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Seven American troops were wounded in the joint raid, the Associated Press reported citing the US military.

F-35 deliveries resume, but $5 m. per jet is withheld until the TR-3 upgrade is complete, ensuring enhanced combat capabilities.

Air Force General C.Q. Brown cautioned that there was the risk posed by Iran's terrorist allies in places such as Iraq, Syria and Jordan who have attacked US troops as well as Yemen's Houthis.

While Israel and Iran play a high-stakes game of "who will blink first," the real loser in this nerve-racking standoff might just be the United States.

"The overall goal is to turn the temperature down in the region, deter and defend against those attacks, and avoid regional conflict," Jonathan Finer, White House Deputy National Security Advisor.

However, the presence of an estimated 50,000 Islamic State fighters and their families across the border in Syria in detention centers and camps stokes fears of history repeating itself.

Senator Lindsey Graham urges US military action against Iran if Hezbollah escalates tensions with Israel, aiming to prevent Iran's nuclear breakout and hold them accountable for proxy actions.

Iran’s escalation comes as it senses the US is focused on domestic political issues.

These include machines powered by artificial intelligence as well as robots. 

The construction of the pier off the Gazan coast coincided with the IDF's start of the Rafah operation.