Biden:

🔺 Under my direction, US forces struck targets inside facilities in Iraq and Syria

🔺 The targeted facilities in Iraq and Syria are being used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and affiliated militias to attack our forces

🔺Our response that began today will continue at times and places of our choosing

🔺 The targeted facilities in Iraq and Syria are being used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and affiliated militias to attack our forces

🔻 A source in the media affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces confirms that the sites targeted in Iraqi territory were empty and abandoned.

🔻Israeli Public Legal Committee Says Israel's Interrogation Methods Lead to False Confessions

The committee, headed by retired Supreme Court Justice Yoram Danziger, said confessions obtained during interrogations may not be admissible in court without external evidence linking them to the crime, as the methods Israel uses could lead to false confessions under duress.

Source: Hareetz

🔺 American and British warplanes are flying at high altitudes over Al Hudaydah province in western Yemen.

🔺 Wall Street Journal: Jordanian Air Force planes also joined the American attack as an expression of solidarity.

🔺Israeli occupation forces storm the city of Salfit and sounds of gunfire are heard.

🔺️The Israeli army raided the home of a 3-year-old boy because he was carrying a toy gun

🔺 White House:

🔺 Our forces launched strikes on 3 facilities in Iraq and 4 facilities in Syria

🔺 We believe the strikes were successful and we do not know how many militants may have been killed or injured

🔺 We informed the Iraqi government before launching the strikes

🔺 The American planes were not damaged

🔺 The American response began tonight and will not end tonight

🔺 The strikes targeted command centers, missile and drone storage facilities, ammunition supply, and others

🔺 We informed the Iraqi side in advance of the strikes we launched

🔺 We do not know at this time how many militants were killed in our strikes

🔺 We do not seek conflict with Iran or in the Middle East, but we will not hesitate to defend our forces

🔺️Syrian News Agency: Explosions sounded in Deir ez-Zor and a partial power outage as a result of American aggression on several sites

🔺 Iraqi media outlet: 16 civilians in the city of Al-Qaim were wounded and sustained various injuries from the American bombing that targeted the headquarters of the Popular Mobilization Forces and factions located near residential houses.

🔻Portugal announces an extra donation of 1,000,000 EUR for UNRWA.

🔺 At least four citizens have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a house, sheltering displaced civilians, in eastern Rafah, Gaza.

🔺The death toll from the recent bombing of a house in the Al-Geneina neighborhood, east of Rafah, has risen to 8 martyrs.

🔺Syrian journalist Mohammad Dabaa reports:

In conjunction with the American terrorist aggression,
ISIS (American) also attacks the Iraqi Army and Popular Mobilization Forces points in the 160th kilometer area on the Al-Sakkar highway, and the clashes are still continuing.

🔺 What we know about the U.S. strikes in Iraq and Syria:

🔺The strikes started in Eastern Syria around 23:30 local time. These initial strikes were likely carried out by the Royal Jordan Air Force, which took part in the attacks in coordination with the U.S. per WSJ.

🔺U.S. strikes in Syria and Iraq started at approximately 00:00 local time (4pm EST) and lasted for about 30 minutes.

🔺 B-1 bombers that took off directly from the U.S. participated in the bombings alongside U.S. fighter jets.

🔺They struck 3 facilities in Iraq and 4 in Syria, using 125 precision munitions to strike 85 specified targets within those 7 facilities.

🔺 The U.S. informed the Iraqi government before the strikes took place.

🔺 Most of the targets had already been completely evacuated, leading to a preliminary toll of 13 deaths and mostly material damage to the facilities.

🔺️Martyrs of the Hijazi family whose house was bombed a short while ago in Rafah

🔻New Zealand is contributing a further $5m to support WFP & UNICEF’s response to the appalling humanitarian crisis in Gaza & the West Bank.

Assistance will focus on women, children & emergency food. NZ calls for immediate unimpeded access for humanitarian workers

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“I don’t want to leave him ( his sons body) in the cold”

Palestinian holocaust, Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

🔻#Breaking “Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups continue to represent a direct threat to the stability of Iraq, the region, and the safety of Americans. We will continue to take action, do whatever is necessary to protect our people, and hold those responsible who threaten their safety.”

- Said Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, US CENTCOM Commander

🔻Islamic Resistance in Iraq:

- We targeted with a drone and missiles the Al-Tanf and Green village American bases in Syria.

- We targeted Ain al-Assad base, which hosts American forces, in western Iraq with a missile barrage.

🔻The moment of targeting a military bulldozer with an explosive device during the raid on Balata camp east of Nablus.