Press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the US president believes there is a "substantial chance of negotiations" with Iran "in the near future".

Inside the State Department, two officials said there have been intensive discussions in recent days about conducting a full evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel; any decision on the matter is expected to be made by the White House. Most Republicans said that they agreed with Trump that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

Back-and-forth attacks between Israel and Iran continued overnight as the conflict entered its seventh day, with an inactive Iranian nuclear reactor and an Israeli hospital among the sites hit.