Sirens now in northern Israel.

Sirens in the south.

Sirens now in central Israel.

Missile impact at a factory in southern Israel a short time ago. One person reportedly suffered light injuries.

Egypt once styled itself as the shield of the Arab world. Now it looks increasingly like a state trying to trade political positioning for financial rescue.

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The old rhetoric remains. The regional fracture is now harder to hide.

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Sirens again in southern Israel.

Missile from Iran intercepted.

Tehran has reportedly been plunged into darkness following a wave of Israeli airstrikes.

Sirens to the south of Jerusalem a short time ago. Missile from Iran was intercepted.

An Iranian missile attack toward southern Israel just before midnight was intercepted with debris landing in an open area. Missiles were also fired at Israel earlier this morning, to both the north and the south of the country. All threats were successfully intercepted.

American and Israeli warplanes carried out waves of heavy bombings against regime targets in numerous locations across Iran overnight.

Power outages were reports in Tehran, Karaj, and other major cities.

Sirens again in southern Israel.

An entire IDF battalion has been removed from operational duty after some of its soldiers detained a CNN crew in Samaria last week.

CNN reported that its correspondent, Jeremy Diamond, and his cameraman were held and allegedly subjected to mild violence while trying to film near an illegal Jewish settler outpost.

Some of the soldiers did speak to Diamond, telling him that what the world calls the “West Bank” belongs to the Jews, and that they were exacting “revenge” for the murder of a local Jewish resident by Palestinian Arabs earlier in the month.

The IDF said the soldiers’ behavior was not in line with the Israeli military’s code of conduct, and that a thorough investigation is being conducted.

Why do these Christians always misrepresent the situation and create a diplomatic incident?

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is making a stink in the media over Israel forbidding Easter gatherings at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

Of course, the way he’s doing it gives the impression that Israel is arbitrarily targeting Christians. He doesn’t say so outright, but he’s smart enough to know that’s how it’ll be picked up by the foreign press.

The truth? ALL holy sites, including Jewish ones, are closed due to the threat of Iranian missiles.

The Patriarch said he’s willing to hold a small private ceremony just to keep the Easter tradition alive, and the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem said it is willing to consider that compromise.

State President Isaac Herzog also stressed that this has nothing to do with persecuting Christians, and that the church and all other holy sites are closed because Israel doesn’t want the Christians to be harmed.

The foreign ministers of Germany, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement regarding proposed legislation in the Knesset introducing the death penalty for terrorists:

“We express deep concern about a bill that would expand the possibility of imposing the death penalty in Israel. We oppose the death penalty worldwide and call on decision-makers in Israel to abandon these plans.”

The proposed death penalty is understood as a tool to prevent future hostage deals, particularly those in which convicted Palestinian terrorists are freed in exchange for Israeli hostages.

The IAEA confirms that the Arak Heavy Water Reactor facility near Khondab, Iran was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike.

The facility was a key component of Iran's efforts to produce weapons-grade plutonium.

Sirens again in southern Israel a short time ago.

Spain's shameless prime minister claims Israel is preventing Christians from celebrating Palm Sunday and Easter for no good reason.

The easily-verifiable truth, which Pedro Sánchez seems to care nothing for, is that Israel closed all holy sites belong to all religions due to the threat of Iranian missile attacks.

As Israeli President Isaac Herzog stated, this has been done for the safety of Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

Is Lebanon a sovereign nation?

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar says Lebanon has been exposed as a “virtual state” both for its failure to disarm an illegal militia (Hezbollah) and its inability to expel a hostile foreign ambassador.

Last week, Lebanon expelled the Iranian ambassador and ordered him to leave by yesterday. He’s still in Beirut, defiantly remaining in place, and Lebanon seems impotent to do anything about it.