Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been hiding in a bunker since the launch of Israel’s war on Iran and has secretly named three clerics as possible successors in the event he is killed, the New York Times reported on Shabbos. The report added that Khamenei, 86, has also appointed replacements for top military commanders, fearing that additional senior army figures will be targeted by Israel. According to three Iranian sources quoted in the report, Khamenei has ceased using all digital means of communication due to fear of detection and is carrying out all his communications via an aide. Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba, who has been considered a possible successor, was not one of the three names identified by Khamenei.

Iran launched a barrage of about 10 ballistic missiles at Israel on Friday night at about 3 a.m. B’chasdei Hashem, the rockets were intercepted, and no one was injured in the barrage. Iran also launched about 40 drones at Israel on Friday night and Shabbos. Most were intercepted, but one hit a house in the northern city of Beit She’an, the first time a drone fired by Iran at Israel damaged property since the war began. A fire broke out at the site, but Baruch Hashem no one was injured. Two other drones fell in open areas. The video below shows the scene of a drone hit in the Arava: IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin said on Motzei Shabbos that Iran has launched over 1,000 drones at Israel since the beginning of the war, and most of them have been intercepted by the IDF.

The US is transferring B-2 bombers to the Pacific island of Guam as President Donald Trump considers whether to involve the US in Israel’s war against Iran, two US officials told Reuters on Saturday. The B-2 bombers can be equipped with the U.S.’s 30,000-pound GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, designed to penetrate deep underground targets. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, did not provide further details. One official mentioned that no orders had been given yet to move the bombers beyond Guam. The number of B-2 bombers being deployed remains unspecified.

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The United States is accelerating support for Israel’s air defense infrastructure by sending more naval assets outfitted with missile intercept technology to the region. The move is in response to continuous missile attacks from Iran, which have reportedly placed significant pressure on Israel’s interceptor inventory, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
A new U.S. Navy destroyer has reached the eastern Mediterranean, supplementing three American destroyers already stationed there, along with two others in the Red Sea. These vessels are strategically positioned to help counter missile strikes from Iran, a defense source told The Wall Street Journal.

Donald Trump has demanded that a special counsel be appointed to probe the 2020 election, arguing that what he views as a fraudulent result must never be repeated.
Trump and those close to him have continued to insist that widespread fraud in crucial swing states was responsible for Joe Biden’s White House victory, prior to Trump taking office again on January 20 following his second election win.
Claims have also surfaced suggesting the Chinese government interfered in the race to boost Biden’s chances of winning.
Biden’s presidency was marked by a porous southern border, what critics have called politically motivated legal actions, and sweeping progressive policy initiatives.

Summer has arrived, and with it come dangerous levels of heat and humidity. This weekend, a “heat dome” will bring extreme temperatures to the Midwest and the East Coast, abating sometime next week.
Not to be confused with a heat wave—in which temperatures are elevated for an extended period of time—a heat dome is caused by a buildup of pressure in the atmosphere, which traps heat and causes extended periods of brutal temperatures, sometimes for weeks, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

POTUS says his decision on Iran coming within two weeks is “a time to see whether or not people come to their senses.”