🇦🇹🇱🇧🇮🇱 The explosion of pagers in Lebanon is a terrorist attack and raises questions about the security of any mobile devices, said former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl.

She said the explosions in Lebanon showed that Israel "has some control over the supply chain" because they were able to insert explosives into devices that were supplied from abroad.

🇮🇱🇱🇧Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel had shifted its focus to the northern front as a "new phase" of the war began .

"The center of gravity is shifting to the north, diverting resources and forces [there]. We are at the beginning of a new phase of the war, which requires courage, determination and tenacity from us," Gallant said during a visit to Ramat David Air Base.

Also, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, during a visit to the Northern Command headquarters, stated:

"We have a lot of capabilities that we haven't tapped into yet... We've seen some of these things, I think we're well prepared and making these plans for the future."

It is not yet known whether the statements made are an announcement of the imminent start of war in Lebanon or whether these are more comments about the defense of the north and the threat of Hezbollah, which are constantly heard from the lips of the military-political leadership of Israel.

🇮🇱🇱🇧The Israeli Cabinet has authorized Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant to take defensive and offensive steps to achieve the war's objectives and has given them the authority to declare war if necessary.

This was reported by Israel's Channel 12.

Earlier, Gallant announced the beginning of a new stage of the war and the shift of the center of gravity of military efforts to the northern front (that is, to the border with Lebanon).

🇷🇺🇮🇷Putin approved the Foreign Ministry's proposal to sign a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement with Iran

🇸🇦🇮🇱Saudi Arabia will not establish relations with Israel until the creation of a Palestinian state - Crown Prince

🇷🇺🇺🇦A German Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicle burns out in the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region. The work of the 56th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment.

🇮🇱🇱🇧Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu recorded a 10-second video in which he promised to bring residents of the north of the country home.

The media perceived this as evidence of the beginning of an Israeli army offensive in southern Lebanon.

There was no official announcement about this.

But earlier it was reported that the Israeli General Staff had approved a plan for an offensive on Lebanon.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
Earlier, Apti Alaudinov confirmed the liberation of two villages by Russian troops - Darino and Nikolayevo-Daryino.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Russian aviation continues to carry out precise strikes with three-ton aerial bombs on temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Volchansk.

🇮🇱🇱🇧🇭🇺According to three intelligence sources, the Hungarian paging company that produced the walkie-talkies was established by Israel with the aim of harming Hezbollah. There were two other such companies whose purpose was also to disguise the fact that the pagers were produced by Israeli intelligence officers. The Hungarian company did accept regular customers, and produced regular pagers for them. The pagers of Hezbollah members were manufactured separately and with explosives inside their batteries - and began to be sent to Lebanon from 2022.