U.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After Elections NYT - Top Stories By: Julian E. Barnes · Eric Schmitt · Farnaz Fassihi · Natan Odenheimer and Ronen Bergman 21 October 2026 at 23:41 Renewed hostilities might not be any more successful than the war’s first phase, and President Trump has repeatedly canceled plans for a return to major combat. © Arash Khamooshi/Polaris for The New York TimesA site of a U.S.-Israeli airstrike in Tehran in March.