— 🇺🇸 NEW: A new Washington Post report reveals that a third of all nations are under U.S. sanctions

In just two years, the Biden administration imposed over 6,000 sanctions on various countries.

The United States is imposing sanctions at a record-setting pace again this year, with more than 60% of all low-income countries now under some form of financial penalty.

U.S. officials are increasingly concerned about the effectiveness of sanctions as a means to isolate nations viewed as 'national security threats.' However, plans to reform the sanctions system have been shelved since 2021.

The overuse of U.S. sanctions has made the tool significantly less valuable. In an article from May, WSJ wrote how Western sanctions have led to the creation of an 'Axis of Evasion' led by China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela, effectively foiling Washington's financial warfare.

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Leaving this here.

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Hebrew sources confirm several fatalities, possibly more than 10

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There are children among the fatalities. Children, regardless of ideology, are always innocent, and their death is a tragedy.

May God have mercy on their souls. But now the Israelis know what the Gazans are going through every single day.

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Hebrew Media confirm at least 6 deaths as a result of the alleged Hezbollah missile in Majd al-Shams

Hebrew Media claims that these are scenes 'not seen since 7/10', and calls it a turning point for the Israeli leadership.

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Political commentators of the Israeli National Broadcasting Service, Kann, openly call for an invasion of southern Lebanon for the first time since the start of the Gaza war

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Israel is evacuating the dead and wounded from Majd al-Shams

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The decision to go to war with Hezbollah has been made months ago by the Israeli leadership.

The only thing that was needed was a Casus Belli, which they now have.

— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: The Israeli War Cabinet will convene tonight for an urgent crisis meeting

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Israeli media now confirms 9 Israelis were killed

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: The IDF warns Israelis to be prepared 'in case of any sudden changes in the directives of the Home Front Command'

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Israeli Channels 12 and 13 cancel regular evening programming and switch to 24/7 extended news coverage

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Netanyahu canceled his remaining plans in the United States and is consulting with his advisors in Washington

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Ramat David Airbase and Palmachim Airbase in Israel have been put on 'red notice'

Pilots and jets of the Israeli Air Force are on standby in case of rapid escalation of events in the coming hours.

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This remains a possibility.

At this point, it is unclear whether it was actually a Hezbollah missile.