🌲- 🇱🇧🇮🇷🇮🇱🚨 National News Agency: A loud blast was heard in the upper Batroun area, with its cause unknown, while smoke rose from forested areas between Asia and Nahla villages, no further information available so far. While local reports indicates a drone fell in the outskirts of the village of Assia in Batroun district.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 The sounds heard in Dahieh were caused by RPG - B7 rocket-propelled grenade fire during a funeral procession in Ghobeiry.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Prime Minister Nawaf Salam: The decision of war and peace must remain exclusively in the hands of the state and its legitimate institutions.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Prime Minister Nawaf Salam: We reaffirm our complete rejection of any military action outside state institutions and remain committed to sparing Lebanon further tragedies and losses resulting from violations of its sovereignty and attacks on its cities and villages; we will continue working to strengthen our capabilities, support the sheltering of displaced people, and ensure their safety as well as that of host communities.

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇷 Security sources: The drone in the Assia village in the Upper Batroun area is confirmed not to be Israeli and is most likely Iranian. According to local reports to our channel, an image circulated showing the drone allegedly carrying a paper with the phrase “Death to America”, in Persian.

🌲 - 🇰🇷🇱🇧 South Korea has announced $2 million in emergency humanitarian aid to Lebanon.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 National News Agency: The Lebanese Army inspected the debris of the drone that crashed in Assia–Batroun in preparation for handing it over to the competent authorities.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧🇮🇷 Israeli Defense Minister to Naim Qassem: You and your associates will pay a very heavy price; your backers in Iran are broken, and we will clear southern Lebanon of Hezbollah and its supporters and remove the group’s “fangs” across Lebanon.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 “Nation of Man”: Lebanon is being held hostage, and the solution lies in returning to the state and pursuing negotiations.

🌲 - 🇫🇷 Paris Police: Security measures have been intensified across the capital amid rising terrorist threats.

🌲 - 🇯🇴 Jordanian Army: A missile was intercepted and destroyed, and four reports of falling debris incidents were handled in the past 24 hours.

🌲 - 🇮🇷 Reuters: An airstrike targeted a bridge on the highway linking Tehran to the city of Karaj.

🌲 - 🇮🇷 AFP: Iran’s two largest steel factories have gone out of service following airstrikes.

🌲 - 🇦🇷🇮🇷 Argentina has expelled the Iranian chargé d’affaires after designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization.

🌲 - 🇮🇷🇬🇧 Iran’s Parliament Speaker stated that Iran is armed, prepared, and steadfast, warning adversaries to advance if they wish as the country remains ready.

🌲 - 🇬🇧 The UK Ministry of Defence announced a military meeting next week to discuss operational options for reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

🌲 - 🇺🇸 The White House stated that over the past month it has carried out decisive strikes against Iran, significantly degrading its naval fleet, air capabilities, and senior leadership, adding that the Iranian threat has been greatly reduced.

🌲 - 🇺🇸 The White House further claimed that it is approaching the elimination of what it described as a hostile Iranian threat through recent military actions.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 Israeli media (Maariv) reported material damage to buildings and public property in Nahariya following a rocket barrage from Lebanon.

🌲 - 🇺🇳 The UN Secretary-General warned that the world is on the brink of a wider war that could engulf the Middle East.

🌲 - 🇺🇳 A senior UN official expressed deep concern over disruptions to maritime routes in the Gulf and surrounding waters, warning of serious risks to the global economy.

🌲 - 🇰🇼 Kuwait Armed Forces: We intercepted 2 cruise missiles and 13 drones over the past 24 hours, and we confirm all aerial threats were successfully neutralized with no damages or casualties, while air defenses remain on high alert amid ongoing regional tensions.

🌲 - 🇶🇦 Qatar Ministry of Defence: Qatar was subjected to an attack by several drones from Iran today, Thursday, and the armed forces successfully repelled all of them.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 Israeli media: More than 150 rocket launches from Lebanon toward Israel have been recorded since this morning.

🌲 - 🇸🇦🇦🇪🇶🇦🇰🇼🇴🇲🇧🇭🇮🇷🇺🇳 International Report: The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC strongly condemned what he described as Iranian aggression targeting Gulf states, stating that recent attacks struck civilian and critical infrastructure and represent a clear violation of international law. He emphasized that GCC member states retain their inherent right to self-defense and to safeguard their sovereignty.

The statement further warned that the escalation has crossed red lines, particularly by threatening maritime security in the Strait of Hormuz, a key global energy corridor. The Secretary-General called on the United Nations Security Council to take urgent and necessary measures to ensure the protection of international navigation and maintain stability in vital waterways.