The tone coming out of the US and Israeli governments has diverged noticeably in the last day, writes Henry Bodkin in Jerusalem.

While Donald Trump, fresh from an hour-long call with Vladimir Putin, declared the war “very complete, pretty much”, Benjamin Netanyahu repeated that his mission was to help the Iranian people topple their regime.

“Our aspiration is to bring the Iranian people to cast of the yoke of tyranny,” he said on a tour of an emergency headquarters in Israel late on Monday.

“Ultimately that depends on them, but there is no doubt that through the actions taken so far we are breaking their bones - and our hand is still extended.”

Some news agencies translated that last part as “we’re not done yet”, a pointed contrast to Mr Trump’s language hinting that the president is looking for an off-ramp, potentially within days.

Persuading a US president to join in a full-scale assault on Iran is arguably the greatest coup of the Israeli prime minister’s storied political career.

Now they’re at war, he does not want to waste the opportunity of overthrowing the Islamic republic and killing off Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, as well as support for proxies, in perpetuity.

If Mr Trump declares peace before he believes Israel’s security needs are met, it will put him in an awkward position.

Israel can always carry on fighting alone, but that risks angering the man Mr Netanyahu has so successfully cultivated.