WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Friday amid escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, a White House official said.

U.S. President Donald Trump planned to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, two White House officials said. The call comes as Trump has been trying to accelerate aid into Gaza and to persuade Iran to give up its nuclear program.

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Trump and Netanyahu are “frenemies,” Rubin said, both protecting their own core national interests and working together when they align. The U.S. did jump and help Israel when Iran launched retaliatory strikes on Friday, indicating the two nations are now coordinating directly in the conflict.

The surprise attack on Iran was part of a highly coordinated plan orchestrated by President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Longest-serving prime minister. Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, a former member of an elite special forces unit responsible for some of Israel’s most daring hostage rescues, has dominated its politics for decades.

President Donald Trump vetoed a plan presented to the U.S. in recent days to kill Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter