🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Fox News reports that President Trump is "close" to ordering new strikes on Iranian energy and transportation infrastructure.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "The Fake News Media refuses to report how EFFECTIVE the U.S. Naval BLOCKADE is, the most successful Blockade in the history of Naval Warfare. NOTHING GETS THROUGH unless we want it to. IT IS A STEEL WALL! Iran is doing ZERO business, not paying their military, or any of their bills, and quickly becoming a FAILED NATION! Lots of oil is getting out. Praise be to Allah! President DONALD J. TRUMP" - President Trump via Truth Social.

🇹🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The anti-Semitic dictator Erdogan, who commits genocide against the Kurds, supports the terrorist organization Hamas, oppresses his own people, and imprisons political opponents, is the last one who can preach morality to the State of Israel.

The State of Israel and the IDF, the most moral army in the world, will continue to act forcefully against Iran and its proxies that threaten the Middle East and the entire world," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "President Trump spoke last night with Prime Minister Netanyahu and updated him about the expected strike tonight." - i24 News, Israeli Media.

🇺🇳🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- The UN human rights office will deploy a team of investigators to Lebanon next week to investigate potential violations of international law from all parties involved in the current war.

🇵🇰⚡️- A Pakistani army MI-17 Helicopter has crashed due to a technical fault, and killed all 21 on board.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hostile drone intrusion detected in northern Israel.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "Following the alerts activated a short time ago regarding the intrusion of a hostile aircraft in the Shlomi area, the Air Force intercepted a suspicious aerial target identified in the area where IDF forces operate in southern Lebanon." - Israeli Defence Force.

🇫🇷🇱🇧⚡️- A French Soldier died today in Lebanon in an accidental shooting during training.

"Tribute to Private First Class Florian Gillet, who died this day in the fulfillment of his mission in service to France.

Engaged in Lebanon as part of an operational partnership mission for the benefit of the Lebanese Armed Forces, he was struck by accidental gunfire during the preparation of a training exercise.

I express the compassion of the French Army to his family, his loved ones, and his brothers-in-arms of the 8th RPIMa, with a special thought for those who continue the mission." - French Army.

🇺🇸🇯🇵⚡️- "The United States reaffirmed its commitment to the defense of Japan, using the full range of U.S. defense capabilities, including nuclear. Japan reaffirmed its support to U.S. forces and operations that maintain peace, and this support contributes to deterrence by denial.

The delegations discussed U.S. efforts to modernize and adapt U.S. nuclear forces, as well as Japan’s defense policy and capabilities, due to increasing regional nuclear threats." - U.S.-Japan Joint Statement.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- An Israeli air strike on southern Lebanon 30 minutes ago.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Reporter: "You said 'they will have to pay the price' what do you mean by that?"

President Trump: "Well we are going to be attacking them, and attacking them very hard."

Reporter: "Resuming bombing?"

President Trump: "Yeah, well we are, based on the helicopter, I guess we have the right to do that."

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: President Trump: "We hit them [Iran] hard yesterday, we're gonna hit them again hard today."

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Amid Trumps threats, there is, at least one, US Air Force B-52 Strategic bomber heading towards the Middle East that has now turned off its transponder.

🇺🇸🇨🇺⚡️- “What happens with the future of Cuba is in the hands of the president of the United States and the leadership of Cuba.

No matter what the Department of War is going to be prepared and postured for any possible contingency.” - US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.