Shavua tov, friends.
The war crossed a structural threshold over Shabbat. Oil infrastructure joined the target set. The IAF dropped a hundred bombs on Khamenei’s underground bunker. Zamir announced “the next stage.” Hezbollah’s front is now a 600-target campaign with IRGC Quds Force commanders being hunted inside Beirut hotels. On the home front, the Finance Ministry is running the math on what it costs to keep the country closed, and the answer is: more than anyone budgeted (roughly NIS 9 billion a week). The Assembly of Experts is expected to pick Iran’s next supreme leader within 24 hours — a decision Trump has already publicly rejected before it’s been made.
⚡️Flash Brief: The Day in 90 Seconds or Less
Phase 2 — Oil and Industry: IDF strikes 30 Iranian oil storage tanks and Khamenei’s underground bunker; Zamir announces campaign’s next stage targeting military-industrial supply chain. See The War Today.
Russia Feeds Iran Targeting Data: Washington Post reports Moscow providing Iran with locations of US warships and aircraft — active operational support, not just diplomacy. See The War Today.
Isfahan Uranium Access: US intelligence believes Iran can retrieve enriched uranium through a surviving tunnel passage; Trump refuses to rule out ground forces. See The War Today.
Hezbollah Front — 600 Targets: IRGC Quds Force commanders killed in Beirut hotel strike; Hamas commander eliminated in Tripoli; Akrotiri drone carried Russian hardware. See The War Today.
Home Front Bleeds NIS 9B Weekly: Economy partially reopens; 120,000 Israelis stranded abroad; small businesses hemorrhaging under inadequate compensation. See Inside Israel.
CPJ Launders Terror Operatives as Journalists: Breakdown shows 60% of “journalists killed by Israel” were Hamas affiliates, Houthi propagandists, or IRGC media employees. See Israel and the World.
53 Democrats Vote Against Calling Iran a Terror Sponsor: Resolution passes 372–53; moderate no votes driven by primary politics and fear of providing Trump legal justification for the war. See Israel and the World.
Below: the Assessment on what Russia’s intelligence-sharing actually changes for US force protection, why the Isfahan uranium passage is the war’s most dangerous loose end, the CPJ’s evidentiary sleight of hand, three Toronto synagogues shot at in one week, and why the Assembly of Experts’ 24-hour window matters more than every diplomatic channel combined.
