Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, on Iran:

This is not just about punishing Iran. It's about preventing them from accessing funds that they will later use to support terrorism, which is exactly what they have always done.

They need money for two reasons: to support terrorism, and ultimately, to obtain a nuclear weapon.

And we must not allow that to happen.

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State, on Iran:

Their economy is disastrous. This situation existed even before all these events, right?

Every dollar they obtain, they don't spend it on the people of Iran. They don't even spend it on their own country.

They use this money to finance Hezbollah, Hamas, and terrorist and paramilitary organizations in Iraq, to threaten us and the entire world.

If they spent even one-third of the money they spend on these paramilitary groups on their own people, the people of Iran, the situation for the people of Iran would be better.

New post by Benjamin Netanyahu:

🇺🇸🇮🇱 TRUMP TO CHANNEL 12: ISRAEL DOESN’T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT WAR WITH IRAN

- President Donald Trump told Channel 12 that Israel does not need to worry about a renewed war with Iran, saying “I am the president, and I will take care of Israel.”

i24NEWS: What is your view on Gaza in the next 5 and 10 years?

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: As a region that no one should even consider attacking, because we completely control it from a security perspective.

Reporter: If you want the people of Iran to rise up, would you send the CIA to arm Iranians?

Trump: I don't want to say that. It's not appropriate to say that.

Trump on Iran:

Three months ago, 52,000 protesters were killed, and now I hear that another 20 to 25 thousand have also been killed. In total, nearly 65,000 protesters have been killed. The only response is to shoot at them. The regime is getting weaker day by day, and at some point, it will no longer be able to shoot so easily, because I think the people will no longer tolerate this situation.

Trump on Iran:

Most people can't kill their own people like that. Usually, they try to negotiate and talk to the people, and then the government might fall. But in Iran, they kill people. When people come out to protest, they kill them, and they shoot them directly in the head.

Statements by President Trump regarding Iran:

We control the Strait of Hormuz.

They were trying to build a missile that would be landmined. Who would do that? I've never heard of such a thing, but they were doing it.

We saw them building it. We see everything they do.

They can't even go to the bathroom without us knowing.

Statements by President Trump regarding Iran:
Last night, we hit them very hard, very hard. They only hit us with a small hit, but last night we hit them very, very hard.

We destroyed all the new equipment they were trying to build along the Strait of Hormuz, some of it defensive and some of it offensive.

They were trying to see the ships, because they couldn't see them. They couldn't see it because they didn't have radar, because we blew it up.

Trump:

"We see everything they do in Iran. They can't even go to the bathroom without us seeing it."

✡️🇺🇸 WATCH: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited Boro Park ahead of Rosh Hashanah, stopping at local stores and meeting with members of the Jewish community.

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi at the Western Wall

President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of the Congo stands in prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, wearing a kippah during his official visit. The moment reflects the deepening diplomatic and spiritual ties between the DRC and Israel.