Trump announces economic D-Day against Iran & ‘tremendous’ consequences for their trade partners | LIVE BLOG
In a post on Truth Social, US President Trump announced the implementation of the "MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY!"
A day after Israel struck a military airbase in Syria, Chief of Staff Zamir visited Israeli troops positioned in southern Syria. During the visit, Zamir met with troops and warned that Israel will "not allow hostile forces to establish themselves within our borders." In a separate interview, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu effectively reiterated Zamir's sentiment, stating, "We will not tolerate a Turkish military buildup in Syria that threatens Israel. We made the message clear: Don’t."
Meanwhile, Israel Defense Forces says four Hamas Nukhba commanders, a company commander and 3 platoon commanders, were eliminated in a strike in Gaza's al-Shati area. All eight were involved in advancing attacks against IDF troops and, in one case, infiltrated Israeli territory during the October 7 massacre. In the strike, which targeted a Hamas-controlled police station, at least nine people were killed, and 15 others were wounded. READ MORE FROM WEDNESDAY
'Erdogan is dragging Turkey into dangerous adventures in Syria. Israel will not allow anyone to threaten its security,' says Israeli DM Katz
Katz went on to say that it "would be better for Erdogan to continue making empty, fantasy-mongering speeches against Israel in the Turkish parliament and not test Israel's determination to defend itself"
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband condemns Israel's launch of tender offers for E1 settlement projects
In a statement, Miliband said that "Britain will not stand back and accept the destruction of the two-state solution," describing the impact of settler violence and terrorism as "catastrophic" for Palestinian communities
In the coming weeks, the British government will set out a comprehensive set of measures to respond to Israeli government policies
70-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl were wounded Wednesday night by shrapnel from IDF gunfire in the village of Qusra, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent
Another three people were reportedly injured later, in Nablus' Rafidia neighborhood after being beaten by soldiers, the PRC says
The US military has secretly established a corridor in and out of the Strait of Hormuz to transport oil - report
The operation has been ongoing for the last several weeks, according to two US officials who spoke with Axios
Roughly 15–20 tankers have entered and exited the strait each night through a southern channel along the coast of Oman, moving about 10 million barrels of oil a day, about half the pre-war volume