🇺🇸⚡- 300 airmen and several A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from Idaho's National Guard are being deployed to CENTCOM.

🇮🇱⚡- Netanyahu picks former Navy Commander Eli Sharvit to be the next Head of Shin Bet.

The pick is surprising considering Sharvit opposed the Levin-Netanyahu judicial reforms, and even took part in street protests.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇦⚡- "Chinese authorities have stopped a deal under which the American investment fund BlackRock would have bought two Chinese ports on the Panama Canal. The signing was planned for next week. But now the buyout has been blocked by Chinese antitrust authorities," - CNN.

🇪🇺🇩🇪🇭🇺⚡- "Germany's Chancellor-elect Merz says it will press the EU to finally add some bite to its bark over misbehaving countries ― reference to Hungary," - Politico.

🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israeli police have arrested Yonatan Urich, Senior Netanyahu Adviser, and Eli Feldstein, Netanyahu's Military Spokesman.

Netanyahu is currently in a court hearing.

🇮🇱⚡- The arrest and investigation is being conducted by the police’s Lahav 433 national crimes unit and the Shin Bet, which is still 'officially' led by Ronen Bar, who was dismissed by Netanyahu.

The arrests are part of 'Qatargate', Shin Bet accused certain individuals close to Netanyahu of receiving funds from Qatar in return for promoting the interests of the government Qatar.

🇮🇱⚡- Netanyahu's defense attorney Amit Haddad has withdrawn from Netanyahu's testimony in court due to the arrests.

🇮🇱⚡- Shin Bet are now approaching journalists from Now14 (Israeli Channel 14) of 'receiving favors from Qatar'.

🇮🇱⚡- Netanyahu's public diplomacy director Ran Baratz's testimony is being used against Netanyahu in court right now.

🇮🇷⚡- Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, has posted 8 times on X in just the past 2 hours.

🇮🇷⚡- "The Zionist criminal gang must be totally eliminated from Palestine," - Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- "It’s everyone’s religious, moral, human duty to strive to eliminate the vicious Zionist criminal gang from the region," - Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- "They accuse the brave nations of this region of being proxies. There’s only one proxy force in this region, and that’s the Zionist regime which commits genocide and perpetrates crimes in acting as a proxy for the colonialists," - Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- "The Zionist regime invades other countries, just as it’s invading Syria today. They do this on behalf of the colonialists, those who interfered in this region after World War II," - Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- "In less than two years, the Zionist regime has martyred about 20,000 children in Palestine. Those people who chant human rights slogans are watching and taking no action against this," - Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran.

🇮🇷⚡- "The US and the Zionist regime threaten to commit vicious acts. Of course, if such vicious acts are committed, they will definitely receive a strong, reciprocal blow," - Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran.

🇫🇷⚡- BREAKING: Paris court finds Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzling European Parliament funds.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Iran has summoned the Swiss Ambassador, who represents US interests in Iran, and issues a warning over US President Donald Trump’s threats," - Tasnim News Agency, Iranian outlet.

🇫🇷⚡- Marine Le Pen barred from running in the 2027 Presidential elections.