The New York Times: How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran. In a series of Situation Room meetings, President Trump weighed his instincts against the deep concerns of his vice president and a pessimistic intelligence assessment. Here’s the inside story of how he made the fateful decision.

On the basis of Netanyahu scenarios which the CIA described to Trump as ‘farcical’.

As of now, the US and Israel are said to disagree that Lebanon was included in the ceasefire. Hence the Israeli attacks on Beirut.