Overview

• Reports indicate Qatar informed the United States it may expel Hamas leaders after Hamas refused to condemn Iranian attacks against Qatar and Gulf states.

• Hezbollah launches “Operation Eat the Eagle”. Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets in coordination with Tehran toward Israeli communities. Israel issued evacuation orders north of the Zahrani and Awali rivers, effectively clearing southern Lebanon.

• Reports estimate between 500,000 and 700,000 Lebanese civilians have been displaced, including 650,000 from Beirut and Dahiya alone.

• Mojtaba Khamenei, who was reportedly chosen by the Assembly of Experts on March 8, delivered his first written statement on March 12. 

• Trump declared the operation will continue until Iran’s military infrastructure is decisively crippled, even hinting that the US could disable Iran’s national electrical grid.

• Officials stated that military operations are progressing faster than originally planned, but the campaign will not end this week. They emphasized that Iran has never negotiated in good faith, and warned that if Iran attempts to close the Strait of Hormuz, US forces would seize control of the strait militarily.

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• Mojtaba Khamenei, who was reportedly chosen by the Assembly of Experts on March 8, delivered his first written statement on March 12. In the declaration he reaffirmed the regime’s…