A senior Israeli official told Al Arabiya there are assessments indicating Hezbollah has managed to smuggle hundreds of short-range rockets from Syria into Lebanon, adding that if Hezbollah’s weapons are not dismantled, another strike on Beirut's Dahieh district, a Hezbollah stronghold, is on the table.
A multinational force is set to deploy along the “yellow line” as a buffer between IDF troops and Hamas terrorists. The US is mapping out the designated buffer zone in a way that would leave Israel in control of key strategic points.
Drone footage released by US Central Command shows Hamas terrorists stopping an aid truck and looting its contents near Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip.
A gas-cylinder filling plant caught fire and exploded in an industrial zone near a main road in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, shaking the entire area. According to Iranian state media, only two people sustained light injuries.
Joseph Aoun says Beirut is ready for negotiations to end the Israeli presence in the southern Lebanon, but claims Israel has answered the offer with intensified strikes amid mounting civilian casualties since the ceasefire began.
An American initiative to “encourage Hezbollah to disarm” has been shelved, and officials in Washington now conclude that “preserving the status quo will leave Lebanon a failed state.”
Washington plans to deploy a multinational force in Gaza, including Palestinian "police" units trained abroad, yet Arab states refuse to join without Hamas’ full disarmament.
Friedrich Merz visited Ankara in an effort to strengthen relations with Turkey, hoping it would pressure Syria to take back refugees. Merz refused to define the war in Gaza as genocide and criticized Hamas, saying, “Hamas should have released the hostages earlier and laid down its weapons.” Erdogan fired back, saying, “Israel has always sought to oppress Gaza through starvation and genocide.”
Jerusalem and Washington see the coming days as critical for the Trump plan, as an Israeli source confirmed Qatar is pressuring Hamas to disarm. Israel has conditioned talks on the return of hostage bodies.
CNN revealed that Tehran purchased 2,000 tons of sodium perchlorate from Beijing for use in its ballistic missile industry. Some of the cargo ships and Chinese entities involved in the deal are under US sanctions.
