Reports in Trump-friendly U.S. media highlighted the extent of Washington's role defending Israel during the war while exposing growing concern over depleted missile stockpiles and America's ability to sustain another confrontation with Iran
Trump appeared to upend weeks of negotiations and hope-inducing reports of an imminent deal by adding that it 'should be mandatory' for mediators in the Iran talks to normalize ties with Israel. Now, he'll either settle for a wanting deal or use poison-pill offers as a pretext to resume the war
Will anyone – Netanyahu, Trump, the Republican Party, AIPAC – apologize, or even just do some soul-searching, for fighting down the 2015 Iran plan negotiated by Obama?
The U.S. president said countries involved in Iran cease-fire talks should 'immediately sign the Abraham Accords' and normalize ties with Israel, while Iranian officials stressed Tehran remains focused on ending the war rather than finalizing a nuclear deal
Leaders of northern Israeli border communities said the government did not inform them of the developing U.S.-Iran deal or of its possible security ramifications in the north. 'Israel is no longer sovereign over this land,' said the mayor of Israel's northernmost city
IDF sources said Israeli defense officials felt the U.S. was giving little weight to Israel's positions on Iran and Lebanon. One senior officer voiced frustration that despite Israel's full participation in the war against Iran, the White House was no longer sufficiently considering Israeli interests
The Israeli source said Trump reiterated in a call with Netanyahu that Israel would retain operational freedom in Lebanon and other arenas and insisted any 'final agreement' include the removal of all enriched uranium from Iran
Mojtaba Khamenei's order could further frustrate Trump and complicate talks on ending the US-Israeli war on Iran. Netanyahu has said he will not consider the war over until Iran's enriched uranium is removed
The two spoke a day after Trump announced he was putting off renewed strikes, with Netanyahu arguing that a delay serves Tehran. Trump and Netanyahu had another call two days earlier, with the U.S. president saying he was likely to begin new strikes on Iran soon
Lawmakers and opposition figures said right-wing TV host Shimon Riklin's comments on air about possible strikes in Iran could have caused damage to Israel's national security and its relationship with the United States, saying the leak must have come from a government source
According to an Iranian official who spoke with Reuters, Iran focused its new truce proposal to the U.S. on ending the war and allowing shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Trump later told the New York Post that he was not open to concessions and that Tehran 'knows what will happen soon'
The second base near the Iran border was possibly discovered by a Bedouin shepherd in March, a few days after the start of the joint U.S.-Israeli operation against Tehran, The New York Times reported
Trump claimed Iran said it lacks the technology and equipment to remove its nuclear infrastructure. He also disputed reports on Iran's missile capacity, saying 80 percent of Tehran's firepower has been destroyed
Araghchi argued that neither U.S. bases nor an alliance with Israel provided the UAE with security and that it should reconsider its policy toward Iran, According to the reports
U.S.-Iran cease-fire talks have focused on the Strait of Hormuz rather than Iran's weapons supply and proxy militias: key concerns for neighboring countries that fear an increased Iranian military threat after U.S. presence in the region scales back, the Financial Times reports
Trump said China's president would 'like to see a deal made' between the U.S. and Iran as Beijing promised it would not provide Iran with military equipment, even though it would like to continue purchasing Iranian oil
President Trump said that the U.S. will win the war with Iran 'one way or the other,' adding that 'you wouldn't have an Israel' without him and Netanyahu. Meanwhile, Senate Democrats plan to launch their seventh effort to end the Iran war
Iranian and Western officials said Saudi Arabia informed Iran of the strikes, after which the two sides engaged in intensive diplomatic contact. After Riyadh threatened to retaliate further, the two sides reached an understanding about the need to de-escalate
Trump's tired cycle of threats and compromise offers convinced Iran it holds the upper hand • In Lebanon, IDF soldiers remain exposed to Hezbollah drones as the U.S. restrains Israel • Netanyahu focuses on another front ahead of the election: the battle over the narrative