Sources say Majid Mousavi vanished from the front lines as casualties mounted, prompting formal complaints from soldiers' families over what they described as near-suicidal missions without command support.
Iranian projectile makes direct impact on a residential neighborhood in Arad. Preliminary toll stood at 64 hurt, including 10 seriously, and 15 sustaining moderate wounds.
While clear answers remain elusive and certain details are bound by military censorship, the IDF stressed, "The defense is not fool proof."
Israeli officials say Washington is weighing an expanded campaign to resolve the Hormuz crisis, with a senior diplomatic source saying that “even if the war ended now, Iran will not return to what it was.”
With more than 8,000 combat sorties, complete air superiority and the use of 5,000-pound bunker-busting bombs against underground facilities in the Strait of Hormuz, US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper laid out the scale of the battering inflicted on Iran’s military in just three weeks.
During an Israeli Air Force operational mission over Iran, a surface-to-air missile was launched at an Israeli fighter jet, which successfully evaded it. The crew acted in accordance with protocol, no damage was caused to the aircraft, and the mission was completed as planned.
The timing of the operation, if Trump orders one, remains unclear. Sources familiar with the matter told CBS that the planning is focused on a possible deployment of Joint Special Operations Command forces.
Two ballistic missiles were launched at the US base on Diego Garcia but did not hit it. One failed during flight and the other was intercepted in an attempt to hit the key base used for military activity in the region. US officials say the long distance points to an Iranian ability to fire at a greater range than previously known.
A Western diplomatic source said the countries involved are trying to remove the Strait of Hormuz and the energy sector from the equation of the war. Meanwhile, pressure from Gulf states is intensifying. Qatar has lost tens of billions of dollars and has chosen to blame Israel in the hope Iran will stop its attacks.
No casualties reported and no hazardous materials detected as the Iranian regime retaliates following the Israeli strike on the South Pars gas facility.
