— 🇮🇷/🇻🇦NEW: Iranian President Ibrahim Raesi held a phone conversation with Pope Francis

The president criticized the silence of the international community regarding the crimes of the Zionist regime and considered it against the teachings of Abrahamic religions.

The president expressed his appreciation towards the position of the Catholic Church and the Vatican, and emphasized the need of religious unity in the face of Zionist agression.

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🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Reuters reports, citing a spokesperson for the Israeli military, that one Israeli civilian was killed in alleged Hezbollah strikes in northern Israel.

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Fires in Kiryat Shmona as a result of Hezbollah rockets. Iron Dome clearly was not activated.

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Video of rocket strikes against Kiryat Shmona. Iron Dome was unable to intercept any of the 10 rockets that fell.

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- Intense Israeli strikes against Gaza.

🇮🇱🇱🇧- These are the three children who were killed by Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Hezbollah has taken responsibility for the strikes against Kiryat Shmona.

🇮🇱🇱🇧 - Important to note this is the first time Hizbullah have claimed responsibility for strikes against non-military targets.

🇱🇧 - "The enemy’s targeting of civilians and the martyrdom of 4, including 3 children, is a heinous crime added to the record of the occupation’s crimes." - Najib Mikati, Lebanese PM.

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- Tel Aviv under rocket bombardment.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 NEW: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Baghdad to meet with Iraqi PM Sudani

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🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- The IDF Chief of Staff stated that Israel is “prepared to go on the offensive in the North.”

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Clashes on the Israeli-Lebanese border near Kiryat Shmona.

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Reports of Hezbollah infiltration near Kiryat Shmona.

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Small arms fire inside Kiryat Shmona. This was posted 20 minutes ago.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- Heightened security measures reported in Baghdad due to protest calls from Muqtada al-Sadr.

🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Earlier footage from Kiryat Shmona.

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- The Israeli army confirms it has cut Gaza “in half.”

🇦🇹🇵🇸⚡️- Pro-Palestine protest in Austria.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- US Secretary of State Blinken in Baghdad wearing body armor.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Blinken has warned Iran to stay away from Iraq, stating “Don’t do it.”