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U.S. President Donald Trump has told senior aides he approved of attack plans against Iran, but was holding off to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program, according to U.S. media citing people familiar with the deliberations. ⁣ Iran’s well-defended Fordow enrichment facility is a possible U.S. target; it is buried under a mountain and generally considered by military experts to be out of reach of all but the most powerful bombs.⁣ Asked if he had decided whether to strike at Iran’s nuclear facilities, Trump said, “I may do it, I may not do it.” And he repeated his insistence of Iran’s unconditional surrender: “The next week is going to be very big, maybe less than a week.”⁣ Israel and Iran have continued to exchange fire. An Israeli hospital in Beersheba was hit by a missile from Iran as part of a broader attack. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the strikes on the hospital and at the civilian population the work of Iran’s “terrorist tyrants.”⁣ Iranian Supreme Le...

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