Qalibaf's admission marks a rare departure from Tehran's usual narrative of military invulnerability, which it maintained for months before the conflict, with threats to Israel and the U.S. When Israel launched airstrikes in June, Iran's defenses did not stop those attacks effectively.

Dozens of people were injured after the Israeli military launched an operation Wednesday in the old city of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, medical sources said.

A new Quinnipiac survey finds 60 percent of respondents are against more support for Israel, the highest figure since the Oct. 7 attacks.

American voters’ opposition to additional military aid to Israel is the highest it’s been since late 2023, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. In the poll, 32