🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- A wave of violent Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon over the past few hours.

🇸🇦🇮🇱⚡- "Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman privately told evangelical leader and Trump ally Mike Evans that he was ready to recognize Israel “today,” but that his father, King Salman, remained the obstacle.

“When I talked to the Crown Prince, he told me that he would acknowledge Israel today,” Evans said. “But he said his problem was his father.”

Evans said the Saudi Crown Prince had also been sharply critical of the Palestinians during their private conversation.

“The acrown Prince said, speaking to the Palestinians, they wasted our money,” Evans said. “He said they shouldn’t be attacking Israel. They should be copying Israel.”

Evans also claimed that MBS rejected the idea of dividing Jerusalem into two capitals.

The account could not be independently verified by the Post," - The Jerusalem Post.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "URGENT WARNING TO RESIDENTS OF LEBANON LOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING VILLAGES AND TOWNS: Kfar Huna, Armati, Malikh, Jarjou, Humin al-Fawqa

-In light of the terrorist Hezbollah party's violation of the ceasefire agreement, the Defense Army is compelled to act against it forcefully. The Defense Army does not intend to harm you.

- For the sake of your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and stay away from the villages and towns by a distance of no less than 1000 meters to open areas.

- Anyone present near Hezbollah elements, their facilities, and their combat means exposes their life to danger!" - Israeli Defence Force.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "[If a ceasefire deal with Iran is reached] The American fleet of aircraft will be evacuated [from Israel] within 72 hours to bases in Europe, the aircraft will be on standby to return to Ben Gurion Airport if fighting with Iran resumes" - N12, Israeli Media.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "The edifice of evil that is the Ayatollah regime has been significantly weakened, and its future and stability are shrouded in uncertainty. Its leaders are being hunted down, most of its military capabilities have been destroyed, and its nuclear program has been set back by years; its economy is collapsing, and its citizens have yet to grasp the magnitude of the disaster to which their extremist leaders have led them." - Eyal Zamir, Israeli Chief of the General Staff.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Our equation is that if there are drones, we bomb Dahiya. The Americans are preventing this, and they are our partners. If our communities are fired upon, then based on the pattern we’ve established in the past, we’re supposed to evacuate the residents of Dahiya, attack, and flatten it. If there are drones—there will be no people. We are currently in a complex situation with the U.S. in this regard. At the same time, we are committed to defending ourselves by any means necessary. No one is stopping us." - Israel Katz, Israeli Defence Minister.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- In the same meeting, Eyal Zamir, Israeli Chief of the General Staff, released data on operations against Hezbollah:

Since Operation Iron Swords (Started Oct 7, 2023), 8,000 Hezbollah operatives have been killed, 2,500 of them since the start of the Iran War (February 28, 2026), and 700 of them since the start of the Ceasefire with Lebanon (April 16, 2026).

ℹ️ #Iran's internet connectivity has now been in a state of restoration for 24 hours. Service remains heavily filtered, with new restrictions on messaging and app stores compared to pre-January. Calls for a free and open internet transcend political divisions and should be heard.

🇪🇸⚡️- Spanish Anti Corruption police have raided the headquarters of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party in Madrid as part of an investigation into illegal financing.

🇺🇸🇴🇲⚡️- President Trump threatens to attack Oman if they don’t behave.

🇺🇸⚡️- The four new Heritage Foundation board members are:

- Yoram Hazony
- Mollie Hemingway
- J.C. Huizenga
- Lawrence Blanford

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- IDF soldier Rotem Yanai was killed by a Hezbollah FPV drone strike in northern Israel today.

🇮🇷⚡️- Three explosions were heard in Bandar Abbas, Iran.

Air defense is currently active.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Initial reports of an exchange of fire by the IRGC Navy and "hostile elements."

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: The U.S. military carried out new strikes on an Iranian military site that posed a threat to U.S. forces and commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters.

The U.S. military also intercepted and shot down multiple Iranian drones during the strikes.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "Iran attacked a U.S. navy vessel and commercial ship, the U.S. then responded by attacking a drone launching platform." - Axios.

The IRGC once again attempted to challenge the U.S. blockade, according to local Iranian reports.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- The Trump administration has ordered federal prosecutors at the Department of Justice to avoid pursuing any criminal investigations into Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez, according to AP.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang agreed to join the advisory board of Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, according to the Financial Times.