Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior has announced that the General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science has arrested five individuals and identified a sixth, a fugitive abroad, for their involvement in collecting and passing sensitive and precise information to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

B-52H “Stratofortress” Long-Range Strategic Bombers armed with AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM) take off Sunday from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, for strikes against Iran in support of Operation Epic Fury.

Lebanese Hezbollah released purported footage of the targeting of a position of the Israel Defense Force in Jabal Blat, Southern Lebanon earlier today, amidst reports that Israel is preparing for a major offensive in Lebanon.

According to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking to CBS News, Iran’s nuclear facilities are deep under rubble and Iran currently has no plans to retrieve enriched nuclear material and that any future effort to do so would be under the supervision of the “agency.” (Assuming he is referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency)

According to the Italian Chief of Defense Staff General Luciano, Ali Salem Air Base in Kuwait was struck by an Iranian drone that destroyed an Italian Task Force Air UAV. No Italian personnel were injured or killed in the strike on Al Salem.

According to a release from the Israel Defense Force, the IDF is expanding the scope of ongoing strikes against Iran, with a focus on command-and-control nodes across Western and Central Iran.

Reports of strikes earlier on the IRGC Headquarters in Hamedan, Northwestern Iran.

Following unfounded reports over the last few days that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was dead, Netanyahu filmed and post a video inside a coffee shop, being sure to show he has all five fingers in the video.

According to the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense, they tracked and engaged 14 Iranian drones. 8 were intercepted and the shrapnel caused injuries to 3 Kuwaiti military personnel.

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According to Kuwaiti news organization Al-Jarida, Iran’s new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, after suffering injuries during joint U.S.-Israeli strikes, was secretly transported to Moscow and underwent surgery there. According to the reports, he is currently still in Russia.

According to a release from the Japanese Defense Ministry, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjirō Koizumi held a video conference with U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today. The ongoing situation in the Middle East and the reaffirmation of U.S.-Japanese defense and security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific was the topic of conversation. This comes amidst moves by the U.S. to reposition key air defense assets and an amphibious ready group from the Indo-Pacific theater to the Central Command area of responsibility.

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has released footage of a strike on an unmanned aerial vehicle launch crew as they were preparing to launch a drone in Western Iran. After the initial strike, a follow-on strike was conducted to eliminate the launch crew. Real time intelligence was the impetus for the strike, per the IAF.

Initial reports that Brig. Gen. Mohammad Karami, the Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces, has been targeted and possibly eliminated in a strike by the Israeli Air Force, according to the Saudi state-owned Al Arabiya.

The Israeli Government is set to approve the call-up of up to 450,000 reservists as the Israel Defense Force prepares for yet another major ground operation against Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon, according to reports by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation.