🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡- BREAKING: Iraq's Defense Minister, Thabit al-Abbasi, says in a recent phone call with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth he was informed of "an impending operation in the region" and was given the "final warning that Iraqi armed groups [including Iranian-backed factions] should not respond."

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡- "I had a brief phone call with the US Secretary of War, and he warned me that an imminent operation will take place in the region, and his final warning to us is that the armed groups should not show any reaction," - Thabit al-Abbasi, Iraqi Defense Minister.

🇸🇾🇮🇶🇮🇱⚡- Iraq's Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces arrests four Syrian-Druze of spying for Israel.

The four Druze made their way to Iraq from As Suwaida and were documenting sites in southern Iraq.

🇺🇸🇳🇬⚡- Nigeria says it welcomes US military support to help fight Islamic terrorists so long as Washington recognizes Abuja's sovereignty.

🇺🇸🏳️🇵🇰⚡- BREAKING: Afghanistan's Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says Pakistan is giving US drones passage to enter Afghanistan's airspace, with Mujahid claiming it as a violation of sovereignty.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: The Israeli Major General who leaked the video clips of Israeli soldiers torturing and sexually assaulting Palestinian prisoners has gone missing.

A search is underway, after contact with her was lost early this morning, local time. An alleged suicide note was found at her home.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The search for the missing Israeli Major General in the HaTsuk beach area, Israel.

She was accused less than 48 hours ago of being the one behind the leakage of the footage showing Israeli soldiers torturing Palestinian prisoners.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "It is likely that Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi committed suicide," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israeli media reports that the suicide note was found in her abandoned car, not at home.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Amit Segal of Israeli Channel 12 reports that Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi has been found alive.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi has made contact with her husband, Yediot Ahronot reports.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- She was found on the beach in good and healthy conditions, Israeli Police report.

🇮🇷🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Ismail Haniyeh, former Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, was in the middle of a phone call during the time of his assassination in Tehran," al-Alam, Iranian outlet.

🇰🇪⚡- Devastating landslides struck Chesongoch Road in the Rift Valley, Kenya, leaving 26 dead.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- "Hegseth bars military officials from discussing sensitive military operations, including drug boat strikes, with Congress without prior approval," - CNN.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Peak tension on the Israeli Northern Front – a month from now the Lebanese government deadline for Hezbollah's disarmament in Lebanon ends," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇺🇸⚡- USS George H.W. Bush has departed from her base at Norfolk, VA.

The aircraft carrier's main radar is on, which is typically a sign that the vessel will enter active operations.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Hamas have handed over the bodies of three Israeli deceased hostages, leaving eleven within the Gaza Strip.

🇾🇪🇮🇱⚡- "The [Ansarullah] front in Yemen is a very serious threat to Israel and we will do everything we can to remove it," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇨🇳🇰🇷 - China's Xi doesn't seem to be a fan of Korean Makgeolli.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: An Israeli infantry unit crossed the blue line in the Kroum al-Marah sector, on the outskirts of the town of Meiss el-Jabal, Lebanon. In response the Lebanese army deployed reinforcements to the area, the Israeli infantry unit then retreated back to Israeli territory.