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Hegseth, attacking press, declares victory is near amid ongoing Iran conflict  Politico

President Donald Trump said Friday he feels honored to be killing Iran's leadership, calling them "deranged scumbags." "They've been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so!" Trump posted on social media shortly after midnight in Washington. Iran's longtime supreme leader Ali Khamenei and numerous other top figures in Tehran have been killed since the war was launched by the United States and Israel on February 28.

Middle East war live: Hegseth says Iran leader ‘likely disfigured’ as US vows to intensify strikes  Financial Times

Danny Citrinowicz, IDF's former top Iran researcher, warns regime will try and break out toward a bomb in response to killing of its supreme leader, whose policy was to keep Tehran at threshold The post War aimed at preventing Iranian nukes may actually lead to them, ex-IDF expert warns appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, was naturalized US citizen who worked in restaurant; four family members reportedly killed in Israeli airstrike amid fighting with Hezbollah The post Michigan synagogue attacker was US-Lebanese citizen with relatives said killed in IDF strike appeared first on The Times of Israel.

After sharing the throwback photo with his parents, Trump warned that the U.S. had ‘unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition and plenty of time’ in the war with Iran

US president's shifting statements are result of tug-of-war in his administration, sources say, as officials weigh economic, political costs of continued strikes The post With Iran war exit still elusive, Trump aides vie to affect the outcome appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wants his country’s attacks on Iran to help bring about regime change.

Contributor: What a U.S. victory would look like in the Iran war  Los Angeles Times

4 US service members killed in crash: Iran war updates  USA Today

In a special wartime episode, Turkey expert examines how the players on war zone's northern edge are reacting to attacks by Tehran, and how the conflict affects ties with Israel The post Gallia Lindenstrauss: Iran war reaches Kurds, Turkey and Azerbaijan appeared first on The Times of Israel.

President posts on Truth Social to ‘watch what happens today’ and says it is an ‘honor’ to be killing regime’s leaders Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Middle East liveblog – latest updates Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is set to give another morning media briefing, updating on the US war on Iran, alongside general Dan Caine. You can follow along at 8am ET via our Middle East live blog, which will have all the news lines here: Iran’s Navy is gone, their Air Force is no longer, missiles, drones and everything else are being decimated, and their leaders have been wiped from the face of the earth. Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today. They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th President of the United States of America, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so! The US Senate failed to pass a funding bill to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), amid a partial shutdown that has lasted almost a month. In a surprising twist, a White House event in honor of Women’s History Month ended with a medal being presented to… Donald Trump. The US temporarily suspended sanctions on the sale of Russian oil issuing a Treasury Department license to allow the sale of Russian crude oil and petroleum products loaded on vessels through April 11. “Looks like we fought Iran and Russia won,” Brian Schatz, a Democratic senator from Hawaii observed. Two Democratic senators, Elizabeth Warren and Chris Van Hollen, called for the US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, “to be fired immediately” over the killing of dozens of seven to 12-year-old Iranian schoolgirls in a missile attack on the first day of the US-Israeli war on Iran. The suspect who killed one person and injured two others at Old Dominion University was identified by authorities as Mohamed Jalloh, a former member of the army national guard who pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State. The FBI said it is investigating the ramming of a car into a Michigan synagogue as “a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community”. Continue reading...

Why the Iran war hurts Trump’s plans to expand LNG  E&E News by POLITICO

Israel's ICJ genocide defense brief likely delayed by war  The Jerusalem Post

US military announces 4 killed in aircraft crash; IDF strikes 200 targets in Iran over past day, including underground weapons site; French soldier killed in Iraq, 2 dead in Oman The post Woman wounded by shrapnel, dozens lightly hurt as Iranian missile hits northern town appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Ticket prices for the coming weeks have already gone up by 15% in the past 10 days, as Israeli airlines look to profit off a dominant position during war yet again, says expert The post With foreign airlines fleeing war, fares take off as local carriers cash in appeared first on The Times of Israel.