US President Donald Trump allegedly told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel should remove IDF troops from Syria and Lebanon during a phone call on Thursday, according to a Tuesday Axios report citing US and Israeli officials.
One US official told Axios that Trump claimed that the presence of Israeli military personnel in Syrian territory could create tension and may lead to escalation.
“They don’t want you there. You should redeploy,” Trump allegedly told Netanyahu, according to the official.
IDF sources told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday evening that the report took them by surprise and they were unfamiliar with the reported phone call.
The sources stated that there has been no change on the ground and that there were no indications that the situation would change imminently.
This is a developing story.