Headlines- According to the National News Agency (NNA), 13 persons have died and several more have been injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon.
- In southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has increased its strikes on Israeli forces.
- More than 4,000 people have been arrested in Iran on national security-related charges since the start of the US-Israel war, according to UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk.
- Iran's foreign ministry condemned Kuwait's detention of four people it claimed were connected to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, claiming they were on maritime patrol and had crossed the territorial waters of the Gulf nation because of "disruption in their navigation."
- As he took questions from reporters on the White House South Lawn prior to departing for China, US President Trump stated that he "not even a little bit" considers the financial situation of Americans while negotiating with Iran.
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