🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: During the first security meeting, a verbal altercation broke out between Israeli Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Zamir opposed Netanyahu's plan of annexing Gaza to put pressure on Hamas, saying "it will take between two to five years to completely occupy the Gaza Strip. We need to continue with the raid approach."

Smotrich responded, saying "I really miss [former Chief of Staff] Herzi Halevi. You should bring him here and apologize to him, because you attacked him when he said almost the same thing."

🇬🇧🇸🇦🇵🇸⚡- "We welcome the British Prime Minister's announcement of his country's intention to recognize the Palestinian state and its support for the two-state solution," - Saudi's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli media is reporting that the Trump Administration has authorized Israel to annex parts of Gaza

🇬🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Establishing a jihadist state on Israel's borders today will threaten Britain tomorrow," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

🇬🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Starmer awards Hamas terrorism and punishes its victims," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel.

🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Israeli drones over Daraa region airspace, southern Syria.

🇸🇾⚡- Clashes erupt between Bedouin tribes and Druze separatists in Ariqa, northwest of As Suwaida city, southern Syria.

🇹🇷🇨🇾🇮🇱⚡- "Northern Cyprus is also an Israeli problem.

It is not Israel's role or desire to liberate Northern Cyprus. However, if the threat from the area reaches a critical threshold, Israel's strategic posture must shift. Israel, in coordination with Greece and Cyprus, must prepare a contingency operation for liberating the island's north," - Israel Hayom.

🇺🇦🇲🇽⚡- "Ukraine's SBU suspects Mexican cartel members joined the Ukrainian Army to learn FPV drone piloting," - Intelligence Online.

🇺🇸🇰🇿⚡- After the signing of the major rare earth metals agreement between the US and Kazakhstan earlier today, the US Embassy in Astana have said Washington intends to strengthen defense cooperation with Kazakhstan, to help reduce their reliance and the influence of Russia and China.

The US Embassy said it seeks to upgrade US-Kazakhstan defense cooperation and relations, helping transform the country into a reliable partner in the Central Asia region.

The US Embassy also said it wants to strengthen Kazakhstan's sovereignty, which is achieved by diversifying its economy. According to the US, Astana's exports currently rely mainly on transport routes through Russia, Washington is exploring alternative possible routes for the country.

According to the US Embassy, almost half of the minerals recognized as critically important for US national security are located in Kazakhstan. The Embassy aims to increase investment in Kazakhstan, "so that they can displace growing Chinese investments in Central Asia."

🇨🇳🇦🇿⚡- Chinese military attache to Azerbaijan, Sun Zhong, says military cooperation between Beijing and Baku will continue to grow confidently.

Zhong says the military relations have "deepened," with a "mutual understanding and trust" between the two countries.

🇹🇷🇰🇿⚡- Turkey's President Erdogan awards Kazakhstan's President Tokayev with the country's highest award, the Order of Devlet Nisani in Ankara, Turkey.

Tokayev, while on a visit to Turkey, has signed signed 18 economic and military agreements with Erdogan.

🇲🇹🇵🇸⚡- Malta announces it will recognize the State of Palestine during the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, in September.

🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- Chinese naval activities in the Scarborough Shoal to the Second Thomas Shoal regions have doubled in the past 6 months - disputed water-spaces of the South China Sea.

🇺🇸⚡️- Trump Department of Justice has dropped all charges against Alejandro Orellana, the man charged with giving face shields to anti ICE rioters in LA earlier this year.

The arrest was treated as a major win for the Trump Administration and a reversal of the trend of leftist rioters being give free reign.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "22 Knesset members from the Likud-bloc coalition have approached the Israeli Defense Minister requesting permission to enter Gaza today for a tour of the northern Gaza Strip area as part of preparations for a Jewish settlement in the sector," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇬🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: The United Kingdom will recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September unless Israel implements a ceasefire in Gaza.

🇺🇸🇮🇳⚡️- President Trump announces a 25% tariff on India.

🇺🇸🏫⚡️- Following Columbia, Brown University has just struck a deal with the White House to "restore some federal research funding and address allegations about antisemitism on campus."

As part of the deal, Brown has agreed to not discriminate racially in its admissions practices or University programming, and the University will also provide its admissions data to the federal government, among other demands. The agreement affirms “that the government does not have the authority to dictate teaching, learning and academic speech."

🇨🇦🇵🇸⚡️- Canada will officially recognize a Palestinian state at the UN general assembly in September.