⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱🇺🇸 — The fifth round of border negotiations in Washington faces difficulties due to historical disputes compounded by "emergency" complications from Iranian involvement in monitoring the ceasefire, while Israel evades establishing a withdrawal timetable and rejects "more than ten proposals" for pilot areas submitted by Lebanese and US mediators — An-Nahar

➡️ Tactical deadlocks persist over a drafted security annex as Israel demands Lebanese military operations expand outside the occupied zone both south and north of the Litani River, leaving structural disputes over wording and linking an IDF withdrawal to complete disarmament despite existing consensus on separate undisclosed points.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷 — President Trump addressed farmers, stating the U.S. will soon use unfrozen Iranian assets to fund major purchases of American products:

"We have a new market coming up, and that's called The Lovely Country of Iran. It's a beautiful place. Would anybody like to go there? They're having a hard time with food and we're going to be taking some of their money and we'll spend it and we're going to be buying wheat, soybeans, and corn, a lot of it, and that process is going to be starting soon. It’s going to be big."

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷 — President Trump on Iran:

"They want to make a deal with us very badly. And we probably will, I think we will, but the Strait is open. Yesterday, they took out 19 million barrels of oil. That's the most in the history of the Strait. And the oil prices are dropping like a rock."

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷 — President Trump on Iran:

"We knocked the hell out of them, and now we're negotiating from a position of pure strength, pure strength. They know that. And the straits are already open, and we're setting records of the strait. But we had to do that. We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon."

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⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 — Lebanese military negotiators rejected any potential Israeli "trap" designed to trigger an armed clash with the resistance, coinciding with Hezbollah informing all relevant mediators that it will completely block any security measures enacted outside the Litani River — Al-Diyar

➡️ The group rejected all tactical Israeli demands regarding operational security measures in the Ali al-Taher mountains near Nabatieh, emphasizing that any potential agreement outside the strict scope of Resolution 1701 has "no place in the party's lexicon" to halt further compromises.

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⚡️🇰🇷🇰🇵 — South Korea will train 500,000 "drone warriors" and distribute tens of thousands of unmanned systems across frontline units, aiming to manufacture 110,000 drones by 2029 utilizing 100% domestically produced components rather than Chinese parts due to security concerns — Reuters citing Defence Ministry

➡️ Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back stated unmanned systems must become a universal "second personal weapon" to counter North Korean advancements, shifting operations from a centralized command to individual services capable of independent surveillance and strike missions.

➡️ The military will rapidly acquire 20,000 low-cost expendable drones alongside AI-based swarm systems, expanding counter-drone laser and microwave weapons while revamping procurement rules to offset combat capability losses caused by domestic demographic decline.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷🇧🇭 — An investigation revealed that operational damage sustained by the US Navy base in Bahrain during Iranian attacks from late February to June is "much greater than reported" after direct strikes hit the Fifth Fleet headquarters, satellite communication facilities, warehouses, and residential buildings — The Wall Street Journal

➡️ The assessment confirms multiple targeted installations are "no longer usable" inside the strategic sector, with initial reconstruction costs estimated at 400 million dollars while the final total is expected to be much higher.

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🚨🇮🇱🇱🇧 — Yesterday, around 22:00, an IDF officer was moderately wounded alongside another officer and two soldiers lightly injured during an encounter with a militant who threw a grenade in Beit Yahoun before being eliminated, triggering an immediate medical evacuation — IDF Spokesperson

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⚡️🇺🇸🇹🇷 — The administration of US President Donald Trump officially notified Congress of its intention to sell aircraft engines valued at approximately 700 million dollars to Turkey, representing "an important gesture" to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of an upcoming NATO summit next month — Reuters / official sources

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⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱🇺🇸 — The three-day fifth round of negotiations "failed to achieve a breakthrough" regarding Israeli withdrawal or freedom of movement, with ceasefire efforts stalled by Israeli insistence on remaining positioned until the Lebanese army collects Hezbollah weapons under direct American supervision through a technical committee — a prominent political source via Al-Jumhuriya.

➡️ The Lebanese military delegation rejected entering villages and towns concurrently with the Israeli military presence, insisting that model experimental areas remain exclusively under the yellow line rather than functioning as "areas under occupation" while concurrently refusing the inclusion of Ali al-Taher hill within those experimental zones.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇴🇲🇺🇸 — Iran launched a drone toward a ship in the Strait of Hormuz to disrupt passage and halt maritime traffic after Oman approved an alternative shipping route without coordinating with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, triggering anger in Tehran as Oman faces competing pressures between United States demands for free passage and Iranian insistence on route control — an Iranian source via The New York Times.

➡️ Tehran asserts that Oman cannot provide security guarantees to vessels without Iranian approval, declaring that no external party will be permitted to interfere with its control over the strait.

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⚡️🇴🇲🇮🇷🇺🇸 — The UN International Maritime Organization paused its Strait of Hormuz ship evacuation operation on Thursday after Taiwan's Singapore-flagged Ever Lovely was struck near Oman on a UKMTO-recommended route by an Iranian projectile, likely a drone, damaging its bridge windows without causing casualties, which triggered US officials to blame Iran, while Tehran warned that vessels outside its approved routes will not be guaranteed safe passage — Reuters.

➡️ The incident follows warnings from the Persian Gulf Strait Authority that unauthorized passage consequences remain the responsibility of vessel operators, occurring concurrently with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ordering two Panama-flagged ships to alter course on Thursday.

➡️ Regional shipping adjustments proceeded concurrently as South Korea announced three remaining vessels will depart this weekend following the exit of eight others. Saudi Aramco resumed crude loadings at its Ras Tanura terminal via two Bahri VLCCs capable of loading 2 million barrels each after a four-month halt, causing global oil prices to drop on Friday despite the paused IMO operation, which had launched Tuesday utilizing dual routes to "enable ships and their crew" to sail under US oversight.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇺🇸🇮🇱 — Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters statement:

"We consider the movements and presence of the military aircraft of the terrorist army of the Zionist regime in the skies of some neighboring countries towards Iran as a dangerous action and a threat against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

We declare that if the United States is unable to restrain and control the Zionist regime, the Islamic Republic of Iran will not tolerate any threat against itself and considers responding to these dangerous actions as its right."

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⚡️🇲🇪🇺🇸🇮🇷 — Montenegrin police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a 39-year-old Iranian suspect wanted in the United States within the resort town of Kotor, halting a cyber operation that caused 3.4 billion dollars in damage to American infrastructure while concurrently funneling collected intelligence directly to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — Reuters.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇱🇧🇮🇱 — Hezbollah Secretary General Naim Qassem:

"We broke the Israeli-American project and entered a new phase.

Israel is in Lebanon not because of the missiles, but because it wants to swallow it up and occupy it.

Iran was able to withstand the pressure and reach a memorandum of understanding, which is an official declaration of the defeat of America and Israel.

Israel has no option but to withdraw completely from every inch of our Lebanese land and stop the aggression.

Israel must leave unconditionally.

The ceiling of sovereignty can be achieved by remaining within the framework of the outcomes of the November 27, 2024 agreement.

The Lebanese authorities cannot afford to antagonize half the Lebanese people and the country as a whole, not just its officials.

The resistance is strong and we are with you if you proceed on the path of Lebanese sovereignty.

The resistance continues through its existence, presence, decisions, and capabilities, and it is the cornerstone of Lebanon's independence and liberation.

The government cannot antagonize more than half of the Lebanese people and continue as normal.

The authorities must unite against the enemy and stop implementing the dictates of the guardianship and the interests of America and Israel.

We extend our hand to you and stand with you in the struggle for Lebanese sovereignty.

The liberation of Palestine will remain the compass"

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⚡️🇮🇱🇱🇧🇺🇸 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yisrael Katz rejected cabinet criticism regarding military constraints during the Lebanon ceasefire, asserting that forces on the ground "respond to any immediate threat" while maintaining that the United States recognizes Israel's right to defend itself — Yedioth Ahronoth.

➡️ National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded to "collapsing the agreement" following a grenade attack that caused injuries, urging forces to bomb hundreds of targets after Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir countered ministerial complaints by stating "you wanted a ceasefire."

➡️ Ministers Orit Struk and Yitzhak Wasserlauf criticized tactical restrictions beyond the Yellow Line as Hezbollah continues "flowing ammunition", warning that deployed forces feel "like they are at a shooting range" despite defense leadership assurances that no single soldier is being endangered.

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🚨🇻🇪🇺🇳 — La Guaira state has "become a disaster zone" following a major earthquake near the epicenter in Moron, with medical centers receiving 235 bodies while predictive modeling by the US Geological Survey indicates a high probability of fatalities exceeding 10,000 casualties — Reuters.

➡️ Severe structural damage includes 250 buildings destroyed, 200 people trapped, and extensive destruction to eight hospitals, the Venezuelan Red Cross headquarters, and the French embassy, completely disabling the Caracas airport terminal and stripping electricity from 70,000 affected families.

➡️ Local rescue operations remain heavily overwhelmed as an opposition tracking platform reported 46,000 individuals unaccounted for, forcing civilian volunteers to dig through wreckage with bare hands while official state assistance face structural delays and widespread blackouts.

➡️ International mobilization proceeded concurrently as UN aid chief Tom Fletcher launched coordination for emergency teams to address a pre-existing crisis where 8 million people required humanitarian assistance, while SpaceX's Starlink pledged free communication services through July 25 after UN missions called connectivity a "matter of life and death", despite foreign energy firms reporting local oil sectors largely spared.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹 — President Joseph Aoun welcomed a joint initiative by French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to form an international alliance regarding a post-UNIFIL mechanism, praising the move as a "sincere expression of the international commitment" to protect sovereign borders and avoid tactical voids — Lebanese Presidency.

➡️ The Lebanese presidency emphasized that the alliance represents a "genuine appreciation of the role" executed by national armed forces in maintaining border security, reinforcing state authority while countering regional escalation.

➡️ The state expects any subsequent international formula to actively "enhances the capabilities of its armed forces" while preserving territorial unity and preventing border sectors from transforming into arenas for regional rivalries.

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⚡️🇱🇧🇺🇸🇮🇱 — United States President Donald Trump is prepared to initiate direct communications with Hezbollah conditional upon the group's consent, occurring concurrently with structural blockages as "Israel seeks to prolong ongoing military operations" — MP Hadi Abu Hassan via Al-Jadeed.

➡️ Analytical tracking confirms that the Israeli military "does not intend to withdraw" from southern Lebanese territories, actively pushing strategic maneuvers as it concurrently "aspires to establish settlements" reaching up to the Litani River.

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