As tensions simmer in the Middle East, whispers of a potential US strike on Iran have stirred the geopolitical pot, with Israel's Netanyahu eyeing the moment.

The two Middle Eastern countries exchanged messages through a Russian intermediary saying they would not preemptively attack each other.

Israel is grappling with a dramatic increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among its troops after its two-year assault on Gaza, precipitated by the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on southern Israel.

Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point.

Israel is closely monitoring the fallout from widespread Iranian protests. An Israeli official said Sunday that U.S.

Israel’s and Iran’s defenses are still vulnerable after the June war, so why is their leaders’ rhetoric so bellicose? The rationale for renewed hostilities still exists, but both governments also have an interest in deflecting dissent.

Russia's president spoke with the leaders of Iran and Israel on Friday, positioning Moscow as a mediator as protests in Iran fuel fears of wider regional conflict.

For years, there have been concerns that the stockpile was dwindling as the U.S. provided weapons to Ukraine amid its war with Russia or Israel amid its conflict with Hamas. The U.S. has given allies a wide variety of weapons, including air defense systems and armored vehicles.

Has Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fled Israel? That question has been spreading online after Israel’s official state plane, the “Wing of Zion,” made a sudden trip from Nevatim Air Force Base near Beersheba to Crete.

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