🇮🇷🇷🇺🇨🇳 — BIG | The UN Security Council failed to pass a Bahraini draft resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz after Russia and China vetoed it.

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — The financial toll of the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran is substantial. Current estimates suggest the daily cost of operations is approximately $500 million, leading to a cumulative loss of $22 billion to $31 billion over the first five weeks of the war.

— Financial Times

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Around $2–3.6 billion of that is from destroyed or damaged military equipment.

— Financial Times

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🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has successfully intercepted and neutralized a GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) in Lorestan Province. IRGC specialized units managed to recover the munition intact, preventing any accidental detonation.

Despite its compact warhead, the GBU-39 is known for its significant precision and destructive capabilities, utilizing sophisticated guidance systems and anti-jamming GPS technology.

By securing the device safely, the IRGC has gained the opportunity to analyze its internal systems—a scenario that directly aligns with long-standing American concerns regarding the potential reverse-engineering of this specific technology.

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🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — “The president is the most bloodthirsty, like a mad dog,” another U.S. administration official said.

Trump might be the most hawkish person in the top echelons of his administration on Iran, according to a U.S. source who spoke to him several times in recent days.

— Axios

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🇮🇱🇺🇸🇦🇪🇸🇦❌🇮🇷 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and political allies like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are urging Trump not to agree to a ceasefire unless Iran makes concessions that currently appear unlikely, like reopening the Strait of Hormuz or relinquishing all highly enriched uranium.

— Axios

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🇮🇶🇮🇶❌🇺🇸— The security official of Kataib Hezbollah, Abu Mujahid al-Assaf, announced the release of American journalist Shelley Kittleson, "in appreciation of the patriotic stances of the outgoing Prime Minister", because, according to my sources, he released prisoners of the Islamic Resistance in exchange for the American journalist.

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🇮🇶🇮🇶❌🇺🇸— The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, Kataib Hezbollah, released a recording detailing the role and activities of American journalist Shelley Kittleson in Iraq.

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🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Channel 12 Hebrew on Hezbollah's ambush on the banks of the Litani River opposite Qalaat Shaqif town in South Lebanon:

One of the fighters in the Yahalom unit described the situation, saying,

I have been fighting for nearly three years, and I have never witnessed such an intense attack in my life.

Hezbollah launched about 400 rockets and shells at Israeli forces during the Litani River ambush, including rockets with cluster munitions.

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🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Channel 12 on the Litani River ambush:

The soldiers couldn't lift their heads; they were crawling on the ground to withdraw.

A soldier from the Paratroopers Brigade who took part in the operation at the Litani River:

They sent us on a suicide mission.

While the Israeli leadership was monitoring the advance of Israeli forces toward the Litani River on screens, Hezbollah was doing the same.

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🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Channel 12:

Within a short period, most of the Yahalom unit force was wounded, including a lieutenant colonel who was seriously injured.

The soldiers who were hit by shrapnel, as well as the support and backup forces, all sustained severe injuries.

A large number of soldiers were wounded, resulting in a major mass-casualty incident that was significant and noticeable on the ground.

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🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Channel 12:

Fighters and commanders recounted the toughest battle they have ever fought, even compared to the fighting in Lebanon during Operation "Northern Arrows" in 2024, and compared to the maneuvering in Gaza.

One of them said:

You lie on the ground, crawl toward the wounded and treat them, while your body trembles every second from the nonstop explosions.

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🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Channel 12:

Due to the scale of losses and the situation on the ground, a decision was made to withdraw, including ending the mission.

This decision reached the highest levels and included immediate consultations between the division commander and the Northern Command commander. During the withdrawal, the forces had to make exceptional decisions, including abandoning equipment and engineering tools belonging to the Yahalom unit.

This equipment was not left behind lightly. This decision also reached the highest levels, including the Northern Command commander and the Chief of Staff, both of whom approved this step.

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On a note, Hezbollah recorded and published footage of the battle zone after the Israeli Army retreated. Here's the video:
https://t.me/SimurghRes/3120

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🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Channel 12:

The story did not end there.

After the withdrawal of the forces and the evacuation of the wounded, Hezbollah members managed to reach the abandoned equipment, which is considered a severe failure from the perspective of the Israeli army.

Hezbollah seized some of the equipment and even filmed the "Yahalom" unit vehicles in broad daylight without any intervention. The failure to launch an immediate attack to destroy the equipment or prevent the enemy from accessing it raises extremely important questions about the decisions of field commanders.

This is not only an operational failure, but also a failure in public image and intelligence.

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🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 — Channel 12:

Senior Israeli army officials admit that this is one of the most serious failures in the current war.

This battle is likely to be remembered as one of the toughest since the resumption of fighting in Lebanon.

It will go down in military history not only because of the intensity of the fire and the scale of the losses, but also due to the failure in planning.

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