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Yemeni government forces said they carried out more than 1,250 precision strikes against Houthi positions and military capabilities in the past 24 hours.

In an interview aired Oct. 15, U.S. President Trump said he would not use nuclear weapons in any action against Iran, saying we do not need that and that the so‑called "Mother of All Bombs" is not a nuclear weapon. He said he does not expect to deploy ground forces to Iran but may have to strike Pickaxe Mountain. Multiple U.S. media reported the White House and Pentagon have drawn up plans that could use the GBU‑43/B (MOAB) large conventional air‑blast bomb against Iranian military targets; the weapon is among the U.S. military's most powerful non‑nuclear munitions.