Senior Islamic Jihad figure Wa'al Abd al-Halim was killed in an IDF strike on Baalbek yesterday along with his daughter Rama, according to Palestinian reports.

The White House may get a helipad on the South Lawn. The new Marine One fleet is powerful enough to damage the grass on landing, prompting the planned addition. It joins ongoing renovations to the Rose Garden, Oval Office, and East Wing. - WSJ

Marco Rubio:

The reason why Project Freedom stopped was at the request of Pakistan. The Pakistanis said, “If you guys stop Project Freedom, we think we can get to a deal.”

We went ahead and agreed to stop it.

Israeli jets operating at low altitude over Nabatieh, southern Lebanon.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent:

I will call on the G7 to follow the sanctions regime to keep financing away from the Iranian war machine

US Treasury Secretary Bessent:

The Beijing talks were successful

IDF: A Hamas operative planning imminent sniper attacks on Israeli forces in southern Gaza was eliminated yesterday in a targeted airstrike directed by the Gaza Division. Precision munitions were used to minimize civilian harm.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the flotilla to Gaza:

Israel calls on all participants in this provocation to change direction and return immediately. The purpose of the provocation is to serve Hamas, divert attention from Hamas's refusal to disarm and thwart progress in Trump's peace plan.

Israeli Navy forces are set to board a Gaza-bound flotilla organized by the Turkish IHH within the next hour. The intercept will occur in international waters near Cyprus, hundreds of miles off Israel's coast.

Israeli airstrike on Deir El Zahrani, Nabatieh District, southern Lebanon.

Iran FM spokesperson Baghaei: "We approach the negotiation with the U.S. with deep suspicion."

Iran FM spokesperson:

Collecting passage fees in the Strait of Hormuz is both legally and logically justified.

Footage from the moment of the maritime takeover of flotilla by IDF.

Recently, a Special Missions Unit, likely Delta Force or DEVGRU, was spotted training with the 160th SOAR in Kansas City.

Looks like urban training.

Cuba?

Somaliland deployed counterterrorism troops as part of a rapid response unit.

It’s about to go down. Footage of IDF navy about to intercept the Turkish gas flotilla headed to Gaza

AFRICOM:

"On May 17, 2026, U.S. Africa Command, in coordination with the Government of Nigeria, conducted additional kinetic strikes against ISIS in Northeastern Nigeria.

Intelligence confirmed the targets were ISIS militants. Complete assessments are ongoing. No U.S. or Nigerian forces were harmed."

IDF: An aerial target over southern Lebanon was intercepted. No sirens activated per standing policy.

Netanyahu holding emergency security assessment with defense chiefs on the Turkey flotilla.

A revised Iranian proposal to end the Middle East conflict has been relayed to the U.S. through Pakistan, a Pakistani source told Reuters.

"We don't have much time," the source said, adding that both sides "keep changing their goalposts."

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

In case of any interference by the United States in the World Cup, we will pursue our rights alongside the federation.