Iran and Israel launched new missile strikes at each other on Wednesday as the air war between the two longtime enemies entered a sixth day despite a call from U.S. President Donald Trump for Iran's unconditional surrender.

The projectiles, fired by Iran at Israel, have been the dramatic backdrop for house parties, dinners out and even a few weddings. Some of the people sharing such clips are glad to see strikes on Israel,

Whether the U.S. gets more involved than it already is, some members of Congress from both parties argue, should not be up to the President.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has established a Middle East task force to help coordinate support for U.S. citizens, diplomatic missions and personnel amid the conflict between Israel and Iran, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday.

Vice President J.D. Vance tried to thread the needle. “Sometimes we’re going to have overlapping interests,” Ohio’s junior Republican senator said of the United States and Israel,

Israel claimed Iran was on the verge of developing nuclear weapons, which was a threat to their national security, and attacked their nuclear infrastructure on Friday (13 June). The operation killed several senior military figures and nuclear scientists, and as a response, Iran launched some 100 missiles at Israel.

In Lebanon, which is still reeling from last year’s war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group, videos making the rounds on social media have shown revelers dancing and drinking on rooftops while projectiles flash across the sky in the background.

I think we’re getting the cart ahead of the horse here,” Thune told reporters on Capitol Hill, when asked if he would allow a war powers resolution to come up for a vote on the Senate