Israel, Iran halt fighting
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Fakhri Abu Diab fought for decades to save his home. But when Israeli authorities arrived with bulldozers two years ago, he was powerless to stop them. He and his wife now live among shards of memory: a bicycle where his bedroom stood;
The missile exchange marked a major escalation in the already tense region. But Israel and Iran both say they will stop attacking each other, with conditions.
The bombardment followed Israeli evacuation warning for the entire city, a day after Iran threatened to attack Israel again if it kept up its offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Israel and Iran exchanged strikes late Sunday and early Monday, marking the biggest escalation in direct fighting since the U.S.-Iran cease-fire took hold in April.
More than 100 days after the outbreak of the latest regional conflict, the United States, Iran, and Israel remain locked in a volatile security situation marked by military confrontations and failed diplomatic efforts.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps signaled that it had concluded its latest military operation against Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled back from preparations for another attack after pushback from President Trump,
Pope Leo XIV has described war as a “painful defeat” of negotiations while lamenting that violence and polarization has plunged the world into a “profound” crisis during a historic, peace-focussed speech at the Spanish parliament Monday.
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