Following tonight’s large-scale rocket barrage against Northern Israel, Hezbollah has announced the start of Operation Eaten Straw.

Dozens of interceptions seen earlier in the skies over Northern Israel, during tonight’s combined ballistic missile and rocket attack by both Iran and Hezbollah, with over a hundred projectiles said to have launched in total at Israel.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has publicly denied claims made by IRGC Gen. Ali Fadavi, Former Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), alleging that an American F-15 had been shot down to the south of Tehran.

Video footage from the deck of a Chinese cargo ship which allegedly shows the moment an Iranian one-way attack drone, a Shahed-136, struck an oil tank earlier today at the MINA Petroleum Facility on the Port of Salalh in Oman.

Insane image from the bridge of a container ship arriving at the Port of Salalh in Oman earlier today, as flames engulf multiple port facilities and oil tanks at the MINA Petroleum Facility, resulting from several impacts by one-way attack drones launched by Iran.

U.S. President Donald J. Trump tells reporters that 28 mine-laying vessels operated by the Iranian Navy and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) have now been targeted and destroyed:

“They started talking about mines. So we hit 28 mine ships as of this moment. Twenty-eight. Like, using the same weapon -- the exact same weapon that we use against the drug dealers in the water. We have -- as an example, we had tremendous drugs pouring in through the water -- through the sea. And now we have almost none. It's down 97%.”

Senior Israeli defense official tells i24NEWS following tonight’s large-scale rocket barrage by Hezbollah against Northern Israel: “They have left us no choice — this campaign must expand in Lebanon. There is no one to talk to on the other side. We are considering strikes against infrastructure targets connected to the Lebanese Government. Iran asked, Hezbollah complied — and now we must escalate our response by several levels.”

Massive fires continue to burn into the night at the Port of Salalah in Oman, with the blaze caused by Wednesday’s drone attack against the port by Iran having now spread to most if not all oil tanks at the MINA Petroleum Facility.

The Saudi Ministry of Defense reports that three ballistic missiles were intercepted and destroyed approaching Prince Sultan Air Base.

Sirens are continuing to sound in Haifa and across Northern Israel, as Hezbollah launches drones and rockets from Lebanon.

Speaking to crowds of supporters tonight in Kentucky, President Donald J. Trump spoke about the ongoing war against Iran, once again referring to it as an “excursion,” with him stating: “We did an excursion. Do you know what an excursion is? We had to take a little trip to get rid of some evil, very evil people. It should have been done for 47 years they've been killing our people. 47 years. 47 years.”

U.S. President Donald J. Trump announces that the International Energy Agency (IEA) has agreed to coordinate the release of 400 million barrels of oil from various national reserves around the world, in an attempt to prevent oil price hikes from the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

President Trump is continuing his attacks on Republican Rep. Thomas Massie tonight in his home state of Kentucky, telling crowds of supporters: “We gotta get rid of this loser. This guy is bad. He's disloyal to the Republican Party. He's disloyal to the people of Kentucky. And most importantly, he is disloyal to the United States of America.”

Iraqi channels are now reporting that “multiple tankers” are burning in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Basra, following a coordinated attack by Iran.