Conquer southern Lebanon? Israeli minister says there’s no other choice.

The old northern border is no longer being treated as sacred. Not after October 7.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has now said openly what much of the country is increasingly thinking: Hezbollah cannot be allowed to sit on Israel’s fence line and call that stability.

His suggestion? Push the security line to the Litani River and end the failed illusion that southern Lebanon can remain a launch pad for Iranian terror while Israeli communities absorb the risk.

This is no longer a debate about deterrence alone. It is a debate about geography, sovereignty, and how far Israel must go to keep the north from becoming the next disaster.

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Trump is declaring victory in the war with Iran. Premature?

Sirens now.

Overnight and early this morning there were two missile attacks on central Israel and two on southern Israel, in addition to three rocket attacks from Lebanon targeting northern Israel. No injuries reported in any of the attacks.

FACT CHECK

Iran’s Tasnim News Agency, which is linked to the IRGC, published the following lies this week:

❗️1,300 Israelis have been killed by Iranian missiles during this war.

TRUTH: 27 Israelis have died as a direct result of Iranian missile strikes since the start of Operation Roaring Lion.

❗️Israel is conducting massive excavations under the Temple Mount with plans to collapse the Al Aqsa Mosque and blame it on an Iranian missile strike.

TRUTH: Not happening. It would be impossible to carry out such an operation hidden from view in a country that has the highest concentration of foreign media outside of Washington, DC.

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REALITY CHECK: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is desperate to incite the rest of the Muslim world to join its jihad against Israel.

While Trump claims talks with Iran are progressing, Ebrahim Zolfaqari, a spokesman for the unified command of Iran’s armed forces, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said the Americans are effectively “negotiating with themselves.”

Zolfaqari added that there is no possibility of coexistence between the Islamic Republic and the United States.

The Israeli Air Force struck two key naval cruise missile production sites in Tehran.

The targeted sites were used by the Iranian regime to develop and manufacture long-range naval cruise missiles, which, among other things, are used to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Sirens in the center and north of the country. Another Iranian missile reportedly inbound.

Both missiles intercepted. Reports of shrapnel in several locations.

Again sirens in central Israel.

Interceptions over central Israel a short time ago. No immediate reports of injuries.

The Israeli Air Force completed an extensive wave of strikes targeting the Iranian terror regime’s production industries in Isfahan.

As part of the strikes, the IDF targeted the Iranian terror regime’s Underwater Research Center.

The center is responsible for the design and development of submarines and support systems for the Iranian Navy. In addition, the regime produced various models of unmanned vessels at the site.

The strike significantly limits the regime’s ability to manufacture new and advanced submarines for the Iranian Navy, as well as upgrade its existing fleet.

In one of the attacks earlier today, an Iranian missile landed in an open area near the central coastal town of Hadera, where one of Israel's main power plants is located.

Footage of an abandoned police checkpoint in Tehran.

The person filming says the police officers fled because they were afraid of Israeli drones.

Iran continues to lash out at Arab countries in the Persian Gulf.

The UAE Ministry of Defense:

"We intercepted five ballistic missiles and 17 drones launched from Iran today.

"Since the start of the war, 357 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles, and 1,806 drones have been fired at us."

The New York Times reports that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is urging Trump to continue the war against Iran, arguing that the joint US-Israeli military operation offers a "historic opportunity" to reshape the Middle East.

In several conversations last week, bin Salman reportedly stressed that efforts must be made to eliminate the extremist regime in Iran—particularly the current hardline government.

Bin Salman emphasized that Iran poses a long-term threat to the Gulf region and that there is no way to eliminate it other than by overthrowing the regime.

Saudi Arabia, like Israel, sees the same objective in Iran: true regime change.

Iran claims to defend Jerusalem. Its missiles proved otherwise.

When missile debris lands near Al-Aqsa and Palestinians are wounded and killed, the mask slips. The slogan of “protecting Jerusalem” collides with reality.

Our latest article looks at the outrage spreading across Arab and Palestinian discourse as Iran’s war reaches the very city it claims to champion—and exposes just how disposable its rhetoric really is.

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Iranian officials tell Lebanese media that they reject Trump's 15-point ceasefire proposal.