Middle East

President Donald Trump has not yet chosen among the options, but advisers suggest he is prepared to escalate military action if diplomacy fails, Axios reports

Sources in Pakistan told i24NEWS that, despite public posturing, Iranian officials are more receptive to mediation than their official statements suggest

Shrapnel from a suspected Iranian missile cluster bomb damages residential building in Haifa in latest Iranian missile attack

Karoline Leavitt addressed the fighting against Iran during the daily briefing at the White House: "If Tehran does not understand that it has been defeated, Trump will 'unleash hell' on it"

The New York Times reports that Prime Minister Netanyahu has ordered the intensification of strikes in Iran over the next 48 hours in order to destroy as much of Iran's weapons industry as possible

Tehran says conflict will end 'on its own terms' and outlines five demands; Senior Iranian official to Reuters: Iran's initial response to US proposal 'not positive,' but Tehran is still reviewing it

Iranian officials reportedly told intermediaries involved in the process that they had been “tricked twice” by the Trump administration and warned they did not want to be “fooled again"

Iranian army spox: 'The situation in the Straits won’t return to the way it was. The enemy and everyone related to it won’t have right to pass' • 🚨 Red alert sirens continue sounding across Israel

In exchange for sweeping nuclear, missile and regional concessions, Iran would receive sanctions relief, support for a civilian nuclear program in Bushehr, and lifting of the snapback sanctions threat

Mohammed bin Salman urged Trump to press on with the war against Iran, calling it a “historic opportunity” to reshape the Middle East, according to a New York Times report

At least 9 injured, including 6 children, following latest Iranian cluster missile strike on central Israel; bomblet impacts reported in Bnei Brak and Petah Tikva

Iran’s Ghalibaf denies involvement in talks with US, says ‘fake news is used to manipulate the markets’

Tehran warns of escalation as the US deadline over the Strait of Hormuz nears

The Israeli military reports having destroyed or neutralized approximately 330 of Iran's 470 ballistic missile launchers

Intelligence assessments say the Iranian regime is weakened but stable despite initial expectations

“If you want proof that Iran endangers the entire world, the last 48 hours have given it"

The IDF said to i24NEWS that nearby shelters in Arad were not damaged and that those injured were not inside protected spaces

Israel decides to reduce Ben Gurion air traffic and amount of passengers in departing flights following a security assessment

The assessment in Jerusalem and DC is that Mojtaba is injured rather than deceased, and that he is functional

From the Iraqi attack aircraft that were smuggled to Iran to the capabilities of the “Adir” and the veteran American bomber: a look at the main war machines

Putin used his Nowruz message to highlight Russia’s growing alliance with Iran, calling it a “faithful friend and reliable partner” amid rising tensions with the West

Iran says this step "shows that the range of Iran’s missiles is beyond what the enemy had previously imagined"

Two impacts in southern Israeli cities of Arad and Dimona represents the most serious incidents on the Israeli home front in the course of the Iran war

“By temporarily unlocking this supply, the United States will expand global energy availability and help ease short-term market pressures caused by Iran’s own actions.”