Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:

You remember the raids? They would go in and come out.

We go in, destroy, and do not leave. That's what we're doing now in Lebanon.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:

The IDF must be on the other side of the border, beyond the border, defending the State of Israel against jihadist organizations in Lebanon, in Syria, and in Gaza.

We will not move from the "security zones"—not in Syria, not in Gaza, and not in Lebanon.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz:

Why are we on the other side in Syria?

Because we need to be there to protect ourselves against what we see in Syria.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz proudly declares:

We are already in more than 60% of Gaza, and all of it is destroyed.

It is destroyed above ground and underground. That is the difference in the approach we introduced.

JD Vance on Iran and Israel:

Do I think there are people within Israeli society who would like to turn Iran into Libya, basically a failed state with 90 million people? Probably.

But I don't know that Bibi wants that.

I've actually never had that conversation with him. It would be an interesting conversation to have.

I'll tell you right now: is Iran turning into a Persian Libya good for the United States of America? Absolutely not.

Source: The Diary Of A CEO

WATCH: JD Vance blasts Ben-Gvir and Smotrich:

You’ve seen people in their system, Ben-Gvir and Smotrich, who’ve attacked the deal.

And I guess my response to them would be: What is your exact proposal?

You’re a country of 9 million people. You can’t just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.

Source: NYT

BREAKING: JD Vance absolutely slams Netanyahu's government:

Over the last three months, two-thirds of the defensive weapons that have protected Israel have been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars.

The problem for Israel is not Donald J. Trump, and anybody in Israel who thinks their biggest problem is the President of the United States needs to wake up and smell the reality of the situation that country is in.

WATCH: JD Vance blasts Netanyahu's government:

Donald J. Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time.

If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.

JD Vance on Israel:

No one could withdraw from another country's right of self-defense — Israel has the right to defend itself.

But fundamentally, the Israelis, just like everybody else, have to respect this peace process that is fundamentally good for them and good for the entire region.

JD Vance criticizes Israel:

We seem to be right on the cusp of a major breakthrough in the agreement, and then all of a sudden there's a major explosion that goes off in a civilian population center in Beirut, and a lot of people who have nothing to do with Hezbollah lose their lives.

That's not acceptable.

Talks between Iran and the US in Switzerland were postponed due to Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon, three people familiar with the matter told the FT. Iran did not send a delegation to Switzerland for the nuclear talks because of the attacks, the people said.

Just devastating that people are evacuating again

Misspelled dozens of civilians whose names and photos are well documented

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A new waves of Israeli attacks on Lebanon

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Trump to Axios:

If it weren't for Donald Trump, Israel would have been eviscerated.

We're the ones with the guns, we're the ones with the whole deal, we're the ones with the B-2 bombers.

Q: How is your relationship with Netanyahu?

Trump: It's good, but we have to keep him a little bit... sane.

Source: Axios

Q: Are you going to be able to control Israel from attacking Lebanon?

Trump: Yeah. They have a lot of respect for me, and they do as I say.

Source: Axios