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IDF uncovers Hamas 'nerve center' below opulent Gaza neighborhood
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Good Morning


US prisoner swap with Venezuela included promise to extradite navy contractor 'Fat Leonard' who fled to Venezuela while under house arrest for $35 million Navy bribery scandal
12/21/2023

Broadway chorus line.
Home Front: WoT
Nationwide swatting spree targeting nearly 200 Jewish institutions in a single weekend was a coordinated effort from group based outside of the US, FBI says
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Female hostage seen screaming from the back of a bike while being abducted on October 7 'was likely kidnapped by Palestinian CIVILIANS who followed Hamas into Israel'
Home Front: WoT
HUNDREDS of migrants march toward processing center after crossing through US-Mexico border wall in Lukeville, Arizona, where border agents are under siege as record number cross into the country
Home Front: WoT
Pro-Palestine protesters vandalized
the Lincoln memorial in the U.S. capital
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military is beginning to fight Hamas in the Gaza City neighborhoods of Daraj and Tuffah
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF troops have secured Hamas' ''Elite Quarter'' in the center of Gaza City, including the area of Palestine Square

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#2  2nd from right - given the chin, that could be John Kerry's granma...
Posted by: Mercutio || 12/21/2023 7:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Oh, the gam-a rays...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/21/2023 8:14 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/21/2023 15:09 Comments || Top||

#5  #2

She could also be Jimmy Durante's sister.
Posted by: Cured Romantic || 12/21/2023 18:46 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Burkina: 4 French officials arrested on suspicion of espionage
[AFRICANEWS] Four French civil servants, intelligence agents according to a Burkinabè source, and computer maintenance technicians according to a French diplomatic source, were arrested in Ouagadougou at the beginning of December, we learned Tuesday evening, in a context of very tense relations between Burkina Faso
...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president used to be Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and was chased out in 2014. Now it's the usual army officer type guy, Captain Ibrahim Traore, running things, who's just doing a bang-up job unless he's already been deposed...
and La Belle France.

"We are in the process of verifying the real field work of four Frenchies presented as agents of the DGSE (External Intelligence, editor's note). They are currently before Sherlocks," said the Burkinabè source.

For its part, a French diplomatic source declared to AFP that "on December 1, four French officials, holders of diplomatic passports and visas, were arrested in Ouagadougou by the Burkinabè police. These four technicians were in Burkina Faso to carry out a computer maintenance operation for the benefit of the French embassy".

"On December 14, they were indicted and transferred to the Ouagadougou detention and correction center", she continued. The same source adds that "the French consulate general was able to exercise consular protection and visit them".

"The French government takes note of the ongoing legal proceedings, but rejects accusations that these technicians were sent to Burkina Faso for reasons other than their computer maintenance work. He requests their return to La Belle France without delay", concludes this diplomatic source.

According to a European diplomatic source, these French people "are known to their Burkinabe colleagues". The magazine Jeune Afrique wrote on Tuesday that the four men are accused of "espionage", the Burkinabe source also indicated."The brother country of Togo is helping to find a solution".

Posted by: Fred || 12/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [14 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Africa Subsaharan
Gunmen kidnap Nigerian judge and kill her guard
[AFRICANEWS] Justice Joy Uwanna, a distinguished high court judge in Nigeria, was kidnapped while returning from a court session on Monday night in southern Akwa Ibom state.

The incident occurred along Uyo-Okoboin in Oron town, where unidentified button men ambushed the judge's vehicle.

Tragically, the assailants not only kidnapped Justice Uwanna but also fatally shot her police guard during the abduction. The incident unfolded as the button men opened fire, targeting the judge's security detail before swiftly taking Justice Uwanna and her driver away.

The police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom state, Odiko Macdon, termed the incident as "unfortunate" and confirmed that security forces are actively investigating the matter.

As of now, no group has grabbed credit for the abduction. However,
there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly...
it's noteworthy that criminal gangs frequently engage in abductions for ransom in certain regions of Nigeria.

The abduction of Justice Joy Uwanna highlights the ongoing security challenges in the country, prompting intensified efforts by law enforcement agencies to address and prevent such incidents.

Posted by: Fred || 12/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Arabia
Prisoner escape in occupied province leads to mutual accusations among authorities
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] At least nine prisoners detained on charges related to terrorist acts escaped on Tuesday from Ataq Central Prison in Shabwah province, eastern Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, local sources said.

According to the sources, the prisoners who had escaped were from al-Said District, which is one of the most prominent centers of the conflict between factions loyal to the Saudi-led coalition and pro-UAE factions, Islah factions, and al-Qaeda.

The sources pointed out that the leaders of the local authority in Shabwah exchanged accusations about what is believed to be a planned operation behind the prisoners’ escape.

The escape of the nine prisoners comes days after units from the pro-Saudi, Deir al-Watan forces were sent to Shabwah province.

It should be noted that in the coalition-held areas, especially Hadhramaut governorate, several takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
s were smuggled out from a prison under the control of pro-coalition authorities in southern and eastern Yemen.



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Posted by: Fred || 12/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [15 views] Top|| File under: al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula


'They dream of attack.' The Houthis are not afraid of the US and will attack ships
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Kirill Semenov
Ignorance is bliss.
[REGNUM] On December 18, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the formation of a multinational initiative to “jointly address security challenges in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden ,” calling the actions of the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement “an international problem requiring collective action.”

According to the Pentagon chief, the initiative, called Operation Prosperity Guardian, along with the United States, will initially involve Bahrain, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and France.
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Posted by: badanov || 12/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [25 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  And Biden will do nothing.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 12/21/2023 11:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Caligula is reported to have said, "Oderint, dum metuant." (Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.)

The current administration's motto seems to be, "Please like us. We won't do anything to you, ever."
Posted by: Tom || 12/21/2023 11:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, they're certainly not afraid of Biden.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/21/2023 12:05 Comments || Top||

#4  strike yemen by occupying chah bahar.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 12/21/2023 16:08 Comments || Top||

#5  Eventually, he will have to do some type of strike. There will be some type of coordination to attempt to not hurt or kill Iranian advisors. This effort will cause the strike to be totally ineffective.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/21/2023 16:28 Comments || Top||

#6  Still think we should turn Yemen into the world's repository of glass.
Posted by: AlanC || 12/21/2023 17:46 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Prisoner from Stavropol convicted of involvement in the Islamic State
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Ruslan Gagloev from Stavropol, who is serving a sentence in a colony, was found guilty of joining the ranks of the Islamic State. In conjunction with the previous sentence, he was sentenced to 12 years in a special regime colony.

The Southern District Military Court found Stavropol resident Ruslan Gagloev guilty of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (participation in the activities of a terrorist organization).

According to the press service of the Russian FSB Directorate for the Stavropol Territory, Gagloev, who is currently serving a sentence for a previously committed crime, voluntarily joined the ranks of the Islamic State* in March 2021 to commit crimes on its behalf, Interfax writes on December 19."

The court sentenced Gagloeva, in combination with the previous sentence, to 12 years in a special regime colony with the first three years to be served in prison.

Earlier, the Prigorodny District Court of North Ossetia sentenced Ruslan Gagloev to 12 years of strict regime in a case of forced sexual conduct. He has eight years left in prison.
Is the new sentence sequential or concurrent with the current one?
Earlier, the "Caucasian Knot" wrote that on December 8, a resident of Neftekumsk was sentenced to five years and six months in prison in the case of involvement in the Islamic State.

Posted by: badanov || 12/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [16 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Home Front: WoT
Anti-Israel mob storms Michigan Democrat Christmas party leaving black activist with two black eyes
Snatched and posted from a Skid comment
[MAIL] A holiday party hosted by Michigan Democrats spiraled into violence after pro-Palestine activists crashed the event and sent one attendee to the hospital.

'Them Arabs in motherf***ing Detroit tried to kill me!' said an activist who sustained two black eyes in the clashes.

On December 16, the 13th Congressional District Democratic Party held a private party at the Common Pub in Detroit, where around 200 people were in attendance.

But it quickly devolved into chaos when dozens of members of the Palestinian Youth Movement
..they describe themselves as a transnational, independent, grassroots movement of young Palestinians, and greatly admire Hamas and the PFLP...
and Party for Socialism and Liberation entered the bar and confronted Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) over his support for Israel.

'Shri, you can't hide, we charge you with genocide,' they chanted, referencing the thousands of Palestinians killed in Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

In the footage, gospel music sounds in the background as members of the crowd shove and shout at each other. In one clip, former Detroit Police Commissioner Bernice Smith can be seen using her cane to fend off protestors.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/21/2023 09:25 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [21 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  US Government sanctioned Reparation and Entitlement wars.

Hajjis and other replacement people will pick up where the former (numerically declining) entitlement class left off.

Total urban anarchy really is the key. Think Globally and live !

(sarc off)
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/21/2023 9:39 Comments || Top||

#2  The police commissioner fending off protesters with her cane to the accompaniment of Gospel music reminds me of the juke box scene from Shawn of the Dead.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/21/2023 16:15 Comments || Top||

#3  A GOP worth their pay would spend $ to divide American Latinos and Blacks against the replacement Dem Illegal Immigrants. Split their votes
Posted by: Frank G || 12/21/2023 18:14 Comments || Top||


Nationwide swatting spree targeting nearly 200 Jewish institutions in a single weekend was a coordinated effort from group based outside of the US, FBI says
"We couldn't have known anything about it!"
More on this story from yesterday.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The nationwide swatting spree that targeted nearly 200 Jewish institutions over the weekend is said to have been part of a coordinated effort from a group based outside of the US, according to the FBI.
Yes, but where? The article doesn’t say.
In a confidential memo to partner law enforcement agencies, Assistant FBI Director Cathy Milhoan said: 'At this time, based on similar language and specific email tradecraft used, it appears the perpetrators of these threats are connected. Additionally, these threats appear to be originating from outside of the United States.'

Between Friday and Saturday, 199 swatting incidents and false bomb threats were tracked by the Secure Community Network, a non-profit that informs US Jewish institutions of security and safety.

Swatting is when people make prank calls to fool emergency services of false incidents.

Since the October 7 Hamas attack and the ensuing war, these incidents have drastically risen.

On Monday, the non-profit organization reported that there were 93 swatting incidents in California, 62 in Arizona, 15 in Connecticut, five in Colorado and four in Washington the past 24 hours. Pennsylvania and Mississippi also received false threats this past weekend, while Alabama had six reported on Saturday alone.

The SCN said that compared to this time last year, they have logged more than 449 swatting incidents. These occurrences have happened 541 percent more than they did in 2022.

'We continue to work in coordination with law enforcement and Jewish security partners to respond to incidents & ensure Jewish communities across North America have the tools and guidance to respond appropriately,' SCN said in a post on X.

The Boulder Police Department said that the FBI would investigate the situation and Rabbi Greene said that they have since hired a security guard for the weekend services and school times.
My synagogue in Cincinnati has hired off-duty police officers during Hebrew school and services since shortly after 9/11. The local Jewish community center, which shares the building, built a very nice little police satellite office off the front entrance to the building, manned whenever the building is open.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [20 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Swatting is when people make prank calls to fool emergency services of false incidents.

In the long game...
Phase 0: observe and identify targets of interest:
-scheduled occupation by community(s) of interest
-community composition and vulnerability
-shock value and target density
-identify controlled access to target venue(s)

Phase I: distributed, sporadic trial events
-thematic clusters of demographic 'HVTs'
--sporting events in contained arenas
--religious events(weekly services)
--routine community gatherings
...schools
...concerts
...seasonal holiday consumers
-daily commuter work habits
--shift change traffic patterns
--grocery, gas, school pickups

Phase II:
-strategic scoring of event response likelyhoods
--mapping response routes
--mapping response tactics
--inventory of emergency response vehicles
--identifying response intermediate cluster points of ingress and egress for emergency services
- practice timing of response teams

Phase III:
-stress the responders
--overload vehicle scheduling
--introduce asymmetric impediments
---crowd control
---RR crossing accidents
---blocking bridge chokepoints
---power outages
---gas explosions
---flooding of response routes
---subway flooding/shootngs
-stress the responding agencies
--police
--fire
--emergency services
--utility teams
---gas
---water
---electric
--aid centers
---staffing
---consumables

Phase IV:
-engage
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2023 4:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Who woke him up?
Posted by: al aSha-med || 12/21/2023 4:52 Comments || Top||

#3  A hostile act inside the US. A smack down would ensue if we had a president that wasn’t wearing a Depends product.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/21/2023 16:20 Comments || Top||


HUNDREDS of migrants march toward processing center after crossing through US-Mexico border wall in Lukeville, Arizona, where border agents are under siege as record number cross into the country
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Lots of military age males in the photos...
  • Immigrants walk though breach in the wall and trek along it to processing center

  • They then calmly surrender to border guards and claim asylum in the US

  • But there are so many arriving that Border Patrol is completely overwhelmed


Next stop, Chicago! Now Texas Gov. Greg Abbott FLIES migrants to the Windy City on private charter flight - a day after Mayor Brandon Johnson branded him 'evil' after five-year-old died in horror warehouse because city is filled to capacity

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, on Tuesday chartered a plane from El Paso and paid to fly 91 migrants to Chicago, where they remain in the airport

  • There are now nearly 300 migrants living at Chicago's O'Hare airport: others are sleeping in police stations

  • City-wide there are nearly 14,100 migrants in shelters: on Sunday, a five-year-old boy died in a freezing warehouse where migrants are housed

Related: Migrants are being held for days at a time at Eagle Pass are seen passing out as THOUSANDS crowd into makeshift pen with no roof over their heads because ALL Border Patrol facilities in Texas are at capacity
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [20 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1 
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2023 5:52 Comments || Top||

#2  We'll likely see migrants housed in military installations soon. The logical follow-on will be the taking over of the military installation(s).

Then what ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/21/2023 10:38 Comments || Top||



#5  marching right into Pheonix
Posted by: 746 || 12/21/2023 11:36 Comments || Top||


#7  Chicago has 14000 immigrants and is "overwhelmed"?
In Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico,they call that "Tuesday".
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 12/21/2023 12:06 Comments || Top||

#8  Isn't the tradition to then unleash criminals to pillage and despair the general population, then use the military as a civil offense force and break up any organized civilian resistance? They get used as meat puppets while trannies fly drone zaps.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/21/2023 13:56 Comments || Top||

#9  The Biden campaign is worried that they might be held responsible for this.
Posted by: Super Hose || 12/21/2023 16:21 Comments || Top||


Pro-Palestine protesters vandalized the Lincoln memorial in the U.S. capital
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 12/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [19 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Abraham Lincoln
Posted by: Grom the reflective || 12/21/2023 1:17 Comments || Top||


#3  /\ It's coming.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/21/2023 6:40 Comments || Top||

#4  Who said polar bear hunting couldn't be adapted?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 12/21/2023 7:46 Comments || Top||

#5  Earlier Detroit TV station news coverage of the riot at the Democratic Christmas party days ago here: Article stated no arrests were made.
Posted by: Gromble Dribble4342 || 12/21/2023 10:13 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2023 12:05 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ Don't see any brass catcher in the foto. Curious no ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/21/2023 13:48 Comments || Top||

#8  Officially tagged for destruction.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 12/21/2023 13:59 Comments || Top||

#9  no muslims in the U.S. No U.N, in the U.S.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 12/21/2023 15:55 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Pindi police rebut reports of firing at Judge Mohammad Bashir's car
[GEO.TV] The Rawalpindi police have rebutted the reports of firing on an accountability court's Judge Muhammad Bashir's car, minutes after the news of a gun attack on the jurist in Rawalpindi emerged.

Earlier, Geo News reported citing police sources that the jurist survived a gun attack on his vehicle in Rawalpindi.

Sources said that an armed assailant opened fire on the judge's car near PAF Chowk, an area in the jurisdiction of Airport Police Station, when he was driving home after a hearing in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi.

They said that the suspect, identified as Shayan Zulfiqar, who is a resident of Haley Street, was arrested on the spot and the weapon of crime was also recovered.

Police spokesperson later said that the firing was not targeted at Judge Bashir, but the suspect was forcing "his relatives" to go with him and he opened fire in the air upon their resistance. The jurist's car had just passed from the place of incident moments before the firing.

It may be noted that the judge is presiding over hearings of major cases that require in-camera proceedings at Adiala jail due to security concerns. Before the incident, he had conducted the hearing of the £190 million case against former prime minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders...
.
Posted by: Fred || 12/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [26 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "That's just rust. It came with those holes!"
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2023 9:51 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas Cuts Off Hostage Negotiations; Refuses to Talk Under Fire
[Breitbart] The Palestinian Hamas terrorist group has cut off negotiations with Israel, demanding a lull in fighting before any more talks. Israel, which is closing in on Hamas leaders in Gaza, refused that demand.

The Times of Israel reported:

A Hamas statement claims that it will not agree to free any more hostages or even negotiate over them until the end of fighting.

The stance, which has been trotted out by the terror group before, comes amid intense talks for a possible deal that would see hostages released in exchange for Palestinian inmates in Israeli prison. The group already claims it won’t accept a temporary truce.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would continue the war to "eliminate" Hamas even if negotiations continued.

Pressure for talks rose last weekend, after the tragic deaths of three Israeli hostages who managed to escape their Hamas captors. Israeli soldiers mistook them from afar for terrorists.

Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another Iranian-backed group, sought to exploit the moment to press publicly for a permanent ceasefire as a condition of negotiations.

The Israeli public, however, remains committed to the fight, even though there is also support for talks to free the hostages.

Palestinian rocket attacks against Israel continue: a large salvo was fired from a Hamas-controlled area of central Gaza toward Tel Aviv and central Israel on Thursday, but caused no injuries.
Posted by: Frank G || 12/21/2023 11:50 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [24 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Hamas: No Hostage Exchange Negotiations Unless Israel Ends War
Posted by: Frank G || 12/21/2023 11:53 Comments || Top||

#2  You KNOW Blinken, Austin, et al will demand Israel meet these terms. Tell them to Fuck Off, Israel
Posted by: Frank G || 12/21/2023 11:55 Comments || Top||

#3  The terms are acceptable. See you when the war is over.
Posted by: Gerthudion Glaise9097 || 12/21/2023 12:20 Comments || Top||

#4  A lot of French civilians died due to Allied bombing in France '43-'44. It's war.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/21/2023 12:56 Comments || Top||

#5  The simplest explanation: they don't have any more hostages to trade.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/21/2023 13:03 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ This
Posted by: Frank G || 12/21/2023 13:36 Comments || Top||

#7  Number 5 is a very real possibility. When will we learn of a hostage having turned up or escaped from a third country ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/21/2023 13:45 Comments || Top||

#8  no exchange. you kill israeli's we kill palestinians.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 12/21/2023 15:41 Comments || Top||


IDF uncovers Hamas 'nerve center' below opulent Gaza neighborhood
At the link can be seen video, photos, maps, diagrams, and so forth.
[Ynet] The IDF Armored Corps’ 401st Brigade alongside the Air Force’s Shaldag Commando Unit has located the stronghold of Hamas’ leaders in the Gaza Strip, including the terror organization’s main headquarters.

Inside the underground facility, forces found proof that Hamas’ military wing commander Mohammed Deif stayed inside the command center for a time after locating an elevator shaft leading to his office, alongside a wheelchair likely to have been used by him after injuries from IDF attempts to kill him.

"After securing the area, a ’sweep and clear’ operation revealed the underground terrorist city which is part of Hamas’ tunnel system and includes a strategic tunnel route connected to other significant underground infrastructure in the Gaza Strip," the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement.

"Tunnel shafts leading to the network of tunnels are located in the residences and offices of senior officials and allow for a covert descent through designated elevators and stairs. This enabled Hamas operatives to both escape and remain in hideouts for extended periods. The underground tunnel network includes blast doors and hideouts. In some cases, food products, water and electrical infrastructure were found that allowed for prolonged stays," the statement added.

The depth of Hamas’ main underground offices and ministries reached the limit of their digging capabilities, meaning up to the edge of the water table – some 50 meters to 60 meters below ground level. The complex included discussion rooms, recreation halls and a Cabinet meeting room.

The IDF is preparing to demolish the massive facility systematically, but no one in Israel can guarantee that this expansive terrorist base, like others in the Gaza Strip, won’t be rebuilt after the war ends.
Regular Morlocks
The Times of Israel has more visuals and more description, adding:
According to the IDF, the tunnel network featured blast doors and living quarters, adding that in some cases troops operating inside the tunnels found stores of food and water left behind, indicating plans to stay hidden in the underground sites for long periods. The underground network also allowed the top Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
members to flee to other areas of the Strip as Israel launched its ground offensive against the terror group.

In a statement Wednesday, the army described the complex as an "underground terror city" with a "strategic tunnel route connected to other significant underground infrastructure in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip."

The tunnels under Paleostine Square, along with other Hamas infrastructure in the adjacent buildings, underline the deep entanglement of the group’s terror activities within the civilian fabric of Gaza.

"Regular homes of civilians, that people seemingly live in the day-to-day, but in reality, they are either a hideout apartment for terrorists, or directly underneath the building, they have meeting rooms, where all of Hamas’s officials met," Aharon said.

"They built the underground [infrastructure] over decades, which is aimed at protecting themselves, the seniors, not the civilians, not even the soldiers in this case — their holy warriors — but their officials," Aharon said.

Aharon said the tunnels’ electricity for lighting, air circulation, and communications was largely powered by solar panels from nearby buildings, which Hamas siphoned off from local civilians, further taking advantage of the population. The terror group also uses generators, and has power accumulators to be able to stay hidden in the underground passages for long periods, he said.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/21/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [24 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Sounds like a pretty good place for and underground nuclear test.
Posted by: OregonDave || 12/21/2023 1:48 Comments || Top||

#2  Sure.
The access tunnels, blast chambers and electricity for the sensors and triggers are all there.
Tough to get sizable devices down lifts and around corners. Controlled demolition via conventional explosives would work.

Alternatively, exploit the captured infrastructure.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2023 5:01 Comments || Top||


#4  the limit of their digging capabilities, meaning up to the edge of the water table – some 50 meters to 60 meters below ground level.

I thought the IDF was going to raise the water table 50-60 meters.
Posted by: Bobby || 12/21/2023 10:19 Comments || Top||

#5  How are tunnels "mass produced" at a location? Are these like the ACME Tunnels the coyote would slap on a rock face to lure the Roadrunner?

*Beep Beep*
Posted by: Frank G || 12/21/2023 10:58 Comments || Top||

#6  'Opulent Gaza neighborhood'

I bet it looks like Brockton, MA!

Posted by: Raj || 12/21/2023 11:21 Comments || Top||

#7  #6 Remal Neighborhood in Gaza City 9 years ago



Remal Neighborhood in Gaza City 2 months ago

Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/21/2023 13:53 Comments || Top||

#8  Yup - just like good ol' Brockton after all...
Posted by: Raj || 12/21/2023 15:22 Comments || Top||


IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military is beginning to fight Hamas in the Gaza City neighborhoods of Daraj and Tuffah
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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IDF troops have secured Hamas' ''Elite Quarter'' in the center of Gaza City, including the area of Palestine Square
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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Raided Gaza hospital not functioning, patients evacuated: WHO
[GEO.TV] A north Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
hospital that Israeli troops raided is no longer functioning and patients including babies have been evacuated, putting the enclave's collapsing health services in further peril, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Monday.

Gazook authorities said Israeli forces last week used a bulldozer to smash through the perimeter of the Kamal Adwan hospital, forcing out displaced people. Israel said the hospital was used by Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
fighters.

Rooters would could not independently verify the accounts. The WHO had said it was urgently seeking information about the hospital.

"What we understand is it's not functional anymore," Richard Peeperkorn, WHO representative for Gaza, told Rooters.
not functional as a hospital, STILL functional as a Hamas depot
He said two newborn babies were taken home "to their families and with a description how to take care of them", while other patients including infants were evacuated to Al Ahli and Al Shifa hospitals. "Many health workers were reportedly detained", he said.

"We cannot afford to lose any hospitals," he added.
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#1  F*ck you WHO.
Posted by: Grom the reflective || 12/21/2023 1:19 Comments || Top||

#2  "What we understand is it's not functional anymore"

Yep. Bulldozers will do that.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2023 5:24 Comments || Top||


Gaza health ministry says 12 killed in strikes in Rafah
[GEO.TV] Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
's health ministry said at least 12 people were killed and dozens were maimed on Wednesday in a series of air strikes in Rafah near the border with Egypt.

AFP correspondents witnessed more than 10 Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s that hit several houses near the frontier.

"Twelve deaders and dozens of maimed, including women and kiddies, were recovered from under the rubble when a house and a mosque were targeted hundreds of metres from Kuwaiti hospital," the ministry said in a statement.

AFP video footage showed a thick plume of smoke and a blaze of fire rising amid massive explosions that rocked the border area.
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Gaza war death toll reaches 20,000
[GEO.TV] The Hamas Palestine government's media office in the Gaza Strip Wednesday said that at least 20,000 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since the war with Israel began.
A number more or less imaginary — there is no way to be sure, since an unknown number of that unknown number are buried under the rubble. Israel isn’t bothering to fight the question, beyond noting that the numbers put out by the Hamas government are unconfirmed.
The statement highlighted that the deceased included around 8,000 children and 6,200 women.
...also known as human shields.
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#1  1200x100= 120000
Posted by: Grom the reflective || 12/21/2023 1:22 Comments || Top||

#2  "War is hell."

--William Tecumseh Sherman.

Maybe next time the people living there won't be so hot to trot to kill the Jews.
Posted by: Tom || 12/21/2023 11:47 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Malaysia bans all ships owned by 'Israeli' companies or en route to 'Israel' from docking in its ports
Finding another excuse for an anti-Israel piety display — Moslem virtue signalling.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Ships with the Israeli flag will not be allowed to dock in Malaysia with immediate effect, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced on Wednesday.

Any vessels en route to Israel will also be banned from loading cargo at Malaysian ports.

"These restrictions are a response to Israel’s actions that ignore basic humanitarian principles and violate international law through continuous massacres and atrocities against the Paleostinians," said Anwar Ibrahim, who is also Finance Minister of Malaysia.

He said the government is confident that the decisions will not affect Malaysian trade activities.

In addition, Anwar said the government decided to block the Israeli-based shipping company, ZIM, from docking at any port in the country with immediate effect.

"For the record, the Cabinet began permitting ships owned by this company to dock in Malaysia in 2002. In 2005, the Cabinet at that time granted permission for those ships to land in Malaysia. However,
there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened...
the current government has decided to revoke all previous Cabinet decisions," he added.

Malaysia is a strong supporter of the Paleostinian cause and does not have any diplomatic ties with Israel, nor does it recognise the Zionist entity as a legitimate country. By contrast, Malaysia has several direct connections with Hamas
...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
, offering a safe haven for Paleostinian freedom fighters and activists. Anwar Ibrahim has refused to bow to repeated Western pressure for him to cut ties with Hamas.

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#1 
"We'll show them.
Stop importing fuel, food, medicines and building supplies.
They'll remember this!"
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2023 5:14 Comments || Top||

#2  It may be hoped that they don’t proceed to follow in the Houthi footsteps. Lots of commercial traffic in the neighborhood and a large chunk of the world’s naval policing powers are committed elsewhere
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 || 12/21/2023 7:15 Comments || Top||

#3  Due to proximity, I expect the Chinese 'coast guard' littoral navy will offer aid. That will cascade thru the southern SCS region to bang up against AUs and NZ.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/21/2023 9:50 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Border skirmishes: Latest developments
[An Nahar] Hezbollah targeted Wednesday the Israeli Metulla post as Israel shelled the outskirts of Kfarkela and al-Naqoura.

Israeli warplanes also struck the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab, Kfarshouba, Kfarhamam and Halta.

The Israeli army said it had targeted Hezbollah positions on Tuesday after intercepting fire near the border that maimed two reservists.

The Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
war has sparked fears of regional escalation and seen Israel trade deadly cross-border fire with Hezbollah in southern Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
, as Hezbollah joined the fray on Oct. 8 in support of Gaza.

More than 130 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon, mostly Hezbollah fighters but also a Lebanese soldier and 17 civilians, including three journalists, according to an AFP tally.

On the Israeli side, four civilians and seven soldiers have been killed, according to officials.

Senior Hezbollah official Sheikh Nabil Qaouq said on Wednesday that all the Israeli threats "will not change anything" and that Hezbollah has the upper hand on the border. Hezbollah "will continue its battle in support of Gaza, no matter the cost," Qaouq said.

Hezbollah had vowed on Monday that any Israeli attacks on civilians "will be reciprocated", after an Israeli strike hit a building opposite a funeral procession for one of the group's fighters.

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