The day was dominated by Iran's nuclear standoff. In the morning, reports emerged that Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei ordered enriched uranium to remain in Iran, rejecting US demands to transfer it. This hardened Tehran's stance amid negotiations. By early afternoon, Trump responded by vowing to 'take and destroy' Iran's enriched uranium, while Rubio expressed conditional optimism about Pakistani mediation but warned that Iranian tolls on the Strait of Hormuz would make a deal unfeasible. The US-Iran standoff overshadowed other stories, including the ongoing fallout from Ben Gvir's flotilla video and the deportation of Gaza flotilla activists. Multiple outlets highlighted that the US bore most of the interception burden during the war with Iran, and that Israel cannot win alone.