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Israeli occupation military issues threat to specific areas in Arak and Khondab, southwest of Tehran, Iran

Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Iranian air defenses are intercepting Israeli targets in the skies over Karaj and its outskirts

Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Explosions heard in the vicinity of Karaj, west of the capital, Tehran

Iranian police: 18 agents working for the Israeli entity were arrested while designing and manufacturing reconnaissance and suicide drones in a workshop in Mashhad

Security official of Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah: We reiterate that the involvement of the American enemy in this war will bring upon it unprecedented calamities and destruction

Security official of Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah: Iran possesses the capabilities for resilience, enabling it to continue launching rockets for more than a year

Israeli media: Sirens are sounding near the Dead Sea after unrecognized aircraft were detected

Russian President Vladimir Putin: Russia had supplied Iran with military hardware, it is not linked to current crisis and it is not in breach of international laws

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in southern Lebanon: One person was martyred and three others were wounded in a raid carried out by an Israeli drone targeting a motorcycle in Kfar Jouz near Nabatieh

Putin: I don't even want to discuss the possibility of the US 'killing Khamenei'

Hajj pilgrim numbers: A decade in review; Saudi Arabia's General Authority for Statistics

With over 1.47 million international pilgrims already arriving for the 2025 Hajj, Saudi Arabia continues to enforce strict regulations to prevent overcrowding and heat deaths during the pilgrimage. A long-standing quota system allocates Hajj slots by country based on its population, while entry restrictions ahead of the Hajj seasons are tightened to curb unauthorized pilgrims, which the Saudi Ministry of Interior warned against. Otherwise, performing or attempting to perform Hajj without a permit can result in a 20,000 SAR (5331.89 USD) fine, deportation, and a 10-year re-entry ban into the country.