🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The President has been earnestly and completely committed to a peace process. He's given Iran every opportunity, those talks are ongoing, but he also fully recognizes the threat that Iran poses," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu is going to put his country first, and we're going to put our country first. And we're positioned properly in the region to ensure that we're prepared for any potential contingency," - Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "I would like to avoid a conflict with Iran," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Iran will have to negotiate harder. They have to give us things they are not willing to give now," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "An Israeli strike on Iran is not imminent but could very well happen," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Iran must make concessions," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "I want Iran to be successful," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "I am very disappointed in Russia, but I am disappointed in Ukraine also because I think deals could have been made," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Something could happen soon in the Middle East," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "As long as I think there is a chance for a deal, I prefer that Israel not act so as not to ruin it," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "There is a possibility of a major conflict in the region, and something could happen soon," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We hope a major conflict does not break out in the region," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "I don't want to say that an Israeli strike on Iran is imminent, but it looks like it could actually happen," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "US CENTCOM Commander Kurilla to visit Israel on Saturday for talks on Iran," - Axios.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Trump's Envoy Witkoff told Republican lawmakers that an Iranian response to any Israeli strike would result in massive casualties and damage for Israel," - Axios.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "If Israel attacks Iran in the coming days, the U.S. position will likely be limited to offering support such as aerial refueling and intelligence." - ABC News.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 - In other words: The US will give Israel precisely what it requires from the US to successfully strike Iran.

🇺🇸⚡- BREAKING: The State Department has now issued a security alert for the entire Middle East and North Africa, citing 'increased security concerns'. The DoS urges US citizens to exercise 'increased caution'.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israel has identified targets and locations of Iranian nuclear facilities, including underground targets," - Israeli Channel 11.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israeli government ministers received an unusual summons to attend a security briefing on Sunday," - Israeli Channel 11.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Axios is now saying US CENTCOM Commander Kurilla will not be visiting Israel on Saturday.