First Squawk

Israeli airstrike on the town of Al-Basariya in the Sidon District, southern Lebanon

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Israeli Home Front: Air raid sirens are sounding in Metula and its surroundings

Hezbollah: We shelled with missiles the enemy's Israeli infrastructure in the Karmiel settlement

Hezbollah: The enemy has not been able to take control of Zoutar al-Sharqiya, Yahmar al-Shaqif, and Dbein in southern Lebanon up to now

Hezbollah: Since Tuesday dawn, we have been confronting the enemy's advance towards the eastern outskirts of Zoutar, Yahmour al-Shaqif, and Dbein in southern Lebanon

Israeli Home Front: School closures in the northern border areas, Meron, Nahariya, and restrictions imposed on gatherings

U.S. Central Command: We disabled 5 commercial ships and rerouted 116 to ensure full implementation of the naval blockade on Iran

U.S. Central Command: We disabled the ship after it failed to comply by firing a missile at the engine room, which led to it stopping.

U.S. Central Command: We intercepted yesterday a ship flying the Gambian flag that was attempting to breach the blockade by sailing toward an Iranian port

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Israeli Broadcasting Authority: The Security Cabinet discusses a proposal submitted by Netanyahu to expand the fighting in Gaza and take control of additional areas in the Strip

Israeli Channel 12: Netanyahu holds a security assessment with the heads of the security establishment against the backdrop of the escalation in the North and the possibility of tightening Home Front Command instructions.

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Israeli broadcast: Netanyahu offered the cabinet to expand control in Gaza and no decision yet

Israeli broadcast: Assessments by America and Israel that Hezbollah is launching missiles to obstruct negotiations