Trump:

Talks are continuing, at a rapid pace, with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

French President Macron:

Too many people believe Europe is still very slow. I don't want to take it for granted, but we are improving—and we have improved.

We accelerate like crazy, and we will keep on accelerating.

French President Macron:

Something you should never underestimate with Europe and France: we are extremely predictable.

None of us can change the rules overnight. There is no executive order in Europe, and not a single person could change everything on their own decision.

Putin:

The Kyiv leadership has decided to open a new page in the series of its crimes, to give a new quality to the conflict as a whole.

Well, that's their choice.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

It's either us or them. There is no middle ground.

We are killing the idea of a Palestinian state.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

The Palestinian Authority needs to be dismantled. The lines of Areas A, B, and C need to be erased.

The Oslo Accords — this terrible disaster — need to be erased.

We need to take control of the entire territory.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

Europeans have to be on our side in the war against Iran because it's the good guys versus the bad guys.

Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir:

This is the time to tell our friend, President Trump—'no'.

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov:

Zelensky has instructed officials to try to end this war as quickly as possible, preferably before winter.

IDF announces soldier killed in Lebanon: Ori Yosef Silvester, 30.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:

Trump has adopted the equation we established, according to which firing at our communities means bombings in Beirut.

That is the meaning of his statement.

The Trump administration plans to abandon a proposed $1.8 billion fund intended to compensate alleged victims of government “weaponization.”

The fund, created as part of a settlement between Trump and the IRS over leaked tax returns, faced bipartisan criticism.

Source: Axios

Lebanon says Hezbollah has accepted a U.S.-brokered proposal for a mutual halt in attacks.

Under the deal, Israel would stop strikes in Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh district, while Hezbollah would stop attacks on Israel.

Netanyahu:

I spoke this evening with President Trump and told him that if Hezbollah does not stop attacking our cities and our citizens, Israel will strike terrorist targets in Beirut.

Our position on this remains unchanged.

At the same time, the IDF will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon.

Radio host Sid Rosenberg urges Jews not to conceal their identity:

Don't hide your yarmulkes. Don't conceal who you are. Be proud.

NOTE: We don't know why he looks purple.

NEW: IRGC Navy claims responsibility for a cruise missile strike on the MSC Sariska, describing it as retaliation for a US military attack on the Iranian vessel Lian Star in the Oman Sea.

The IRGC called the MSC Sariska "American-Zionist-owned" and warned that any further US aggression in the region "will be met with a decisive response."

WATCH: New footage circulating today shows Israeli strike on Iran's Mobin Energy petrochemical facility in Asaluyeh.

The April 6 attack that knocked out power and utilities across the South Pars complex, which accounts for roughly half of Iran's petrochemical output.

Malaysia’s Defence Minister slams Norway after Malaysia’s missile contract was cancelled:

Malaysia deeply regrets Norway's decision to cancel the export of the naval strike missile system intended for Malaysia.

It raises a deeply troubling question about whether international agreements and strategic partnerships can still be trusted at all.

If even a nation well known for awarding the Nobel Peace Prize could abandon commitments without consequences, then international relations are no longer governed by principles.

They are governed by personal whim — and that is extremely dangerous.

When developing nations violate agreements they face condemnation and pressure.

But when powerful countries or their allies do the same, the international response becomes conspicuously muted.

This deafening silence sends a dangerous message that some countries are simply above scrutiny.

Chinese PLA Major General Meng Xiangqing:

The risk of global nuclear conflict is rising.

In the Palestine-Israel conflict, an Israeli cabinet minister shockingly suggested using nuclear weapons in Gaza. This shows the threat of nuclear war is not remote.

A series of nuclear arms control guardrails have collapsed.

The two countries with the largest nuclear arsenals have entered the vacuum with no treaties, no verification, and no dialogue.

Chinese PLA Major General Meng Xiangqing on Japan:

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the Tokyo Trials, which nailed the crimes of Japanese militarism forever to the pillar of historical shame.

Yet today certain forces openly glorify war crimes and attempt to challenge the verdict.

Can a country that has not thoroughly liquidated the toxic legacy of militarism be qualified to talk about international defense cooperation?

Can it win the trust of Asian countries that it invaded? I deeply doubt it.

Japan is pushing to revise its pacifist constitution and the three non-nuclear principles, and seeking to have allies deploy nuclear weapons on its soil.

Russia’s UN Envoy Nebenzya on Russian drone attack on Romania:

If such a drone had indeed hit the roof of a building, the consequences would not have been limited to the fire shown by Romanian media.

The roof would have been destroyed completely.