US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) denied that he recently told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop being so "f***ing negative" and "take the win" after Hamas accepted parts of Washington`s proposal for ending the Gaza war, while saying that it would have to hold talks regarding other portions of the plan, The Times of Israel reported. "No, it`s not true. He`s been very positive on the deal," Trump said of Netanyahu.

Trump at times has avoided criticising Netanyahu in public, even as reports have mounted about his private frustration with the Israeli premier, including during a tense phone call last week in which the Axios news site reported the US president responded angrily when Netanyahu said Hamas`s ambivalent response was "nothing to celebrate," as per The Times of Israel.