President Donald Trump told Fox News Channel's chief political anchor Bret Baier on Thursday that he was aware that Israel was going to conduct preemptive strikes on Iran before they happened.

Axar.az, citing Fox News, reports that the US president stated this.

"Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, and we are hoping to get back to the negotiating table. We will see. There are several people in leadership in Iran that will not be coming back," Trump said.

Israeli strikes on Iran killed three of the country’s top military commanders, including Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami, Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, and Commander of Iran’s Emergency Command Gholam-Ali Rashid.