💨 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Today: Israeli airstrike on Tyre, Southern Lebanon.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇷 An Iranian source says the U.S. has recently reached out to Tehran through intermediaries, but talks haven’t become formal negotiations yet.

Iran is open to hearing “sustainable” proposals to end the conflict, not just a ceasefire.

- CNN

#️⃣ Saudi Arabia wants the war with Iran to end with Tehran’s cruise and ballistic missile capabilities significantly weakened.

- CNN

💬 🇮🇷 Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf:

We are aware of what is happening in the paper oil market, including the firms hired to influence oil futures. We also see the broader jawboning campaign.

But let’s see if they can turn that into "actual fuel" at the pump —or maybe even print gas molecules!

💬 🇮🇷 Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Today we are witnessing an awakening of people in many countries around the world. The people of Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, and Arab countries are loudly expressing their disgust with America, Israel, and their crimes.

The hearts of free people around the world are not with the Zionists. Stability in the region is possible through cooperation and respect for the will of nations.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 Maj. Gen. Brandon Tegtmeier and his command staff from the 82nd Airborne Division have been ordered to the Middle East, as the Pentagon considers sending the division for potential ground operations.

- Fox News

💬 🇹🇷🇮🇷 Turkish President Erdogan on Iran:

We do not want the war to turn into a war of attrition among the countries in the region.

💬 🇹🇷 Turkish President Erdogan on Iran:

Although the war is Israel’s war, the whole world is paying the price.

The war is Netanyahu’s war for political survival, but 8 billion people are suffering the consequences.

💬 🇹🇷 Turkish President Erdogan:

The massacre network led by Netanyahu must be stopped immediately for the sake of regional peace and humanity.

Every country should take a brave and proactive stance on this issue.

💬 🇹🇷 Turkish President Erdogan on Iran:

Israel’s uncompromising, maximalist, and radical stance must not be allowed to sabotage diplomatic solutions.

😭 🇮🇷 Iran has begun charging some commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, creating an informal toll, Bloomberg reports.

Payments of up to $2 million per voyage are being requested on a case-by-case basis, with some vessels paying, though the process is unclear.

Some countries, including India, are opposing the move and citing international laws guaranteeing free navigation.

#️⃣ 🇰🇼 “If the war ended today, we could restore production relatively quickly,” said the CEO of Kuwait Petroleum, adding that “it would take 3–4 months to return to full capacity.”

💬 🇮🇱 Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett:

We’re fighting the most just war EVER, and we should be getting your backing and not your criticism.

💬 🇮🇱 Former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett:

Here’s how it works: if you allow a threat to grow and grow, at some point it becomes so big that you can’t manage it anymore.

Like North Korea, where the world did not act — and now no one can eliminate those nuclear weapons.

💬 🇺🇸 Alan Dershowitz:

Had Trump been in charge in 1936, I think the Holocaust would have been prevented.

I think he would have gone after Nazi Germany; he would have destroyed it the way he is destroying Nazi Iran.

⤵️ 🇺🇸 Trump’s approval rating dropped to 36% (a new low) in a Reuters/Ipsos poll, down from 40% last week.

#️⃣ 🇮🇱 The Israeli government will approve a plan allowing the IDF to mobilize up to 400,000 reservists through the end of May.

💥 🇮🇷🇮🇱 Two people were slightly injured in Safed, northern Israel, after an Iranian missile struck the area, according to Israeli sources.

This is the eleventh missile attack from Iran today.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump on Iran:

We are having a tremendous success in Iran.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump on Iran:

We are talking to the right people, and they want to make a deal so badly—you have no idea how badly they want to make a deal.

💬 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump on Iran:

We are in negotiations with Iran, as it turns out right now.

They are doing it along with Marco, JD, and other people.

The other side wants to make a deal—and who wouldn’t?