Iran-U.S. Apache Incident Tests Resolve as Middle East Tensions Escalate

Iran reportedly shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz; two pilots were rescued by a sea drone and CENTCOM is investigating. President Trump says the U.S. must respond, while diplomacy with Iran remains unsettled and markets react. The day’s updates also include the UN’s alarm over the flare-up, sanctions by five nations on Israel’s Bezalel Smotrich and West Bank settlers, deadly Israeli strikes in Tyre, and mixed signals on a potential Iran deal.