Trump to wait until last minute to choose Iran military action plan as world kept guessing

President Donald Trump continues to keep the world and lawmakers in the U.S. on edge as he weighs getting the country directly involved in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.

Trump signaled on Thursday that he would make the decision to assist Israel in striking nuclear sites in Iran within the next two weeks, adding that he could wait until the last minute to make the final decision.

The president met with his national security team in the Situation Room on Wednesday for a second consecutive day while opening weighing the possibility of striking Iran.

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“Nobody knows what I’m going to do,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I like to make a final decision one second before it’s due.”

One administration official told the New York Post that Trump has been delaying the decision because he doesn't want Iran to become “another Libya” if Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is killed and wholesale regine change is carried out in the country.

The White House said on Thursday that Trump still sees a “substantial” chance that negotiations can achieve U.S. and Israeli demands on Iran’s nuclear program.

Israeli officials said Thursday night they would intensify strikes on Iran, warning residents of certain regions to evacuate the area. Trump reportedly still sees a “substantial” chance that negotiations can achieve U.S. and Israeli demands on Iran’s nuclear program.

Iranian missiles hit a major hospital in southern Israel and struck residential buildings in Tel Aviv on Thursday, wounding 240 people and causing extensive damage.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz blamed Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and said the military “has been instructed and knows that in order to achieve all of its goals, this man absolutely should not continue to exist.”

Israel, meanwhile, carried out strikes on Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor, its latest attack on Iran’s sprawling nuclear program. Iranian state television said there was “no radiation danger whatsoever” and that the facility had been evacuated before the attack.

An Israeli airstrike on Thursday on Shati Camp in north Gaza killed a total of 19 people, including three children and five women, and injured 70 others, Mohamed Abu Selmiyah, director of Shifa Hospital told The Associated Press. He said that the strike targeted a group of citizens in the area.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Tuesday that widespread bombardment, shelling and shooting continued across the enclave, including among those who were trying to receive aid. Meanwhile, hospitals are struggling to treat scores of injured due to shortages in medical resources and spaces.

Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has been running out of space this week, with WHO’s Director-General Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus saying on social media the hospital is hosting twice as many patients as it can handle and had received over 300 injured people on Wednesday alone from food distribution sites.