New Delhi, July 8 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said during a White House dinner that he had nominated President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, just over two weeks after US struck three Iranian nuclear facilities with bunker buster bombs.

Both Trump and Netanyahu used the appearance as something of a victory lap - Trump again claimed the US had "obliterated" Iranian operations and Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu said their partnership had yielded "an incredible victory."

On the war in Gaza, US President Donald Trump insisted that Hamas wanted a cease-fire with Israel, while Netanyahu praised Donald Trump's proposal that Palestinians there could be relocated.

Donald Trump declined to directly answer a question about the ...