The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold.

Iran says it targeted ‘terrorist groups’ in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards targeted the headquarters of “terrorist groups” in Iraqi Kurdistan, state media reports.

The Iranian government accuses the armed Kurdish parties, which have camps in neighboring Iraq’s Kurdistan region, of serving Western or Israeli interests and designates them as terrorist organizations.

Since the start of the Middle East war, and despite a ceasefire announced in April, Iran has repeatedly struck these groups, although their posts and camps had largely been evacuated.

“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has targeted the headquarters of terrorist groups in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq,” Iran’s IRNA news agency posts on Telegram.

Netanyahu said to agree to delay strikes on Iran after Trump urges against retaliation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly agreed to a request by US President Donald Trump to hold off on retaliating against Iran’s ballistic missile attacks to give Washington several more days to pursue a diplomatic agreement with Tehran.

According to the Axios news site, citing a senior US official and a senior Israeli official, Trump requested during their phone call tonight that Netanyahu hold off on retaliating against the attacks, believing “we are close to doing something good in terms of a deal,” the US official said.

Netanyahu tried to push back and persuade Trump........

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