The Wall Street Journal reports U.S., European and Ukrainian officials say the United States is backing a proposal to quickly resume Russian pipeline gas deliveries to Europe via Ukraine as part of talks to secure an energy “ceasefire” ahead of winter. U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Bill Witkoff raised the idea during September visits to Moscow and Kyiv; the proposal would route Russian gas sales through a U.S. intermediary to circumvent EU sanctions and could create commercial opportunities for

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Jerusalem Post sources say Prime Minister Netanyahu continues to push for Iranian regime change while Mossad chief Roman Gof is drafting plans to advance that aim; the IDF is focused primarily on eliminating concrete threats. Cited potential targets include the PICKAXE MOUNTAIN nuclear site; operations to reduce the risk of Iran retrieving 60% enriched uranium from the rubble of three previously struck nuclear sites; new facilities linked to weapons R&D; newly built or repaired ballistic missile production sites; and strategic-weapons projects. Israeli officials have also publicly threatened strikes on Iran’s major energy infrastructure. It is unclear whether assassinations of senior Iranian officials would be included. Since June 2025 Israel has twice killed dozens of senior Iranian officials, including, the report says, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but other senior regime figures have remained defiant. Public discussion of action against Mojtaba Khamenei — identified in the report as Ali Khamenei’s son and the regime’s current top leader — has been limited.