Former Defense Minister Benny Gantz tells NBC News' Richard Engel the military effort will "set the conditions" for the Iranian people to decide the country's future.
The Israeli military's top lawyer cites "exceptional circumstances" for dropping the case involving a Palestinian man held at Sde Teiman military prison.
Iran's new supreme leader delivered a forceful message in his first public statement since succeeding his slain father, as the Israeli military bombarded Tehran and the Lebanese capital with strikes.
