Overview

• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launched ballistic missiles and drones that hit Beer Sheva’s Soroka hospital and breached Tel Aviv’s airspace, causing casualties and damage
• Israel struck the Arak heavy-water reactor and continued raids on centrifuge plants and military installations to degrade Iran’s nuclear infrastructure
• President Trump has approved plans for potential strikes on Iran and staged B-2 bombers, carriers and missile defenses across the region, though he has yet to issue a final order
• Pentagon experts express doubts about the GBU-57 bunker-buster’s ability to obliterate Iran’s Fordow underground facility, raising uncertainty over US strike options
• The EU, United Nations and China have called for de-escalation and offered to mediate talks to prevent a wider Middle East war