The soldiers whose names have been released are Capt. Noam Madmoni, 22, of Sderot, a team commander in the Nahal Reconnaissance Unit; Staff Sgt. Ben Cohen, 21, of Lehavim; and Staff Sgt. Maxsim Entis, 21, of Bat Yam. The name of the fourth soldier has not yet been cleared for publication.
The decision could leave Tehran in control of one of the world's most important trade routes. According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump wants to meet the operation's core objectives, damaging Iran's navy and missile stockpile, within four to six weeks, and then scale back the fighting while shifting to diplomatic pressure.
A patient who suffered a severe heart attack and the senior physician who saved his life met in a dramatic moment in the catheterization lab and decided to join forces to change the face of global medicine. Today, they lead a groundbreaking Israeli company that has developed a tiny robotic capsule that operates inside the body.
Thousands of soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division have begun arriving in the Middle East, joining about 2,500 Marines who arrived over the weekend and hundreds of special operations troops. On the table are seizing Kharg Island, breaking the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, extracting Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, and launching a final wave of strikes on energy infrastructure as a signal the campaign is ending.
Amid secret contacts between Washington and Tehran, Iran is trying to tempt the US with a foothold in the oil industry. Diplomatic sources told Israel Hayom that the US is demanding guarantees from the heads of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who in turn oppose the talks. The American plan: direct sanctions targeting the regime elite’s “pockets.”
