Iran live updates: IRGC says Strait of Hormuz will 'never' revert to pre-war state

President Donald Trump told The Telegraph newspaper he is strongly considering pulling the U.S. out of NATO, criticizing the reluctance of allied nations to join the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.

"I would say (it's) beyond reconsideration. I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and (Russian President Vladimir) Putin knows that too, by the way," he said in the interview, which was published on Wednesday.

Trump told The Telegraph he thought allies joining the war should have been "automatic," even though he did not consult with them before attacking Iran.

"We've been there automatically, including Ukraine. Ukraine wasn't our problem. It was a test, and we were there for them, and we would always have been there for them. They weren't there for us."

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was asked about Trump's comments at a news conference on Wednesday morning and defended his decision to stay out of the war.

"I have to act in our national interests," Starmer told reporters. "This is not our war," he continued, noting "a good deal of pressure on me to change my position in relation to joining the war. I'm not going to change my position on the war."

Iranian missile fire toward central Israel and Tel Aviv wounded at least 14 people on Wednesday, according to Israel's Magen David Adom emergency service.

Eleven of those injured were "in light condition," the MDA said in a post to X. One 11-year-old girl was in a serious condition, while a 36-year-old woman and a 13-year-old boy were reported to be in moderate condition, the MDA said.

The Israel Defense Forces posted to X reporting "impact sites in the center of the country" and the deployment of emergency responders to the sites.

President Donald Trump will address the nation with "an important update on Iran" at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Iran doesn't need to make a deal with the U.S. as a prerequisite to stopping the ongoing U.S. military operation.

"Iran doesn't have to make a deal, no," he told reporters during an executive order signing about elections in the Oval Office. "I've spoken to a lot of people. It's a new regime. They are much more accessible."

"When we feel that they are for a long period of time put into the stone ages and they won't be able to come up with a nuclear weapon, then we'll leave," he said. "Whether we have a deal or not, it's irrelevant."

Pressed on his timeline for ending the war, Trump speculated that it could be "two or three weeks."

The president also again seemed to indicate that the Strait of Hormuz will be left for other nations to handle after the U.S. leaves.

"If France or some other country wants to get oil or gas, they'll go up through the Strait and -- Hormuz Strait -- they'll go right up there and they'll be able to fend for themselves. I think it would be very safe, actually, but we have nothing to do with that," Trump said.