Israel's leader Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken to some world leaders since the country attacked Iran, and is due to have talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia's Vladimir Putin and UK's Keir Starmer.

Iran once ridiculed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the boy who cried wolf for his constant public warnings about Tehran's nuclear programme, and his repeated threats to shut it down, one way or another.

When President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Thursday, the Israeli leader told Trump that it was the last day of his 60-day timeline for Iran to make a deal. Israel could wait no longer, Netanyahu said,

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Israel initiated military strikes inside Iran in the wee hours of June 13. Ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, these precise attacks are set to continue “as long as necessary”. The meticulously planned assault focused on military and governmental targets in Tehran.

President Donald Trump’s former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Friday on “Hannity” that Israel could weaken Iran financially if they were to strike their oil refineries next. Israel began its preemptive strikes against Iran Thursday,

Benjamin Netanyahu has said for three decades that the central threat to Israel’s existence is Iran’s nuclear program. At least twice over that period, he came within inches of carrying out an attack on it.

Not a religious man, Netanyahu nonetheless often gave the impression that he believed he was placed in power for this purpose: to stop Iran. He saw himself as a lone figure on the hill, watching the storm clouds gather while others looked away—warning that action was needed, and vowing to take it if no one else would.