First responders administered defibrillator shocks and resuscitation efforts in her bedroom as rockets fell; she is now hospitalized in serious but stable condition.

Trump is turning military achievements into diplomatic currency. Israel delivered the military goods, and now the time has come for coercive diplomacy. At the same time, the populist fantasy of a completely independent Israel has shattered.

Israeli security officials say the original war plan would create conditions for undermining the regime in Iran, but in practice reality developed in a far more complex direction: The Strait of Hormuz, shaped by global considerations of oil prices and supply.

Neutrality in the great struggle against Iran is collusion with the enemy.

Israel is preparing for the possibility that President Trump could declare an end to the fighting within days. In Washington, officials say the war’s core objectives have been achieved and speak of a decisive outcome, while Iran rejects direct negotiations and conditions any end to the fighting on a complete halt to attacks and “compensation for war damages.”