🇿🇦🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Instead of withdrawing, South Africa has reinforced its military presence in eastern DR Congo with an additional 700 soldiers to fight the M23.

🇹🇩🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Chad-based FACT rebel group says they will deploy forces to eastern DR Congo to fight the M23.

FACT, who oppose the current Chadian government, have been supported by the Wagner Group in the past and are currently backed by Khalifa Haftar-led Libyan National Army. FACT are also accused of supporting the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.

🇺🇸⚡️- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has signed a memorandum restoring the name of Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

Fort Bragg was originally named after American and Confederate officer Braxton Bragg, but was renamed in 2022 by former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin due to its association with the Confederacy.

Secretary Hegseth re-adopted the name Fort Bragg in honor of PFC Roland Bragg, a paratrooper and army mechanic from World War II.

🇦🇿🇮🇱⚡- Azerbaijani and Israeli airlines, AZAL and El Al, have signed a codeshare agreement. As part of the agreement, customers of both airlines will be able to use each other's flights.

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡- "Contacts between Russia and the United States have intensified and are taking place through specific channels," - The Kremlin.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli army deploys a large number armored personnel carriers in settlements across the northern West Bank.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Over 20,000 Palestinians have been forced to flee from northern West Bank after an increase in Israeli military operations.

🇮🇱⚡- Israeli security cabinet meeting has been delayed as Netanyahu is having private security consultations.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli channels reporting a launch on the northern border, "opposite of Misgav Am."

No red alert sirens have sounded as of now, although that could change.

🇮🇱⚡- Israeli security cabinet meeting begins.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Netanyahu asked Trump to postpone withdrawal from Lebanon again," - Israel's Channel 12.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Israel provided the Americans with evidence that the Lebanese army did not address Hezbollah violations," - Israel's Channel 12.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Israel believes that the Americans will allow an extension to prevent Hezbollah from returning to the border," - Israel's Channel 12.

🇸🇩🇪🇹🇦🇪⚡- The Sudanese government has condemned the United Arab Emirates' efforts to convene a conference on Sudan during the upcoming African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, calling the move 'open aggression'.

🇸🇩🇹🇩🇦🇪⚡- Sudan has filed a formal complaint against the United Arab Emirates at the United Nations Security Council, holding it responsible for providing military equipment and advanced weapons to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) through Chad and Chad-based groups (such as FACT).

🇱🇧🇵🇸⚡- "Defending Palestine is first and foremost defending the Arab homeland and Arab national security from its ocean to its Gulf," - Nabih Berri, Lebanese Parliament Speaker.

🇺🇸🇪🇬⚡- Egyptian sources state that amid the escalating tensions between Washington and Cairo, Egyptian President al-Sisi's visit to the US will be postponed indefinitely.

🇺🇸🇪🇬⚡️- "The tension in Egyptian-American relations is the highest in three decades," - al-Arabiya, Saudi state outlet.

🇺🇸🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡️- "Egypt has decided to take precautionary measures to deal with any possible halt to US foreign aid, which in turn would render the peace agreement with Israel meaningless," - Al-Arabiya, Saudi state outlet.

🇺🇸🇪🇬🇵🇸⚡️- "Egypt has made its final decision on the Gaza issue, and will refuse to back down from it," - Al-Arabiya, Saudi state outlet.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Galei Tzahal, IDF outlet, says the Israeli presence in Syria is not temporary, with the IDF constructing 9 military bases.

The total area of Syrian territory captured by Israel after the fall of Assad is 683 sqkm. For comparison, the Golan Heights area is 1,210 sqkm.