Iranian missiles struck Soroka Hospital in Beersheba during the seventh night of conflict, injuring over 60 people and prompting Israeli officials to denounce it as a deliberate war crime. Netanyahu escalated his rhetoric throughout the day, declaring "very numerous nuclear targets" remained to be "eradicated" and vowing Iran's "tyrants will pay a heavy price."
Trump's position shifted from deliberate ambiguity to a concrete timeline, with the White House announcing he would decide on American military intervention "within the next two weeks." France began organizing evacuation routes for its citizens, advising those in Iran to exit via Armenia and Turkey without visas.
The decades-old Gregory murder case resurfaced as justice officials clashed over summoning 80-year-old Jacqueline Jacob, the victim's grand-aunt, for interrogation on criminal conspiracy charges based on graphology evidence. Sixteen French departments were placed under heat wave alerts as temperatures climbed toward 38°C, marking the season's first canicule warning.
