⚡️🇱🇧🇮🇱 'To achieve our goal, we are preparing a ground offensive. That means your military boots will enter the enemy territory' Hengi Halengi, IDF chief of staff speaking to troops in the North

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— 🇮🇷/🇰🇼 NEW: Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian met the Crown Prince of Kuwait, the two vowed to continue their friendship and close relations between the two nations

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— 🇮🇷/🇫🇷 NEW: President Masoud Pezeshkian also met with Emmanuel Macron of France, the topic was the JCPOA and the escalating war in Lebanon

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Al-Qassam Brigades ambush a convoy of Israeli armored vehicles in Rafah.

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— 🇬🇧/🇨🇾 NEW: The British government has announced the deployment of 700 soldiers to Cyprus

The UK says the move is aimed at bolstering its military presence in the region, which already includes two ships, an aircraft carrier, and Royal Navy helicopters.

Dozens of U.S. troops have also been deployed to the island, amid rising escalation between Israel and Hezbollah.

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: The Economist reports that Israeli banks are experiencing capital flight, with a notable increase in customers transferring savings abroad or indexing them to the dollar.

Additionally, Israel's construction industry is 40% smaller than it was a year ago.

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Not going to happen.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Former U.S. President Donald Trump accuses Iran of planning the two assassination attempts on him

He also says the first shooter had '3 potentially foreign-based apps' on his phone, which could imply that the shooter used Iranian apps, such as 'Baleh' or 'Eitaa', messaging apps based in Iran; Trump says they haven't been able to crack them yet.

Today, the Trump campaign officially revealed that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence had briefed the campaign about 'real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate Trump' to 'sow chaos' in the United States.

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— The '3 foreign-based apps' thing, which Trump probably mentioned by accident, is actually very big.

It's no secret that Iran has been looking to assassinate Trump for his role in the Soleimani strike, but I highly doubt Iran was behind these two amateur attempts.

But if Iranian apps are found on the shooter's phone, that is VERY worrying, because it means the media is trying to spin a story to influence public opinion against Iran. And we all know what that means. This is the type of stuff that starts wars.

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