⚡️🇮🇱🇮🇷 — "We will show Iran the difference in the balance of power between us if it attacks us because of our operations in Lebanon." Israeli Defense Minister.

"We oppose withdrawing from the "security zone" in Lebanon despite the pressure exerted on us to do so and we will not withdraw."

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⚡️🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱 — A US State Department official stated that any declaration of intent issued today between Lebanon and Israel would establish a legal framework for future tripartite negotiation and cooperation under international law — Al Jadeed in Washington

➡️ In contrast to past joint declarations, this formal instrument establishes specific legal guidelines for future bilateral relations and the definitive mechanisms required to achieve them.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸🇱🇧 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed Israel and Lebanon are reaching agreements on "pilot zones for disarming Hezbollah" despite highly tense negotiations in Washington, with the current fifth round of talks expected to conclude with declarations of intent — Ynet / Al-Jadeed & cross-reports

➡️ Under the framework, the IDF will maintain a total ceasefire while withdrawing from cleared sectors as the Lebanese army takes its place, though structural dispute remains over an Israeli proposal for Lebanese forces to search areas north of the Litani River under US supervision.

➡️ While Lebanon seeks to implement the ceasefire, Israel views the talks as an opportunity to turn its temporary presence into a "long-term arrangement" according to Al-Akhbar, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to convince US President Donald Trump to bypass total withdrawal demands due to upcoming domestic elections.

➡️ Both sides expressed anger over a Lebanon clause inserted by the US into a separate Washington-Tehran memorandum of understanding and a Swiss-negotiated "Friction Prevention Cell", which will be discussed during an upcoming visit by CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper to discuss coordination with Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir.

➡️ Separately, the Lebanese military delegation refused to be photographed with Israeli representatives, with a military source via Al-Jadeed clarifying the decision reflected strict adherence to professional discipline during a sensitive national mission.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸🇱🇧 — The first segment of the third consecutive day of bilateral security negotiations between Lebanon and Israel has concluded at the US State Department in Washington — Al Jadeed

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⚡️🇮🇷🇴🇲 — Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Oman's Badr Albusaidi held a productive call on plans for the Strait of Hormuz:

"After recent Joint Statement in Muscat, had productive call with Badr Albusaidi — We re-emphasized that Iran and Oman will conduct dialogue 'to define future administration and maritime services in Strait of Hormuz.' We're determined and will do so in discussion with our neighbors"

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⚡️🇮🇷🇺🇸🇱🇧 — An Iranian source close to the negotiation team stated that an absolute Israeli military withdrawal from Lebanon is a "non-negotiable condition" for a final agreement between Tehran and Washington, constituting an Iranian "red line" — Reuters

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⚡️🇺🇸🇰🇼🇴🇲🇧🇭🇸🇦🇶🇦🇦🇪 — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and GCC ministers issued a joint statement following security talks on June 25, 2026 in Manama, validating the June 17 US-Iran memorandum mediated by Pakistan and Qatar to maintain the "momentum and unity" of nuclear containment — GCC-US Joint Statement

➡️ The cohort conditioned future Iranian economic cooperation on ballistic missile restrictions, concurrently rejecting any navigational taxation over the Strait of Hormuz amid an IMO-Oman operational plan to evacuate 11,000 stranded seafarers.

➡️ Addressing Levant architecture, the body backed ongoing US-mediated border talks while stating full Lebanese sovereignty requires a state monopoly on force, alongside committing to assist the Syrian government with counter-terrorism and refugee return.

➡️ The council endorsed the Trump administration's Gaza plan under UNSC Resolution 2803, welcoming historic GCC participation in the "Peace Council" while conditioning redevelopment on factional disarmament and transition to an independent Palestinian civilian committee.

➡️ In a direct policy validation, the ministers commended Trump’s stance opposing the annexation of the West Bank, reaffirming that no civilians will be forced to leave Gaza and that transit frameworks will ensure their right to return.

➡️ Turning to Gulf security, the body condemned proxy drone strikes launched from Iraq against GCC infrastructure, while demanding Baghdad secure foreign diplomatic missions and respect Kuwaiti maritime sovereignty under UNSC Resolution 833.

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🇺🇸❌🇸🇾 The Supreme Court allows Trump to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Syrians and Haitians and begin immediate deportations.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇺🇸 — Iran is advancing a maritime proposal to generate 40 billion dollars annually by charging for "security, safety and environmental protection services" in the Strait of Hormuz, using Turkey's gold franc model in the Dardanelles as a strategic template — The Wall Street Journal

➡️ Tehran is presenting the revenue-sharing initiative to Gulf neighbors, Egypt, and China to justify tracking military equipment, claiming the United States previously utilized the strategic bottleneck to transport weapon supplies for hostile strikes against Iranian territory.

➡️ The targeted Turkish taxation model collects 6.70 dollars per ton for lighthouses and sanitation, a mechanism historically used to restrict warships during conflicts, though unilateral Iranian duplication faces absolute legal barriers requiring consensus from all 176 member states of the International Maritime Organization.

➡️ Concurrently, Middle Eastern and European officials note that regional actors are evaluating the multi-nation Strait of Malacca Patrol Force model between Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore to potentially merge Gulf naval assets with Iranian forces for coordinated joint air and sea surveillance.

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⚡️🇻🇪 — "The death toll from the earthquake in Venezuela has risen to 188 with 1,520 injured." — President of the Venezuelan National Assembly.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱🇺🇸 — Lebanese sources via Baabda state bilateral border talks have stalled over Israel's retraction from "the model areas" and the joint framework text, though the formal signing of a "Declaration of Intent" remains scheduled at the US State Department at 10 PM — Al Jadeed

➡️ The Lebanese Armed Forces rejected an Israeli proposal to designate Naqoura, Bayada, and western sector villages as pilot zones despite the stabilizing presence of UNIFIL forces, refusing to take orders or enter strategic installations prior to a complete Israeli military evacuation.

➡️ Highlighting structural deadlocks, the Lebanese military delegation rejected an Israeli demand to enter the Ali al-Taher hills north of the Litani River under US supervision, while Hezbollah accused Israel of utilizing the Washington track to avoid ending the war.

➡️ Hezbollah refuses to cede any infrastructure north of the Litani River while Israel maintains its regional presence, with Iranian officials warning Tehran will veto any bilateral accord with Washington if a full IDF withdrawal is not executed within sixty days.

➡️ Following a quadrilateral meeting in Cairo, Saudi, Qatari, Egyptian, and Turkish diplomats commenced drafting a multilateral formula to address weapons north of the Litani River in coordination with Nabih Berri and Hezbollah, concurrently leveraging developing Qatari political initiatives.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇸🇦🇮🇱🇺🇸 — Washington diplomatic sources confirm the margin of disagreement between the Lebanese and Israeli delegations "has narrowed" despite both sides remaining adamant about their positions, while Saudi Arabia initiated high-level communications with Washington in the last hours to support the Lebanese stance and facilitate a breakthrough — Al Jadeed

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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 — The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Oman by the Strait of Hormuz, causing structural damage with no casualties and putting the bilateral agreement to the test after previously firing warning shots at vessels in the area — The Wall Street Journal citing Senior US officials

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🚨🇮🇱🇱🇧 — IDF soldiers operating within the southern security zone eliminated five Hezbollah members in Zawtar al-Sharqiya and an armed fighter on the Ali al-Taher Ridge through coordinated ground and Israeli Air Force strikes to remove "immediate operational threats" — IDF Operational Statement

➡️ Ground forces stationed at the Ali al-Taher Ridge remain deployed to actively prevent tactical cells from exiting the underground tunnel network or establishing cross-border operations within the contested sector.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷🇶🇦 — US Vice President J.D. Vance confirmed a direct security channel will be established in Doha between a Revolutionary Guards official and a US Central Command officer to "resolve many of the disputes" within an initial framework document — N12 citing interview

➡️ Vance stated the temporary understandings aim to "open the strait, stop shooting" and evaluate a comprehensive nuclear pact from the US perspective, while Tehran seeks to lift the economic blockade in exchange for a "stricter inspection mechanism" and the "total elimination of its enriched uranium stockpile."

➡️ The vice president labeled the United Arab Emirates as the "most pro-Israeli country" in the GCC, noting Abu Dhabi is independently conducting unprecedented security and economic dialogues with the Revolutionary Guards to establish conditions that would make Iran an investable country.

➡️ Addressing the Lebanese arena, Vance classified regional progress as very good through a developing friction-prevention mechanism, affirming that while Israel and every regional actor maintains an inherent right to self-defense, Washington wants "to ensure that everyone has that right."

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⚡️🇮🇷 — The Persian Gulf Strait Authority announced that any vessel transiting outside its officially designated maritime routes will lose "all safe passage guarantees and insurance coverage", placing absolute liability for consequences on the owner, operator, and ship commander — PGSA Statement

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⚡️🇫🇷🇮🇹 — Italian PM Giorgia Meloni states Italy avoided direct combat in the US-Israel war on Iran:

"Italy did not participate in the conflict with Iran — In fact, if we had participated in the conflict with Iran, it would be difficult to explain the repeated disappointment expressed by the American President.

We respected our commitments by making our bases available only for logistical and technical activities, not for combat operations. And when requests were made that went beyond that framework—and you know this because it has been widely reported—we did not grant authorization for the use of our facilities."

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⚡️🇫🇷🇪🇺🇱🇧🇮🇹 — President Macron and Italian PM Meloni announced a multinational coalition to support Lebanon after UNIFIL's mandate expires December 31, 2026:

"Regarding Lebanon, France and Italy have a special responsibility because both contribute to UNIFIL. Together with Prime Minister Meloni, we want to launch a coalition to prepare a post-UNIFIL mechanism, naturally in cooperation with the European Union and the United Nations.

The objective is to strengthen Lebanon's sovereignty and prevent its territory from once again becoming the starting point of a new regional conflict. I believe our cooperation on this issue is excellent, and I hope it will open a new perspective before the end of UNIFIL's mandate."

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