Tom O'Connor

"It is utterly dangerous and wrong to mischaracterise the investigations," Turkish Justice Minister Yilzam Tunc said.

Israel announced it is carrying out "extensive" strikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday local time.

"Any act of aggression will have severe consequences, for which the U.S. will bear full responsibility," Iranian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani wrote in a letter to U.N. leadership.

"We are highly prepared to make sacrifices and cannot back down," an Ansar Allah source told Newsweek.

"A confrontation, possibly even a small-scale military one, may occur between Israel and Turkey," one expert told Newsweek.

"If everybody's mad at you, you know you're doing something right," Trump's former Middle East envoy told Newsweek.

"We are primarily interested in understanding the essence of President Trump's new line," a former Russian envoy told Newsweek.

A senior Hamas official said Trump was not taking into account the culture and interests of the population.

"We're getting close to this moment where there will be a last stand and a decisive battle," an IDF brigadier general told Newsweek.

Trump's team was instrumental in the ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hamas—and will play a critical role in Gaza's future too, experts told Newsweek.