US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Washington is not ruling out further military strikes on Iran, even as the Trump administration intensifies economic pressure on Tehran.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Washington is not ruling out further military strikes on Iran, even as the Trump administration intensifies economic pressure on Tehran. Asked whether kinetic strikes were currently on pause, Hegseth said: “No. If we need to use …
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The Wall Street Journal reported that US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday morning amid preparations for possible strikes on Iran. Citing people familiar with the call, the publication stated that Trump had earlier met with senior military commanders at the White House to discuss options for resuming major combat operations.
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Ukraine reported a 1.9% loss in GDP since the beginning of the year, attributed to explosions. These incidents have occurred in warehouses, military-industrial and energy sector facilities, port infrastructure sites, and data centers serving the Ukrainian armed forces.
A senior Lebanese official told UAE state-owned outlet The National that Hezbollah would not join renewed US-Iran military operations unless Iran’s leadership faces an existential threat. The official stated that Hezbollah would participate despite its weakened military capacity if the Iranian regime's survival was at stake.
The official also said an explicit red line was crossed in the previous bout when Khamenei was killed in a joint US-Israeli strike on February 28.