❗Conflict Overview: Day 187

▪Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is quietly extending the deployment of US troops in the Middle East, acknowledging the possibility that the operation against Iran may not end this year, The Wall Street Journal reported

▪US President Donald Trump has posted infographics on Truth Social showing that oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have recovered to 18 million barrels per day, compared with 20 million barrels per day before the conflict

▪The battlefield situation demonstrates Tehran’s readiness for a long-term confrontation with the US, a high-ranking Iranian source told TASS

▪The Israeli army has established control over the Ali al-Taher Heights in southern Lebanon, where a Hezbollah outpost was located, an Israeli military source told Sky News Arabia

▪Israel’s foreign policy priority is to change the regime in Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated