US president says the surprise Israeli assault that killed Iranian generals and scientists was a ‘great day for Israel’.Published On 6 Nov 20256 Nov 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareUnited States President Donald Trump has claimed responsibility for Israel’s initial attack on Iran, contradicting previous US assertions that the Israeli government acted unilaterally.“Israel attacked first. That attack was very, very powerful. I was very much in charge of that,” Trump told reporters on Thursday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“When Israel attacked Iran first, that was a great day for Israel because that attack did more damage than the rest of them put together.”His comments came as he called on Republicans to revoke the filibuster to pass laws in the Senate with a simple majority. He argued that his party should move on the Senate rule first in the same way that Israel launched the war against Iran.Israel launched a devastating assault against Iran without direct provocation on June 13, killing several top generals and nuclear scientists as well as many civilians.Iran responded with hundreds of missiles against Israel.The US subsequently joined the Israeli war effort by bombing Iran’s three major nuclear facilities.But in the early hours of the war, Washington stressed that Israel acted on its own and warned Tehran against retaliating against US troops and interests in the region.“Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at that time.A ceasefire was reached after Iran launched a missile attack against a US air base in Qatar. Advertisement Since then, Trump has been increasingly taking credit for the outcome of the war, repeatedly claiming that the US “totally obliterated” the Iranian nuclear programme.But on Thursday, the US president suggested he had initiated the war from the start.For its part, Tehran has not provided a public assessment …
