[IsraelTimes] The Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army spokesperson says that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) carried out a drone attack on a military airbase and other facilities in the vicinity of Port Sudan Airport, the first time RSF attacks have reached the eastern port city.
An army front man, Nabil Abdullah, says the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched several "suicide drones" at the coastal city, targeting the airport as well as "a goods warehouse and some civilian facilities in the city of Port Sudan" and causing no injuries but "limited damage."
[IsraelTimes] Protesters, seeking reversal of 2020 normalization agreement, call on port officials to block ships carrying military cargo to Israel, but fail to stop F-35 parts passing through
More than a year of protests over Morocco’s decision to normalize ties with Israel has emboldened activists and widened a gap between the decisions of the government and the sentiments of the governed. The fury has spilled into the country’s strategic ports.
Amid shipping cranes and stacked containers, 34-year-old agricultural engineer Ismail Lghazaoui marched recently through a sea of Paleostinian flags and joined protesters carrying signs that read "Reject the ship," in reference to a vessel transporting fighter jet components from Houston
...a city in Texas, named after Sam Houston, who would drop deader than he is now if he could see how it turned out... , Texas.
Activists are urging Moroccan port officials to try to block ships carrying military cargo to Israel, much like Spain did last year.
Protests often target Danish shipping company Maersk, which helps transport components used to make Lockheed Martin’s F-35 as part of the US Defense Department’s Security Cooperative Participant Program that facilitates weapons sales to allies including Israel.
A similar boycott campaign landed Lghazaoui in prison last year, but that didn’t deter him from turning out again for resurgent protests last month, after his release. Lghazaoui is one of more than a dozen activists pursued by Moroccan authorities for criticizing the government’s ties with Israel.
During a rally in November in Casablanca where Lghazaoui spoke, plainclothes officers beat him and others to prevent them from advancing toward the US Consulate, he said.
He later posted about Maersk on social media and was arrested and charged with incitement. Originally sentenced to a year, he served two months in prison and two on parole after the term was reduced.
"They try to silence people," Lghazaoui told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named. "They were using me to dissuade people or to push people away from what they were doing."
A PUSH TO TOPPLE ’NORMALIZATION’
Morocco is one of four Arab states that normalized ties with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords brokered in 2020 during US President Donald Trump ...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party... ’s first term.
The deal delivered something Moroccan diplomats had chased for years: US support for Morocco’s claims over the disputed Western Sahara. But its cost — growing public resentment toward normalization — has ballooned since October 7, 2023, when the Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... terror group’s assault on southern Israel, in which invaders killed some 1,200 people and took 251 hostages, sparked the ongoing war in 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... "I’ve rarely seen such a chasm between public opinion and the monarchy. What the power elites are doing goes completely against what the Moroccan people want," said Aboubakr Jamai, dean of the Madrid Center at the American College of the Mediterranean.
Tens of thousands have taken to the streets of Morocco since the war began. While largely made up of families, students, Islamists, leftists and union members, the protests have also drawn more radical voices. Some have burned Israeli flags or chanted against royal adviser André Azoulay, a Jewish Moroccan.
Clad in riot gear, security forces have stood by and watched as protesters denounce "normalization" and Morocco’s expanding trade and military ties with Israel.
But authorities have shown that their tolerance for dissent only goes so far.
Morocco’s constitution generally allows for freedom of expression, although it is illegal to criticize the monarchy or King Mohammed VI and those who do can face prosecution. Throughout the war, activists who have implicated the monarchy on social media or protested businesses targeted by boycotts due to their operations in Israel have received prison sentences.
The constraints mirror Egypt and Jordan, which like Morocco have publicly sympathized with the Paleostinians, maintained ties with Israel and imprisoned activists who direct their ire toward the government.
However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes... unlike in those countries, the arrests in Morocco have done little to quell public anger or activists’ demands.
A HARBOR DRAWS HEAT
In recent weeks, protesters have set their sights on a new target: the country’s strategic ports and the companies using them to move military cargo. Activists and port workers recently demanded that two vessels crossing the Atlantic carrying fighter jet parts that they suspected would end up in Israel be blocked from docking in Morocco.
Port protests gained momentum last month when Morocco’s largest labor union backed the call to block the two ships, and dozens of religious scholars and preachers, many affiliated with the anti-monarchy Islamist movement Al Adl wal Ihsan, issued an edict with a similar message.
While not officially allowed to participate in politics, Al Adl wal Ihsan has mobilized large crowds and helped lead anti-Israel activism throughout the Israel-Hamas war, drawing in young people who feel official parties don’t speak to them. On a recent Friday, the group said Moroccans took part in 110 demonstrations across 66 cities in support of Paleostinians in Gaza.
Both Al Adl wal Ihsan and union members marched portside in Tangier and Casablanca, where the vessels eventually docked April 20.
In a statement, Maersk acknowledged that ships that passed through the two Moroccan ports carried parts used in the fighter jet. But it denied activists’ claims of directly shipping weapons to conflict zones, stating that they require end-use certificates to verify the final destination of military cargo.
A port official in Tangier who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak on the matter said that while cargo docked and unloaded in Morocco undergoes examination, ships docking en route to other destinations do not.
The Israeli military did not respond to questions about the shipments. F-35s are typically assembled in the United States, using components sourced throughout the world, including outer wings and display systems manufactured in Israel.
Morocco’s Foreign Ministry did not respond to questions about normalization or its port policies, though diplomats have previously argued that relations with Israel allow them to press for a two-state solution and facilitate aid delivery to Gaza.
DOMESTIC FAULT LINES EXPOSED
Some observers in Morocco have questioned whether the focus on Gaza has diverted attention from pressing domestic struggles. Voices from Moroccan nationalist circles on social media have instead highlighted the marginalization of the Indigenous Amazigh population and the dispute over Western Sahara, which they argue are more central to national identity and illusory sovereignty.
For others, the prolonged war has prompted clear shifts. The Islamist Justice and Development Party, which once backed normalization with Israel while in power, recently invited senior Hamas officials to its congress in Rabat. However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes... the officials were unable to obtain visas to enter Morocco.
"Paleostine will remain our primary cause," said Abdelilah Benkirane, a former prime minister and general secretary of the Justice and Development Party.
[IsraelTimes] Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels blame the US for around 10 strikes in and around the capital Sanaa overnight.
The Houthi-run Saba news agency says the strikes included two targeting Arbaeen Street in the capital as well as one on the airport road, blaming them on "American aggression."
The rebels’ health ministry says 14 people were maimed in the Sawan neighborhood, according to Saba.
The strikes came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retaliate against the Houthis and to act against "their patron" Iran, hours after the rebel group struck Ben Gurion Airport with a ballistic missile.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced that the State Department has approved a deal with Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... that includes AIM-120C-8 medium-range air-to-air missiles and logistical and program support worth $3.5 billion.
The agency explained that Saudi Arabia requested a thousand missiles and 50 guidance units, confirming that the deal supports the goals of national security and American foreign policy.
RTX Corp will be the main contractor. Despite the approval, neither the contract nor the negotiations have concluded.
US President Donald Trump ...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party... is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia, followed by Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... and the UAE, from May 13 to 16, his first foreign trip of his second term.
The United States is preparing to provide Saudi Arabia with an arms package worth more than $100 billion during President Donald Trump's visit to the Kingdom this month.
Saudi Arabia has requested 1,000 advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, 50 guidance units for these missiles, and other equipment, including spare parts, missile containers, and logistical support services.
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How many US contract mechs and operators are included?
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Military and security expert Osama Khaled stated that the successful arrival of the missile launched by the Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i Armed Forces at Ben Gurion Airport represents an unprecedented event in terms of type, timing, and impact.
He noted that the strike occurred during a politically sensitive moment for the Israeli government, which had recently been boasting about its military dominance and supposed security from regional threats.
In an interview with Al Jazeera Net, Khaled described the operation as a ''strategic disruption through long-range fire maneuvering'' using a hypersonic ballistic missile, deliberately targeting the most vital and strategic site deep within the Israeli entity.
From a military perspective, Khaled emphasized that the attack reflects a major failure on multiple levels, highlighting the lack of early warning which made the element of surprise deeply felt among Israeli military and security circles.
He pointed out that Yemen employed new tactics and advanced hypersonic missile technologies, which penetrated Israeli air defense layers at extraordinary speeds beyond the capability of current systems.
Khaled also noted a clear failure by US air forces stationed in the Red Sea, which were unable to detect or intercept the Yemeni missile
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[RFI.FR] Investigators believe the attacks were carried out by narcos, with at least one suspect thought to have ties to a notorious cartel. Now don't you wish you still had Devil's Island?
Attackers in April struck at several jails and other facilities across La Belle France, torching cars, spraying the entrance of one prison with automatic gunfire and leaving mysterious inscriptions.
A total of 30 people, including four minors, were arrested this week in police raids across La Belle France. Seven of them were released without charge.
Gay Paree prosecutor Laure Beccuau told news hounds Saturday that 19 of the suspects were being held in pre-trial custody, while the two adolescents had been placed in a detention facility for minors.
They are accused of instigating the operations, acting as go-betweens, recruiting accomplices or carrying out the attacks, she said.
Prisons targeted with arson, gunfire as La Belle France cracks down on drug crime
The suspects, aged between 15 and 37 and including two women, had targeted prison staff "with extreme, uninhibited and premeditated violence" in both their professional and private lives, she said.
Some of the suspects were believed to belong to organised crime groups, while other were "completely unknown" to police, Beccuau said.
The assaults have embarrassed the right-leaning government whose tough-talking ministers of justice, Gerald Darmanin, and interior, Bruno Retailleau, have vowed to intensify the fight against narcotics and drug-related crime.
President Emmanuel Macron has promised the attackers would be "found, tried and punished."
"RIGHTS FOR FRENCH PRISONERS"
French anti-terror prosecutors were initially put in charge of the case due to the coordinated nature of the attacks but the office for the fight against organised crime, known by its acronym JUNALCO, has since taken over.
More than 300 Sherlocks have been involved in the case.
Several of the arrests took place inside prisons, with suspected leaders of the attacks believed to have directed them from inside.
Attackers left the inscription "DDPF," standing for "Rights of French Prisoners," at nearly all the scene of the crimes.
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Maybe France should re-open "Bagne de Cayenne".
An unknown amount of Iranian surface to air missiles are CONFIRMED to be snuck in though our southern border under Joe Biden and are in the United States right now
Intelligence officer Sam Shoemate “We had some confirmed reporting through 2 solid sources — one south of the… pic.twitter.com/Fokz1a3KWy
…2 solid sources — one south of the border and then one from an element within our own government that confirmed independently of each other that Iranian made MANPADS, so surface to air missiles had come across the border.
We had the location and everything else. Well, we got this to Secret Service. We did the whole gamut and got everything pushed to them, and that's why Trump was pushing a lot of this stuff out when he was because we had told the Secret Service and they had the reporting and everything else. We have not, to my knowledge, have not recovered those MANPADS.
But what I do know we have done is we have apprehended the couriers on a second run of theirs and local law enforcement got together with federal law enforcement and rolled up the safe house. And we have since identified what that issue was on the border.”
“So we now have Iranian missiles. Who knows how many inside The United States”
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It seems to me this is not the first time we’ve heard such a tale since 9/11, along with reports of discarded IRGC uniforms and Iranian and other interesting passports found in our border regions. Or am I confusing remembrance with speculation?
[Rudaw] A Ottoman Turkish soldier was killed in the Kurdistan Region on Saturday after stepping on a mine during an operation in northern Duhok province, the defense ministry announced.
In a statement, the ministry said that Onder Ozen "was injured as a result of stepping on a mine/IED during the search and sweep operations" and "was immediately taken to the hospital, where despite all interventions, he could not be saved."
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been engaged in a decades-long armed conflict. Founded in 1978, the PKK initially struggled for an independent Kurdistan but now calls for increased political and cultural rights within Turkey.
Ankara and its Western allies consider the group a terrorist organization.
The incident occurred amid revived peace negotiations between both sides and the PKK’s unilateral ceasefire, aimed at resolving more than four decades of conflict that has claimed over 40,000 lives.
In late February, Turkey's pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) relayed a landmark message by tossed in the slammer I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, in which he called on the PKK to disarm and disband.
The PKK responded to Ocalan’s message, expressing willingness to uphold his call and declaring a unilateral ceasefire with Turkey, while accusing Ankara of continuing attacks against its members. The group also requested a physical meeting with Ocalan as a precondition for the success of the grinding of the peace processor.
As part of its outreach, the DEM Party has been meeting with leaders across the Kurdistan Region to build support for the peace initiative.
According to a notice delivered by the IDF to Palestinian residents, the demolitions are being carried out for “clear security needs.”
This marks the first significant wave of home demolitions in the area as part of the ongoing IDF counter-terror operation in Tulkarm, which has been underway for three months. According to Palestinian media reports, some 25,000 people have been displaced from their homes in the two camps amid the operation.
While the military has previously operated in the refugee camps, demolitions on this scale have not occurred until now.
Roughly a month ago, the IDF demolished around 100 homes in the Jenin refugee camp, as part of the ongoing IDF operation there, also citing operational necessity.
According to the military, the suspects posted content encouraging further arson attacks and acts of terror, directly linking their calls to the recent blazes. One of the men, a resident of Nablus, allegedly voiced support for the killing of Jews. The other, from Tubas, reportedly praised Hamas and called for continued violence and arson.
Commandos of the Duvdevan unit operated in the Balata camp, near Nablus, following intelligence provided by the Shin Bet on the whereabouts of Omar Mustafa Abu Lail, the prominent terror operative.
During attempts to arrest Abu Lail, the IDF says he was shot and killed. The military says the soldiers also located a handgun in the operative’s vehicle. A second suspect was detained in the area.
According to the IDF and Shin Bet, Abu Lail, 39, was involved in several shooting attacks on troops in the Nablus area, along with transferring weapons to other operatives in Nablus and Jenin, and providing shelter for wanted Palestinians.
The Palestinian Authority health ministry says it was notified by Israeli authorities of Abu Lail’s death, indicating his body is being held by the IDF.
[IsrelTimes] Ziv Medical Center in Safed says that 21 wounded Syrians, with varying degrees of injury, have been treated at the hospital since Thursday, including two women in advanced stages of pregnancy and an 8-year-old girl with a head injury.
Six patients have since been discharged and returned to Syria after receiving treatment, and 15 patients remain hospitalized.
The hospital says that 12 of the wounded are men with gunshot and shrapnel injuries to various parts of their bodies. They are in stable condition and are being hospitalized in the surgical and orthopedic departments.
At the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, a 37-year-old Druze man from a village in Syria was brought in on Friday night in moderate condition, after being injured during an attempt to escape violence by jumping from a height of 12 meters.
The injured man is being hospitalized in the Spinal Surgery Unit and is expected to undergo spinal surgery in the coming hours.
[IsraelTimes] A Syrian Druze man, 37, who was evacuated from Syria, says his back was injured when he jumped from a height of 12 meters to escape violence.
“It’s a full circle for me to be in the hospital in Israel. My grandfather grew up here, and I have family in Rameh,” he tells the Ynet news site, referencing the northern Arab town.
[IsraelTimes] A Beersheba court sentences three men to three and a half years in prison for plotting a series of terror attacks in Israel — including a plan to assassinate National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir with a rocket-propelled grenade.
Last April, the Shin Bet security agency announced that it had foiled plans by a cell of Arab Israelis and West Bank Paleostinians to carry out terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank, including assassinating Ben Gvir.
According to the Shin Bet, the cell planned attacks against IDF bases and other sensitive sites, including Ben Gurion Airport and the government complex in Jerusalem.
The men, two from the Bedouin city of Rahat in the northern Negev and one from the West Bank, received lighter sentences after reaching a plea bargain in which the charges against them were downgraded from "conspiracy to aid the enemy" to "disclosure of a decision to betray."
Following the sentencing, Ben Gvir decries the plea agreement as a "disgrace" and accuses the state prosecutor of "endangering him and all the ministers of the government of Israel."
Ben Gvir asserts that such a move "sends a message encouraging terrorism: Continue to try to carry out liquidations and damage symbols of government — and you will get away with it cheaply."
"The absurdity is doubly serious when you realize that no one bothered to talk to me before the [plea] agreement, and did not accept my position — contrary to the law. This is not harm to me personally, but to the entire country," Ben Gvir says in a statement.
[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a lack of Qatari cooperation in hostage-ceasefire negotiations is what led to the latest hostage deal falling apart, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
“We are pressing Hamas to [release the hostages] with the support of our friends,” Netanyahu says in a PMO readout from his meeting with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, adding that, “We are asking others to put pressure not only on Hamas but also on Qatar, which has decisive influence over Hamas — an influence that is not always exercised but could be.
“In fact, we had a hostage deal that was about to materialize, one that would have freed almost half of the hostages, with Egypt’s help, but it did not happen. Qatari cooperation…. is what could have brought this deal to fruition,” the premier continues, saying: “That’s what we expect to see: the support of our friends and pressure from those who are in a position to influence Hamas.”
[IsraelTimes] ‘We will strike with an iron fist all these renegades,’ says terror group, accusing Israel of collaborating with armed gangs to undermine its control over food supplies
Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... executed a number of alleged looters after several incidents in which heavily armed gangs attacked food stores and community kitchens 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 this week, sources close to the Paleostinian terror group said over the weekend.
Hamas officials have accused some of the looters of working in collaboration with Israel, which has sealed off aid from entering Gaza for the past two months, arguing that much of it was being stolen by Hamas. Israel has not commented on the allegation.
In one incident, the Hamas-run interior ministry said a police officer was killed and others were maimed when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a police unit chasing criminals in Gaza City.
"We will strike with an iron fist all these renegades, and we will take the necessary measures to deter them, no matter the cost, and we will not allow them to continue terrorizing citizens, threatening their lives and stealing their property," the ministry said in a statement on Saturday, referring to the alleged looters.
Ismail al-Thawabta, director of Gaza’s Hamas-run government media office, said some of the looters acted under a clan umbrella and others acted as organized groups, some of which he said received direct support from Israel.
He said a number of "revolutionary execution rulings" had been carried out against "several top criminals" proven to have been involved in looting.
Some Gaza residents and Paleostinian media said Hamas’s armed wing imposed curfews starting at 9 p.m. to restrict the movement of civilians and to chase alleged looters.
GANGS TAKE MONEY, PHONES
"Those gangs, some of them armed, have terrorized people, not only stealing food, but stopping some people on the roads and taking away their money and phones," said Ahmed, from Gaza City, who asked that his full name not be used.
"They aid the occupation in starving us; they must be dealt with as collaborators," he told Rooters via a chat app.
SAFA news agency, close to Hamas, said the interior ministry has formed a new 5,000-member force tasked with confronting looters and armed gangs. However,
there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... local police forces have been hampered by attacks from Israeli drones against any armed Paleostinians they identify.
Hamas deployed thousands of police and security forces across Gaza after a ceasefire took effect in January, but its armed presence shrank sharply since Israel resumed large-scale attacks in March.
Over 2,300 Paleostinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed hostilities there on March 18, out of more than 52,400 killed since the war there was sparked by the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, according to the Hamas-controlled health ministry.
The figures cannot be independently verified, and do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. Israel says it has killed some 20,000 combatants in battle as of January, and another 1,600 bully boyz inside Israel during the Hamas onslaught.
The Hamas-led attack saw thousands of bully boyz storm southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages. Fifty-nine hostages remain in Gaza, including the body of a soldier killed fighting in the 2014 war there.
SURGE IN AID LOOTING
Meanwhile Saturday, locals and aid workers said that gangs and others have been looting warehouses of supplies in northern Gazoo as desperation spikes after more than two months of Israel’s blockade of the territory.
Unidentified people, both armed and unarmed, have been looting UN and aid groups’ warehouses, as well as bakeries and shops since Wednesday, according to witnesses, organizations in Gaza, and messages that were circulated among security officials for aid groups and were seen by The News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
Since the beginning of March, Israel has cut off Gaza from all imports, leading to what is believed to be the most severe shortage of food, medicine, and other supplies in nearly 19 months of war with Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... . Israel says the goal of its blockade is to pressure Hamas to free the remaining 59 hostages of the 251 taken during the terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which killed some 1,200 people and started the war.
Israel has proposed having all aid sent through a single crossing in southern Gaza and using the military or private security contractors to deliver it to these hubs, according to the documents shared with AP and aid workers familiar with the discussions. The distribution hubs would all be south of the Netzarim Corridor that isolates northern Gaza from the rest of the territory, the documents say.
Officials from the UN and aid groups say the proposals that Israel has floated are untenable. These officials say they would allow military and political objectives to impede humanitarian goals, put restrictions on who is eligible to give and receive aid, and could force large numbers of Paleostinians to move, which would violate international law.
Aid groups have said Gaza’s civilian population is facing starvation, and there is concern that the desperation could lead to a breakdown of law and order. Although there has been looting by armed gangs throughout the war, aid workers say this week’s looting marks an escalation, as it was less organized and reached urban areas.
CURFEW IS ENFORCED
Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry said Saturday that over the past two days, it had killed six suspects and maimed 13 others over looting activities. The ministry also enforced a curfew starting Friday along some of Gaza City’s main streets.
The al-Najjar family, one of Gaza City’s most prominent, condemned the pillaging and called for respect and the protection of public and private property. "We categorically reject the chaos that harms the interests of the nation and its citizens," it said in a statement.
In Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza, desperate families pushed and shoved at food distribution sites to reach steaming vats of soup.
"We are eight people. I need to provide them with a bite of food," Faten al-Sabbagh. "I wish I can find even bread, but there is nothing and we are unable to. The prices are high and there are no salaries."
The top UN court on Friday wrapped a week of hearings on what Israel must do to ensure that humanitarian aid reaches Paleostinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
Israeli strikes on Gaza continued overnight Friday, leaving at least 17 people dead, including children, in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to hospital records.
Among the dead were 11 people from the same family, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. Another strike killed two newly married couples, one of their families said.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Israeli occupation forces admitted to the elimination of two more of its troops by a booby-trapped tunnel shaft in southern 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... 's Rafah on Saturday.
The dead soldiers were identified as the following:
1-Cpt. Noam Ravid, 23, from the elite ''Yahalom'' combat engineering unit.
2-Staff Sgt. Yaly Seror, 20, from the elite ''Yahalom'' combat engineering unit.
According to an initial Zionist probe, the ''Yahalom'' terrorists, operating under the ''Golani'' Brigade, were scanning the entrance to a tunnel inside a building, when they were suddenly hit by a kaboom.
One of the maimedmurderous Moslems is listed at death's door, while the other is moderately hurt.
In another incident yesterday, a Zionist reservist with the ''Jerusalem'' Brigade's 7007th Battalion was seriously maimed in northern Gaza. The circumstances of his injury are still are under investigation, the Zionist occupation military said.
Also, yesterday, two Zionist soldiers of the 401st Armored Brigade's 46th Battalion were maimed by a blast in an army encampment in the area of Gaza City's eastern Daraj and Tuffah neighborhoods.
According to an initial Zionist investigation, the blast was apparently caused by a tank shell that ''prematurely'' detonated when it was being fired.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... , released a new video on Saturday showing an Israeli captive who appeared to have been severely maimed in an Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... 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.
''I am detainee number 24. We were bombed after the ceasefire ended, and we escaped death. That's why we went down into the tunnels. We were bombed again while being underground,'' the captive said in the video.
The captive criticized the strategy of the Israeli government, which he blamed for his current ordeal.
''My health is critical. There is no access to medication, and seeking medical help is impossible. I do not know what happened to my mate who was with me,'' he added.
The captive urged Israelis to continue protesting against Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and pressuring him to agree to a prisoner swap deal in order for him and the other Israelis in Gaza to return home.
The Hebrew media identified the captive in the video as Maxim Herkin, an Israeli-Russian citizen.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Ministry of Health in 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... announced on Saturday that 77 people were killed and 275 others were maimed in the past 48 hours as a result of the ongoing genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.
In its daily statistical report, the ministry said that the casualties reported since the onset of the ongoing genocide have risen to 52,495 deaders and 118,366 maimed since October 7, 2023.
It noted that the number of deaders and maimed since the occupation resumed its genocide in the Gaza Strip on March 18 has risen to 2,396 deaders and 6,325 maimed, bringing the total number of victims in the past 18 months to 170,861 deaders and maimed.
The ministry also noted that a number of victims remain under the rubble of destroyed houses and on roads as the ambulance crews and civil defense teams cannot reach them.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it struck over 100 targets in the Gaza Strip over the weekend.
The targets hit by Israeli Air Force aircraft included cells of operatives, tunnel infrastructure, and buildings used by terror groups, the military says.
The strikes come as ground troops continue to operate across the Strip.
In northern Gaza, the IDF says the 252nd Division located a cache of weapons and killed several operatives; in southern Gaza’s Morag Corridor, the 36th Division located additional weapons and killed operatives by directing airstrikes; and in Rafah, the Gaza Division destroyed dozens of “terror infrastructures” and killed several operatives.
Hamas-run authorities said dozens were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Friday and Saturday. The numbers cannot be verified and do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.
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[Regnum] The moment when debris from a missile launched from Yemen fell near Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, which could have happened during an attempt to shoot it down, was captured on video. The video was shared on social media on May 4.
Once again the Houthi missile was not permitted — by Allah via the IDF — to hit Israel. Debris from a missile destroyed before getting there goes into the failure column.
These images show debris falling from a great height to the ground and smoke rising from the site of its impact.
Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) press service confirmed that debris from a rocket from Yemen fell in the area of Tel Aviv airport during attempts to intercept it.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on May 2, fighters from the Yemeni Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) reported a missile strike on the Israeli Air Force base Ramat David, which is located in northern Israel. It was noted that a Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile was used for this, which successfully hit the target.
Earlier, on April 13, the Houthis announced a massive missile attack on Israel. According to them, the Ben Gurion airport and the Sdot Micha military base, located east of Ashdod, were hit.
More from regnum.ru Tel Aviv Airport Reopens After Yemeni Missile Attack
Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport has resumed accepting and releasing flights after a rocket attack from Yemen. This was reported on May 4 by the state broadcaster Kan.
Following the missile attack, the use of airspace at the airport was suspended for about an hour.
In addition, train service between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem was resumed.
A ballistic missile fired by the Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s impacted on the grounds of Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday morning, injuring six people, none of them seriously.
The blast occurred in a grove of trees alongside an access road close to the airport’s main Terminal 3, several hundred yards from the airport control tower.
IAF PROBE BLAMES ’PINPOINT TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION’
An Israeli Air Force probe into the failure to intercept the missile found that there was likely a technical malfunction with the interceptor itself.
"The initial findings indicate that no failure was found in the identification process, the operation of the interception systems, and the warning for the home front," the military said.
According to the preliminary investigation, which was led by IAF chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, there was likely a "pinpoint technical malfunction" with the Arrow interceptor launched at the Houthi missile from Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... The American THAAD system deployed to Israel also attempted to engage the Houthi missile, though its interceptor missed the target.
The military said that since the start of the war, it has shot down dozens of missiles launched from Yemen, with a successful interception rate of over 95%.
Though the airport returned to operation shortly after the incident, it sparked a wave of flight cancellations by foreign airlines, with more than 20 flights for Sunday and the coming days, from airlines including British Airways, Air India, the Lufthansa Group and United cancelled.
The Israeli national airline El Al said it was offering special prices to help get Israelis home from Cyprus and Greece and other nearby destinations who were stranded by the cancellations.
Since March 18, when the IDF resumed its offensive against Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... 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 Houthis in Yemen have launched some 27 ballistic missiles and several drones at Israel. Only around half of them triggered sirens in the country and were shot down, while the others fell short.
Hamas praises Yemeni missile attack on Tel Aviv airport
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Abu Obeida, front man for the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... , praised the missile launched by the Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i armed forces that directly targeted Ben Gurion Airport of the Israeli occupation entity.
In a press statement on Sunday, Abu Obeida expressed his appreciation for what he described as Yemeni courage, saying that Yemen stands side by side with Paleostine in confronting the forces of injustice and continues to defy aggression despite the intense pressures it faces.
Abu Obeida added that the recent attack demonstrates the ability to bypass the world's most advanced defense systems to achieve precise target hits, praying to Allah to bless the Yemeni forces' efforts and accept their sacrifices.
On the other hand, Israeli media confirmed that the Israeli and American air defense systems, represented by the ''THAAD'' and ''Hatz'' systems, failed to intercept the missile launched by the Yemeni forces.
Israel's Channel 12 reported that the missile bypassed four layers of air defense before hitting its target in the heart of Ben Gurion Airport, creating a crater 25 meters deep. It noted that the warhead was large, triggering a widespread explosion.
According to the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the number of injured in the attack rose to eight. Media reports added that the earth-shattering kaboom caused extensive damage at the site and forced millions of Israelis to seek shelter.
[Rudaw] Iranian authorities on Sunday arrested two individuals, including a government-affiliated "manager," in connection with the deadly explosion that rocked the country’s main commercial port late last month, state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
reported.
"Following the proven negligence of some relevant officials, the process of summoning, investigating, and detaining a number of suspects is underway. In this regard, a government manager and another from the private sector have been legally detained," Iran’s state-run TV cited the committee investigating the incident as stating.
The committee elaborated that "the process of summoning and conducting field investigations is in progress," adding that "determining the exact and final cause of the incident requires further expert investigations and precise technical and laboratory measures."
A massive blast occurred at the Shahid Rajaee port in Bandar Abbas on April 26, when a fuel tanker went kaboom!. The port, one of Iran’s most vital commercial hubs, handles roughly 70 million tons of goods annually and is located along the Strait of Hormuz, from which one-fifth of global oil output passes.
The state-run Iranian News Agency (IRNA) on Sunday quoted the southern Hormozgan Province’s chief justice as stating that the port explosion resulted in "57 confirmed deaths," revising the initial toll of 70.
Mojtaba Ghahremani further noted that "46 bodies have thus far been identified," adding that "some fatalities were mistakenly counted due to body fragments later determined to belong to the same individual."
The explosion also resulted in more than 1,000 injuries.
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Explosion at Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot
Is it explosion season already? It seems to me that usually those take place during summer in that part of the world, when hot temperatures are added to careless storage.
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said on Friday that a suspected "high-ranking" leader of the 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.... (ISIS) was arrested in an operation in the eastern Deir ez-Zor province.
The SDF, with US-led coalition support, "conducted a precise and targeted security operation ... targeting a high-ranking leader of the terrorist organization ISIS named Hamoud Abdullah al-Khatib, aka Abu Zakaria," the Kurdish-led force said in a statement.
It labeled him as the group’s so-called economic "emir" who "extorted money from civilians at gunpoint under the pretense of collecting ’zakat’ and threatening those who refused with death."
A large cache of weapons was also seized during the operation.
The jihadists have tried to take advantage of the changing security landscape in Syria after the fall of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Despoiler of Deraa... ’s regime to regroup and reorganize, particularly in the country’s vast central and eastern deserts.
The SDF played a key role in defeating ISIS in Syria and captured thousands of the group’s fighters and their kin. The Kurdish-led force operates alongside hundreds of US troops as part of the global coalition to defeat ISIS.
In mid-January, SDF chief Mazloum Abdi noted that 10,000 ISIS fighters are imprisoned in Syria, 2,000 of whom are considered "highly dangerous." He stressed the "need to intensify efforts to continue the fight against ISIS if we don’t want to see it make a comeback."
[NAHARNET] The army on Friday announced the arrest of two men who assaulted the imam of the mosque of the Mt. Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... town of Chbaniyeh in an incident apparently related to the sectarian violence between Druze and Sunnis in neighboring Syria.
An army statement said the two Lebanese citizens had assaulted the Sunni Moslemholy man in the Baabda district town of Baalshmay. Media reports identified the holy man as Sheikh Hussein Hamza, adding that he was with his family members during the incident.
In the statement, the army urged citizens to ''show responsibility and not be dragged into acts that might harm civil peace during the critical period that our country is going through.''
The religious council of Lebanon's Druze community had earlier strongly condemned the incident, saying the perpetrators ''insulted Mount Lebanon, its residents and its ethical, social and religious values before anything else.''
It also said that it does not cover any security violator regardless of their motives.
The council ''reiterates what it had announced at the beginning of the incidents in Syria, that it rejects any outlawed practices, whether through the blocking of roads or through attacking any of the sons of the dear Sunni community, with whom we have tight relations and coexistence,'' it added, while also refusing any harm against Syrian refugees.
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Fires and explosions erupting in various locations throughout Iran. The Islamic Republic is weak. They are hated. This is likely a prelude to something. Me thinks the IRGC is about to enter the “find out” portion of the FAFO equation. pic.twitter.com/MMybHXSvIA
On Sunday, a series of explosions were reported in Iran, with videos circulating on social media of purported blasts and fires in the Iranian cities of Mashhad and Qom.
Some of the reports said the blast in Mashhad occurred at a factory.
It is unclear what caused the earth-shattering kabooms.
These reported blasts came just a week after a massive explosion occurred at the Shahid Rajaee port near Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, which was reportedly caused by a chemical component needed for solid fuel for ballistic missiles — something denied by authorities though they’ve not explained the source of the power that caused such destruction. Last week’s explosion killed at least 70 people and injured more than 1,000, authorities said.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Military and security expert Osama Khaled stated that the successful arrival of the missile launched by the 
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
..always the voice of sweet reason...
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
...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 
...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
