French President Macron:

When Cyprus is under attack, the entire Europe is under attack.

Senior Israeli official to WaPo:

I’m not sure it’s in our interest to fight until the regime is toppled.

Nobody wants a never-ending story.

Israeli official to WaPo:

Iran won’t surrender, but it can send messages to accept a ceasefire with U.S. conditions.

An Israeli official told the Washington Post that the Israeli-U.S. bombing campaign is close to achieving its military goals, including destroying what remains of Iran’s nuclear program, missile stockpiles, weapons factories, and much of its military and intelligence leadership.

The official declined to say how long the mission would take.

Crowds gather in Tehran to pledge allegiance to Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei.

French President Macron:

Hezbollah should stop all attacks from Lebanese soil... of course Israel should also stop its military operations and strikes against Lebanon.

The IDF announces the death of Staff Sergeant Or Damari, 20, who was killed in southern Lebanon.

BREAKING: France plans a “purely defensive” mission to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, President Macron said from Cyprus.

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IRGC:

The thirty-first wave of Operation True Promise 4 has been carried out powerfully against American–Zionist targets using super-heavy missiles, dedicated to the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, under the code “Labbaik Ya Khamenei” (“At your service, O Khamenei”).

The plan, coordinated with partners, would escort ships after the most intense phase of the Middle East conflict, allowing oil and gas shipments to resume.

Macron also announced that France will long-term deploy two frigates to the EU’s Red Sea operation launched in 2024.

Overall, France’s presence from the eastern Mediterranean to the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz will include eight frigates, two amphibious helicopter carriers, and the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, currently near Crete, Greece.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

The goals of this mission are clear, and it is important to continue to remind the American people of why it is that the greatest military in the history of the world is engaged in this operation.

It is to destroy the ability of this regime to launch missiles by destroying their missiles and their launchers, destroy the factories that make these missiles, and destroy their Navy.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

The world is going to be a safer and a better place when this mission is accomplished.

BREAKING: UAE says two members of its armed forces were killed after a military helicopter crashed due to a technical malfunction during a mission.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

When it comes to hostage-taking, there has been no worse offender in the world than the clerical regime in Tehran.

They are the worst offenders in the world of terrorism and hostage-taking.

WATCH: A Jewish man in Nice, France harassed pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

When police arrived, he pretended to be the victim of an antisemitic attack.

Source: Rima Hassan

NEW: At least three U.S. B-52 bombers have landed at RAF Fairford in the U.K., signaling preparations for potential sustained heavy bomber strikes against Iran.

Source: Airport Action

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says Tehran will not apologize for defending Iran and has no hostility toward any country in the region.

Iran says a desalination plant on Qeshm Island was targeted in an attack launched from the territory of a neighboring country, according to Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman.

WATCH: Iranians in Isfahan shouting “Allahu Akbar” as explosions were heard during U.S. / Israeli strikes on the city.

Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are backing a new drone company, Powerus, which plans to go public through a merger with Nasdaq-listed Aureus Greenway.

The move expands the Trump family’s growing investments in defense drones as the Pentagon increases spending on unmanned systems, including a $1.1 billion program to procure hundreds of thousands of drones by 2027.

Source: WSJ