🇺🇸🇶🇦🇱🇧⚡️- US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has asked Qatar to pass a message onto Lebanon and Hezbollah- a call for calm and to not respond to the killings of Ismail Haniyeh and Fuad Shukr.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The killing of Mohammed al-Deif constitutes a major step towards eliminating Hamas as a military and governmental organization and achieving the goals of the war," – Yoav Gallant, Israel's Minister of Defense.

🇺🇸🐸⚡️- The FBI has arrested America First livestreamer and fashion designer TRSartor in connection with the events of January 6th, 2021.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iran's acting Foreign Minister, Ali Bagheri, has reportedly delivered a message to Qatar, addressing all Arab states, saying "Any Arab nation that provides its airspace to Israel will become a legitimate target."

🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli army completed an unprecedented series of exercises in the northern sector – Maariv.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Hamas has denied the IDF's claims that Mohammed Deif has been killed.

🇰🇬🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry called on its citizens to refrain from traveling to Israel and Lebanon.

🇫🇷🇮🇱⚡️- France has issued a travel advisory against Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken: "The Middle East is heading towards escalation"

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iranian channels report the deployment of S-300 air defense systems to western Iran

— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 BREAKING: Iranian media write that Iran's response will inaugurate 'a new phase of the war', in which 'previous equations no longer count'

@Middle_East_Spectator

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- The IDF has called all soldiers on leave back to their post in anticipation for a response from Hezbollah and Iran

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Mayor of Haifa: "We received estimates from the Home Front Command and the Israeli army that residents could remain in shelters for 4 consecutive days"

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️- Russia has released Evan Gershkovich to the United States in a prisoner swap.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah military chant ahead of the funeral for Fuad Shakr, who was killed in Beirut a few days ago.

Hezbollah General-Secretary Hassan Nasrallah is set to make a pre-recorded speech at his funeral in 2 hours.

🇩🇪🇮🇱⚡️- Germany's largest airline Lufthansa has suspended all flights to Israel until August 8th.

🇺🇸🇷🇺 - Russia has also released former US Marine Paul Whelan in this prisoner swap.

🇬🇧🇨🇾⚡️- The British overseas military bases of Akrotiri and Dhekelia in Cyprus have been placed on high alert.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- An American P-3 Orion intelligence aircraft carried out extensive sortie operations along the Levantine coast.

🇸🇩⚡- Sudanese state media is claiming they have captured Al-Khartoum International Airport (Khartoum direction) - the claim is incorrect.

Recent geolocated footage published by Rapid Support Forces, RSF, show the airport still under RSF control.

Sudanese Armed Forces have made progress in the south though, capturing the Medical Science University, and therefore can now launch an attack on the airport itself from the south.