FLASH
Russia will NOT allow its main ally in the Middle East and fellow BRICS+ member, Iran, to be defeated and destroyed! Russia has told the US and Israel, quietly, that it will step in if the West goes too far in the coming regional war….
UPDATE 2:22 PM EDT --
Beirut Airport is utterly MOBBED with people desperate to flee Lebanon. Numerous countries have urgently told their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately due to coming war. Both foreigners and Lebanese are heeding those calls and attempting to flee. Below, a photo from Beirut Airport today (Sunday):
COVERT INTEL - DIPLOMATIC STONE WALL
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Captain Obvious Update . . .
Israeli source: "The Israeli Ministry of State Security is building an underground shelter in Jerusalem for the country's leadership in case of war."
Thank you Captain Obvious! One would think with all the attacks they've made for years against other countries, the thought that someone might actually fight back seems to have eluded the Israelis. NOW, they're building bunkers? NOW????? A little late, I'd say.
UPDATE 3:04 PM EDT --
Not certain if this is related, but the United States has scrambled THIRTEEN P-8 "Poseidon" anti-submarine aircraft from Jacksonville, FL and Georgia, heading to unknown destinations.
***** BULLETIN *****
Israel is ready to preempt Iran. | "We will not wait and try to intercept the attack in the air, that will be the second stage," said a senior Israeli security official.
BOMB BUNKER - OPENED! ! !
A Large Underground Bunker Complex in the City of Jerusalem, for use by Senior Israeli Military and Government Officials for Extended Stays during Time of Conventional or Nuclear War, has been Opened as Fears of a Large-Scale Iranian Attack against Israel, and Regional War continue to Increase.
The Complex, which has been Designed to take several “Direct Hits” from Ground-Penetrating Munitions, is Virtually Connected to the Underground Command-and-Control Complex under the IDF Headquarters in Tel Aviv, also known as “The Pit” as well as several other Control Nodes across the Country.
Israeli officials say any attacks on Israel, expected imminently, were likely to be simultaneous and could come from Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran.
ATTACK TIME FRAMES
There are all sorts of claims as to the Time Frame of Iran's retaliation against Israel. The Mass-Media
WSJ -> "As soon as this weekend"
CNN -> "could occur in the coming days"
Axios -> "as early as Monday"
Bloomberg -> "Imminently"
I asked my former colleagues in the Intelligence Community this afternoon as to the timeframe and they told me "We believe at Dawn Monday." FWIW, "Dawn" in Israel is technically at 5:33 AM local time tomorrow. That would convert to 10:33 PM __tonight__ here on the US East Coast.
I remind readers that Israel/Iran are seven hours ahead of the US East Coast Time Zone. So as this particular little update gets published, it is 3:32 PM Eastern US time. That makes it 10:32 Israel/Iran time. "Dawn," over there, is just a few hours away . . . .
UPDATE 5:05 PM EDT --
-- The Syrian national airline has postponed flights to Dubai scheduled for tomorrow "due to urgent circumstances."
-- Numerous Iranian elected and other Officials are now publicly commenting "this time a direct strike on Israel will occur without warning."
-- Israeli officials claim that a combined Iranian attack with Hezbollah could happen at any moment.
-- Israel's Channel 12 reports that the country's security chiefs are considering 'preventive actions or attacks' in both 'Lebanon or perhaps in other places as necessitated'
COVERT INTEL -- EXTREMELY SENSITIVE
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UPDATE 5:15 PM EDT --
Israeli forces are launching illumination flares along Israel's northern Border. Looking for something:
UPDATE 5:20 PM EDT --
-- Israeli Aircraft just heard flying at Low-Altitude over Southwestern Lebanon, heading North.
-- Statement by the G7 Foreign Ministers: The rise in tension in the Middle East threatens to ignite a broader conflict in the region
-- British News Paper The Times: (Talking about Hezbollah's large arsenal of missiles) If Hezbollah fired all of these missiles in huge bursts, they would immediately overwhelm Israel's air defenses
-- A flier from the Jerusalem municipality has advised residents to “clean and prepare their bomb shelters,” warning they must be able to reach shelters in 90 seconds.
COVERT INTEL - RUSSIAN WEAPONS TO IRAN
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UPDATE 5:43 PM EDT --
Something is now definitely up: Almost all Departures tonight from Imam Khomeini International Airport in the Iranian Capital of Tehran, appear to have been Delayed until Monday Morning or Afternoon.
UPDATE 6:03 PM EDT --
Israeli PM Netanyahu & his entire cabinet & IDF top generals have officially moved into a large-scale bunker in the city of Jerusalem, in fear of Iranian attack.
UPDATE 6:26 PM EDT --
Numerous Emergency Action Messages being transmitted by US Military on Global High-Frequency Communications System via 8992KHz and 11.175KHz
COVERT INTEL - SOMETHING HAS GONE VERY **VERY** WRONG
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UPDATE 6:59 PM EDT --
-- The IDF has distributed a War Document to Mayor's in all northern communities, outlining what they should expect to encounter if war breaks out:
3-day power outage in some cities
water supplies will be cut off for days,
Cutting of landline telephone lines and mobile communications.
-- Syria has now closed its airspace to civil aviation.
Better Late Than Never . . .
-- Brazil calls on its nationals to leave Lebanon as soon as possible
UPDATE 7:19 PM EDT --
Sudden barrage of Drone Alerts and Rocket Alerts, in widely varying places all over Israel.
FLASH -- URGENT
China: If Iran and its allies are attacked by the United States, we will take countermeasures.
UPDATE 7:25 PM EDT --
Hezbollah attacks the IDF headquarters in Illit, Israel, 30 km from the border with Lebanon, using drones.
One of the drones appears to have fallen on an Israeli army position, multiple casualties at the scenes.
UPDATE 9:58 PM EDT --
-- All flights from Erbil Airport in northern Iraq have reportedly been suspended "until further notice" due to the possibility of an imminent Iranian retaliatory attack targeting Israel.
-- 1 IDF soldier dead in Hezbollah drone attack on northern Israel.
-- Futures markets experiencing fresh lows from a big drop in the opening.
-- Israeli media: Fires in various places in the Upper Galilee as a result of the interception of several missiles launched from Lebanon.
-- Acting Iranian FM: We will defend our security and sovereignty to deter `Israel`, we are surprised by Europe’s silence over the Zionist attack on Tehran.
-- A report of a direct hit in the Hula Valley. News of a direct hit in Wadi al-Haula A drone hit a mobile shelter room at a base in the north, and a large fire broke out around it, while soldiers were trapped
-- Israeli Media: Military censorship imposes a publication ban on details of the event in the north (Israeli law cannot be applied to this AMERICAN web site which is protected by the first Amendment to the US Constitution, and as such, this site will continue the reporting).
- This is the child-like intellect being employed over there: “No one believed that Hezbollah would launch missiles and drones at 02:01 at night while our soldiers were sleeping.”
-- Saudis expect Israel's response to any Iran Retaliation to be immediate, in real time. Israel Ha-Yom picked up Arab media whisper. . . If Iran attacks, Israel will not let Iran get away with a slap on the wrist, like last time. Israel will try to humiliate Iran this time.
FINAL UPDATE 10:10 PM EDT --
The start of Muharram in 2024 commenced on July 07th, and ends at sundown on Monday, August 05th.
Muharram is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year when warfare is banned.
I was just told the US expects Iran to attack after 5:00 PM local time in Israel tomorrow, Monday, August 5, which coincides with the end of the sacred Muslim month Muharram.
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