A furious Donald Trump tore into Benjamin Netanyahu over the phone last night as he tried to bring Iran back to the negotiating table.
The President demanded the Israeli Prime Minister call off a series of strikes against Lebanon after peace plans were left hanging by a thread.
Israel had been poised to bomb Hezbollah terrorists in the country - but Iran's negotiating team then walked away from negotiations, saying they would only return if the Israelis stopped.
Extraordinary accounts of the phone call between the two leaders have now come to light, including the claim Mr Trump bellowed: "Everybody hates you now... Everybody hates Israel because of this," at his ally.
One American official told Axios how Mr Trump warned Israel would be left isolated around the world if it kept up its attacks on Hezbollah.
Two sources said the President claimed he had helped keep Mr Netanyahu out of jail amid his long-running corruption trial.
"You're f***ing crazy," Mr Trump is believed to have told the Israeli leader.
"You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."
A second source briefed on the call told the same outlet how Mr Trump was "p***ed" - and at one point shouted: "What the f**k are you doing?"
Two sources said the President claimed he had helped keep Mr Netanyahu out of jail
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Then, Israel backed down - with the Jewish state thought to no longer be planning strikes on Hezbollah in Beirut, the Lebanese capital.
Publicly, both callers scrambled to issue calm statements - Mr Trump said talks with Iran were ongoing at a "rapid pace".
"I had a conversation with Bibi Netanyahu today, asking him not to conduct a major raid on Beirut, Lebanon," he said on Truth Social.
"He turned his troops around. Thank you, Bibi!" he added.
Mr Netanyahu said his position remained the same: He would attack the terror group in Beirut if it failed to stop attacking Israel.
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Extraordinary accounts of Mr Trump and Mr Netanyahu's phone call have now come to light
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Though a US official claimed that in reality, Mr Trump had "steamrolled" the Prime Minister down the line.
"Bibi said: 'OK, OK, just make sure everything is taken care of,'" according to the official.
Later, the President admitted there had been a "little glitch today" - but added that he had "turned that one around very quickly, as you probably noticed earlier," he told ABC News.
He went on to reveal an agreement with Iran to finally secure peace and reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come within the next week - a plan which received a crucial lifeline from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The President has proposed to move Iran's enriched uranium out of the country, which the IAEA revealed was "difficult but not impossible" to achieve.
Iran has threatened to clog up another vital waterway after shuttering the Strait of Hormuz
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Iran is believed to be harbouring almost half a tonne of uranium, enriched to around 60 per cent.
But on Monday, Mr Trump revealed the peace talks had "started to get very boring" - and that he did not care if they were over.
"I really don't care, I couldn't care less," he said.
Since mid-March, the President has repeatedly said he is close to signing a peace agreement - but pen has not been put to paper.
Despite the ceasefire, Iran and the US have exchanged strikes several times over the past week.
Meanwhile, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Quds Force, Esmaeil Qaani, threatened to expand its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab El Mandeb Strait, another chokepoint which could shutter the Red Sea.