U. S. Completes Latest Round of Strikes on Iran; Tehran Targets Bases in Bahrain - EUROPE SAYS
Here are Tuesday’s latest updates from the U. S. -Iran war and Israel’s strikes in Lebanon, Gaza and the Middle East:■ U. S. President Donald Trump said Tehran will “pay … many times over” for killing U. S. . . .
Here are Tuesday’s latest updates from the U. S. -Iran war and Israel’s strikes in Lebanon, Gaza and the Middle East:■ U. S. President Donald Trump said Tehran will “pay … many times over” for killing U. S. soldiers, adding he has instructed the Pentagon to strike Iran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding a high-level security meeting amid the escalation. ■ An Israeli strike on a vehicle killed three in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported. ■ The Pentagon did not disclose three Iranian attacks on U. S. forces in Jordan last week that wounded dozens of American service members and damaged several helicopters before Friday’s strike that killed two U. S. soldiers, The New York Times reported, citing U. S. officials. ■ Hamas said Monday that Khalil al-Hayya has been elected as the group’s overall leader, replacing slain leader Yahya Sinwar. ■ The pro-Iranian Houthi movement, which controls part of Yemen, declared a maritime embargo on Saudi Arabia and threatened a full blockade, saying it is ready for any escalation. ■ The U. S. State Department said Israel has handed over parts of the IDF-occupied buffer zone in southern Lebanon to the Lebanese government in accordance with its U. S. -mediated agreement with Beirut. Two sources told Haaretz that Israel only controlled one of the three villages. ■ The Biden administration suspected Israel was committing war crimes in Gaza as early as a month into the war, agreeing to conduct lengthy investigations to allow continued weapons shipments, The New Yorker reported. ■ U. S. President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “will not be arrested in any way shape or form” during his visit to the United States, two days after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he was exploring options to arrest Netanyahu. Tags:2026 Israel-Iran WarBenjamin NetanyahuConflictsDonald TrumpGazagaza aidHamasHezbollahidfIranIsrael - U. S. Israel-Gaza warmiddle eastmiddle east crisisTehran