Al Jazeera reports Trump and Netanyahu are on a phone call.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology says it has established a four-tier intelligent-factory system to scale smart factory construction and push firms from digitization and networking to intelligence. The system comprises basic, advanced, excellence and leading tiers: about 35,000 basic-level, over 8,200 advanced-level and more than 500 excellence-level smart factories, with 15 firms named to a leading-level cultivation list; pilots include shared manufacturing for construction machinery, island-style automotive production and agile customization for home appliances. Since the rollout of the tiered cultivation initiative, average product defect rates have fallen 47% and average product R&D cycles have shortened 38%.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the Israeli military must stop attacks on Lebanon and warned that any expansion of strikes or any Israeli response to Iranian actions would face "more destructive and more regrettable strikes."