🌲 - 🇺🇸🇾🇪🇮🇷❗️⚠️ UKMTO reports an incident in the Bab al-Mandab Strait, approximately 54 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Airstrikes on Nabatieh

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israeli Chief of Staff has ordered the military to move to a high state of alert and prepare for the possibility of resuming strikes against Iran within a short timeframe.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Ministry of Public Health: 2,055 killed and 6,588 injured reported since the beginning of the aggression

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israeli Energy Minister: No chance for successful negotiations with Lebanon, suggesting pressure through strikes on energy facilities and the airport

🌲 - 🇷🇺🇮🇷 Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, expressing readiness to mediate a settlement in the Middle East conflict

🌲 - 🇯🇴🇸🇾 Jordanian Foreign Minister: Condemns Israeli strikes on Syrian territory

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇶 U.S. Embassy in Baghdad: Appreciates Iraq’s commitment to investigating and holding accountable those responsible for attacks on diplomats

🌲 - 🇺🇸 WSJ: CEOs of the three largest U.S. oil companies warn of worsening global energy crisis if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed

🌲 - 🇬🇧🇾🇪 UK maritime authority: Armed individuals approached a vessel off Yemen, requested it to stop, and attempted to board

🌲 - 🇮🇷 Iranian government spokesperson: Diplomatic efforts will continue to safeguard national interests

🌲 - 🇴🇲 Omani Foreign Minister: Calls for extending the ceasefire and continuing negotiations

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Lebanese political stance: No legitimacy for negotiations outside national consensus and the Arab position

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷 CNN: Iranian delegation disagreed on opening the Strait of Hormuz before a final agreement, recognizing its leverage

🌲 - 🇱🇧🇮🇱 Israeli drone strike reported between Barish and Maarakeh in Tyre district

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇳🇪🇬🇧 Trump: NATO and multiple countries may assist in securing the Strait of Hormuz, including sending minesweepers

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump: Expects Iran to return to negotiations and concede to U.S. demands

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump: Signals a strategy toward Iran similar to Venezuela but on a larger scale

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇮🇷 Trump: Does not expect China to arm Iran but warns of 50% tariffs if it does

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump: States he has no issue threatening the end of Iran’s civilization

🌲 - 🇮🇷🇷🇺 Iranian Presidency: Pezeshkian told Putin that a deal is possible if the U.S. adheres to international legal frameworks

🌲 - 🇮🇷🇷🇺 Iranian Presidency: Iran is ready for a balanced and fair agreement with the United States ensuring long-term regional security

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Israel’s Channel 12: The Israeli army is currently focusing its operations on capturing Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon, with the operation expected to last about a week.

🌲 - ❗️🇱🇧 Qlayaa Municipality denied claims that one of its residents participated in Beirut pro-Hezbollah protests, calling out the false identity as part of a smear campaign, and warning it will pursue legal actions against those involved.

🌲 - 🇱🇧 Loud blast heard in the southern suburbs of Beirut was caused by an RPG-7 (B7) round fired during a funeral of a Hezbollah member in Ouzai.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇻🇦 Pope Leo XIV responds to President Trump’s attack: “I have no fear of the Trump administration or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do, what the Church is here to do. We are not politicians. We don’t deal with foreign policy with the same perspective he might understand it, but I do believe in the message of the Gospel, as a peacemaker.”

Whatever your politics are - this is blasphemy of the highest order. There can be no defending this from any true Christian.

🌲 - ❗️🇮🇱🇱🇧🇮🇷 The Israel Defense Forces announce they have completed the encirclement of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon.