Middle East
The service member was critically wounded in a March 1 attack on U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia and died from those injuries Saturday night, CENTCOM said.
IDF strikes continue to “deepen the damage to all arrays and capabilities of the Iranian terror regime.”
“The IDF is operating with determination against the Hezbollah terror group,” said the military.
Ministers condemned the regime’s “reckless” strikes on Gulf states, backed self-defense and urged a U.N. resolution against Tehran’s threat to region.
One of the fallen soldiers was named as IDF Warrant Officer Maher Khatar, from the Golan Heights Druze village of Majdal Shams.
Israeli and U.S. forces are expanding their target bank as joint operations enter their second week, aiming to further erode the Islamic Republic’s power.
The president said he did not rule out sending U.S. troops to Iran but stressed it would happen only if he felt it was fully justified.
“We believe we have a big chance now,” a senior Iranian Kurdish official said.
The widow of the missing navigator called on the government not to risk lives of soldiers for the sake of her husband’s remains.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps planned to bomb an oil pipeline and attack a synagogue.
Tehran’s apology to its neighboring countries “was only made because of the relentless U.S. and Israeli attack,” the American president said.
“This moment will be judged in history as a moment of change that will bring a better future for all,” the U.S. ambassador to Israel said.
