💥 Footage shows U.S. carrier pilots heading out on another mission: Video from the aircraft carrier Lincoln shows American pilots en route to what is described as “another dissatisfied customer.” The footage is framed alongside reports of a U.S. hunt for Iranian fighter jets.
🔹 Flights departing Israel may begin as early as Sunday under strict limits: Transportation Minister Regev says outbound flights could start as early as Sunday, with further details on the outline expected later today. Emerging guidelines indicate only 50 passengers per departing flight, with no checked luggage allowed in the aircraft hold.
Passengers will be required to complete early check-in and arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport 90 minutes before departure. Escorts will not be permitted to enter the terminal. Departures will be based on the arrival of incoming rescue aircraft.
📚 Education Ministry says classes will be held remotely on Sunday: A discussion is scheduled for Saturday night on how to proceed from Monday onward.
♟️ Reports describe Kurdish faction preparations, Iraqi constraints, and competing denials: Sources told The New York Times: "The White House has not yet made a decision on sending the Kurds into Iran. The final choice may not be entirely up to Israel or the US, and the Kurdish leadership might decide on it themselves".
Sources told The New York Times: "Iran is exerting pressure on Iraq to prevent the passage of Kurdish fighters".
Axios reported that militants from several Kurdish Iranian factions are preparing for a possible ground offensive against Iran in the northwestern part of the country.
US and Israeli officials told Axios: "The Iranian Kurdish militias are backed by the Mossad and the CIA spy agencies. The goal is to try to take over a specific territory in the Kurdish region inside Iran in order to challenge the regime and inspire a broader uprising".
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress in a closed doors briefing on Tuesday: "We are not arming the Kurds. But you never know with the Israelis" - Axios.
A US official told Axios: "Israeli officials promised the Kurdish Iranian factions not only military support but also political support for a Kurdish autonomous region in a future Iran if the regime collapsed. The problem is that the Kurdish Iranian factions don't have enough military power and they could end up as cannon fodder".
Axios also reported that President Trump spoke by phone on Sunday with Kurdish leaders in Iraq Masoud Barzani and Bafel Talabani to discuss the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran and possible next steps.
A U.S. official said the call was good, but both leaders expressed reservations about involvement in any ground invasion into Iran.
Nechirvan Barzani, President of Iraq's Kurdistan Region: "The region will not be part of any conflict or military escalation".
Masoud Barzani, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the ruling party in Iraq's Kurdistan Region: "We will do everything in our power to keep Kurdistan away from war".
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the ruling party in Iraq's Kurdistan Region: "Reports about the Kurdistan Region's involvement in supporting the Iranian Kurdish opposition are untrue".
The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the ruling party in Iraq's Kurdistan Region: "We are not a party to this war".
Iran’s Intelligence Ministry claimed Kurdish militant groups supported by the U.S. and Israel planned to enter Iran from the western border. "A joint operation with the IRGC destroyed the groups' positions and inflicted heavy losses," the statement added.
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