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American-Born Israeli Soldier Killed in Combat in Lebanon

Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, was raised in Connecticut, moved to Israel a year ago

(Newser) - A 22-year-old soldier who grew up in Connecticut has been killed while fighting for Israel in southern Lebanon, officials said Sunday. The Israel Defense Forces identified him as Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, born in New Haven and posthumously promoted from corporal, reports CBS News . He served in the IDF's...

Report: Trump Wants to Go After Iran's Uranium

Plan to seize a half-ton of enriched uranium seen as high-risk escalation, reports WSJ

(Newser) - President Trump is actively considering a ground operation inside Iran to haul out nearly half a ton of enriched uranium, US officials say—a mission military experts describe as exposed and highly risky. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the plan under discussion would send American forces into at least...

Trump's New Comments on War Lift Wall Street

President cites progress in talks, but also adds a threat of heavier bombardment

(Newser) - President Trump on Monday suggested that peace talks were making progress, but he also threatened to expand bombardment of Iran should those talks collapse. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the US was negotiating with a "new, and more reasonable, regime," but he warned that a deal...

US May Have Fired New Missile in Iran War

Investigations suggest Pentagon deployed a PrSM that struck sports hall, school

(Newser) - A new missile in the American arsenal appears to have been used in combat for the first time in Iran, according to a visual investigation by the New York Times . A BBC investigation reached the same conclusion. The attack by what's known as a Precision Strike Missile, or PrSM,...

US Troop Buildup in Middle East Tops 50K

Surge comes amid talk of possible special operation ground raids

(Newser) - The US troop presence in the Middle East has quietly swelled to a level not seen in decades, now hovering above 50,000. The latest additions: 2,500 Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and 2,500 sailors, plus about 2,000 paratroopers from the Army's 82nd Airborne Division,...

Trump Says His 'Preference' Is to Take Iran's Oil

Trump weighs seizing Kharg Island as oil prices surge

(Newser) - President Trump is floating a blunt idea for ending the US-Israeli war with Iran: seize Iran's oil. In a weekend interview with the Financial Times , the US president said his "preference" would be to capture Iran's main export terminal, Kharg Island, insisting it could be taken "...

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Somebody Is Broadcasting Mystery Signals in the War

Radio sleuths baffled by Cold War-style string of numbers and the Persian word 'attention'

(Newser) - "Attention" is the first word, and it comes in Persian—three times—before a male voice launches into hours of measured, seemingly random numbers. The transmission, on shortwave radio, has aired twice daily since the US-Israel strikes on Iran began on Feb. 28, reports Wired , citing the group Priyom,...

Iran War's Latest Casualty: Kenya's Flower Industry

African nation is seeing millions of dollars in losses due to shipping turmoil, decline in demand

(Newser) - Kenya's flower industry has reported weekly losses of up to $1.4 million since the Iran war began, with growers attributing the losses to a decline in demand and shipping disruptions. The Kenya Flower Council, a private sector group representing growers and exporters of cut flowers and ornamentals in...

Iran-Backed Houthis Have Now Inserted Themselves in War

Rebel group claims missile attack on Israel out of Yemen

(Newser) - Iranian-backed Houthi rebels claimed a missile launch toward Israel from Yemen early Saturday, their first since the Iran war started. The Israeli military said it intercepted the projectile, per the AP . The conflict, now marking its one-month anniversary, erupted after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, which retaliated with...

Iran Hits Saudi Military Base, Injuring 10 US Service Members

Two of those service members are seriously hurt, officials say; planes also reportedly damaged

(Newser) - An Iranian missile attack on Friday wounded at least 10 US service members and damaged several planes at a military base in Saudi Arabia, according to two US officials familiar with the situation. Two of the troops were seriously wounded, one of the officials said. The attack on Prince Sultan...

Iran-Tied Hackers Leak Patel's Personal Emails

'Handala Hack Team' disseminated FBI chief's old personal and work messages, as well as photos

(Newser) - FBI Director Kash Patel is now among the apparent targets of a hacking crew that Western researchers tie to Iran. The group calling itself "Handala Hack Team" says it broke into Patel's personal Gmail account and has posted photos and documents it claims came from his inbox, reports...

Report: US May Send 10K More Troops to MidEast

Trump says he has extended deadline for Iran to reopen Strait of Hormuz

(Newser) - The Pentagon is reportedly eyeing a major troop boost in the Middle East even as the White House talks up possible diplomacy with Iran. The Wall Street Journal , citing Pentagon officials "with knowledge of the planning," reports that the Defense Department is considering sending as many as 10,...

Trump Explains 'Big Present' From Iran

He says officials let oil tankers sail through Strait of Hormuz as a gesture of good faith

(Newser) - During Thursday's Cabinet meeting, President Trump explained the " very big present " he said the US had received from Iran on Tuesday. The president said Iran had agreed to let Pakistan-flagged oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz as a gesture of good faith, the Telegraph reports....

Trump Says Iran 'Better Get Serious Soon'

He claims 'strange' negotiators are 'begging to make a deal'

(Newser) - President Trump is warning Tehran that the clock is ticking. With a five-day halt on US strikes against Iran's energy facilities set to end Saturday, Trump said Thursday that Iran must "get serious soon" about talks "before it is too late."
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Iran Says It's Collecting Tolls on Strait of Hormuz

After reportedly asking $2M of an oil tanker, government aims to put plan in writing

(Newser) - Iran says it's letting certain ships pass through the Strait of Hormuz—for a fee. As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues, "Iran will continue to impose fees for the safe passage of ships through the strait," an Iranian Foreign Ministry rep was quoted as telling state-aligned...

Israel Says It's Taken Out Another Big Iranian Name

Iran's Alireza Tangsiri, the IRGC's naval chief, is dead, according to Israel Katz

(Newser) - Israel says it has taken out a top Iranian military figure in a strike it's framing as help for Washington. Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday announced that an overnight attack killed Alireza Tangsiri, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' navy chief, and other senior naval officers allegedly involved in...

Zelensky Says Russia Is Blackmailing the US

Moscow's support for Iran, including reported drone deliveries, may hinge on one point

(Newser) - Russia is reportedly gearing up to arm Iran, the very ally that's been arming it. Western intelligence officials say Moscow is close to completing a delivery of drones, as well as medicine and food, to Iran—a shift that would mark Russia's first confirmed supply of lethal hardware to Tehran...

Netanyahu Orders Military to Step Up Strikes on Iran

Israel aims to wipe out military infrastructure before possible ceasefire

(Newser) - Israel's leadership is trying to hit Iran's military infrastructure hard and fast before possible US-Iran diplomacy puts the brakes on the war. The New York Times , citing two senior Israeli officials and others briefed on the matter, reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered the military...

Iran's Cheap Drones Are a Big Problem for US

$35K Shahed drones strain Gulf defenses despite US strikes: Nicholas Kulish

(Newser) - The United States' problem in the Iran war isn't what it can blow up—it's what it can't see. Nicholas Kulish of the New York Times reports that even as American strikes level drone factories like one recently hit near Isfahan, Iran's Shahed attack drones remain cheap, simple, and surprisingly...

82nd Airborne Troops Are Being Deployed to Middle East

Pentagon deployment boosts US options for potential ground operations against Iran

(Newser) - The Pentagon is tapping one of its fastest-moving units as the White House weighs how far to take its confrontation with Iran. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and division headquarters at North Carolina's Fort Bragg have been given written orders to head to...

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