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[Kyle @KyleMatovcik]

The entire Iran war summed up in 2 tweets

[Shaheen Bakhshi @SRB2016]

"I had a very good call with Hezbollah."
If a Democrat president had said this, Republicans would have rioted.

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

In Trump 1, it was a clearly stated policy that Iran should not be allowed to continue to support terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah without consequences.

I would urge Trump 2 to continue that policy. Any deal that does not punish Iran in the future for supporting groups like Hezbollah — whose stated goal is to destroy Israel and control Lebanon through force of arms — would be a tremendous missed opportunity. Iran is the weakest they’ve ever been since 1979, but they can still project power through Hezbollah and other proxies. Iran’s ability to generate future October 7-style attacks are not connected to their nuclear program, but rather their unending desire to disrupt the region and eventually destroy Israel through their proxies.

ANY DEAL WITH IRAN MUST CLEARLY STATE THAT IF IRAN PROVIDES FUTURE SUPPORT TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS LIKE HEZBOLLAH, IT WILL RESULT IN CRIPPLING SANCTIONS AND OTHER PUNITIVE MEASURES.

[Mark R. Levin @marklevinshow]

MORE RE YESTERDAY'S LEAK ABOUT THE PHONE CALL BETWEEN POTUS AND BIBII

Barack Ravid at Axios should be fired.  Reason: his story was largely fabricated by those leaking anonymously leaking to him.  The media need to take seriously the accuracy of what they report and these media companies need to clean up their messes.  Axios should issue an immediate correction and apology, and the DOJ/FBI should open a criminal investigation today.  A criminal investigation is warranted because of the nature of the leak and the purpose, which was to damage relations between our country and Israel, give aid and support to the enemy, and influence the course of the war/negotiations in a way that is harmful to our country. 

I have already commented on the actual substance of the call: Israel must be free to destroy Hezbollah.  Hezbollah continues to rain thousands of missiles and drones against Israel, at the direction of its Iranian regime masters.  Israel is a sovereign nation that must and will protect its people.  Let's recall that Hezbollah has killed hundreds of Americans, including Marines, over the years.  They are doing us a favor as well by taking on Hezbollah, which we've refused to do for decades.  

Moreover, Iran must not be able to dictate terms of any agreement, including its demand to protect Hezbollah should any deal be struck (and, obviously, I've made my opposition to any deal known -- the regime needs to be eliminated if we, in our country, as well as the rest of the world, are to be finally free of the Islamist nuclear and terror threat -- see my monologue last Sunday on Fox).

[Clash Report @clashreport]

BREAKING: Iran simultaneously carries out attacks on Bahrain, Kuwait and Iraq.

[John Sandor @RealJohnSandor]

I still can’t wrap my brain around the fact that the United States of America is basically begging a terrorist regime for a deal just to come to negotiating table. I never expected this from the Trump @realDonaldTrump administration. It’s truly shocking.
#MAGA
#Iran

[נועה מגיד | Noa magid @NoaMagid]

Nothing changes the fact that the president of the world's most powerful nation is negotiating with the world's largest terrorist organization, giving it exactly what it wants: legitimacy.

[Mike Pompeo @mikepompeo]

Yes. We in Trump 1 enforced firm policies on Iranian proxies. @POTUS knows that these are arms of the regime in Iran that present a great risk to America. Al Qaeda, which killed thousands of Americans, has its HQ in Tehran.

[AJ Steel Show @ajsteelshow]

Please stop with these nonstop groveling posts @realDonaldTrump.

This pathetic behavior is beneath you, and it's destroying America's deterrence. Just do what needs to be done and then talk about it. You're losing the PR battle, but much worse, we're losing the real war!

[Michael Ledwith @ledwith_michael]

Agreeing to a ceasefire in Iran was the biggest mistake Trump has ever made. Worse than his initial reaction to COVID. Snatching a forever war from the jaws of complete victory.

Dictating terms not agreeing to them.

[Saeed Ghasseminejad @SGhasseminejad]

It looks like we are back to the Biden-era policy of hitting empty buildings: doing just enough to say we’re doing something while reassuring the regime that we’re not doing much.

Targeting telecom towers while the regime is trying to strike air and naval bases is, to put it mildly, underwhelming.

If the objective is to impose costs and restore deterrence, how about targeting actual IRGC bases with actual IRGC officers inside them?

[Max Abrahms @MaxAbrahms]

The Iran war has become a shit-show. Basically, we’ve seen Trump threaten the Iranian leadership for months and IRGC saying it does not care. This is the product of a botched, half-assed regime change attempt going back to Day One.

[Kyle Orton @KyleWOrton]

#Trump has thus far declared the "ceasefire" operational despite Iranian provocations. #Iran has tested the limits of this policy tonight. Trump can either return to war, which he does not want, or refuse and further alienate the Gulf States that were attacked.

[Gordo @GordoCDA]

CENTCOM says the ceasefire is still in effect. We cucked…

[Rebeccah Heinrichs @RLHeinrichs]

I said on CNN weeks ago: If Iran wanted the US to resume full combat operations I don’t know how it would be behaving differently

[Joe Truzman @JoeTruzman]

Ashraf al-Mansy's anti-Hamas People's Army reached the Gaza shore in the last days.
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The group operates in the northern Gaza Strip. The video is notable because the group was able to enter Hamas territory and make it to shore.

[AG @AGHamilton29]

For the record, most people do not know this is happening because the media likes to pretend Hezbollah doesn't exist, much like they did with Hamas.

Then they can reframe Israeli responses as unwarranted aggression.

[Joe Truzman @JoeTruzman]

A few hours ago, the Israeli military struck an apartment building on Wahda Street, west of Gaza City. The target of the attack was Hamas' new military chief Muhammad Odeh who replaced Izz al-Din al-Haddad.
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It appears the strike was successful. A deeply embarrassing incident for Hamas. Even Abdel al-Rantisi managed to last three weeks as chief after the killing of Ahmed Yassin. Odeh lasted about a week.

[FJ @Natsecjeff]

Hezbollah reflects the Iranian regime's mindset.

Iran would rather butcher its own people and attack Sunni states. Hezbollah would rather push Lebanon into a civil war and butcher Sunnis.

[Open Source Intel @Osint613]

Anti-Hamas Popular Forces militia patrolling near Rafah. These groups continue to operate and expand under the cover of Israel's Yellow Line enforcement.

@JoeTruzman