WASHINGTON (CBS DC/AP) — A top adviser to President Barack Obama is urging Israel not to launch a military strike against Iran in an effort to get a nuclear deal done.

“Our case to Israel will be: Let’s give the negotiations a chance to succeed. A military strike has no guarantee of eliminating the nuclear infrastructure or what they already know how to do, and could incentivize them to break out,” Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said, according to The Times of Israel.

The agreement reached last weekend in Geneva between Iran and six world powers — the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany — is to temporarily halt parts of Tehran’s disputed nuclear program and allow for more intrusive international monitoring of Iran’s facilities. In exchange, Iran gains some modest relief from stiff economic sanctions and a pledge from Obama that no new penalties will be levied during the six months.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu panned the deal, calling it an “historic mistake” and vowing Israel will defend itself from any threat.

Rhodes admitted that relations between the U.S. and Israel are strained right now, but that both sides would “weather” the storm.

Rhodes did state, though, that “the prime minister has to make his own decisions” regarding security for Israel.

“Israel’s a sovereign nation and will make its own decisions about its self-defense,” Rhodes said, according to The Times of Israel.

Secretary of State John Kerry told CBS News Sunday that Israel and the region are now safer because the agreement forces Iran “to destroy the higher enriched uranium they have, which is critical to being able to build a bomb.”

Kerry also said that military force is not off the table.

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