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Release Of ICIG Atkinson Testimony
Sets Initial Context For Impeachment Conspiracy
Thursday 03/26/2026

chiliwilliams41722
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran appears to target Israeli
power plant in missile attack, but misses
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran %u2018present%u2019 touted by Trump
was passage of several fuel tankers through Hormuz
Science & Technology
New problems identified on aircraft
carrier USS Gerald R. Ford after fire %u2013 media
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran reports attack on US
aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
International-UN-NGOs
US and Israeli operation against
Iran has gotten out of control %u2013 Guterres
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
How Mossad Jammed Every Phone Near Ali
Khamenei%u2019s Compound 3 Minutes Before the Strike.
Terrifying: Bangladesh nears
launch of first nuclear power plant

Posted by: Fred || 03/26/2026 || Comments || Link || [1768 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Can't tell if her feet are big.

Tuesday
Posted by: Bobby || 03/26/2026 7:15 Comments || Top||

#2  From back before women had shoulders...
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/26/2026 9:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Re: #1 - it wasn't the size so much as the hammertoes..
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/26/2026 9:14 Comments || Top||

#4  Chili appears to be one spicy lady...
Posted by: HeavyG || 03/26/2026 10:44 Comments || Top||

#5  Speaking of toes...
Posted by: Frank G || 03/26/2026 11:03 Comments || Top||

#6  Bringing customer service to the Iranian coastline!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/26/2026 15:36 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Sudanese soldiers seen surrendering to Ethiopian troops as they crossed the Ethiopian-Sudan border

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#Sudanese soldiers in military uniforms were seen surrendering to Ethiopian troops as they crossed the Ethiopian-Sudan border. Sudanese soldiers fleeing the fighting surrendered to Ethiopian security forces, a local resident said, adding that other Sudanese soldiers who refused to surrender clashed with security forces. The Ethiopian federal government has not yet commented on the matter. Local Ethiopian authorities,

HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED ALONG THE SUDANESE BORDER
Sudanese troops clash in Kurmuk Sudan in Sudan’s Blue Nile region, near the Ethiopian border, heavy gunfire was heard around 10:00 am in Kurmuk, a town in Sudan’s Blue Nile region, near the Ethiopian border.

Clashes between the two Sudanese forces have also spread to eastern Sudan for a long time. Also, in the Assosa area, Kurmuk, a district on the Ethiopian-Sudan border, is a town where many residents have fled to the town of Horozam, 7 km from the border.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 03/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1782 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan


Africa Subsaharan
The current state of Mozambique's northern Islamic State insurgency
by Scott Morgan

[MilitantWire] The recent resurgence of fighting in northern Mozambique is once again triggering alarms among observers. Attempts to resolve the violence are threatened by politics from elsewhere in Africa.

Data recently released by ACLED’s Mozambique Conflict Monitor for the first two weeks of March 2026 paint a somewhat bleak picture for the region. During the period covered, there were at least five incidents of political violence documented in the country. These resulted in the deaths of around 30 people, with at least two of the fatalities being civilians. The Islamic State Mozambique (ISM) was found to have been behind four additional events across Mozambique.

The numbers for the length of the insurgency may show why the interest in the country appears to be lackluster, to place it mildly. Since October 1, 2017, there have been a total of 2,338 acts of violence in Cabo Delgado. A total of 6,498 fatalities have occurred, with 2,721 of the deaths being civilians. ISM has launched 2,168 recorded attacks across the rest of the country. The situation in northern Mozambique is drawing some interest now in Washington.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 03/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1797 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Nigeria: Suspected jihadist elements (JAS/IS-Sahel) conducted an ambush against the Nigerian army in a remote area of Shanga LGA

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Suspected jihadist elements (JAS/IS-Sahel) conducted an ambush against the Nigerian army in a remote area of Shanga LGA, Kebbi state yesterday evening, according to reports around a dozen soldiers were killed and at least one vehicle destroyed.

Posted by: badanov || 03/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1770 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Britain
Two arrested over antisemitic arson attack on London Jewish community ambulances
[IsraelTimes] Third suspect believed to still be at large, as police examine claim of responsibility by group with possible links to Iran

British police said on Wednesday they had arrested two men over an arson attack on four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organization in north London.

The arrests came after police said they were investigating an online claim of responsibility by a little-known Islamist group that has possible links to Iran.

The ambulances were set on fire early Monday while they were parked next to a synagogue in Golders Green, an area of London with a large Jewish population.

The Metropolitan Police said two men aged 47 and 45 were arrested by counter-terrorism detectives "on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life."

The men were arrested at addresses in central and northwestern London where officers were carrying out searches, police said.

The Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya (HAYI) group, meaning The Islamic Movement of the People of the Right Hand, claimed Monday’s attack in a Telegram post, after saying it was also responsible for similar attacks in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Two minors were arrested in Belgium on Tuesday on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organization after a car was set on fire in Antwerp’s Jewish quarter, also claimed by HAYI.

The SITE monitoring service said the group is aligned with Iran.

London police chief Mark Rowley said late Monday his forces were "pursuing all lines of enquiry, including an online claim of responsibility by an Islamist group who have claimed other attacks across Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
and have potential Iranian state links."

The attack targeted ambulances run by the Jewish-run volunteer organization Hatzola, which was established in 1979 and provides free medical transportation and emergency response to Jewish and non-Jewish residents of north London.

The head of counterterrorism policing for London, Helen Flanagan, was quoted as saying on Wednesday that the arrests appeared to be an "important breakthrough in the investigation."

But the police commander added, "CCTV footage of the incident suggests there were at least three people involved."

The investigation "very much remains active" and police will "seek to arrest all of those who may have been involved," she said.

The arson attack came amid a spate of antisemitic incidents in England.

On October 2, 2025, during the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, an attack on a synagogue in Manchester killed two and seriously injured three, prompting an outpouring of emotion nationwide and increasing anxiety among Jewish communities.

Last month, a UK court placed in durance vile
anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not
two men for life after police foiled a separate plot to carry out an Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
-inspired gun attack on a Jewish gathering in Manchester.

And two Iranians appeared in court in London last week, accused of spying on the Jewish community in London on behalf of Tehran.

Group behind European antisemitic attacks may be only a facade, warn experts
[IsraelTimes] Targeting of Jewish sites in several cities raises concerns that Tehran may be behind newly-established, shadowy organization, already labeled ‘Iranian-backed proxy’ by Israel.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/26/2026 2026-03-26 03:07 || Comments || Link || [1792 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Down Under
Melbourne teen arrested with Islamic State flag and terrorist manuals
[MSN-TheAge] A 17-year-old boy has been charged with collecting terrorist manuals, guides and ISIS propaganda in Melbourne.

A joint taskforce of police and intelligence officers began investigating the boy after they detected an Islamic State flag was allegedly ordered to his property in the inner-city, with Victoria Police executing a search warrant at the address on Tuesday, seizing a mobile phone and laptop.

The boy was charged with one count of collecting or making documents that facilitate a terrorist act and one count of importing a prohibited object – an Islamic State flag.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before a children’s court and was remanded to appear again at a later date. The charge for collecting or making such documents carries a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment.

“There is no currently identified threat to community safety,” a Victoria Police spokesperson said.

On Wednesday, a 16-year-old Sydney boy faced court in NSW for allegedly downloading extremist manuals and plotting a terror attack.

The court heard he downloaded a terror guide and a kill guide from an extremist group known to radicalise young people and began planning a violent attack.

The Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation’s current terrorism threat level is probable, meaning it believes there is a greater than 50 per cent chance on an onshore attack or attack planning in the next 12 months.

Posted by: badanov || 03/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1769 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Video of Car being hit by Iran fired cluster bomblet
in Kafr Qasim

east of Tel Aviv

Posted by: Lord Garth || 03/26/2026 10:00 || Comments || Link || [1822 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Cluster bombs against civilian targets is illegal according to 'International Law' or something.

I thought only the Russians did that.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 03/26/2026 16:07 Comments || Top||

#2  ^
yes, cluster bombs have been used in dozens of Iran attacks over the past two weeks, not only against Israel

in this case the cluster bomblets fell in an Arab village far from any military site
Posted by: Lord Garth || 03/26/2026 18:30 Comments || Top||


14-year-old boy indicted for spying for Iran in exchange for money
[IsraelTimes] Prosecutors say minor made contact with Iranian agent on Telegram, filmed footage of hospital, residential neighborhoods, and was asked to spy on FM Sa’ar, spray paint messages

Prosecutors charged a 14-year-old boy with espionage on Wednesday after he allegedly carried out missions on Iran’s behalf, including filming the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv.

Over the past two years, dozens of Israelis have been charged with spying for Iran. In many of the cases, Iranian agents recruited Israelis via social media, specifically through Telegram.

The minor, a resident of central Israel, was charged in the Tel Aviv Juvenile Court with maintaining contact with a foreign agent and passing intelligence to the enemy, among other offenses.

According to the State Attorney’s Office, the teenager contacted the Iranian agent via a Telegram account in April 2025 in response to a message about a job he was interested in. The minor agreed to carry out the tasks for payment in cryptocurrencies that would be transferred to a digital wallet.

The minor opened four digital wallets, to which the agent transferred a total of over $1,170.

According to the charge sheet, the defendant took videos near Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center-Ichilov and in Ramat Gan, where an elderly couple was recently killed in an Iranian missile strike.

Additionally, he captured the location of the Kirya military headquarters in a video depicting Tel Aviv’s skyline.

The minor is also accused of posting graffiti messages across Tel Aviv, including one that read, "We are committed to the covenant."

According to prosecutors, the teen was also asked to spy on Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar as he went about his day and to vandalize his home with the message, "We will take Dire Revenge in turn! Ruhollah’s children," an apparent reference to Iran’s first supreme leader Ruhollah Khomeini. The defendant told his Iranian contact that he couldn’t carry out the mission during the school year, and that it would have to wait until a vacation.

Prosecutors added that the Iranian agent even enlisted the 14-year-old to rent an apartment near IDF headquarters. Although the teen allegedly spoke with several landlords about renting in the area and sent the agent a photo of an apartment, he never secured one.

After being questioned, the minor tried to get a classmate to lie during an interrogation and say he was the one who had transferred him most of the money seized in his digital wallets, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors didn’t specify when the alleged offenses took place.

Most of the cases of alleged spying for 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...
have been of individuals who allegedly carried out tasks and provided information in exchange for payment.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/26/2026 2026-03-26 03:07 || Comments || Link || [1810 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  30 or so years in prison will teach him a lot.
Posted by: EMS Artifact || 03/26/2026 10:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Is this like when the FBI set up their own Gretchen Witmer kidnapping plot?
They definitely took mentally challenged people and set them up in terrorist plots. Not to mention all the feds participating in the J6 protest.
Posted by: Omans Slath8956 || 03/26/2026 20:08 Comments || Top||

#3  No, but nice try. Overly financially ambitious ($1,170) kid with no conscience, patriotism, or scruples. Keep trying.
Posted by: Frank G || 03/26/2026 20:38 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran appears to target Israeli power plant in missile attack, but misses
[IsraelTimes] Senior Iranian official confirms receipt of US peace proposal, with Turkey and Pakistan possible venues for talks; IAF bombs Iran’s sole facility for developing submarines

An Iranian ballistic missile struck an open area in northern Israel on Wednesday in an attack appearing to target Israel’s largest power plant and the Israeli Air Force kept up its strikes on regime targets across Iran, even as diplomats worked in the background to end the nearly four-week war.

The attack was the fourth round of missile fire from 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...
at Israel since midnight, triggering sirens across central Israel and parts of the north.

Some of the missiles fired in the attack were likely intercepted by air defenses, according to the initial military assessments. Rescue forces responded to reports of missile fragments in several areas following the interceptions.

One of the missiles fell in an open area near Hadera, without causing any injuries. Shortly after, the Israel Electric Corporation said no damage was caused to its infrastructure in the attack.

Israel’s largest power plant, the Orot Rabin power station, is located in Hadera.

Iran has previously threatened to strike power and energy plants in Israel and across the Gulf, and last week forced the closure of the Bazan oil refinery in Haifa for several days due to damage caused by missile fragments.

State media, including the judiciary’s Mizan Online website, on Monday showed infographics of potential targets in Israel, including Orot Rabin and Rutenberg, Israel’s second-largest power plant.

Seven additional rounds of missile fire had targeted Israel by Wednesday afternoon, setting off sirens from the north to Eilat in the south. One ballistic missile salvo targeting Dimona, in southern Israel, coincided with Hezbollah rocket fire from Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
, which set off alerts in Ma’alot-Tarshiha and nearby towns in the Galilee.

US President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...
has said talks are underway to end the fighting, with a 15-point peace plan reportedly sent to Tehran.

A senior Iranian official confirmed to Rooters that Pakistain delivered a proposal from the United States to end hostilities, adding that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...a NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
member, but not the most reliable...

also helped in contacts and that both Turkey and Pakistain were "under consideration as the venue" for negotiations.

The comments, on condition of anonymity, were among rare signs that Tehran might consider diplomatic proposals, despite insisting in public that no talks were underway and that it would not make a deal with the Trump administration.

The Iranian source did not disclose details of the proposal passed on by Pakistain, or whether it was the same as the previously reported 15-point US framework.

With the official status of talks uncertain, but diplomats indicating mediation was ongoing behind the scenes, the daily salvos of strikes across the region continued unabated.

The Israel Defense Forces announced on Wednesday that the Israeli Air Force had successfully bombed Iran’s sole facility for the development of submarines. The site was targeted on Tuesday as part of a wave of strikes against Iranian weapons manufacturing facilities in the Isfahan area.

According to the IDF, the center for underwater military R&D in Isfahan is the "only site in Iran responsible for the planning and development of submarines and auxiliary systems for the Iranian navy."

"The regime produced various models of unmanned vessels at the site," the military said.

The air force also bombed several Iranian weapon production sites in Tehran overnight, the military said. According to the IDF, the targeted facilities were used by Iran to manufacture various aerial and naval weapons, including those intended for Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
, Hezbollah, and other proxy groups.

Also during the wave of strikes, IAF aircraft struck Iranian air defense systems, the military added.

Separately, the IDF said Wednesday afternoon it had completed several waves of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s targeting Iranian regime infrastructure in Tehran. It said it would provide further details at a later point.

Since the start of the war with Iran on February 28, Israel has dropped more than 15,000 bombs across the Islamic Theocratic Republic, more than four times the amount used during the 12-day war in June 2025, Defense Minister Israel Katz said.

He said that he and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir had approved a new series of targets for strikes in both Iran and Lebanon during an assessment on Wednesday morning.

Amid the ongoing fighting in both Iran and Lebanon, the IDF was also authorized by the government on Wednesday to call up 400,000 reservists for the war effort.

The military said that this did not constitute the actual number of reservists that the IDF would be calling up, but rather a "ceiling that allows flexibility... according to operational needs."

The previous cap was 280,000, approved in December.

Authorizing the IDF to draft reservists with emergency call-up orders has been brought for government approval every few months since the beginning of the war with Hamas in October 2023.

In non-emergency times, the IDF can only call up reservists with advance warning rather than at short notice, and cannot call them up for an extended period.

Elsewhere in the region, Iran fired a volley of "precision-guided" missiles and drones at bases hosting US forces in Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain, the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said early Wednesday.

Drones hit a fuel tank at Kuwait International Airport, sparking a fireball, authorities in Jordan reported shrapnel falling near the capital Amman, and air raid warnings rang out in Bahrain.

Israel launched its campaign against Iran, alongside the US, to degrade the Iranian regime’s military capabilities, distance threats posed by Iran — including its nuclear and ballistic missile programs — and "create the conditions" for the Iranian people to topple the regime, the military and other Israeli leaders have said.

Since the war began on February 28, 15 Israeli civilians and foreign nationals have been killed in Israel in Iranian ballistic missile attacks, along with four Paleostinians in the West Bank.

Two IDF soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon in a Hezbollah attack, an Israeli woman was killed by a Hezbollah rocket, and an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by artillery shelling.

More than 400 ballistic missiles have been launched from Iran at Israel since the start of the war, with the military reporting an interception rate of 92 percent of attacks heading for populated areas and key infrastructure.

In all, eight missiles carrying conventional warheads with hundreds of kilograms of explosives have struck populated areas in Israel, causing extensive damage in six cases. There have also been more than 30 incidents of missiles carrying cluster bomb warheads hitting populated areas, with over 150 separate impact sites.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/26/2026 2026-03-26 02:33 || Comments || Link || [1854 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Iran reports attack on US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] The Islamic Republic Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy launched several cruise missiles at one of the US Navy's largest ships, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. The IRGC press service reported this on March 25.
Did the Abe Lincoln notice? Or did they notice and destroy the missile launcher?
The strike was launched from the coast of the Islamic Republic. Iranian military officials claim that some of the missiles hit a warship, forcing the aircraft carrier to change course.

Iranian Navy Commander Shahram Irani said strikes on aircraft carriers would continue.
You do what you must, then we will do what we do best.
"The actions and movements of the hostile USS Abraham Lincoln group are being constantly monitored, and once it comes within range of the missile systems, it will become the target of powerful strikes by the Army Navy," the ILNA news agency quoted the commander as saying.

Posted by: badanov || 03/26/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1855 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


#2  Baghdad Bob is still around?
Posted by: Oregon Dave || 03/26/2026 1:10 Comments || Top||

#3  ...Start calling her The Gray Ghost Of The Persian Coast.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 03/26/2026 6:01 Comments || Top||

#4  How can they claim to be attacking a ship that the also claim they have sunk? Realistically, the IRGC is having trouble hitting stationary land targets. Hitting a well-protected, moving sea target over the horizon seems like a stretch. Maybe they can sink the Lincoln with a missile strike from their inflatable stealth fighter.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/26/2026 6:03 Comments || Top||

#5  /\ Baghdad Bob is still around?

Yes, he's a lead 'Regnum' reporter. Has been for years now.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/26/2026 6:12 Comments || Top||

#6  Looks like their definition of "attack" is firing a missile in that direction.
Posted by: Bobby || 03/26/2026 7:25 Comments || Top||

#7  Xi, thanks:

Posted by: badanov || 03/26/2026 8:00 Comments || Top||

#8  I wonder how much money China isn't going to make when their foreign military sales drop? What customer wants to spend lots of money for missiles and other military equipment that don't hit the target and don't act as a deterrence?
Posted by: Chantry || 03/26/2026 9:20 Comments || Top||

#9  Mullahs missed a bet - should have claimed they attacked the Ford... and taken credit for the laundry fire and it leaving the area. Half the loons in the MSM and all the Democrats (but I repeat myself) would have jumped on the bandwagon.
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/26/2026 9:21 Comments || Top||

#10  #8 The clients only need equipment good enough to keep their restless population in place, not fight the neighbors.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/26/2026 11:17 Comments || Top||

#11  IRGC and remaining mullahs:
WE FART IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION!
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 03/26/2026 15:07 Comments || Top||


Israeli ground operations in southern Lebanon update - 25.03.26

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Israeli ground operations in southern Lebanon update - 25.03.26

Unfortunately, due to the heavy cloud cover on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery from both March 20 and March 25, no detailed analysis was possible.
But here is what reports and geolocated information indicate happened over the past week:

Western sector:
- Attempts to advance towards Naqoura, the southern outskirts of Aalma al-Shaab, Dhayra, and Marwahin.

More at the link


Text:

🚨 WATCH: IDF Egoz Unit special forces arrested a Hezbollah-linked Lebanese Brigades cell commander during a night raid in the Mount Dov area of southern Lebanon, according to military sources.

The operation reflects continued Israeli ground activity targeting command-level operatives and disrupting Hezbollah-affiliated networks along the northern frontier.

Hezbollah chief rejects Israel talks as ‘surrender’ amid continued IDF strikes
[IsraelTimes] Qassem says fighters ready ‘without limits’ as Israeli army targets terror group’s headquarters, fuel network and operatives; more rockets fired from Lebanon at northern Israel

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem
... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies...
purportedly said Wednesday that negotiating with Israel under fire would amount to "surrender" for Leb
...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
, and urged the government to reverse its ban on the party’s military activities.

"When negotiations with the Israeli enemy are proposed under fire, this is an imposition of surrender," Qassem said in a televised speech read on his behalf, rejecting the Lebanese president’s initiative to start direct negotiations "with an enemy that occupies our land and carries out daily attacks."

Qassem called on the Lebanese people to embrace "national unity," saying this could be achieved by the government reversing its decision to ban Hezbollah’s military activities.

The March 2 Beirut decision came hours after Hezbollah started launching rocket attacks at Israel for the first time since the November 2024 Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal, triggering massive Israeli Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in Lebanon.

The statement, read out on a Hezbollah-affiliated television station, said Hezbollah fighters were prepared to continue "without limits."

Hezbollah continued launching rockets and drones at Israel on Wednesday, repeatedly triggering sirens in northern communities, including two barrages of 10 rockets at Haifa Bay area.

According to the IDF, some of the rockets were intercepted by air defenses while others were allowed to hit open areas, "according to protocol."

In a separate attack, two men in their 50s were lightly injured after a rocket launched by Hezbollah struck just outside the northern city of Karmiel, according to medics.

Hezbollah has been firing an average of about 150 rockets per day, according to the IDF. Roughly two-thirds of the daily rocket fire has been directed at Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon and along the border, with the remaining third aimed at Israel.

Qassem’s purported remarks came as Defense Minister Israel Katz said he and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir had approved a new series of targets for strikes in 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 Lebanon, during an assessment Wednesday morning.

During overnight airstrikes in Lebanon, the Israeli Air Force struck a Hezbollah command center in Beirut and gas stations owned by the terror group, the military said.

The Hezbollah headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburbs was targeted following fresh evacuation warnings for the area.

Elsewhere in Lebanon, the IDF said it hit several gas stations of al-Amana, a fuel distribution company that is owned by Hezbollah and has been under US sanctions since February 2020.

According to the military, the company "serves as a significant economic infrastructure for [Hezbollah’s] terror activity" and is used by the terror group to "refuel trucks transporting weapons and terrorists."

In a separate overnight airstrike, a Hezbollah rocket-launching squad was targeted after it fired projectiles at troops in southern Lebanon.

The IDF said an Israeli Air Force drone identified the Hezbollah operatives after they launched rockets at troops, and a short while later struck and killed them.

No soldiers were hurt by the rocket fire, the army added.

Separately, several Hezbollah operatives were killed amid ongoing ground operations in southern Lebanon, the military said.

In one overnight incident, troops of the 401st Armored Brigade exchanged fire with several Hezbollah operatives who had fired an anti-tank missile at them.

According to the military, the Hezbollah button men were killed, and one IDF officer was lightly hurt in the exchange.

In another incident, a Hezbollah weapons depot was destroyed by troops of the 7th Armored Brigade. A short while later, the military said several Hezbollah operatives fled the site and were targeted and killed in airstrikes.

Troops of the Golani Brigade, meanwhile, killed an operative armed with an RPG and an assault rifle, who approached their area of operations, the army said.

Also on Wednesday, the IDF announced that a commander in a Hezbollah-allied militia was captured by Israeli troops during an overnight raid on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov.

The military said troops of the Egoz commando unit captured a cell commander from the Lebanese Resistance® Companies during the raid on Tuesday night. He was taken to Israel to be questioned by the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504, which specializes in human intelligence.

The Lebanese Resistance® Companies is funded by Hezbollah and its members have taken direct part in attacks on Israeli troops, the military added.

Since hostilities escalated amid the war with Iran, around 700 Hezbollah operatives, including hundreds of members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, have been killed, the IDF said Wednesday.

Lebanon’s health ministry has said Israeli attacks have killed more than 1,000 people since the war began.
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