Israel’s ambassador to the United States said Sunday that Israel was not looking to limit or quickly finish up its war with Iran. “The objective is not to contain the war. The objective is to win the war,” Ambassador Yechiel Leiter said to host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”

Former Vice President Pence on Sunday said that the United States “needs to be prepared” to help Israel destroy the Iranian nuclear program. “If Israel needs our help to ensure that

Israel and Iran exchange missile attacks for a third day; nuclear sites hit, death tolls rise, airspace shut, U.S. warns Tehran against retaliation.

Trump told the Wall Street Journal that he knew all about Israel’s plan ahead of time, that he wasn’t given a mere “heads-up.”

News site Axios reported that Mossad agents inside Iran helped prepare the June 13 strikes. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.

Countries trade strikes as tensions grow over larger Middle East conflict - Iranian missiles struck an apartment building in the Galilee region, killing four people, as the countries exchanged fire

Experts suggest the U.S. has a strategic opportunity to leverage Iran's weakened position for a nuclear deal after Israel's targeted strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites.