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Prime Minister Netanyahu: "About a month ago, towards the end of the destruction of the Hamas battalions in Gaza - we began fulfilling the promise I gave to the residents of the north. We killed Nasrallah and the top of Hezbollah. We killed the commanders of the Radwan force who planned to invade the Galilee and carry out a greater and more terrible massacre of our citizens than the one on October 7. Iran has twice launched hundreds of missiles at our territory, in one of the largest ballistic missile attacks in history. No country in the world would have accepted such an attack, nor would the State of Israel, and we will respond to these attacks."

United States CENTCOM chief Gen. Michael Kurilla landed in Israel this evening to meet with Israeli defense and military officials, amid preparations in the Israeli army for a response to Iran's ballistic missile attack

Al Arabiya Channel: Al Arabiya sources confirm the killing of Hashem Safi al-Din and Iranian leaders in Friday's raid on the Beirut suburb, and investigations continue to reveal the fate of "Qaani"

Channel 12 Israel: Lebanese authorities investigate whether Iranian Quds Force commander was injured in Dahiyeh raids

Israel army says it is preparing a “significant attack” on Iran

Saudi Foreign Minister and his French counterpart will discuss developments in the region in Riyadh

Iranian Foreign Minister: There are initiatives regarding a ceasefire in the region

Iranian militias target "Conoco" base in Deir Ezzor countryside with drone and missiles

Bloomberg, citing an informed source: There are concerns that Israel may cross the line and attack more targets than necessary in Iran

Biden says Israel should seek 'other alternatives' to striking Iran oil sites

Biden: Israelis have not yet decided on the nature of their response to Iranian missile attacks

Biden: We are currently considering imposing more sanctions on Iran

Channel 13 Israel: Security Cabinet Decided to Respond to Iran Attack

Israeli Broadcasting Authority: Israel is still preparing to strike Iran, but has not specified the place and time

Two Israeli soldiers were killed and more than 24 were wounded in a drone attack from Iraq early Thursday morning, the Israeli army announces

Israeli army reports that a drone launched from Iraq exploded at a military base in the Golan Heights

Tehran to strike Israeli refineries and gas fields if Israel attacks Iran, IRGC warns

Iran's FM: Iran stands with the Axis of Resistance. My presence in Beirut in these difficult times is the best sign that Iran will firmly back Hezbollah and Lebanon. Iran's attack against Israel was a self-defense under the UN Charter. We were the initiator of the attack

Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi from Ain al-Tineh: The Iranian attack on Israel was legitimate self-defense based on the principles of the UN Charter

Asked if he is not afraid to visit Lebanon at a war time, Iran FM said, "We've seen such things many times. Last night, Israel brutally bombed Beirut, and before our arrival, they bombed near the airport. We are used to these things. Our resolve is stronger than these threats

Israeli fighter jets struck a 3.5 kilometer-long tunnel that crossed between Lebanon and Syria, which the Israeli army says was used by Hezbollah to smuggle Iranian weapons. A separate overnight strike targeted "infrastructure" at the Masnaa Border Crossing, between Lebanon and Syria, after the Israeli army said it identified attempts to deliver Iranian weapons to Hezbollah

British Prime Minister: We are doing everything we can to de-escalate in the Middle East

Khamenei also stressed that Tehran would neither "hesitate nor act hastily in fulfilling its duty" in confronting Israel

Iran supreme leader Khamenei says missile attack on Israel 'totally legal and legitimate'

Iran supreme leader Khamenei has rifle by his side as he addresses worshippers in rare sermon after attack on Israel

Khamenei emphasized that Hamas' October 7 attack was a "logical, and lawful" act of self-defense, paralleling it with Iran's own operation against Israel. "We must firmly tighten the belt of independence from Iran to Gaza, Lebanon, and all Islamic countries," he said

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, leading Friday Prayers for the first time in 5 years, addressed a mass gathering days after Iran's attack on Israel: "The enemy of Iran is the same as the enemy of Iraq, Lebanon, and Egypt. Our enemy is one and the same."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives in Beirut

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will lead Friday prayers and deliver a sermon today