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Yemeni forces thwart Houthi militia's attempts to advance in Al-Shaqb and Al-Masrakh, claim to date killed over 7500 Houthis
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Sunday 10/11/2026

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Africa Horn
Drone strike by Sudan paramilitary
kills 41 near Ethiopian border, rights group says
Caribbean-Latin America
Sinaloa Cartel Obtains State-of-the-Art
Combat Attack Drones in Mexico
Arabia
Iran-Backed Houthi Attack on Riyadh Airport Kills 12, Injures 300 as Trump Weighs Joining Saudi Strikes
Arabia
Slow Learner Qatar Finally Realizes Iran is their real enemy
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Israeli soldiers finally entered the enormous underground complex beneath Ali al-Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon
Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Putin conveys Iran%u2019s position on ending war to Trump
Could This be Part of the Reason
Its Easier to Log on to the 'Burg?

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#1  USN 67-87
Waves in dress whites were HOT HOT HOT!
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Posted by: Slese Glolumble5295 || 10/11/2026 7:02 Comments || Top||

#4  Mods....Regarding post #3.
Seems suspicious. Here's the actual link in the post.

https://linktr.ee/auroravpn
Posted by: Warthog || 10/11/2026 8:19 Comments || Top||

#5  Had to look this up as this apparently was before my time.

Asked DDG AI and got:

"WAVES stands for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, which was a branch of the U.S. Navy established during World War II to allow women to serve in various non-combat roles."
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 10/11/2026 8:37 Comments || Top||

#6  Join the Navy and ride the waves.
Posted by: Difar Dave || 10/11/2026 11:25 Comments || Top||

#7 
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Africa Horn
Drone strike by Sudan paramilitary kills 41 near Ethiopian border, rights group says
[BBC] A drone attack by Sudan's paramilitary forces has killed 41 people in the country's Blue Nile region bordering Ethiopia, a rights group has said.

The strike by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) targeted a camp for displaced people in the state's Abu Shandi area on Friday, Emergency Lawyers said.

The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said it was "appalled by horrifying reports". It said initial reports suggested most of the casualties were women and children.

The Sudanese army and paramilitary forces including the RSF have been locked in a power struggle since 2023, a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced more than 14 million from their homes.

It has also created one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world, with millions of people needing medical help.

The army controls much of Sudan's central and eastern regions, while the RSF is headquartered in the western region of Darfur and also controls areas in the south.

Both sides have been accused of using drone attacks.

Ocha said in a statement that the area reportedly struck on Friday had been "under sustained atttack in recent weeks, displacing thousands of civilians and exposing many more to grave harm".
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/11/2026 00:16 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under:


Arabia
Iran-Backed Houthi Attack on Riyadh Airport Kills 12, Injures 300+ as Trump Weighs Joining Saudi Strikes
[Breitbart] Iran-backed Houthi terrorists killed at least 12 people, including an American, and wounded more than 300 others in a missile attack on Saudi Arabia’s busiest airport Saturday, as President Donald Trump weighs joining Saudi-led military strikes against the group.

The attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh struck a complex housing two passenger terminals, sending travelers fleeing, overwhelming nearby hospitals, and forcing authorities to suspend operations at the kingdom’s principal aviation hub.

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation confirmed 12 fatalities and 309 injuries, including several people in critical condition. The dead included four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, and one American, Egyptian, Jordanian, Syrian, Sudanese, and Palestinian.

The assault was Saudi Arabia’s deadliest in more than a decade, according to the Wall Street Journal, and came amid an escalating Houthi missile campaign against the kingdom’s airports and other civilian infrastructure.

The attack also raised the prospect of direct American military intervention in the renewed conflict.

Asked by reporters outside the White House whether he had decided to join Saudi-led strikes against the Houthis, Trump replied:

“We may. We’re going to look at it. We just found out about the recent attack, so we’ll make a decision. We move very quickly.”

The president did not announce a decision, and his remarks preceded Saudi authorities’ public confirmation that an American was among the dead.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio subsequently condemned the attack, explicitly acknowledging the American fatality and declaring Washington’s support for Saudi Arabia.

“The United States strongly condemns the recent attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the terrorist Houthis, including today’s strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that took numerous innocent lives, including an American citizen,” Rubio wrote Saturday. “These reprehensible attacks demonstrate a blatant disregard for innocent civilian life. They must stop now. We stand with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its people and extend our condolences to the victims and their families.”

Saturday’s attack was the third to strike Riyadh’s main international airport this week, as the Houthis intensified their missile campaign against Saudi Arabia following the launch of a major Saudi-backed counteroffensive in Yemen.

The missile struck the airport complex housing Terminals 3 and 4. The Wall Street Journal reported direct hits on both terminals, while eyewitness accounts described scenes of panic as explosions tore through the airport.

“I was on gate 403. I saw [gate] 401 hit, I saw injured [people] in front of my eyes. Everyone was running,” one witness told Agence France-Presse.

Ambulances and helicopters rushed the wounded to hospitals, where medical personnel struggled with the influx of casualties. Several victims were reported to be in critical condition.

The attack occurred without an advance public warning from Saudi Arabia’s threat-warning system, according to Reuters, which cited people briefed on the incident, including Western officials.

The Houthis subsequently claimed responsibility for the assault, with the head of the Iran-backed terrorist group’s media office boasting that it had “shut down Riyadh international airport.”

The Houthis had previously declared Saudi airspace a military operations zone and threatened commercial aircraft operating without their approval. Following Saturday’s attack, the group’s military spokesman reposted a warning that only preapproved humanitarian flights would be permitted to land in Riyadh, adding: “a reminder.”

Saudi authorities diverted or canceled flights and temporarily suspended airport operations. The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh urged Americans to avoid the area, warning that it “strongly recommends all US citizens avoid this airport and surrounding areas.”
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/11/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [109 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


#2  Time for the Saooodis to get serious
Posted by: Frank G || 10/11/2026 0:09 Comments || Top||

#3  How are the Houthi’s being resupplied? They seem to have plenty of drones, missiles and other material. Where does it all come from?
Posted by: Remoteman || 10/11/2026 2:06 Comments || Top||

#4  Remoteman, The Times of Israel actually had an article yesterday about not the Houthis, but the situation of their supplier Iran:

Iran said still able to produce missiles and drones, is being armed by Russia
Bloomberg cites officials saying Tehran remains ‘well-stocked’ with missiles, can ‘quickly add more’; separate unsourced report claims US has pushed Israel to strike Iran alone
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/11/2026 3:10 Comments || Top||

#5  So Russia is supplying Iran/Houthis more benefits of Biden's instigating, then green lighting Russia's taking "a little piece" of Ukraine, then cutting off Russia for fun and profit with Ukraine.
Posted by: Regular joe || 10/11/2026 12:09 Comments || Top||

#6  Any time Ivan or the Chinese can stick it up our arse, they will.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/11/2026 12:26 Comments || Top||


#8  The Houthis and the Iranians haven't touched Israel in quite some time (unless I missed something).

Just coincidence, I'm sure.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 10/11/2026 14:16 Comments || Top||


Yemeni forces thwart Houthi militia's attempts to advance in Al-Shaqb and Al-Masrakh, claim to date killed over 7500 Houthis


Translated Text:

Urgent:

News correspondent from Yemen:

- Escalating battles on the Taiz fronts, and Yemeni forces thwart Houthi militia's attempts to advance in Al-Shaqb and Al-Masrakh

- The terrorist Houthi militia tightens the siege on Taiz and prevents the entry of basic materials and petroleum derivatives into the city

- Warplanes intensify air support and target rocket platforms, command centers, and weapons depots belonging to the terrorist Houthi militia

The number of killed Houthi terrorists has risen to 7,527 killed


Translated Text:

Urgent 🔴

The number of killed Houthi terrorists has risen, according to the figures announced by the official spokesperson of the Yemeni Armed Forces, to 7,527 killed:

October 10 today:
1,150 killed Houthi terrorists

Friday, October 9:
1,400 killed Houthi terrorists

Thursday, October 8:
1,370 killed Houthi terrorists

Wednesday, October 7,

Tuesday, October 6:
1,860 killed Houthi terrorists

Monday, October 5:
1,747 killed Houthi terrorists
Posted by: badanov || 10/11/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [32 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Britain
Several arrested as thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in London Saturday
[IsraelTimes] Police vowed ‘zero-tolerance approach to hate crime’ ahead of march, reiterated ban on masks; pro-Israel group leads small counterprotest; dozens more rallies held across Europe

Several thousand pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel protesters marched through central London on Saturday, calling for an end to Israeli strikes on 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 a rusty 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...
three years after Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
’s October 7 invasion and massacre in southern Israel.
Not long ago the anti-Israel marches attracted hundeds of thousands, and sometimes over a million. Is the world moving on?
Similar protests were also held elsewhere in Europe, including in Italia, Ireland, and Switzerland
...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
Marchers carried placards reading "End the genocide" and "Free Paleostine" as they made their way along the route near the British Parliament.

The "National March for Paleostine," organized by the Paleostine Coalition, came three days after the third anniversary of the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack, in which 1,200 people were killed in southern Israel and 251 kidnapped, which sparked the war in Gaza.

The war ended with a ceasefire a year ago, but Israel has continued regularly targeting Hamas operatives in strikes whom it says are planning attacks or attempting to rebuild the terror group’s capabilities. The strikes have killed 1,450 people, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry, which does not differentiate between combatants and civilians.

According to Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry, 357 pro-Paleostinian protest events were scheduled across 39 countries from the beginning of October through Wednesday, with Saturday expected to be the day with the largest number of protests. The United States had the highest number of expected demonstrations across the two-week period, followed by Spain, Britannia and Australia.

Ahead of Saturday’s march, London’s Metropolitan Police said it would be using powers under public order legislation to require anyone wearing a face covering to deliberately hide their identity to remove it.

"We will take a zero-tolerance approach to hate crime and other offending," said senior Met officer Carl Galvin.

Police said they made "several arrests" at the march, including a man and a woman with placards of support for the banned
...the word banned seems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all...
organization
Paleostine Action.

"We are here today to mark three years of the ongoing genocide in Gaza," Aimee Shalan, director of the Paleostine Solidarity Campaign, told AFP. Israel rejects allegations of genocide, says it makes efforts to avoid harming noncombatants and accuses Hamas of fighting from among civilians.

Shalan said UK-led Western sanctions over West Bank settler violence did not go far enough, calling for "full sanctions on Israel." The sanctions, announced last month, banned British trade with the settlements and drew an angry response from the Israeli government, leading a UK consulate in Jerusalem to be downgraded to a diplomatic mission this week.

Recent graduate Hibo Hassan, 23, said she was at the anti-Israel march to show her solidarity.

"Although it is happening in the Middle East, it affects us here now," she said. "It’s extremely dystopian and that is something we should be all scared about."

Another protester, a 32-year-old Kosovar immigrant who gave his name as Kobe, said his own experience of war made him want to "stand up today and not let history repeat" itself.

A small counter-demonstration was organized by Stop The Hate UK, a Jewish-led, pro-Israel campaign group. The protest alleged that police acted more strictly toward pro-Israel demonstrations than toward pro-Paleostinian ones. The group said in a social media post ahead of the march, "Jewish people have the same rights as everyone else in this country: to assemble, to protest, to be heard."

The anti-Israel march came days after the UK’s far-left Green Party passed a motion declaring that Zionism is racism, and calling for Israel to be replaced by a Paleostinian state.

It also came three days after hundreds of pro-Paleostinian demonstrators rallied on the third anniversary of the October 7 attack. Dozens of marchers also wore masks during that rally, contravening the police ban, and several were arrested.

Across the Irish Sea, more than 10,000 demonstrators gathered in Dublin for a march in support of Paleostine, according to RTÉ. The broadcaster reported that it was the 21st nationwide demonstration since October 2023 and that more than 160 Irish civil society groups supported the march.

On the European continent, Italian media reported that marches and demonstrations were taking place in around 50 cities, including Rome, Milan, Turin and Naples. The wave of demonstrations was organized by several pro-Paleostinian groups under the slogan "The End of the Genocide." Sky TG24 reported that Swedish activist Greta "Pippi" Thunberg
...an autistic sixteen year old Swedish expert on climate change, though I guess she's older now...
was present at a demonstration in Naples.

Footage from Rome, Bologna and Turin showed thousands of protesters marching with signs and Paleostinian flags. Some signs read, "From the river to the sea," while another large banner read, "Against genocide, war, Zionism, and all complicity."

Farther north, more than 1,000 demonstrators took part in a protest in Berlin, according to Die Welt. The demonstrators gathered outside the Chancellery in the afternoon, chanting "Free Paleostine, free Paleostine" and "Fuck you, Israel."

A smaller counterdemonstration took place across from the march, with participants waving Israeli flags and calling to "Free Berlin from Hamas," the newspaper reported.

Berlin police had announced plans to deploy approximately 1,400 officers, including personnel from several other German states and the Federal Police.

In Switzerland, around 1,000 people gathered in Zurich to protest the war in Gaza. Swiss public broadcaster SWI reported that demonstrators observed a minute of silence during the march, which took place under a substantial police presence.




Jewish educators told to denounce Israel before attending Italy conference — report
[IsraelTimes] A group of some 100 Jewish early childhood educators from the US and Israel decided to cancel their planned study trip to Italy after they were told to sign a statement condemning Israel and its actions in Gaza and the West Bank, Jewish Insider has reported.

According to the report, the group of teachers was set this month to visit Reggio Emilia, a city in the northern Emilia-Romagna region, where they were planning to study the Reggio Emilia Approach for early education, a method that the outlet described as being “long embraced” by Jewish preschools. But before the trip, the teachers were told that they had to sign a statement saying: “I distance myself from the occupation of Gaza and the violation of children’s and human beings’ rights in the occupied territories as well as in every place [sic] in the world.”

According to the report, the statement was the result of a protest by some parents associated with the local organization that was set to host the Jewish educators, who objected to their participation over alleged support for Israel and the Israel Defense Forces.

Choosing not to sign the statements, the participants decided to cancel the trip, Jewish Insider said.

The outlet also said Reggio Children, the host organization, had been drafting a statement calling for “militarization out of schools,” before the participants decided not to come.

“Our identities were made public, and our personal and institutional social media profiles were reviewed and characterized as demonstrating our support for Israel and the IDF,” Manhattan Day School head Pesha Kletenik, one of the intended attendees, said in a statement to her community.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/11/2026 2026-10-11 03:32 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Caribbean-Latin America
Sinaloa Cartel Obtains State-of-the-Art Combat Attack Drones in Mexico
[Breitbart] A recent seizure by Mexican authorities unmasked a new development in which the Sinaloa Cartel is now obtaining state-of-the-art combat attack drones similar to the ones being used in the Russia-Ukraine war. The issue comes at a time when social media videos have surfaced showing Sinaloa Cartel gunmen fighting in the war as a way to get trained in the newest attack drone technology.

The seizure took place this week near Mazatlan, Sinaloa, where authorities seized 15 high-end drones with fiber optic wires, headsets, and controls, as well as 42 improvised explosive devices. The seizure raised alarms within Mexico’s security forces since the type of drones seized are not the typical commercial drones used by cartels — already a major security concern.

Just one day after the initial seizure, Sinaloa state police forces seized 80 additional explosive devices that were made to be attached to drones.

As Breitbart Texas reported, in recent years, terrorist drug cartels have innovated the use of drones to carry and drop improvised explosive devices on rivals and Mexican military forces. The newly seized drones are state-of-the-art, using fiber-optic wires attached to the drone. This technology makes them nearly impossible to jam and lets the user pilot the attack drone into the intended target using a VR headset.

The seizure comes as a series of videos have surfaced online showing Mexican individuals claiming to be part of the Sinaloa Cartel operating in Ukraine, where they are believed to be receiving the latest training in drone warfare technology.

The use of drones has already become a national security concern in both nations, with the Mexican military and the U.S. government recently having run a joint drone interception operation on the U.S. southern border. In that operation, Mexican authorities reported seizing only a handful of drones used primarily for surveillance of smuggling operations. However, concerns continue to rise within the U.S. government as cartels become more desperate following the increasing border security, which has made it more difficult for terrorist cartels to smuggle drugs or humans across the border.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/11/2026 00:01 || Comments || Link || [51 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Tell the Mexican government to do something about getting rid of those drones or if the cartel use them against USA, will will consider this a declaration of war and respond hard!
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 10/11/2026 8:30 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Two Arab Israelis, one PA resident indicted for stealing IDF shoulder-fired MATADOR missile
[Jpost] Police and Border Police have confiscated over 700 deadly weapons in 2026; however, police noted that the MATADOR shoulder missile was a highly unusual case.

The Haifa District State Attorney’s Office filed an indictment on Friday against three men who filmed themselves holding a stolen IDF MATADOR shoulder-fired missile.

Two of the men, residents of Shfaram aged 22 and 24, were arrested on September 5 in connection with the theft during a targeted operational activity conducted by the Northern District police, an IDF counterterrorism unit, and officers from the military’s Northern Command.

During the investigation, a third suspect, 22, was identified and then arrested after it was discovered that he was a West Bank Paleostinian who had entered sovereign Israel illegally.

The Israel Police and Border Police have confiscated more than 700 deadly weapons this year in the fight against arms smuggling and violent mostly peaceful crime, but police noted that the MATADOR shoulder missile stolen from the IDF was a highly unusual case.

FOUR ARRESTED IN WEST BANK FOR ILLEGAL WEAPONS POSSESSION
In a similar targeted raid on Thursday, police and Border Police arrested four Paleostinian residents of the West Bank on suspicion of owning illegal weapons.

Three suspects, two men in their 20s and a woman in her 50s, were arrested in the village of Jaba, near Nablus, and the fourth, a Nablus resident in his 40s, was arrested in a different village.

In Jaba, Israeli forces found 10 M16 ammunition magazines and hundreds of rounds of various other types of ammunition inside the suspects’ home. Police said the investigation is ongoing.

In the case of the fourth suspect, Israeli forces observed a bag being thrown from a window as they arrived to search the home. The bag contained a pistol, magazines, ammunition, a face mask, and other combat equipment.

Authorities later took the suspect to Ariel for questioning. Following a court hearing, the suspect’s detention was extended until October 26.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/11/2026 2026-10-11 01:53 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:


IDF forces from the Binyamin Brigade and Border Guard forces in Judea and Samaria completed an operation to thwart terrorism


Translated Text:

#Breaking | Completion of Activity Against 600 Terrorist Targets in Five Villages Within the Binyamin Brigade

⭕️ During the past week, IDF forces from the Binyamin Brigade and Border Guard forces in Judea and Samaria completed a brigade-level operation to thwart terrorism. As part of the operation, the forces operated simultaneously in five villages within the brigade's area.

⭕️ During the operation, the forces combed through more than 600 sites, confiscated combat means and incitement materials, and also demolished the home of the terrorist who carried out the terrorist attack in Neveh Tzuf, in which Nathaniel Shukron, may God avenge his blood, was killed.

⭕️ The operation involved numerous forces, including fighters from the Duvdevan Unit, the 202nd Battalion, Border Guard forces in Judea and Samaria, additional Border Guard forces, and the Kedem Battalion. During the activity, the forces managed to locate wanted individuals, including suspects in transferring terrorist funds.

⭕️ The operation is part of a broad effort by IDF forces and Border Guard in Judea and Samaria, which carried out brigade-level operations across Judea and Samaria during the past week. The forces raided terrorist targets, with a particular focus on wanted individuals who incite terrorism, many of whom have expressed support for the October 7 massacre.
Preventing an October 7 in the West Bank? Much better for all involved, especially the Palestinians. Good job, guys — carry on.
⭕️ The forces also arrested wanted individuals affiliated with the terrorist Hamas movement and conducted combing operations searching for combat means. In addition, the forces demolished memorial sites that incite terrorism and glorify terrorists across Judea and Samaria, as part of the efforts to combat incitement to terrorism.
Posted by: badanov || 10/11/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:


IDF and Shin Bet eliminate battalion commander in terrorist Islamic Jihad organization


Translated Text:

#BREAKING | To Remove the Threat: Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Eliminate Battalion Commander in Terrorist Islamic Jihad Organization Who Participated in Incursion into Israeli Territory During October 7 Massacre, and Another Operative from Terrorist Hamas Movement

🔻 Earlier this week (Wednesday), the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) raided the Khan Younis area in the Gaza Strip, eliminating Muhammad Abu Shalouf, a battalion commander in the military wing of the terrorist Islamic Jihad movement.

🔻 The operative had participated in the incursion into Israeli territory during the October 7 massacre.
In another raid carried out yesterday (Friday), the Israel Defense Forces raided the Khan Younis area and eliminated Musa Aatif Musa Abu Dan, an operative from the elite unit affiliated with the terrorist Hamas movement.

🔻 In recent times, the operatives have worked to advance terrorist plots against Israel Defense Forces troops and citizens of the State of Israel, as well as to rebuild the capabilities of the terrorist Hamas movement, in systematic violation of the ceasefire agreement.

🔸 The operatives were eliminated from the air with the aim of removing the threat they posed.

🔸 Prior to executing the raids, measures were taken to mitigate the potential for civilian casualties, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance operations.

🔸 Security forces are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue operations to remove any immediate threat.

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Translated Text:

IDF and Shin Bet Eliminated a Platoon Commander in the Terror Organization GA'P
To Eliminate Threat: IDF and Shin Bet Eliminated a Platoon Commander in the Terror Organization GA'P Who Infiltrated into the Territory of the State of Israel in the October 7 Massacre, and Another Terrorist from the Terror Organization Hamas

The IDF and Shin Bet Attacked in the Khan Yunis Area in the Gaza Strip Earlier This Week, and Eliminated Muhammad Abu Shaluf, a Platoon Commander in the Military Wing of the Terror Organization GA'P.

The Terrorist Infiltrated into the Territory of the State of Israel in the October 7 Massacre.

In Another Strike Yesterday, the IDF and Shin Bet Attacked in the Khan Yunis Area and Eliminated the Terrorist Musa Atf Musa Abu Da'un, a Nukhba Terrorist in the Terror Organization Hamas.

In Recent Times, the Terrorists Advanced Terror Outlines Against IDF Forces and Civilians of the State of Israel and Acted to Rebuild the Capabilities of the Terror Organization Hamas, While Systematically Violating the Ceasefire. The Terrorists Were Eliminated from the Air in Order to Remove the Threat They Posed.

Prior to the Strikes, Measures Were Taken to Minimize Harm to Civilians, Including the Use of Precision Munitions and Aerial Observations.

Security Forces Are Deployed in the Area in Accordance with the Agreement and Will Continue to Act to Remove Any Immediate Threat

IDF kills three Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Gaza Strip Thursday
[Jpost] All three recently advanced plans for attacks against IDF soldiers and operated to restore the terror organizations' grasp on the Gaza Strip, according to the IDF.

The IDF killed three Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in targeted strikes.

Hassam Walid Hassan Abu Al-Ata, struck in Gaza City, was a commander in the rocket unit of the PIJ military wing.

Magdi Moein Yousef Al-Ayoubi, also in Gaza City, was also active in the PIJ military wing.

Muhammad Aja, killed in the Al-Furqan area, was a company commander in Hamas’ military wing.

All three recently advanced plans for attacks against IDF soldiers and operated to restore the terror organizations' grasp on the Gaza Strip, according to the IDF, which added that this constitutes a violation of the ceasefire agreement.

IDF KILLS HAMAS COMMANDER, DESTROYS WEAPONS STORAGE FACILITIES
The IDF killed Muhammad Muhsen Nimr Yazji, a commander of Hamas's Shati Battalion who held several former hostages during strikes in Gaza City on Monday, the military announced on Thursday evening.

The former hostages Yazji held captive include Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Matan Angrest.

Also on Thursday, the IDF and Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) destroyed four weapons storage facilities used by PIJ and Hamas in targeted strikes across the Gaza Strip.

According to the military, the terrorist organizations were storing various types of weapons, including rockets, explosive devices, mortars, Kalashnikov rifles, and additional combat equipment.

IDF raises toll of Palestinian terror operatives it has killed in past week to 17
[IsraelTimes] Military names 3 Hamas Nukhba members and 2 PIJ commanders killed in recent Gaza strikes, adding to 12 deaths announced earlier in the week

The Israel Defense Forces said on Saturday that it had killed at least five Paleostinian terror operatives in Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s 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 a rusty 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 over the past week, adding to 12 such deaths announced earlier in the week for a total of 17.

In one statement, the military said it killed several members of Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
’s elite Nukhba force in a strike on a meeting in Gaza City earlier Saturday, along with a Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
(PIJ) commander in a separate strike.

The military identified two of the Hamas operatives as Muad Mazen Hamza Hassouna and Muhammad Riyad Khader Arahim.

Paleostinian media reported that the strike, which took place near Gaza City’s Panda Mall, killed four people and maimed six others.

The PIJ commander, Muhammad Walid Saadi Nakhala, was killed in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, the IDF said.

In a statement earlier on Saturday, the IDF and Shin Bet jointly said that separate strikes in southerner who took part in the onslaught of October 7, 2023, along with a member of Hamas’s Nukhba force.

Muhammad Abu Shalouf, a company commander in PIJ’s military wing, was killed in a strike on Wednesday, the military said.

Musa Atef Musa Abu Dan, identified as a Nukhba member, was killed in a separate strike on Friday.

The military said the two recently "advanced attacks against IDF troops and operated to restore the terrorist organizations’ capabilities," targeting them to "remove the threat."

In other strikes this week, the IDF said it killed at least 10 Hamas operatives — including a commander involved in holding Israeli hostages captive during the war, several Lions of Islam who took part in the October 7 invasion, and two button men plotting attacks from inside a Gaza hospital — as well as two PIJ members.

In all cases, the military said the men were actively planning new attacks or attempting to rebuild the terror groups’ military capabilities.

The military also said that troops struck and killed a suspected terrorist in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday who crossed the "Yellow Line" and approached troops in a threatening manner. The IDF said it struck and killed the man — whom it did not identify — "to remove the threat."

Over 74,200 people have been killed in Gaza since Hamas’s October 7 attacks, including more than 1,400 since an October 2025 ceasefire, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in the enclave, although the toll does not differentiate between combatants and civilians.

The Israeli military believes that Hamas’s overall toll is largely accurate, with IDF officials estimating that two to three non-combatants were killed for every dead terror operative.

The IDF says it has killed over 24,000 combatants in Gaza and another 1,200 Lions of Islam inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught.

Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools and mosques.

The October 2025 US-backed ceasefire halted major fighting in the shattered territory, but the Israeli military has continued regular strikes aimed at thwarting attacks by Hamas and other Gaza terrorists. Gaza remains bisected into Israeli- and Hamas-controlled areas.

US-led efforts to reach a comprehensive deal that would see Hamas disarm and Israel withdraw have stalled amid disagreements over the process.



Posted by: badanov || 10/11/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [25 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Islamic Jihad


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IDF says Lebanon strike targeted Syrian operative who was plotting attacks on behalf of Iran
[IsraelTimes] Lebanon reports six people wounded after ‘enemy military drone targeted a car’ near the border with Syria

Leb
...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....
said an Israeli attack on Friday maimed six people, as Israel said it targeted a Syrian terror operative who planned attacks under Iranian instructions.

"The Israeli attack near the town of Hawsh al-Sayyed
...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged...
Ali in the Hermel district led to six maimed, including five Syrian nationals, two of them women, and one Lebanese," Lebanon’s health ministry said, without specifying whether one of the Syrians was the target of the Israeli strike.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that "an enemy military drone targeted a car" in the town, located close to the Syrian border, an area that has largely been spared such attacks since an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire was agreed in June.

Israel’s military named the targeted operative as Yusuf Ali al-Hassoun, who it said "operated under the direction of the Iranian regime and advanced terrorist attacks targeting Israeli civilians and IDF (Israeli army) soldiers operating in southern Syria."

It did not say whether the suspect was operating as part of a particular terrorist group.

Hassoun allegedly "planned and advanced attacks" against soldiers "that were thwarted, including the launching of explosive drones and rockets toward IDF soldiers in southern Syria."

The IDF "will continue to operate to eliminate immediate threats on all fronts," it said, without immediately clarifying whether it believed Hassan was killed in the strike.

Syria’s former ruler Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Trampler of Homs...
was an ally of Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and the Tehran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, which drew Lebanon into the Middle East war this year by attacking Israel. The IDF has been deployed to nine posts inside southern Syria since Assad’s fall in December 2024, mostly within a United Nations
...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks...
-patrolled buffer zone on the border between the countries.
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Israeli soldiers finally entered the enormous underground complex beneath Ali al-Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon


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🇮🇱 IMAGINE THE SHOCK OF IDF SOLDIERS ENTERING HEZBOLLAH’S UNDERGROUND FORTRESS!

After years of intelligence gathering and preparation, Israeli soldiers finally entered the enormous underground complex beneath Ali al-Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon.

What they encountered was extraordinary.

A hidden military world carved into the mountain. Command centers. Weapons stores packed with rockets, missiles, drones and anti-tank weapons. Living quarters, kitchens, showers, generators and extensive underground passages.

Hezbollah had spent years building this fortified complex with Iranian support.

Imagine the realization: this was not just a tunnel. It was an entire underground military installation, designed to help Hezbollah wage war against Israel.

Israeli soldiers worked to secure the complex, clear its underground routes and enable the destruction of this massive terror infrastructure.
Billions of dollars, gone up in smoke and rubble. Isn’t it glorious!
Posted by: badanov || 10/11/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [50 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Three Kurdish brothers injured in attack by armed men in Hasaka
[Rudaw] Three Kurdish brothers were shot and beaten by armed men on Friday while driving home in a car displaying the Kurdistan flag in Hasaka province in northeast Syria (Rojava), following local protests.

Rudaw’s Viviyan Fetah reported from Hasaka on Saturday that three Kurdish brothers were receiving medical treatment after armed men shot and beat them in the city.

The attack took place as the brothers were driving home through the Sinaa roundabout in a car displaying the Kurdistan flag, following demonstrations by groups of Arab residents in the city on Friday.

The incident follows days of unrest in Hasaka, where pro-government Arab demonstrators have protested against Kurdish authorities and called for the full restoration of Syrian government control over the city.

The injured brothers were identified as Nazir Mohammed Siraj Sheikho, 20, Diyar, 16, and Mohammed, 19.
Posted by: badanov || 10/11/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria/HTS


Israeli patrol enters central Syria’s Quneitra countryside
[North Press] An Israeli army patrol comprising two tanks and 10 military vehicles entered on Saturday evening the central countryside of Quneitra and set up a checkpoint on the road linking Mashirfeh and Umm Batna villages, local sources told North Press.

The patrol arrived from the Adnaniyah base, the sources said.

The sources told North Press that Israeli forces thoroughly searched passersby and checked their identification documents, disrupting residents’ movement in the area.

Part of the Israeli force then headed to Mashirfeh village and conducted raids and searches in the village’s northern neighborhood, the sources added.

No information about arrests was available at the time of publication, according to the sources.
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#1  Central Syria = Golan Heights.
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