U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that earlier today the Air Force dropped several GBU‐72 A5K 5,000lb “Bunker Busting” Bombs on hardened sites containing anti-ship cruise missiles along Iran’s coastline near the Strait of Hormuz.

Two killed in Ramat Gan as a result of tonight’s Iranian ballistic missile attack against Central Israel.

Video footage claimed to show the moment a cluster munition from an Iranian medium-range ballistic missile exploded prematurely tonight over a residential area in Central Israel.

MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, which houses the Headquarters of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), announces that it has had its Force Protection Condition (FPCON) raised from Bravo to Charlie.

Footage reportedly showing drone strikes in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, as sirens are active amidst another wave of Iranian strikes against Iraq.

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq was targeted in today’s most recent Iranian strikes on the Green Zone and surrounding areas, with fires seen burning in the area following strikes.

The Saudi Ministry of Defense has announced that they intercepted an Iranian ballistic missile over the Al-Kharj Governorate and that as a result of the interception, debris fell near Prince Sultan Air Base.

Taiwan Defense Minister Wellington Koo said today that a U.S.-Taiwan Foreign Military Sale (FMS), worth $14 billion, is on track to gain U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s approval following his now delayed visit to China. The FMS, which includes interceptor missiles, is purportedly still on track and in the process of being expedited despite the ongoing, air defense intensive, conflict in the Middle East, says Reuters.

In comments that interestingly align with those of French President Emmanuel Macron, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said that a new post-war framework for the Strait of Hormuz must be put into place. While it’s yet unclear if Araghchi’s comments were made in an effort to synchronize French-Iranian signaling, it nonetheless aligns with what France’s President has said in the past few days, amidst increasing communication between the two nations during the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald J. Trump’s judge nominee for the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana, Anna St. John, voting 51-45. St. John previously served as the president and general counsel of the Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute.

Iran has now launched 61 waves of ballistic missiles and drones against U.S. bases and infrastructure throughout the Middle East, Israel, and the Gulf Nations.

Cluster munitions from an Iranian medium-range ballistic missile seen falling over Central Israel during the latest attack by Iran.

Damage from cluster munitions seen in Tel Aviv, Central Israel, following the latest ballistic missile attack by Iran.

Reports of strikes this morning against energy infrastructure associated with the South Pars Natural Gas Field in the Bushehr Province of Southern Iran by Israel and/or the United States. Such strikes represent yet another major escalation in the Iran War, with Iran having previously threatened to attack oil and gas pipelines, as well as other infrastructure, in countries across the Middle East if its energy facilities were targeted by the U.S. or Israel.

Funeral procession this morning in Tehran for Iranian Security Chief Ali Larjani, following an Israeli strike that killed the principal Iranian decision-maker on Tuesday.

The Israel Defense Force said it struck a grouping of Lebanese Hezbollah (LH) terrorists who were viewed unloading weapons, including an RPG, from a vehicle in Southern Lebanon. The IDF also identified LH terrorists who used indirect fires to target IDF positions.

The Arab Spokesperson for the Israel Defense Force announced that the IDF will be striking bridges over the Litani River and urged all civilians south of the river to evacuate north of the Zahrani River, as the IDF is set to begin targeted strikes against all Lebanese Hezbollah groupings of forces and infrastructure in Southern Lebanon.

Iraq has started exporting oil through Turkey, in an effort to avoid the majority closed Strait of Hormuz, causing oil prices to sink. However, analysts say that the respite will likely only be temporary, as the conflict in the Middle East has yet to see an off ramp.

The Israel Defense Force’s Arabic page announced that it conducted a targeted strikes against overnight that eliminated Iran’s Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib in Tehran, Iran.