🇺🇸🇮🇷 — US officials told the Wall Street Journal:
"The US carried out an attack on Iran's Qeshm Island on Monday, targeting radar systems and missile launch platforms.
The U.S. has been conducting limited strikes against Iran for several weeks without publicly acknowledging them, deliberately keeping the operations secret to avoid signaling its intention to resume military operations".
🇺🇸🇮🇷 — Explosions have been reported in Bandar Lengeh, in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 — Two explosions occurred in quick succession on Iran's Qeshm Island. Given the intensity of the blasts, they appear to have originated from within the island.
Some residents also reported seeing two aircraft flying over the island.
Local and provincial authorities have yet to issue any official statements regarding the incident.
— IRNA | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇪🇬🇮🇷 — U.S. Gulf allies are preparing for the possibility of a major American military strike on Iran as early as this week, amid fears of devastating Iranian retaliation against critical infrastructure across the region.
Several Gulf states have warned Tehran that they could respond individually or collectively if Iran targets their infrastructure.
— The Wall Street Journal | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Israeli officials believe US President Trump could order renewed strikes against Iran within days, with a potential joint U.S.-Israeli operation targeting Iranian nuclear and energy infrastructure.
Israel has held consultations with Gulf states, particularly countries that signed the Abraham Accords, as preparations intensify for a possible resumption of military operations against Iran.
Israeli and U.S. military officials also held coordination talks over the weekend. Israeli officials believe Trump could authorize renewed strikes on Iran within days.
Israel has completed preparations for both offensive and defensive operations, while dozens of U.S. transport and aerial refueling aircraft have arrived in the region, including at Israeli Air Force airbases.
Israeli officials remain pessimistic about the prospects for a diplomatic breakthrough between Iran and Qatar, although negotiations are continuing in Doha.
— Israeli Broadcasting Authority | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Israeli PM Netanyahu is pressing US President Trump to resume strikes on Iran immediately after Tuesday's U.S. midterm elections, while Trump wants to give diplomacy more time.
The two held a tense phone call on Saturday, described as 'tough' by an Israeli source and 'direct' by a U.S. source.
— Axios | @TheWarReporter
🇸🇾 — A Syrian General Intelligence source told SANA that a 'terrorist plot' targeting the Homs oil refinery had been thwarted, although it remains unclear who was behind the attempted attack.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Iranian Army:
"In the event of a new war, the geographical scope of the conflict will not be limited to the West Asian region".
🇯🇴 — The Jordanian Public Security Directorate says it seized thermal balloons carrying firearms that were being smuggled into Jordan in Karak Governorate, where a deadly church attack took place on October 23.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has ordered the armed forces to respond immediately to any 'enemy threat', without geographical restrictions.
He also instructed commanders to bring all U.S. and Israeli assets within range, warning that if Iran is attacked again, it will 'determine the timing and conditions for ending them'.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 — U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are highly skeptical that a nuclear agreement can be reached with Iran. They believe Trump's legacy should be to further weaken Iran, including through additional strikes.
Vice President JD Vance and special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, however, favor resuming negotiations. Trump himself remains skeptical that Iran will ever agree to a deal he considers acceptable.
A U.S. official said Trump could be more inclined to order a major military operation if Republicans 'lose badly' in the midterm elections, adding that 'the Iranians' best shot to get a deal is right now".
A White House official, however, said the election results will not factor into Trump's decision-making on Iran.
— Axios | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰 — Pakistani Army Spokesperson:
"The army is cautiously optimistic about mediation between Iran and the US.
The army warns of powerful parties seeking to obstruct mediation between Iran and the US".
🇮🇱🇶🇦 — The Mossad has joined the Shin Bet in investigating the alleged Qatari interference in the Israeli elections.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 — The U.S. has been carrying out 'self-defense strikes' against Iranian missile launch sites across southern Iran over the past two weeks.
— Axios | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇸🇦🇯🇴🇶🇦 — The U.S. has launched a major airlift to the Middle East following warnings to Gulf countries to prepare for a possible resumption of hostilities with Iran.
At least 10 U.S. military transport aircraft have landed at the Israeli Air Force's Ovda and Nevatim airbases over the past 24 hours.
U.S. military transport aircraft have also landed at bases in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Qatar in recent hours.
— Israeli Broadcasting Authority | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇮🇷 — A U.S. official told Axios that an American fighter jet was targeted by an Iranian surface-to-air missile on Monday night, prompting the jet to strike the missile launch platform on Qeshm Island.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 — Reports of explosions in the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 — NBC News correspondent Garrett Haake:
"Asked whether he was considering striking Iran again after the midterms, Trump replied, 'No'".
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — Israeli officials told Walla:
"Security coordination between Israel and the Pentagon has reached its highest level recently.
Israel will receive advance warning if Washington decides to launch an attack on Iran".
🇺🇸🇮🇷 — Iranian Fars News Agency reports that Captain Nasser Ebrahimi-Nejadan, the captain of an Iranian ship, was killed in what it described as a 'U.S. attack on a vessel' in the Persian Gulf on October 30.
He was reportedly struck by shrapnel in the 'open waters' of the Gulf.
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🇮🇱🇶🇦 — Noam Sohlberg, chairman of the Israeli Central Elections Committee, says the election results will stand 'despite serious suspicions of foreign funding aimed at influencing the vote'.
In a joint statement with Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and Shin Bet Chief David Zini, Sohlberg said the allegations were serious but would not invalidate the election results, even if they are confirmed.
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🇬🇧🇮🇷 — Iran has designated the British Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as 'terrorist organizations' and classified the UK's foreign intelligence service, MI6, as a 'hostile group'.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇪🇬🇮🇷 — A senior Iranian security official told CNN that regional AI infrastructure is now on Iran's list of potential retaliation targets.
The official warned that the next conflict would be a prolonged 'war of surprises'.
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🇯🇴🇸🇾 — The Jordanian Army says it thwarted an attempted infiltration by a group of approximately 14 armed individuals from Syria into northern Jordan.
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 — At least two Iranian fishermen were injured in an 'enemy' drone attack on two fishing boats south of Qeshm Island.
— Iranian Fars News Agency | @TheWarReporter
🇵🇰🇹🇷🇸🇦🇮🇷 — Pakistani Army Spokesperson:
"There is no objection to Iran joining the Mecca Agreement, and the decision rests with the parties involved".
🇦🇿🇹🇷 — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev 'skipped' the Summit of Turkic States in Ankara despite receiving a personal invitation from Turkish President Erdogan.
Azerbaijan was instead represented by Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
Aliyev's absence comes amid growing tensions between the two allies, particularly following criticism in Turkey over Azerbaijan's restrictions on wearing the hijab in schools.
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🇺🇸🇸🇾 — Syrian hacker Ahmad Umar Agha, known online as 'Th3Pr0', has been sentenced to 42 months in prison in the US for a decade-long hacking campaign carried out on behalf of the government of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Agha, who had been wanted by U.S. authorities for more than 10 years, was involved in cyberattacks targeting around 47 Western media organizations, businesses, NGOs, and U.S. and allied government entities.
He was a member of the 'Syrian Electronic Army', which in 2014 compromised the Twitter account of the IDF Spokesperson and posted a fabricated warning claiming that two rockets had struck the Dimona nuclear facility, potentially causing a nuclear leak.
In another major operation in 2013, Agha and his associates hijacked the Associated Press (AP) Twitter account and falsely reported that explosions had occurred at the White House and that President Barack Obama had been injured.
The fake report triggered a temporary 'flash crash' on U.S. financial markets, wiping out approximately $136 billion in market value from the Dow Jones within minutes.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇷 — A few minutes ago, the IRGC Aerospace Force confronted a 'hostile' fighter jet near Qeshm Island in southern Iran and forced it to leave the area.
— Iranian Tasnim News Agency | @TheWarReporter
🇺🇸🇮🇷 — An extraordinary meeting between US President Trump and senior military officials was held at the White House today, during which CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper briefed the President on military options against Iran that could be carried out as soon as the midterm elections conclude.
Meanwhile, several Gulf Arab states have been warned to prepare for a 'short, intense military campaign' against Iran following the midterm elections.
— The Wall Street Journal | @TheWarReporter
