The IDF warned of possible increased fire from Lebanese territory during the talks in Washington. Lebanon’s president said he hoped the meeting would mark “the beginning of the end of the suffering of the Lebanese people in general and the residents of southern Lebanon in particular.” Israel, Lebanon and the US said in a joint statement that they had agreed to launch a process of direct negotiations.
US Central Command says no vessel has succeeded in breaching the blockade in the past 24 hours. At the same time, Trump addressed the talks: “I don’t like the proposal to suspend uranium enrichment for 20 years. They cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons.”
The Mossad Director responded to Aryeh Deri's claim that the Mossad was responsible for regime change in Iran, saying "We did not think this mission would be completed immediately after the fighting died down."
Against the backdrop of the dramatic rise since October 7, participants in the March of the Living warned of the “new antisemitism.” Sylvan Adams: “What took Hitler years, Iran can do at the push of a button.”
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said, “We decided on the step in light of the circumstances we are experiencing.” At the same time, she sent a message to Washington following President Donald Trump’s attack on the pope: “When friends disagree, there must be courage to say so.”
