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#BREAKING: IDF says ground troops have now begun operating in Rafah as Israeli ground forces are carrying out operations in northern, central and southern Gaza.

#BREAKING: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is beefing up the Navy warship presence in the Middle East, ordering two aircraft carriers to be there next month as the U.S. increases strikes on the Yemen-based Houthi rebels. (AP)

Israeli air defense intercepted another ballistic missile fired by Houthis in Yemen, sirens were triggered across central Israel including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

NOW: US airstrikes reported in Yemen as the campaign against the Houthis continues

Israel provided sensitive intelligence from a human source in Yemen on a key Houthi military operative targeted in an attack described by national security adviser Mike Waltz in a Signal chat with senior Trump officials. (WSJ)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tasked Israel's Mossad foreign intelligence agency with finding countries that would agree to receive large numbers of Palestinians displaced from the Gaza Strip. (Axios)

#BREAKING: Trump says Iran faces 'bad, bad things' if no nuclear deal. (AFP)

Dozens of US airstrikes pounded Houthi targets today across Yemen as the campaign continues against the terrorist group

Iran’s president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran’s first response to a letter President Donald Trump sent to the country’s supreme leader. (AP)

#BREAKING: Poland, US sign $2 billion air defence systems deal. (AFP)

The Israeli military expands its ground operation in Gaza to occupy 25% of the enclave over the next two to three weeks. (Axios)

#BREAKING: President Donald Trump has told his inner circle, including members of his Cabinet, that Elon Musk will be stepping back in the coming weeks from his current role as governing partner, ubiquitous cheerleader and Washington hatchet man. (Politico)

HAPPENING NOW: Rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel, Israeli airstrikes on targets in Damascus and US airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.

The risk of a U.S. and global recession this year have risen to 60% from 40% earlier on the heels of President Donald Trump's sweeping reciprocal tariffs, Wall Street brokerage J.P. Morgan said. (Reuters)

Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting that Beijing was behind a widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure, underscoring how hostilities between the two superpowers are continuing to escalate. (WSJ)

Israeli officials fear Trump may cut 'mediocre' nuke deal, impede IDF's ability to strike Iran amid 'open window' achieved in earlier Israeli strikes on Iranian air defense systems. (Jpost)

#BREAKING The United States will be able to deploy troops to Panama, a major concession to President Trump as he seeks to reestablish influence over the vital waterway. (AFP)

#BREAKING: Yemeni militias are planning a ground offensive against the Houthis in an attempt to take advantage of a U.S. bombing campaign that has degraded the militant group’s capabilities, Yemeni and U.S. officials say. (WSJ)

#BREAKING: Israel had planned to strike Iranian nuclear sites as soon as next month but was waved off by President Trump in recent weeks in favor of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit its nuclear program. (NYT)

"Initially, senior Israeli officials updated their American counterparts on a plan that would have combined an Israeli commando raid on underground nuclear sites with a bombing campaign, an effort that the Israelis hoped would involve American aircraft." nytimes.com/2025/04/16/us/…