🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Sirens activated in southern Israel for the first wave of missiles.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Sirens activated in northern Israel for the second wave of missiles.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- Three missiles were launched in the previous 2 waves. One fell into the sea, the ending of the other 2 is unknown, but likely intercepted or fell in an open area as there are no reports of impacts.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Red alerts activated in northern Israel due to Hezbollah rocket attacks.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, originally set to deploy to the Indo-Pacific, have had their deployment process “accelerated and “rerouted” towards the Middle East, two US officials told CNN.

“The MEUs are rapid-response forces consisting of roughly 2,200 Marines and sailors. With the Amphibious Ready Group, the total number of personnel is roughly 4,500. While they can provide on-the-ground capabilities, the ARG-MEUs also come with aviation, logistics, and other support elements that provide more options to commanders and could “relieve pressure” on current operations in the Middle East, the first US official said.”

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "When the United States and Israel initiated the war against Iran last month, their messages were perfectly in sync on the sweeping goal of regime change.

But nearly three weeks into the conflict, the war aims are diverging between a U.S. President who saw the historic opportunity of a quick military victory with only modest economic pain and an Israeli leader with grander visions of toppling a regime he’s sought to vanquish for 40 years.

Trump’s latest outburst against Israel’s attacks on Iran’s huge South Pars gas field on Wednesday laid bare the tensions between the two allies and the inconsistency of the President’s approach to the conflict. While the U.S. was not involved in the strike, the Israelis informed Washington about the attack in advance," - The Washington Post, citing multiple US, Israeli and Middle East officials.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The goal of regime change is reflected in Israel’s military tactics. About 40 percent of its estimated 8,000 strikes have been against Iranian security forces and installations that would be used to suppress another popular uprising," - The Washington Post, citing a Middle East official.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Israel is pursuing a scorched-earth campaign of regime change, which is not what our (the US) goal is. Bibi wants to wreck Iran’s economy and decimate its energy infrastructure. Trump wants to keep it intact," - The Washington Post, citing a senior US administration official.

🇺🇸🇨🇴⚡️- The President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, is under criminal investigation by the Trump administration for alleged ties to drug trafficking.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷⚡- "Russia proposed to the US it would stop intelligence sharing with Iran if the US stopped providing Ukraine with intelligence. The US rejected," - Politico.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇮🇷 - Putin's Envoy Kirill Dmitriev calls the Politico report fake.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇷⚡️- “The UK approves the use of its bases for the US to launch strikes on Iranian sites targeting the Strait of Hormuz.” - BBC.

🇬🇧🇮🇷⚡️- A 34-year-old Iranian man was arrested alongside a 31-year-old woman with an “unspecified ethnicity” for trying to enter Faslane nuclear naval base in Scotland.

The couple asked to enter, were denied, and were arrested afterward.

The investigation into the matter is ongoing. - BBC.

🇮🇶⚡️- BREAKING: Iraq declares force majeure on all oilfields developed by foreign oil companies, according to Reuters.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Two B-52 Bombers have entered Iranian airspace.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - The US struck Bushehr Air Base, southern Iran, multiple times half an hour ago. Secondary explosions were reported, indicating ammunition depots were likely hit.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: "The US is preparing plans for the possibility of sending ground troops into Iran. No final decision has yet been made," - CBS.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Two loud explosions in the Isfahan countryside, central Iran.

Locals report the "shaking of the ground in the middle of the city."