Official says Jerusalem is helping the US mainly with intelligence on the Strait of Hormuz crisis, as Iranian media reports a plan to tighten Tehran’s control over the strategic waterway and bar ships from the US, Israel and countries imposing sanctions on Iran

The move goes a step further than Madrid’s earlier decision to deny the United States the use of jointly operated military bases

More than 40% of the population now lives below the absolute poverty line, with that figure exceeding 50% in the capital; economists warn, however, that the real poverty rate may have climbed above 60% nationwide

US president is considering a risky operation to remove Iran’s enriched uranium as Washington presses Tehran to surrender it and weighs broader military steps

Trained in dense urban warfare, the IDF’s counterterror unit — which prepares elite forces — is now operating at the deepest point of Israeli activity in southern Lebanon, where its commander says its ladders are a 'game changer' for rapid movement across rugged terrain.

Colonel Rich Outzen: 'It's part of the political and psychological game here'

Joe Truzman says Iran is 'attempting to tie the Lebanese arena into the end of the conflict'

Heavy smoke was seen rising from the oil refineries in Haifa following an apparent impact during the combined barrage from Iran and Lebanon, while several people were reported wounded in two locations in the nearby city of Shfaram