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Alexander Ward, Laurence Norman WASHINGTON—President Trump is leaning toward expanding U.S. military operations in Iran after days of briefings from top aides, U.S. officials said.

While preferring diplomacy, the president was briefed this week on options, including the use of ground troops and bombing the nuclear-linked site Pickaxe Mountain.

Alexander Ward, Michelle Hackman, Robbie Gramer WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is considering placing a bond of $100,000 on some

Alexander Ward, Anat Peled, Laurence Norman Israeli intelligence believes Iran moved thousands of uranium-enrichment centrifuges into tunnels

If the multiphase process succeeds, Palestinian militant groups would lose power in Gaza, and Israel would withdraw from the enclave.

Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups agreed to a plan that, if followed, would see the groups disarm and lose power in the Gaza Strip as long as Israel withdraws from the enclave, U.S. officials said.

WASHINGTON—President Trump has ordered the military to launch a fresh attack on Iran that could begin as soon as this weekend and last a few days, U.S. officials said.

WASHINGTON—After days of threats to launch a new offensive against Iran, President Trump is once again trying to achieve through diplomacy what he has yet to accomplish through war.

Tehran’s hard-line approach threatens to destroy its economy and relations with its neighbors. It is willing to take the risk.

Iran's leadership has made a high-stakes calculation in its showdown with President Trump: maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz is a nonnegotiable red line.