Defense minister says IDF has been ordered to prepare an independent strike plan, warning that any Iranian missile fire at Israel would trigger a powerful response while US-led talks continue

According to Axios, the talks will now focus on resolving the Strait of Hormuz crisis rather than Iran’s nuclear program as planned, due to a dispute over a memorandum Iran says lets it manage traffic in the strait

The 200-meter tunnel network in Majdal Zoun held drones, warheads, explosives and launch shafts aimed at Israel; officials say it was built with Iranian know-how and used to fire on Galilee communities

Military says forces returned fire with mortars, artillery and an attack helicopter after shots were identified near Tel Qudna; Syrian media reported strikes in Abdin and residents leaving their homes

A new study says Turkey’s Jerusalem mission operates from property owned by the Syriac church, whose community was massacred under Ottoman rule, exposing a painful paradox days after Israel recognized the Armenian genocide

Experts told The New York Times that Iran sees its ability to disrupt traffic through the Strait of Hormuz as critical leverage against the United States, even if preserving that pressure risks renewed fighting and the collapse of the ceasefire 

While New York's official Pride March remained focused on celebration, a separate far-left rally in Union Square featured Palestinian flags, anti-Israel chants, calls for an arms embargo on the IDF, and signs condemning capitalism, colonialism and imperialism