🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Joe Kent, the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center under President Trump, has resigned due to the war in Iran.

"After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under President Donald J. Trump and Tulsi Gabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America." - Joe Kent

🇮🇷🇦🇪⚡️- BREAKING: Visual confirmation of smoke rising from an area in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, after an Iranian projectile struck its target about an hour ago.

Exclusively sent to Rerum Novarum.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Reports of clashes between Hezbollah forces and IDF soldiers in Khiam, southern Lebanon.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "The United States has been informed by most of our NATO “Allies” that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon. I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need. Fortunately, we have decimated Iran’s Military — Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the World, again! Because of the fact that we have had such Military Success, we no longer “need,” or desire, the NATO Countries’ assistance — WE NEVER DID! Likewise, Japan, Australia, or South Korea. In fact, speaking as President of the United States of America, by far the Most Powerful Country Anywhere in the World, WE DO NOT NEED THE HELP OF ANYONE! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP" - President Trump via Truth Social.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱 ⚡️ - Senior Israeli officials have told U.S. diplomats that Iranian protesters will “get slaughtered” if they try and take to the streets against the Iranian regime, according to the Washington Post.

The Israeli assessment goes against their public messaging, in which they continue to call for a popular uprising against the Iranian regime.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Ballistic missile launches detected from Iran, to Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Sirens activated in the north and centre of Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Some red alerts are also activated due to rocket attacks from Lebanon.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- The IDF has denied this, red alerts were only activated due to Iranian missiles.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Additional launches from Iran, to Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Sirens activated in southern Israel.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Missile was intercepted.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Rockets were fired from Hezbollah into northern Israel.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Two US B1-B have entered the Arabian Gulf now.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- BREAKING: Visual confirmation of the moment a drone impacted the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, moments ago.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- More insane footage of the moment a drone directly struck the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad, moments ago.

This is the second wave of attacks on the embassy in less than 24 hours.

🇮🇷⚡️- “The Strait of Hormuz situation won't return to its pre-war status.” - Iran’s Parliament Speaker Qalibaf on X.

🇺🇸🇬🇷⚡️- The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford is preparing to leave the Red Sea to undergo repairs at the U.S. Navy base in Crete, according to USNI News.

The repairs are expected to last over a week and come following a large fire in the ship’s laundry facility.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Iranian missile launches to Israel.