Overview

• The Bat Yam residential strike claimed the lives of five Ukrainian civilians, including seven-year-old Nastia Borik, her mother Mariia Pieshkurova, her grandmother Lena and her two young cousins.
• Nastia had been in Israel since 2022 for life-saving leukemia treatment and shared her journey online while her father serves on Ukraine’s front lines.
• Israeli President Isaac Herzog denounced the attack as a deliberate strike on civilians and urged the world to condemn Iran’s actions.
• President Trump has approved plans to hit Iranian nuclear facilities pending Tehran’s response to negotiations on its nuclear program.
• UK officials are weighing whether to join potential US-led strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites as Iran’s Supreme Leader vows never to surrender.