The Burkina Faso Air Force successfully targeted and destroyed the logistics centers of terrorists using Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs.

Hashim Safi al-Din, Nasrallah's designated but undeclared successor, was targeted last night while meeting in a bunker in Dahiyah, Israeli officials said.

Lebanese transport minister:

Israeli strike hit near Lebanon’s Masnaa border crossing, cutting off road to Syria.

Israeli strike has closed off road used by hundreds of thousands of people to flee in recent days.

BIG: There were 32 impact points observed at Israel’s Nevatim Air Base, with a slight clustering pattern.

Several strikes landed near the F-35 hangars, including one potential direct hit, though the overall damage appears to be minimal.

Ukrainian airstrikes just a few kilometres away from the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Kurchatov, Kursk region of Russia.

Financial Times:

The United States is not expected to participate in the expected Israeli response against Iran.

Mali: Tuareg fighter with a trophy AS "Val" machine gun captured after ambush on Russian Wagner PMC.

Pentagon will spend about $1.2 billion to maintain ships deployed as part of operations in the Red Sea and to replenish stocks of missiles fired to repel attacks by Iran and its proxies, Bloomberg reports.

Boris Johnson claims that a listening device was discovered in his personal bathroom at the Foreign Office after a visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017.

— Johnson's security team reportedly found the bugging device during a routine sweep after Netanyahu had used the restroom.

— Johnson humorously described the bathroom as akin to "the gents in a posh London club" and noted that Netanyahu excused himself to use the facilities during their meeting.

Important: Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is set to lead Friday prayers at the Imam Khomeini Mosque today, marking his first sermon since 2020.

Anticipation is high in Tehran that Khamenei will address Israel in light of the recent missile strikes.

Large crowds have gathered outside the mosque ahead of the event.

21+ Russian soldiers executed a Baltic volunteer who fought in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The Israeli army said it shot down a drone that entered Israeli airspace overnight in the Beit She'an Valley.

The Israeli army believes that the drone was sent by Iranian-backed groups in Iraq.

Macron says EU has only 2 or 3 years to stave off total US, China dominance.

"Our former model is over. We are overregulating and underinvesting.

Europe is lagging behind in crucial areas such as climate change, artificial intelligence, and defense.

The EU could die; we are on the verge of a very important moment."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives in Beirut on board an Iranian plane.

"If Trump were president, Putin would not have invaded Ukraine," former British Prime Minister Johnson says.

According to Johnson, Trump understands that if Ukraine is defeated, it will be an absolute disaster.

"I don't think he wants to go down in history as the man who began his second term not by making America great, but by making the Soviet Union great again."

The Israeli army is pushing Lebanese civilians further north

The Israeli army asked Lebanese civilians living in 37 villages and towns in southern Lebanon to immediately evacuate the area and move north of the Awali River.

The Israeli army is pushing civilians towards the Awali line north of the Litani River.

The city of Sidon is located south of the Awali River.

A new target?

Russian soldiers training on FPV drone evade techniques.

Polish Army has become the third largest army in NATO, Defense Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz says.

Poland currently has 205,000 soldiers, and by the end of the year it is expected to have 207,000.

Only the United States and Türkiye have more soldiers in NATO.

Iranian Leader Khamenei:

We will defeat all enemies.

If Muslims cooperate, divine glory will support them. The enemy of the Islamic nation is one, although its methods differ from one country to another.

The policy of the arrogant and tyrants is based on sowing division and discord among Muslims

Khamenei:

God willing, we will destroy Israel.

Iranian Leader Khamenei:

Al-Aqsa Storm was a right, logical and legal international move. It was the least punishment for the Zionists.

The Islamic Republic will respond to any action with complete firmness.

It is Hezbollah's duty to defend Gaza.

If necessary, we will still make honest promises.

We will not delay or rush, and we will not fall short, and the response will be at the appropriate time and place.