Israel is preparing for the possibility of increased U.S. military activity against Iran in the coming days, senior Israeli officials told Epoch Magazine Israel, as U.S. President Donald Trump weighs whether to escalate pressure on Tehran following a series of stark warnings tied to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and a deal put forward by Washington to settle the war diplomatically. The officials said the United States is formulating options for potential operations inside Iran as part of a broader strategy aimed at forcing an agreement to end the conflict, now more than four weeks long. The preparations reflect growing expectations in Jerusalem that the conflict could enter a more intense phase if diplomacy falters. Israeli officials assess that Trump has not yet made a final decision on which course to pursue, leaving open the possibility of either a negotiated settlement or a significant escalation.

It was supposed to be a banner year for Wall Street. Now investors are just hoping to avoid a global recession triggered by a historic run-up in energy prices. U.S. stocks are set to deliver their worst quarter in nearly four years. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite lurched into correction territory on March 26, meaning it had fallen 10% below its recent high. A day later, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (a benchmark for the real economy) joined it. Flashback to December: Economic growth was accelerating, the Federal Reserve appeared poised to make further interest-rate cuts and markets had moved past the uncertainty created by U.S. disputes with its international trading partners. Together, the trends pointed to the potential for double-digit returns, and investors came into 2026 confident the rally was about to sweep up many of the stocks that sat out the rise of Big Tech, Nvidia and the artificial-intelligence boom.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth conceded on Tuesday that Iran retained the ability to retaliate after a monthlong U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign but repeated claims that Iran's military capabilities had been crippled, in his first public briefing on the war in nearly two weeks. "They will shoot some missiles; we will shoot them down," Mr. Hegseth told reporters at the Pentagon alongside Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They last took questions from reporters on the state of the war on March 19. Mr. Hegseth said that he had paid an unannounced visit to the Middle East over the weekend to visit troops at bases around the region.

The average price of standard gas in the U.S. hit $4 as of Tuesday morning, after hovering right under the dollar mark for about a week. This is up by over a dollar from a month ago after the onset of the Iran conflict at the end of February spiked fuel prices. The average price of premium gas was at $4.90 and the average price of diesel was sitting at $5.45 in the U.S. on Tuesday morning, according to AAA.

The national average retail price for regular gasoline in the United States surpassed $4 on March 31 amid rising oil prices triggered by the war in Iran. This marks the first time gasoline prices have reached $4 per gallon since August 2022, when Russia launched its war against Ukraine, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).

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