Israeli air bases hit in retaliatory strikes, Revolutionary Guards say

Iran was very close to obtaining a nuclear weapon, President Donald Trump said, directly contradicting Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s assessment that Tehran is not pursuing one.

Speaking aboard Air Force One, Trump dismissed Gabbard’s testimony to Congress and aligned himself with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s view.

Gabbard had told lawmakers that Iran’s nuclear weapons program ended in 2003 and has not been restarted.

Israel’s foreign ministry criticized Iran’s internet restrictions amid ongoing conflict.

“Isn’t cutting off the Iranian people’s internet a violation of freedom of expression?” it wrote in Farsi on X.

The statement follows widespread reports of connectivity issues and isolation from international data.

On Tuesday , monitoring group NetBlocks confirmed a significant drop in internet traffic across Iran.

US President Donald Trump has ended his national security meeting in the White House Situation Room, held to assess the escalating conflict between Israel and the Islamic Republic.

No immediate statement was issued following the session.

Yemen's Houthis will intervene to support Iran in its conflict with Israel, as it previously did during the war in Gaza, a senior Houthi figure told Al Jazeera Mubasher.

The official did not specify the nature or timing of potential actions.

Israel’s campaign against Iran will not conclude without damaging the deeply buried Fordo enrichment facility, National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi said Tuesday.

“The plan is blue and white, including all elements of the offensive,” he told Channel 12, emphasizing the operation is Israeli-led.

Hanegbi said Israel is in constant contact with Washington, but is not pressing the US to join the strikes.