Italy dropped Boeing's KC-46 Pegasus and signed a €1.4 billion contract with Airbus for six A330 MRTT tankers. Rome originally chose the KC-46 in 2022, canceled it in 2024. Italy is the 19th nation on the A330 platform.

Still image captures a Russian Pantsir air defense system failing to intercept an incoming Ukrainian attack drone just seconds before impact at the Kstovo oil refinery this morning

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Meta cut around 8,000 jobs today as it restructures around AI. Dozens of Israeli employees included.

Israeli airstrike on Doueir, southern Lebanon.

Secretary of State Rubio offered a "new relationship" to the Cuban people, reports.

NATO chief Rutte: The alliance needs to move away from an "unhealthy reliance on one ally."

WHO chief: Committee agreed that Ebola outbreak was public health emergency of international concern, but not pandemic

IRGC to enemies of Iran: "If the aggression is repeated, the war will extend outside the Middle East. Our crushing blows will hit you in places you cannot imagine."

Jordan's military says it shot down an unidentified drone in its airspace.

Today is ‘Eli Kopter’ day

NOW: The bill to dissolve the Israeli Knesset passed unanimously, with all 110 lawmakers voting in favor.

What happens next:

The bill now moves through the remaining legislative stages. If it passes all readings, the Knesset will be formally dissolved.

Once dissolved, early elections are automatically scheduled, usually within about 90 days.

PM Netanyahu and his government remain in office as a caretaker government until a new coalition is formed.

The government’s powers are more limited during this period, particularly on major appointments and long-term policy decisions.

Political parties immediately shift into campaign mode.

The IRGC issued a statement claiming Iran did not use all its capabilities in the last round of fighting, while the U.S. and Israel allegedly used all of theirs. The statement warned that any future action against Iran would activate "new regional and extra-regional capabilities."

Iran-Pakistan cooperation has slipped over the past two weeks amid a reported "lack of trust" between the two sides, per a diplomatic source cited by Saudi Al-Hadath. Pakistan's Interior Minister is currently in Tehran for his second visit in days, but Islamabad remains frustrated by Tehran-linked back channels and disagreements over where and how talks should take place.

IDF forces hit Hezbollah observation equipment concealed in a civilian structure in southern Lebanon yesterday. The surveillance tools were used to monitor and guide activity against IDF troops.

Separately, a Hezbollah operative was eliminated at a warehouse storing weapons. Secondary explosions followed the strike. - IDF

Gaza flotilla activists sitting through Israel’s national anthem “Hatikvah” following their arrest.

Shiraz, Iran: Authorities uncovered largest hoarded chicken stockpile ever found in the country.

Jaldia Abubakra, a Samidoun official designated days later by the U.S. Treasury:

"October 7 normalized support for Palestinian armed struggle. People now openly support Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and Hizbullah. Westerners accept they cannot impose their leftist-European model of struggle on Palestinians."

Terror infiltration alert for town in Samaria. Let’s see

Israel's National Security Minister Ben Gvir released footage from a detention facility showing detained Gaza flotilla activists.

Elon Musk, speaking at an international smart mobility summit in Tel Aviv, called Israel likely the top innovator per capita in the world.

"I am a huge admirer of the innovation coming out of Israel…Israel punches far above its weight for population, I think probably number one in the world."

NATO's Rutte:

Europe, with the UK and Türkiye and with Norway, is over 500 million people.

We are facing an adversary in Russia of about 120 to 140 million people.

And we are now overly dependent on one ally with about 350 million people making sure that we can defend ourselves against Russia.

That's not sustainable long term.