🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli ground forces deployed in Gaza via loudspeaker are ordering residents to evacuate. Drones loitering above the city are urging residents to remain indoors.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Al-Jazeera reports that Israeli ground forces are launching an incursion in the vicinity of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli residents in the city of Beersheva (located approximately 50km from the Gaza Strip) report echoes and shaking buildings due to the intense Israeli strikes against Gaza.

🇵🇸🇦🇪🇮🇱⚡- "The situation in Gaza is important to us, but to end this war once and for all, Hamas needs to release the hostages and leave the Strip. Another authority needs to take control. We are always here to give ideas," - Abdullah bin Zayed, Foreign Minister of the UAE.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israel denies it has launched a new offensive on Gaza last night.

Last night's violent attacks were preparations for the upcoming large-scale operation in Gaza, "Gideon's Chariots".

🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Ukraine's Foreign Minister Sybiha, Defense Minister Umerov, and Head of Presidential Office Yermak, are currently meeting the National Advisors of Britain, Germany and France in Istanbul.

The Ukrainian delegation had met the US Special Envoy to Ukraine Kellogg earlier.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- An Israeli security official says last night's 'attacks on the Gaza Strip were a message to Hamas', they were the 'last opportunity' to reach a deal before Operation 'Gideon's Chariots' is launched.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- Delegations from Turkey, the United States, including Marco Rubio, and Ukraine have arrived at the venue of the trilateral meeting in Istanbul.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "We’ll see what happens with Russia and Ukraine. Now it’s time to go back home," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Continued deaths from the war in Ukraine are shameful," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: "I expected Putin to go to the negotiations in Turkey with Ukraine, but he did not go," - Donald Trump, US President.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- The US-Ukraine talks, mediated by Turkey in Istanbul, have begun.

The US side is represented by Secretary of State Rubio, US Ambassador to Turkey Barrack, and Trump's Envoy to Ukraine Kellogg. The Ukrainian side is represented by Foreign Minister Sybiha, Head of Presidential Office Yermak, and Defense Minister Umerov. The mediation is chaired by Turkey's Foreign Minister Fidan.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- The US-Ukraine talks have ended in Istanbul, Turkey. The US is expected to meet the Russian delegation before the Russia-Ukraine direct talks begin.

🇦🇲🇦🇿🇦🇱⚡- Tense meeting between Azerbaijan's Aliyev and Armenia's Pashinyan on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit in Tirana, Albania.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- The Russian delegation arrives at the Dolmabahce, in Istanbul, the venue for the Russia-Ukraine talks.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇹🇷⚡- BREAKING: The Russian delegation demands that the Russia-Ukraine talks, mediated by Turkey, take place without US presence.

The US is represented by Secretary of State Rubio and Special Envoy to Ukraine Kellogg.

🇷🇺🇹🇷⚡- Turkey says the talks were arranged for 12:30pm local time, however the Russian side arrived at Dolmabahce at 12:45pm.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇹🇷⚡- Russia's Head of the delegation Vladimir Medinsky is currently meeting US Secretary of State Rubio alone.

🇺🇦🇹🇷⚡- "Peace is possible only if Russia shows readiness for concrete actions. This means a complete, unconditional 30-day ceasefire," - Rustem Umerov, Defense Minister of Ukraine and Head of Ukraine's delegation in Istanbul.

The comments were made to the press immediately following the US-Ukraine talks.

🇷🇺🇹🇷⚡- "The Russian delegation is in constant contact with the Presidential Office," - The Kremlin.

🇷🇺⚡- "Putin will hold a security council meeting this evening," - The Kremlin.