🇫🇷🇮🇱🇮🇷Macron: We are against a change of the Iranian regime because we do not know what will happen after this regime

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷US President Donald Trump is set to make a statement to the press following the ongoing National Security Council (NSC) meeting

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷US ships enter Persian Gulf from Bahrain - Israeli Channel 9

🇮🇷🇮🇱New launches have begun against Israel

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷Before the operation in Iran began, Israel presented the United States with a series of findings on new processes and research that Iran was conducting toward a breakthrough in developing nuclear weapons, including research into developing an explosive device.

The Wall Street Journal reports this.

The US dismissed the claim that it was progress towards developing nuclear weapons and said it could be research similar to what Iran had done in the past as part of a weapons programme that operated until 2003.

🇮🇷🇮🇱Iran says it shot down an Israeli fighter jet over the provinces of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari. The pilot ejected. A search is underway.

🛢Oil prices rise nearly 5% as Iran-Israel conflict escalates

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱The Diego Garcia air base in the Indian Ocean is home to (at least) 4 US B-52 strategic bombers and 6 KC-135 tankers.

Previously, this airfield was used by B-2 Spirit bombers to strike Yemeni Houthis (currently withdrawn to a permanent airfield in the United States) and could also be used in the course of possible bombing of Iran by US Air Force aircraft.

🇪🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷The Spanish Foreign Minister is calling on the European Union to impose an arms embargo on Israel, Anadolu Agency reports.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷Trump is considering a number of options, including a possible U.S. strike on Iran, administration officials told the WSJ.

No decision has been made yet, officials said. The U.S. president, who has previously pushed for a diplomatic solution, wants to make sure Iran cannot develop nuclear capabilities, they said.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷❗️Trump has refused to send officials to meet with Iran to try to reach an agreement, CNN reports.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷Trump's meeting with the National Security Council in the Situation Room is over. The meeting lasted more than an hour.

Trump is expected to make a statement following the meeting.

American media do not rule out that Trump may decide to enter into war with Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️The US could join the war against Iran as early as this evening – Channel 12, citing Israeli officials

American CBS News also confirms.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷Senior Republican Senator Lindsey Graham: Believes the "sun will soon set" on Iran's nuclear ambitions

🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 Iran has prepared missiles and other military equipment to strike American bases if the US joins the war, The New York Times reports

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️Trump:

We need to take responsibility for saving the world from great evil.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷❗️The Pentagon has raised the alarm and put US troops on high alert at bases across the Middle East, including the UAE, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

The United States has deployed more than 40,000 troops in the region.