Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said any attack by Iran, in any form, would be met with a forceful response.

Germany’s Interior Minister Dobrindt said on the 26th a vehicle ramming into pedestrians in Berlin on the evening of the 25th is suspected to be a terrorist attack. The incident killed one and injured 29, several seriously. The suspect remains at large.

Iran army spokesman Akraminia said on the 26th that Tehran does not see a concrete US next-step strategy and judges Washington to be in a dilemma. He listed possible US options as withdrawal, large-scale air strikes under Israeli pressure, or a ground operation, and said Iran will watch US moves and is prepared for various scenarios. Akraminia added the conflict’s geographic scope has expanded to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and that Iranian actions have included US targets from Jordan to the Gulf littoral states.