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We also demand that the genocide in Gaza be ended and the blockade put in the region be lifted permanently,
The Department of Defense continues to take steps to mitigate the possibility of regional escalation by Iran or Iran’s partners and proxies,
deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh said in a statement Secretary Austin highlighted that further escalation is not inevitable and that all countries in the region would benefit from a de-escalation in tensions, including through completing a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal,
the Defense Department said in a statement about the call The Department is also taking steps to increase our readiness to deploy additional land-based ballistic missile defense,
the Pentagon statement said Additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers” were ordered to the regions overseen by U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command
Singh said in the statement However, he also stressed that the unprecedented scale of U.S. support for Israel since October 7 should leave Iran, Lebanese Hizballah, and other Iranian-backed terrorist groups with no doubt about U.S. resolve,
Iran is currently in the process of making a difficult decision on how to respond to the targeting killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran,
said Robert Murrett, a retired U.S. vice admiral and deputy director of the Institute for Security Policy and Law at Syracuse University in the U.S. state of New York The criminal, terrorist Zionist regime martyred our dear guest in our territory and has caused our grief, but it has also prepared the ground for a severe punishment,
Khamenei posted on the X social media platform The secretary reiterated ironclad support for Israel's security and informed the minister of additional measures to include ongoing and future defensive force posture changes that the department will take to support the defense of Israel,
Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said during a briefing with reporters Iran will likely carefully calibrate its response to the Israelis,
Murrett told VOA via email This will certainly happen, and the Zionist regime [Israel] will undoubtedly regret it,
How Iran and the resistance front will respond is currently being reviewed,
said General Mohammad Bagheri, Iran's armed forces chief of staff, speaking on Iranian state TV We will stand with Israel in their self-defense,
said the Pentagon's Singh It is our duty to take revenge,
he added in a separate post We are sure that his blood will bring out victory, dignity and liberation,
Hayya told Haniyeh’s family President discussed efforts to support Israel's defense against threats, including against ballistic missiles and drones, to include new defensive US military deployments,
the White House said in a statement [Israeli] withdrawal cannot be conditional on the success of negotiations whose outcome will depend on Israel’s approval. In particular, Israel cannot invoke the need for a prior agreement on its security claims for such a condition may lead to perpetuating its unlawful occupation.”
In his declaration, ICJ President Nawaf Salam stated Say hello to all the martyrs of Gaza, say hello to the leaders, to all Gaza's martyrs, all the Muslims,
Amal Haniyeh said as she mourned beside his coffin We are looking for a real response, not a performative response, and for real opportunities. A studied response,
said Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, speaking in a televised address to mark the funeral of the slain commander Our message to the occupation (Israel) today is that you are sinking deep in the mud and your end is getting closer than ever. The blood of Haniyeh will change all equations."
Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri to Reuters by phone as he attended the funeral