🇪🇺 The European Commission just told all 27 member states to hurry up with rolling out online age verification, demanding deployment before the end of 2026.

Asked today how the system stops anyone bypassing it with a VPN from outside the EU, Vice-President Virkkunen said only that it is "an important part of the next steps."

🔗 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_26_921

—❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧/🇮🇷 NEW: Israel has issued orders to withdraw several combat brigades from southern Lebanon due to the FPV drone threat – Channel 11

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Hezbollah carried out three more operations:

(8) Targeting a group of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in Mays Al-Jabal with a wave of suicide drones.

(9) Targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Al-Tayybeh with a wave of suicide drones, inflicting confirmed hits.

(10) Targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Qantara with a wave of suicide drones, inflicting confirmed hits.

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🇮🇱🇺🇸⚡️ — 6,500 tons of munitions and military equipment from the U.S. were delivered to Israel in the past 24 hours as part of a "large-scale logistics operation."

➡️ Two cargo ships docked at the ports of Port of Ashdod and Port of Haifa, carrying air- and ground-launched munitions, military trucks, and Joint Light Tactical Vehicles. Several flights also delivered equipment.

➡️ The Israeli Ministry of Defense noted that since the war with Iran began on February 28, more than 115,600 tons of equipment have arrived via 403 flights and 10 ships.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — A White House official told the Washington Examiner that the administration is in “active conversations” with Congress about potentially seeking authorization for the Iran war.