IS-Somalia Activity: Abduction and Livestock Seizure in Daray-Madoobe Area.
Late last night, IS-Somalia elements reportedly abducted two pastoralists in the Daray-Madoobe area while they were tending to their livestock. The group also took all the goats at the grazing site,… pic.twitter.com/ym47UKT9RJ
IS-Somalia Activity: Abduction and Livestock Seizure in Daray-Madoobe Area.
Late last night, IS-Somalia elements reportedly abducted two pastoralists in the Daray-Madoobe area while they were tending to their livestock. The group also took all the goats at the grazing site, suggesting a deliberate move to target both individuals and local livelihood resources.
Daray-Madoobe lies about 37 km southeast of Turmasaale, which is currently held by Puntland Defense Forces (PDF) following a recent withdrawal from Dhasaan, roughly 65 km away. While the reason for the withdrawal is not clearly known, the
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🔴 FLASH INFO 🔴 MALI : VINGT-QUATRE MILITAIRES DONT DEUX GÉNÉRAUX ARRÊTÉS CE SOIR À BAMAKO Selon des sources concordantes, vingt-quatre militaires, dont deux officiers généraux, ont été arrêtés ce soir à Bamako. Ces arrestations font suite à une opération commando ayant permis…
MALI: TWENTY-FOUR SOLDIERS INCLUDING TWO GENERALS ARRESTED THIS EVENING IN BAMAKO
According to concordant sources, twenty-four soldiers, including two general officers, were arrested this evening in Bamako. These arrests follow a commando operation that enabled the release of five soldiers held in the premises of the State Security.
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[Regnum] Two hundred people were killed in a Nigerian air strike on a village market in Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria. Reuters reported this on April 12, citing local council members and residents.
"At least 200 people are believed to have been killed when Nigerian warplanes struck a village market while pursuing Islamist militants in the country's northeast," the publication said.
The Nigerian Air Force announced that it had struck Boko Haram (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) positions in the Gilli area of Borno State. No strike on the market was reported.
The Yobe State government clarified that the airstrike struck an area near the Gilli Market. Some shoppers and vendors were injured.
Extremist groups, including ISIS (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) and Boko Haram, are active in Nigeria. They operate primarily in the country's northern and central states, attacking Christian communities, kidnapping pastors, committing arson, and murder.
Troops arrest teenage iswap logistics courier in ngamdu, link suspect to Jilli strikes
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Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have arrested a 15-year-old suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) logistics courier in Ngamdu, Borno, linking him to… pic.twitter.com/WWWAlvPGhG
Troops arrest teenage iswap logistics courier in ngamdu, link suspect to Jilli strikes
By Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have arrested a 15-year-old suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) logistics courier in Ngamdu, Borno, linking him to recent terrorist attacks and ongoing military airstrikes on insurgent enclaves in the Jilli axis.
Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the suspect, identified as Tijjani, was apprehended on Sunday while allegedly attempting to procure logistics for insurgent fighters operating within the Ngamdu–Benisheik corridor.
According to the sources, the suspect confessed during preliminary interrogation that he participated in the attacks on Benisheik and Ngamdu carried out on Thursday.
“My name is Tijjani, I am 15 years old. I was arrested today in Ngamdu. I was among the terrorists that attacked Benisheik and Ngamdu,” the source quoted him as saying.
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For two decades, researchers observed members of the Ngogo chimpanzee group of Kibale National Park in Uganda spend their days eating fruits and leaves, resting, traveling and grooming in their tropical rainforest abode. But this stable community then fractured and descended into years of deadly violence.
The researchers are now describing the first clearly documented example of a group of wild chimpanzees splitting into two separate factions, with one launching a series of coordinated attacks against the other. Adult males and infants were targeted, with 28 deaths.
"Biting, pounding the victim with their hands, dragging them, kicking them - mostly adult males, but sometimes adult females participate in the attacks," said University of Texas primatologist Aaron Sandel, lead author of the study published on Thursday in the journal Science.
The researchers began studying the Ngogo chimpanzees in 1995. This was the largest-known group of wild chimpanzees anywhere, peaking at around 200 members. Chimpanzee groups typically number about 50.
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/\.....splitting into two separate factions, with one launching a series of coordinated attacks against the other. Adult males and infants were targeted, with 28 deaths.
Animals mimicking human behavior? Nothing new here.
[NYPost] The US military said Sunday that it blew up two boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of five people and leaving one survivor, as the Trump administration pursues its campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while preparing a naval blockade of Iranian ports.
The attacks on Saturday bring the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the US military to at least 168 since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” in early September.
As with most of the military’s statements on the dozens of strikes in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea, US Southern Command said it targeted the alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes. The military did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs. Videos posted on X showed small boats moving across the water before they each were engulfed in a bright explosion.
Applying total systemic friction on the cartels.
On April 11, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted two lethal kinetic strikes on two vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence… pic.twitter.com/sRXTFYCWXu
Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and were engaged in narco-trafficking operations. Two male narco-terrorists were killed, and one narco-terrorist survived the first strike. Three male narco-terrorists were killed during the second strike. Following the engagements, USSOUTHCOM immediately notified U.S. Coast Guard to activate the Search and Rescue system for the survivor. No U.S. military forces were harmed.
@DeptofWar
#OpSouthernSpear
US Southern Command stated on X that it notified the US Coast Guard to activate the search-and-rescue system for the survivor. The Coast Guard confirmed it was coordinating the search and said updates would be provided when available.
President Donald Trump has said the US is in “armed conflict” with cartels in Latin America and has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States and fatal overdoses claiming American lives.
But his administration has offered little evidence to support its claims of killing “narcoterrorists.”
Critics have questioned the overall legality of the boat strikes as well as their effectiveness, in part because the fentanyl behind many fatal overdoses is typically trafficked to the US over land from Mexico, where it is produced with chemicals imported from China and India.
The boat strikes have continued in Latin America even as the US military has focused on operations in the Middle East, where the US was engaged in a war with Iran for several weeks.
The Trump administration can multitask? Good to know.
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[REGNUM] Denmark is plagued by migrant crime. Gangs of Middle Eastern immigrants protect drug trafficking, engage in racketeering and theft, settle scores with bombings and shootouts, and—most ominously—use teenagers as fighters.
The state is powerless to put an end to this phenomenon, since in the European Union, with its transparent borders, it is impossible to erect an effective barrier against migrants.
Nonsense. That helplessness is a choice, as we are seeing here in Trump’s America and a number of other countries that have chose to follow the same path.
SWEDISH "IMPORT"
In early April, Denmark began hearings in the case of two seventeen-year-old teenagers who shot up an apartment in the Kastrup district of Copenhagen. On the night of March 31, they fired at least fourteen shots from a Kalashnikov assault rifle. A married couple and their three minor children were sleeping in the apartment at the time.
Luckily, no one was hurt, and the hapless killers were quickly caught by the police who arrived at the scene.
During the investigation, it became clear that they were mercenaries—shortly before the assassination attempt, one of these seventeen-year-olds received a machine gun from the client.
It also turned out that one of the teenagers committed another attack on March 29, firing several shots at the door of an apartment on Lyngbyvej Street in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen.
In this case, too, no one was injured. Furthermore, both are accused of possessing a hand grenade, which they were also preparing for the crime.
The hearing is being held behind closed doors, meaning members of the public cannot learn the details of the case or hear the defendants' testimony. However, some conclusions can be drawn right now.
In Denmark, the legal age of majority is eighteen. Meanwhile, hiring minors for assassination is a common practice among ethnic gangs in Sweden, staffed primarily by people from the Middle East and North Africa.
Minors are told that if caught, they won't face any serious punishment—at most, a few years in correctional colonies, where the contingent is kept in every possible comfort.
Furthermore, minors are lured with promises of high social status, which they can supposedly achieve by starting a career in the gang, as well as easy money, access to weapons and drugs.
The Swedish press dubbed these teenagers hired by gangs "soldiers." Initially, they were used exclusively in Sweden, but then their services began to be contracted by criminal organizations in Denmark as well.
Back in 2024, prices for the services of young Swedish hitmen were published. Young criminals are offered to shoot their victims in the head or throw a hand grenade at them for 300,000 to 500,000 Swedish kronor (approximately 2.5 to 4 million rubles).
Recently, the influx of "soldiers" (usually also recruited from among migrants) has become a serious problem for Denmark. Last year, police conducted a major operation against the "operators" of these "biodrones," arresting seven people. They were apprehended after law enforcement officers recovered and decrypted the perpetrators' correspondence.
However, the capture of the perpetrators did not lead to the disappearance of the phenomenon itself. Since the beginning of 2024, Danish police have identified at least 47 minors who were recruited to commit various crimes. Fourteen of them came from Sweden, the rest were "local recruits."
SHABBI AND BIG A
On the night of April 4, a 23-year-old man got into a fight in central Copenhagen and was stabbed in the stomach. Police spoke with the victim, but he was unwilling to share any details.
Police suspected the suspects first clashed in a nightclub and then took their conflict outside. The suspected murder weapon was found, but no arrests were made.
The context suggests that the reference is to migrants. It should be noted that the Danish press, like other EU countries, has an ironclad rule: whenever possible, never mention the ethnicity of the perpetrator.
They write "Swede," "Dane," "Norwegian," and so on—so much so that an uninitiated outsider might be convinced that they are indeed talking about real Swedes, Danes, or Norwegians. Such are the laws of political correctness that prevail in these countries—unspoken, but no less powerful for that.
However, locals know how to read between the lines. Everyone understands perfectly well that law-abiding native Danes will certainly not engage in a public knife fight.
The above case of street violence clearly illustrates its systemic nature—several large criminal organizations operate in the country. One of the most well-known gangs, Loyal to Familia (LTF), is in ongoing conflict with several other groups for their place in the sun.
It's all very similar to neighboring Sweden, where gangs also wage endless street wars among themselves using firearms and explosives.
Thus, in early February, the LTF's showdown with the Korsløkkegruppen gang (named after the district of the same name) brought the city of Odense to its knees: first, the criminals blew up the entrance to an apartment building, and then staged several shootouts and street chases, with cars racing at breakneck speeds and colliding with each other.
Odense is not that big – 186 thousand people, most of whom now feel fear and uncertainty when moving along the streets and entering houses.
At the same time, Korsløkkegruppen believes they are fighting for a "just cause," having long held Odense. However, Loyal to Familia, having formed an alliance with the Somali group Vollsmose 9hunna in 2022 and then gradually absorbed it, has grown so strong that it has decided to "squeeze" the city.
The founder of LTF is Pakistani-born Shuaib Khan (aka Shabbi), whose track record includes stabbings, murders, and drug trafficking. In 2008, while serving an eight-year sentence for yet another crime, he conceived the idea of founding a large-scale mafia organization.
Possessing the necessary charisma and willpower, Shuaib Khan carried out his plan. At the same time, he tried to eliminate any potential competitors.
In 2015, Shabbi received a six-month prison sentence for organizing an attack on Moroccan-born Abderrozak Benarabe (also known as Big A), the leader of the Blågårds Plads-banden (Blågårds Plads-banden), which had twenty-six key members and numerous underlings. The gang controlled the Copenhagen neighborhood of Nørrebro. The attack was unsuccessful: Big A survived.
Incidentally, a curious fact: three years before the assassination attempt, Benarabe traveled to Syria, which was engulfed in civil war. There, he fought in Idlib with the group fighting against Bashar al-Assad.
Upon returning to Denmark, Big A underwent a "preventive interview" with the police. It would have been logical for a radical Islamist involved in an armed conflict in another country to be prosecuted. But on June 7, 2014, Copenhagen police announced they would not press charges against Benarabe.
The police deemed it impossible to obtain the necessary evidence. Right-wing politicians insisted on deporting Big A, but that, too, was unsuccessful.
RESPECT FOR PRIVACY
However, Shabbi managed to outdo his competitor: by 2021, his LTF group had more than a hundred members, and by now there are already over four hundred.
The Danish authorities' attempts to dispose of him are a separate story. It was a lengthy and complex legal process that took years and was accompanied by intense socio-political turmoil.
It all began when Shabbi openly threatened the police officers who were searching his home. This was the last straw for the authorities, who raised the issue of deporting the Pakistani.
However, the Copenhagen City Court did not insist on his deportation, which is more than surprising, given that this dangerous criminal did not hold Danish citizenship. The court, however, found that his "strong ties to Denmark" outweighed the gravity of his crimes.
This caused enormous irritation in society and fierce pressure from right-wing politicians demanding stricter immigration laws.
The prosecutor's office continued the fight and took the case all the way to the Supreme Court. In November 2018, it delivered its verdict: Shabbi was sentenced to three months in prison and deported from Denmark, followed by a six-year re-entry ban.
But Shuaib Khan was not reconciled to the Danish court's decision and appealed it to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. His defense argued that the deportation violated Shabbi's right to "respect for private and family life," guaranteed by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Khan's lawyer, playing on pity, claimed that the persecution of his client was orchestrated by politicians who harbored racial hatred against him. He himself said that he last visited his ancestral homeland in 2007 and knew virtually no one there—meaning he should remain in Denmark.
However, in January 2021, the ECHR sided with the Danish state and upheld the deportation. The court ruled that the Danish court had conducted a thorough assessment of all the circumstances and that the expulsion "was not a disproportionate measure," given the "exceptional gravity of Khan's crimes" and the real threat he posed to society.
Indeed, between 2003 and 2017, Shabbi received thirteen convictions in Denmark, most of them for violent crimes. His 2008 murder of 21-year-old William Lennon Davis was shockingly brutal—Shabbi stabbed the man fourteen times.
Thus, the Danish authorities achieved their goal: Shuaib Khan was deported. However, the impact of this victory was minimal: while abroad and free, Shabbi continues to lead his gang, Loyal to Familia, albeit now forced to do so remotely. That's all.
#France 🇫🇷: A gang member is selling a “Tactical STEN” submachine gun (SMG) on the French black market in the city of #Lyon.
A #British 🇬🇧 STEN MK II SMG; fitted with Red Dot Sight, railed top cover, foregrip and side-folding stock. Asking price is €2500. pic.twitter.com/wpnYtbSSNK
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Hadji will light up his own ass or his comrades with one of these POS. I'm sure the "upgrade" neglected any improvements concerning the the originals sub-standard safety and other peculiarities that caused it to maim its operator. Poor maintenance, a snack bar specialty, will no doubt cause end users self inflicted maladies. So, by all means hope business is booming.
Breaking News: Baloch Naval forces attacked Pakistan navy in Jiwani killing three coast guards
12 April 2026
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Baloch Naval forces attacked Pakistan navy in Jiwani killing three coast guards
12 April 2026
We declared to the world in 2025 that the Republic of United Balochistan stands established backed by a force of five lakh across its army, air force, and navy.
According to latest ground reports, today, that resolve was demonstrated. The naval forces of the Republic of Balochistan carried out a decisive operation in Baloch sea in Jiwani, striking a patroling boar of the occupying Pakistani maritime presence and neutralizing three Pakistan Coast Guards.
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[IsraelTimes] Israel Antiquities Authority says modern-day structure preserving the mosaic was damaged but the ancient floor is intact
The remains of a Byzantine Church dating back some 1,500 years in the northern city of Nahariya were hit by a Hezbollah rocket on Friday night, the Israel Antiquities Authority confirmed to The Times of Israel on Sunday, after the news was first reported on Hebrew outlet Ynet.
The rocket hit a modern structure inaugurated in 2022 to preserve an impressive mosaic floor spanning over 500 square meters (nearly 5,400 square feet) and make it accessible to the public.
“Today, a meeting was held on site with the participation of archaeologists and conservators from the Israel Antiquities Authority [and] representatives of the municipality and the Property Tax Authority,” an IAA spokesperson said in a written statement. “An on-site assessment indicates that the mosaic was covered by debris from the modern structure in which it had been preserved, but was not damaged.”
Located in the Katznelson neighborhood, the church’s remains were first discovered in 1964 during the construction of a local school.
According to a 2022 statement by the IAA, the floor was part of a church that was destroyed during the Sasanian Persian invasion in 614 CE and completely burned down.
The colorful mosaics include scenes representing animals, plants, and human figures in various situations. The ancient artist created 100 medallions along the perimeter of the floor, and 87 of them survived to the present day. At the center of the church was a rosette (a floral-shaped circular design).
“We have a historical treasure in our city, and we have now presented [it] to the public and given it the place it deserves,” Nahariya Mayor Ronen Marelly said at the time. “This is a site of great archaeological value, and we must do everything to make it accessible and expose it to the city’s residents and to tourists from Israel and abroad.”
Pictures by the IAA taken at the site after Friday’s attack show the floor covered in dust, rocks, and broken tiles and bricks.
Since the beginning of the US-Israel war with Iran on February 28, Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets into Israel. Israel and Hezbollah have continued to trade fire, even after a ceasefire between Iran and Israel went into effect on Thursday.
[IsraelTimes] Strike in Strip’s center targeted cell of Hamas gunmen planning ‘imminent’ attack on troops, military says; Hamas authorities report 7 killed
The Israel Defense Forces said a strike targeting a cell of Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... button men on Saturday killed a terrorist involved in abducting hostages on October 7, 2023, and two others who held another hostage in captivity 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.
The strike overnight into Saturday in the central Gaza Strip killed seven people, according to the Hamas-run Gaza civil defense agency.
In response to a query by The Times of Israel on Saturday, the IDF said it had struck an armed cell of Hamas button men whose members had "approached the Yellow Line" and planned to carry out an "imminent" attack on Israeli forces stationed in the area.
Following a review of intelligence, the IDF said on Sunday that it could confirm that among those killed in the strike was Ali Sami Muhammad Shakra, a platoon commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force.
The military said Shakra invaded Israel during the Hamas October 7 onslaught and took part in the abduction of hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alon Ohel, Eliya Cohen, and Or Levy from a roadside kaboom shelter near Re’im.
Also killed in the strike were Muhammad Mabhouh, a company commander in Hamas’s Bureij Battalion, and Muhammad Fuad Gasser Sayid, a Hamas platoon commander, according to the IDF.
The military said the pair took part in holding hostage Avinatan Or in Hamas captivity during the war. The IDF published a photo showing Sayid with Or in a Hamas tunnel.
Or, Ohel, Cohen, and Levy were released from Hamas captivity in hostage-ceasefire deals with the terror group in 2025, while Goldberg-Polin was murdered in captivity, and his body was recovered by the IDF in August 2024.
Other members of Hamas’s Nukhba Force were killed in the strike, "including murderous Moslems who worked to launch rockets toward Israeli territory," the army added.
Mahmoud Bassal, front man for the civil defense agency, which operates under the authority of the Hamas terror group, said an Israeli drone had fired two missiles close to a police post in the al-Bureij refugee camp.
In addition to the seven dead, he said, several people were maimed, four of them critically.
The al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza said Saturday that it had received six bodies and seven maimed, "including four at death's door because of direct impacts to the face, torso, and other parts of the body." The nearby al-Awda hospital said it had received one fatality and two maimed.
The figures did not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
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Following a review of intelligence, the IDF said on Sunday that it could confirm that among those killed in the strike was Ali Sami Muhammad Shakra, a platoon commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force.
That should be worth some three day passes for two and stays at Herods Vitalis Spa Hotel Eilat.
[IsraelTimes] ‘Fierce clashes’ reported as army advances in southern Lebanese town; military says troops killed Hezbollah gunman responsible for killing soldier last week
The Israeli military advanced into the southern 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.... town of Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah stronghold, on Sunday, Lebanese media reported, as the army said it raided a hospital in the area where terror operatives had been holed up.
Lebanon’s official news agency reported "fierce festivities" between the Israeli military and Hezbollah in Bint Jbeil. In recent days, the Israel Defense Forces encircled Bint Jbeil as it worked to clear the town of terror operatives and the group’s infrastructure.
Bint Jbeil is considered a symbol of Hezbollah. During the Second Lebanon War in 2006, the IDF battled the terror group in the town but failed to capture it fully. Earlier, in May 2000, after the IDF withdrew from southern Lebanon following an 18-year occupation, then-Hezbollah chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The late, lamented satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...> delivered a victory speech in Bint Jbeil, where he infamously described Israel as "weaker than a spider web."
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported Sunday morning that Israeli troops "are still trying to infiltrate and take control of the remaining neighborhoods in the city of Bint Jbeil."
The NNA added that the IDF shelled the outskirts of the town and its entrances with artillery.
Hezbollah, meanwhile, said on Sunday that it had launched rockets at Israeli soldiers on the outskirts of the town. Last week, the terror group said it had used light arms and RPG fire against Israeli soldiers who were advancing in the town.
The IDF said it raided a hospital in Bint Jbeil where armed Hezbollah operatives had been holed up, killing some 20 button men and seizing weapons in the process.
Last week, troops of the Givati Brigade detected Hezbollah military activity at the Bint Jbeil Governmental Hospital.
The IDF said that in recent days, it identified several terror operatives who had been carrying out surveillance from within the hospital, and who then opened fire on Israeli troops.
"Within a short time, the troops eliminated the terrorists. In addition, approximately 20 turbans were targeted and eliminated in the hospital area to remove an immediate threat," the IDF said.
The military said the soldiers then raided the medical center, where they located a cache of weapons belonging to Hezbollah.
"The Hezbollah terror organization systematically and continuously used the hospital compound and its immediate surroundings for the military purposes of the terror organization, in severe violation of international law," the IDF said.
The IDF has previously warned that Hezbollah has been making use of medical facilities and ambulances for military purposes.
"Prior to the operation, the IDF clarified to the relevant authorities in Lebanon that all military activities in hospitals in Lebanon must cease, and published these warnings through various means. Despite this, the Hezbollah terrorist organization continued to use the hospital for military activity," the military said.
On Thursday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir toured the outskirts of Bint Jbeil amid the ongoing operation.
Meanwhile,
...back at the shouting match, Bart was wondering if fisticuffs would be appropriate at this point... the NNA reported that five people were killed in an Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese town of Qana, and six people were killed in a strike on Maaroub, near Tyre.
The IDF did not immediately issue a comment on those strikes, but said that overnight, the Israeli Air Force struck a primed Hezbollah rocket launcher in southern Lebanon.
According to the IDF, the launcher in the Jouaiya area was ready for an attack on Israel, and was destroyed before Hezbollah could use it.
Hezbollah continued its attacks on northern Israel on Sunday, with some 20 rockets and at least one drone crossing the border.
According to the IDF, the rockets were either intercepted or struck open areas. There were no reports of injuries in the attacks.
One Hezbollah drone launched from Lebanon was shot down over the Kiryat Shmona area, the military said, after sirens had sounded in the northern city and nearby towns in the Galilee Panhandle.
IDF: TROOPS KILLED HEZBOLLAH GUNMAN RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING SOLDIER
Also on Sunday, the IDF said troops killed a Hezbollah gunman responsible for killing Israeli soldier Staff Sgt. Touvel Yosef Lifshiz in southern Lebanon last week.
On Tuesday afternoon, troops of the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion exchanged fire with two Hezbollah operatives in a building.
During the shootout, Lifshiz and one of the Hezbollah button men were killed, while the second terror operative managed to hide.
Two days later, the Golani soldiers returned to the site of the battle and identified an armed Hezbollah operative hiding under the rubble inside the building.
"The troops engaged and eliminated the terrorist with close-range fire," the military said, adding that he was confirmed to have been the second gunman.
In addition, the IDF said, the soldiers located the body of the first operative killed in the initial exchange of fire.
Lebanon’s health ministry says Israeli attacks have killed over 1,800 people since hostilities escalated on March 2, in a toll that does not differentiate between fighters and civilians. According to IDF tallies released Friday, more than 1,400 Hezbollah operatives have been killed over the same period.
Twelve IDF soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon amid the renewed fighting against Hezbollah, two non-combatants were killed by Hezbollah rockets, and an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by Israeli artillery shelling.
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[Regnum] The United States will block all ships entering or leaving Iranian ports starting April 13. The operation will begin at 10:00 a.m. (5:00 p.m. Moscow time). This was announced by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on April 12.
"CENTCOM forces will begin blockading all maritime traffic entering and leaving Iranian ports on April 13, in accordance with President Donald Trump's executive order," the command clarified on social media.
The upcoming blockade will affect vessels from all countries intending to enter or exit Iranian ports and coastal areas. However, US military personnel will not interfere with ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz to non-Iranian ports.
On February 28, Israel and the United States launched military operations against Iran. Tehran responded with strikes against American and Israeli targets in the Middle East and restricted passage through the Strait of Hormuz for vessels linked to Israel and the United States.
On April 12, Trump announced that the US Navy had begun blockading any vessels attempting to enter or leave the Strait of Hormuz. He also noted that talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, between US and Iranian representatives on April 11 were successful, but the key nuclear issue remained unresolved. According to the White House, Iran is obstructing free navigation by threatening to plant mines. Trump called this "global extortion" and ordered the US Navy to search for and detain vessels that have paid Iran for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as to destroy mines in the strait's waters.
In Islamabad, one of the main topics of the talks was control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a significant portion of global oil exports passes. According to American media, it was disagreements over this point that led to the negotiations reaching an impasse. According to this version, Iran demands control of the strait and the right to charge tolls to ships for passage, and rejects US proposals for joint control.
"Any attempt by any military vessel to approach the Strait of Hormuz under any pretext will be considered a violation of the ceasefire and will be subject to severe punishment," Iran's state broadcaster IRIB quoted the statement as saying on its Telegram channel.
The strait is open for safe passage of civilian vessels in accordance with special rules, the IRGC explained.
On April 12, US President Donald Trump announced that the US Navy had begun blockading vessels attempting to enter or exit the Strait of Hormuz. Trump noted that this decision was due to Iran's actions, which impede free navigation by threatening to plant mines. The White House chief also threatened that any Iranian attempts to attack US ships or civilian vessels in the strait would be harshly repressed.
"My understanding is that Britain and several other countries are also sending minesweepers," Trump said in an interview with Fox News.
These reports have not been officially confirmed. Trump has previously repeatedly criticized Britain and other NATO countries for refusing to assist the US in the military operation against Iran. He has stated the need to reconsider Washington's cooperation with NATO.
Earlier, on April 12, Trump announced the start of mine clearance in the Strait of Hormuz. He threatened that any Iranian attempts to attack American ships would be harshly dealt with.
That same day, Trump announced that the US Navy would begin blocking any vessels attempting to enter or exit the Strait of Hormuz. He also threatened that the US would search for and detain any vessels in international waters that had paid tolls to Iran for passage through the strait.
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إطلاق عملية عسكرية أمريكية الان تهدف إلى حصار و سحب مضيق هرمز من ايران:
1- اي تحرك عسكري إيراني سيتم ضربه 2- ترامب اصدر تعليماته الان للبحرية بالتحرك 3- ترامب تلقى إحاطة من جي دي فانس 4- ترامب يقول انه سيتم تعقب واعتراض كل سفينة في المياه الدولية… pic.twitter.com/jWEv9KHUVQ
Launch of a U.S. military operation now aimed at besieging and seizing the Strait of Hormuz from Iran:
1- Any Iranian military movement will be struck
2- Trump has issued his orders now to the Navy to move
3- Trump received a briefing from JD Vance
4- Trump says that every ship in international waters paying fees to Iran will be tracked and intercepted
5- Trump says that Iran will not be allowed to profit from imposing illegal transit fees and this is an act based on extortion
Posted by: badanov ||
04/13/2026 00:00 ||
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The Strait is closed according even the liberal media now. Trump has cut off Irans $$$ and other items.
#4
You don’t have to be in Hormuz to blockade it. You notify the ships going towards Iran or the Straits that there is a blockade in place and that any tanker that docks in Iranian port will be seized outbound in the Gulf of Oman.
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04/13/2026 8:13 Comments ||
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[IsraelTimes] Despite claiming talks with Iran ‘went well,’ US president says military to stop ‘all ships’ entering or leaving key waterway; report: 60% of IRGC navy’s Hormuz patrol fleet intact
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... on Sunday declared the US Navy will immediately start blockading the Strait of Hormuz and will also intercept in international waters every vessel that paid a toll to Iran.
The move came a day after US-Iranian talks in Pakistain, where the two parties failed to reach an agreement over the course of 21 hours to end the war in the Middle East.
Trump, in a post on Truth Social, claimed that the historic talks "went well" for the most part, but "the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not" agreed to by Iran.
"Effective immediately," he said, the US Navy "will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz."
"Other countries" will also be involved in the blockade, Trump claimed, without identifying them by name.
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 JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... has effectively imposed its own blockade on the key waterway since the US and Israel began striking the country on February 28, a move that has caused mass global economic harm, given that the strait is a chokepoint for about 20 percent of global oil and liquefied natural gas shipments.
In his Sunday social media post, Trump also declared that he told the US Navy to "interdict," or intercept, all ships that paid a toll to Iran to cross the strait since it began its blockade last month.
"I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas," he wrote, without elaborating on how many ships paid Iran crossing fees or how the US will treat the interdicted vessels.
Echoing the inflammatory language he used in the days leading up to the fragile two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistain, Trump also said: "Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!"
The American military said on Saturday that it had begun a mine-clearing operation in the Strait of Hormuz, saying that two destroyers, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG-121) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112), "transited the Strait of Hormuz and operated in the Arabian Gulf as part of a broader mission to ensure the strait is fully clear of sea mines previously laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps."
A day after that announcement, Iranian state media published a video showing the IRGC navy warning a US Navy missile destroyer to turn back after entering the Strait of Hormuz.
🚨 BREAKING Footage shows The U.S. destroyers fled the Strait of Hormuz after receiving a warning from Iran’s Navy, yesterday. pic.twitter.com/AyP3L7D06P
— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) April 12, 2026
"Navy warship 121. This is Sepah (IRGC) Navy station. You must alter course and go back to the Indian Ocean immediately. If you don’t obey my order, you will be targeted," an IRGC Navy serviceman was heard telling the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr.
A servicemember aboard USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. responded by saying that the ship is engaged in "transit passage in accordance with international law."
The IRGC serviceman responded to the ship, saying he is issuing a "last warning." The IRGC member also warned nearby ships to keep their distance from any warship in their vicinity, "because I’m ready to open fire on them without any warning."
According to the Wall Street Journal, more than 60% of the IRGC’s Hormuz naval fleet is still intact after six weeks of war.
According to the report, the IRGC mans the strait with a fleet of small speedboats and attack craft equipped to guard the key waterway with missiles and mines. Those boats are harder to target than the traditional battleships used by the Iranian navy, the report said, as they often evade satellite detection due to their size. The IRGC also stores the boats in "underground pens," the Journal reported, further hampering efforts to locate them.
As a result, US and Israeli strikes against Iran’s naval capabilities mainly targeted its traditional navy rather than the IRGC’s. The largely intact fleet of small boats and attack craft should allow the IRGC to continue to control the strait with ease, the Journal said, including by laying mines down throughout the narrow waterway, with the heavy damage inflicted to Iran’s traditional navy making "relatively little difference" in this area.
Posted by: trailing wife ||
04/13/2026 00:00 ||
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#4
The Chinese need to stay out of it or President Trump will shutter 10,000 Target stores nationwide.
* Store closures will be coordinated with corporate. Blue states with declining populations such as California, Washington, and Illinois to close first.
#9
The Chinese need to stay out of it or President Trump will shutter 10,000 Target stores nationwide.
I like to think that he really would. I think the Chinese need to know they have a helluva lot to lose in this conflict if Americans see them as the same kind of enemy they were in Korea and Vietnam.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
04/13/2026 11:52 Comments ||
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