Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israeli strikes against Iran have set Iran’s nuclear program back a “very, very long time.”

US President Donald Trump is expected to present Iran with a “last chance” offer, US and European officials told The Jerusaem Post on Monday. One official added that it might even be slightly better than the previous proposal the administration submitted to the Iranians about a week and a half ago.

Throughout the weekend, Gulf leaders and top diplomats were engaged in urgent communication with counterparts in Washington, Tehran, and beyond, seeking to prevent a broader regional conflict. One Iranian source said that Iran is prepared to show flexibility in nuclear negotiations, but only if hostilities with Israel are halted.

US President Donald Trump declined on Monday to answer what it would take for US to be directly involved in the growing conflict between Israel and Iran, saying he did not want to talk about the issue.

“You can’t ask people to rise up when bombs are falling on their homes,” Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, an Iranian-Norwegian human rights advocate, told The Media Line, adding that mass mobilization might be achieved once the bombing stops.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to engage in discussions with international leaders, including U.S. President Trump and Russian President Putin, following Israeli strikes on Iran. Netanyahu has already contacted leaders from Germany,

President Trump says the U.S. continues to hope for a deal in negotiations scheduled with Iran this weekend. It's difficult to imagine Tehran cooperating now.

Iran’s state-run news agency said Monday that its governmental television station abruptly stopped a live broadcast after an Israeli strike. During a live broadcast, the sound of an explosion could be heard as a the news presenter hurried off camera amid dust and debris wafting in the air.

Israeli jets launched air strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites. This happened after President Trump urged Prime Minister Netanyahu to wait. N