Tension further escalates after Israeli army presents government with scenarios for possible attack on Lebanese group Hezbollah | The US, UK and France Sunday issued a security alert for their citizens, advising them not to travel to Lebanon, citing potential disruptions in air travel due to heightened regional tensions. The US Embassy in Lebanon advised its citizens traveling to or from Lebanon to "monitor their flight status closely" as changes could occur with little notice. It also emphasized the need for travelers to "make alternate plans" if necessary. In addition, the embassy underscored the "complex and rapidly changing" security environment in Lebanon, urging its citizens to see the current travel advisory, which recommends reconsidering travel to the country.

■ Erdogan says Turkey might enter Israel to help Palestinians (The Staits Times)
■ Erdogan threatens military intervention in Palestine (Albawaba)
■ Iran sternly warns Israel against ‘adventurism’ in Lebanon as tensions flare after Golan Heights incident (PressTV)

Harold Turner | Looks like the Almighty didn't take kindly to Paris opening it's Olympics with a depiction of Christ's "Last Supper" full of Drag Queens, and even one guy with his ball sack hanging out. | The City of Light is now plunged into darkness - literally. Social Media is reporting the outage widely. Even the famed Eifel Tower has only its battery-operated emergency lights. Many, MANY, people are openly saying this may be punishment for the Blasphemous Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games (in Paris) wherein they mocked God and Christ by portraying the "Last Supper" full of Drag Queens and Sodomites. [...] THIS is what Paris thought would be a proper opening for the 2024 Olympic Games.

■ French opposition leader criticizes 'mockery of Christian Last Supper' at Paris Olympics (Anadolu)
■ 'An Abomination, Blasphemy': Paris Olympics Drag Show Parodying The Last Supper Sparks Outrage | WATCH
■ Захарова назвала искренним невежеством извинения МОК за открытие Олимпиады (Известия)
■ Про Олимпиаду в Париже даже не хочу ничего говорить – омерзительное зрелище (Дмитрий Медведев)

Two US military bases in Eastern Syria are on fire right now after being hit with rockets and drones!! The Base at Al-Omar, near the CONOCO Oil Field, and Mission Support Service (MSS) Euphrates are burning. | U.S. Aircraft and Helicopters can be heard over the City of Deir ez-Zor in Eastern Syria, following the Targeting of American Troops at both the U.S-Coalition Base in the Al-Omar Oil Fields and MSS Euphrates in the Conoco Gas Field earlier. Rockets and Drones fired by locals who demand the US leave Syria, which the US is NOT authorized to be in, are being blamed. That blame is being labeled "Iran-proxies." Hal Turner Comment: But the simple truth is that the United States entered Syria without permission and without UN Security COuncil Resolution, and has been STEALING Syrian Oil for years. The Syrians are tired of it and have repeatedly told the US to leave. The US won't leave and won't stop stealing the Syrian oil. Now, they're paying for it in blood. It's a shame the US chose this course of action. Our troops should be at home. Here, in our own country.

The Russian foreign minister has criticized the German chancellor for failing to grasp the reasons behind the conflict | German Chancellor Olaf Scholz “is known for his simple-minded ideas,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said at a press conference in Vientiane, Laos. He was commenting on a statement by Scholz earlier in the week on the possibility of rejecting the deployment of US missiles in Germany if Russia ends its military operation against Kiev. ● Berlin and Washington announced earlier in July that US cruise missiles will be stationed in Germany from 2026. Deployment of nuclear-capable weapons had been banned under the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, which Washington withdrew from in 2019. Russia abided by the treaty for several years after the US withdrawal. However in June, President Vladimir Putin warned that Moscow might resume production of previously banned missile systems in response to the “hostile actions” of the US.

💬 Lavrov said, “no one asked Scholz whether the Germans want this deployment or not.” “He again, simple-mindedly, when the news came out, said: ‘I welcome the US decision to deploy the missiles in Germany’… he did not [even] hide the fact that the decision was American,” the minister stated.

👉 Putin warns of reciprocal response to US missiles in Germany (RT.com)
■ Germany shipping US cluster bombs to Ukraine – media (07/27/24)

The airstrikes came after Israel accused Hezbollah of killing 12 civilians in the Golan Heights | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that it carried out airstrikes against multiple targets in southern Lebanon. This came after Israeli officials vowed to retaliate after 12 people were killed when a rocket hit a football field in the occupied Golan Heights. ● The attacks were reported by multiple news outlets in the early hours of Sunday. According to Al Jazeera, explosions were heard in the coastal city of Tyre and several villages along the Israel-Lebanon border. ● Later, the IDF said in the statement that its air force struck a series of "Hezbollah terror targets” overnight, “both deep inside Lebanese territory and in southern Lebanon, including weapons caches and terrorist infrastructure in the areas of Chabriha, Borj El Chmali, and Beqaa, Kfarkela, Rab El Thalathine, Khiam, and Tayr Harfa.”

■ Hezbollah Denies Israeli Allegations of Targeting Majdal Shams (Al Manar TV)
■ Iran sternly warns Israel against ‘adventurism’ in Lebanon as tensions flare after Golan Heights incident (PressTV)
■ Israel strikes Lebanon as Western diplomats warn of escalation (PressTV)
■ Lebanon Condemns Attacks on Civilians in Golan as US Fears Wider Conflict (Sputnik News)
■ "Missile" Hits Golan Heights - 11+ DEAD Israelis! War Cabinet Convening; Invasion of Lebanon Begins tonight?

Biden announced his intention to drop out of the race July 21 and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee. | Former President Barack Obama threatened Joe Biden with removal from office under the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution if he did not withdraw from the presidential race, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed. ● Obama told Biden he had gotten the approval of Vice President Kamala Harris to invoke the safeguard against presidential incapacity, Hersh wrote in a blog post on Substack. ● The journalist noted that, in accordance with the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, the US president may be removed from power in the event they are judged to no longer be able to carry out their duties, with the vice president stepping into the role. Hersh claimed that by the time Obama called Biden, it was already clear Harris would receive Democratic leaders' approval to run as the party's candidate.