As for yesterday's sudden attack the town of Chaat in Beqaa

An Israeli airstrike killed a whole family:

Hussein Mohammad Al-Nimr, Asmaa Al-Kahil, Mohammad, Falak, Hafez, and Sara… no survivors, no trace of life left.

Men, women and children

🇮🇱🇬🇧🇱🇧| Moment when Israel targeted British journalist Steve Sweeney in southern Lebanon.

Israel has a longstanding record of targeting journalists.

The impact was literally 1-2 meters away from Steve. Hope he’s okay, he’s wounded in the hospital right now.

@FotrosResistancee

The Israelis were targeting the bridge again, even though it was damaged yesterday in their attack.

Before photo

After with two more airstrikes

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent on Kharg Island:

We will see if that eventually becomes a U.S. asset.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:

In the coming days, we may unsanction the Iranian oil that’s on the water.

Hegseth:

$200 billion… that number could move.

It takes money to kill bad guys.

We need to be properly funded for what has been done and what we may have to do in the future.

Hegseth:

The United States military controls the fate of Iran.

Basically the Pentagon wants for this war about 20 years worth of the full Iranian military budget that covers reserves and regular from all branches in the military.

Or what's the equivalent of 200 years worth of Hezbullah budget

Forever wars and infinite budgets, although I doubt it'll be as long as Iraq yet remarkable how easy it it to lie to Americans and drag them into a new one.

As long as Iran can hurt the economy, this war will have heat in the U.S to stop it.

D-9

⭕️بالفيديو | مشاهد من عمليّة استهداف المقاومة الإسلامية آلية هندسيّة من نوع D9 تابعة لجيش العدو الإسرائيلي في بلدة الطيبة جنوب لبنان.

#الإعلام_الحربي

It looks like Steve and his crew were targetted with an M982 Excalibur, US GPS-guided, 155mm extended-range artillery shell.

They strike with precision within 4 meters at ranges over 40 km.

❗️Iran’s strike last night wiped out 17% of Qatar’s natural gas export capacity, repairs are expected to take three to five years -Reuters

(Based on prewar market estimates, Iran managed to destroy ~3.5% of global LNG capacity in a single strike.)

Let Trump pay back the damages, after he allowed the Israelis to use U.S made jets to drop U.S made bombs after a U.S greenlight on Iranian gas infrastructure that is critical to the daily likelihood from cooking and heating of the majority of the Iranian populations

"knew nothing"

LOL

🇮🇱 Contrary to Trump’s statements, senior Israeli and U.S. officials said that the United States had prior knowledge of the Israeli strike and even approved it in an attempt to pressure Iran. After the Iranians retaliated against Qatar’s gas fields, Trump is now changing course

🇺🇸 President Trump, in a post this evening, threatens to "massively blow up the entirety of [Iran's] South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before" if Iran attacks Qatari LNG facilities again.

Axios going one step farther in not only saying Trump knew about the Israeli gas strike, but that he “coordinated” and approved it with Netanyahu in advance

Rocket launches from Lebanon to Haifa

🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 Rheinmetall CEO, Armin Papperger, confirms that all stockpiles in Europe, the Mideast, and US are basically empty. Cannibalization of INDOPACOM Arsenal, which began a little bit last week, will begin in earnest.

It will take years, if ever, to recover. Moscow and Beijing know this.

Papperger is talking about air defense munitions specifically, mentioning that his company is receiving orders from the Middle East and the U.S. on top of Europe to produce drone interceptors and interceptors for missiles.

Reminder that Rheinmetall has a six year order backlog of orders and their share price has increased 1,700% since the start of the war in Ukraine.

@CIG_telegram

🛢 The market is largely pricing in a US oil export ban: Brent less WTI spread is the widest in decades (ex the negative WTI print).

Export ban would landlock US oil, sending it sharply lower while sending Brent soaring

🔗 Zerohedge

Despite Saudis claiming a ballistic missile interception, footage shows a fire at the SAMREF refinery in Yanbu allegedly hit with a drone, in western Saudi Arabia.

This is one of 2 major remaining export routes for Persian Gulf Arab oil after Iran effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz.

Arya Yadeghaar

Satellite image of the village of Maroun Al Ras on the border with Israel.

The village was completely destroyed by Israeli bombs. It already suffered extensive damage during the 2023-2024 campaigns against Hezbollah but now virtually no structure in the village is left standing.

The IDF used to claim in the 2023-2024 war that Hezbollah was hiding missiles in the basement of every home in South Lebanon when in reality, they use that as an excuse to erase every town and prepare the land for future colonization.

@CIG_telegram

🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 U.S. Marines Are Rushing to Join the War on Iran

USS Tripoli (LHA-7), an America-class amphibious assault ship, and USS New Orleans (LPD-18), a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, were both spotted yesterday transiting the Strait of Malacca en route to the Middle East.

🔗 EGYOSINT