Update: Iran has publicly announced for the first time that it has nuclear weapons!

"We have obtained nuclear weapons, but we do not announce it!”

- Iranian Politician Ahmed Ardestani pic.twitter.com/yKwsU3w0i0

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) August 3, 2024

Footage emerges of the devastating aftermath of an Israeli strike on a school in NW of Gaza City, where at least 15 displaced Palestinians killed pic.twitter.com/ZAanojWpzT

— Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) August 3, 2024

WATCH: Bridge collapsed in Jazan, Saudi Arabia amid heavy rain, massive flooding

pic.twitter.com/ME3wYu7q3t

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 3, 2024

Update: US deploys massive armada in preparation for war with Iran!!

“US Navy has sent 12 warships and aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt to the Middle East, Some 4,000 Marines and sailors are onboard the vessels the US has assembled!” - WP pic.twitter.com/EZC0Mzo5ZK

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) August 3, 2024

Update: War is coming within hours!! Iran has requested and received Iskander ballistic missile from Russia!! pic.twitter.com/aISNN49U5b

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) August 3, 2024

Start at the 14:12 minute mark

https://youtu.be/1zlmEDT8ysU?si=DYVKgDPgxOVIiT-S&t=852

Iran's IRGC says the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was designed and executed by Israel, with support from the US administration.

Update: NATO forces in Ukraine have claimed they sunk the Russian submarine Rostov-on-Don in pinpoint strikes! Russia has not confirmed this strike.

Argentinian President Millay is taking the gold out of Argentina in bulk

Israeli military chiefs believe Netanyahu uninterested in Gaza truce deal, says top official

Five Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrike on the West Bank in occupied Palestine

Kamala Harris declines Fox News presidential debate against Donald Trump, NBC reports.

The United States has tried to get in touch with Iran through various regional countries, with no response.
U.S. Officials say it is 'very difficult' to predict when Iran will attack, unlike the last time.

Summaries of What's Happening in the Middle East
All the media in the region announce that Iran is preparing a massive attack on Israel, much bigger than the one in April. The missiles could be fired from Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Iran.
Iran is moving large amounts of military equipment around the country, the Iranians Ministry of Defense asks citizens not to take pictures or videos of military equipment on the roads, due to the sensitivity of the situation.

Russian weapons arrive in Iran
The Russian Gelix Airlines, which specializes in arms transport, has landed in Tehran today. Flights to Lebanon and Israel are cancelled.
The Pentagon deploys additional cruisers, destroyers, and a fighter squadron to the Middle East to protect Israel from Iran retaliation, including the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group.
Jordan and Egypt have announced that they will shoot down rockets headed towards Israel, de facto announcing that they will protect Israel. Israeli officials have received satellite phones and are under heavy security measures.
US secret intelligence has told its close media outlets that Iran is preparing to strike Israel, starting on Saturday.
The previous time, Iran attacked Israel with about 300 drones and missiles, 90% of which were shot down by the air defense systems and hundreds of fighter jets of the US, Israel and the UK, revealing the maximum potential of the defense.
A much larger number of rockets and drones than this would cause significant strikes on Israel.

Update: It was a drone missile strike, as originally reported that killed Haniyeh!

"The operation to assassinate Haniyeh was carried out by firing a short-range projectile with a 7 kg warhead outside the guest house!”

- Iranian Revolutionary Guards statement pic.twitter.com/0cEgw99qX3

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) August 3, 2024

The U.K. Embassy has called on British Nationals to Immediately Depart from Lebanon, with Elements of the Border Force, Consular Officials, and Military Personnel being Deployed across the Middle East including Beirut to assist with the Evacuation. The British Government also… pic.twitter.com/9kIk3XS7mQ

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) August 3, 2024

Update: Based on satellite images - The fighting with Hezbollah led to the largest evacuation in Israel in 70 years!

- Financial Times pic.twitter.com/a0NgSR8hHJ

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) August 3, 2024

Osama Abu Musameh was severely burned, suffering second and third-degree burns to 60% of his body, when the Israelis bombed his home.

Sadly, he did not survive! pic.twitter.com/bg09P9RhQC

— Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) August 3, 2024

A detainee from Gaza reveals harrowing account of torture and human rights abuses in Israel's infamous detention camps pic.twitter.com/3NN3E0K90d

— Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) August 3, 2024

BREAKING:

Mass and violent protests erupted across Britain after Axel Rudakubana, originally from Rwanda, but born in Britain, stabbed and injured several children in Southport.

The situation was used by Israeli-supported accounts and media on social networks and turned the… pic.twitter.com/K7aQKVpnJX

— Megatron (@Megatron_ron) August 3, 2024

#BREAKING: A leading Hezbollah figure was killed after his car was targeted on the highway in Bazouriye, Lebanon by Israeli drone. pic.twitter.com/fyibz4JahZ

— World Source News 24/7 (@Worldsource24) August 3, 2024