🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Situation Assessment May 4– Lebanon (latest updates received, till 7 PM Beirut Local Time.):

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Airstrikes Report:
Airstrikes were reported in Zoutar El-Sharqiyeh, Zoutar, Braasheet, Touline, Chhour, Zoutar El Gharbiyeh, Qalawieh, Srifa, Qana, Deir Ba'al, Burj Qallawiyah, Baraachit, Kfar Tibnit, Kunin, Jabal Al-Rafi‘, Sajd, Deir Siryan, Kafra (including outskirts toward Yater), Deir Qanoun, Kharaib, Haris, Shaqra, Halousiyeh, and Yohmor Al-Shaqif.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Artillery Strikes Report:
Artillery shelling was reported in Khiam, Shaqra, Braachit, Hadatha, Kunin, Beit Yahoun, Zoutar El-Sharqiyeh, Yohmor Al-Shaqif, Meifdon, Al-Hanniyah, and additional repeated strikes across Zoutar El-Sharqiyeh and its surroundings.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Drone Strikes Report:
Drone strike operations were reported in Bint Jbeil targeting Israeli engineering vehicles, armored units, and a Merkava tank, as well as in Al-Bayada targeting Humvees and technical equipment. Additional drone strikes were reported in Al-Al-Bayada and surrounding areas.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Resistance / Ground Operations:
Resistance operations were reported in Al-Bayada, Deir Siryan, Zoutar El-Sharqiyeh, Khallat al-Raj, and Wadi al-Raj, including ambushes, clashes with infiltrating forces, and targeting of advancing Israeli troops. Additional engagements were reported near Misgav Am.

🌲 - 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Other Military Activity:
Demolition operations were reported in Khiam and Ainatha.

🌲 - 🇦🇪 The UAE Ministry of Defence confirmed in an official statement that four cruise missiles were detected incoming from Iran toward the country. Air defense systems successfully intercepted three missiles over territorial waters, while the fourth fell into the sea.

The ministry stated that explosions heard in different areas of the country were the result of successful interceptions of aerial threats. It also urged the public to rely on official sources for information and to follow safety procedures during alert notifications.

🌲 - 🌍✈️⚠️ Regional Airspace & Security Update: Flightradar24 reports the diversion of multiple flights bound for the United Arab Emirates toward Muscat amid ongoing reports of regional security incidents.

🌲 - 🇴🇲🚨⚠️Separately, the Oman News Agency reported that a residential building for company employees in the Wilayat of Bukhah near the Strait of Hormuz was struck. No further confirmed details on casualties or attribution have been released.

🌲 - 🇧🇭⚠️ Military Readiness Update: The Bahraini Armed Forces announced that they are in a state of full readiness and heightened alert.

🌲 - 🇦🇪🇮🇷🚨🚨⚠️ Renewed missile attacks on UAE.

🌲 - 🇦🇪⚠️ Explosions have been reported in Abu Dhabi.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷⚠️ A U.S. military official stated that American forces struck six small Iranian boats that allegedly attempted to interfere with commercial shipping traffic.

🌲 - 🇮🇱⚠️ Israeli media: The Israeli army has increased its state of alert due to developments in the Gulf.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷⚠️ A U.S. admiral stated that Iran targeted both commercial vessels and U.S. military ships using cruise missiles.

🌲 - 🇦🇪⚠️ Official Statement: The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the country will not tolerate threats to its security or sovereignty under any circumstances, and that it reserves the full and legitimate right to respond to any acts of aggression.

🌲 - 🇰🇼🇶🇦🚨🚨⚠️⚠️ Regional Military Alert: The armed forces of Kuwait and Qatar have reportedly entered a state of heightened alert and full operational readiness following reports of Iranian strikes on the United Arab Emirates.

🌲 - 🇮🇷⚠️ Military Statement: The Commander of the Iranian Armed Forces stated that the Iranian people are the “watchful eye over the Gulf.”

⚡️🇦🇪🇮🇷 The UAE condemned renewed Iranian strikes using missiles and drones. The Foreign Ministry called it a serious escalation and warned it reserves the right to respond.

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🌲 - 🇧🇭⚠️ National Security Update: Bahrain has declared a maximum state of emergency across the country.

🌲 - 🇮🇱⚠️ Israeli Channel 12: An invitation has been issued to the ministers of the expanded cabinet to hold a discussion session on Wednesday.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷🚨⚠️ Political Statement: Donald Trump stated that Iran has “just made a very big mistake, the biggest mistake in its history,” amid escalating regional tensions involving Iran and Gulf states.

🌲- 🇦🇪🇸🇦🇮🇱🇺🇸 Israeli outlet Walla: Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been exerting heavy pressure on the Trump administration over the past week to “reignite the war.”

🌲 - 🇦🇪🇮🇱🇮🇷🚨⚠️ Political–Security Development: According to Israeli outlet KANN, the Chairman of the UAE Defence Committee informed his Israeli counterpart that the UAE intends to respond militarily to Iran, stating that “we cannot remain silent” amid ongoing regional escalation.

🌲 - 🇺🇸🇮🇷🚨⚠️ U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Iran will be “blown off the face of the earth” if it attacks U.S. ships escorting vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, amid escalating tensions in the region.

🌲 - 🇮🇱 The scheduled court hearing for Benjamin Netanyahu has been canceled for tomorrow due to security tensions.