The Israeli Air Force carried out a wave of strikes earlier against underground Hezbollah military infrastructure near Beaufort Castle in Southern Lebanon. According to the IDF, the existence of the site and activity there constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon.

Footage showing a Russian-controlled building near Tyotkino in the Kursk Oblast of Western Russia being targeted and destroyed by several Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range (JDAM-ER) Precision-Guided Bombs launched by the Ukrainian Air Force.

The Israeli Government is seriously considering the annexation of parts of the West Bank in retaliation for the imminent recognition of the State of Palestine by several countries, including Australia, Canada, France and the United Kingdom, according to a number of Israeli, U.S. and European officials with direct knowledge who spoke to Axios.

Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar have told several European counterparts that Israel could annex parts of the West Bank if they go forward with recognizing Palestine, with Dermer said to have told French officials that Israel would annex all of “Area C,” which constitute 60% of the West Bank.

Such a move would cause immense outrage and further ostracize Israel amongst the international community, even with close allies like the United States. It is unlikely that such a move would be supported by U.S. President Donald J. Trump, with Trump, during his first term in office, blocking Netanyahu twice from annexing parts of the West Bank.

The Israel Defense Force has now confirmed the elimination of Abu Obaida (Hudayfa Samir Abdallah al-Kahlout), the Spokesman for Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades, following a precision-airstrike on Saturday against his home in Gaza City, Northern Gaza Strip.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, aged 81, is reported to have been seriously injured in a car accident last night in New Hampshire. Giuliani was being driven in a Ford Bronco by his Spokesman and Advisor, Ted Goodman, when their vehicle was struck from behind by a Honda HR-V driven by a 19-year-old woman late Saturday, according to a statement released by New Hampshire State Police. Goodman and the woman suffered “non-life-threatening injuries” and were taken to hospitals for treatment, while Giuliani was taken to a nearby trauma center and was being treated for a fractured thoracic vertebra, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as injuries to his left arm and lower leg, said his Head of Security.

A patrol boat operated by soldiers of the Guyanese Defense Force and officers of the Guyanese Police Force reportedly came under fire today from the Venezuelan-side of the Cuyuni River in the Essequibo Region, while escorting a boat containing election officials and polling supplies for Guyana’s Presidential Election on September 1st. “The patrol immediately returned fire and successfully maneuvered the escort team out of danger. No injuries were sustained by any personnel, and no election materials were damaged or compromised,” according to a joint-statement from the Defense Ministry and Police Service.

WHY ARE WE YELLING???

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is set to hold his second meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the leaders of other European countries who are part of the “Coalition of the Willing” in Paris on Thursday, September 4. The topic of the meeting will be security guarantees for Ukraine, with participants expected to include British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.