Israeli PM Netanyahu claims airstrikes have severely damaged Iran's nuclear program and weakened its regime. As explosions rock Tehran, he warns collapse is possible; Trump urges Iran to resume talks.

As tensions escalate sharply in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Israeli forces now command the skies above Tehran, signalling a dramatic turn in the ongoing conflict with Iran.

In the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, many people seem to be lining up to support the military operation against Iran — despite an Iranian missile hitting here days ago.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday claimed that Israel “controls the skies over Tehran” and said his country is “on the way” to achieving its goals of destroying the Iranian nuclear and ballistic missile threats.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (local time) claimed that Iran's Islamic regime had pinpointed US President Donald Trump as a threat to its nuclear program and actively worked to assassinate him.

Trump distanced himself from direct involvement in Israel’s strikes. But Benjamin Netanyahu will need the U.S. president to finish the job.

When Pakistan was preparing to develop nuclear weapons, Israel reportedly offered India assistance to destroy Pakistan’s nuclear facilities. However, India did not take up the offer at that time. Today,

Donald Trump declared that, “for the first time in a thousand years, the world will look at this region not as a place of turmoil and strife, and war and death, but as a land of opportunity and hope.”