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🛡️ CENTRAL ISRAEL — Interceptors launching means the incoming wave reached population center range. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Central Israel intercepts shift the threat envelope from northern bases to Tel Aviv metro — where Ben Gurion sits. If Arrow or David's Sling is firing over central Israel, Iran's trajectory has changed
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💥 TEL AVIV — Missiles reaching central Israel means Iran just crossed its own previous ceiling. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Prior Iranian strikes targeted Ramat David and northern military sites. Central Israel and Tel Aviv mark a geographic escalation — population center, IDF HQ, Kirya compound. IDF bunker command already active. Israel's multi-
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🚢 RED SEA — A formal ban matters less than who enforces it and how. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Houthi maritime bans on Israeli-linked vessels predate this conflict. Codifying one now under active war conditions gives Sana'a a legal-political frame to target any vessel with Israeli cargo, flag, or port
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🏭 ASALUYEH — Near-empty anchorage; someone already hit Iran's energy core. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Asaluyeh hosts South Pars, Iran's primary petrochemical export hub. Three ships, oil slick, dead flares — facility effectively offline. Israel's green light request may be moot: the target is already degraded. Tehran'
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🎖️ IDF — Israel's own officials are saying "days" — not hours. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Internal IDF assessment shifting from exchange to campaign signals target lists extend beyond last night's strikes. "Several days" implies sustained sortie tempo, not retaliation cycles. Iran's mandatory response threshold
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🏭 MAHSHAHR — Israel hits Iran's petrochemical export hub — not a military base, an economic artery. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Mahshahr hosts Iran's largest petrochemical complex, generating critical hard currency. Striking it alongside IRGC designation gives Israel legal cover while targeting economic infrastructure. Washington's pending green light for
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📉 MARKETS — The Iran war's economic blowback is now hitting Beijing's export engine. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Jet fuel tied to Hormuz-driven oil prices compresses air freight margins for Temu, Shein, AliExpress — all built on cheap, fast delivery. Simultaneously, Western lower-income consumers absorbing energy inflation are cutting
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🇯🇴 AMMAN — A ballistic missile over a capital is a different kind of message. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Jordan is not a party to this war — but its capital just absorbed ballistic trajectory. Amman hosts US special operations and CENTCOM logistics; interception there means missiles are now ranging beyond Gulf corridors into the
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💥 TEHRAN — Israel just struck Mehrabad. Now missiles are launching from the same province in response. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: A launch from Tehran Province after Israeli strikes on Mehrabad and IRGC bases signals Iran's command chain survived and is retaliating from its core, not proxies. Target package unknown — but Jordan
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Iran fires missiles at Israel. Israel strikes back inside Iran. Worst exchange since April's ceasefire began. The truce holds on paper — nowhere else. Lebanon remains the diplomatic fault line neither side is willing to cross.
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Iran lancia missili su Israele. Israele risponde con strike in Iran. Il peggiore scambio di fuoco da aprile. Il cessate il fuoco è formalmente in piedi, ma nella realtà è già finito. La diplomazia si sfalda sul tavolo del Libano.
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💥 ISFAHAN — Israel struck Najafabad. Nuclear facilities sit next door. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Najafabad is 30km from Isfahan's uranium conversion facility and Shahid Beheshti aviation complex. Striking this close to nuclear infrastructure without hitting it is either precision restraint or a declared next step. Tehran must now decide if its