Iran live updates: US rejects UN report on possible war crimes in Minab school strike

President Donald Trump told Axios in an interview published Thursday that he has a "big decision" coming up on whether to "go in and annihilate" the Iranian regime.

"I have a big decision coming up. Do I want to go in and annihilate them [the Iranian regime] or do I not? It's a big decision. Anything could happen with me," Trump said, according to Axios.

According to Axios, during the interview "Trump declined to say whether he'll decide on the path forward before or after the midterms."

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart

Saudi Arabia's Civil Defense Directorate announced on Thursday that shrapnel from a downed Houthi drone killed at least one person and injured two others in the Taif Governorate, in the southwestern Mecca Province.

The shrapnel also caused "material damage to several buildings and vehicles," the directorate said in a statement posted to X.

-ABC News' Othon Leyva

The State Department announced on Wednesday that it had extended sanctions denying visas to Palestinian Authority officials and members of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, saying that officials "have, once again, failed to live up to their commitments" required by U.S. law.

"It is in our national interest to impose consequences and hold the PLO and PA accountable for glorifying terrorism," the State Department said in a press release.

The move effectively bars a high-level Palestinian delegation -- including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas -- from traveling to New York for the upcoming United Nations General Assembly high-level week.

The measure does contain a carveout for personnel assigned to the PLO observer mission at the UN.

-ABC News' Shannon K. Kingston

U.S. bases in the Middle East have suffered severe damage as a result of Iranian attacks, images and videos obtained by ABC News show, as the Pentagon surveys the costs of a war the U.S. began more than six months ago.

The images, which were recently obtained by ABC News but capture moments in time across the conflict, show damage to buildings and an aircraft at three U.S. bases in Kuwait and a Saudi base that houses U.S. assets, some of which were evacuated amid the danger.

A senior U.S. service member told ABC News that the damage to the facilities would take "decades" to repair.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott and Chris Boccia