The 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel in June 2025 saw the United States intervene by striking three Iranian nuclear sites before brokering a ceasefire. While the pause still left high tensions between the two warring Middle East countries,

Israel’s and Iran’s short war ends in a ceasefire, but the strikes likely failed to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, highlighting a reckless cycle of political theatrics and strategic futility.

Israel carried out it first strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen since the Israel-Iran ceasefire, attacking ports and a power plant around midnight local time Sunday night into Monday morning.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave Trump a letter that he said he had used to nominate the US president for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The deadly attack could increase Israeli pressure on Netanyahu to ensure that a ceasefire is reached at a time that the United States is pushing forward efforts for Israel and Hamas to agree. The attack also shows that despite over 21 months of war in which Hamas forces have been heavily depleted and the territory has been devastated,