U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters the U.S. military has the capability to maintain a naval presence in the region to enforce its retaliatory blockade of Iran, which has inflicted severe economic damage on the country

Netanyahu said Israel is 'making sure' Iran doesn't become a nuclear-armed Islamic Republic and quipped that the U.K. is becoming one, as new British PM Burnham recently vowed to apply more pressure on the Israeli gov't amid the war in Gaza and West Bank settler violence

Israeli law requires pollsters to submit information about polls conducted during the 90 days before a national election. In May, Haaretz reported Channel 14 established a polling company without disclosing its connection to the channel