WASHINGTON — The United States is awaiting a response from Tehran to its latest offer to end the war with Iran. Tehran gave an official response to a U.S. proposal of truce talks through a Pakistani mediator.

President Donald Trump previously declared that the war with Iran had been terminated. Israel has maintained its own timeline for hostilities in the conflict.

"We're in a little skirmish, military – I call it a skirmish, because Iran has no chance," Trump said. He also told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "I want to go in there."

Netanyahu described the state of the campaign. "I think it accomplished a great deal, but it's not over, because there's still nuclear material, enriched uranium that has to be taken out of Iran. There are still enrichment sites that have to be dismantled. There are still proxies that Iran supports," he said.

Ships in the Strait of Hormuz remain at a standstill because of the conflict, disrupting global energy markets. Gas prices have continued to rise as critical energy trade routes through the strait remain nearly frozen.

Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona questioned the U.S. role in the conflict. "I think it's fair to say it's shocking how deep we have gone into these magazines because this president got our country into this without a strategic goal, without a plan, without a timeline. Because of that, we've expended a lot of munitions," he said.

Kelly said the Pentagon had briefed him in detail on Tomahawk missiles, ATACMS, SM-3s, THAAD rounds, and Patriot interceptor rounds. "Now they're asking for twice as much money. It's nearly the amount that the rest of the world pays for its defense," he said.