U.S. President Trump announces that the United States will meet next week with Iran, but adds that he doesn’t think there needs to be further negotiations or a new nuclear deal between the U.S. and Iran, because the the Iranian nuclear program was “destroyed” in this past weekend’s strikes by the U.S. Air Force and that there will be never be another attempt to build nuclear weapons again by Iran.

Chief of General Staff for the Israel Defense Force, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, said during a statement earlier today that following initial assessments, “damage to the [Iranian] nuclear program is not a localized blow, but a systemic one.” Adding that, “The accumulated achievement allows us to determine that the Iranian nuclear program suffered severe, broad, and deep damage and was pushed back by years — We will not allow Iran to produce weapons of mass destruction.”

Additionally, Zamir confirmed for the first time that Israeli Commando and Special Forces Units were on the ground in Iran during the twelve-day conflict, with him stating, “We caused significant damage to [Iran's] missile capabilities, we removed hundreds of launchers, and we caused a significant delay with their force build-up plans. In addition, we managed to achieve intelligence, technological, and aerial superiority. We reached a level of operational freedom in the skies of Iran and in every location we chose to act in.” “These forces operated covertly deep in enemy territory and carried out operations that granted us operational freedom of action,” Zamir said.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced earlier via a post on Truth Social that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will hold his second ever press conference at the Pentagon tomorrow at 8:00am ET, alongside “Military Representatives” likely once again including Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, to discuss this past weekend’s strikes against nuclear facilities inside Iran.

President Trump then proceeds to claim that the purpose of the press conference is to, “fight for the Dignity of our Great American Pilots.” Adding that, “These Patriots were very upset! After 36 hours of dangerously flying through Enemy Territory, they landed, they knew the Success was LEGENDARY, and then, two days later, they started reading Fake News by CNN and The Failing New York Times. They felt terribly!”

In a post earlier on Truth Social, U.S. President Trump called for the renewed corruption trial against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be dropped, stating, “Bibi and I just went through HELL together, fighting a very tough and brilliant longtime enemy of Israel, Iran, and Bibi could not have been better, sharper, or stronger in his LOVE for the incredible Holy Land — Bibi Netanyahu was a WARRIOR, like perhaps no other Warrior in the History of Israel, and the result was something that nobody thought was possible, a complete elimination of potentially one of the biggest and most powerful Nuclear Weapons anywhere in the World, and it was going to happen, SOON!”

President Trump continues by referring to the trail against Netanyahu as a “WITCH HUNT” against a man “who has given so much,” adding that, “He deserves much better than this, and so does the State of Israel.” Trump then ends the post by stating that the trail against Netanyahu should be “CANCELLED, IMMEDIATELY” or that he should be pardoned, before ending with, “It was the United States of America that saved Israel, and now it is going to be the United States of America that saves Bibi Netanyahu. THIS TRAVESTY OF “JUSTICE” CAN NOT BE ALLOWED!”

During this morning’s press conference at the Pentagon, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, stated that two MIM-104 “Patriot” Surface-to-Air Missile Batteries manned by 44 U.S. Army Soldiers defended Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar during Monday’s ballistic missile attack against the base by Iran, with assistance from the Qatar Armed Forces. Adding that it is believed to have been the largest Patriot engagement in history.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, shows a test demonstration of the GBU-57A/B MOP (Massive Ordnance Penetrator) 30,000lb “Bunker Buster” Bomb during today’s press conference at the Pentagon.

Gen. Caine stated that 15 years went into working on the bombing plan for the Fordow Nuclear Facility in Iran, adding that PhDs working on classified GBU-57 “Bunker Bursting” Bomb Program were the “biggest users of supercomputers” in the United States. Before concluding with a statement clarifying that the GBU-57s dropped from B-2s on Fordow “functioned as designed” by the U.S. Air Force.

Following this morning’s press conference at the Pentagon by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, regarding this past weekend’s strikes against nuclear facilities in Iran; President Trump made a series of posts on Truth Social, stating that it was, “One of the greatest, most professional, and most “confirming” News Conferences I have ever seen!” Adding that the “Fake News” should fire everyone involved in recent reports about the effectiveness of the strikes against the Iranian nuclear sites, calling it a “Witch Hunt.”

After the initial post, President Trump made a second one regarding claims that highly-enriched uranium was removed from Fordow prior to the strikes, stating, “The cars and small trucks at the site were those of concrete workers trying to cover up the top of the shafts. Nothing was taken out of facility. Would take too long, too dangerous, and very heavy and hard to move!” With him likely referencing satellite imagery showing over a dozen trucks arriving at the facility roughly two days before the strikes against it by the U.S. Air Force.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk spoke earlier today with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding telecoms and internet services across the country, with President Aoun inviting Musk to visit Beirut.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly expressed willingness to visit the White House in the coming weeks, in order to celebrate last weekend’s strikes against the Iranian nuclear program by the United States as well as Israel’s “victory” over Iran, alongside U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

The Trump Administration is reportedly discussing the possibility of providing Iran access to as much as $30 Billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program, as well as through easing sanctions and freeing up billions of dollars in restricted Iranian funds, as part of a plan to deescalate tensions with Iran and bring them back to the negotiating table for a future nuclear deal with the United States. Some details were hashed out in a secret, hours-long meeting between U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and several Gulf Nations at the White House last Friday, the day before U.S. military strikes against Iran, two sources familiar with the meeting told CNN.

Asked earlier about how the United States could be so sure there was not any highly-enriched uranium removed from any of Iran’s nuclear sites prior to Saturday’s strikes by the U.S. Air Force and Navy, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said there was “no indication to the United States that any of that enriched uranium was moved prior to the strike,” additionally calling the operation, “one of the most secretive and successful in the history of the United States.”

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced today in a statement that he has instructed the Israel Defense Force to prepare an enforcement plan against Iran following the end of “Operation Rising Lion” that includes: maintaining Israel’s air superiority over Iran, preventing nuclear advancement and missile production, and responding to any Iranian supported terror activity against Israel. Katz added, “I suggest the defanged head of the snake in Tehran, understand and beware: Operation Rising Lion was only the preview of a new Israeli policy, after October 7, immunity is over for Iran.”