- President Trump says at the request of Pakistan and others “Project Freedom” ship movements through the Strait of Hormuz will be paused while a final agreement with Iran is worked out.
Trump:"Based on the request of Pakistan and other Countries, the tremendous Military Success that we have had during the Campaign against the Country of Iran and, additionally, the fact that Great Progress has been made toward a Complete and Final Agreement with Representatives of Iran, we have mutually agreed that, while the Blockade will remain in full force and effect, Project Freedom (The Movement of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz) will be paused for a short period of time to see whether or not the Agreement can be finalized and signed. President DONALD J. TRUMP
- US officials: If the president thinks the negotiations are at a dead end, he will not hesitate to take short and deadly action against Iran." - N12
- Trump on Iran: "They should wave the flag. The white flag of surrender. In hockey, they say uncle, right? When are they going to cry, uncle?"
- Trump: "Iran has no chance, they never did, they know it, they express it to me when I talk to them, then they get on television they say how well they're doing"
- Reporter: "[Iran] fired at us several times in the last 24 hours. What do they need to do to violate the ceasefire?"
TRUMP: "You'll find out, because I'll let you know... They know what to do, and they know what not to do."
- Fox News quoting US officials: We are closer to resuming large-scale fighting in Iran than we were 24 hours ago.
- UAE says 15 missiles, 4 drones fired from Iran, sparking fire at oil facility in first major attack since ceasefire.
- US says it sunk 6 small Iranian boats as ships come under missile fire
- Israel and the US are coordinating preparations for a potential new round of strikes on Iran as the ceasefire appears increasingly at risk amid escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, an Israeli source tells CNN.“The intention would be to carry out a short campaign aimed at pressuring Iran into further concessions in negotiations,
- Trump: on Iran: "They've run out of areas for [oil] storage and they said that in two weeks... they're going to have a natural explosion of their oil that's going to make it impossible for them to really recover
- Donald Trump indicates that if he decides to return to war against Iran, it would take 2-3 weeks to achieve his goals in the war.
“We’ve taken out much of what we’d have to do, probably another two weeks, two weeks, maybe three weeks,”
- Israeli source to CNN on the coordination between Israel and the US that includes preparations for a wave of attacks on Iranian energy infrastructure and senior Iranian officials: “The intention is to carry out a short operation aimed at pressuring Iran to make further concessions in negotiations.”
- A Hamas commander who participated in the massacre at the Nova music festival on 10/7 was eliminated by the IDF
-Hezbollah attempted to shoot down an Israeli Air Force drone over southern Lebanon a short while ago, the military says. The IDF says the surface-to-air missile “failed” and no damage was caused to the drone.
-CBS: 2 US Navy destroyers broke the Iranian blockade on Hormuz and crossed the strait into the Persian Gulf. This is the first time that military vessels have crossed the Iranian blockade since it was imposed, even though the Iranians have publicly announced more than once that they will sink any military vessel, especially US Navy ships, that tries to cross Hormuz: the two-faced missiles, uncrewed underwater vehicles, and small boats fired by the Iranians towards them. The destroyers were accompanied by helicopters and other aircraft that assisted them in dealing with the threats.