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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday welcomed a second flight of Americans evacuated from Israel, greeting passengers in Tampa as part of a rescue effort led by the state. The mission — a collaboration between the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Grey Bull Rescue, Sen. Jay Collins, and others — brought home families, including Newsweek editor and political commentator Josh Hammer, his wife, and their six-month-old daughter, as well as K-12 and college students and participants in Israel’s Birthright program. DeSantis previously helped evacuate nearly 1,000 people after the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel.

President Donald Trump needs “wisdom and strength from God” in making decisions on global affairs, Christian evangelist Franklin Graham said on Friday, asking Americans to join him in prayer for the commander-in-chief.

Thursday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) argued in favor of President Donald Trump acting decisively against the Iranian regime to end its nuclear threat.

An Iranian missile that hit Haifa, Israel, on Friday morning damaged a historic local mosque and injured the imams who were worshipping there.

Two RAF logistics jets damaged at one of Britain’s most theoretically secure airfields by pro-Palestine activists who escaped undetected. 

Iran’s so-called “Supreme Leader” posted on X on Friday morning that the “Zionist enemy is being punished now” as one missile landed in the city of Be’er Sheva, damaging a building and injuring seven people lightly.

Russia has “stable, trusting ties” with Israel and partnership with Iran, they claimed this week as it warned the U.S. against “interfering”. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a local television outlet on Thursday that regime change in Iran lies with the “Iranian people alone,” though he appeared to admit Israel was making it easier for them.

Rep. Max Miller has claimed that a man with a Palestinian flag and a message that said, “Death to Israel” tried running him off the road. 

The Foreign Ministry of North Korea issued an enraged statement on Thursday in defense of its allies in Iran, declaring Israel a “cancer-like entity… destroying global peace and security” for its recent military operation hindering illicit nuclear development in neighboring Iran.

Iran has asked the United Nations Security Council to condemn Israel for attacking it — after Iran attacked Israel first, both directly and indirectly, for years, and violated UN obligations on nuclear non-proliferation.

Russian and Chinese leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping discussed on Thursday “frictions” among G7 leaders at the summit in Canada.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir told military intelligence officers Thursday that Israel had turned Iran’s infamous “Ring of Fire” against it, and that Israel was closing in on the regime.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Thursday blasted the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its director, Rafael Grossi, for condemning Iran’s nuclear program.

The Emirati newspaper the National reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources, that Hezbollah is not planning to aid Iran.

Upwards of 100 actors, activists, musicians, and sports stars have joined together to pressure U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer into suspending arms sales to Israel amid its multi-front war with radical islamists

China’s state propaganda outlet Global Times declared in a commentary on Thursday that “the U.S. bears responsibility for the Iranian nuclear issue,” exonerating its ally Iran entirely for developing an illicit nuclear program and escalating enrichment activities against United Nations standards.

CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert used Tucker Carlson’s spat with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) over the Israel-Iran conflict and the United States’ role in it to smear President Donald Trump as “Nazi-friendly,” during his “Late Show” monologue on Wednesday. 

Reverend Franklin Graham on Thursday urged people to pray for those caught in the crosshairs of the war between Israel and Iran.

Foreign ministers planning to meet Iranian counterpart on Friday in a bid to persuade the country to give up its nuclear ambitions for peace. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities at Arak, a reactor that used heavy water in its reactions and which was poised to produce weapons-grade plutonium for Iran’s nuclear program.

Israeli defense minister, Israel Katz, said Iran’s so-called “Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is today’s version of “Hitler” and “should no longer continue to exist” after Iran hit a hospital with a missile Thursday.

A ballistic missile launched by Iran toward Israel early Thursday morning hit the Soroka Medical Center in the Negev desert city of Be’er Sheva in what Army Radio called a “direct hit,” with casualties yet unknown.

During Wednesday’s episode of Tucker Carlson’s podcast, Carlson and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) debated the Israel-Iran conflict and the United States’ role in it.

Israel killed “dozens” of Iran’s remaining military leaders, including wartime Chief of Staff Maj.-Gen. Ali Shademani, on Monday by bombing the mountain hideout to which they had retreated, the Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday.

Pope Leo XIV addressed the eruption of active hostilities between Iran and Israel for the first time on Wednesday, urging the world to facilitate peace and reject “scientific weapons of all kinds,” an apparent reference to Iran’s illicit nuclear program.

A top global arms fair erected black walls around Israeli exhibitors overnight before the event opened.

At least three transport planes from China reportedly flew to Iran in the three days after Israel began attacking Iran’s nuclear program and military command structure, their cargoes and missions unknown.

Tuesday on FNC’s “Hannity,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) argued President Donald Trump was not departing from his stated approach on foreign policy regarding the Israel-Iran conflict.

Iran-based cryptocurrency exchange Nobitex has reportedly suffered a major security breach, resulting in the theft of over $81 million in digital assets by a hacker group claiming ties to Israel.

French President Emmanuel Macron warned that regime change in Iran could lead to “chaos”, as officials in France and Germany expressed concerns over potential Tehran-linked terror attacks in Europe amid the Middle East conflict.

The “supreme leader” of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared in comments on Wednesday that his Islamist regime would “resolutely” oppose peace with Israel, America, or any of Israel’s allies if Iran considers the terms of peace to be “imposed” from abroad.

Mainstream media outlets continue to smear the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) with fake news reports suggesting that people are killed at, or near, the group’s aid sites — repeating Hamas propaganda.

The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations issued a joint statement from their summit in Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, supporting Israel’s right to self-defense and making it clear that “Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”

Tuesday on FBN’s “Mornings with Maria,” Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) said Iranian chants of “death to America” and “death to Israel” had to be taken seriously as a potential threat.