Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

The Gaza Strip should never be rebuilt — a memorial to sin.

That is also what will encourage migration from there the most.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

There will be a terrorist organization in Gaza, because there are 1.8 million Nazis living there.

Maybe it won’t be called Hamas; it will be called something else.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

The thorough cleansing that we are carrying out now in southern Lebanon is unprecedented.

They have nowhere to return to. Look at how it looks.

And by the way, the world isn’t stopping us.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich:

If a war ends on the same lines on which it began, what incentive does the enemy have not to start a war?

If you want to know what would make Egypt not attack us, it is the understanding that if they attack, there is no Sinai.

The same thing in Lebanon: up to the current line — eight to twelve kilometers — it’s ours. Guys, you’re not coming back. Why? Because you started with us, and that is the price of war.

EXCLUSIVE: Sudan Army’s AKINCI drone shot down yet another Chinese-made CH-95 drone used by the UAE-backed RSF terror group over northeast of An Nahud.

Afghan Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said tensions with Pakistan can be resolved through dialogue and diplomacy.

He accused Pakistan’s military of relying on force rather than political understanding, while saying Afghanistan has a legitimate right to defend itself against aggression.

Source: Reuters

UKMTO said a tanker 11 nautical miles north of Khasab, Oman, was hailed by the IRGC and warned it would be targeted unless it turned back.

The tanker complied.

Netanyahu:

Nuclear bombs intended to destroy our state, to erase it from the face of the earth.

That was Iran’s plan. But with our combined strength, we smashed it.

Netanyahu:

The morality of our soldiers is second to none.

Netanyahu:

Anyone who was involved in the attack against us, anyone who held our hostages, is living on borrowed time. We will reach them, just as we reached the others.

Netanyahu:

World leaders tell me: You rose from the abyss of October 7, you gave humanity hope that the forces of darkness can be defeated.

And then many of them add: If only young people like these would grow up among us as well.

Netanyahu:

There are also leaders who, hour after hour, shower us with false accusations and want to ostracize us.

To them I say: Israel is fighting a War of Revival. There is no war more necessary and no war more just.

You should be ashamed of your lies.

Russian Lab Accident Leads to Suspected Plague Outbreak

Russian authorities quarantined medical facilities and monitored 200 contacts following death of a laboratory technician after she reportedly broke a tube containing the pneumonic plague pathogen.

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Zelensky:

Important agreements between Ukraine and Germany that will strengthen both countries and our industries. Fifteen agreements, worth €8.5 billion.

The areas include counter-drone capabilities — interceptors and small missiles, radars, unmanned ground systems, artillery.

We will work as much as possible on air defense and on increasing the production of missiles for Patriot systems in Germany. FREYJA. Support for the energy sector.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has launched legal action against Thames Valley Police over raids linked to his February arrest in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.

The former prince is challenging whether police lawfully obtained warrants to search his Sandringham residence and former Windsor home.

Spain's Sánchez Bets on Early Election As Conservatives Lead

Housing protests and corruption cases have weakened Pedro Sánchez as Spain heads toward a snap election. Polls favor conservatives, which could end EU’s last major Socialist administration.

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A Turkish commercial vessel, Royad Mammadov, sank in the Black Sea after being struck by a drone.

Romanian authorities said 11 crew members were rescued and two were killed.

The vessel was about 30 nautical miles south of Sfântu Gheorghe, inside Romania’s exclusive economic zone, when a fire was reported and a search-and-rescue operation was launched.

Germany’s foreign intelligence chief Martin Jäger warned that the country risks being drawn into a direct conflict with Russia as Moscow intensifies its “shadow war” against Berlin.

He argued Putin has passed the point where he can simply end the war without threatening his own hold on power.

The BND sees no sign of a major Russian attack on NATO but warns smaller operations like those used in Crimea are “entirely possible.”

Source: POLITICO

A Pentagon dispute in early 2025 foreshadowed today’s U.S. munitions problems, as officials warned that a major Houthi campaign could drain key missile and interceptor stocks.

Despite those concerns, Trump launched Operation Rough Rider in March.

The campaign struck more than 1,000 targets over 51 days, but the Houthis survived and rebuilt much of their capabilities.

Those earlier stockpile concerns have since become more serious as the U.S. has consumed large numbers of Tomahawk missiles and Patriot interceptors during the Iran war.

Source: WaPo

Netanyahu:

There is no forgiveness for the murderers, the abusers, the burners. There is no forgiveness for the destroyers, the looters, the kidnappers.