The US Embassy in Jerusalem will be shut from Wednesday through Friday due to the security situation in the region and to comply with Israeli guidance, the US State Department said on Tuesday.
"Given the security situation and in compliance with Israel Home Front Command guidance, the US Embassy in Jerusalem will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday, June 18) through Friday (June 20). This includes the Consular Sections in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv," the State Department said on X/Twitter.
A barrage of missiles launched from Iran led to sirens across central and northern Israel on Tuesday night.
An evacuation has been issued to the people of Tehran by the IDF following multiple Iranian attacks on Tuesday night.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a phone call with US President Donald Trump, a source with knowledge told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday night.
The phone call was made before the consultation convened by President Trump at the White House.
An incoming missile launch has been detected from Iran, sirens are expected across central and northern Israel.
Iran is preparing to attack American bases in the Middle East if the United States joins Israel's war, American officials who have reviewed intelligence reports told the New York Times on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been meeting with several ministers and senior defence echelon officials for over two hours, marking it the longest consultation of this kind since the start of the Israel-Iran war.
The consultation ended after about two and a half hours.
Iranian security forces on Tuesday arrested a "terrorist team" linked to Israel with explosives in a town southwest of the capital Tehran, Iranian state media reported.
Operation Rising Lion was the "last opportunity to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, after diplomatic efforts proved futile," Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar wrote in a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday.
IDF Spokesperson in Arabic, Avichay Adraee, issued an evacuation notice for residents in the Gaza Strip from Aljalaa, Hamad City, and Al-Qarara on Tuesday night.
"The IDF is operating with great force to destroy the capabilities of the terrorist organizations in the area and will attack every site used to launch rockets."
