⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇸Reuters — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held phone discussion with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio covering multiple political matters and bilateral relations; conversation characterized as businesslike and constructive.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇺🇸Israeli media — Israel conveyed to President Trump that Iran negotiations represent wasted effort; current escalation offers opportunity to resume combat operations.

IDF advised political echelons that campaign deemed failure absent enriched uranium removal.

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⚡️🇮🇷Tasnim/Press TV — Iran has established and operationalized its sovereignty framework governing Strait of Hormuz transit protocols.

📄 Vessels seeking passage receive regulatory guidance via email from PGSA, enabling compliance and subsequent transit permit issuance.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇱🇧Channel 12 report — IDF operational objectives in southern Lebanon focus on neutralizing raid threats against northern communities, blocking anti-tank fire toward civilian areas, and preventing Hezbollah from maintaining positions both above and below ground, including underground networks.

Troops aim to minimize rocket launches toward Israel through sustained border operations.

👁 Initially faced significant Hezbollah presence with its fighters operating beyond the yellow line for distant strikes and IDF surveillance; group sustains reinforcements from northern Litani while IDF observes declining morale amid frequent field engagements and squad deployments — sources' assessments.

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⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, Supreme Islamic Council head and Al-Aqsa preacher — Flags displayed on Al-Aqsa Mosque walls and imposition attempts signify unacceptable aggression within systematic Judaization efforts, enabled by direct support from occupation government figures notorious for religious incitement and Al-Aqsa demolition calls.

❗️ He warned of escalating violations by extremists: "We warn of the seriousness of escalating violations by extremist organizations against blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, representing 'a dangerous escalation targeting worship sites' sanctity and freedom of worship."— Sheikh Ekrima Sabri statement.

👥 Knesset members and government ministers recently demanded allowing settlers to storm Al-Aqsa next Friday for so-called "Jerusalem Unification Day".

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⚡️🇮🇷Iranian President: We were attacked twice during the negotiations, and this time we are also witnessing military buildups while the dialogue is ongoing.

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⚡️🇦🇪🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷Israeli media: A senior official in Abu Dhabi contacted the Israeli ambassador to the UAE and urged him to pressure Washington into taking action against Iran.

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⚡️🇱🇧Statement from Hezbollah: At 16:30 on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers in the town of Rashaf with a swoop attack.

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🚨🟢🇮🇱Hamas Movement press release — Israeli forces' relentless shelling across Gaza Strip escalated with this afternoon's strike on Gaza City police station northwest of city center, killing one child bystander and wounding several police personnel.

✋ Hamas condemns systematic aggression aimed at sowing chaos, security collapse, and thwarting recovery to facilitate Palestinian displacement. Holds mediators and UN directly responsible for compelling Netanyahu government to halt violations of ceasefire terms via ongoing bombardment, siege, and starvation.

❗️ Urges mediators to enforce compliance while calling on global actors to intensify pressure against Zionist entity and backers amid daily killings in Gaza and West Bank.

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⚡️🇱🇧Statement from Hezbollah: At 18:00 on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the newly established Balat site in southern Lebanon with a rocket barrage.

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⚡️🇮🇷🇦🇪Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters — Iran's armed forces categorically deny recent UAE Defense Ministry claims of missile or drone attacks, affirming any such operation would have been publicly announced with full transparency.

✋ Spokesperson warns UAE against hosting American and Zionist military presence on Islamic soil: "your country... should not become a nest for Americans and Zionists," urging restraint from cooperation with "infidels and polytheists" rather than media attacks on Iran.

👁 Headquarters expresses regret that UAE has become "one of the main American and Zionist bases" fueling regional insecurity, with past tolerance shown solely for Muslim brethren's safety there.

❗️ Final warning: "If any action is taken from Emirati soil against Iranian islands, ports, and coasts... we will respond with a crushing and regret-inducing blow" — official statement.

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⚡️🇱🇧Statement from Hezbollah: At 18:15 on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted military vehicles belonging to the Israeli enemy army in the Wadi al-Jamal area between the towns of Mays al-Jabal and Houla with artillery shells.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇷ABC News/US sources — Three US Navy destroyers positioned in Persian Gulf west of Strait of Hormuz as part of Operation Liberty defense array: USS Truxtun, USS Mason, and USS Rafael Peralta.

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⚡️🇮🇱Israeli media — Government approved extension of national emergency for home front command until May 19.

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⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱🇱🇧Al Arabiya English/US officials — Trump administration advancing Lebanon-Israel agreement efforts, urging Israeli restraint amid Hezbollah disruption attempts through strikes and internal threats.

👥 Washington facilitated two direct negotiation rounds between Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors in recent weeks; third expected soon per Lebanese President. US emphasizes direct bilateral engagement as optimal path to enduring peace-security deal, with elevated representation anticipated post-next round.

💼 State Department working to build necessary conditions and momentum; criticizes Hezbollah sabotage while calling on Beirut to swiftly demilitarize capital zone.

- Trump suggested imminent Aoun-Netanyahu White House summit despite Lebanese insistence on prior ceasefire and full withdrawal.

🗒 Rubio affirms no Israeli territorial claims on Lebanon, focus solely on Hezbollah; US developing support for vetted Lebanese army units against group and opposes permanent Israeli buffer zones.

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