US President Donald Trump reportedly fumed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Monday call, calling him "fucking crazy" and telling him that everyone "hates Israel" as he demanded Israel agree to a ceasefire with Hezbollah.

Axios cited a US official who summarized Trump's message to Netanyahu as follows: "You're fucking crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren’t for me. I'm saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."

A second source briefed on the call told the outlet that the US president was "pissed" and at one point yelled at Netanyahu: "What the fuck are you doing?"

Two of the sources also said Trump accused Netanyahu of ingratitude during the call on the escalation in fighting in Lebanon that Axios described as "expletive-laden."

While US officials told the news site that Trump was aware Hezbollah has been firing repeatedly at Israel and that Jerusalem has a right to respond, he believed the Israel Defense Forces responded disproportionately in recent days, risking Washington's efforts to secure a ceasefire extension with Iran, which is conditioning a deal on a truce in Lebanon.

US officials were also quoted as saying Trump told Netanyahu that he has kept him out of prison, an apparent reference to Trump's repeated public demand that President Isaac Herzog pardon the prime minister, who is in the midst of a lengthy corruption trial.

Netanyahu's office did not respond to a request for comment on the report.

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At least 34 people, including two babies were killed when a contraband fuel depot exploded into flames in southern Benin near the border with Nigeria on Saturday.

According to Beninese Interior Minister Alassane Seidou, “a serious fire occurred in the town of Seme Podji. Another 20 people were seriously wounded in the incident.”

"I can't really give you the cause of the fire, but there is a large gasoline warehouse here and cars, tricycles and motorcycles come from morning to evening,” he added.

Nigeria is a main oil and gas producer where fuel smuggling is very common along its borders, particularly when the government maintains a subsidy to keep fuel prices low.

The majority of the victims were burnt and they could not be not be identified.

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