🇮🇱🇱🇧⚡️- Israeli airstrikes against eastern Lebanon

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an unprecedented statement, has condemned "the crimes of armed terrorist colonial militias against defenseless citizens in the West Bank."

🇬🇧🇮🇱⚡️- The United Kingdom has announced the dispatch of additional RAF fighter jets to intercept missiles towards the Middle East

🇷🇺🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️- The Russian Foreign Ministry has expressed "extreme concern" about the escalation ongoing in the Middle East, and has called on Israel and Iran to exercise restraint.

🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️- Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran has canceled all flights until Monday morning.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- The following is a summary of the speech regarding Operation True Promise by Mohammed Bagheri – Chief of Staff for the Iranian Armed Forces.

• "This operation was planned to target the air base from which the Israeli planes that attacked our consulate were launched."

• "We will respond to every place that the Zionist entity uses to attack our interests."

• "If Washington participates in any attack against us, we will target its bases in the region."

• "America knew that our consulate in Damascus was being targeted and was the one who gave the green light to the occupying entity."

• "The operation included targeting the Israeli intelligence headquarters in Mount Hermon, which was involved in the attack on our consulate."

• "The operation also included targeting the “Novatim” base from which the Israeli planes launched against our consulate in Damascus."

• "We announce the destruction of both Israeli headquarters, the Israeli intelligence headquarters in Mount Hermon and the “Novatim” base during the operation."

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡- "The Russian army has set a goal of occupying the city of Chasiv-Yar before Victory Day on May 9," – Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-In-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

🇮🇱🇵🇸⚡️- IDF forces dispersed a crowd of Gazans attempting to return to their homes in northern Gaza.

🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi made a statement on Operation True Promise: "Our forces have taught the Zionist enemy a lesson, and any new adventure will be met with a heavier reaction. Any new adventures on the part of the Zionist enemy and its allies will be met with a stronger and more resolute response."

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- At 15:30 Israeli local time (exactly 2 hours and 30 minutes from now), the Israeli War Cabinet will meet to discuss 'potential responses'.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- An Iranian suicide drone stuck in power cables.

🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️- Spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry: "Iran has declared war on us, but we will end it according to our own assessments."

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the ambassadors of Britain, France and Germany in Tehran against the backdrop of statements made by the officials in their respective countries, following the Iranian response.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- The total cost for Israel of air interceptions over Israeli skies last night exceeded $1.35 billion.

⚡#BREAKING Iranian Foreign Minister Amirabdollahian: Tehran had informed US That Iran's attacks against Israel will be "limited" and for self-defence — Reuters

🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡- Russian troops overnight advanced almost 1,000 meters in the North of Berdychi (Avdiivka direction).

The advancements came along the railway tracks, towards Novobakhmutivka, which is important as Russians reaching this town could lead to the complete encirclement of the thousands of Ukrainian troops in Berdychi.

🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️- According to Israeli officials speaking to the New York Times, Israel has "called off" its retaliatory strike against Iran after Biden spoke with Netanyahu.

🇮🇱🇮🇷 - Israel is still going to respond. It's all a matter of how Israel responds.

🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️- CNN: "Israel will respond to Iran's attack; the scale of response is still being determined."

🇮🇱🇮🇷 - Some thoughts on the current tensions in the Middle East:

Israel will 100% respond. There's no doubt about that. In spite of what mainstream media is saying, Israel wants to escalate the war with Iran. Why?

Netanyahu has lost all support since October 7th. He desperately needs to gain it back if he wants to stay in power. The left-leaning and anti-Likud Mossad and the generally left-leaning IDF have been against Netanyahu ever since the judicial reform attempts, and have openly criticized Netanyahu for these actions. The IDF deciding to carry out this airstrike on the Iranian Embassy was probably a highly controlled maneuver- the IDF struck this in an attempt to put Netanyahu on the chopping block, believing he would crumble upon Iran's response. This would make since, as after the strike the 2 commanders who ordered it were relieved of their command.

There are two states within a state inside Israel; the deep state, which consists of the military, intelligence, spying, and police apparatus, and the surface state, which is the Knesset, general Israeli politics, and the ministries. The deep state is opposed to a religious Zionist Israel, and oppose Netanyahu vehemently.

Netanyahu needed this strike more than anything in the world, and he'll be beating the war drum all throughout this upcoming cabinet meeting.

Don't expect Israel to play it nice with Iran. Netanyahu won't allow it- he wants this war.

🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️- "Israel is at the peak of a war on six fronts, and now a seventh front has been opened," per Israeli media