Iran could be planning a surprise missile and drone attack targeting Gulf countries and Israel amid ongoing ceasefire negotiations between Washington and Tehran, Jerusalem Post reported, citing intelligence officials.

The report added that if hostilities resume, as threatened by President Donald Trump, the US military is likely to use an even greater share of interceptors.

President claims ‘I don’t need money for the ballroom’ as Senate Republicans move to ditch $1bn funding plan amid fears of alienating voters

Israel's parliament is expected to vote on Wednesday on a ⁠bill ⁠to dissolve itself, potentially bringing forward by a few ⁠weeks the next national election, which surveys predict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lose.

Iran and United States are engaged in back-channel diplomacy via mediator Pakistan, in an attempt to find a permanent solution to the conflict in the Middle East. Reports say that Tehran is reviewing US response to its proposal as Iran's nuclear program,

Most of Israel’s key western allies have expressed outrage over the video, condemning it in unusually strong terms. The U.K., France, Italy, Spain Canada, the Netherlands and Belgium have summoned Israel’s ambassador over the controversy.

Tensions between Israel and Turkey are rapidly deteriorating, with senior figures on both sides now openly framing the other as a future regional enemy.

Israel's security minister came under international criticism in the wake of a video showing him haranguing actiivists seized from a Gaza aid flotilla.