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.

Rescue personnel frantically dig through the rubble looking for survivors at one of the sites that were struck by Iranian missiles early Monday morning.