— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump officially endorses Netanyahu for the upcoming Israeli elections

He says he wants to ‘finish the job’ with Iran, and needs Netanyahu in order to accomplish that.

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—❗️🇸🇦/🇾🇪 Latest update on the situation in Taizz city:

– Ansarallah have advanced further in western Taizz city, capturing Al-Jabalayn, Al-Jabali, and the PLC’s 35th Armored Brigade camp.

– Ansarallah have also circumvented the strategically important Jabal Han (Han Mountain) by capturing Al-Murab’ah area and the Al-Ariel hill located to its northeast, encircling the few dozen PLC fighters that still remain at their positions on Jabal Han. As of now, the mountain is no longer assessed to be under effective PLC control.

– Heavy clashes are ongoing in Al-Matar Al-Qadeem (Old Airport) neighbourhood and along the entire line of contact east of Han Mountain (Mlihaa’, Wadi Al-‘Areen, etc.)

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: U.S. Embassies around the Middle East have all issued security alerts, warning of escalation in Yemen and Iran

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— 🇮🇷/🇪🇬/🇾🇪/🇸🇦 NEW: Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, held a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart Badr Abdelatty

Iran advised Egypt not to send troops to Yemen or assisst Saudi Arabia with airstrikes against Ansarallah, warning that it could lead to unwanted consequences.

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— 🇮🇷/🇷🇺 NEW: Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, has arrived in Tehran to meet with Iranian officials

There are rumors (not news, simply rumors) that he is carrying a proposal to remove Iran’s 60% HEU from the country and send it to Russia. America would remove sanctions in exchange.

Iran has previously expressed its opposition to such a proposal and insisted that the enriched uranium must be diluted inside Iran as part of any future nuclear deal.

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—❗️🇮🇷 NEW: IRIAF jets took off, patrolling western Iran; F-5s, Kowsar, and F-14 Tomcats are airborne

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NOTE: Some Iranian outlets claim that ‘Code 100’ was issued to government and military employees, indicating the highest state of combat readiness.

My sources inside Iran also confirm this, but it’s still unclear if an imminent threat was detected or it was issued out of precaution.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇶 NEW: Iranian jets enter eastern Iraqi airspace occasionally, conducting assertive patrols to spot enemy fighter jet formations

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NOTE: About half a dozen domestic ‘Kowsar’ fighter jets that had not yet been officially commissioned or passed all safety tests have been entered into service with the IRIAF as part of an accelerated process in recent weeks.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱/🇺🇸 NEW: U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, made an unannounced visit to Israel earlier today and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Iran – Axios

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The IRGC announces the downing of an American MQ-9 ‘Reaper’ drone over the Strait of Hormuz, the 54th so far

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