The US president warned US will "blow up" Iranian oil wells, power plants and desalination facilities if diplomacy fails – even as he insisted negotiations are on track.

The tight-knit Chabad community in New Haven, Connecticut, is mourning Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak HaCohen Katz, 22, whose family helped found the community he grew up in.

Sergeant Liran Ben Zion, a fighter in the 401st Armored Brigade, was struck by an anti-tank missile fired by Hezbollah terrorists; a separate incident left two soldiers seriously wounded and three moderately wounded.

According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, No final order has been given, US officials say, as the president weighs the dangers of a complex, multi-day mission that would require American forces to operate inside Iran.