Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition survived an attempt to dissolve Knesset as ultra-Orthodox lawmakers reach a compromise with a Likud leader over military exemptions.

The vote was the most serious challenge to Netanyahu’s government since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, the biggest security failure in Israel’s history and the trigger for the ongoing war in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday issued his strongest warning yet to Iran, vowing to strike "every target of the ayatollah regime" and declaring that Israeli forces had already dealt a "real blow" to Tehran's nuclear infrastructure in an escalating military confrontation between the two regional arch-rivals.

Israel had attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities to ward off an existential threat, vowing that the battle would continue for “as many days as it takes.”

An Air India flight from Phuket in Thailand to India's capital New Delhi received an onboard bomb threat on Friday and made an emergency landing on the island, airport authorities said.