Iran responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s address to Americans on the war with new missile attacks targeting Israel and the Gulf Arab states Thursday, underlining Tehran’s insistence that it rejected Washington’s outreach for a ceasefire while maintaining its grip on the Strait of Hormuz.

The president repeated familiar talking points and vowed to hit Iran hard over the next two to three weeks. Follow for live updates.

Israeli paramedic Dr. Gal Rosen delivered a baby in Tel Aviv, then raced to a bomb shelter with the newborn as Iron Dome missile sirens blared overhead.

Israel is preparing to switch its focus to missile strikes on Iran’s economic assets, officials said. More than a month into the war, the IDF ( Israel Defense Forces) has almost worked through its list of military targets and industrial sites that support Iran’s armed forces.

The division of responsibility has left Israel to hunt and kill Iranian leaders ruthlessly, using an intelligence apparatus built up to assassinate with lethal proficiency.

Israeli officials say Iran's internet blackout is hiding war damage, jamming Starlink, and stopping civilians from organizing amid mounting regime pressure.

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By Pesha Magid TULKARM, West Bank, April 2 (Reuters) - The sight and sound of Iranian rockets arcing overhead have become near-daily for the Palestinian Ghanem family, expelled by the Israeli military from a refugee camp and now living in a rickety shack with a thin metal roof offering little protection.