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🇮🇷🇮🇱 - 14 wounded in Iranian missile strike in central Israel, according to Israeli media.

🇬🇧🇮🇶 - A drone struck British Castrol oil warehouses in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, causing extensive damage.

🇮🇷🇮🇱 - Iran launched 9 missiles towards Israel this morning alone, with at least 3 of them being cluster missiles.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Over the past 12 hours, Hezbollah launched counterattacks in Khiam and Qantara, in the Nabatieh direction, southeast Lebanon. Hezbollah recaptured northern Khiam, with fighting ongoing for the south of the town. Hezbollah units also re-entered Qantara; frontline sources reported clashes in the center of the town last night.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - 48 IDF soldiers have been wounded in clashes with Hezbollah over the last 24 hours in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli Army.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 - "The Israeli army is barely catching its breath in southern Lebanon, and its resources are less than in the previous round of fighting," - Haaretz.

🇺🇸🇪🇺 - Trump is "strongly considering" pulling the U.S. out of NATO, in a statement to The Telegraph.

🇫🇷🛢 - France's most popular gas for cars has now reached €2 per liter on average.

🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇷 - "This is not our war; we will not be drawn into the conflict. That is not in our national interest." - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇷 - Trump threatened to stop selling Europe weapons for Ukraine unless Europeans joined the coalition to force the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reports. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte referred to Trump's comments on Hormuz as "quite hysterical."

🇮🇷🇮🇱🇺🇸 - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, in his letter to the American public, said the U.S. is the party that has abandoned past agreements while escalating tensions and called out Israeli influence. Pezeshkian urged Americans to look beyond media narratives, calling for dialogue over confrontation and emphasizing that continued conflict would be more costly than cooperation.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - Iran is not currently willing to engage in any substantial negotiations over ending the war, according to The New York Times. U.S. officials told the Times that Iran believes it is currently in a strong position in the war and has no reason to accede to American demands.

🇮🇷 - "About 400 cargo ships and others are standing behind the Strait of Hormuz or around the Iranian islands, waiting for an Iranian permit," - Mehr News, an Iranian outlet.

🇮🇷🇺🇸 - An Iranian senior source told Reuters that no discussions have been conducted through mediators for a temporary ceasefire.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 - President Trump said the war was almost finished and that, if a deal was not made, the United States would strike Iranian energy infrastructure. He also urged other countries to try to open the Strait of Hormuz. He repeated points he has made multiple times before and did not declare an end to the war.

🇺🇸🛢 - WTI and Brent crude oil have both surged after President Trump’s speech. WTI is now over $104 a barrel, and Brent is at $105 a barrel.

Here's our recap from yesterday: https://x.com/officialrnintel/status/2039176734172483725?s=20