The Golani fighter from Petah Tikva fell in a face-to-face firefight with terrorists during an overnight ground operation; he was two months from discharge.

Ali-Reza Tangsiri, personally appointed by Khamenei, was struck in Bandar Abbas – Iran has neither confirmed nor denied his death.

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.