JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Woken by air raid sirens, hurrying to bomb shelters, scouring travel sites for escape routes — thousands of tourists in Israel have found their holiday plans upended by the country's conflict with Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Sunday that if the Israeli strikes on Iran stop, then “our responses will also stop.”

Israel forces have repeatedly hit Iran’s defenses. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel had worked to “peel off the layers of protection” of Iranian defenses.

Israel’s El Al Airlines announced on Sunday that it has suspended all flights until at least June 19, with additional cancellations to many European cities extending to June 23, due to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.

For more than three decades, Iran’s strategy was to surround Israel with heavily armed proxies, creating a deterrent wall so formidable that Jerusalem would never dare strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. And if Israel did strike, the logic went ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's annual inflation rate eased more than expected to 3.1% in May, official data showed on Sunday, although it is still slightly above target and the escalation of the country's conflict with Iran poses additional risks to the outlook.

In a shocking escalation, Iran launched a fresh wave of missile and drone attacks on Israel, lighting up the skies over Jerusalem. The assault, one of the heaviest in recent days, stunned residents as explosions echoed across the capital.

According to a report from the Jerusalem Post, Muhammad Abd al Karim al Ghamari, the chief of staff for the Houthis, was the main target of the strike.