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Senior U.S. official to Reuters:

Israel has withdrawn from part of southern Lebanon; the Lebanese Army will deploy there instead.

Both Lebanese and Israeli officials have denied the Reuters report regarding the withdrawal.

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Germany has deployed a Patriot air defense system to Kürecik, Malatya, taking over from the U.S. Patriot system on June 24 as part of NATO's air defense plan.

The Turkish Armed Forces has received an unspecified number of TAYFUN Block-2 missiles, the Defense Ministry announced.

Turkish Defense Ministry says the Turkish Air Force is expected to receive two C-130J transport aircraft by the end of the year.

The Trump administration plans to bypass Congress to approve a $750 million sale of F110 jet engines to Türkiye, despite objections from Rep. Gregory Meeks.

Source: WSJ

Polish PM Tusk:

Gdańsk was almost completely destroyed in its historic center. It was here that the greatest tragedy of modern Europe and the world—World War II—began, with all its tragic consequences. Just a few hundred meters from here, the first shots of World War II were fired.

Those of you who had the opportunity to walk through Gdańsk yesterday, and those who will join me today, can see what the miracle of reconstruction truly means.

I invited you, and our Ukrainian friends, to this place because it shows that the miracle of rebuilding happens when people truly desire it, when they are able to win peace, and when they are determined to do good.

Gdańsk rose from the ruins and became one of the world's finest examples of reconstruction—not only architecturally, but spiritually as well. The spirit of the city was restored. A similar great effort now awaits Ukraine.

All of us here—and all of Poland, Ukraine, and Europe—believe that Ukraine will withstand Russian aggression, and that our plans to rebuild Ukraine are not an illusion.

When we say, "Together we will rebuild Ukraine's destroyed cities after the war," we say it because we believe there will be a post-war future, that it will come soon, and that it is possible thanks to our solidarity.

Polish PM Tusk:

Here in Gdańsk began the war that set the great nations of Europe against one another—what seemed to be forever.

Who could have imagined that after World War II Germans and French, Germans and Poles, Britons and Germans would one day build the future together?

Polish PM Tusk:

If we stay together, wisely and with open hearts, we will overcome every evil and rebuild everything that evil people destroy. I deeply believe this.

Germany's Chancellor Merz:

For 35 years, Poles and Germans have proved that, even after the outrageous crimes Germans committed in Poland and against the Polish people between 1939 and 1945, peace, good neighbourliness, and friendship are possible.

French President Macron:

The French Navy intercepted the tanker Deliver on Tuesday as it transited off the coast of Sicily in violation of maritime law.

We will not allow the shadow fleet to evade sanctions and fund Russia's war effort.

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Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:

Jihadist organizations never raise a white flag. They fear targeted assassinations because they fear for themselves, but they don't care about their own public.

On the contrary, they use it as propaganda. They say, "50,000 were killed? Too bad it wasn't 100,000."

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:

We entered Gaza with overwhelming force, remained in those areas, and destroyed both the underground and above-ground infrastructure.

Those areas have been flattened. From a security standpoint, this removes future threats, and it also sends a very powerful message.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Lebanon:

We are not allowing the civilian population to return.

More than that, the first line of villages inside the security zone has been completely destroyed.

We've completed it—100%.

Oman says there are no plans to impose transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz.

Reza Pahlavi:

Irrespective of whether there's support for the Iranian people or not, our struggle will continue. So we are regrouping.

We are reorganizing. I think people eventually will find another chance to come to the streets at the right time.