📰 Israeli media reports that the U.S. envoy Amos failed in his attempts for a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel.

Lebanon conditioned the ceasefire to ending the war in Gaza. Israel refused and threatened that south Lebanon will soon look like Gaza.

⚠️ An Israeli targted assassination in Deir Kayfah in south Lebanon

📷 Aftermath of the attack. Israeli media reports the attack targted a junior member of Hezbullah.

⚠️ An Israeli airstrike on Al-Rayhan mountain

📷 Israelis artillery attacks on Kfarkila, targeting the village just a few ahead of a funeral there.

⚠️ Conflicting reports of a drone strike or a technical malfunction in a car in the village of Humeen.

One casualty (death is repeated). Circumstances are unclear

📰 Heads of Israel's electricity claims Nasrallah will force us to live in darkness

Shaul Goldstein, CEO of Nega Electricity System Management, at the Institute for National Security Studies conference in Sderot, issued a statement that brought shockwaves of fear.

In response to the question of whether he can guarantee that under any circumstances there will be electricity in Israel as part of a future war:

"The answer is no; after 72 hours without electricity in Israel - it will be impossible to live here; we are in a bad situation and are not ready for a real war";

Goldstein also states that Hezbullah will be able to bring down Israel's electricity grid easily.

✍ Everyone keeps on hearing Israel doesn't have a plan for post-war Gaza and Israel needs ones.

The reality is that they have one on how to deal with Gaza as a whole, they simply don't know how to announce it.

Israel is going to annex the whole border of Gaza in three ways:

1- They will create a new buffer zone inside Gaza on the border with Israel
2- They will create a buffer zone between north and south Gaza
3- They will create a buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza

Buffer zone 1 & 2 are completed. The first aims to create an extra line of defence against any possible infiltration into Israel and to ensure the Israeli army has forces ready to carry raids into Gaza at any time. The goal is to have reach similar to the West Bank and weaken Hamas to fall to such levels.

Buffer two aims at controlling Gaza's population and flow between its cities, and eventually curb any buildup in the north which could threaten the settlements like Sderot and Ashleon with short range rocket fire.

Buffer 3 is under construction and will be the most important and which will be the single most important factor that will contribute in weakening the resistance in Gaza to unprecedented levels.

The buffer zone on the Philadelphia corridor aims to control the crossing with Egypt for two reasons:
1- Ensure the resistance cant send people for training in Iran, Syria, Lebanon as done usually
2- Ensure no weapon flow and control the dual use material being traded through that area.

The army is currently destroying whole neighbourhoods and creating new roads. The next step will be setting on-ground surveillance.

Later, when things settle down, they will build an underground barrier and sensors like on the border to prevent or detect tunnels.

The future is bleak and the war in Gaza wont end so simply as any full withdrawal will be a great defeat to the Jewish state.

If they stay, Hamas will have to, like before 2005, resist with small arms and attacks to place a toll on the Jews and force them out.

And a small FYI. Iran is helping Sudan's army against the UAE-backed forces as a favor to cash out in the future. A favor for Gaza by allowing Iran to create an air bridge to Sudan and through there to Egypt and then Gaza when the situation ever allows.

Egypt the nation of a 100 million [redacted], could single handedly help turn the tide.

🌹 Hezbullah mourns the martyrdom of Abbas Ibrahim Hamzeh Hmedeh, from Shahabieh village 1985, on the path to Jerusalem and in defence of south Lebanon.

He was murdered in the targted assassination in Deir Kayfah earlier today.

The Israeli army took credit for the assassination, claiming he was in charge of operations in the Jwaya area, a town close to Deir Kifa.

They got his name wrong as usual, mixing his father's name and his military name.

The IDF adds that he was head of Hezbullah's ground forces in Jwaya, implying they are targeting low-rank commanders in an attempt to inflict damage before a ground invasion.

The Jewish army also claims targeting an air defense system in Jabal Al-Rayhan earlier today.

⭕️ As part of the retaliation to the murder in Deir Kayfa, Hezbullah attacked Zar'it barracks with rockets.

⚠️ A new Israeli targted assassination, this time in Hanawayeh village.

Two injuries reported in the attack on the vehicle.

📷 The attack on Zar'it was with about 25 rockets. Some minor impacts reported in the settlements

⭕️ A total of 45 rockets fired from Lebanon so far, according to Israeli media

Hezbullah took credit for several additional attacks:
- Kafarshouba hills with rockets
- Rwaysat al-Allam with machine guns
- Zibdeen base with artillery
- Al-Naqoura base with artillery

⚠️ Israeli airstrike targets Yaroun village.

📹 Extensive damage to civilian property in the Israeli attack on Yaroun, where the Israeli terrorist army used intentionally heavy bombs.

Another airstrike reported in Aitaroun.

⚠️ Israel to shift more resources to the Lebanese front, prepare for incursion

US officials have serious concerns that in the event of a full-blown war between Israel and Hezbullah.

The fears, which the US officials said have also been communicated to them by Israel, that the Iron Dome could be vulnerable to Hezbullah’s vast arsenal of missiles and drones are only rising as Israel has increasingly indicated to US officials that it is preparing for a land and air incursion into Lebanon.

Israeli officials have told the US they are planning to shift resources from southern Gaza to northern Israel in preparation for a possible offensive against the group, US officials told CNN on Wednesday.

“We assess that at least some” Iron Dome batteries “will be overwhelmed,” said a senior administration official.

Israeli officials have told the US they believe the Iron Dome could be vulnerable, particularly in northern Israel, and have been surprised at the sophistication of Hezbullah’s strikes to date, the two US officials said

A separate US official acknowledged to CNN that in the event of a full-blown war, the support Israel will need most is additional air defense systems and Iron Dome replenishments, which the US would provide.

“We’re entering a very dangerous period,” another senior Biden administration official said. “Something could start with little warning.”

Israeli officials have told the US, and the US agrees, that they have the resources to carry out an offensive against Hezbullah if they need to, particularly if its campaign in Rafah in southern Gaza winds down

During Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent trip to the Middle East, he told an Arab counterpart that it appears Israel is intent on launching an incursion into Lebanon, according to a source familiar with the meeting.

📷 Israeli airstrikes reported in Tallouseh and Hula villages.

📹 A new Israeli airstrike, now targeting Mays al-Jabal

📰 Arabs increase trade with Israel despite crimes in Gaza and Lebanon

Egyptian exports to Israel doubled in 2024 compared to the previous year despite Israel's devastating war on Gaza since October, according to a new report by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics.

The data published on Thursday showed that Egyptian exports in May 2024 stood at $25m, double that of the same period in 2023.

Despite increasingly fraught relations, energy and security cooperation between the two countries has intensified since October 2023.

Meanwhile, exports from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Israel also increased to $242m in May 2024, compared to $238.5m in May 2023, the report said.

Jordanian exports to Israel also continued to rise in 2024, reaching $35.7m in May 2024 compared to $32.3m in the same period last year.