The plans include a mix of airstrikes and commando operations that vary in severity and could set back Tehran's ability to weaponize its nuclear program by just months or a year or more, sources said.

Israel is weighing a more limited attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities without the support of the US, as the Trump administration pushes diplomacy in continued talks with Tehran Saturday. After months of pitching the US on proposals for spring and summer strikes that would target Tehran’s nuclear program,

U.S. ambassador Mike Huckabee visited the Western Wall in the Old city of Jerusalem on Friday (April 18), where he placed a message in the cracks that he said was handwritten by President Donald Trump.

Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 90 people in the last 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, as Israeli troops ramp up attacks to pressure Hamas to release its hostages and disarm.

Israeli airstrikes hit about 40 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military said on Friday, hours after Hamas rejected an Israeli ceasefire offer that it said fell short of its demand to agree a full end to the war.

The prime minister spoke after Israeli strikes killed more than 90 people in 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday.

Mughrabi, Jaidaa Taha and Alexander Cornwell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday he had instructed the military to intensify pressure on Hamas after the Palestinian militant group this week rejected an Israeli proposal for another temporary truce,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to ramp up military pressure on Hamas—despite the militant group offering to release all remaining hostages in exchange for a permanent ceasefire, Reuters reports.