Iran Hits U. S. Bases After Trump Orders Second Night of Strikes - EUROPE SAYS
Here are Wednesday’s latest updates :■ U. S. President Donald Trump defended his handling of the Iran war, saying it “has been a tremendous military success,” and said he does not believe that the war will. . .
Here are Wednesday’s latest updates :■ U. S. President Donald Trump defended his handling of the Iran war, saying it “has been a tremendous military success,” and said he does not believe that the war will start again. ■ Trump said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “has been a very good ally,” praising him for staying out of the Iran war despite not being “a huge fan of Bibi or Israel. ”■ Erdogan said that Trump has a positive view on selling F-35 jets to Turkey, and Erdogan hoped that the world would see the United States keep its promise. He also dismissed Israeli and Greek opposition to Turkey acquiring F-35 jets, saying they “have no place in my world. ”■ Trump informed Congress of his administration’s intent to rescind Syria’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism after a 45-day pre-notification period, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. ■ Two people were killed after an Israeli drone strike near a hospital in Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese state news agency reported. ■ Lebanon is demanding that Israel withdraw from two agreed-upon “pilot areas” in the south of its territory as a condition for Lebanon’s attendance in the next round of direct talks in Rome, AFP news agency reported, citing a diplomatic source familiar with the matter. ■ The Board of Peace is planning a pilot zone in the Gaza Strip where a newly recruited and trained police force would act as law enforcement alongside multinational peacekeepers, and the committee of Palestinian technocrats formed under Trump’s plan would exercise its authority, a board official said. ■ President Isaac Herzog said that “Israel’s security and law enforcement agencies arenot loyal to any individual or camp, but to the sovereign – the people – to Israel’s legal code, and to the values of the Jewish and democratic state. ” His remarks came a day afterShin Bet Director David Zinisaid he agreed to take the position because he was better than others at remaining loyal to the elected leadership. ■ IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir spoke out against granting exemptions to military service, saying, “We must not exempt anyone from the yoke of the commandment to defend the state. ” He made the remarks after the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discussed a bill that wouldprevent the arrest of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders. ■ The IDF said it located the burial site of Pvt. Yaakov Zarihan, who was killed during the 1948 War of Independence while participating in a supply convoy to besieged Jerusalem. Tags:2026 Israel-Iran WarBenjamin NetanyahuConflictsDonald TrumpGazaHamasHezbollahidfIraniran u. s. IsraelIsrael - U. S. Israel-Gaza warmiddle eastmiddle east crisis