Netanyahu says he spoke with Trump on Iran

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he spoke with US President Donald Trump on Monday about Iran, according to a breaking-news post on Telegram by Al Jazeera Arabic published on 20 October 2026.

According to the post, Netanyahu said the two leaders discussed the importance of eliminating the Iranian regime. The post is a short summary in Arabic. It does not include a full transcript of the remarks, the wording used by either leader, or any direct quotation from Netanyahu.

The post does not say where the call took place or how long it lasted. It does not say whether the two leaders reached any agreement or whether any further steps were discussed. The source material contains no response from the White House, the Israeli government or Iranian officials.

This report relies on one source, a social media post that has not been independently verified. No news outlet or official statement in the source material confirms the call or the content of the discussion. The Telegram post is attributed to Al Jazeera Arabic, but the source material does not include the full report from which it was taken.

Background

The source material gives no background on the current state of relations between Israel, the United States and Iran, and does not describe any recent events that led to the call. Netanyahu's remark about eliminating the Iranian regime is reported here as stated in the post only. Its meaning and any policy implications cannot be confirmed from the material available.

Israel and Iran have long been in dispute over Iran's nuclear programme and its support for armed groups in the region. The source material does not provide details of these issues for the period covered by this report, and this background is general context rather than information drawn from the source.

Further details, including the exact date of the call, its duration and any official readout from either government, have not been published in the material reviewed for this report.