Israel ramps up strikes in Gaza, killing dozens, as Trump floats ‘freedom zone’:

I would say that [Iran’s arsenal] has now significantly been reduced – at least 50 percent.— Frank Ledwidge, a specialist in military capabilities and strategy at the University of Portsmouth in the UK, discussing the impact of the conflict on Iran's missile arsenal.

I will measure my own success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars that we end, and perhaps more importantly, the wars we never get into.

— Donald Trump in his inaugural address.

Public opinion supports this war, just as it has supported previous ones.

— Nitzan Perelman, a researcher specialized in Israel at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France.

We are being forgotten.

— A Gaza resident expressed this amid the escalations in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

That is the dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us.

— Friedrich Merz stated this in a ZDF interview at the G7 summit in Canada.

The two 'very smart' leaders of India and Pakistan 'decided' not to continue a war that could have turned nuclear.— Donald Trump, while speaking to the media in the Oval Office after hosting Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Asim Munir, for lunch at the White House.

We will not show any reluctance in defending our people, security and land - we will respond seriously and strongly, without restraint.

— Ali Bahreini, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva, told reporters.

Let the Americans know that the Iranian nation is not one to surrender, and any military intervention on their part will undoubtedly result in irreparable damage.

— Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader, in a national address.

Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

— Donald Trump, discussing the threat posed by Iran.

Do me a favor, mediate your own. Let's mediate Russia first, okay?— Donald Trump, responding to Putin's offer to mediate in the Israel-Iran conflict.