Operation Roaring Lion/Epic Fury
Saudi- and Emirati-led Gulf bloc urges Trump to intensify the Iran campaign and consider a ground invasion, even as he eyes Arab cost-sharing for the conflict.
The defense minister said residents of Southern Lebanon would be barred from returning “until the safety and security of northern Israeli residents is ensured.”
IRGC Corps Quds Force commander Esmail Ghaani praised the “intelligent and courageous” attacks on Israel by Hezbollah and the Houthis.
Around 400 munitions were dropped in a “large wave of strikes” across the country.
U.S. President Donald Trump shared footage of the explosion to Truth Social.
Rescue teams pulled a mother and her two children from a partially collapsed residential building after a fragment fell on the roof.
Surviving leaders are reportedly struggling to communicate or meet in person out of fear of more targeted airstrikes.
The assassination of Ali Larijani has shaken the regime’s centers of power and faced Mojtaba Khamenei with a critical test.
The precision strike in Beirut eliminated Hamza Ibrahim Rakhin, the deputy commander of Unit 1800, along with his operations chief and a third operative.
The troops were reportedly killed during a close-range firefight with Hezbollah terrorists.
The move follows French restrictions on Israeli defense companies and support for a U.N. arms embargo amid tensions over Paris’s stance during the war.
The country’s Defense Ministry signed an agreement for the production of tens of thousands of 155mm shells, boosting Israel’s local arms output.
