Live updates: U.S. antimissile system begins arriving in Israel; Netanyahu signals some restraint on Iran

Part of the United States’ powerful missile defense system, the anti-ballistic THAAD battery system, has arrived in Israel, along with an advance team of U.S. military personnel, the Pentagon said Tuesday morning, adding that further components and personnel will arrive “in the coming days.” The deployment deepens U.S. military involvement in the Middle East amid U.S. expectations of an imminent Israeli assault on Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Biden administration he is willing to strike Iranian military targets rather than oil or nuclear facilities, two officials familiar with the matter told The Washington Post.