President Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said that U.S. military vessels near Iran are being prepared and reloaded with ammunition in case the peace talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, fail, according to the NY Post.

“But we’re loading up the ships. We’re loading up the ships with the best weapons ever made, even at a higher level than we used to do a complete decimation … And if we don’t have a deal, we will be using them, and we will be using them very effectively,” Trump reportedly said.

“We have a reset going,” he also said, according to the Post.

When asked by the Post if he believes the upcoming peace talks will be successful, Trump reportedly said, “we’re going to find out in about 24 hours. We’re going to know soon.”

At least 13 state security personnel were killed in an Israeli strike on a government building in Nabatieh, south Lebanon, according to Lebanese State Security.

"The General Directorate of State Security condemns these attacks that target military personnel and civilians on Lebanese soil," Lebanese State Security said in a statement Friday.

As Vice President JD Vance heads to Islamabad, Pakistan, for peace talks with Iran, President Donald Trump is standing firmly by his side.

In a phone interview with the NY Post on Friday, Trump said that his vice president is doing a “very good job” and that he has “nothing to prove.”

“He doesn’t have to prove anything because he’s doing a very good job,” Trump reportedly said, after the NY Post asked if Vance’s negotiating abilities are being tested.

ABC News previously reported that Vance internally expressed reservations about the strikes. Trump has also said that he and Vance are "philosophically a little bit different" when it comes to U.S. war with Iran.

The president continued to cast doubt over the Iranian’s credibility, despite his insistence that regime change has occurred and that the new leaders are more “reasonable.”

“You’re dealing against people that we don’t know whether or not they tell the truth. To our face, they’re getting rid of all nuclear weapons, everything’s gone. And then they go out to the press and say, ‘No, we’d like to enrich,’” Trump said to the NY Post.

“So we’ll find out. But no, he’s done a great job. He has nothing to prove,” Trump added.

-ABC News' Emily Chang

Kuwait's armed forces reported seven hostile drones were "handled" over the last 24 hours, the Army General Staff Headquarters said in a post Friday.

Kuwait is blaming Iran and militias backed by Iran for the Thursday evening drone attack that resulted in injuries. The post said several National Guard facilities were targeted.

"The Iranian aggression resulted in targeting several vital facilities affiliated with the National Guard, leading to injuries among some of its members, who are currently receiving treatment with stable conditions, in addition to significant material damage," the post said.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement on Friday that Iran’s armed forces have not carried out any airstrikes against other countries since the ceasefire began.