WASHINGTON − President Donald Trump denied reports he had reached out to Tehran seeking an end to the five-day Iran-Israel air war, after earlier suggesting he was working toward a broad Iran nuclear deal.

President Trump’s contradictory comments left Israelis and Iranians trying to understand whether and how the U.S. would intervene.

Donald Trump has said he wants to see a “real end” to the war between Israel and Iran, prompting intense speculation about what that could mean.The US president sparked a frenzy of conjecture by dramatically leaving the G7 summit of world leaders in Canada a day early.