The IDF is preparing for weeks of continued fighting with Iran, saying it must not 'take its foot off the gas' as it targets the destruction of Tehran’s ballistic missile array, which officials say has been reduced from about 460 launchers to roughly 150

US president says final call on ending the conflict will be his, while Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warns Iran will face 'unconditional surrender' as US and Israeli strikes expand

Lebanese media and Hezbollah say Israeli special forces arrived by helicopter near Nabi Sheet and exchanged fire with terrorists days after a raid linked to the search for missing Israeli navigator Ron Arad

Early in the war, US forces carried out over three times as many strikes in Iran, but since the shift to the 'next phase,' Israel has dramatically increased its attacks, potentially reflecting strategy, munitions limits and political calculations

Iranian authorities intensified their crackdown against  anti-regime protesters; Security forces deployed armored vehicles and checkpoints in Tehran amid fears of unrest following death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the choice of his son Mojtaba to succeed him 

Israeli forces doubled troop levels along the Lebanon border and launched a focused raid against Hezbollah near the frontier, while airstrikes continued in Iran against regime command centers and missile sites’

US president downplays speculation Washington could send troops into Iran to secure nuclear material at underground Isfahan enrichment site