Overview

• Netanyahu told ABC News that Israel has not ruled out striking Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and argued such a move would end, not intensify, the conflict.
• He said Israel has already targeted top Iranian nuclear scientists and accused Tehran of pursuing a “forever war” that menaces global security.
• Two U.S. officials told Reuters that President Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Khamenei over concerns it could widen hostilities.
• Iran has threatened what it called the largest and most intense missile attack in its history in retaliation for recent Israeli airstrikes.
• The U.S. State Department issued a Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory for Israel and the West Bank in response to escalating cross‐border strikes.