State Department tells Americans worldwide to 'exercise increased caution'

A fourth woman has died due to the impact of an interceptor missile in the town of Beit Awwa in Hebron, in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

Aseel Samir Masalma, 32, was 6 months pregnant and evacuated to hospital critically injured on Wednesday, the ministry said.

The missile struck a women’s salon made of metal adjacent to a residential house, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries, according to officials.

Asked about Israel potentially pursuing objectives that diverge from U.S. interests in Iran, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the U.S. "holds the cards."

"The United States military controls the fate of that country," he said. "Iran has the ability to make the right choices. It should not going, forward target, Arab allies, Arab countries."

Asked about reports that the Pentagon sought an additional $200 billion from the White House in supplemental funding for the war, Secretary Pete Hegseth indicated that the figure could "move."

"As far as $200 billion I think that number could move," he said. "Obviously it takes money to kill bad guys. So we're going back to Congress and our folks there to ensure that we're properly funded."

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Iran's goal for decades has been targeting Americans around the world, saying the regime, has been a "threat" to American "across every theater."

"They have been at war with us, whether we acknowledge it or not, for 47 years," Hegseth said.

"What President [Donald] Trump would not tolerate is a regime of that nature being closer and closer to nuclear capabilities, a capability they would have said they would want to use," Hegseth said.