—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 NEW: Saudi Arabia has announced an ‘international alliance’ to protect shipping in the Red Sea from Houthi attacks

Participants include Arab states such as Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Jordan, none of which have a navy, as well as the third world nations of Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, and Djibouti.

The only three major nations in the alliance are Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt. America did not agree to join the alliance, nor did any other European or Western country.

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— 🇪🇬/🇮🇷 Egyptian President El-Sisi: ‘We have launched a thorough investigation to determine the origin of the drones that struck Damietta Port’

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2015: A Saudi-led coalition to attack Yemen

2026: A Saudi-led coalition to defend Saudi Arabia from Yemen.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇪🇬/🇮🇱 Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

‘Egypt is considered a friend and important partner in the region, and its security constitutes an utmost priority for us.

We must all remain vigilant toward Israeli schemes and ‘false flag’ operations that aim to undermine regional peace.

The [Zionist] threat is clear, shared, and it fears Muslim solidarity.’

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Initial reports of an incident in Bab Al-Mandab.

Nothing.

Goodnight

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Hamas has agreed with mediators that the group will disarm.

Famous last words

The political branch of Hamas has agreed to disarm, the military branch (Al-Qassam) will very likely object to it, either openly or in practice.

Also there still is no official statement by Hamas.

It’s also important that if Hamas does disarm, the weapons will likely be handed over to the new Palestinian administration, which will basically have a lot of former Hamas members in it.

— 🇮🇷/🇵🇸 NOTE: The report by Barak Ravid on Axios about the IRGC advising Hamas not to disarm in Gaza is completely made up

The piece is written in a way that makes it appear there is a drift between Iran and Hamas.

Yes, the IRGC may have advised something — but there is no such thing as ‘Hamas chose not to listen’. The group is independent, it does not take Iranian orders, and it takes its own political decisions.

Iran has always supported Hamas, will continue to do so, and supports any action it considers best for the Palestinian people, as the Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stated.

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—❗️🇮🇷 BREAKING: Ballistic missile launches from Iran

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2 ballistics at least

Launched from Yazd, central Iran, so probably headed for the Gulf regimes.