Lebanon War Updates:

➡️ 🇱🇧 Residents have begun returning to their homes in southern Lebanon.

➡️ 🇱🇧 Correspondent: The Lebanese army and relevant authorities are working to open new passages for citizens to cross, given the closure of major bridges in the south of the country over the Litani River.

Israeli Media:

The Malacca Strait is a strait located 7,000 kilometers from Israel, between Indonesia and Malaysia, through which 80 percent of Chinese oil passes.
Quietly, while everyone fought for almost two months—
The US signs a contract with Indonesia for military protection of the strait.

Analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon's arm for military intelligence, assessed that China was weighing whether to provide Tehran with advanced radar systems, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The deliberations came amid separate reports that Russia had shared intelligence with Iran on American military positions across the Middle East.

While Moscow's transfer of information to Tehran has been previously reported by CBS News, China's apparent willingness — early in the conflict and potentially over a protracted timeline — to assist Iran points to a broader, if informal, alignment among powers seeking to counterbalance U.S. ambitions in the region.

U.S. officials, who spoke to CBS News on the condition of anonymity to discuss national security issues, said Beijing had considered supplying Iran with X-band radar systems. This technology would significantly enhance Iran's ability to detect and track incoming threats, like low-flying drones and cruise missiles, and could help protect its air defense systems against advanced strikes.

It remains unclear whether China ultimately moved forward with the transfer but the assessment underscores Washington's concern that the Iranian war is drawing in not only regional adversaries but also global competitors willing to provide critical support, short of direct military involvement, the officials said.

Martyr Reza Rok Jan, one of the killed sailors on the Dena ship, who grew up in welfare care since childhood.

He was martyred with no family to mourn for him… 💔

@FotrosResistancee

🇺🇲 Secretary of War Pete Hegseth quotes a fake Pulp Fiction Bible verse during Pentagon sermon.

Note: that nobody speak up, do they don't know there bible? No, many christians don't know there bible and less have the courage to speak up against this Baal worshippers.

Indian refineries pay for Iranian oil in yuan — Reuters

Indian refineries are paying for Iranian oil deliveries in Chinese yuan through ICICI Bank. This was made possible thanks to a temporary US sanctions waiver.

Indian Oil Corp. and Reliance Industries purchased Iranian oil under a US waiver to lower global prices. One of Indian Oil's cargoes was 2 million barrels worth $200 million. The deals use yuan to circumvent sanctions. The US waiver is expiring and will not be renewed.

🇮🇷 🇱🇧 During the Lebanon ceasefire, commercial vessel passage through the Strait of Hormuz is fully open via Iran’s designated route.

— Iran’s FM Araghchi

TRUMP ANNOUNCED, STRAIT OF HORMUZ IS “Fully Open” AND REFERRED TO IT AS THE “Strait of Iran,”

He also stated that “Iran has agreed to never close the Strait of Hormuz again” and that the U.S. “will get all Nuclear ‘Dust’” with “NO MONEY WILL EXCHANGE HANDS in any way, shape, or form.”

He also claimed the deal is “NOT TIED, in any way, to 🇱🇧” and said “🇮🇱 will not be bombing Lebanon any longer.”

The account further reports Iran’s Foreign Minister confirming the STRAIT WAS OPENED IN RESPONSE TO A CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON.

While Iran’s Tasnim News Agency is quoted as saying ships must meet conditions including that “ships must be commercial; the passage of military ships is prohibited,” they must follow “the route designated by Iran,” and their passage must be “coordinated with the IRGC Navy.”

Interesting developments have been taking place in Kharkiv Oblast over the last week, which should not be ignored:

Ukraine is moving additional forces out of the Kupyansk sector, and this time are sending them to the Vovchansk area in response to increased Russian advances across the international border. Ukrainian forces are also carrying out counterattacks in this area, with some small groups managing to re-enter the southeastern streets of Vovchansk itself.

Meanwhile, the large concentration of Ukrainian forces in the Kupyansk area that was formed to carry out the counterattacks from October 2025 onwards continues to dissipate, as various units (including assault ones) get redeployed to other parts of the frontline, such as the Pokrovs'ke direction to take part in the recent localised counteroffensive in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

This deprioritisation of Kupyansk by the Ukrainian command and what is essentially an abandonment of the plan to clear the last remaining parts of west bank Kupyansk gives Russia additional prospects to make important advances in the this direction. Already, they have firmly regained the initiative along the eastern bank of the Oskil River, capturing crucial fortified areas such as the village of Pishchane, parts of Petropavlivka, and the fortifications west of Stepova Novosilka. They have also resumed attempts at sending new forces to the western part of Kupyansk, which is becoming easier due to lower numbers of Ukrainian manpower in this sector from these redeployments.

Keep an eye on Kupyansk (and the large neighbouring town of Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi), as we may soon see a full collapse of the incredible strong and robust Ukrainian defence east of the Oskil River, and a subsequent renewed Russian offensive on the main part of Kupyansk from multiple directions.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran will close Strait of Hormuz again if US continues its naval blockade of Iran — Tasnim