In response to the ultimatum, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a post on X: “The battle begins”. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A South Florida journalist and a Miami mother are among hundreds of Americans stranded in Israel after Iranian missile attacks grounded flights and closed airspace.

Israeli authorities have signaled that the barrage appears to have subsided, giving the all clear for people to leave their shelters. They said that emergency services were responding to reports of damage from the missiles and are providing treatment to several people with minor injuries.

Iran's nuclear program will be hard to dismantle, but Israel has increased its superiority in missile and air defence capabilities

In a small, tight-knit town near Haifa in northern Israel, residents here never thought they would experience such horror.