Overnight, the Israeli Air Force downed at least four drones launched by Iran against Israel, with footage showing the shoot down of two “Arash-2” long-range attack drones by an AH-64 “Apache” with the IAF.

Following the arrival Wednesday of three planes from Iran at Muscat International Airport in Oman, initially claimed to have been carrying a diplomatic delegation which was later denied by Iran. Three additional aircraft, two Boeing 737s with Saha Airlines and an Airbus A320 with Meraj Air, have just left Iranian airspace and appear to be preparing to land once again in Muscat.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz in a post this morning’s on X directed at Hezbollah:

“The Hezbollah Secretary-General is not learning a lesson from his predecessors and is threatening to act against Israel in accordance with the Iranian dictator's orders.

I suggest to the Lebanese proxy to be careful and understand that Israel has lost patience with terrorists who threaten it.

If there is terrorism, there will be no Hezbollah.”

Over the last 24 hours, at least 20 C-17A “Globemaster III” and C-5M “Galaxy” Strategic Heavy-Lift Transports with the U.S. Air Force have arrived at airbases in the Middle East from Europe, most originating from bases in the United States, carrying additional air-defense systems, munitions, support equipment, and personnel, as preparations are in full-swing for the U.S. to potentially join Israel in their ongoing war against Iran.

According to authorities in Iran, it is believed that at least five million residents have so far evacuated the Iranian capital of Tehran, following the start of airstrikes last Friday by Israel and this week’s post by U.S. President Trump.

Iran will only agree to meet with the United States for renewed nuclear talks if Israel agrees to stop striking the country, Iranian negotiators told their European counterparts at a meeting today in Geneva, Switzerland, according to CNN.

Reporter: “Mr. President, what evidence do you have that Iran is building a nuclear weapon? Your intelligence community has said they have no evidence that they are at this point.”

President Trump: “Well then my intelligence community is wrong, who in the intelligence community said that?

Reporter: “Your Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.”

President Trump: “She’s wrong.”

Over the past few hours, 15 fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force utilized more than 30 precision-munitions to target surface-to-surface missile launch sites in Western Iran.

An Iranian one-way attack drone was shot down earlier by the Israeli Air Force off the coast of Haifa in Northwestern Israel.

Footage showing the apparent downing of an Iranian drone tonight off the coast of Haifa in Northern Israel.

Iran is now visually confirmed, though documentation of strikes released by the Israel Defense Forces and other means, to have lost at least 44 surface-to-surface ballistic missile launchers so far during the war against Israel.

Credit for the documentation goes to @Elmusket on X.

Heavy strikes earlier tonight against launch and storage sites at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Shiraz Missile Base in Southern Iran, with multiple fires seen burning at the base as residents reported a number of secondary explosions, seen and heard from Sadra.

Israel has detected the launch of ballistic missiles by Iran.

The Israeli Air Force has begun a wave of strikes against ballistic missile storage and launch sites in Central Iran.