💬 “Our forces already control the outskirts of the city,” IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin said, as quoted by The Jerusalem Post, adding that about 60,000 connoscription letters will be issued this week, with another 20,000 later this month.

💬 “The IDF will continue to operate in order to remove any threat posed to the State of Israel,” the statement added.

💬 "Iran and Belarus believe they can stand up against the countries that seek to induce others with sanctions, and that they can overcome sanctions and problems by working together," Pezeshkian emphasized.

💬 Lukashenko described Belarus as a “reliable partner” for Iran, stressing: “We can discuss all topics of interest and areas of cooperation, and elevate our relations to the highest levels.”

💬 “The United States is open to having the conversation, but we're not going to make commitments until we figure out what's going to be necessary to stop the war,” US Vice President JD Vance said.

💬 “You had a lot of the Europeans saying, ‘no, no, no, there needs to be proper vetting and the teams have to prepare the phone call and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,’” Vice President JD Vance said, mocking Europeans.

"More than a thousand mosques have been destroyed in the Gaza Strip. Three Christian churches and a number of religious schools have been attacked," Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' adviser Mahmoud al-Habbash said, adding that dozens of mosques have been attacked by the Israeli army and settlers in the West Bank.

💬 “I don't think Netanyahu wants a truce—he wants war. From his point of view, any pause or end to the war will only bring his departure from the political scene in Israel closer, because it will open the door to legal and judicial liability against him in many cases.”

💬 “The current Israeli government believes only in expansion, war, and brute force,” he said, stressing that only real international pressure can force Netanyahu into a ceasefire and a political track to defuse the conflict.

💬 “Today we have manufactured and deployed missiles with far better capabilities compared to those used previously, and if the Zionist enemy embarks on another adventurism, we will definitely use these missiles,” he said, according to state media.