When Israel launched its series of strikes against Iran last week, it also issued a number of dire warnings about the country’s nuclear program, suggesting Iran was fast approaching a point of no return in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to preempt that outcome.

Israel has claimed near-total control over Tehran’s airspace, emphasising that most of Iran’s aging fighter jets never even took off.

President Trump called for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ on Tuesday. Israeli officials have been pushing the United States to use its huge bunker-busting bomb to crush Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

Israel and Iran are trading strikes for a fifth day, with civilians in flashpoint areas facing waves of attacks. Israel’s defense minister said the country plans on striking “very significant targets in Tehran.

Israel and Iran launched a new round of attacks as the conflict between the two heavily armed rivals enters its fifth day.

Israel said Tuesday that they killed Iran’s wartime chief of staff Maj. Gen. Ali Shamdani, a close ally of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

President Trump spent the first months of his term holding back Israel’s push for an assault on Iran’s nuclear program. With the war underway, his posture has gyrated as he weighs sending in the U.S.

Ali Shadmani, perhaps the most senior military leader in Iran's now-decapitated armed forces, was reportedly assassinated just days into taking his position.

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania calls for the U.S. to give Israel anything it needs in support of its assault against Iran.