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As tensions continued to escalate in Middle East, United States President Donald Trump said that Israel and Iran should be making a peace deal soon and bring their deadly exchange of strikes to an end.
While claiming that peace will prevail in Middle East soon, the United States president claimed that the peace deal will happen like the time had had helped India and Pakistan.
"Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got India and Pakistan to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP!" said Trump in a post on Truth social media platform.
Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, killing scores.
"Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal," Trump said on Truth Social, adding that "we will have PEACE, soon".
India-Pakistan tensionsTrump, who portrays himself as a peacemaker and has drawn criticism from his political base for not being able to prevent the Israel-Iran conflict, cited other disputes that he took responsibility for solving, including between India and Pakistan, and lamented not getting more praise for doing so.
"I do a lot, and never get credit for anything, but that’s OK, the PEOPLE understand. MAKE THE MIDDLE EAST GREAT AGAIN!" he wrote.
While Trump has claimed that he has brokered peace between India and Pakistan on several occasions, New Delhi has vehemently denied the role of a third party in the ceasefire. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has rejected Trump's claim that he helped broker the ceasefire in exchange for trade concessions, stating unequivocally that the "issue of trade did not come up" in any discussions with Washington in the midst of the latest India-Pakistan conflict.
Tensions in Middle East heat upIsrael unleashed a punishing barrage of strikes targeting the capital Tehran on Sunday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to make Iran pay "a very heavy price" for killing civilians, on the third day of fierce fighting.
With no let-up in sight, Iran said it would begin opening mosques, metro stations and schools to serve as makeshift bomb shelters for civilians, as Israel kept up its withering blows.
After decades of enmity and war by proxy, the latest conflict marked the first time the arch-enemies have traded fire with such intensity, triggering fears of a prolonged conflict that could engulf the entire Middle East.
As Israel continued to target sites across the Islamic republic, Iran launched a new barrage of missiles aimed at Israel on Sunday afternoon, setting off air raid sirens in Jerusalem and elsewhere.
