🇺🇲🇯🇵🇨🇳⚡- The US has created new 'Military Command' in Japan, to counter China.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli Defense Minister Gallant: "Hezbollah fired the bullet and will bear the price and will pay dearly for its actions."

🇺🇲🇷🇺⚡- USA And Japan condemn Russia's military cooperation With China and North Korea.

🇺🇲🇯🇵🇨🇳⚡- "We reject China's unlawful maritime claims, militarization of reclaimed features, and threatening and provocative activities in the South China Sea." – Joint US-Japan statement.

🇺🇲🇯🇵🇨🇳⚡- "China's destabilizing actions in this region include unsafe encounters at sea and in the air, efforts to disrupt other countries’ offshore resources exploitation, as well as the dangerous use of its Coast Guard and maritime militia vessels." – Joint US-Japan statement.

🇺🇲🇯🇵🇨🇳⚡- "We express concern over the ongoing and rapid expansion of China's nuclear weapons arsenal, which continues without any transparency regarding its intent and which they refuse to acknowledge, despite publicly available evidence." – Joint US-Japan statement.

🇲🇾⚡- Malaysia has applied to join BRICS.

🇸🇪🇱🇧⚡️- Sweden has called on its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "A large part of any step taken by the enemy is the media 'show'. Therefore, during these hours we will see a lot of exaggeration and pictures of meetings. The idea is not to wage a psychological war on yourself." – Younis al-Zaatari, a Hezbollah affiliated media person.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "Threats, statements, and consultations do not concern us..." – Younis al-Zaatari, a Hezbollah affiliated media person.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- American officials contacted their counterparts in Israel and Lebanon to calm tensions – Wall Street Journal.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- The parties are not interested in expanding the conflict, but the chances of a mistake occurring are high – Wall Street Journal.

🇮🇱⚡- Microsoft donated over a quarter of a million shekels for the bereaved families in the community of Majdal Shams.

🇻🇪⚡- Nationwide protests in Venezuela after multiple voting centers delay opening.

🇮🇱⚡- Ashdod is being prepared to serve as an alternative to northern ports – Israeli Channel 12.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: "We will talk with Hezbollah with iron and fire."

🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian authorities arrest 19 year old former Russian citizen in Dnepr City for assassinating Irina Fairon.

The individual arrested was a member of the Russian Voluntary Corps, an ethnic Russian, anti-Putin far-right group.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli PM Netanyahu to meet with the War Cabinet in 30 minutes to approve military operations against Hezbollah.