Iran’s top authority, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is reportedly experiencing an unprecedented psychological strain, according to a Reuters report released Wednesday morning.
The report indicates that the recent Israeli strikes inside Iran have significantly unsettled Khamenei, raising deep concerns for him about the potential for critical misjudgments in the wake of the deaths of numerous senior officials in his inner circle.
Sources familiar with Khamenei’s situation say that the sweeping blow delivered to Iran’s high-level security figures at the onset of Operation “Rising Lion,” along with the swift replacement of those lost, has created instability that could result in grave miscalculations by Tehran’s leadership.

A heartbreaking tragedy shook the Jewish community in Antwerp Wednesday morning when an 8-year-old Jewish boy, Yehuda Alter Weiss a”h, was struck and killed by a police vehicle while riding his bicycle to school. The niftar, from a Belzer family, was a grandson of Harav Eliyahu Weiss shlit”a of Yerushalayim and Harav Gershon Padwa shlit”a. The accident occurred around 9:45 a.m. on Provinciestraat, between Ketsstraat and Milisstraat. According to eyewitnesses, a police van responding to an emergency with sirens blaring was driving at high speed when it attempted to swerve around a stationary car. In doing so, the vehicle struck the child, who had been crossing at a pedestrian crosswalk on his bike.

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee advised U.S. citizens who are seeking to evacuate from Israel on Wednesday. He directed Americans to a program that guides those who wish to depart toward evacuation flights as well as cruse ships. “Urgent notice! American citizens wanting to leave Israel–The U.S. Embassy in Israel is working on evacuation flights & cruise ship departures. You must enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) You will be alerted w/ updates,” he wrote, providing a link to the program.

The IDF publishes footage showing the Israeli Air Force’s 120th Squadron’s aerial refueling activities during strikes in Iran. According to the IDF, more than 600 separate aerial refuelings were carried out over the skies of the Middle East, allowing dozens of IAF fighter jets to operate in Iran, located over 1,500 kilometers from Israel.

1 person was lightly wounded after a fragment from an intercepted Iranian ballistic missile struck a car on a highway in central Israel, Magen David Adom reports. MDA says the man is fully conscious.

Steve Bannon sounded the alarm, cautioning that if the United States enters the intensifying conflict between Israel and Iran, it could not only destroy President Donald Trump’s political alliance but also lead to disastrous consequences for Israel itself.
During an appearance on The Tucker Carlson Show, Bannon reacted to the weekend’s dramatic surge in violence, which saw Israeli strikes hit sensitive nuclear and military targets. In response, Iran launched retaliatory attacks that killed dozens of people in Israel and wounded over 500.
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Footage claimed to show the launch of a ballistic missile from Iran in the sky over Eslamshahr near Tehran.