By Alexander Cornwell, Parisa Hafezi and Trevor Hunnicutt TEL AVIV/DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel and Iran's air war entered a second week on Friday and European officials sought to draw Tehran back to the negotiating table after President Donald Trump said any decision on potential U.

David Petraeus, the retired general who led the CIA and US Central Command, said the decision to wait two weeks was a “pretty good call”. It would give more time for a second US aircraft carrier, the USS Nimitz, to move from the Indo-Pacific region to the Middle East, he said.

The continent’s most important leaders are divided over Israel’s conduct and filled with fears about a spiraling regional conflict.