“I don't want to say this, but I have to. I said, ‘Pete and General Raizin Caine, I think this thing is going to be settled very soon.’ And they go. ‘Oh, that's too bad.’ Pete didn't want it to be settled. These guys are doing a great job. That's a good attitude, though, Tom, right? They were not interested in settlement. They were interested in just winning this thing.”

President Trump: “You know, I don’t like to say this. We’ve won this war. This war has been won. The only one that likes to keep it going is the fake news. We literally have planes flying over Tehran.”

According to a readout on the Iranian Foreign Minister’s Telegram channel, detailing a conversation with his Chinese counterpart, vessels from the U.S., Israel, and all nations involved in strikes on Iran will not be allowed to transit the Strait of Hormuz. All other vessels are reportedly allowed through the Strait of Hormuz, providing they coordinate traffic with Iranian authorities. This is in line with past few transits seen through the strait in the past week.

According to the Associated Press, citing a source with knowledge on the matter, the U.S. will deploy roughly 1,000 troops from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, amidst the increasing reports of deployments to the Middle East. While the report clashes with earlier reports, stating that 3,000 soldiers were to be deployed, it’s likely that conflicting reports are some attempt at obfuscation by U.S. decision-makers, as a potential ground operation nears.

Following an Iranian strike on Erbil in Northern Iraq that killed six Kurdish-Peshmerga fighters, U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott has strongly condemned the strike, per Rudaw English.

Following a deadly Colombian Air Force C-130 crash yesterday, the updated casualty numbers are 69 dead and 57 injured, as a total of 126 airmen were on C-130 when it crashed in Colombia.

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor prepares for a combat flight during operations against Iran.
Via CENTCOM.

According to Israel’s MDA emergency services, 19 people were transported to hospitals following Iranian strikes on Israel earlier, including a 23-year-old with head and abdomen injuries, and 11 with mild shrapnel injuries, as well as additional people with anxiety symptoms.

Footage shows the interception of an Iranian ballistic missile earlier over Central Israel.

Iranian-backed groups in Iraq released footage of FPV drones targeting the Camp Victoria base in Baghdad, Iraq. An AN/MPQ-64 Air Defense Radar can be seen being hit in the footage, while the second drone seemingly targets a pair of UH-60 Blackhawks.

The Japanese Joint Staff has announced that the Japanese Air Self Defense Force Southwestern Air Defense Force scrambled fighters to deal with a suspected intrusion into Japanese airspace over the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, likely originating from China.

Per a report from the Wall Street Journal, Iran has responded to the Trump administration’s proposal for a ceasefire with demands that far surpass the characterization of maximalist. Iran has demanded the closure of all U.S. bases in the Gulf region, a new Strait of Hormuz framework, that would allow Iran to charge fees for vessels that transit, the end of all sanctions on Iran, an end to Israeli operations against Lebanese Hezbollah, and no discussion on Iran’s ballistic missile program. Such demands have been called ridiculous and unrealistic by U.S. officials.

The Israel Defense Force has announced that the Air Force completed a new wave of strikes in the last few minutes against Iranian infrastructure across Tehran.

Strange video posted earlier by the White House on X, possibly accidentally, in which a female individual, potentially Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, can be heard saying, “It’s launching soon right?”

Both videos are also on the White House’s Instagram, suggesting that this is not some kind of accident or hack, these videos, whatever they may mean, are being intentionally shared by the Trump Administration.

The “launching soon” video has now been deleted by the White House.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump posted this morning to TruthSocial that Iranian negotiators are "begging" for a deal, yet only publicly state they are "looking at our proposal".