The Times of Israel is liveblogging Friday’s events as they unfold.

US strikes on Iran hit bridges and an airport, reports state media

US strikes overnight hit an airport and two bridges in southern Iran near the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media reports.

“Three explosions were heard around the airport and at least one American enemy projectile hit Iranshahr airport,” in the southeast, state television IRIB says on Telegram.

Another report speaks of airstrikes on two bridges near the village of Kohourestan and the Shor River in Bandar Khamir County.

Herzog to Saudi TV: It is my dream to see peace with Riyadh; I respect Trump, Vance

President Isaac Herzog sits down in his Jerusalem office with the Saudi Al Arabiya TV station, telling the outlet that is his dream to see peace between the two countries.

“I have great respect for Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman,” says Herzog of the Saudi leader. “The thing that we want most in Israel is to see rapprochement between the nations.”

He says he hopes to “meet the Saudi Arabian leadership officially in due course.”

Herzog says he is “not surprised” that the US-Iran MOU broke down, given Iran’s behavior in the past.

At the same time, he says he says he trusts US President Donald Trump fully, and believes in a diplomatic solution to the conflict, but “we had legitimate concerns, we raised them, and now you........

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