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During the recent Iran War, Israel quietly deployed an Iron Dome air defense battery along with military personnel to the United Arab Emirates to help counter Iranian missile and drone threats. This marks the first known instance of the system being operated by Israeli forces on foreign soil in an active conflict setting. The move deepened Israel-UAE ties, with Emirati officials calling Israel a key ally they won’t forget.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the government: Hezbollah's violations are essentially disintegrating the ceasefire. Therefore, as far as we are concerned, what obligates us is the security of Israel, the security of our soldiers, and the security of our communities. We are acting vigorously according to the rules we agreed upon with the United States, and incidentally, with Lebanon as well. This means freedom of action, not only to respond to attacks, which is obvious, but to thwart immediate threats and also to neutralize emerging threats. In the past two weeks, according to Northern Command, we have eliminated 46 terrorists, and we will act with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. We are not prepared to accept this lawlessness. We will do whatever is necessary to restore security to the North.

Three Hezbollah drones launched from Lebanon were shot down by the Israeli Air Force. The drones triggered sirens in the Western Galilee, northern Israel, though the military says they were shot down before crossing the border.

Following an evacuation warning issued earlier today, the residents of the towns in southern Lebanon started evacuating. Later, the Israeli Army struck Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in the various areas that received warnings and in additional ones, like Burj Qallawiyeh, Nabatieh Al-Fawqa, Yaroun, Dayr Antar, Bint Jbeil, Kounine.

Hezbollah launched two explosive-laden drones at Israeli troops stationed in southern Lebanon overnight. The drones both hit open areas, causing no injuries. Additionally, yesterday (Saturday), IDF soldiers located a rocket launcher with four barrels, in soithern Lebanon, with projectiles ready to launch.

The IDF moves the Yellow Line, expanding the area in Gaza under its control Gazan journalists report that this morning the IDF placed new yellow concrete barriers from the Kuwait Square area in the Zeitoun neighborhood in the southeast of Gaza City up to the Wadi Gaza bridge, right along the Salah al-Din road - the main route crossing the Strip from north to south. Gazans fear that if this deployment continues, both al-Bureij and al-Maghazi in central Gaza, which are east of the Salah al-Din road, will be swallowed into the yellow line.

Israeli troops of the Southern Brigade and the Yahalom Unit, under the command of the Gaza Division (143), are operating in the southern Gaza Strip, east of the Yellow Line, to dismantle terror infrastructure in the area. During operational activity, the troops dismantled an offensive underground route approximately 800 meters long, which contained living quarters, military equipment and weapons, including vests and a rocket belonging to the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization.

Judea and Samaria / West Bank Yesterday (Saturday) in the area of the arab village of Duma, southeast of Nablus, a Jewish shepherd was assaulted by Arab attackers using clubs and stones, leaving him with a serious head injury. He was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center for treatment. Less than 3 hours later, a second incident took place, with a driver ramming a responder who was on the way to assist.

The IDF issued an evacuation warning for several Lebanese towns north of Israel's southern Lebanon security zone, ahead of airstrikes on Hezbollah terrorist targets. The locations are: Maifadoun, Choukine, Yohmor, Arnoun, Zawtar El Charqiyeh, Zawtar El Gharbiyeh, Kfar Tebnit. IDF spokesman in Arabic, Col. Avichay Adraee: "In light of the Hezbollah terror organization’s violation of the ceasefire agreement, the IDF is compelled to act against it with force."

The IDF carried out a targeted attack on a motorcycle in Zawtar El Charqiyeh in southern Lebanon. One terrorist was eliminated. Folowing this, the IDF struck terrorist infrastructure in the village. Additionally, the Israeli army also attacked terrorist infrastructure in Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, in southern Lebanon.

An NHS doctor in the United Kingdom, Rahmeh Aladwan, has been charged with multiple offences including inviting support for Hamas terrorists following a series of social media posts linked to the October 7 attacks. Her posts included statements such as “I don’t condemn Hamas. I don’t condemn October 7,” “Free the world from Jewish supremacy,” and “Glory to the palestinian resistance,” forming the basis of both terrorism-related and racial hatred charges. She appeared in court wearing a gold necklace shaped as the number 7. Aladwan, who was also a member of Palestine Action before it was designated a terrorist organization, also claimed that "the UK is occupied and controlled by Jewish supremacy. In fact, most Christian majority countries are," and that the Royal Free Hospital in London, which has a large number of Jewish patients given its location, is a "Jewish Supremacy Cesspit."

Amid a sharp escalation of violence, Colombian authorities report 26 coordinated attacks over a two-day period across the southwestern departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca, leaving at least 14 people dead and more than 40 injured. The deadliest incident occurred on the Pan-American Highway in Cajibío, where assailants blocked traffic before detonating a powerful explosive that tore through buses and civilian vehicles, injuring at least 38 people, including 5 minors, and leaving a large crater in the roadway. Additional attacks, including a bombing of a military base in Cali that wounded 3. Officials blame Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) dissident networks linked to Iván Mordisco, amid escalating violence tied to drug-trafficking corridors and attempts to destabilize Colombia before the May 31 presidential election.