Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force will unveil a new underground missile city alongside several other military achievements, the force’s spokesperson announced on Saturday.

Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi made the announcement during a press conference marking IRGC Aerospace Force Week.

Mohebbi said the force has swiftly relocated its missile and drone production lines from surface facilities to underground sites, expanding beyond underground storage complexes to establish “missile production cities” deep below the ground.

He stressed that Iran’s indigenous expertise, extensive territory, and adaptable production infrastructure would prevent adversaries from disrupting its weapons manufacturing capabilities, even under intense bombardment. Mohebbi added that production had continued uninterrupted despite the enemy’s expectation that Iran’s missile stockpiles would eventually run out.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein warns that Baghdad has lost approximately $60 billion in vital oil revenues following severe disruptions to energy shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Speaking in an interview with Al Jazeera, Hussein detailed how the ongoing US-Israeli war on Iran and the resulting maritime blockades along the strategic chokepoint have paralyzed Baghdad’s primary economic lifeline.

Historically dependent on raw petroleum exports to offset foreign trade and finance over 90 percent of its federal budget, Iraq previously routed the vast majority of its crude exports through southern ports and out through the Persian Gulf.

The abrupt halt to unhindered maritime transit has upended Baghdad’s positive trade surplus, triggering severe budget deficits and depleting foreign exchange reserves.

Hussein reiterated Baghdad’s rejection of attempts by Washington and Tel Aviv to turn Iraqi territory into an arena for foreign aggression, emphasizing that the economic spillover of the US-Israeli campaign continues to destabilize neighboring states.

"As a catastrophic winter hits the Gaza Strip, as we have repeatedly warned, and within just 12 hours of the first low-pressure winter storm setting in, we announce that 70,000 tents housing tens of thousands of displaced people have been flooded. Additionally, dozens of walls have collapsed, resulting in various injuries, including severe ones, across all governorates of the Strip.

We also warn of the potential collapse of dozens of cracked and structurally damaged buildings that are at imminent risk of falling due to damage sustained from bombardment during the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which has continued for three consecutive years.

Initial estimates of direct losses from the start of this winter storm have reached approximately $3 million so far.

We hold the Israeli occupation fully responsible for these catastrophic fallout and consequences, resulting from its ongoing closure of the crossings and prohibition of shelter materials and essential reconstruction supplies urgently needed by our people.

We call upon the international community and all UN and international organizations to intervene immediately and uphold their humanitarian, legal, moral, and historical responsibilities to save the lives of the displaced and to provide them with the basic means of protection and resilience."

As his majority slips away, Netanyahu is pitching a “broad national government” led by Likud “under my leadership,” made up of his right-wing bloc and “all the Zionist parties that wish to join.”

“From day one, our hand has been extended toward forming a broad national government,” he said. “A clear majority of the Jewish public chose Likud as the largest party and chose me as prime minister.” He wants to keep Religious Zionism, Otzma Yehudit and Shas in any coalition, and in private he reportedly said, “I am not completely ruling out any option,” including a rotation deal.

The alternative, in Netanyahu’s words, is a “fragile minority government” relying on “terror supporters.”

The numbers don’t work for him. 67 of 120 MKs recommended Eisenkot to President Herzog, and Netanyahu got only 46. Eisenkot’s Yashar party called Netanyahu “an obstacle to unity” and rejected any government with him.

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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) spokesperson Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi announced today that the armed forces have achieved total self-reliance across defense sectors by eliminating foreign advisers and deploying locally developed military technologies.

Speaking to Tasnim, Mohebbi stated that advanced Iranian aerospace platforms stem entirely from domestic research rather than foreign procurement or reverse engineering. He emphasized that units maintain full operational command under heavy enemy bombardment, executing precision strikes against strategic hostile infrastructure.

Mohebbi added that Iranian air defense networks downed at least 260 hostile aircraft during the military confrontation, including advanced F-35, F-16, F-8, and F-5 fighter jets alongside various drones.

Addressing ongoing strategic developments in comments carried by Fars News Agency, the IRGC spokesperson warned that any miscalculation by Washington or Tel Aviv would trigger retaliatory strikes with long-term consequences.

Mohebbi highlighted that Iranian forces continue to extend the range of their missile arsenals and stand fully prepared to execute changes to the state’s nuclear doctrine if senior Iranian leadership decides to alter its official defense posture.

The statement follows remarks by Iran’s Strategic Foreign Relations Council member Mohsen Rezaei confirming that top security officials are evaluating potential modifications to the country’s nuclear policy.

Gaza’s civil defense agency issued an urgent appeal for international mobilization on Saturday after a severe winter storm swept through the enclave, submerging entire displacement camps and destroying makeshift shelters housing hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians.

Emergency crews reported receiving over 1,500 distress calls across the Gaza Strip as torrential rain and strong winds swept away makeshift canvas tents and brought floodwaters inside temporary shelters.

The agency warned that civil defense personnel are unable to manage the compounding crisis due to the deliberate Israeli blockade preventing the entry of heavy machinery, water pumps, fuel, and replacement shelter supplies.

Speaking to Al Jazeera, the civil defense director stressed that women and children are currently stranded in flooded camps as floodwaters drown encampments and destroy family belongings.

Humanitarian groups emphasize that the catastrophe is a direct consequence of ongoing Israeli restrictions on basic relief materials and infrastructure rehabilitation following months of widespread destruction, leaving over 90 percent of Gaza’s population exposed to severe winter weather in dilapidated and unsealed shelters.