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Tel Aviv called the attacks a \u201cpreemptive\u201d strike on Iran\u2019s nuclear program, which had accelerated despite the Trump administration\u2019s attempts to negotiate a deal and avoid such a confrontation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump urged Iran to keep pursuing negotiations, hours before the retaliatory strike. Still, he has said that Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon is unacceptable to Washington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal,\u201d Trump posted on his Truth Social media platform Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Trump by phone Friday, the White House confirmed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military normally has around 30,000 troops in the Middle East, including equipment in Israel. Amid heightened tensions in the region, though, that posture has increased to around 40,000 personnel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During an earlier airstrike campaign against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, a terrorist group in Yemen, the U.S. moved military assets and air defense batteries to the Middle East to better protect its forces in case of an Iranian strike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week\u2019s dueling strikes come after a year of unprecedented attacks between Iran and Israel \u2014 including previous missile attacks by Iran last April and October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/10\/03\/watch-the-uss-bulkeley-help-shoot-down-irans-missile-attack-on-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/10\/03\/watch-the-uss-bulkeley-help-shoot-down-irans-missile-attack-on-israel\/\">U.S. forces helped defend Israel in 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