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Trump calls Operation Epic Fury ‘one of the most complex and stunning operations ever conducted’; Iran’s foreign minister says ‘Iran does not want to harm ordinary Americans’ Tell us: how have you been affected by the latest events in the Middle East?Donald Trump has said a decision on when to end the war with Iran will be a “mutual” one he’ll make together with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Times of Israel has reported.It said Trump also claimed in a brief telephone interview on Sunday that Iran would have destroyed Israel if he and Netanyahu had not been around. The US president said:Iran was going to destroy Israel and everything else around it … We’ve worked together. We’ve destroyed a country that wanted to destroy Israel.I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account. Continue reading...

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Israeli minister’s son wounded in attack near Lebanon border

Israeli minister’s son wounded in attack near Lebanon border Israel’s far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said his son was wounded in an attack near the Lebanese border that injured eight Israeli soldiers. In a post on X, Smotrich said a mortar round was fired at troops on Friday and that his son, Benya Hebron, was among those hurt. He said shrapnel “penetrated his back and stomach” and that he was taken to hospital. “By the grace of God, one of the shrapnel tore through his liver and lodged in the wall of the largest blood vessel in his stomach,” Smotrich wrote, adding that the injuries could have been far worse if the vessel had been hit.