🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Hezbollah releases open letter to Lebanese presidents and Lebanese citizens, the first formal "open letter" in many years.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Hezbollah signals that it will now respond to Israeli attacks on Lebanese soil, while also stating that it stands in unity with the Lebanese Army against Israel. They state that this is not a decision for war, but rather a move to defend their national sovereignty.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hezbollah's Open Letter in its entirety.

"Facts confirm that Lebanon and Hezbollah have strictly and implicitly adhered to the ceasefire declaration from the moment it was issued until today. The Zionist enemy has continued violating the declaration by land, sea, and air, and continues to do so. Despite the government’s hasty decision regarding the monopoly of arms, some attempted to present it to the enemy and its supporters as a gesture of Lebanese goodwill. The enemy exploited this mistake to push for disarming the resistance throughout Lebanon as a condition for ending hostilities.

Let all Lebanese know that the Israeli enemy is not targeting Hezbollah alone, but Lebanon as a whole. Israeli aggression requires a unified and dignified national stance that protects our country’s sovereignty and dignity. This brutal enemy, backed by the American tyrant, cannot be confronted through maneuvering or compromise. Lebanon’s priority is stopping the aggression in accordance with the ceasefire declaration and pressuring the Zionist enemy to comply with it. Lebanon is not interested in succumbing to blackmail or being drawn into political negotiations with the enemy, which serve no national interest and pose existential risks to the Lebanese state and its sovereignty.

As a foundational component of Lebanon, which we consider the final homeland for all its people, we affirm our legitimate right to resist occupation and aggression. Legitimate defense is neither a peace agreement nor a war agreement; it is our right to defend ourselves against an enemy imposing war on our country. Guided by this vision, we approach the current developments and emphasize that now is the time to unite efforts to stop the aggression.

We appreciate the patience of our steadfast and proud people who endure injustice and aggression with us in the hope of preserving national sovereignty and dignity. We pledge to stand with pride, dignity, and righteousness to protect our land and our people, and to fulfill the hopes of future generations."

🇺🇸🇳🇬⚡- BREAKING: AFRICOM has drafted plans to launch military operations targeting Islamist terrorist groups in Nigeria.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- “The Israeli army is preparing for the possibility of a new round of fighting against Hezbollah soon.” - Anonymous Israeli officials.

🇹🇿⚡- Violent protests against President Hassan continue, with the death toll varying from 200-700+. Information blackout remains imposed on the population.

Warning: Viewer discretion is strongly advised - a mother can be seen getting shot by Tanzanian security forces in front of her daughter.

🇸🇴🇸🇩🇦🇪⚡- Somalia's Defense Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi confirmed that foreign mercenaries are constantly being transferred to Sudan through the Bosaso Air Base in the separatist region of Puntland.

Fiqi says the airbase is used as a logistical hub, which then transports the mercenaries and weapons to Chad and other neighbouring countries to then join the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan.

While Fiqi did not name anyone specifically of being behind the campaign of funding the RSF, however as Rerum Novarum has in the past pointed out, Bosaso Air Base has only one user – the UAE.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Israeli airstrikes target Southern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli channels reporting it is a significant attack, different from others.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Scenes from Toura, southern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Rerum Novarum have geolocated the recent Israeli airstrike targeting the outskirts of Toura, southern Lebanon, to 33.2905, 35.27947. There are two large steel/wood factories (or warehouses) in the area, indicating they were the likely targets. There are also two private buildings in close proximity.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "A short time ago, under the direction of the Northern Command and through the Israeli Air Force, the IDF struck terrorists who were operating within a Hezbollah “Construction Unit” terror infrastructure in the Tyre area of southern Lebanon," - IDF.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - IDF footage of the strike against Toura, southern Lebanon, confirms Rerum Novarum's geolocation to 33.2905, 35.27947.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡️- The USA is likely to establish a military permanent presence near Damascus, according to Reuters

🇪🇹⚡- Afar region's government have accused TPLF factions of firing on its positions and attacking border towns. Afar have threatened the Tigray Interim Administration, TIA, with military retaliation if it does not stop the TPLF attacks.

Both regions, Afar and the TIA (along with its TPLF army), are pro Addis Ababa and Ethiopia's central government.

Note, as part of the 2022 ceasefire agreement, TIA administers most of the Tigray region, along with some of the bordering regions, including a small area of Afar in the northwest.

🇺🇸🇳🇬⚡- "Claims of genocide of Christians in Nigeria are not true and only increase tensions in the region. ECOWAS strongly rejects these false and dangerous claims, which undermine security in communities and weaken social unity in the region," - ECOWAS.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Squadron of Israeli jets enter Lebanese airspace at very low altitude.

🇪🇹🇪🇷⚡- BREAKING: Ethiopian media accuses TPLF-D and TPLF-M factions of the TPLF of attacking Ethiopia's Afar region.

The two large factions allegedly have ties to Eritrea, and have even fought the Tigray Interim Administration and the TPLF in the past too.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The Israeli army is preparing for the possibility of engaging in a new round of fighting against Hezbollah soon," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: "In a short while, we will issue an urgent alert to the residents of southern Lebanon," - IDF.