UPDATE #1: Russia will NOT allow its main ally in the Middle East and fellow BRICS+ member, Iran, to be defeated and destroyed! Russia has told the US and Israel, quietly, that it will step in if the West goes too far in the coming regional war.

Israeli source: "The Israeli Ministry of State Security is building an underground shelter in Jerusalem for the country's leadership in case of war."

Thank you Captain Obvious! One would think with all the attacks they've made for years against other countries, the thought that someone might actually fight back seems to have eluded the Israelis. NOW, they're building bunkers? NOW????? A little late, I'd say.

UPDATE #2 Israel is ready to preempt Iran. | "We will not wait and try to intercept the attack in the air, that will be the second stage," said a senior Israeli security official.

UPDATE #3

- The Syrian national airline has postponed flights to Dubai scheduled for tomorrow "due to urgent circumstances."

- Numerous Iranian elected and other Officials are now publicly commenting "this time a direct strike on Israel will occur without warning."

- Israeli officials claim that a combined Iranian attack with Hezbollah could happen at any moment.

- Israel's Channel 12 reports that the country's security chiefs are considering 'preventive actions or attacks' in both 'Lebanon or perhaps in other places as necessitated'