Overview
- U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee told Israeli media that the 60-day ceasefire with Iran has ended and that renewed military action could occur if Tehran rejects diplomacy and refuses to curb its program.
- Huckabee said Iran is economically and militarily weakened but remains unwilling to back down, leaving a window for either a diplomatic settlement or further confrontation.
- He labeled a small group of Israelis who attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra as "terrorists," urged Israeli authorities to hold perpetrators to account, and described them as a tiny minority who damage Israel.
- Huckabee disputed reports of a clash between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. envoy Jared Kushner, saying he was in the meeting and that Israel has agreed in principle to President Trump's 20-point Gaza plan.
- He stressed that Israel will not be expected to change boundaries while Hamas keeps weapons, linking any phased Israeli withdrawals to the disarmament and demilitarization of Hamas and signaling tighter U.S.-Israel coordination on postwar Gaza arrangements.