🇺🇸 🇮🇪 ⚡️ — NEW: Irish Times investigation reveals 248 additional US military flights over Ireland since last summer, including transport, troop, and surveillance aircraft.

🔴 The Irish Foreign Ministry attributed the underreporting to an administrative error and republished updated overflight figures for the past eight months, showing a 56% increase in US military overflights last month, during a period of intense US strikes on Iran.

🔴 The ministry typically reports 30–50 US military flights over Ireland monthly, but official data for September showed as few as two flights, while aircraft tracked included C-130 transport planes. A man was recently arrested in connection with an alleged attack on a similar aircraft at Shannon Airport.

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🇮🇱 🇱🇧 ⚡️ — NEW: Israel claims ownership of Lebanese gas field after establishing Gaza-style 'Yellow Line' near border

🔴 Israel has unilaterally declared a 'Yellow Line' along the Lebanon-Israel border, effectively asserting control over a disputed offshore gas field, mirroring its previous actions in Gaza. The move has been condemned by Lebanon and regional allies as a violation of international law and sovereignty.

🔴 The Israeli military has begun deploying surveillance and patrol vessels in the area, while Lebanese authorities have warned of potential escalation, citing the risk of armed conflict and further destabilization in the region.

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🇺🇸 🇮🇶 ⚡️ — BREAKING: US Embassy in Baghdad renews travel warning for Iraq, urging American citizens to “leave now” due to ongoing threats from Iran-aligned militias.

🔴 The embassy warns that Iran-backed groups in Iraq are planning further attacks targeting US citizens and interests, with some Iraqi government elements providing support to these militias. Americans are advised to avoid travel and evacuate if already in the country.

🔴 The warning follows renewed regional tensions after US-Israel strikes on Iran in late February, prompting Iranian retaliation. A two-week ceasefire, mediated by Pakistan, was announced on April 8, but security risks remain high, including threats from missiles, drones, and rockets.

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🇮🇱 🇵🇸 ⚡️ — BREAKING: Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen claims the government is effectively applying annexation in the occupied West Bank by connecting illegal settlements to electricity and water networks.

🔴 Cohen stated the move constitutes "applying sovereignty in practice," referring to settlements including Homesh, Sa-Nur, Rehavam, and Ebal, in defiance of international opposition. The Palestinian Authority has long condemned settlement expansion, which has accelerated under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government since December 2022.

🔴 Violence has intensified in the West Bank since Israel’s war in Gaza began in October 2023, with Israeli forces killing at least 1,150 Palestinians, injuring 11,750, and arresting nearly 22,000, according to Palestinian sources. Palestinians warn the expansion paves the way for formal annexation of the West Bank, undermining prospects for a Palestinian state.

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🇮🇱 🇷🇺 ⚡️ — BREAKING: Russian authorities detained approximately 40 Israelis at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport over alleged involvement in the Iran war, according to Mediazona.

🔴 Some detainees held dual Israeli-Russian citizenship. They were denied food, water, and bathroom access during several hours of detention. Security officials demanded passengers unlock their phones, but this was refused, leading to all devices being turned off.

🔴 During interrogations, some Israelis were told that Iran is Russia’s ally and that “Iran’s enemy is Russia’s enemy.” They were warned their visit was “not welcome” and made to sign legal warnings before being released.

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🇮🇱 🇮🇷 🇩🇪 ⚡️ — BREAKING: Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia (HAYI) claimed responsibility for attacks on a North Macedonian synagogue and Jewish community center, and a Munich Jewish-owned restaurant.

🔴 HAYI, allegedly an Iranian front group, stated the Skopje attack targeted the site as a “symbol of Jewish historical and cultural identity” and a “link in the chain of identity and mutual support between the Jewish community and the Zionist regime.” The group also claimed responsibility for an arson attack on a London synagogue and other incidents.

🔴 Surveillance footage showed two men climbing a fence and dousing a building with an accelerant before hurling a firebomb, causing damage to a door and courtyard. The Munich restaurant attack caused minimal damage, with police investigating antisemitism as a possible motive.

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🇫🇷 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — NEW: French President Emmanuel Macron calls US-Iran escalation in Strait of Hormuz a "mistake on both sides," urging return to Friday's diplomatic breakthrough.

🔴 Macron criticized the US for maintaining a targeted naval blockade and Iran for reversing its "open strait" policy, stressing the need for diplomacy to resolve tensions and secure energy corridors.

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🇱🇧 ❌ 🇮🇱 💥 — Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon killed three people, and the Israeli army said it targeted an armed cell.

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🇮🇱 ❌ 🟢 ⚡️ — One of the Khan Yunis militias announce the death of one of their members during an armed clash with Al-Qassam Brigades members.

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Magen David Adom spokesperson: At 18:32, a report was received at the Magen David Adom 101 call center in the Carmel region regarding an injured teenager in Tamra. Magen David Adom paramedics provided medical treatment and evacuated a 16-year-old boy in critical condition, unconscious and penetrating injuries, to Rambam Hospital in Haifa.

The event is connected to Israel's ongoing gang war

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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 🇵🇰 ⚡️ — A Pakistani source tells Al Jazeera: The second round of negotiations between Iran and the US is expected to begin tomorrow at noon.

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🇮🇷 🇷🇺 ❗️ — Iranian Foreign Minister said Tehran is ready to ensure the passage of Russian ships and cargo through the Strait of Hormuz without obstacles.

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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — NEW: U.S. Army deploys Merops drones, tested in Ukraine, to counter Iranian Shahed UAVs

🔴 The U.S. Army is scaling up deployment of Merops interceptor drones, first used by Ukrainian forces against Russian Shahed drones, as part of a strategy to counter Iranian UAVs at a cost advantage. The system, developed by Perennial Autonomy, costs around $15,000 per unit and is designed to destroy hostile drones in flight using fragmentation warheads, onboard sensors, and resistance to jamming.

🔴 The Merops has been deployed by NATO allies including Poland and Romania, and was demonstrated in November 2025 with soldiers launching it from a pickup truck. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll highlighted the system’s rapid acquisition and cost-effectiveness, stating it allows the U.S. to “make that trade all day long” against more expensive Iranian drones.

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🇮🇱 🇭🇺 ❗️ — Hungarian president-elect Péter Magyar says Benjamin Netanyahu will be arrested if he steps foot in Hungary.

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🇷🇺 🇮🇱 ❗️ — Russian intelligence arrested 40 Israelis at Domodedovo airport in Russia today and conducted individual interrogations with each of them lasting more than 5 hours before releasing them.

🔴 This is a major escalation given Russia's previously friendly relations with Israel.

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🇮🇱 🚨 — Israel sounded a one-minute siren at 20:00 to honor the memory of the fallen pigs or dogs or whatever the hell it is they care about

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🇵🇰 ⚡️ — US Vice President JD Vance is expected to land in Islamabad at dawn

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🇮🇱 🇭🇺 ⚡️ — Hungary’s new PM invites Netanyahu despite vowing to enforce ICC arrest warrants

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🇮🇱 ❗️ — Israeli security authorities are expected to charge two individuals living near a security facility in central Israel with spying for Iran, one of whom planned to travel abroad for training, while investigating two additional serious cases.

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