🇮🇱 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — If the U.S. or the IAF were attacking Iran right now, sirens would be sounding across Israel—they are not. It is safe to go to bed.

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🇮🇷 💥 — Hebrew media reports that Iranian sources close to the authorities state the explosions heard in Iran are due to air defense system tests.

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🇮🇱 ❗️ — Al Jazeera: Assassinated journalist Amal Khalil previously received threats from an Israeli phone number to cease reporting

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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — BREAKING: US Navy intercepts three Iranian-flagged oil tankers in Asian waters, redirecting them away from the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing tensions and mine-clearing efforts.

🔴 US forces have seized multiple Iranian vessels, including the Deep Sea, Sevin, and Dorena tankers, and are preventing them from exiting the Gulf. The US Central Command confirmed the Dorena was escorted by a Navy destroyer after attempting to violate the blockade.

🔴 Pentagon estimates mine-clearing in the Strait of Hormuz could take six months, prompting the US to target Iranian ships in open waters to avoid mine threats. The closure of the strait has disrupted global oil supplies and intensified the energy crisis.

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🇮🇷 🇺🇸 ⚡️ — NEW: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has released video showing its forces seizing a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz. The vessel was one of two captured by Iran on Wednesday.

🔴 The video, obtained by Al Jazeera, appears to show IRGC commandos boarding the ship, which was reportedly traveling under a Panamanian flag. Iran has not disclosed the identity of the ship’s owners or its cargo, but the move is seen as a direct challenge to Western shipping interests in the strategically vital waterway.

🔴 The seizure comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the United States, with Iran accusing the U.S. of escalating hostilities in the region. The incident has drawn immediate condemnation from Washington, which has warned of potential retaliatory measures.

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🇮🇷 🇺🇸 ⚡️ — NEW: Pentagon warns it could take up to six months to clear Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz, according to a closed-door congressional briefing.

🔴 A Defense Department official told lawmakers that Iran may have deployed more than 20 mines in and around the Strait of Hormuz, some of which are difficult to track due to GPS-guided technology or being set adrift.

🔴 The strait, a critical trade artery carrying 20% of the world’s oil before the war, is now subject to U.S. and Iranian blockades, raising concerns over long-term economic impacts and potential effects on U.S. midterm elections.

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⚡️ — Scenes from the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque at dawn today

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🇮🇱 🇺🇸 🇱🇧 ⚡️ — Lebanese, American, and Israeli meeting today in Washington

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🇮🇱 ❌ 🇱🇧 ⚠️ — Occupation army: We launched an interceptor towards a "suspicious" UAV in Lebanon

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🇫🇷 🇮🇱 ⚡️ — BREAKING: UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix warns of an "increasingly dangerous environment" for peacekeepers, citing five UNIFIL personnel killed in recent weeks and Israeli forces in Lebanon violating UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

🔴 Lacroix stated that peacekeeping operations face a 25% capacity reduction due to liquidity shortages, limiting their ability to protect civilians and respond to escalating incidents. He emphasized that a political solution, not military action, is needed for lasting stability in Lebanon.

🔴 The UN official urged Israel to create conditions for a political agreement, stressing that without improved funding and security, peacekeeping missions may soon be unable to fulfill their mandated tasks.

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🇮🇱 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — NEW: Israeli Air Force soldiers accused of spying for Iran face charges of aiding the enemy during wartime, including passing sensitive information about F-15 fighter jets.

🔴 Two soldiers, working as aircraft technicians at Tel Nof airbase, are suspected of gathering information on former Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, as well as sharing documents on aircraft engine plans and photos of a flight instructor. Eight other soldiers are suspected of failing to report the pair’s activities, prompting a security meeting at the base.

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🇮🇱 🇮🇱 ❌ 🇵🇸 ❗️ — Palestinian reports say that the teenager Yousef Sameh Ashtiya, 16, from the village of Tal, was killed by IDF fire as Israeli forces were leaving the city of Nablus.

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🇺🇸 🇵🇹 ⚡️ — At least 8 American refueling planes departed from the air base in Portugal heading to the Middle East in recent hours.

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🇺🇸 🇮🇱 ⚡️ — BREAKING: US launches air bridge to restock Israeli Air Force munitions, according to Hebrew sources, in preparation for a potential renewal of war with Iran.

🔴 The report indicates that US President Donald Trump has set next Sunday as a deadline for negotiations with Iran, though he has not formally announced the date. Israeli officials believe this timeline allows a third US aircraft carrier to reach the region.

🔴 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to hold further discussions on Thursday to finalize preparations on both defensive and offensive fronts.

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🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇮🇷 — NEW: US-Israel war on Iran has disrupted over 500 million barrels of oil in 50 days, wiping out $50bn in production and triggering the largest energy crisis in history.

🔴 The International Energy Agency has labeled the crisis the largest in history, with global energy flows reshaped and petrol prices in the US reaching $4 per gallon.

🔴 Energy rationing is affecting European factories, while emerging economies face severe supply crunches, and the economic impact is comparable to the entire economies of Estonia and Latvia.

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🇮🇷 🇺🇸 ⚡️ — NEW: Iran has begun collecting tolls from ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, defying a U.S. naval blockade imposed under Trump's orders to pressure the Iranian economy.

🔴 Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf stated that the Strait will remain closed to all but approved vessels as long as the U.S. blockades Iranian ports, rejecting demands from Trump to reopen the strait and surrender enriched uranium. Iran has already received revenue from the tolls, which are imposed on ships attempting to cross the critical trade route.

🔴 The U.S. military's Central Command reported directing 31 vessels to turn back or return to port during the ceasefire, while Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized two ships—MSC Francesca and Epaminondas—forcing them to the Iranian shore. Meanwhile, U.S.-brokered talks between Israel and Lebanon continue amid ongoing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, including the killing of a journalist and her colleague.

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🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🇮🇷 🇸🇦 ⚡️ — BREAKING: The United States has deployed the Ukrainian "SkyMap" command-and-control system at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia to counter Iranian drone attacks.

🔴 Ukrainian military experts have arrived at the base to train US personnel on operating the system, which has been used in Ukraine to track and intercept Iranian Shahed drones. The move follows recent attacks that damaged US radar systems and fuel tankers at the base.

🔴 The deployment highlights gaps in US air defense capabilities, despite significant investment, and has involved mixed results in early testing, including a crash of a Merops interceptor inside the base.

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