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President Donald Trump responded Saturday to critics of his support for Israel’s attack on Iran who claimed to be anti-war: “[Y]ou can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon.”

Israeli airstrikes hit Iranian oil facilities on Saturday night, according to both Iranian and Israeli media.

Iran’s latest missile barrage on Saturday evening struck the Arab Muslim town of Tamra, east of Israel’s port city of Haifa.

WASHINGTON– President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he wants the war between Iran and Israel to come to an end and that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a call they had in the morning.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) conducted an airstrike Saturday on Iranian soldiers who had launched a ballistic missile towards Israel from western Iran — showing an expansion of Israel’s offensive military capability.

Elon Musk turned on free Starlink access to Iranians on Saturday after the Iranian regime blocked Internet access to local residents to prevent them from reporting Israeli attacks or rising up against the government.

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) recently speculated that communist China might hold “moral authority” when it comes to the conflict between Israel and Iran.

On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) stated that the U.S. had some degree of knowledge that Israel would strike Iran and likely could have stopped them, but “President Trump let it

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech aimed directly at the Iranian people on Friday evening, urging them to rise up against their oppressive government and to demand their freedom.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has won complete freedom of operation above Tehran, the Iranian capital, after 36 hours of conflict, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday.

Friday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) suggested Israel had more tricks up its sleeve regarding its attack on Iran to neutralize its nuclear threat.

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said that while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concerns over Iran’s nuclear program, he “has other considerations, just like President Trump, who may want to distract from other

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said Israel “had to” strike Iran because “it sure looked like they weren’t going to negotiate out of this.” And Iran’s progress towards a

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), who criticized Israel’s strikes on Iran, said that if the United States faced the same situation from Mexico as Israel does with Iran,

Rafael Grossi, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Friday offered to travel to Iran and assess the damage to its nuclear sites following Israel’s airstrikes.

On Friday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) stated that Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) is wrong to accuse Israel of wrecking diplomacy and said Iran has been insincere in negotiations and “Iran, as the president said this

The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday denounced Israel’s strikes on Iran as “unprovoked military strikes against a sovereign UN member state, its citizens, peaceful cities, and nuclear energy infrastructure.”

In response to Israel launching strikes on Iran’s military and nuclear sites, Iran retaliated by launching missiles at Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, according to several reports.

Most U.S. voters said the Trump administration should support “an Israeli effort” to go after Iran’s nuclear program in a poll conducted before Israel launched strikes on Iran Friday morning.

President of Argentina Javier Milei was not present in Israel by the time the country shut down its airspace prior to launching strikes against Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure on Thursday evening, several sources confirmed.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed on Friday that he held a phone conversation with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, who updated him on the country’s ongoing campaign against Iran.

Caitlin Jenner, who is visiting in Israel to participate in Pride festivities, spent the evening Friday in a bomb shelter in Tel Aviv as Iran fired barrages of ballistic missiles at the country.

The authoritarian regimes of Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua condemned Israel and pledged unwavering support for Iran after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a series of airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure on Friday morning.

Israel’s national security adviser, Tzachi Hanegbi, told Israeli television on Friday that only U.S. President Donald Trump can end Iran’s nuclear program — even as Israel’s military was busy attacking it.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a statement defending “Iran’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity” and discouraged “escalation” on Friday morning, responding to an Israeli operation targeting high-ranking Iranian military leaders.

Israel’s first round of airstrikes, in what the Israeli government is describing as an extended campaign to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, killed several top Iranian military officers and nuclear scientists.

CNN host Dana Bash said Friday on “The Situation Room” that during a phone conversation, President Donald Trump said the hardline negotiators he was dealing with in Iran were killed in Israel’s military strike.

“Better to act now, before Iran can rebuild its defenses and before it has a nuclear weapon. Trump has done his best to reach a deal. There is no other option.”

President Donald Trump said Friday that Iranian officials ignored the 60-day window he gave them to make a deal on Iran’s nuclear program. 

Iranian “supreme leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed a “bitter and painful” end for Israel in his first remarks after an unprecedented siege of Tehran in the early morning hours of Friday, eliminating several high-ranking members of the Iranian military. 

President Trump released a statement via his Truth Social account early Friday morning urging Iran to make a deal or face “even more brutal” attacks from Israel in the coming days. It was a brilliant statement in several ways.  

Israel, its allies, and regional Arab countries together intercepted Iranian drones fired in retaliation for the massive Israeli airstrike launched early Friday, stopping them before they reached Israeli airspace.

Several European leaders urged Israel and Iran to de-escalate after Jerusalem launched a “pre-emptive” strike.

Iran warned Israel on Friday morning lethal strikes on its military and nuclear sites amount to a “declaration of war.”

Urged Iran’s remaining leadership to come to the negotiating table and make a deal because Israel has “the most lethal” military equipment.

During an interview with NewsNation on Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) stated that Israel’s strikes on Iran were largely unavoidable because the 60-day deadline given to Iran by President Donald Trump ran out right before the strikes and Iran breached