Israel designates Iran central bank ‘terror organisation’ Minister.

Israel’s defence minister on Wednesday designated Iran’s central bank a “terror organisation”, saying the move was aimed at halting financing for Iran-backed militant groups the day after a ceasefire between the two foes took hold.

Minister Israel Katz “signed a special order designating Iran’s central bank, two additional Iranian banks (and) an Iranian armed forces-affiliated company… as terror organisations,” a statement from his office said.

Netanyahu suggests killing Iran’s supreme leader would end conflict.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday did not rule out plans to assassinate Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying it would “end the conflict” between the two arch-foes.

In a 20-minute interview with US network ABC News, the Israeli leader insisted his country’s deadly aggression to “defang” Iran was justified, and equated Khamenei to a “modern Hitler.”

Iran hangs man convicted of spying for Israel.

Iran’s judiciary said on Monday it hanged a man arrested in 2023 and convicted of being a spy for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, as fighting raged between the two foes.

“Esmaeil Fekri, a Mossad agent convicted of the capital offences of ‘corruption on Earth’ and ‘moharebeh’ (waging war against God) was hanged after going through the full process of criminal procedure,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online news website said.

Mizan said the execution was carried out after all legal procedures were completed and the verdict was upheld by the Supreme Court.