🇮🇱⚡- In a major blow to Likud, Ofer Winter and Moti Leitner have both decided against withdrawing from the elections.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- "We are in the stage of preparing to unveil the ‘father of all bombs’. This is something new for the enemy.” - IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi.

🇮🇷⚡️ - Several explosions were heard in Kerpan, Sirik County, Iran near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state-affiliated media sources added they are working to determine the source of the explosions.

🇺🇸🇦🇪🇶🇦⚡️- The U.S. State Department is preparing to issue an ordered departure for some personnel and their family members at U.S. embassies across the Gulf, according to Reuters.

🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- BREAKING: Explosions in Iraqi territorial waters. The IRGC is likely attacking vessels in Iraqi waters for the second time in 24 hours.

The attacks come after Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi ordered the closure of Iraqi-Iranian border crossings to crack down on Iranian-aligned militias.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- Ansarullah has struck Saudi Arabia’s Shaybah oilfield, killing two people, according to Saudi state news.

🇺🇸🇸🇦⚡️- BREAKING: The United States has ordered all embassy staff to evacuate Saudi Arabia immediately, according to AFP.

🇺🇸🇶🇦🇯🇴⚡️- U.S. embassy staff in Qatar, Jordan, and Bahrain have been ordered to leave with their families, according to AFP.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡️- "In the past few hours, there has apparently been a change in the American position in favor of a preemptive strike on Iran.

White House sources explain the change mainly due to the great weight that President Trump gave to the assessments and intelligence that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth presented to him upon his return from the meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu." - Haaretz.

🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Visual confirmation of plumes of smoke in Sirik, southern Iran.

Iranian state media has confirmed the explosions, the cause remains unclear.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: An IRGC missile launch unit was targeted and struck in Sirik, southern Iran, according to local Iranian reports.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡️- Preliminary FIRMS confirmation of the Ansarullah strikes on a Shaybah Oil Field power plant located at 22.53931, 53.92245. An anomalous amount of heat activity was detected at the power plant lining up with the reported attack.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: AIPAC announces it will no longer issue candidate endorsements or directly earmark contributions to candidates.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: NBC reports that the United States is evacuating all US diplomatic personnel from the Middle East citing security concerns, according to an unnamed White House source.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- “To win the fight for the future of the country and the U.S.-Israel alliance, we must build a more strategic, consequential, and nimble political operation. We will prioritize increasing direct, organized contributions from individual Americans to candidates — expanding upon our current efforts — and maximizing the emerging political fundraising tools. Endorsements, direct PAC contributions, and earmarking will no longer be part of our approach so we can expand individual giving and utilize new tools to help our friends win.” - Letter sent from AIPAC leadership to its members states.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚡️- “Our measurement of success is the strength of the U.S.-Israel relationship. Our members have always been our greatest strength. We’re putting more time and resources behind what’s most effective: AIPAC members’ direct contributions to candidates and increasing their impact over the next two years.” - AIPAC spokesperson Deryn Sousa to Jewish Insider.

🇮🇶🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli fighter jets heard above Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. Likely another round of Israeli probe/simulation sorties against Iran.

🇮🇷⚡️- Several Iranian missiles launched from Sirik, southern Iran, into the Strait of Hormuz.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: A second missile launch unit has been struck by an airstrike in the Sirik Hills, southern Iran.