A gas tanker exploded near a Lebanese Army facility in Hermel (northeastern Lebanon).

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The IDF Spokesperson in Arabic publishes recordings from the radio network on 7.10 in which the voice of Colonel Asaf Hamami can be heard.

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Hormuz: The cargo ship LUNI, owned by the Turkish shipping company Lora Shipping, partially sank off the coast of Iran, near Bandar Abbas.

Water began to enter the ship, it broke in two, and eventually sank.

There are conflicting reports regarding the circumstances of the incident: according to one version, it collided with another vessel, while another version claims it struck a drifting naval mine.

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The Iranian currency has dropped by about 5% in the past 24 hours and is trading at around 1.88 million rials to one US dollar.

Very close to an all-time low.

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7 Iranian soldiers were killed last night in the American strikes at the military base in Bamfor.

The Iranian Ministry of Health reports that in recent days, 35 people have been killed and more than 300 wounded in the American strikes in Iran.

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Southern Lebanon: An Israeli airstrike by a fighter jet earlier this evening in the village of Kounine, north of Bint Jbeil.

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Mohammad Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament and head of the Iranian negotiation delegation, is preparing the Iranian public for the possibility of war:

We must always be ready for war and stand firm until the last drop of blood for the security of the country and our national interests.

We have never sought war and we are not seeking it now, but we must always be prepared for confrontation. At the same time, we must also use diplomacy and negotiation tools to advance and consolidate our national interests.

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President Trump thinks that an Israeli withdrawal/redeployment in southern Lebanon and southern Syria would be worthwhile, and again suggests leaving the issue of taking out Hezbollah to the Syrian president, al Julani.

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Southern Syria: The Druze marked today in As-Suwayda the first anniversary of the massacre carried out against them by the Syrian regime of Abu Mohammad al-Julani—events in which more than 1,700 Druze were killed.

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The US military completed another wave of strikes last night in various provinces, including in the Parachin area east of Tehran.

US Central Command announced that it struck Iranian targets related to the passage of vessels in Hormuz, but according to Iranian reports, targets were attacked in several areas not connected to Hormuz—as can be seen by the distribution of targets on the attached map (marked with red dots).

These are the locations where targets were attacked last night:

Chabahar (southern Iran – coastal strip)
Bandar Abbas (southern Iran – coastal strip)

Rask (southern Iran)

Parachin (east of Tehran)

Semnan (east of Tehran)

Khondab (north of Isfahan and south of Arak)

Khuzestan, Ahvaz (oil-rich area on the shores of the Persian Gulf near the border with Iraq)

Sirik Island (coastal strip in southern Iran)

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Iranian air defense systems were activated numerous times last night over Tehran, Parachin, and Semnan (documentation attached).

Official Iranian sources confirmed that the US struck the Semnan airport east of Tehran and that damage was caused to the airfield—a deep and unusual location!

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In response to the American strikes, Iran attacked American targets in Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, as well as in Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Israel continue to remain out of the game.

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The spokesperson for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards on the nature of the recent Iranian attacks:

The enemy should not assume that it can continue on its current path of fighting and turn the confrontation into a war of attrition.

At this stage, Iran's actions are focused on destroying the offensive military infrastructure of the United States in the region. The next stage will begin afterward.

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The US military has begun actively enforcing the blockade on Iran in Hormuz and disabled an empty tanker that was heading toward Kharg Island:

“CENTCOM forces identified the oil tanker Belma, sailing under the flag of Curaçao, as it was moving in international waters toward Kharg Island. The commercial vessel ignored repeated warnings as it attempted to breach the American blockade. A US aircraft disabled the ship after launching Hellfire missiles at its smokestack. The ship is no longer continuing on its way to Iran.”

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The Wall Street Journal: Trump is inclined to expand American military activity in Iran—including the possibility of deploying ground forces and bombing an underground nuclear site

According to the report, Trump held a discussion in the White House Situation Room on Tuesday, during which three escalation options were considered:

• Seizing Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export center.

• Bombing Mount Pickaxe—a heavily fortified tunnel complex linked to nuclear activity, which so far has not been attacked by the United States (the facility is carved into the mountain at a depth of up to 150 meters and is difficult or impossible to destroy from the air—AA)

• Expanding airstrikes to also include energy facilities.

According to the report, Trump has not yet made a final decision.

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U.S. Vice President JD Vance criticizes Israel in an interview with Joe Rogan and accuses elements in the Israeli government of targeted and funded influence operations against him and against the agreement with Iran.

Vance also noted: "Israel is losing the battle for public opinion in the U.S., and that's a fact."

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The American Congress rejects by a large majority of about two-thirds the bill calling for an end to security assistance to Israel

This is a resounding vote due to the fact that close to 50% of Democratic Party members, who are firmly opposed to Israel’s military actions, still support the annual military aid to Israel (in the amount of $3.3 billion), even though there is widespread public criticism in the US against the aid to Israel, which is seen as diverting American taxpayers’ money for Israel’s benefit.

Apparently, the American lawmakers understand that this is an American interest (more than an Israeli interest).

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