Veteran military correspondent Yoav Zitun of Ynet, in what appears to reflect the thinking of top IDF officials, posted a message on X laying out the current reality of Israel’s confrontation with Iran and the strategic considerations that must guide its next steps. Zitun made clear: “Last night, after deliberation, it was permitted to publish – Israel does not have the capability to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities.”

In a dramatic and carefully coordinated extraction, the Stoliner Rebbe has returned to Israel following a whirlwind trip to Ukraine, marking him as the first admor successfully evacuated amid the current international travel crisis.
The rebbe had departed Israel early Thursday morning on a private jet to visit the kever of the Beis Aharon of Karlin, located in the town of Malyniv, Ukraine. After arriving in Poland and crossing the border into Ukraine, the rebbe visited the kever and held a tish there in honor of the occasion.

In a televised interview aired on Iranian state media, Mohsen Rezaei, a high-ranking general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a member of Iran’s National Security Council, claimed that “Pakistan has told us that if Israel uses nuclear missiles, we will also attack it with nuclear weapons.”
Pakistan has expressed strong solidarity with Iran following Israeli airstrikes, voicing a firm call for Muslim unity. However, despite its vocal backing, Islamabad has issued no public endorsement of nuclear retaliation as described by Rezaei. He further stated that Iran possesses undisclosed methods and strategic assets that have yet to be revealed to the world.

The resignation of Israeli Housing Minister Yitzchok Goldknopf officially took effect this morning, 48 hours after he submitted his letter of resignation, in accordance with Israeli law (excluding Shabbos from the count). Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has announced that Minister Chaim Katz will temporarily assume the role, despite Katz currently being stranded in the United States and unable to return to Israel due to the war with Iran.

Immigration and Absorption Minister Ofir Sofer (Religious Zionist party) was in Azerbaijan when Israel launched the war on Iran. He returned to Israel overnight Sunday after a tense journey home, under heavy security and great concern for his life. Although Israel maintains warm ties with Azerbaijan, which shares a border with Iran, Israeli security officials were greatly concerned that Iran would take advantage of his presence in a neighboring country and try to kill him in retaliation for the assassinations of its senior commanders. Iran has carried out a series of attacks in Baku in the past, including against Israeli ambassadors in the country, which made the presence of an Israeli minister in the country particularly dangerous.

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A suspected drone launched toward Israel from the east, which triggered sirens across northern Israel earlier, was intercepted and shot down by the Israeli Air Force a short time ago, the IDF reports.

A suspicious aerial target was detected in Israeli airspace a short time ago, triggering drone alerts across northern Israel, beginning in the Beit She’an area and moving west toward the coast. The Israeli Air Force is actively tracking the object, and the incident remains ongoing. Residents are urged to follow updated instructions from Home Front Command.

In a dramatic move, the U.S. Air Force has deployed over 30 KC-135 and KC-46 aerial tankers across the Atlantic from bases in the United States, sparking widespread speculation about their role in the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict. The unprecedented mass deployment, reported late on June 15, has raised questions about whether the tankers are intended to support Israeli Air Force (IAF) operations or prepare for deeper U.S. involvement in the war. According to reports, tankers from multiple Western countries are already assisting the IAF with aerial refueling to enable strikes on Iranian targets. The newly deployed U.S.