ToplinePresident Donald Trump on Wednesday night urged the Israeli state to either drop an ongoing corruption trial against the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or offer him a pardon, as he heaped praise on the Israeli leader just a day after he sharply rebuked his administration for launching aerial strikes on Iran after a ceasefire went into effect.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the ceasefire with Iran unveiled by U.S. President Donald Trump and said he had agreed to it, but warned his country would "respond forcefully to any violation".

The Israeli military said seven soldiers were killed in a single attack in southern Gaza on Tuesday, the military's deadliest day in the territory since it broke a ceasefire with Hamas in March.