🇺🇸⚡️- "Yesterday and into the early morning hours of today, the FBI responded to a hostage situation in Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Redding, CA – where two individuals took two U.S. Forest Service biologists as hostages.

FBI Sacramento, including our Crisis Negotiators, SWAT Team, and Evidence Response Team all arrived on scene, including a tactical deployment of our Hostage Rescue Team from Quantico. After nearly 10 hours of negotiations, the hostages were safely released – and subjects Joseph Henrichsen and Phoenix Henrichsen surrendered and were immediately taken into custody. " - Kash Patel, FBI Director.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇯🇴 - Satellite imagery from King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba, Jordan, shows a significant buildup of U.S. military assets at the airport beginning on July 3.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇺🇳⚡- IAEA says its investigating the incident that occured at Iran's Darkhovin nuclear power plant, which was attacked by the U.S. earlier today.

🇲🇱🇷🇺 - Note, the initial Savare-Gao convoy was supposed to break the siege of Anefis and attempt to recapture Kidal.

Instead, Gao needed rescuing from the besieged city of Anefis, FAMa's last stronghold in Azawad.

🇬🇧🇮🇱⚡️- "An Israir flight was canceled after a service vehicle collided with the plane. This is the third time in less than a year that a British operational vehicle has damaged an Israir plane, leading to suspicions that the incident was intentional." - Ynet News, Israeli Media.

🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡- "The Kurdish separatist forces have not adhered to the agreement between Baghdad and Tehran, and they have been acting in conjunction with the escalating events and developments.

Several meetings have been held between the Iraqi and Iranian sides in the past few months to demarcate the border," - al-Mayadeen.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- “We are closely monitoring the developments in Iran and maintaining a high level of readiness.

We monitored the launch toward the Aqaba area today, and our air defense array is on alert to protect the citizens of Israel.

We are prepared to immediately resume fighting and will act with great force against anyone who harms us," - Eyal Zamir, IDF Chief of Staff.

🇮🇱⚡️- The Likud's Constitution Committee has approved Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal that primary elections can be cancelled if the 'security situation' (War with Iran) deteriorates, allowing Netanyahu to pick the candidates that will run for the party in the general election.

"I am in favor of primaries, but there is a possibility that we may find ourselves in an extraordinary security situation that would make it difficult to hold conventions. This could happen on the day of the vote or before, and it would make voting difficult." - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, speaking to the Likud Constitution Committee.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡️- "A short time ago, the Air Force intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle identified in the vicinity of the Syrian border.
The origin of the launch is under investigation." - Israeli Defence Force.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli media report the drone is likely not Iranian, but was likely launched from near the border area in Syria, or from Hezbollah. The drone was intercepted a few kilometers from Israeli borders.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "At this stage, the security establishment does not detect any Iranian intention or willingness to launch an attack against Israel in the immediate future." - Ynet News, Israel Media.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇷⚡️- Israeli Channel 13 reports that Qatar has presented a temporary ceasefire offer to the US and Iran. The deal was:

- US and Iran would halt attacks.
- Iran would commit to opening two shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz for 10 days.

Channel 13 quotes a US official who had the response: "The likelihood of us agreeing is low".

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian officials report US strikes in Abadan, western Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "US President Donald Trump has sent a message to the Gulf states stating that if a ceasefire is not reached this week, they must prepare for an escalation." - Israel Channel 13.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Washington has informed Tel Aviv that the U.S. intends to escalate military action against Iran in the next few days, Israeli Channel 11 reports, citing U.S. and Israeli officials.

Although the U.S. is keen to keep Israel out of the current cycle of U.S.-Iran attacks, Washington has warned Tel Aviv that Iran could potentially draw Israel in by firing upon it.