Overview
- Israeli leaders told graduates at Hatzerim Air Base on Thursday that the campaign against Iran is not finished and that new operational plans and 'major operations' remain on the drawing board.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Iran will not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons and said Israeli forces will stay deployed in Lebanon as long as needed.
- Defense Minister Israel Katz said the IDF is ready to resume kinetic operations and regain air superiority, warning that any return could come with greater force.
- The U.S. president declared the truce with Tehran over after U.S. strikes and reported Iranian reprisals on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and on U.S. bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, increasing the risk of broader escalation.
- Officials say Washington and Jerusalem are coordinating but reports conflict on whether the U.S. currently wants Israeli participation in recent strikes, a point that could shape whether the confrontation stays limited or widens.