🛡️ HOME FRONT COMMAND GUIDELINES REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH APRIL 4: Following the latest situational assessment, the Home Front Command confirmed that current defensive guidelines remain unchanged and will remain in effect until Saturday, April 4, 2026 at 20:00. In the coming days, ongoing assessments will continue across all regions, with particular focus on education frameworks and restrictions on gatherings to balance life-saving measures with essential routine activity. Any changes will be communicated through official channels based on updated situational assessments.
🔥 ENERGY MINISTER: HAIFA REFINERIES UNHARMED: Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said: "There is no damage to the production facilities at the oil refineries in Haifa, and fuel supplies will not be affected".
💥 U.S. STRIKES IN TEHRAN: Overnight, U.S. Air Force strategic bombers, including B-1 Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, carried out large-scale strikes targeting military-industrial sites across Tehran.
The strikes also targeted concealed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) command centers.
💥 IDF STRIKES ADDITIONAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION SITES IN TEHRAN: During waves of airstrikes over the past two days in Tehran, approximately 40 weapons production and research facilities were struck. Yesterday, the Israeli Air Force, acting on precise IDF intelligence, completed a wave of strikes against infrastructure belonging to the Iranian regime across Tehran, deploying more than 80 munitions against the regime’s weapons production sites. Among the targets struck were a facility used for assembling long-range surface-to-air missiles, a site manufacturing weapon components required for the development of anti-tank missiles and small anti-aircraft missiles, and a facility for the production, research, and development of ballistic missile engines.
❌ TWO HOUTHI DRONES INTERCEPTED NEAR EILAT: The IDF said two drones launched overnight by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen were intercepted near Eilat.
⚠️ PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNALS MILITARY AND ENERGY OPTIONS ON IRAN: The Wall Street Journal reported that President Trump is considering a ground operation in Iran to seize about 450 kg of enriched uranium. President Trump told The Financial Times: "Maybe we take Kharg Island, maybe we don't. We have a lot of options. I don't think they have any defense. We could take it very easily". He also said: "To be honest with you, my favourite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the US say: 'Why are you doing that?' But they are stupid people". President Trump further told The Financial Times that Mohammad Ghalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, authorized the passage of Pakistani-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz.
🗣️ IRAN SAYS NO DIRECT TALKS WITH THE US: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said: "We have not conducted any direct negotiations with the US so far. We have received messages through intermediaries about Washington's desire to negotiate. The Pakistan meetings are a framework set by those countries themselves, and we did not participate in them".
⚖️ CHARGES FILED AGAINST EILAT RESIDENT ACCUSED OF SPYING FOR IRAN: Israeli authorities filed charges against Ali Gaber, 23, from Eilat, for spying for Iran in exchange for money. He allegedly contacted Iranian intelligence and filmed the Israeli Air Force’s Ovda Air Base, where he worked. He also documented routes from the base and was tasked with filming sensitive infrastructure, including security sites and residential areas, while receiving detailed instructions to conceal his activities.
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