Israeli warplanes flying high over the Middle East on their way to Iran.

PHASE 2 BEGINS TONIGHT

Both US and Israeli officials announced that in the coming hours full air superiority will be achieved over all of Iran and strikes against the Iranian military will intensify.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem accuses Israel of starting the war with Lebanon and says his group will “fight no matter the cost.”

Lebanon has told Hezbollah to stand down.

While Spain’s government condemns America and Israel, Iranian expats living in Spain express gratitude to Israel and America, to President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for fighting to free their nation from tyranny.

They came carrying US and Israeli flags and signs thanking Trump and Netanyahu while laying flowers in front of the Israeli Embassy in Madrid.

OVERNIGHT ROUNDUP

🔹 Conflicting reports that Kurdish forces from northern Iraq had moved into Iran.

🔹 The Iranian regime issued a statement warning the Kurds against getting involved.

🔹 Israeli and US forces carried out heavy airstrikes in Tehran and other locations across Iran.

🔹 Israel carried out heavy airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Beirut.

Following unconfirmed reports, primarily by US media, that Kurdish forces had launched a ground offensive into Iran, the remaining Iranian leadership issued a statement warning the Kurds of northern Iraq.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement threatening to attack Israel’s nuclear reactor in Dimona.

The US Senate voted 53-47 against a resolution that would have compelled President Donald Trump to halt the military campaign against the Iranian regime.

Democrats in Senate, even those who support the goals of the Operation Epic Fury, are upset that Trump effectively declared war without first seeking congressional approval, as required by US law.

But Republicans, who control the Senate, were able to defeat the motion.

From US Central Command (CENTCOM)

More fake news from the Iranian regime:

🚫 The regime claims U.S. forces are withdrawing.

🚫 They say they sank a U.S. destroyer.

🚫 IRGC claims to have taken down U.S. fighter aircraft.

🚫 The regime says they killed 100 U.S. Marines.

ALL LIES.

Reality:

✅ U.S. forces are expanding strikes deeper into Iranian airspace by the hour.

✅ U.S. forces sank 20+ Iranian regime vessels with overwhelming firepower from air, land, and sea.

✅ Over a four-day period, U.S. forces have reduced Iranian regime drone launches by 73% and ballistic missile launches by 86%.

✅ U.S. military power projection capability is unmatched.

ALL FACTS.

BIGGER LIARS THAN HAMAS

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, who conducted negotiations with both Hamas and the Iranian regime, said that of the two, the Iranians were the bigger liars.

Witkoff told American radio host Mark Levin:

“The Iranians were pretending to negotiate but were obfuscating the whole time.”

First footage of an Israeli F-35I pilot downing an Iranian Air Force jet and then continuing on his bombing run.

❗Iran has attacked the airport in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

There's no place like home – even in the midst of war.

Even from Thailand, there was no real escape from this war.

The beaches are calm. The sea is beautiful. The sun still shines. But when your phone fills with Home Front alerts from Israel, paradise becomes irrelevant. Because home is not where life is easiest. Home is where your people are.

This piece captures a truth many outside Israel will never fully understand: in wartime, distance does not always feel like safety. Sometimes it feels like exile. The body is abroad, but the heart is already back home—checking the news, calling family, worrying about sons in reserve duty, pregnant daughters-in-law, neighbors, shelters, and the fragile routines of a nation under fire.

War strips away illusions. It reminds you what home really is.

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