🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Violent clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces in the Bint Jbiel direction, southern Lebanon, pro-Hezbollah sources report.

IDF continues to attempt to encircle the Hezbollah stronghold of Bint Jbiel. An IDF attempt to advance north of Ainata likely failed, with IDF forces withdrawing back to the soccer field north of Aitaroun.

Heavy clashes are also occurring west of Yaroun, Israeli forces are attempting to cut the Rmaych - Ain Ebel highway. This also confirms Hezbollah's Hanine and Yaroun Divisions are still present in the very south - despite other media claiming the entire area as IDF-controlled.

An IDF unit was also ambushed south of Beit Lief earlier, attempting to infiltrate the town from the west of Debl. The IDF has since not attempted to attack Beit Lief again.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡- US airstrikes on pro-Iranian Iraqi militia groups in the Nineveh region of Iraq.

🇫🇷🇮🇱⚡- Israel accuses France of adopting a hostile approach to Tel Aviv's policy, therefore making it an unreliable military partner. Israel has decided to end all military purchases from Paris, once the current existing purchase orders expire.

Source: i24.

🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "If it is necessary to make a regime change in our region, the regime that needs to be changed is Israel," - Devlet Bahceli, Chairman of the far-right and ultranationalist MH Party (currently in the CUMHUR-bloc with the ruling AK Party).

🇺🇸🇮🇹🇮🇷⚡- Italy joins Spain and blocks the US from using the Sigonella Air Base and Navy Installation for use against Iran. Italian outlet Corriere reports the ruling came from the Defense Minister Guido Crosetto.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The IDF prepared a pre-emptive strike, but Hezbollah fired first.

Israeli security officials reveal that Israel planned to launch the first strike, but Hezbollah struck first," - Israel Hayom.

🇫🇷🇺🇳🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: The French Foreign Ministry indicates a French UNIFIL convoy was targeted by Israeli ground forces in southern Lebanon.

🇫🇷🇺🇳🇮🇱⚡️- Three incidents between the French convoy and the IDF were logged yesterday.

The first incident, IDF footmen aimed assault rifles at the UNIFIL Chief of Staff and his assistant leading the convoy and asked them to turn away from their route.

The second incident, IDF forces opened direct fire on the logistical convoy. No casualties reported.

The third incident, an Israeli tank shot a warning round close to the convoy.

🇮🇹🇺🇳🇺🇸 - Following the decision of Italy to prevent the American use of their bases for the ongoing operations in Iran, it could be relevant to note that the current Chief of Staff of UNIFIL, who was threatened by IDF forces yesterday morning, is the Italian General Diodato Abagnara.

🇺🇸🇵🇱⚡️- The United States asked Poland to send one of its Patriot missile defense systems to the Middle East, but Warsaw refused, according to Poland's Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Israeli Defense Minister Katz announces Israel will occupy a part of southern Lebanon after the war.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Israel Katz, Israeli Defense Minister:

• The IDF will position itself in a security zone inside Lebanon and will maintain security control over the entire area up to the Litani River.

• The return south of the Litani of more than 600,000 residents of southern Lebanon who evacuated northward will be completely prohibited.

• All houses in the villages near the border in Lebanon will be demolished — according to the Gaza model.

🇺🇸🇫🇷🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: France has joined Spain and Italy in preventing the US from using its airspace and bases to carry out military operations in Iran.

🇺🇸🇫🇷🇮🇷⚡- "The Country of France wouldn’t let planes headed to Israel, loaded up with military supplies, fly over French territory.

France has been VERY UNHELPFUL with respect to the “Butcher of Iran,” who has been successfully eliminated

The U.S.A. will REMEMBER!!!" - President Trump.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- "All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you:

Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.

You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated.

The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!" - President Trump.

🇮🇷🇦🇪🇮🇱⚡- "We are in talks to form an alliance with Arab nations to help fight alongside us.

I have in the past held secret talks with the Arab leaders of the Iranian threat. They now realize this threat," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We must seize control of the Strait of Hormuz. The US is threatening to deal with the issue using force, I hope they do so," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇸🇦🇦🇪🇮🇱⚡- "After the Iranian war, the [Strait of] Hormuz needs to be bypassed using pipelines from Saudi Arabia to the Mediterranean," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu proposes a radical idea of pipelines stretching from the Gulf to Israel, carrying crude. In this way it bypasses the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab al-Mandab Strait.

The proposal would give Tel Aviv massive leverage power over the GCC and can hold the entire Arab Gulf hostage in the future.