Overview

• Seven-year-old Nastia Borik, who came to Israel from Ukraine in 2022 for leukemia treatment, was killed along with her mother, grandmother and two cousins in the Bat Yam attack.
• Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned the strike as a deliberate assault on civilians and labeled it a “murderous” act.
• Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed that Iran will never surrender to US or Israeli threats following the strikes.
• The IDF struck an inactive plutonium reactor in Arak in a retaliatory move intended to prevent its restoration amid days of intense missile exchanges.
• President Trump has authorized plans for strikes on Iranian nuclear sites but is delaying action pending diplomatic progress, while UK leaders consult legal advisers on possible involvement.