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01 Jul 2025 03:29

Despite reports that U.S. President Trump is continuing to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas, the chance of a ceasefire by July 15 have fallen drastically on Polymarket’s betting market, down over 17% over the last 24 hours as Hamas continues to act more and more erratically in attacks against Israeli Soldiers and Palestinians in Gaza.

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30 Jun 2025 22:31

Residents report hearing several large explosions within the last hour near Hamadan in Western Iran, proceeded by air-defense activity and the sound of low-fly aircraft heading east from the direction of Iraq.

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30 Jun 2025 17:43

Following a raid earlier today in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in which OMON Units with the Rosgvardiya reportedly killed, injured, and arrested a number of Azerbaijanis. Police in Azerbaijan have now raided offices and studios operated by the Russian state-owned news agency, Sputnik, in the capital of Baku, arrested nearly all staff members while accusing two of being undercover agents with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

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30 Jun 2025 08:38

Rioting Israeli settlers burned and destroyed a multi-million-shekel security installation near Ramallah in the West Bank earlier tonight, which was used by the IDF to “prevent terrorist attacks and maintain security,” with the incident occurring at the same time as a riot at the nearby Headquarters of the Binyamin Regional Brigade.

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30 Jun 2025 04:48

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has just announced via a statement, that the shooter who ambushed several firefighters responding to a brush fire earlier today on Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene in Northern Idaho, killing at least two and injuring several others, has been found deceased by SWAT. The statement adds that the “Shelter-in-Place” Order has been lifted but that there is still an active wildfire on Canfield Mountain.

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30 Jun 2025 02:05

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino states that tactical and operational support units with the FBI are enroute to the active shooting currently ongoing atop Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene in Northern Idaho.

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30 Jun 2025 00:55

Several police helicopters can be seen on flight tracking over Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene in Northern Idaho.

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30 Jun 2025 00:43

A “Shelter-in-Place” Order has been issued for Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene in Northern Idaho, as police continue to search for a gunman/gunmen who ambushed and shot several firefighters earlier responding to a brush fire which is still burning near Lake Hayden.

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30 Jun 2025 00:20

Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi of Iran has issued a fatwa, which is considered a legal ruling on a point of law in Islam, calling for the assassination of U.S. President Donald J. Trump as well as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior officials in Israel, referring to them as “Enemies of God.”

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29 Jun 2025 23:11

According to intercepted communications recently between senior Iranian officials obtained by United States and reported on by the Washington Post, last weekend’s strikes by the U.S. Air Force and Navy against three nuclear facilities in Iran was less devastating and extensive than they had expected, sparking concerns currently circulating within that U.S. government that the Iranian nuclear program could soon resume. The communications, intended to be private, included Iranian government officials speculating as to why the strikes directed by U.S. President Donald J. Trump were not as destructive as they had anticipated, with the existence of the intercepted conversations not being disputed by the White House.

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28 Jun 2025 04:26

Hey everyone, I would just like to apologize to you all for not being very active the last few days or so. I have been taking a bit of a break since the “end” of the war between Israel and Iran, and I am also in the process of moving my home across the country, but I should be back to my regular schedule of posting by next Monday. Thank you all for the support as well as the nice comments and messages I have received over the last few weeks, all of the appreciation you show is what keeps me going! -OSINTdefender

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27 Jun 2025 22:24

New footage and images released by the Israel Defense Force shows F-16C/I “Sufa” Fighter Jets, equipped with external-fuel tanks and armed with GBU-32 1,000lb Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) and AIM-9 “Sidewinder” Air-to-Air Missiles, launching from airbases in Israel for strikes against Iran during “Operation Rising Lion.”

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26 Jun 2025 23:27

Reports over the last few hours of a possible drone strike tonight against an apartment inside a high-rise skyscraper in the Farmanieh District of the Iranian capital of Tehran, with rumors that several senior officials with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and/or nuclear scientists were targeted. So far, no one has claimed responsibility, though panic is already spreading throughout Iranian channels on Telegram, about Mossad and Israeli Special Forces still being on the ground in Iran.

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26 Jun 2025 19:34

The Trump Administration is reportedly discussing the possibility of providing Iran access to as much as $30 Billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program, as well as through easing sanctions and freeing up billions of dollars in restricted Iranian funds, as part of a plan to deescalate tensions with Iran and bring them back to the negotiating table for a future nuclear deal with the United States. Some details were hashed out in a secret, hours-long meeting between U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and several Gulf Nations at the White House last Friday, the day before U.S. military strikes against Iran, two sources familiar with the meeting told CNN.

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26 Jun 2025 17:14

Tesla and SpaceX CEO, Elon Musk spoke earlier today with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding telecoms and internet services across the country, with President Aoun inviting Musk to visit Beirut.

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01 Jul 2025 00:22

Multiple rockets and drones struck in and around Kirkuk International Airport in Northeastern Iraq earlier tonight, killing at least one and wounding several others, with it believed that they were attempting to target an area of the airport containing Iraqi Forces.

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30 Jun 2025 19:48

Reports of air-defense activity and explosions seen by residents in the sky over the Iranian capital of Tehran.

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30 Jun 2025 17:24

U.S. President Donald J. Trump is expected to sign an Executive Order later today towards further easing sanctions on Syria.

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30 Jun 2025 08:28

Over a hundred Israeli settlers rioted outside the Headquarters of the Binyamin Regional Brigade last night near Ramallah in the West Bank, damaging military vehicles and attacking officers as well as soldiers with pepper spray and rocks. This riot follows several days of violence and unrest across the West Bank, with Israeli settlers attacking both soldiers with the Israel Defense Force and Palestinians, resulting in an incident Friday in which settlers used vehicles and rocks to attack a number of soldiers, forcing them to fire live-rounds into the air to eventually disperse the crowd of Israelis.

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30 Jun 2025 02:34

The Kootenai County Sheriff states that officers are still “actively taking sniper fire” from atop Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene.

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30 Jun 2025 01:47

At least two firefighters are now confirmed to have been killed by the shooter/s that are are still “at large” on Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene in Northern Idaho, with several other first responders injured in the ambush. According to law enforcement, the shooter/s, who are still firing at police from atop the mountain, are believed to be wearing camouflage and wielding long-rifles, with at least one shooter known to be involved though others are possible.

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30 Jun 2025 00:47

Police are continuing to arrive in Coeur d'Alene from neighboring counties in Northern Idaho and Washington, including several helicopters with the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, as the search continues for the gunman/gunmen who ambushed and shot several firefighters earlier on Canfield Mountain.

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30 Jun 2025 00:32

Reports that several firefighters have been ambushed and shot while responding to what appears to have been an intentionally set brush fire near Coeur d'Alene in Northern Idaho. Police are said to currently be in a firefight with one or more suspects shooting down from a hill towards first responders, with assistance being requested from Spokane, Washington.

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30 Jun 2025 00:00

Hundreds of false reports have been going around for the last few hours on X claiming that a “Black Electric Mercedes Sprinter Van” belonging to Amazon exploded earlier in Washington, D.C. with some even alleging that it occurred near the White House. Almost none of this is true. According to authorities in Arlington, Virginia, not Washington, “Units responded to a fully involved vehicle fire on the 2200 block of S Clark St. that was extending into the bushes. E105 quickly extinguished the delivery vehicle fire. No injuries to the driver or firefighters. Fire marshals will be investigating the cause.” The Arlington County Fire Department (ACFD) later clarified that there was no explosion, and that the fire started as a result of an engine malfunction in a gas-powered delivery van being used by Amazon.

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29 Jun 2025 22:46

Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told CBS News during a recent interview that Iran could resume its production of highly-enriched uranium “within month” following recent strikes by the United States and Israel, which he states caused severe, but not “total damage” to at least three nuclear facilities in Iran. Grossi further added, “They [Iran] can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that … Iran has the capacities there: industrial and technological capacities.”

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28 Jun 2025 03:38

Reports earlier of air-defense activity and explosions over Eslamshahr to the southwest of the Iranian capital of Tehran, close to the location of several facilities and bases operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). No official statement has been made regarding the incident, though Iranian channels claim that several unknown aircraft, possibly Israeli drones and/or fighters, were spotted earlier over Eslamshahr, Malard, and other cities to the west of Tehran.

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27 Jun 2025 20:58

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced today in a statement that he has instructed the Israel Defense Force to prepare an enforcement plan against Iran following the end of “Operation Rising Lion” that includes: maintaining Israel’s air superiority over Iran, preventing nuclear advancement and missile production, and responding to any Iranian supported terror activity against Israel. Katz added, “I suggest the defanged head of the snake in Tehran, understand and beware: Operation Rising Lion was only the preview of a new Israeli policy, after October 7, immunity is over for Iran.”

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26 Jun 2025 20:04

Asked earlier about how the United States could be so sure there was not any highly-enriched uranium removed from any of Iran’s nuclear sites prior to Saturday’s strikes by the U.S. Air Force and Navy, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said there was “no indication to the United States that any of that enriched uranium was moved prior to the strike,” additionally calling the operation, “one of the most secretive and successful in the history of the United States.”

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26 Jun 2025 19:21

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly expressed willingness to visit the White House in the coming weeks, in order to celebrate last weekend’s strikes against the Iranian nuclear program by the United States as well as Israel’s “victory” over Iran, alongside U.S. President Donald J. Trump.

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26 Jun 2025 15:55

Following this morning’s press conference at the Pentagon by U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine, regarding this past weekend’s strikes against nuclear facilities in Iran; President Trump made a series of posts on Truth Social, stating that it was, “One of the greatest, most professional, and most “confirming” News Conferences I have ever seen!” Adding that the “Fake News” should fire everyone involved in recent reports about the effectiveness of the strikes against the Iranian nuclear sites, calling it a “Witch Hunt.”

After the initial post, President Trump made a second one regarding claims that highly-enriched uranium was removed from Fordow prior to the strikes, stating, “The cars and small trucks at the site were those of concrete workers trying to cover up the top of the shafts. Nothing was taken out of facility. Would take too long, too dangerous, and very heavy and hard to move!” With him likely referencing satellite imagery showing over a dozen trucks arriving at the facility roughly two days before the strikes against it by the U.S. Air Force.