🇺🇸❌🇮🇷 — WATCH: U.S. Army MLRS firing a salvo of ATACMS missiles towards Iran earlier this week from an undisclosed location in the Middle East.

🇮🇱🤝🇦🇷 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Argentina’s ambassador to Israel, Rabbi Shimon Axel Wahnish, and wished Argentina success ahead of tomorrow’s World Cup final.

Netanyahu conveyed a message to Argentina’s President: “Javier, you are a true friend. We support you and support Argentina in so many ways, including tomorrow. Good luck!”

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — The Israeli defense establishment is preparing for the possibility of a significant escalation in the region, according to i24NEWS.

🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — A senior Israeli official told the Israeli Army Radio that this week is critical regarding the possibility of renewed confrontation with Iran.

➡️ The official expects the U.S. to intensify its operations against Iran in the coming days but says there are currently no expectations of attacks targeting Israel.

🇺🇸🇯🇴🇮🇷⚡️ — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on the deadly Iranian strike in Jordan:

Godspeed, heroes. Their sacrifice only stiffens our resolve.

🇮🇷⚡️ — Explosions in Bandar Abbas, southern Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — CENTCOM says U.S. forces have redirected 5 commercial vessels and disabled 1 since restarting the blockade on Iranian ports.

🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — The explosions heard in Bandar Abbas are likely linked to IRGC Navy warning shots against ships violating regulations in the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim reports.

➡️ No U.S. airstrikes have been carried out.

🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — Iran has adapted to American missile defenses by using missiles that travel at extremely high speeds and are capable of maneuvering during their final descent, according to WSJ, citing U.S. officials.

➡️ Officials have also expressed concern over Iran’s improved strike accuracy, raising suspicions that it may be receiving targeting assistance from China or Russia.

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — Ukraine has launched drones into Crimea and western Russia.

➡️ Monitoring sources indicate that up to 300 drones have been launched so far.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇯🇴 — Photo shows a large fire erupting among several Containerized Housing Units at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan shortly after last night’s Iranian ballistic missile strikes that killed at least two U.S. service members.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 — Since the Iran war began, 16 U.S. service members have been killed and over 430 wounded.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇯🇴⚡️ — OVERVIEW: Twelve U.S. F-16 fighter jets from Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany have been deployed to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, which are capable of striking Iranian radar systems used for air defenses and surface-to-air missile operations.

➡️ Nine stealth F-35 fighters have also been deployed from RAF Lakenheath in the UK, while additional aerial refueling tankers are moving to the region to support expanded U.S. air operations.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇶🇺🇸 — U.S. energy company HKN is shutting down all operations in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region due to the U.S.-Iran conflict, a company executive tells Rudaw.

🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡️ — The Trump administration has tentatively agreed to allow Saudi Arabia to enrich uranium for its civilian nuclear program under a draft U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal awaiting President Trump’s signature, CNN reports.

➡️ The agreement allows a degree of domestic enrichment with unclear limits and does not require Saudi Arabia to adopt the IAEA’s strongest inspection regime, instead relying on a separate U.S.-Saudi safeguards agreement.

➡️ The deal has raised concerns that it could provide Riyadh with a pathway to nuclear weapons capability.

➡️ The agreement has not yet been sent to Congress, and its approval has been delayed by the Iran war and possible bipartisan opposition.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇶🌞🇺🇸 — International oil companies in Iraqi Kurdistan have decided to pause production effective immediately amid escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, according to Al-Monitor, citing Iraqi officials and regional industry sources.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — The U.S. State Department has issued a worldwide caution notice due to heightened tensions in the Middle East, warning that the security environment remains complex and could lead to “unforeseen escalation.”

➡️ It advises Americans worldwide, and especially in the Middle East, to exercise increased caution.

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸🇯🇴 — Iran has carried out four attacks against U.S. forces in Jordan in five days, according to NYT.

➡️ The first strike targeted a residential facility at King Faisal Air Base, injuring up to five U.S. troops.

➡️ The second hit an eastern Jordanian base used by U.S. Black Hawk helicopters, damaging a significant number of them. Two days later, Iranian missiles struck Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Azraq, injuring around 20 U.S. troops who rushed to take shelter in bunkers.

➡️ A follow-up attack on Friday at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base killed two U.S. service members, left one missing, and injured four others.

🇦🇪🇮🇷🇺🇸⚡️ — The UAE’s Foreign Ministry expressed deep concern over the recent regional escalation, calling for an immediate halt to hostilities, de-escalation, and maximum restraint to prevent further violence in the region.

➡️ It urged a swift return to negotiations and stressed the importance of safe and uninterrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz for the global economy.

➡️ The UAE also called for an end to attacks on civilian infrastructure such as schools, hospitals, desalination plants, and energy facilities, describing them as serious violations of international law.