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In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shows an illustration as he describes his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions during his address to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Israel’s attack on Iran marks moment of truth for Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on the mission of his lifetime. For years, the veteran leader has made the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program his top priority. Now Netanyahu’s moment of truth has arrived.

Two Palestinians ride a small boat at the seafront next to a tent camp in the Gaza City port, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 20 as war rages on after the opening of a new front with Iran

Iranian protesters hold up Iranian and Palestinian flags in an anti-Israeli gathering in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Timeline of tensions and hostilities between Israel and Iran

Firefighters work the scene of an explosion at a residence compound in northern Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel’s attack on Iran was years in the making. How did they get here?

Pushpa Joshi, sister of Bipin Joshi, a Nepali man taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, shows photos of them together during an interview with The Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Family pleads for the release of a Nepali student abducted by Hamas

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Aerials show damage after Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israel

Drone footage showed damage from an Iranian strike Saturday on a neighborhood in Rishon Lezion, Israel.

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Palestinian families evacuate parts of Khan Younis following Israeli military orders as airstrikes continue

Funerals held after at least a dozen killed in southern Gaza when they were on their way to get aid

UK and others sanction 2 far-right Israeli Cabinet ministers for ‘inciting extremist violence’

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Ahmad Hammadi, center, receives condolences on the death of his son Mohammed who was killed during an Israeli pre-dawn raid on Beit Jin village, southern Syria, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Israel raids a Syrian village and detains suspected militants; 1 person is killed

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Hamas says it killed 12 Israeli-backed fighters. Israeli-supported group says they were aid workers

Relatives mourn over the body of Palestinian teenager Ghazal Eyad, 16, who was killed while heading to an aid distribution hub, during her funeral in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)

UN votes overwhelmingly to demand Gaza ceasefire, hostage release and aid access

Palestinians, who were injured last night while trying to get access to humanitarian aid, arrive at the al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

More than 55,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza health officials say

Netanyahu says Israel has ‘activated’ some Palestinian clans opposed to Hamas | AP Explains

Israel seizes Gaza-bound aid boat Madleen, detaining Thunberg and other activists

Israeli forces board Gaza-bound aid boat ahead of detaining Greta Thunberg and other activists

People cheer as a convoy of buses made up of activists, lawyers and medical professionals from North Africa depart from Tunisia to Gaza to break Israel's blockade on the territory, in Gabes, Tunisia, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo)

A convoy sets off for Gaza from North Africa to protest Israel’s blockade

Israeli forces seize Gaza-bound aid boat and detain Greta Thunberg and other activists

Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians say Israel and its allies fired on a crowd near Gaza aid site. Hospital says 14 killed

Israeli forces seize Gaza-bound aid boat and detain Greta Thunberg and other activists | AP Explains

Israeli military invites journalists into Khan Younis, Gaza to show tunnel under European Hospital

Israeli forces halt Gaza-bound aid boat and detain Greta Thunberg and other activists

Israeli hostages highlighted at Jewish festival following Boulder attack

The Gaza-bound aid boat, Madleen, under escort of Israeli naval forces enters to Ashdod Port in southern Israel after being seized by Israeli forces, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Gaza-bound aid boat with Greta Thunberg on board arrives in Israel after its seizure

Funeral for Israeli soldier killed in explosion as troops searched suspect compound in Gaza Strip

Climate activist Greta Thunberg stands near a Palestinian flag after boarding the Madleen boat and before setting sail for Gaza along with activists of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, departing from the Sicilian port of Catania, Italy, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Salvatore Cavalli)

Israel vows to prevent an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching Gaza

Palestinians carry bags containing food and humanitarian aid packages delivered by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a U.S.-backed organization, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians say Israeli fire kills 12 near aid sites. Israel says it fired warning shots

Former Colorado State Sen. Steve Fenberg marches with his daughter Isa in Boulder, Colo., on Sunday, June 8, 2025, to call for the release of Israeli hostages. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)

Israeli hostages highlighted at Boulder Jewish Festival after attack on group urging their release

Workers from Thailand prune artichoke crops prior to the start of the ritual crop sabbatical, which begins at the Jewish New Year, so the vegetable will be kosher when it sprouts, at Beit Uziel in central Israel, September 14, 2000. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)

Why were so many Thai farmers among the hostages held by Hamas?

This undated photo provided by the Hostage's Family Forum shows Nattapong Pinta, with his wife and son. (Hostage's Family Forum via AP)

Israel retrieves the body of a Thai hostage as 95 people are reported killed in Gaza

Displaced Palestinians perform Eid prayers outside demolished mosques in Gaza

Netanyahu says Israel has ‘activated’ local clans in Gaza in the fight against Hamas

The sun sets as smoke from Israeli bombardment billows over buildings in the northern Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Netanyahu says Israel has ‘activated’ some Palestinian clans opposed to Hamas

Reaction to recovery of bodies of two Israeli-American hostages from Gaza

Narissara Chantasang, fifth from left, wife of Nattapong Pinta, a Thai laborer who was taken hostage by Hamas attends a silent memorial service near a coffin containing his body at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakarn province Thailand, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

How many hostages are left in Gaza?

People take part in a protest demanding the end of the war and immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel says it has recovered the bodies of 2 Israeli-American hostages from the Gaza Strip

Palestinians in Khan Younis displaced again struggle to find shelter in Muwasi area

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire

A Palestinian woman mourns as she embraces the body of her daughter Mayar Abu Odeh, 8, who was killed in an Israeli army strike on Gaza. at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza ceasefire