‼️ U.S.-IRAN TALKS RESUME IN GENEVA AS U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE EXPANDS REGIONALLY; IDF STRIKES HEZBOLLAH RADWAN COMPOUNDS IN LEBANON

🔸 U.S.-IRAN TALKS RESUME IN GENEVA: The second half of the U.S.-Iran negotiations in Geneva is now underway.

✈️ Six additional U.S. refueling tankers are en route to Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport as part of a broader U.S. military buildup in the Middle East, following earlier arrivals of F-22 and F-35 fighter jets and cargo aircraft, i24NEWS reported.

🅾️ U.S. FIFTH FLEET STAFFING REDUCED; FIRE REPORTED IN IRAN: The U.S. Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain has been reduced to mission-critical personnel levels, Fox News reports, citing officials.

🔥 Separate reports indicate a large fire at a petrochemical plant in the industrial area of Abadan in southwestern Iran.

💥 IDF STRIKES HEZBOLLAH RADWAN COMPOUNDS IN BAALBEK AREA: Earlier today, the IDF struck eight military compounds belonging to Hezbollah’s Radwan Force in the Baalbek area in Lebanon. Numerous weapons were stored inside the compounds, including firearms and rockets belonging to Hezbollah.

The military compounds were used by the Radwan Force to train and prepare for confrontation during a state of emergency and for planning and carrying out terror attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians. The training included shooting drills and additional exercises focused on the use of various weapons.

🗣️ LEBANESE PM COMMENT: Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said: “We don't need to get involved in new adventures to support Iran or others”.

🇮🇱 ISRAEL LAUNCHES NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM: Israel’s National Emergency Authority (RAHEL) launched a multi-year national earthquake preparedness program with about 200 representatives from government ministries, the defense establishment, Home Front Command, Israel Police, MDA, Fire and Rescue, local authorities, and national infrastructure bodies.

The initiative follows Defense Minister Israel Katz’s designation of 2026–2027 as critical preparedness years and his directive to RAHEL head Brig. Gen. (res.) Itzik Bar to formulate a coordinated national plan.

Officials define a destructive earthquake as one of Israel’s major national threats and stress that home-front readiness must address both wartime and major natural-hazard scenarios.

Multi-agency teams have begun identifying gaps, refining processes, and improving decision-making frameworks.

Itzik Bar said Israel cannot predict when an earthquake will occur but must prepare now, adding that lessons from recent security emergencies are directly applicable to large-scale natural-disaster response.

He said the program will guide measurable multi-year work to improve institutional readiness, inter-agency cooperation, and national resilience.

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