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Again, text BDB to 9889-89-898. It's Monday, welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, new reporting

says Israel is weighing another round of strikes on Iran. Okay, so not exactly a secret operation.

And Prime Minister Netanyahu plans to walk President Trump through

the options. I'll have the details. Later in the show, another senior Russian military leader is killed,

this time in a car bombing in Moscow. It's the third such attack this year. But first, today's

afternoon spotlight. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is preparing to brief

President Trump on potential new military strikes against Iran. According to new reporting,

Israeli officials are increasingly concerned that Iran is rebuilding and expanding key parts

of its ballistic missile program. That program, of course, was damaged during the airstrikes

of the 12-day war, but Israeli intelligence now believes Tehran is moving quickly to restore production

and possibly accelerate it. From Israel's perspective, this is not a distant theoretical threat.

Ballistic missiles are central to Iran's strategy against the Jewish state,

and one of the few tools that Tehran possesses that can reach Israel directly and in large numbers.

Netanyahu plans to walk President Trump through Israel's assessment of that threat and outline options

for renewed military action. Of course, that doesn't necessarily mean strikes are

imminent, but it does signal that Israel believes the window to act, if action is coming, may be narrowing.

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