🇺🇸🇵🇸⚡- "If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go in and kill them.

Thank you for your attention to this matter," - President Donald Trump.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The Israeli aggression against Lebanon aims to destroy the productive structures and hinder economic recovery, under false security pretexts.

Israel's escalatory behavior confirms that it continues to violate its commitments and uses force outside any legitimate framework," - Joseph Aoun, President of Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The results of the conversation between Putin and Trump have cast doubt on the possibility of transferring long-range missiles to Kiev in the near future and have increased European fears about Washington's capitulation to Moscow," - Reuters.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has arrived in Washington.

🇺🇸⚡- BREAKING: Admiral Alvin Holsey, Commander of US SOUTHCOM, to resign.

🇸🇦🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Saudi Arabia is ready to normalize relations when a new Israeli government is formed that accepts the principle of a two-state solution.

Normalization will certainly take place as soon as Israel's security is guaranteed by all Arab League states, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation unanimously," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇺🇸🇵🇸⚡- "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE warn Trump that his post-war Gaza plan is at risk of collapse.

The Gulf countries have conveyed to the White House that they will not participate and fund the Gaza reconstruction process as long as Hamas retains control and fails to disarm.

The UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have blamed the new emerging axis of Turkey-Qatar-Egypt of failing as mediators in disarming Hamas and other factions," - Israel Hayom.

🇺🇸🇺🇦⚡- "Ukraine has made an unexpected initiative in negotiations with the US, proposing strategic cooperation in drone technology in exchange for military and energy assistance.

The agenda includes the supply of air defense systems, long-range weapons, and support for Ukraine's energy sector. The key proposal from Kiev is to provide the US access to advanced Ukrainian drone technologies and establish joint drone production, which could then be used by the American armed forces," - Bloomberg.

🇺🇸🇵🇸⚡️- "I didn't say we would enter Gaza, but there are those who will if Hamas doesn't stop the killing." - President Trump.

🏳️🇵🇰🇶🇦⚡- Qatar invited representatives of Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban to Doha for negotiations.

🇺🇸⚡️- John Bolton has been indicted for improper handling of classified information.

🇺🇸⚡️- "The probe into Bolton’s alleged retention of classified documents was first launched years ago but later shut down by the Biden administration ‘for political reasons,’ according to a senior U.S. official.”

🇷🇺🇦🇿⚡- BREAKING: During the Putin-Aliyev meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Putin told his Azerbaijani counterpart Aliyev of a plot led by Ramiz Mehdiyev to seize power in Baku.

Mehdiyev, with very close ties to the Kremlin, former Head of Azerbaijan's Presidential Office and member of Azerbaijan's ruling YA Party, told Putin of his plans to form a new government in Baku, overthrowing Aliyev. Mehdiyev promised to realign Baku back with Moscow.

In Dushanbe, Putin exposed Mehdiyev's plot to Aliyev. Upon Aliyev's return to Azerbaijan, Ramiz Mehdiyev has been stripped of all his political power, and has been arrested. He has been charged with treason and attempted coup.

🇸🇾⚡- SDF Commander-In-Chief Mazloum Abdi announces they have reached an agreement with Damascus on integration.

🇨🇲⚡- French Think Tank Africa Review claims Cameroonian opposition Issa Tchiroma won the Presidential elections with 70% of the votes.

It's unlikely current President Paul Biya will step-down, with nationwide violent protests expected once the results are announced.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- An Israeli drone fires at al-Sabah Street in central Gaza City.

🇺🇸✝️⚡️- Ace Frehley, legendary KISS guitarist, has died at 74.

🇵🇪⚡️- The interim Peru government states they will declare a state of emergency due to youth led protests, which have been ongoing for several weeks.

This comes 1 week after the government voted to impeach the President over multiple corruption scandals.