US President Donald Trump told Israel's Channel 12 that he warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against escalating the exchange of fire with Iran into a full-scale war, according to a Monday evening report.

Axar.az informs, citing The Jerusalem Post, on Sunday, Trump asked Netanyahu to avoid striking Iran in retaliation for the recent Iranian missile attack on Israel. That conversation ended without a clear agreement, and Netanyahu did not tell Trump his final decision on the matter, according to a Monday report by Channel 12.

"I told Bibi, you'd better be careful what you do, because you could be left alone against Iran very soon," Trump said.

Trump told Channel 12 that "the Israelis gave us an update at a very late stage. They were already on their way to Iran."

"I was able to reduce the scale of the attack," the US president said.

Trump also told Channel 12 that five countries from the region, which are also involved in mediation efforts between the US and Iran, asked him to pressure Netanyahu to stop the attacks and move forward with a peace agreement.

"This morning the Iranians approached us and said they would no longer carry out an attack on Israel," Trump said to Channel 12. "They asked us to tell Israel to stop attacking. I called Bibi and made him stop."

The US president emphasized in his conversation with Channel 12 that he is still open to a deal and that he believes Iran is also interested in coming to an agreement with the US.