Operation Midnight Hammer

Oil’s geopolitical premium vanished in 2025 and may not return - opinion

Oil futures in 2025 have oscillated within a relatively narrow range, with the high coming in January before the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries began production increases.

An aerial view shows the oil tanker named Boracay (also called Pushpa), a vessel being investigated by French authorities and suspected of belonging to the so-called "shadow fleet" involved in the Russian oil trade, off the coast of the western France port of Saint-Nazaire, France, October 2, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 29, 2025.

US support for Israel not a favor from past but an investment in region's future - editorial

B-2 bomber drops a GBU-57 during a test

US air force orders smaller, deadlier bunker buster bombs

 A satellite view shows an overview of Fordow underground complex, after the US struck the underground nuclear facility, near Qom, Iran June 22, 2025.

The single negotiation goal with Iran should be complete dismantlement of nuclear program - opinion


IAEA confirms extensive damage to Isfahan nuclear facility in Iran via tunnels

The IAEA confirmed that the Iranian nuclear facilities, Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, were hit after the US strikes in Iran during “Operation Midnight Hammer.”

 Satellite image shows a close up view of destroyed buildings at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, after it was hit by US airstrikes, in Isfahan, Iran, June 22, 2025.

Operation Midnight Hammer: The strike that shattered Iran's nuclear ambitions - opinion

Saturday night was not just a military achievement. It was a strategic message written in steel, silence, and sky - Iran’s path to the bomb has been shattered.

 Satellite image shows a close up view of destroyed buildings at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, after it was hit by US airstrikes, in Isfahan, Iran, June 22, 2025.

Israel faces 'turning point' in Iran war after Trump joins strikes, IDF chief says

Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir held a situational assessment with members of the General Staff Forum.

 Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir held a situational assessment with members of the General Staff Forum June 22, 2025

'Finish the job': How Netanyahu convinced Trump to strike Iran's nuclear sites - exclusive

Trump only planned to bomb nuclear facilities in Fordow - but was convinced by Netanyahu and Dermer to target Natanz and Isfahan, an Israeli official told the Post.

 L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump. (illustration)

'A nuclear Iran would have been a death sentence' Danon says at UNSC meeting

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the council must act "to halt the fighting and return to serious, sustained negotiations on the Iran nuclear program."

 Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon addresses delegates during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following U.S attack on Iran's nuclear sites, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., June 22, 2025.

Pakistan condemns Trump's bombing of Iran - a day after nominating him for Peace Prize

Pakistan on Sunday said Trump's decision to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities violated international law and that diplomacy was the only way to resolve the Iran crisis.

 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attend a joint press conference in Tehran, Iran, May 26, 2025.

Tel Aviv shares hit record highs after US strikes Iran nuclear sites

Bond prices increased as much as 0.2% on Sunday. The shekel does not trade on Sunday but it has rallied from 3.61 per dollar on June 11 to 3.48 on Friday and is up some 1% this month.

 THE STOCK exchange flag flies between two Israeli flags at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange building. In 2024, the Israeli stock market outperformed all major stock indices, including the NASDAQ 100, the S&P 500, and the FTSE 100, the writers point out.

Midnight Hammer: How Trump outsmarted Congress, the media, and Iran in one move - opinion

Like most other Israelis, there was nothing I wanted more this past week than that US President Donald Trump would decide to enter the war on our side. And then he did.

US President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 10, 2025.

Decoys, stealth, bunker busters: How US bombed Iran's nuclear sites

According to Hegseth, all of the precision munitions struck what they wanted to strike and they believe the strike achieved the destruction of the two facilities.

(Illustrative) US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over a backdrop of damage done to Iran's nuclear site at Fordow.