- According to Lebanese security and military sources cited by Erem News, Iran has instructed Hezbollah to raise its military readiness to advanced levels as Tehran believes a major regional confrontation is imminent. 

Hezbollah is reportedly implementing a new decentralized combat system designed to allow field units to operate independently, even if Israeli strikes eliminate senior Hezbollah commanders or disrupt its central command structure.

- Iran is now reportedly preparing its missile launchers for a large-scale retaliation against the U.S. if Washington launches another major attack, conducting large-scale missile exercises as the Pentagon reportedly develops new strike plans involving the 21,600-pound “Mother of All Bombs” (MOAB).Reuters 

- Two Ships Sink near Hormuz after Being Hit by Projectiles Amid Surge in Attacks.

- More US airforce refueling planes have landed in Israel at Ben Gurion Airport as war drums loom again.

- Mother of all bombs': US potential Iran strike plans include largest non-nuclear weapon - report. According to CNN, multiple US officials said that the plans called for the MOAB to be used against Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites, including Pickaxe Mountain.

- President Trump at an election rally in Arizona: “Iran’s first-level leaders are gone. They chose a second level, and they’re gone too. They chose a third level, and half of them are gone.” Trump revealed that he was asked to stop eliminating Iranian leaders and agreed. “They made me promise not to take out any more, and I did. I promised them.”He added: “I probably went a little too far. I’m sorry, because I don’t know who the hell we’re dealing with anymore.”

- Ministers in the government are in the process of approving an extension for the state of emergency on the home front until November 3, a week after the Israeli elections and on the day of the US

- Israel has introduced sweeping new aviation security restrictions following the September 30 attempted hijacking of a FlyDubai passenger aircraft bound for Tel Aviv.According to French investigative outlet Mediapart, flight crew members holding citizenship or dual citizenship from 31 countries without formal diplomatic relations with Israel are now prohibited from entering Israeli airspace aboard commercial aircraft.

- Former President Barack Obama declared during a visit to Northern Ireland that Israel has lost its moral standing in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, criticizing the country’s response to the October 7 Hamas massacre

- IDF: An Underground Terror Tunnel That Crossed the Yellow Line Area Was Dismantled: Southern Brigade and Yahalom Activity in the Gaza Strip Troops of the Southern Brigade, led by the Engineering Unit of the Gaza Division (143rd Division) and the Southern Command, continue to operate to clear the area of the Yellow Line of terrorist infrastructure in the southern Gaza Strip