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Israeli drone strike on a vehicle near Kfar Raman, South Lebanon. Casualties reported.

Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias raised concerns over Turkey potentially acquiring F-35s and its impact on regional security, meeting a U.S. congressional delegation in Athens.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan: There is no reason to have an open conflict between Turkey and Israel. There are still very sane and good people with wisdom and a strategic mind in Israel. Not all of them are like Netanyahu and his people. But Netanyahu and some people, as they get closer to the elections, need an enemy. After they wage war on Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, they need another enemy to get somebody to pity them. They are trying to do that with Turkey.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan: The policies of Netanyahu's government are not only a problem for us. His policies and his government are a burden for Israel, a burden for the region, and a burden and a threat to international security. Wherever you go, everybody agrees that Netanyahu and his policies are a threat to international security and economic security. And I think Trump gets that too.

Qatar's sovereign wealth fund is vetoing a deal between Volkswagen and Israel's Rafael to produce Iron Dome components, per Bild. As VW's third-largest shareholder, the fund is blocking the agreement. The Wolfsburg plant now faces possible closure, with hundreds of workers at risk of layoffs.

Former U.S Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney: The amount of money a few people are getting concerns me. The idea that Elon Musk is going to be a trillion aire, what does that mean? We're talking about a thousand billions. He could drop a couple of billion dollars into a political campaign to support someone who would give him even more power. And he's not the only one. There are others who are going to become worth hundreds of billions of dollars, and they will influence our political system.

The IDF eliminated Yahya Said Muhammad Hamdan, head of a Nukhba squad in Hamas' military wing, in an airstrike in southern Gaza. Hamdan took part in the October 7 assault on the Reim base and recently pushed to rebuild Hamas' capabilities. - IDF

Four out of five Ebola patients in the ongoing Congo outbreak have no traceable source of infection, a senior WHO official warns. The real case count could be "two or three times" higher than current field figures. - Reuters

Storage tanks at Moscow's Kapotnya oil refinery are ablaze.

Storage tanks at Moscow's Kapotnya oil refinery are ablaze, with black smoke rising over the site.

12 people killed, 23 missing in Los Gallardos, Spain wildfire; British tourists among the dead. - BNO

Five Hamas tunnels running some two kilometers were demolished in northern Gaza, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line, per the IDF.

IDF dismantled Hezbollah weapons facilities in southern Lebanon's Security Zone, holding launchers, machine guns, explosive devices and missiles meant for use against Israeli troops and civilians.

Moroccan rioters clashing with police in Dusseldorf, Germany, after Morocco lost to France tonight.

Iranian forces recovered an unexploded WDU-42/B warhead from a U.S. AGM-158 JASSM/LRASM cruise missile, designed to destroy hardened underground targets.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: There is one thing, in a sense, that hurts the enemy: land. Whoever gets involved with us will lose land forever.

IDF: Golani Brigade forces destroyed Hezbollah weapons depots holding charges, arms and launchers.

Turkish reports: Turkey has reportedly sold its S-400 air defense system to a Gulf state, possibly the UAE or Qatar. According to Hürriyet's Abdülkadir Selvi.

China lands and recovers a reusable orbital-class booster at sea for the first time.

Egyptian snack maker Chipsy has stopped producing chip packets featuring Lionel Messi, Egyptian media report. The move follows public anger over Egypt's elimination match against Argentina, widely seen as biased toward Messi. A boycott campaign backed by Egyptian public figures and artists followed, with footage online of Egyptians tossing the Messi bags. @kaisos1987