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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Israel launched a new wave of attacks in the Iranian capital today. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is signaling the coordinated U.S. and Israeli airstrikes may not force out the Iranian regime. NPR's Carrie Khan reports.
In his first press conference since the war began, Netanyahu said Israel has weakened the regime, but acknowledged it may not fall. We're creating the optimal conditions for the overthrow, he said, but he added that he couldn't say for certain that, quote, the Iranian people would topple it. A regime is toppled from within, he said. While Netanyahu did not publicly discuss a timeline for the end of the war, an official in the region not authorized to speak publicly and on condition of anonymity told NPR Israel estimates another week of fighting in Iran, together with the U.S., And the official noted Israel is preparing its public to accept that the war leaves the regime in place, but Israel in a much better security situation.
Carrie Conn, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
NPR has learned the man who drove his truck into a synagogue in suburban Detroit, Michigan yesterday had family members who were killed last week in Lebanon. The attacker has been identified as Eamon Ghazali. His two brothers died in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on March 5, according to the mayor of the Lebanese town they lived in. Alex McLennan of member station WDET has more on the attack on the synagogue.
The Oakland County Sheriff said a vehicle crashed into Temple Israel, striking a security guard and knocking him over. There was an exchange of gunfire, which left Ghazali dead. After the vehicle crashed into Temple Israel, the synagogue filled with smoke. Thirty first responders were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. The security guard was also taken to the hospital.
Alex McLennan reporting. The FBI says it is investigating this as a targeted attack on the Jewish community. Separately, the FBI is investigating a deadly shooting at Old Dominion University as terrorism. And former Army National Guardsmen opened fire in a classroom yesterday. From member station WHRO, Steve Walsh reports an ROTC instructor was killed.
Virginia's governor identified the person killed in the attack as Lieutenant Colonel Brandon Shaw, chair of Old Dominion's Military Science Department. Two other people were wounded. The FBI says 36-year-old Mohamed Baylor Jalaw came to the ROTC classroom before 11 a.m. Thursday and opened fire. Members of the Reserve Officers Training Corps class wrestled him to the ground. Jalaw was found dead. DeLaw pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to ISIS in 2016. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison and was released in 2024. For NPR News, I'm Steve Walsh in Norfolk.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Pentagon says that four of six crew members aboard a U.S. military refueling aircraft were killed when the plane crashed in western Iraq yesterday. U.S. Central Command says that rescue efforts continue. The U.S. military says the plane was not brought down because of hostile or friendly fire. The U.S. Senate has advanced a sweeping housing bill that aims to boost supply and cut costs. Among other things, NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports, it would expand the use of manufactured homes.
Factory-built homes have long been zoned out of cities and suburbs, but more places are relaxing those restrictions to use them for badly needed affordable housing. In Petersburg, Virginia, City Councilman Howard Myers says dozens of such homes are filling vacant lots in an area hit hard by job loss.
This neighborhood has transformed.
Manufactured housing is faster than building on site and nearly half the cost per square foot. That makes a difference for residents like Kenesha, Missouri. Saving, definitely saving. It makes my life a little easier. The housing bill in Congress would allow manufactured homes in more places and make it cheaper to build them. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News.
NASA has set a new target date to launch its rocket to fly around the moon.
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