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Iranian instability and potential US action create a critical moment for Israel to strengthen its regional position within the Middle East.

“As I have said before, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. The people of Gaza have suffered long enough. The time is NOW,” Trump wrote.

The US lowered the warning after it evacuated troops from Al Udeid air base and other bases in Gulf states due to threats made by the Iranian regime.

The move, which follows the lifting of US sanctions on Syria late last year, comes as the country's central bank tries to recapitalise a banking sector severely impaired by 14 years of war.

Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa “affirmed that the injustices witnessed in Syria during the decades of the deposed regime’s rule affected all segments of the Syrian population without exception.”

Iran's foreign minister claimed that “terrorist elements from the outside” were seeking to drag the US into a conflict.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that "there is no plan" by Iran to hang people. "Hanging is out of the question."

The interim governing body for Gaza will have 15 members, according to Witkoff, though their names have not been confirmed. It remains unclear how Hamas will be disarmed as required by the plan.

Trump warned Iran that if it retaliated against the US, the US would respond at levels “never seen before.”

Per the WSJ, Iran's rival Gulf states have largely avoided addressing the protests that have spread across Iran since late December, leaving thousands dead.