Leaders meet for first time in weeks as US administration seeks to weigh in on Israel’s plans

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Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu spoke for the first time in weeks on Wednesday, amid expectations of an imminent Israeli strike on Iran, which Yoav Gallant warned would be “deadly, precise and surprising”.

Netanyahu’s defence minister issued the warning in a video message on Israeli media on Wednesday night, broadcast after he postponed a scheduled trip to Washington.