🇺🇲🇯🇵🇨🇳⚡- "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.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah: "We will consider any extreme Israeli reaction as a declaration of war."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- We do not intend to start a war with Lebanon, according to a Senior Israeli Official – Israeli Channel 12, a left-wing, anti-Likud media.

🇷🇺🇲🇱⚡- Wagner officials confirm huge reinforcements on the way to Mali, from Russia, Syria and Central African Republic.

🇬🇧🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We are concerned about the danger of escalation. Hezbollah must stop its attacks on Israel," – British Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: American intelligence sources now report that Israel is set to attack Lebanon in less than 48 hours. Various Western diplomats are working behind the scenes to prevent airstrikes against heavily populated areas, especially Beirut.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hebrew Channel 7 reports that Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir will demand a "proactive and extensive attack in Lebanon" during the War Cabinet meeting in the next few hours.