🇺🇸🇩🇪⚡- "We have a meeting with a man who's become a friend of mine," - President Trump welcomes the German Chancellor Merz to the White House.

🇦🇪🇮🇷⚡️- "The United Arab Emirates is considering taking military action to stop Iranian missile and drone strikes on the country" - Axios, quoting two sources with knowledge of the matter.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- A wave of Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon.

🇮🇶🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iraq downed a drone targeting the U.S. consulate in Erbil according to Reuters.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Red alerts in the Gaza envelope.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- "Following the alert that was activated a short time ago on Route 10, it was a false identification." - Israeli Defence Force

🇮🇱⚡️- Red alerts in Tel aviv, Israel.

🇮🇱🇱🇧🇮🇷⚡️ - BREAKING: Israel announces the death of the commander of the Lebanon Corps on behalf of the Quds Force, Daoud Ali Zada.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Red alerts also in Haifa now, both alerts due to a rocket attack from Hezbollah.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Three rockets were launched by Hezbollah. Two were intercepted, one fell in an open area.

🇵🇱⚡️- Poland announced plans to acquire nuclear weaponry.

"We ​are investing heavily in future nuclear power plants, and ​Poland will not want to be passive when it comes to nuclear security in a military context. We will cooperate with our allies as our capabilities increase, ‌we ⁠will try to prepare Poland for autonomous action in this matter." - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

🇬🇧🇮🇷🇶🇦⚡️ - The UK Ministry of Defence posted video showing a RAF Typhoon jet shooting down an Iranian drone directed at Qatar.

🇮🇷⚡- Former Supreme Leader Ali Khameinei will be buried in Mashhad, northeast Iran.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- The Trump administration is considering providing military protection for oil and gas tankers traversing the Straight of Hormuz. - Politico

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Drone alerts in Northern Galilee.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- A single drone over northern Israel was intercepted.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "We attacked a secret nuclear facility in Tehran where nuclear scientists were working on developments related to obtaining a nuclear weapon," - IDF.

🇫🇷🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: Emmanuel Macron is giving a national address to the French nation regarding the Middle East.

🇫🇷🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Macron announced the strengthening of French bases and embassies in the region. 400k French nationals are in the region right now, repatriation starts tonight for the vulnerable citizens. Emmanuel Macron confirmed two French bases were targeted and suffered light damages.

🇫🇷🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- France will increase its anti-terrorist program at home. France vows to help its allies in the Middle East, citing defense accord with the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar, as well as similar accords with Iraq.