After threatening a "massive attack," the president said his envoys were talking with Tehran but left open the possibility of a sharp military escalation.
Two senior U.S. officials tell NBC News that military commanders are allowing some Iranian missiles and attack drones to get through air defenses amid an effort to preserve the Pentagon's shrinking supply of missiles to shoot them down. NBC News' Courtney Kube reports.
Four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed near a Palestinian village on Friday in a confrontation that added to a growing toll over recent weeks as Israeli settler violence has intensified against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
The votes marked the first test of Republican support for the conflict since President Donald Trump resumed military strikes against Tehran this month.