Complaints lodged by Israel with committee overseeing its cease-fire with Lebanon allege the militant group is being propped up by the infusion of U.S. currency.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made the suggestion in response to President Donald Trump's "clean out" Gaza proposal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a potentially disastrous showdown within the next month that could shake his hold on power, unless he manages to deter the strongly held positions of the foreign and domestic politicians and political forces on which he is dependent.

Israel has arrested two soldiers on suspicion of spying for Iran in return for money, its police force said on Monday.

Donald Trump said a new deal with Iran would be "nice," but the country's foreign minister said it was "obviously not enough". He added: "The situation is different and much more difficult than the previous time.

President Donald Trump has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House next week as the first

Both Israeli citizens accused of spying for Tehran "understood they were in contact with an Iranian handler," authorities said.

An ex-CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking top secret documents about Israel’s plans to retaliate against Iran last year, forcing the attack to be delayed.

A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking classified documents about Israel’s preparations to attack Iran late-last year, according to the Department of Justice.

NICOLE GRAJEWSKI is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate with the Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is the author of Russia and Iran: Partners in Defiance From Syria to Ukraine.

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