- Advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader: The period of both negotiation and fighting is over. If the United States continues the war in the next two to three days, Iran will move to a phase of all-out attack aimed at destroying the enemy. If this strategy is implemented, Iran will no longer be content with just responding to attacks against it, but will act proactively and offensively. In such a situation, no political border will protect against Iran's attacking forces
- A massive US military airlift activity above Europe today towards bases in the Middle East.
- After the Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia this week, Pakistan warned Iran that any attack on Saudi Arabia would be considered an attack on it.
-A directive from Iran's Supreme National Security Council orders media outlets not to publish details on civilian infrastructure damage, the scale of destruction, or service disruptions, citing "wartime conditions." Reports must avoid causing public fear or highlighting the enemy's success. For damage and outages, outlets are told to use vague phrases like "under review and troubleshooting." Iran International.
- The Trump administration has informed Israel that it intends to send dozens of additional refueling planes to Israel in the coming days, in preparation for a possible expansion of the war against Iran, three senior US and Israeli officials said.
- Following a Situation Room meeting Tuesday, Trump is considering a major offensive in Iran wider in scope than the current Strait of Hormuz strikes. The U.S. bombed at least seven bridges around Bandar Abbas yesterday, a key IRGC hub in the strait, a U.S. official tells Axios.
- The IRGC Navy warns U.S. forces are approaching “zero hour,” claiming American naval movements are under constant surveillance.
- CENTCOM announced yesterday that it destroyed a surveillance tower at the Bandar Lengeh port, which is part of a maritime surveillance network along the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. This network has been used for decades by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to monitor and target commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
- The IDF eliminated Ahamad Hamdan, who served as Muhammad Deif's right-hand man, a Hamas company commander who held hostages and was responsible for documenting them at the liberation "ceremony" in Gaza
- Trump In his speech on election security Thursday night, said the US is “winning big in Iran and you will see the fruits of that labor very, very shortly.”
- Iran says 8 killed in US strikes on bridges
- Tehran missiles targets Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, while threatening to strike civilian infrastructure across region.
Kuwait: Desalination plant and power plant damaged by Iranian attacks
- Iran Revolutionary Guards announced that they had attacked the US Al-Udeid base in Qatar, and warned other countries hosting US bases in the region that further attacks against Iran would result in "more severe" responses
- The United States has reportedly carried out its largest wave of strikes in Iran during the current round of fighting, targeting major transportation and maritime infrastructure.
Iranian reports say five bridges in southern Iran, an airport, a railway station, and Chabahar Port were struck. An observation tower at the port later collapsed, and at atleast seven people were reportedly killed.
The attacks aim to isolate the strategic coastal area in Bandar Abbas (Hormuz) and cut off logistical routes as a preparation for a future attack.
- Iran has told its regional allies, including Hezbollah, to prepare for the possibility of a broader conflict amid military escalations with the United States. Leaders of the Iran-backed regional “Axis of Resistance” told allies that the period of waiting is nearing an end and that preparations for military scenarios have become a priority.
- Reuters: Gunmen boarded the tanker "Asana" carrying chemical products in the Gulf of Aden, near the Yemeni coast, and it appears they now control the ship. Reports say it was pirates a d not the Houthis.
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