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Speaker Johnson says those who interrupt
Netanyahu's speech in Congress this week could be arrested
Tuesday 07/23/2024

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
West Bank terror cell indicted
over plot to attack, kidnap Israelis
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Police arrest Palestinian suspect
over July 8 murder of Prison Service employee
India-Pakistan
Three terrorists trying to infiltrate
Pakistan via Afghan border killed by security forces
Arabia
IDF on high alert following Al-Houthi's cryptic Twitter post
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IRGC forces intercept UAE company's tanker, media reports
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza Corpse Count passes [the imaginary number of] 39,006
Shocking courtroom behavior of DC girl aged 13 after she and two female friends were charged with beating vulnerable man, 64, to death

Posted by: Fred || 07/23/2024 || Comments || Link || [9643 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2024 7:32 Comments || Top||

#2  When does the spelling bee begin?
Posted by: technochitlin || 07/23/2024 8:07 Comments || Top||

#3  Looks like the poster girl for "I ain't interested"
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/23/2024 9:02 Comments || Top||

#4  Modeling Jill’s funeral dress.
Posted by: Super Hose || 07/23/2024 9:47 Comments || Top||

#5  Dr Jill's funeral dress will look like a gaudy couch.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 07/23/2024 10:12 Comments || Top||


Arabia
IDF on high alert following Al-Houthi's cryptic Twitter post
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] On Monday, Israeli media confirmed that the IDF declared a state of maximum alert within its military and air force just minutes after a cryptic post by a member of the Supreme Political Council, Mohammad Ali al-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...
Al-Houthi’s short, ambiguous post to Twitter (X) was "1111 al-Aqsa Axis."

Israeli media outlets reported: "Mohammad Ali al-Houthi’s post has made Israel prepare with all its capabilities."

They added: "Israel has not been on such high alert for aerial strikes since the Iranian attack months ago."

The reports confirmed that the Israeli Air Force is on high alert and its aircraft were flying extensively over all occupied Paleostinian territories.

It was also revealed that electricity was cut off in large areas of the settlements of "Beitar Illit" and "Gush Dan" south of Jerusalem, out of fear of a 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 attack.
Posted by: Fred || 07/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9648 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  or it's just nonsense to get the IDF chasing it's tail...
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/23/2024 9:07 Comments || Top||

#2  yemen is a distraction. iran is the enemy. occupy chah bahar
Posted by: irish rage boy || 07/23/2024 17:28 Comments || Top||


Europe
Olympics ring of steel: Armed guards patrol Paris streets and metal barriers go up along the Seine with drones, AI surveillance and 45,000 cops joining huge security operation as Macron declares Paris 'ready' for the Games
Armed guards have been spotted patrolling Paris streets, metal barriers now line the Seine and 45,000 cops have joined the mammoth security operation ahead of the Olympics with just days to go before it gets underway.

The much-anticipated Paris Olympics 2024 is set to become the most heavily protected Games ever as drones, AI surveillance and helicopters have been deployed following a surge in safety concerns for athletes, their staff, and the public.

The ring of steel operation will see security measures distributed across the entire city, instead of just at centralised venues like the London 2012 Olympics.

A huge force of some 45,000 police officers drafted in from 43 countries and 18,000 soldiers will make up the sprawling defence system - in what is considered France's largest deployment of troops since World War II.

But alongside human efforts, several aerial units will also be involved in the 'unprecedented' operation, including Rafale fighter jets, AWACS surveillance flights, Reaper surveillance drones and helicopters with expert snipers on board.

Some 1,700 members of the British police force are already supporting French officers in Paris and Marseille as well as UK sniffer dogs that have been handpicked by French authorities.

French President Emmanuel Macron has assured fans that 'there are Plan Bs and Plan Cs' in place should anything happen.

Images from Paris today show the city behind rows of metal barriers as locals and tourists dine at restaurants behind perimeter fencing near the River Seine - where the opening ceremony is set to take place on Friday.

The four-mile metal barricade was put in place by the Paris Police Prefecture and will remain throughout the Games to prevent and deter any trouble.

Dubbed the SILT, or the 'belt of steel' the anti-terrorism fencing is ultimately the first line of defence and were initially erected on July 18.

Anyone who wants to enter the protected area will need to scan a QR code to me it into the gated part of the city.

The hi-tech systems will be used throughout the Games to monitor the sprawling crowds by running 'intelligent and algorithm-based technology' through the extra security cameras set up at venues.

The technology will assist police in identifying people, bag searches, and checking for any suspicious movement or behaviour.

And with the threat of terrorism so high, it is no wonder France is pulling out all the stops.

Last month, the Islamic terror group ISIS threatened to launch chilling attacks on the upcoming Paris Olympics through a terrifying poster. The outfit posted a propaganda image depicting one of its members appearing to fly an 'armed drone' to attack the city's iconic Eiffel Tower.

Alongside the haunting image, a caption read: Lone wolves' Olympics have begun with the Will of Allah'.

The chilling threat indicated there could be attempts to carry out lone-wolf-style terror attacks across Paris amid the upcoming games.

Following the ISIS threat, officers made a spate of arrests including a 26-year-old who was being detained for allegedly plotting 'violent action'.

Due to the spike in threats, Israel also committed to planning their largest-ever security operation for Israeli athletes who are set to participate at this year's Games.

Armed Shin Bet operatives are preparing to provide security for around 88 Israeli athletes and their staff but not every person will have their own bodyguard, according to Israel's minister of culture.

Miki Zohar told The Telegraph that they had been planning the largest-ever security operation for Israeli athletes for over a year, while doubling the team's security budget.

The move comes as threats against Jews and Israelis continue to climb at an alarming rate amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict unravelling in the Middle East.

Former Shin Bet officer, Lior Akerman, also revealed to the newspaper that the agents will be 'equipped with weapons and technologies' and will also benefit from the assistance of local security and police forces.

The huge security effort will begin from the moment of the athletes' arrival in Paris, throughout every stage of the games, and to the moment they return home to Israel.

Former Shin Bet chief Yaakov Peri, echoed Akerman's statement while confirming the Israeli secret agents were most likely already in France and carrying out checks on the grounds.

He also dubbed the operation as 'one of the toughest security challenges' any Israeli delegation has been faced with.

'The threat against the team can come from anywhere. There is no doubt that there's danger,' Peri chillingly warned.

France is considered a 'category 2' country, meaning he Israeli government believes it is a 'potential threat' for Israelis.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/23/2024 06:48 || Comments || Link || [9642 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


#2  Our trusty old Mail isn't stingy
With irony. "Boulevard de Clinchy"
Should rank [clank] however
With "BFF"
And Paris's smirking da Vinci.
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 || 07/23/2024 16:50 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Three terrorists trying to infiltrate Pakistan via Afghan border killed by security forces
[GEO.TV] Security forces have eliminated three terrorists, thwarting their attempt to infiltrate Pakistain via the Afghanistan border in District Dir of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement on Monday.

"On the night between July 21 and 22, 2024, the movement of three terrorists, trying to infiltrate the Pakistain-Afghanistan border, was detected by security forces in District Dir," said the military's media wing.

It said that the infiltrators were surrounded, effectively engaged and after an intense fire exchange, all three turbans were "sent to hell".

The military's media wing stated, "Pakistain has consistently been asking interim Afghan government to ensure effective border management on their side of the border."

"The interim Afghan government is expected to fulfil its obligations and deny the use of Afghan soil by turbans for perpetuating acts of terrorism against Pakistain.

"Security forces of Pakistain were determined and remain committed to securing its borders and eliminating the menace of terrorism from the country," it added.

The country has been witnessing a rise in terrorist attacks, especially in KP and Balochistan, during recent months. The last terrorist attack came last week when two soldiers and five civilians were martyred in DI Khan.

This was the second terrorist attack in a period of 24 hours as eight other soldiers were martyred while trying to foil a terrorist infiltration into Bannu Cantonment in the wee hours of July 15.

Islamabad has time and again called on the Afghan Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
administration in Kabul to prevent its soil from being used by banned bully boy outfits for terrorist attacks against Pakistain.

Posted by: Fred || 07/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9651 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)

#1  Gee, terrorists trying to get INTO Pakistan. Who knew?
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/23/2024 9:03 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
West Bank terror cell indicted over plot to attack, kidnap Israelis
[IsraelTimes] Shin Bet says terror suspects had dug a hole near one of their homes that they intended to use to hold Israeli hostages

The Shin Bet security agency announced on Monday that it recently foiled plans by a West Bank terror cell from the Aqabat Jaber camp to carry out a kidnapping attack against Israelis.

The previous day, the agency revealed that it had foiled a plot by Paleostinian university students to carry out a shooting attack on Israelis in the West Bank.

The agency said Monday that troops recently arrested Muhammad Tarik, 19, and Amin Qatash, 20, residents of Aqabat Jaber, near Jericho, over their involvement in the kidnapping plot. A third member of the cell was detained by the Paleostinian Authority security forces, according to the Shin Bet.

The members of the West Bank terror cell had dug a hole in the ground where they intended to hold Israeli hostages, the Shin Bet said.

Tarik and Qatash established the cell, purchased firearms and other weapons, and recruited others to carry out a kidnapping alongside shooting and explosive attacks against IDF troops and civilians in the West Bank, according to the agency.

"It emerged that the cell dug a hole in which they planned to hide the hostages. The hole’s opening was camouflaged and located near the house of one of the cell members," the Shin Bet statement read.

The Shin Bet said that it had seized a makeshift submachine gun, an bomb and other military equipment connected to the suspected terror cell.

Following their arrests, the suspects were charged last week with a series of serious security offenses, including charges related to their alleged kidnapping plans.

On Sunday, the Shin Bet revealed that it had foiled a similar but unrelated terror plot by a cell made up of Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
representatives on the student council at Birzeit University in the West Bank. The Shin Bet said the cell was given instructions and funding by Hamas’s branch in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, and was plotting to carry out a shooting attack in the West Bank.

Since October 7, troops have arrested some 4,400 wanted Paleostinians across the West Bank, including more than 1,850 affiliated with Hamas.

According to the Paleostinian Authority health ministry, more than 560 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were button men killed during raids or bully boyz carrying out attacks.

During the same period, 22 Israelis, including security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another five members of the security forces were killed in festivities with terror operatives in the West Bank.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9650 views] Top|| File under:

#1  absorb the westbank into israel but allow no sharia hence no muslims. plenty of room in jordan near iraq.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 07/23/2024 17:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Israel needs a pig farm for HamAss disposal. Sell the pork on the Arab black market. (Don't claim they don't eat it, just like they 'don't' drink alcohol.)
Posted by: Silentbrick || 07/23/2024 19:45 Comments || Top||


Police arrest Palestinian suspect over July 8 murder of Prison Service employee
[IsraelTimes] Ibrahim Mansour, from West Bank town of Bidu, detained over killing of dog handler Yochai Avni; suspect was arrested two days after murder, will be held through July 29

A Paleostinian suspect has been arrested over the murder of an Israel Prison Service employee earlier this month, authorities said on Monday.

According to police and the Shin Bet security agency, the suspect who allegedly murdered 40-year-old dog handler Yochai Avni on July 8 was detained just two days after the attack. However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday...
the information was only cleared for publication on Monday.

Avni’s body was found following a fire in his home in the West Bank settlement of Givon Hahadasha, outside Jerusalem.

His colleagues at the prison where he was employed noticed his absence from work and turned up at his home to check on him. When they arrived, they saw smoke emerging from the home and called firefighters to the scene.

Police’s initial suspicions were of a "criminal incident," since the body was found with stab wounds. Shortly thereafter, the Shin Bet joined the investigation, indicating suspicions it may have been terror-linked.

Two days later, on July 10, Ibrahim Mansour, from the West Bank Paleostinian town of Bidu, was detained by members of police’s elite Gideonim unit over his alleged involvement in the attack.

Mansour’s remand has been extended until July 29, as police and the Shin Bet continue the investigation.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9649 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Remember, what we are hearing from the UN, some EU countries, Palestinians, Gaza and various Islamic Terrorist groups. They are demanding that Israel stop eliminating those that attack and murder Israeli's citizens. All while they continue murdering civilians based on being Israeli and/or of the Jewish Faith.
Posted by: Nn2N1 || 07/23/2024 4:01 Comments || Top||


70 killed in Gaza moments after evacuation order or, y’know, not
[GEO.TV] At least 70 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza moments after the occupation forces ordered Palestinians to leave a number of neighbourhoods in the southern city of Khan Younis.

The view from Israel:
IDF orders evacuation of part of Gaza safe zone, says Hamas deeply embedded in area

Heavy shelling reported in Khan Younis as Israeli ground troops begin new offensive; UN says convoy came under heavy fire while en route to Gaza City on Sunday
IDF-provided map of the changes can be seen at the link.
The Israel Defense Forces said on Monday that it was adjusting the boundaries of the Israel-designated humanitarian zone in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip to better target Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
following numerous rocket attacks on southern Israel in recent weeks, and urged civilians to evacuate the Khan Younis area amid reports of intensified strikes.

In a message relayed via SMS, phone calls and other media broadcasts, the military instructed civilians in the eastern part of the humanitarian zone to move elsewhere, and warned that "remaining in the area has become dangerous."
The IDF see you when you're sleeping
They know when you're awake
They know when you've been bad or good
So you better be good for goodness sake
"The IDF is about to forcefully operate against the terror organizations and therefore calls on the remaining population left in the eastern neighborhoods of Khan Younis to temporarily evacuate to the adjusted humanitarian area in al-Mawasi," the military said, adding that the early warning was aimed at mitigating harm to civilians.

The adjustment to the humanitarian zone was being carried out "in accordance with precise intelligence indicating that Hamas has emboldened terror infrastructure" within the civilian area, the military explained.

A military source said that hospitals in the area were not required to evacuate, and that the IDF had communicated as much to Paleostinian health officials, as well as officials in the international community.

Following the evacuation orders, Paleostinian media reported that Israeli ground forces were beginning to advance on the Abasan area in Khan Younis, amid a wave of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s.

Later in on Monday, the IDF confirmed it had launched a new ground offensive in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, following what it said was intelligence of Hamas operatives and infrastructure in the area. According to the IDF, Hamas had been attempting to regroup in Khan Younis, three months after the military withdrew from the city in southern Gaza.
Clear area, killing bad guys; rinse and repeat until they give up trying to regroup.
The offensive was being carried out by the 98th Division, which had previously operated in Khan Younis for four months.

The IDF said that aircraft and artillery struck some 30 sites belonging to terror groups in Khan Younis on Monday morning, as the offensive began. The targets included a rocket launching site used in an attack on southern Israel earlier in the day, weapon depots, observation posts, tunnel shafts, and buildings used by Hamas, according to the military. The IDF said airstrikes and tank shelling also killed several terror operatives.

According to the Hamas-run health ministry, around 70 Paleostinians were killed in strikes in Khan Younis on Monday, in unverified figures that don’t differentiate between combatants and civilians.

The city’s Nasser Hospital urged residents to donate blood, saying that a large number of casualties were being brought to the hospital as a result of heavy tank shelling.

Earlier, the IDF said Israeli fighter jets and drones struck more than 35 targets in the Gaza Strip over the past day, including in Khan Younis, where a primed rocket launcher was targeted, among other terror infrastructure.

Additionally, the IDF said a dronezap killed a member of Hamas’s Nukhba force who participated in the October 7 onslaught and was involved in fighting Israeli troops in Gaza.

Further south, the IDF said troops with the 401st Armored Brigade had killed dozens of button men in the northwestern Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, in close-quarters combat and by calling in airstrikes. Troops with the Givati Brigade were also said by the military to have killed several more button men during operations in Rafah.

In central Gaza, meanwhile, the IDF said several more terror operatives were killed by reservists of the Alexandroni Brigade.

Speaking to AFP after the evacuation orders, Youssef Abu Taimah, from the town of al-Qarara in Khan Younis, said this would be the fourth time he has been displaced amid Israel’s war with Hamas.

"We left amidst ongoing air and tank shelling, and drones firing shots," said the 27-year-old, who saw "injured and dead people transported by tuk-tuk (three-wheeled cycle of violence) and donkey cart to Nasser Hospital" on the way.

He said that he had arrived at the adjusted humanitarian area in al-Mawasi with his family, only to discover that there was no room for them in the crowded makeshift encampment.

"We will stay on the street, and even the sidewalks are full of people and tents. We are tired and fed up. Enough of this displacement," he said.
Tell Hamas to surrender. As soon as that happens, this war they started will be over.
The already precarious humanitarian conditions inside Gaza have worsened in recent days with the discovery of the polio
...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...
virus as water and sanitation services have deteriorated for the enclave’s 2.3 million people, most of them displaced. Traces of the virus were found in sewage samples in Gaza, although the World Health Organization has said no one has been treated for symptoms caused by the disease.

Israel’s civilian coordination agency for the Paleostinian territories, COGAT, said on Monday that 236 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza Sunday, but that the contents of over 550 were still waiting to be collected by aid agencies in Gaza. It said the humanitarian trucks were transferred from Egypt to the Gazook side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing, in addition to seven tankers of fuel and six tankers of cooking gas.

"This is thanks to the UN aid organizations putting in a collective effort to collect the aid waiting on the Gazook side of Kerem Shalom," COGAT said, acknowledging the efforts of the international body, with whom it has traded frequent accusations of not doing enough to assist civilians amid the war with Hamas.

To that end, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said one of the UN’s aid convoys came under heavy IDF fire on Sunday as it headed to Gaza City. The convoy was composed of clearly marked UN armored cars, Lazzarini said, and added that although the incident did not result in casualties, the UN team members, who were wearing UN vests, had to "duck and take cover."

"One vehicle received at least five bullets while waiting just ahead of the Israeli Forces’ checkpoint south of Wadi Gaza," Lazzarini wrote on X. "The car was severely damaged, it left the convoy. The teams re-assembled & finally reached Gaza City."

The UNRWA head further noted that the convoy’s trip had been coordinated and approved by Israeli authorities, and that "those responsible must be held accountable."

The IDF did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Hamas-run health ministry said on Monday that at least 39,006 Paleostinians had been killed and 89,818 maimed since the start of Israel’s military offensive in the Strip. The toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed some 15,000 combatants in battle and some 1,000 bully boyz inside Israel during the October 7 attack.

Israel’s toll in the ground offensive against Hamas in Gaza and in military operations along the border stands at 327.

IDF airs footage of Gazan gunmen trying to hijack aid trucks along designated route

[IsraelTimes] The Israeli military releases footage showing button men climbing onto trucks carrying humanitarian aid in the Rafah area of the 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 an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip.

According to the IDF, Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
operatives frequently try to hijack aid deliveries heading along a designated route.

In the past week, troops of the Nahal Brigade raided a school adjacent to the "humanitarian route," where a group of button men were holed up. The IDF says the button men had been planning to take control of the route where the aid trucks drive.

The Nahal troops used drones to kill the button men, and later found a tunnel shaft in the school’s courtyard, the IDF says.


Additionally, the IDF releases footage of a tunnel that was discovered in the Brazil neighborhood of Rafah, and later demolished.

According to the IDF, the tunnel was several hundred meters long and had multiple levels.
Posted by: Fred || 07/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9658 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


#2  "We will stay on the street, and even the sidewalks are full of people and tents. We are tired and fed up. Enough of this displacement,"
This is just act one. Expect Israeli presence for at least another year.
Posted by: AB || 07/23/2024 21:34 Comments || Top||


Gaza Corpse Count passes [the imaginary number of] 39,006
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The death toll from the Israeli aggression on Gaza strip, has risen to 39,006 and 89,818 injured. The majority of the victims are women and children, the ministry of health said on Monday.

According to the ministry, the Israeli occupation forces committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 23 Palestinians and the injury of 91 others.

The ministry added that ambulance and rescue teams are still unable to reach many casualties and bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.
Posted by: Fred || 07/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9649 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  If the real numbers were 10 times that (except half) we would be getting somewhere.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 07/23/2024 3:45 Comments || Top||

#2  ^"except" ---> "instead off".
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 07/23/2024 3:47 Comments || Top||

#3  I highly suspect it's the result of the UNRWA educational system. The pallies never learned to count properly, instead they use the "one, two, three, many, many many, many many many" system.

Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 07/23/2024 9:18 Comments || Top||

#4  Hamas rocket launched toward Israel misfires, slams into Gazan school in Nuseirat

39006, eh?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 07/23/2024 9:52 Comments || Top||

#5  how many to go?
Posted by: irish rage boy || 07/23/2024 17:32 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
IRGC forces intercept UAE company's tanker, media reports
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, elite units of the Iranian army) naval forces intercepted a tanker of a UAE company in the Persian Gulf. This was reported on July 22 by Reuters, citing the British company Ambrey, which specializes in maritime security.

According to Ambrey, the detained vessel is a Togo-flagged tanker carrying a cargo of 1,500 tons of marine fuel (gas oil).

It is noted that the IRGC forces intercepted the vessel at a distance of 61 miles southwest of the port of Bushehr. At the same time, the company considers the probability of political motives in the actions of the elite Iranian military to be low.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the morning of January 11, armed men seized the oil tanker St Nikolas, which was sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands, in the Gulf of Oman. The vessel belongs to a shipping company from Greece.

Later, Iranian media reported that the Iranian navy had seized a US oil tanker chartered by the Turkish company Tupras in the Gulf of Oman by court order.

On January 12, the US State Department called on Iran to immediately release the seized tanker and its crew. There were 19 people on board the vessel.

Posted by: badanov || 07/23/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9648 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


Hezbollah continues targeting Israeli occupation sites near Lebanon border
"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That's not my department" says Wernher von Braun

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

Hezbollah military media issued consecutive statements which detail the attacks and their outcomes.

The first statement confirmed that the Islamic Resistance® fighters targeted al-Malkiya site on Monday, 22-07-2024, with an assault drone that struck one of its bunkers, causing partial destruction and igniting fire.

The second statement affirmed that the Islamic Resistance® fighters targeted on Monday, 22-07-2024, at 5:45 p.m. the spy devices at al-Radar occupation site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with appropriate weapons, hitting and destroying them.

The third statement mentioned that the Islamic Resistance® fighters targeted on Monday, 22-07-2024, at 5:50 p.m. the spy equipment at al-Raheb occupation site with appropriate weapons, hitting the target directly.

IDF says 10 rockets fired at Galilee in latest barrage, some intercepted
[IsraelTimes] A barrage of some 10 rockets was fired from Leb at the Upper Galilee a short while ago, the IDF says.

Some of the rockets were shot down by the Iron Dome.

There are no reports of injuries.

Hezbollah takes responsibility for the attack, saying it launched dozens of rockets at the northern community of Tzuriel, in response to recent IDF strikes in southern Lebanon that allegedly maimed civilians.

IDF says it struck several Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
[IsraelTimes] A Hezbollah operative who was spotted entering a building known to be used by the terror group in southern Leb’s Chihine was struck by fighter jets earlier today, the IDF says.

It publishes footage of the strike.

The IDF says it also struck areas near Mays al-Jabal and Kfarchouba to "remove threats."

This morning, seven explosive-laden drones were launched by Hezbollah at northern Israel.

According to the IDF, all seven were shot down by air defenses.
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