🇺🇸🇮🇷🇴🇲⚡- The Omani government is speaking with both the US and Iran, urging discussions over escalation.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Iran is involved in a secret and systematic nuclear weapons program. Iran is rapidly accumulating highly enriched uranium, proving that its program is not peaceful in nature," - Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli Foreign Minister.

🇮🇷⚡- IRGC outlet, Fars News, confirms the exercises. Fars News says they "are taking place outside the time previously designated for them," and the drills are designed to focus on "enemy movements".

🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: Iran has increased its state of alert - Fars News, IRGC outlet.

🇮🇱⚡- An emergency security cabinet meeting has been scheduled for 8pm (Tel-Aviv time).

The meeting will take place at the underground Defense Ministry base, Kirya.

🇮🇱 - The meeting was confirmed by Avi Moskov, Israeli journalist for Jewish Daily News.

This is very unusual - all emergency cabinet meetings in the past had always been announced first by Netanyahu's Press Office. There is nothing from the Office in regards to this meeting.

🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "It is likely that the Home Front Command guidelines will change starting at 6pm. It is worth following official Home Front Command updates," - RakhaDashot.

🇮🇱⚡- Tel Aviv's stock market has begun to plunge after the news. The TA-125 stock index is down -3%.

🇮🇱⚡- Israeli stocks across the board in decline.

🇮🇳⚡- The Air India passenger aircraft crashed into a hospital's hostel, causing widespread destruction and likely additional casualties.

The death toll is currently at 133.

🇺🇳🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The international community must respond decisively to Iran's disobedience and take steps to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons," - Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: Israeli Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf has resigned from the Government.

His ultra-Orthodox party, Yahadut HaTora, have withdrawn from the Likud-bloc coalition.

🇮🇱⚡- "On Sunday at midnight, Ronen Bar's term as head of the Shin Bet will expire. Major General David Zini will be appointed the next head of the Shin Bet," - Netanyahu's Press Office.

🇮🇳⚡- Death toll from the Air India passenger aircraft crash in Ahmedabad, India, rises to above 260+.

All 242 on board were killed, and several locals on the ground, including those staying at the hospital's hostel have been confirmed dead too. Many are in serious conditions, with the toll expected to continue to rise.

🇮🇷⚡- "We will continue uranium enrichment with the capabilities of our youth and our local expertise," - Masoud Pezeshkian, President of Iran.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "THE CHINA DEAL IS GREAT!" - President Donald Trump.

🇨🇫🇸🇩⚡- Central African Republic has dispatched several emissaries to Port Sudan to meet with Chairman al-Burhan. The move is a likely shift in CAR's stance on the Sudanese conflict, drawing towards the government, over their traditional 'ally' the Rapid Support Forces.

🇰🇪⚡- Very violent protests have erupted across Kenya after Albert Omondo Onjwang was killed by the police.

🇰🇪⚡- Roads leading towards Parliamentary building and the treasury are a no go zones in Nairobi, Kenya.

🇰🇪⚡- Anti-riot police use tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the violent protests - Nairobi, Kenya.

🇪🇬🇵🇸⚡- Hundreds continue to arrive at Egypt, via airports and border crossings, to break the country's siege on Gaza.

The authorities struggle to enforce its humanitarian blockade on the Palestinian Strip, with over 200 activists from various countries already deported, including Europe, the Middle East and north Africa.