Satellite images show Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a key U.S. Air Force hub, abandoned with no aircraft present. The base, hosting U.S. and British planes, may have been evacuated due to fears of an Iranian attack, with aircraft likely moved to other Middle East or European bases.

Fed holds key rate steady, still sees two more cuts this year The Federal Reserve kept its key borrowing rate targeted in a range between 4.25%-4.5%, where it has been since December. However, the central bank expects inflation to remain elevated and sees lower economic growth ahead. Still, the Federal Open Market Committee expects to make two rate reductions later this year, according to the closely watched “dot plot.”

“Dear citizens of Israel, We are on day six of Operation Rising Lion. We began this campaign in order to remove two existential threats to the State of Israel: The nuclear threat and the ballistic missile threat. We are advancing step by step to remove these threats. We control the skies over Tehran. We are striking the ayatollahs’ regime with great force. We are attacking nuclear installations, missiles, command centers and the symbols of the regime. I must tell you that I speak with world leaders and they are very impressed by our determination and the achievements of our forces. They are also greatly impressed by you, citizens of Israel, by your strong spirit and by your steadfastness. We are sustaining many losses, painful losses. But we see that the home front is strong.

CCTV footage shows the moment Israel struck inside Iran’s state broadcaster building.

Hackers have reportedly breached Iran’s TV networks and broadcast calls for Iranians to rise up against the regime.

The IDF publishes footage showing the Israeli Air Force’s 120th Squadron’s aerial refueling activities during strikes in Iran. According to the IDF, more than 600 separate aerial refuelings were carried out over the skies of the Middle East, allowing dozens of IAF fighter jets to operate in Iran, located over 1,500 kilometers from Israel.

1 person was lightly wounded after a fragment from an intercepted Iranian ballistic missile struck a car on a highway in central Israel, Magen David Adom reports. MDA says the man is fully conscious.

HY”D: The IDF announced that Staff Sgt. Stav Halfon, 20, of the 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion from Petah Tikvah, was killed earlier today by sniper fire during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip.