U.S. officials told NBC News that Israel has narrowed down potential targets in their response to Iran’s attack, which these officials describe as Iranian military and energy infrastructure.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a round of high-level diplomatic talks, which has included urging Arab nations not to allow Israel to use their airspace, saying countries that do so could potentially become part of a war.
President Joe Biden said that he is “absolutely, positively” asking the Israeli military to stop hitting U.N. peacekeepers, as international outrage grows over the attacks, which the Lebanese prime minister has called a potential war crime.
The Israel Defense Forces has issued new evacuation warnings as it intensifies a renewed offensive on northern Gaza. Aid workers said Israeli bombings are “turning north Gaza into uninhabitable ruins.”
