🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli Finance Minister, was caught on tape saying that Israel will begin to formally annex the West Bank territory – New York Times.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Nasrallah fears a pre-emptive attack by Israel and is considering initiating a large-scale move first – 'Walla', Israeli media.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡️- The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that three American MQ-9 Reaper UAVs came close to colliding with a Russian Su-35 fighter in Syria

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡️- Footage of the airstrike in al-Bukamal. American fighter jets carried out the strike.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Shumy and the forest belt to the south of the town – Toretsk direction. Ukrainian sources confirm the loss.

Russian troops have captured 3,500 sqm of area in just the past two days, in this sector.

🇰🇼🇱🇧⚡️- Kuwait's Foreign Ministry has urged its citizens to leave Lebanon and not travel to the country.

🇺🇸⚡️- Mass shooting at a shopping center in Fordyce, Arkansas. 13 people shot, 3 killed. The shooter was eliminated by police.

🇦🇲🇮🇱⚡- Benjamin Netanyahu's advisor threatens Armenia with serious long-term consequences.

🇪🇬🇮🇱⚡- Egyptian exports to Israel have doubled.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Israel has made the decision to invade Lebanon.

An invasion date is not known at this time, though major military operations can be expected soon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - In the opinion of admin, Israeli military operations will open with a large-scale air campaign against Lebanon, mostly concentrated in the south, followed by minor ground operations into Lebanese territory.

In terms of a timeframe when operations will begin, American officials seem to believe it could begin in the next 3 weeks, possibly 1 month.

In our opinion, Israel will likely wait until Netanyahu has addressed the United States Congress in early to mid July before any major operations begin against Hezbollah.

🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇱🇧 Talks over the last 24-48 Hours between Senior Israeli and U.S. Officials, has reportedly caused “Extreme Concern” among several Members of the Biden Administration, who believed that an Israeli Campaign against Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon, likely Opening with by a Large-Scale Air Campaign over Lebanon and Southwestern Syria, is now Imminent and could begin at any point over the next Three Weeks.

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🇺🇸⚡️- The shooter has been identified as 44 year old Travis Posey. Police are still searching for a motive.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Clashes in Nablus, occupied West Bank

🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇱🇧 US officials reassured top Israeli officials that if a full-out war were to break out between Israel and Hezbollah, the Biden administration is fully prepared to back its ally

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/21/politics/us-israel-hezbollah-assurances/index.html

🇷🇺🇾🇪⚡- Majority of oil passing through the Suez Canal is Russian, 92% in May. The Houthis helped Russia monopolize the Suez Canal.

🇷🇺🇵🇭⚡- Russia has delivered its first batch of cruise missiles to Philippines.

🇻🇪⚡- Venezuela applies to join BRICS.

🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- Large scale activity over Taiwanese airspace - 32 Chinese aircrafts within Taiwan's airspace. 7 Chinese military vessels in the Taiwan Strait.

🏳️🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- The Foreign Ministers of the Taliban and Iran have met to discuss "joint action against Israel". The meeting comes after the Taliban informed Iran thousands of its fighters were ready to fight Israel.