Middle East

Netanyahu downplays alleged tensions with Trump during CNBC interview, stresses US-Israel strategic goals remain unchanged despite behind-the-scenes friction reported in recent calls

Two tense calls were made Monday as the president demanded Israel halt Beirut strikes; Netanyahu pushed back, the Wall Street Journal reports

The Kuwaiti Health Ministry said 63 people were wounded and one person was killed following an overnight Iranian attack. Kuwaiti Armed Forces intercepted 30 Iranian ballistic missiles and drones

"We will act with determination and zero tolerance against anyone who attempts to exploit the humanitarian aid mechanism for the benefit of terrorist organizations"

Warnings of hostile drones and rocket attacks on Israel's northern region continue despite US President Trump's earlier ceasefire declaration between Israel and Hezbollah

Berri's evasive response to Rubio proposal deepens diplomatic deadlock; Washington says Israel cannot be expected to keep absorbing attacks as PM Netanyahu says he ordered the IDF to strike in Beirut

"I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel"

A suspected vehicle-ramming attack near Hebron left two pedestrians injured after a driver accelerated toward a traffic circle adjacent to an IDF position and struck several people

IDF forces raise the Israeli and Golani flags on Beaufort Castle in Lebanon as forces reach the Beaufort Ridge for the first time in 26 years, since Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon

"The IDF is preparing for the possibility of fire from Lebanon following the advancement of IDF operations in southern Lebanon"

The report says the UAE carried out dozens of coordinated strikes on Iranian targets alongside the U.S. and Israel, while tensions emerged with Saudi Arabia over the risk of wider regional escalation

Trump’s remarks on MoU details are ‘a mixture of truth and falsehood’ and an attempt to ‘portray a fabricated victory,’ Iranian media reports

CENTCOM confirmed that Iranian forces launched a ballistic missile toward Kuwait. The IRGC said that this strike was in retaliation for an earlier US strike near Bandar Abbas

American military analysts also detected activity at some of Iran’s surface-to-air missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz that threatened land- and carrier-based attack planes

NetBlocks confirmed early signs of life on digital networks after record-breaking 88-day blackout, but media affiliated with the IRGC questioned the gov't legal authority to lift restrictions

The meeting with the exiled Palestinian figure, once floated as a candidate to govern post-war Gaza, was reported by Israeli and regional sources amid tightening Israel-UAE security ties

The US president "mandatorily" asks Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan to normalize ties with Israel, but Islamabad rebuffs the demand, and other nations stay silent

Iran’s Foreign Ministry accuses the US of violating the ceasefire after CENTCOM strikes, rejecting Washington’s claim of self-defense

Abbas Akbari Feyzabadi was convicted of "enmity against God," with the supreme court upholding his sentence before the execution

US intelligence indicates Supreme Leader Khamenei is sealed off with little access to the outside world, with Iranian negotiators struggling to communicate within their own government, slowing talks

Israeli forces have killed more than 600 Hezbollah operatives in recent weeks and warning that the military will “press the pedal even harder"

Israeli PM Netanyahu also utilized AI-generation to get his message across on social media by posting a photo of him and Trump with the caption 'Iran will never have a nuclear weapon'

Trump: Iran deal is not fully negotiated yet, any agreement signed will be ‘a good one,’ critics are ‘losers’ who ‘know nothing about it’

Draft deal reportedly omits critical sticking points: No mention of Iran's nuclear enrichment or support for regional proxies