🇺🇸🇮🇳🇮🇷⚡- India receives a six-month exemption from US sanctions on Iran’s Chabahar Port, which will help complete the International North-South Transport Corridor - a rival to China's Middle Economic Corridor.

India's External Ministry confirmed the news, with a positive trade deal between Washington and Delhi very likely now.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Three Israeli airstrikes against Harouf, Southern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- An unusual operation last night by the Israeli military. An IDF force raided the town of Bilda, southern Lebanon, over 1.3km from the Israeli border, and reached the local municipality building. The force entered the building and eliminated an employee Ibrahim Salameh. After two hours, the IDF then withdrew.

"I have instructed the Lebanese Army Commander to deal with any Israeli invasion, to protect Lebanese territory and the security of its citizens. The Monitoring Committee for the Implementation of the Agreement is not supposed to be satisfied with just recording the facts, but to act by exerting pressure on Israel and pushing it to commit to the November agreement and stop violating Lebanese sovereignty," - Joseph Aoun, President of Lebanon, in response to the Israeli operation.

"The Israeli infiltration into the town of Blida and its direct targeting of a municipal employee while performing his duty is a blatant attack on Lebanese state institutions and sovereignty. We continue to pressure the United Nations and the sponsoring countries of the ceasefire agreement to ensure the cessation of repeated violations and the full Israeli withdrawal from our lands," - Nawaf Salam, Prime Minister of Lebanon.

🇹🇿⚡- BREAKING: Curfew announced in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, as violent protests escalate against President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

🇮🇱⚡- "We will show no patience toward any threat that emerges; we will believe an enemy that declares its intention to harm us, and we will destroy it.

There will be no tolerance when the safety of Israeli citizens is threatened. This is a principle I intend to uphold. We are operating in all arenas even now, with high readiness for as broad a campaign as required. In some arenas, we will again act with much greater force than we have during the past two years," - Eyal Zamir, Israeli Chief of Staff.

🇾🇪🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "The intensive fighting in the Gaza Strip is expected, indeed, to end, but many challenges still lie ahead of us on several fronts, and we will not cease to act until we achieve them.

On the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, we have not had the final word yet. The Houthis will pay a heavy price for their attempts to strike the Israeli home front over the past two years. We have not said the last word," - Israel Katz, Israeli Defense Minister.

🇸🇩🇨🇳🇺🇳⚡- China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations condemns the atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces in al-Fashir, Darfur region, southwest Sudan.

Note, China remains one of Rapid Support Forces largest military backers, with supplies entering the group via Libya, Chad and in particular the UAE. Chinese military support has been so extensive, the RSF have fielded Chinese air defenses.

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump Administration has reduced the limit of refugees allowed into the US to 7,500. The previous limit was 125,000.

🇸🇴🇦🇪⚡- Somalia's separatist region of Puntland establishes the 'Quick Response Forces' with the backing of the UAE.

The Quick Response Force will operate in similar ways, having identical structures, to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan before the Sudanese civil war.

🇪🇬🇪🇷⚡- Eritrean President Afwerki travels to Egypt to meet Egyptian President El-Sisi, with the meeting taking place against the backdrop of the Red Sea map.

El-Sisi reaffirmed Egypt's commitment to support Eritrean sovereignty and territorial integrity. It is expected the two leaders will sign military agreements in the coming days.

🇺🇸🇹🇷🇵🇸⚡- "The Turks were very helpful in getting the Gaza deal, and Netanyahu’s bashing of Turkey has been very counterproductive. Despite Israel’s position, the US wants Turkey to be involved in the Gaza force," - Axios.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Hezbollah is intensifying its efforts to rebuild and arm itself with Iranian support.

Israel cannot bury its head in the sand in the face of Hezbollah's dangerous trend towards Israel's security and the future of Lebanon," - Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli Foreign Minister.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli Prime Minister's Press Office announces Netanyahu will hold security consultations on Hezbollah tonight.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- An Israeli drone is heard over the city of Tyre, southern Lebanon.

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- "We have no intention of waging war with Eritrea, on the contrary, we are convinced that this issue can be resolved peacefully," - Abiy Ahmed, President of Ethiopia.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israel is considering escalating its military operation in Lebanon, Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reports.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Israel has informed the United States that the pace of Israeli strikes on Lebanon will increase," - Israeli Channel 11.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Lebanese Army reinforcements headed to the southern borders of the country, at the request of President Aoun.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "It is likely Israel will launch a preventive attack against Hezbollah, which is growing stronger and has begun to pump weapons into wide areas of southern Lebanon," - Yossi Eliazer, Israeli journalist for 301.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Hezbollah is repairing its defensive and offensive capabilities and has managed to obtain short-range missiles," - Israeli Channel 11.