NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” he concluded.

Trump, 78, plans to address the nation regarding the strikes at 10 p.m. EST on Saturday night.

Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel had launched strikes against Iran, which he said were necessary to kneecap Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

“We struck at the heart of Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. We struck at the heart of Iran’s nuclear weaponization program,” Netanyahu said in a video released on June 12, according to The New York Times. “We targeted Iran’s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb. We also struck at the heart of Iran’s ballistic missile program.”

The U.S. attack comes after Israel and Iran have been locked in conflict