Rubio told a House Appropriations Committee hearing on the 2nd that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s proposal for Israeli forces to control 70% of the Gaza Strip is inconsistent with the U.S. position and is not part of President Trump’s 20-point plan to end the Gaza conflict; under that plan Israel would not be required to do so. Under the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, effective October 2025, Israel controls 53% of the territory.

越南貿易部：將對自泰國進口的部分糖產品的反傾銷稅延長至2031年。

CBS, citing two people familiar with the incidents, reported the F-15E pilot shot down over Iran had earlier been downed in the early days of the Iran war when his previous aircraft was hit by friendly fire from Kuwaiti forces. He ejected safely and, just over 30 days later on a separate mission over Iran, his F-15E was struck by an Iranian surface-to-air missile, prompting a bold rescue operation. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula called the sequence a very unusual coincidence and said he could not recall since Vietnam a pilot being downed twice in the same campaign — like being struck by lightning twice.