NEW: The F-35 fighter jet pilot, whose aircraft was hit by Iranian fire, is in stable condition with shrapnel wounds.

The jet made a “hard landing” and is unlikely to return to service anytime soon.

Source: NPR

IRGC Quds Force Commander Esmail Qaani says the “axis of resistance” is growing stronger and acting independently against the U.S. and Israel, with more operations to come.

He calls unity across fronts the key strength of the Islamic world and “a nightmare for global arrogance and Zionism,” adding that recent actions have shocked enemies and that “greater surprises” are ahead.

NEW: Poland has evacuated its soldiers from Iraq.

Channel 4's Cathy Newman: You're attacking a gas facility in Qatar.

Iranian MFA Spox. Esmaeil Baghaei: The reality is that the United States and Israel are abusing the soil territories and assets...

Newman: But you're not merely attacking US assets?

Baghaei: I was explaining. Who started attacking our gas field, South Pars field?

Newman: But a gas field is not a military asset, is it?

Baghaei: Was an Iranian gas field a military objective? No, it wasn't.

Lukashenko said the U.S. has proposed a “big deal” covering diplomatic and economic relations.

He added that Trump invited him to meet at Mar-a-Lago in Florida to discuss it.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi:

Americans haven’t forgotten how, even as hundreds of U.S. soldiers were dying in Vietnam, and the outcome was already clear, General William Westmoreland was flown home to reassure everyone that the war was going well — that the U.S. was “winning.”

A fire broke out at a Czech defense facility in Pardubice linked to Israel’s Elbit Systems, causing significant damage.

A group calling itself the “Earthquake Faction” claimed responsibility, describing the site as part of Israel’s weapons industry and signaling further actions.

Authorities are investigating the incident as possible sabotage.

The U.S. is deploying thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East, according to officials.

The move includes the USS Boxer and its Marine unit, sent earlier than planned.

Source: Reuters

Trump on Iran:

The difference between them and us is that they had a navy two weeks ago; they have no navy anymore.

It is all at the bottom of the sea—58 ships down in two days.

Trump on Iran:

When I mentioned the navy that we just destroyed, I said, “Are they good ships?” “Yeah, they’re great ships.” Then I said, “Why didn’t we save them? We could’ve used them ourselves.”

They said the difference was that they didn’t know how to use them.

Trump on Iran:

We are doing extremely well in Iran.

Trump on Iran:

We want to talk to them, and there is nobody to talk to... we like it that way.

Trump on Iran:

Iran wanted to take over the Middle East.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei:

The attacks that took place in Türkiye and Oman—both of which have good relations with us—against certain locations in those countries were in no way carried out by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic or other forces of the Resistance Front.

This is a deception by the Zionist enemy, using a false-flag tactic to create division between the Islamic Republic and its neighbors, and it may also occur in some other countries.

NATO states that its entire mission in Iraq has been redeployed to Europe.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei:

I request that our two brotherly countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, establish better relations with each other for the sake of God and to prevent division among Muslims.

For my part, I am ready to take the necessary steps.

U.S. prosecutors in New York are investigating Gustavo Petro over possible connections to drug traffickers, including whether his campaign received illicit funds.

The inquiry is still in its early stages, and no charges have been filed.

Source: NYT

Trump:

I have much more power in my second term.

Trump on Venezuela:

We took Venezuela in a matter of minutes.

Trump on Iran:

It’s not even a contest.

They had a lot of great equipment, Russian and Chinese equipment. That equipment was useless against us.

Russia proposed a deal to the United States: it would stop sharing intelligence with Iran if the U.S. stopped providing intelligence to Ukraine.

Washington rejected the offer.

Source: POLITICO