Iran was planning to launch a much bigger “final barrage” at Israel last night as the ceasefire went into effect.

But the IDF says it conducted a massive wave of airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers that prevented such a barrage.

The IDF confirms that it has been ordered to cease fire in Iran, but that it remains ready to “respond to any violation.”

Operations in Lebanon continue, the Israeli military stated.

The IDF warns residents of Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood to evacuate ahead of strikes on Hezbollah targets located there.

Bahrain reports that over the past several hours, it has intercepted six missiles and 31 attack drones launched from Iran.

Battle of the narratives

Even though Iran is publicly broadcasting the 10-point proposal it says is the basis for the ceasefire and upcoming peace talks, Trump tells Sky News that the real terms of the deal are not publicly known.

Trump insists America won the war on its terms, and that if Iran breaks those terms the war will resume.

Is the Iranian regime predictably trying to save face, or is America looking to spin “victory” out of a war it no longer has the will to fight?

The coming hours and days will tell.

Either way, the real losers in all of this are the Iranian people who long for freedom but who will continue to live in the dark shadow of the mullah regime.

Iranian media reports an explosion at a major oil refinery. The reason for the explosion is not yet clear.

Kuwaiti officials tell Al Jazeera that Iranian attacks also continue against Kuwait.

The United Arab Emirates was still dealing with Iranian missile attacks less than an hour ago.

The Iranian oil refinery on Sirri Island. Tehran says it was attacked this morning by “hostile forces.”

There is speculation that Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates carried out the strike.

Iranian state television says the ongoing attacks against Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are retaliation for strikes on Iran’s oil facilities on Sirri and Lavan Islands earlier in the morning.

Iranian state media also blamed Israel and the US for what it called violations of the ceasefire.

All US refueling aircraft have left Israel.

Trump is awake and tweeting, and insists, contrary to Iranian statements, that negotiations are proceeding according to US terms. In particular, he stresses that Iran will no longer enrich uranium.

IDF Spokesman:

A short while ago, the IDF completed a broad wave of strikes targeting Hezbollah command centers and military sites in Beirut, Beqaa, and southern Lebanon.

This is the largest strike carried out against Hezbollah infrastructure since the start of Operation Roaring Lion.

The targets struck included Hezbollah headquarters, military arrays, and command-and-control centers.

Iran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz.

According to crew members on ships waiting to traverse the strait, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sent a message warning that any ship attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz without explicit permission from Iran (and likely after payment) will be destroyed. (Wall Street Journal)

Israeli Minister of Transportation Miri Regev says Ben Gurion Airport will return to full operational status from midnight tonight.

US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth: Iran knows it lost, and will never have a nuclear weapon. We will get all the nuclear material.

Hegseth: Our troops deserve the credit for this victory. God deserves the glory.

Beirut earlier today.

Iranian state media (Fars) reports that in response to ongoing Israeli "violations" in Lebanon, the Islamic Republic is "formulating a plan to carry out a deterrent operation against Israeli military targets."

Why is Israel still attacking Lebanon?

Israel’s ongoing assault on Hezbollah in Lebanon following Trump’s sudden ceasefire declaration in Iran gives the impression that Jerusalem is deliberately trying to torpedo the truce.

That’s certainly how it’s being portrayed by foreign governments and media.

But Israel agreed to the November 2024 Lebanon ceasefire on the condition that Hezbollah be disarmed south of the Litani River and never again pose a threat to the Jewish state.

Given the weapons Israeli troops have found in Southern Lebanon over the past month, and the multitude of missile and drone attacks on Israel from Lebanon in recent weeks, that agreement was clearly not honored by Beirut.

After Oct. 7, Israel will never again allow a terrorist army to sit on its borders.

If Lebanon won’t do the job, even after it agreed to do so, Israel will.

A Gulf diplomat told the Associated Press that there is concern among Arab states that Iran could emerge stronger from the war.

He said Arab countries in the region are concerned that sanctions on Iran will be lifted soon and that Iran will collect payments from vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz. He added that the Gulf states, which he said were not involved in the ceasefire negotiations, are concerned that a possible agreement would not take into account their security needs, especially with regard to freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

These concerns are shared by Israel.