Wednesday, April 8, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 4/8/2026*MASSIVE ISRAELI ATTACKS IN LEBANON 254+ KILLED*IRAN WARNS OVER ISRAELI CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS*BONDI WILL NOT COMPLY WITH EPSTEIN PROBE SUBPOENA*NETANYAHU SAYS NO CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON, ATTACKS CONTINUE*NORTH KOREA FIRES MISSILES*TAIWAN PASSING ON MORE MILITARY SPENDING*

 


                            (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)



                 LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




IRAN PREPARING A 'HEAVY RESPONSE' TO THE DEADLY ISRAELI AIR ASSAULT IN LEBANON TODAY AND ILLEGAL DRONE OVERFLIGHTS IN IRAN ITSELF...(TASNIM NEWS AGENCY IRAN)...


IRAN'S PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MOHAMMED BAGHER GHALIBAF SAYS THREE OF THE 10 POINTS IN THE PROPOSAL MADE BY IRAN TO END HOSTILITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN BREACHED...(AL JAZEERA QATAR)...OSINTdefender "X" (With Iranian Statement On Violations)


                                (This Story Is Updated)


ISRAEL LAUNCHING DEVASTATING ATTACKS ACROSS LEBANON TODAY WITH AT LEAST 254 KILLED.


ISRAEL STRIKING THE HEART OF BEIRUT NOT JUST SOUTHERN SUBURBS WHERE THE IRAN-ALIGNED HEZBOLLAH MOVEMENT IS HEADQUARTERED.


                 AL JAZEERA LIVE BLOG



A HIGH-RANKING UNNAMMED IRANIAN OFFICIAL SAYS IRAN COULD 'RISE UP IN FULL SCALE DEFENSE' AT ANY MOMENT.


THIS IS DUE TO ISRAELI CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS INCLUDING BOTH THE DEADLY ATTACKS IN LEBANON TODAY AS WELL AS AGGRESSION AGAINST IRAN ITSELF.


THE IRANIAN OFFICIAL URGING MEDIATING COUNTRIES TO PUT ISRAEL 'IN ITS PLACE' IMMEDIATELY...PRESS TV IRAN

 


(Update) Some ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz today after last night's ceasefire announcement in the Iran War...Tass Russia...


The "Financial Times" in the UK reporting that Iran is charging one US dollar per barrel of oil passing through the strait.


The fee is paid in bitcoin to avoid sanctions on Iran...The Hill USA...


Late word is that Iran has halted passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz due to the Israeli attacks in Lebanon.



FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL PAM BONDI WILL NOT COMPLY WITH A SUBPOENA TO APPEAR BEFORE THE HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN FILES.



THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PASSING THAT MESSAGE TO THE COMMITTEE...THE HILL USA


       The markets today.  The price of oil dropped sharply overnight...Marketwatch




US COMMERCE SECRETARY HOWARD LUTNICK IS TO GIVE HIS DEPOSITION TO THE US HOUSE GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON MAY 6TH.


MR. LUTNICK AGREED TO TESTIFY AFTER THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EPSTEIN FILES REVEALED A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIM AND EPSTEIN THAT MR. LUTNICK PREVIOUSLY ADMITTED TO.


THIS INCLUDED VISITING EPSTEIN'S ISLAND ESTATE...UK INDEPENDENT-IRISH INDEPENDENT'





Despite the announced Iran War ceasefire there are attacks reported on Gulf nations and even an attack on Iran today....OSINTdefender "X"...




Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war is still on in Lebanon despite the announcement of a ceasefire with Iran overnight.


Netanyahu endorsing a two-week ceasefire with Iran but saying Lebanon is excluded...Al Jazeera Qatar...



Israeli air attacks continued in southern Lebanon today.


Pakistan had said the ceasefire included Lebanon when it was announced last night...AFP FRANCE-NEW STRAITS TIMES MALAYSIA



North Korea firing off a series of missiles this morning.   


The two missiles fired eastwards into the Sea of Japan (East Sea).  They flew 240 kilometers (149 miles)...Yonhap News Agency South Korea




IN TAIWAN OPPOSITION PARTIES IN THE LEGISLATURE REBUFFING PRESIDENT LAI CHING-TE'S ATTEMPT TO INCREASE DEFENSE SPENING.

LAI PUSHED FOR INCREASING MILITARY SPENDING FROM 2.45 PERCENT TO 3.3 PERCENT OF GDP.

BUT OPPOSITION PARTIES QUESTIONED THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE PLAN AND LATE DELIVERIES OF US WEAPONS SYSTEMS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT) 


THE TOP CANADIAN MILITARY OFFICER IN LATVIA NEIGHBORING RUSSIA HAS BEEN REASSIGNED TO DUTY IN CANADA.


COLONEL JAMES SMITH IS BEING PROBED OVER IRREGULARITIES IN COMPENSTATION AND BENEFITS.


WHEN THE PROBE WAS ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT SMITH REMAINING IN HIS POST CONTRARY TO NORMAL PRACTICE...CBC NEWS CANADA



A music festival cancelled in the UK after Kanye West was denied entry into Britain.

West was set to headline each night of the Wireless Festival.

Controversy in the days leading up to the British government decision to ban West from the UK with strong criticism of Antisemitism linked to the music star.   British Prime Minister Keir Starmer among the critics...Sky News UK

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