Iranian Brigadier General Mohammad-Ali Fath-Alizadeh, commander of the Fattahin unit — a commando unit of the IRGC Ground Forces — was killed yesterday in an Israeli airstrike.

Angela Merkel:

Whether someone has been a German citizen for two years, four days, or their family for three generations — it doesn’t matter. We are the German people.

Angela Merkel:

We know that, purely from our age structure, from our demographics, we cannot manage without immigration — including labor migration.

We want to be an open country.

Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz directly threatens Hezbollah Leader Naim Qassem:

I have a clear message for Naim Qassem — you and your associates will pay a very heavy price for the intensified rocket fire toward Israeli civilians during Passover.

You will not live to see it, because you will be deep at the bottom of hell alongside the eliminated members of the axis of evil.

Iranian Major General Hatami:

If the enemy launches a ground operation, not a single one of them should make it out alive.

Angela Merkel:

In 2015, when we made the Minsk Agreement, at that time Putin could have simply overrun Ukraine — no one would have been able to offer resistance...

I believe it was right to try for as long as possible to ensure that Ukraine would not be overrun — that it could first become stronger, even up to 2021.

Turkish President Erdogan:

The struggle that took place in the last century over oil and fossil fuels will, in the coming period, take place over water.

When we look at the ongoing conflicts around us, we can already see the signs of this.

Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroyed a Russian An-72P maritime patrol aircraft at an airfield in occupied Crimea.

Trump is set to propose a 2027 budget focused on a major defense spending increase—up to $1.5 trillion—while cutting domestic programs to support it.

Source: Bloomberg

Trump has told Attorney General Pam Bondi that her time in the role is likely ending.

Source: Semafor

IRGC:

We targeted Amazon in Bahrain in response to assassinations carried out by the enemy against Iranian officials and civilians yesterday.

Iran’s Fars News Agency lists several bridges in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Jordan as potential targets of Iranian military operations:

Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Bridge
King Fahd Causeway
Sheikh Zayed Bridge
Al Maqta Bridge
King Hussein Bridge
Damia Bridge
Sheikh Khalifa Bridge
Abdoun Bridge

Ukraine’s drone attacks damaged about 40% of storage at Russia’s key Baltic oil port of Primorsk, hitting at least eight large tanks, including some used for diesel.

Source: Reuters

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi:

Iran will soon set transit fees for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

Footage of the reported U.S.–Israeli strike on the B-1 bridge in Karaj, Iran.

Trump has privately asked advisers whether he should replace Tulsi Gabbard.

Source: The Guardian

An Iran-aligned Iraqi militia, Kataib Hezbollah, has offered to negotiate the release of kidnapped American journalist Shelly Kittleson.

In exchange, the group is demanding that Iraq free several of its detained members.

Source: NYT