Hold on. HOLD ON A DAMN SECOND.

I forgot the birthday of the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei.

How could I...

— 🇮🇷 Happy 86th birthday to the leader of the Islamic world, the steadfast hand on the flag, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei 🤍

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Damn they almost share a birthday

— 🇺🇸 American skyscrapers on the night of Easter Vigil in the 1960's

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reportedly suffered a heart attack this morning and was hospitalized, where he underwent cardiac catheterization

Hebrew media reports that he felt 'unwell after a workout.' He remains in the hospital for continued monitoring and treatment, and his current status is unclear.

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— 🇾🇪/🇺🇸 WATCH: Last night, American aggression targeted the 'Majel al-Dama' cemetery in Sanaa, damaging more than 200 graves and injuring the guards.

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— 🇸🇦/🇮🇷 Saudi Crown Prince, Muhammad bin Salman: 'We call on the international community to immediately halt Israeli attacks on our brothers in Palestine and Lebanon, and to compel Israel to respect the sovereignty of the brotherly Islamic Republic of Iran and not to attack its territory'

* Note: Unofficial account, but widely followed and officially approved by the Saudi Government.

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— 🇸🇦/🇮🇷 NOTE: The MBS account on Twitter is apparently unofficial, but has over 1 million followers — however, the quote is real, and was said in an Arab summit some months ago

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: The 'Easter Truce' appears to only be minimally upheld in certain sections of the front

Ukraine initially declined the truce yesterday but accepted hours later after getting pushback.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported over 50 attacks just inside the border areas of Russia with civilian casualties, including a 2 year old girl in the Belgorod region.

Aside from the shelling of Russian army positions, civilian areas in Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Lugansk have also been attacked.

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: Russia will not extend the 'Easter Truce' which will expire at midnight Moscow time.

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— ❗️🇮🇷/🇷🇺/🇺🇸/🇮🇱 Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi:

'Russia has always been a great friend to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and has given good input and ideas on the nuclear issue, and it has been a pioneer in this field.

In my discussions with Minister Lavrov and President Putin, I mentioned that we believe Russia can help us reach a fair deal with the United States, and play a constructive role in the ongoing indirect negotiations.

Iran has proven that it does not respond to threat-based dialogue, despite America's continued military threats and policy of extremism. Perhaps they wanted to test our resolve, and I think they saw the result of their test.

We have not retreated from any of our positions or red lines, and we will not give up our dignity, honor, or interests due to pressure and threats from others.

I highly doubt their threats will reach the point of implementation, it's just a negotiating technique.

The path of diplomacy is open, as far as we are concerned. But if our enemies push us into another situation, we know very well how to defend ourselves.

Israel continues to say it wants to carry out an attack. I say clearly: Israel is not capable of carrying out its threats. Not now, not in the past, and not in the future.'

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'Even if you washed the House of Saud with Zamzam water a thousand times, they would still not be purified' — Imam Khomeini

—❗️🇮🇱/🇪🇬 BREAKING: A security incident on the border with Egypt and Israeli-occupied Rafah — with Hebrew media reporting gunfire coming from Egypt towards IDF forces

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⚡️🇪🇬🇵🇸 The IDF rules out any security incident in the area after "thoroughly combing" the affected district.

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: The 'Easter Truce' has expired.

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—❗️🇺🇸 NEW: U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has been accused of another major leak, this time sharing classified wartime intelligence regarding Yemen with his family in a Signal group – New York Times

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 WATCH: Al-Qassam Brigades have released footage of targeting Israeli armored vehicles in the 'Al-Tuffah' neighborhood, northern Gaza.

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— 🇮🇱 NEW: Hebrew media reports that two of the five soldiers who suffered 'severe injuries' in the incident in northern Gaza on April 19 have undergone leg amputations.

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— ❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Steve Witkoff confirmed to Mossad Chief David Barnea in Paris that the U.S. is not demanding Iran dismantle its nuclear program – Israeli Channel 12

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— ❗️🇻🇦BREAKING: Pope Francis has passed away at the age of 88.

His last public meeting was just yesterday afternoon, with U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance.

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