The Wall Street Journal earlier reported, citing U.S. officials, that though President Trump supported Israel's strike on the gas field, he is now reluctant to greenlight additional strikes on Iranian energy sites

Iran is a close partner of Russia, which built and helps run Iran's only nuclear power station. However, Russia denied earlier reports of it sharing satellite imagery and ⁠improved drone technology ​with Iran, calling it 'fake ​news'

A Palestinian photographer said he was attacked by police after trying to help another journalist documenting the police violence in East Jerusalem. He accused police of confiscating his camera's memory cards and of attacking him when he tried to retrieve them