Trey Yinkston

Overnight, a strike targeted and killed Ali Reza Tangsiri, the IRGC Navy commander responsible for closing the Strait of Hormuz, and he was alongside senior operational leadership at the time of the strike.

Overnight, the Israelis announced they've launched a ground operation into southern Lebanon.

Officials telling Fox News this is considered limited right now.

Fox's Trey Yinkston, Tel Aviv.

The Israelis still looking to the east, though, where they are launching alongside U.S.

forces new strikes against the Iranian regime, targeting infrastructure in the capital of Tehran and also going after many of those ballistic missile launching positions in the western part of the country.

They say they've taken out 70 percent of those launchers so far.

International focus, though, still remains on the Strait of Hormuz amid incoming Iranian attacks against Gulf countries and a new statement over the weekend by Iran's foreign minister.

This is just manipulation so that the current government go easy on Cuba.

President Trump says Iran wants a deal and tension continues to rise across the Middle East as the United States and Iran trade words over the possibility of war.

The U.S.

Air Force announced new drills in the region this week as new weapons continue to flow to regional countries like Jordan and Qatar.

A U.S.

official tells Fox News the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group has now entered CENTCOM waters with the buildup ongoing.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson responded.

U.S.

officials made clear that the diplomatic window is still open to negotiate with Iran, but that window appears to be closing.