UN Chief Antonio Guterres:
I am deeply concerned by the serious escalation & renewed military confrontations in the Gulf, including the Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the attacks by the US on Iran, and the attacks by Iran on targets in the neighboring countries.
These attacks must all stop.
A return to full-scale hostilities would have catastrophic consequences – for the peoples of the region, for international peace & security & for the global economy.
I urge Iran & the US to urgently resume negotiations & to address outstanding issues through diplomacy.
Iran lead negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in a message to President Trump:
"Trump, by imposing a siege and violating the ceasefire, seeks to turn this negotiation table into a table of surrender in his own imagination or to justify renewed warmongering. We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threats, and in the past two weeks, we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield."
Al Monitor reports President Aoun canceled his afternoon schedule, indicating a call with Netanyahu is expected later, possibly with Secretary Rubio joining.
This comes despite all the Lebanese rumors that no call has been scheduled.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan:
We reject all kinds of actions that target regional geographies, and we believe that Israel’s attempts to whitewash its own crimes and its expansionist, occupying policies should never be allowed under the guise of this regional conflict, such actions must not be permitted.
Early reports indicate that the Israel Defense Force carried out a strike in the central Gaza Strip that eliminated Hamas' Central District Intervention Police commander, Iyad Abu Yusuf, and other members of his staff.
More to come.
Speaking to Al Mayadeen, IRGC General’s advisor Hamidreza Moghaddamfar warned Iran would strike broadly and target U.S. troops, and not just one or two bases.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi received Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Cairo International Airport, offering a rare personal welcome on arrival.
U.S. State Department of State in Persian posts:
“The United States destroyed Iran’s nuclear enrichment capability, and Operation ‘Midnight Hammer’ was one of the most successful operations anyone has ever seen.”
@piersmorgan@piersmorgan you really aren’t this stupid are you? Hamas leaders slept in tunnels underground beneath hospitals, schools and residential buildings surrounded by Israeli civilian hostages!
JUST IN 🔴
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said this evening:
“We have decided not to consider any proposals that do not include a complete end to the fighting.”
Get ready for an explosive week.
When Hezbollah was starving entire Syrian towns and murdering civilians for Assad, the world was silent.
When Hezbollah was regularly persecuting and attacking Christians in Lebanon, the word was silent.
When Hezbollah stockpiled a hundred thousands rockets from Tehran and put them in residential buildings and towns preparing for a war they wanted, the world was silent.
When Hezbollah started launching daily rocket attacks and displaced hundreds of thousands of Israelis after 10/7, the world was silent.
But when Israel started taking out or blowing the nuts off the group that has been terrorizing the region for decades, suddenly the world is very concerned.
Just once it would be nice if the concern started when the terrorizing was happened instead of when the victims of it started fighting back.
@AOC Seems like you just have a problem with Israel defending itself in anyway way at all. This was the most precise military operation in the history of warfare. You should be applauding Israel!🇮🇱