WATCH: French Rafale jet shoots down a Ukrainian kamikaze drone over Latvia this morning.

Israel destroyed Iranian air defense systems in western and central Iran.

Kremlin:

It is difficult to imagine how negotiations with the current "Kyiv regime" could take place at this time.

BREAKING: Trump:

Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE! Final negotiations on “Peace” are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way.

The Blockade will remain in place, and in full force and effect, until a “Final Deal” is reached.

Things should move quickly. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett:

I think Trump certainly respects the fact that we're an independent country.

We were attacked last night by dozens of Iranian ballistic missiles and any independent sovereign country has to defend itself.

We did nothing to provoke this attack by Iran. We didn't attack them. They attacked us.

Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters announced a halt to military operations against Israel.

MORE: Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Headquarters said that if attacks in southern Lebanon continue, it will respond with much stronger military action.

Israel and the U.S. told Iran there will be no further attacks if Iran does not launch any more strikes.

Source: Israel Hayom

Israeli Channel 12 reports that Trump and Netanyahu spoke by phone a short while ago.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Our priority is national security and the peace of our people. We will defend the rights of the nation with authority and will not retreat in the face of any threat.

Diplomacy and defense are the two wings of national power; we have neither abandoned the field nor the negotiating table. God willing, with unity and rationality, Iran will emerge triumphant from this trial as well.

NEW: Israel is pausing its strikes in Iran at Trump's request.

Source: N12

The US sat out Israel's first strikes on Iran since the ceasefire, and didn't move to shield Israel from Iranian missiles either.

Source: CBS

NEW: France and Cyprus signed a Status of Forces Agreement in Nicosia today, letting French troops train and operate on the island for what Nicosia insists are strictly "humanitarian purposes."

Türkiye warns it upsets the island's balance, while the TRNC calls the deal "null and void."

WATCH: Xi Jinping landed in Pyongyang for his first North Korea visit in nearly seven years.

Kim Jong-un rolled out the red carpet personally, greeting Xi and Peng Liyuan with a full honour guard.

EU’s Kallas on European Army concept:

Why I don't support an additional army: every member state has one army.

If you allocate this army to NATO, then you can't use it elsewhere — you can't also create another army, just a parallel one.

It is very important that we don't create structures that could create confusion.

Switzerland is now eyeing the Franco-Italian SAMP/T system as a backup to its US Patriot order, now delayed to 2030 amid American production bottlenecks.

Eurosam says it could deliver by 2029 — years faster — pitching a "European, independent, sovereign" alternative.

Bern has already paid CHF 700 million toward the Patriots but is now formally evaluating European options.

Source: FT

Russian Shahed drone hit a bus stop directly in Zaporizhzhia.

2 killed, 15 wounded.

WATCH: Massive ammunition depot explodes in Russia's Belgorod region.

Preliminary reports suggest the blast was caused by a violation of storage and transport safety rules for explosives.

Iran's National Security Council Secretary:

If the evil coalition makes a mistake, the region will become hell for it.

Netanyahu:

Hezbollah planned to invade the Galilee with thousands of terrorists, and at the same time it planned to destroy the cities of Israel with 150,000 rockets and missiles.

Netanyahu:

Overnight, Israel carried out historic strikes to prevent a nuclear attack on Israel.

I reiterate my commitment: Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.