The American military is preparing to deploy around 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East.

NEW IRAN ATTACKS: Airstrikes hammered Iran and Tehran launched new waves of attacks against Israel and Gulf Arab states, with one missile slamming into a Tel Aviv street, even as President Donald Trump touted progress in talks to end the war.

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM/TEL AVIV, March 24 (Reuters) - Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel, the Israeli military said, after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed a threat to bomb the Islamic Republic's power grid because of what he described as productive talks with Iranian officials.

Iran struck two communities near Israel's main nuclear research center late Saturday, leaving more than 100 people wounded in the southern part of the country.

Airstrikes battered Iran, while Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel's Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast on Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said the United States was in talks with Tehran to end the war.

Israel's use of Tehran street cameras to help kill Iran's supreme leader shows how everyday surveillance can turn into a wartime weapon

Iran named former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr as secretary of the country's top security body, replacing Ali Larijani who was killed by an Israeli strike last week.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that he regretted using the word “apartheid” to describe the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians, though he warned “that’s a word you may hear others use” if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushes for territorial gains.

The possibility of an American ground operation in Iran is growing, but one service member familiar with troops in the region told HuffPost the prospect would be "an absolute disaster."