U.S. intelligence gathered in late 2024 indicated Israeli officials discussed using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza tunnels suspected of being rigged with explosives.

Source: Reuters

White House:

We are not interested in building a base near the Gaza border.

New shipyard photos suggest China’s next aircraft carrier — the Type 004 — will be nuclear-powered, marking a major leap in the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s capabilities.

This would give the carrier unlimited range, greater power generation, and bring China closer to U.S.-level naval capability.

Source: TWZ

Trump:

The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they’ve done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects.

NEW: Italian prosecutors are investigating claims that wealthy Italians and other foreigners paid to travel to Bosnia in the early 1990s for “sniper safaris,” shooting civilians in besieged Sarajevo from Serb-held positions.

The allegation—based on new testimony gathered by journalist Ezio Gavazzeni—suggests tourists paid different rates to kill men, women, or children.

Source: BBC

Polish FM Sikorski:

We will eat grass rather than become a Russian colony again.

Polish FM Sikorski:

Ukraine is planning for a three-year war, and these colonial wars usually take about a decade.

I don’t think Putin can sustain it for another three years.

Polish FM Sikorski:

Putin has underperformed.

We thought he had the world’s second army and he thought it would be a cakewalk, a three-day operation.

More than 10 years on, he’s still fighting in Donbas.

I would not call that a victory.

Polish FM Sikorski:

As long as Germany is in NATO and the EU, I fear German pacifism more than I fear German rearmament.

Polish FM Sikorski:

Türkiye is now more integrated with the EU than Britain, which is sad.

Polish FM Sikorski:

I’m in favor of the European Union starting to have some defense capability of our own so that we don’t have to call on the United States in every emergency.

We should be capable of sorting out some warlord in Libya or the Balkans next time around.

Netanyahu:

Thank you, President Trump, for your incredible support. As usual, you get right to the point and call it like it is.

I look forward to continuing our partnership to bolster security and expand peace.

NEW: Türkiye has sent its 18th “Goodness Ship” to Gaza, carrying 800 tons of winter aid and food, including 7,500 blankets and 50,000 family food packages.

WATCH: Ukrainian soldier shoots down a Russian Shahed drone with a "minigun."

Russian FM Lavrov:

Russia is still ready for a Russian-American summit in Budapest.

Petition to force a House vote on releasing Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein has reached the required 218 signatures after newcomer Rep. Adelita Grijalva signed on her first day.

The US government has reopened.

Reporter: Can you respond to these Epstein emails that were released today?

Trump: (Does not answer the question)

Marco Rubio on Syria:

They told us what they want to do is create a national Syrian government in which every element of Syrian society is represented and feel safe.

They don't want Syria to ever again be a base of operations for Iran, for ISIS, or for any of these groups.

They want it to be a country, not a launching pad for attacks against their neighbors.

The alternative is that if it doesn't work and it collapses, Syria will fall into civil war and become a playground for virtually every dangerous element in the Middle East.

Marco Rubio:

The Chinese are undertaking the most rapid military buildup in human history.

So, you know, and part of that is their expansion of their nuclear capabilities.

Marco Rubio on Russia:

We're running out of things to sanction.