strained political relationships between the Allied powers during World War II.

While the Prime Minister's office offered no specific details regarding the content of the call, the communication follows earlier statements from both leaders promising to "topple" the Iranian regime.

Netanyahu previously remarked that the joint strikes would "create the conditions for the brave Iranian people to take their fate into their own hands," a sentiment echoed by Trump in his own video address calling for a national insurrection in Iran.

The high-level consultation comes as both countries brace for further retaliation, with Iranian missiles already reported hitting targets across Israel and several U.S. bases in the Gulf.