💬 🇺🇸 Tucker Carlson:

If you are the strongest military in the world, why can’t you force Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz?

We’re really not as powerful as we said we were.

How did this ‘primitive country’ just humiliate us?

That’s bad for us, but it’s also dangerous because it invites aggression.

We need to fix that by being honest about what just happened.

No more lying.

#️⃣ 🇪🇸 Spain will reopen its embassy in Tehran.

#️⃣ 🇮🇱 Israel says it killed Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem’s nephew.

💬 🇦🇺 Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese:

The Australian government also firmly believes that the ceasefire has to apply to Lebanon as well.

💬 🇮🇱 Netanyahu:

Israel will strike Hezbollah wherever necessary.

#️⃣ 🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱🇱🇧 IRAN’S FOREIGN MINISTRY: An Iranian delegation will travel to peace talks in Islamabad today but will participate only if Israel halts all its attacks on Lebanon.

Any peace in the region must include Lebanon, and the coming hours will be decisive in determining whether Israel can be restrained.

Iran was on the verge of retaliatory action last night but held back to allow for additional diplomatic efforts.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸 Trump has effectively given Europe an ultimatum: within days, they must commit actual military forces—like warships—to the Strait of Hormuz.

💬 🇱🇧🇮🇱 Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam says the state will urgently file a complaint with the U.N. Security Council over Israeli attacks and expansion and has ordered the Lebanese Army to deploy in Beirut to maintain security.

#️⃣ 🇵🇰 A Pakistani source said Pakistan is working on potential ceasefires for Lebanon and Yemen:

It will ⁠be discussed during the (upcoming) talks and we will settle it.

- Reuters

😭 🇮🇷 Iran will allow no more than 15 vessels per day to pass through the Strait of Hormuz under the ceasefire deal.

🚀 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israeli Foreign Minister Saar: In the last 40 days, Hezbollah has fired approximately 6,500 missiles, rockets, and drones at Israel.

#️⃣ 🇦🇪🇮🇷 The UAE's MoD says no Iranian projectiles have been launched at the Emirates today.

#️⃣ 🇸🇦🇰🇼🇶🇦🇴🇲🇮🇷 Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman have not reported any incoming projectiles or attacks today.

#️⃣ 🇱🇧🇮🇱 The Lebanese government is calling for direct talks with Israel amid continuous Israeli airstrikes across the country, according to Al Jazeera.

😭 🇮🇷🇺🇸 THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS OPEN, INCLUDING FOR U.S. VESSELS, BUT PASSAGE IS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH IRAN’S CONSENT AND IN THE ABSENCE OF HOSTILE BEHAVIOR, SAID IRAN’S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER.

💬 🇩🇪🇮🇷🇺🇸 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz:

The last 24 hours alone have shown how fragile the ceasefire is in the region, how unclear the situation in the Strait of Hormuz remains, and how far apart the positions of the participants still are.

The negotiations that are now underway are very demanding. A diplomatic success is by no means impossible.

💬 🇩🇪 German Chancellor Merz:

I believe Trump himself did not assume that a country like Iran could be completely wiped out.

In my firm conviction, that would not have happened. It was part of his strategy in dealing with Iran.

💬 🇺🇸 Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene:

Trump is mentally unstable.

#️⃣ 🇺🇸🇮🇱 Trump asked Netanyahu on Wednesday to scale back Israel’s strikes in Lebanon to support Iran negotiations.

💬 🇺🇸 Former US Intelligence Director Joe Kent:

"The US's goal in leaving NATO is to be able to stand by Israel in a potential conflict with Turkey.

It's about breaking free from the constraints that restrict our freedom, as is commonly believed."

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💡 💬 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Netanyahu:

Following repeated requests from Lebanon for direct talks, I instructed the cabinet yesterday to begin negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible.

The talks will focus on disarming Hezbollah and establishing peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon.

Israel also welcomes the Lebanese prime minister’s call today to demilitarize Beirut.