Jun 24 Watch 9:39 Fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire holds as Trump lashes out at both sides By Nick Schifrin, Eliot Barnhart, Zeba Warsi, Sonia Kopelev President Trump is in the Netherlands for the NATO summit as the ceasefire between Iran and Israel is holding. Israel described enormous damage to Iran’s nuclear program. But PBS News Hour learned an initial U.S. assessment of the damage caused… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 7:17 Sen. Warner questions administration’s delay of Iran strike briefing By Geoff Bennett, Ian Couzens On Capitol Hill, planned briefings from intelligence officials on the rapidly changing situation in the Middle East were postponed. The Senate briefing is now set for Thursday and the House briefing on Friday. Geoff Bennett discussed the White House's reason… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 7:30 What’s next for Iran’s regime after U.S. strikes and Israel ceasefire? Analysts weigh in By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn For two perspectives on Israel's conflict with Iran and U.S. involvement, Geoff Bennett spoke with Aaron David Miller and Holly Dagres. Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former State Department official. Dagres… Continue watching
Jun 24 Palestinian health authorities say Israel kills 44 waiting for aid as war death toll tops 56,000 By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press In Tuesday's incident, Palestinian witnesses told The Associated Press that Israeli forces opened fire as people advanced eastward toward trucks delivering food to a distribution site. Continue reading
Jun 24 Israel-Iran ceasefire is in effect, Trump says By Sam Mednick, Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press President Donald Trump expressed deep frustration with both sides when the deal initially faltered. Continue reading
Jun 23 Trump calls Iran’s retaliatory strike ‘very weak,’ says country gave ‘early notice’ of attack By Associated Press Of the 14 missiles fired at a U.S. base in Qatar, Trump said in a social media post that “13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction.”… Continue reading
Jun 22 Iranian missile fired on Tel Aviv after U.S. strikes causes heavy damage but few injuries By Melanie Lidman, Associated Press Hours after the U.S. struck three Iranian nuclear sites, Iran launched more than 40 missiles toward Israel on Sunday. At an impact site in Tel Aviv, the blast had sheared off the face of a multistory residential building and damaged several others,… Continue reading
Jun 22 What to know about the U.S. military’s intervention in the Israel-Iran war By Elena Becatoros, Associated Press The United States inserted itself into Israel's war against Iran, bombing three of the Islamic Republic's key nuclear sites overnight in an attack it dubbed “Operation Midnight Hammer.”… Continue reading
Jun 21 Israel says it’s preparing for possibly long war as Iran calls U.S. involvement ‘dangerous’ By David Rising, Sam Mednick, Associated Press President Donald Trump is weighing active U.S. military involvement in the war. On Saturday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said “I think that it would be very, very dangerous for everyone.”… Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch 4:24 European leaders meet with Iran’s foreign minister as war with Israel rages on By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi It's now one full week since Israel launched a punishing campaign of airstrikes against Iran and its nuclear infrastructure. Iran has responded with its own missile strikes, but to far lesser effect. President Trump reiterated his desire to negotiate with… Continue watching