Hand-to-hand combat between the Israeli army and Hezbollah terrorists

Turkish Foreign Minister: "Ankara is mediating negotiations between Iran and the US, and both sides are serious about maintaining the ceasefire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz"

The IDF eliminated one of the terrorists who kidnapped Hirsch, Eli-He, Alon, and Or from the death bunker

Intense Israeli attacks on Nabatieh in Lebanon

Roman Gafman, the new head of Mossad:


"The strategic shift we made against the Iranian axis and the plan to destroy Israel has changed the power equation in the entire region. The Shiite axis, which had made the destruction of our country its flag and goal, was severely hit, but our work is not finished yet.. The heart of Mossad is covert activity in the field so that they do not know where they are being struck from. We will protect this by any means, and will continue to complete and develop capabilities and methods to surprise and influence."

Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of State on Iran:

The epic wrath operation was very successful in achieving its military objectives... they still have a large number of drones.

Marco Rubio about Iran:

We cannot have a world where only Iranian ships pass through the straits.

If they want to close the straits for everyone, we will also close the straits for them.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

We are in talks—and I say talks because talking to Iran is not like talking to Switzerland, okay? They are very different. Unfortunately, intermediaries are needed.

But there is a prospect before us that might happen today, might happen tomorrow, might happen next week, that for the first time, at least in my memory, they have agreed to negotiate on aspects of their nuclear program that just a month ago, just a year ago, they even refrained from mentioning, let alone entering into discussion about it.

Marco Rubio on Iran:

It is quite clear that at the beginning of the conflicts, they left decision-making to the field commanders.

And most of the time, the field commanders had the authority to act beyond the pre-operational plans that had been made.

So, unlike our system where perhaps the president, the defense minister, or the joint chief of staff directly give orders and make decisions, in their system many decisions at the tactical level—such as which ships to target, etc.—are made at the commander level.

US President Trump denies reports that Iran and the US have stopped talking and called them: "Fake News"

Marco Rubio:

If this matter is left to the Iranian people themselves, they will agree tomorrow.

Mojtaba Khamenei and the IRGC are somewhat more immune to pressures.

Marco Rubio:

Hezbollah is not only an enemy of Israel and the United States; Hezbollah is an enemy of Lebanon and the Lebanese people.