🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "If we did not act against Iran, we would pay an incomparably heavy price in the future," - Eyal Zamir, Israeli Chief of Staff.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The first operation in Iran is over - but the campaign is not over yet," - Eyal Zamir, Israeli Chief of Staff.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israeli forces carried out a military operation in Yafour, just 10km from the Syrian capital Damascus.

Israeli special forces conducted aerial operations, as well as landing a team on the ground. This is the closest Israeli troops have come to Damascus.

🇷🇺⚡- Andrei Badalov, Vice President of Transneft, has died after falling from the window of his luxury apartment in central Moscow.

🇦🇿🇮🇷⚡- Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian arrives at the 17th Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization, ECO, where he is warmly greeted by Azerbaijan's Ilham Aliyev.

The Iranian President has drawn criticism from Iran's right wing media, not only for his gesture towards Aliyev, but for the ECO Summit itself, which is held in Khankendi.

Khankendi, formerly known as Stepanakert, is the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh region (formerly Artsakh), which Azerbaijan captured in 2023.

🇺🇳🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: IAEA asks all of its inspectors to leave Iran immediately, citing the concern for their safety.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Hamas has responded to the US brokered hostage-ceasefire deal with Israel. The response is positive, Reuters reports.

🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Channel 13 says Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's stance on a hostage-ceasefire deal has changed suddenly, with him now strongly supporting such a proposal even at the cost of Smotrich and Ben-Gvir.

This comes as Netanyahu's approval ratings hit a record high after the major victories against Iran and Hezbollah. Likud now believes that not only will they win a snap election, but do so without forming a coalition government like it currently has.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- President Trump and Ukraine's President Zelensky spoke over the phone for 90 minutes.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "We discussed air defense options and agreed that we will work on increasing the protection of the sky. We agreed on a corresponding meeting of our teams," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "Trump told Zelensky during their phone call that he wants to help with Ukraine's air defense and that he will check what was put on hold if anything," - Axios.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "Trump also said told Zelensky over the phone that he was aware of the recent Russia escalation, including both air strikes on Ukrainian cities and on the frontline," - Axios.

🇺🇸🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has asked his war cabinet to prepare an "evacuation plan" of the Palestinian population from the north of the Gaza Strip to Rafah, the very south of the strip.

Netanyahu expects a plan to be prepared by the time he returns from his visit to the White House.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Likud Ministers are urging Prime Minister Netanyahu to annex the West Bank as the time is just "ripe" following Israel's victories abroad, according to Israeli Channel 12's Amit Segal.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "We are ready to immediately engage in negotiations," - Hamas.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "We have completed our internal consultations and with Palestinian factions and forces regarding the mediators' latest proposal to stop the aggression against our people in Gaza," - Hamas.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Hamas says their response to the US brokered hostage-ceasefire deal was positive.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The movement has delivered its response to the mediators, which was characterized by positivity," - Hamas.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The movement is ready with full seriousness to immediately enter into a round of negotiations regarding the mechanism for implementing this framework," - Hamas.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "We have delivered a response characterized by positivity regarding the latest mediators' proposal to halt the aggression against our people in Gaza, following internal consultations and consultations with Palestinian factions and forces," - Hamas.