🇦🇪🇮🇷⚡️ — UAE’s Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed refers to Iran as "terrorists."

We will never be blackmailed by terrorists

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️ — Gulf countries that initially warned President Trump against going to war with Iran are now urging the U.S. to continue striking the regime, believing Iran’s military capabilities must be significantly weakened, according to The Times of Israel.

➡️ Despite some frustration with how the war is being conducted, officials from states including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Qatar say ending the conflict while Iran retains its current capabilities would be a "strategic disaster" to the region.

🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️ — The Saudi Ministry of Defense says air defenses have intercepted 9 drones over the Eastern province in the last three hours.

🇮🇱🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — Israel supports Trump’s 48-hour ultimatum to Iran and favors large-scale strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure, according to Kan News.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: The U.S. has informed Israel that efforts to break Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could take weeks, meaning the war is likely to last longer than initially expected, according to Israeli Channel 12.

➡️ U.S. officials say, "We want a strategic change, even if it will take time."

➡️ Israel has been briefed on parts of the U.S. plans and is involved in some aspects, including providing intelligence and advice, with the overall assessment that if those plans are carried out, the war will continue for many more weeks and not end anytime soon.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱 — NEW: Iranian ballistic missile launches towards northern Israel.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱 — Sirens are sounding in northern Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️ — At least one Iranian ballistic missile was intercepted over northern Israel.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱 — NEW: Additional Iranian ballistic missile launches towards northern Israel.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱 — Sirens are sounding in northern Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷⚡️ — As the U.S.-Israel war with Iran enters its fourth week and more troops are deployed, some American service members are reporting rising stress, frustration, and disillusionment, with a growing number considering leaving the military or seeking conscientious objector status, according to HuffPost.

➡️ Troops and medical personnel cite repeated Iranian attacks, inadequate protection, and unclear war objectives as major concerns, with some warning a ground operation would be disastrous.

➡️ A veteran reservist said younger officers are expressing an unprecedented loss of faith, with some service members mouthing the words, “We do not want to die for Israel — we don’t want to be political pawns,” a sentiment echoed by others in contact with active troops.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️ — Israeli media reports an Iranian missile struck southern Lebanon.

➡️ It's possible it was targeting IDF positions inside Lebanese territory.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱 — NEW: Iranian ballistic missile launches detected towards central Israel.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱 — Sirens are sounding in central and southern Israel.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱 — Cluster munitions fell in several areas across central Israel.