Netanyahu Trump Meeting

The US launched a two-hour wave of strikes across southern Iran, targeting IRGC assets in Bushehr, Qeshm, Abadan, Kish, and Ahvaz, in retaliation for an IRGC ballistic missile attack on a US airbase in Jordan. Casualties are reported on Qeshm Island. Hezbollah conducted a drone strike on an IDF vehicle in southern Lebanon, the first since the late-June ceasefire framework. In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes killed at least three Palestinians, including a child, amid a collapsing health system. Prime Minister Netanyahu met with President Trump at the White House, with Trump signaling both a willingness to strike Iran hard and openness to a deal.

Prime Minister Netanyahu met with President Trump at the White House amid a third day of US-Iran strike pause, with Trump signaling progress in talks but threatening to destroy Iranian infrastructure if no deal is reached. Iran rejected Trump's proposal to compensate ships damaged in the Gulf from frozen Iranian funds, while Oman proposed a joint regional mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz with voluntary fees. The IDF killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander involved in the October 7 abductions in a strike in Khan Younis, and Israeli forces conducted operations in southern Lebanon and the West Bank.

The IDF intercepted a UAV near the Jordan border that did not enter Israeli territory, as Prime Minister Netanyahu arrived in Washington for a high-stakes meeting with President Trump focused on Iran. The US-Iran strike pause extended past 72 hours, with Trump confirming ongoing talks and threatening to resume strikes if negotiations fail. In southern Lebanon, Israeli forces conducted large-scale controlled detonations in multiple towns, while settler violence and IDF raids continued in the West Bank.