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.

UPDATE: MDA says no reports of injuries have been received following the missiles strikes into Israel moments ago. The IDF says Iran fired approximately 5 missiles into Israel.

Footage claimed to show the launch of a ballistic missile from Iran in the sky over Eslamshahr near Tehran.

BREAKING: Putin offered to be a mediator with the Iran and Israel conflict. Trump’s response: “He actually offered to help mediate. I said do me a favor, mediate your own. Let’s mediate Russia first, okay? Let’s mediate Russia first. You can worry about this later.”

YERUSHALYIM: Children in the Arzei Habira park recite Tehillim together for the safety of Klal Yisroel. All schools are still closed in Israel. Video via Gemul Shelter.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s televised statement this morning rejecting President Trump’s demand that Iran immediately surrender without any preconditions.

An Iranian delegation for negotiations “may have just landed in Oman,” Reuters reports. Separate reports indicate that at least three Iranian government planes have left Iran and landed in Muscat.

The Israeli Air Force bombed another three Iranian AH-1 helicopters at a military base in Kermanshah a short while ago, the IDF says.

Trump: “We are not looking for a long-term war. I only want one thing. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon – that’s it. I’m not looking long-term, short-term. I’ve been saying it for 20 years.”