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Amy Acton's %u2018Assassination
Attempt' Narrative Is Falling Apart
Tuesday 09/08/2026

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Arabia
Houthis say 7 killed in Saudi strike
on Yemen prison as Bab el-Mandeb battle intensifies
Home Front: WoT
PA submits US entry applications, testing
plan to ban Abbas from UN confab %u2014 officials
-Great Cultural Revolution
In protests and politics, 'Zionists'
are being blamed for NYC housing woes
India-Pakistan
From jammers to drones %u2014 KP%u2019s
fight against terrorists %u2018takes flight%u2019
Africa Horn
Somali commandos conduct operations
against Al-Shabaab in Lower Shabelle
Afghanistan
Nearly 100 Afghan Women Graduate From Zan Online University
Shooting at Latakia Criminal
Court kills one, wounds police officer

Posted by: Fred || 09/08/2026 || Comments || Link || [278 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Only 5 0f 12.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/08/2026 3:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Lindsay Clancy's lawyer asks Trump to pardon her after mistrial

FOAD, both of them
Posted by: Frank G || 09/08/2026 8:55 Comments || Top||

#3  The lawyer must be performing for the media, other wise he is a complete idiot since Trump can't (and wouldn't) pardon someone for a state crime.
Posted by: Chantry || 09/08/2026 9:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Finally able to open Rantburg again. I don’t know who we annoyed by sharing what’s going on out there, but they are definitely venting their spleen.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/08/2026 10:55 Comments || Top||

#5  I have the ball-peen hammer, TW. Shall I commence breaking their fingers?
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/08/2026 11:49 Comments || Top||

#6  If Trump were to pardon anyone for a state crime, I nominate Derek Chauvin.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/08/2026 11:51 Comments || Top||

#7  Um, I don't think Trump can pardon for state crimes...
Posted by: HeavyG || 09/08/2026 12:30 Comments || Top||

#8  No president can Heavy. They can only pardon federal sentences. Which is how they plan to get those pardoned by the remote-pen, like Fauci. Get him under state rules.

Unfortunately they will try that with Trump and his crew after they leave office
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/08/2026 13:11 Comments || Top||

#9  Pure political theater to assign more hate against Trump among the millions of AWFL Karens whose world view is shaped entirely by Tik-Tok influencers.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/08/2026 15:30 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Somali commandos conduct operations against Al-Shabaab in Lower Shabelle
[ShabelleMedia] Somali special forces have carried out planned operations targeting suspected al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
activity in the Lower Shabelle region, the military said Sunday.

The Danab commandos conducted the operations in the Madax-Maroodi area after security forces received intelligence about movements by al-Shabaab fighters believed to be hiding in the area, according to a military statement.

The operations were aimed at disrupting the group’s movements and preventing it from establishing bases from which to plan and launch attacks, the statement said.

Danab forces have intensified operations across several areas of Lower Shabelle as Somali security forces continue their campaign against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab group.

The military said the operations were intended to weaken the group’s capabilities and improve security for communities in the region.

No details were immediately available on casualties or whether any suspected bandidos turbans were captured during the latest operation.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/08/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [176 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Libya linked to reported drone attack on Russian ship in Mediterranean
[LibyaReview] A Russian-flagged cargo ship was reportedly attacked by drones in the Mediterranean, with a Russian opposition journalist claiming that the aircraft were launched from Libyan territory.

The vessel, identified as the Lady Mariia, reportedly came under attack on Sunday while sailing towards Syria. Footage circulated online appears to show several drones striking the ship, followed by a fire on board.

Russian opposition journalist Alexander Nevzorov, who published footage of the incident, claimed that the vessel suffered 12 direct hits. He also alleged that the ship was carrying Iranian weapons
Intended to be smuggled from Syria into Lebanon for Hezbollah, perhaps?
and armoured vehicles from Algeria for delivery to Russia, and that the drones were launched from Libya.

However, the claims have not been independently verified. Ukrainian authorities have not confirmed involvement in the attack, while the alleged launch site in Libya and the contents of the ship’s cargo also remain unconfirmed.

Ship-tracking data cited in reports showed that the vessel, IMO 9220641, had departed the Algerian port of Oran before entering the Mediterranean. Earlier tracking placed it near Crete, while later information put it closer to Sicily.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 09/08/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [147 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Niger: Anger is growing within the army following the intervention of the Russian Africa Corps

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🇳🇪 Niger: Anger is growing within the army following the intervention of the Russian Africa Corps.

During the attempted coup of August 29, Russian mercenaries from the Africa Corps intervened to retake Base 101 in Niamey, notably using kamikaze drones. This intervention is said to have caused heavy losses among Nigerien military personnel, with a toll reported by our sources at 26 soldiers killed.

This situation is fueling deep discontent within the ranks of the army: some soldiers believe that the presidential guard and the protection of the palace are now taking priority over the troops engaged on the front lines against jihadist groups.

Even more so, voices are denouncing the use of a foreign power against Nigerien soldiers as potentially amounting to "high treason," in light of Article 62 of the Nigerien Penal Code.

Following the arrest of hundreds of soldiers in the wake of the failed coup, the crisis within the Nigerien army remains far from resolved.

Posted by: badanov || 09/08/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [164 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Nigeria: Troops foil Boko Haram ambush, dismantle makeshift camps in Borno

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Troops foil Boko Haram ambush, dismantle makeshift camps in Borno

By Zagazola Makama

Troops of the 27 Task Force Brigade, operating under Operation HADIN KAI, have foiled an attempted ambush by suspected Boko Haram terrorists along the Buni Gari–Buratai axis in Borno.

The troops, while conducting a routine patrol along the axis, encountered the terrorists who attempted to attack the military convoy.

The troops responded decisively, forcing the terrorists to withdraw from the area in disarray.

Following the encounter, reinforcements were deployed to the location, where the troops cleared the ambush site and conducted exploitation operations across the surrounding terrain.

During the operation, the troops discovered and dismantled several makeshift settlements suspected to have been used as hideouts by the terrorists.

Items recovered from the camps included a motorcycle, bicycles, a magazine, ammunition and rocket-propelled grenade bombs.

Sources said there were no casualties among the troops during the encounter, although some military vehicles sustained damage.

More at the link
Posted by: badanov || 09/08/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [154 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Arabia
Houthis say 7 killed in Saudi strike on Yemen prison as Bab el-Mandeb battle intensifies
[IsraelTimes] Days of fighting near strategic Red Sea chokepoint have left more than 300 dead; UN warns renewed large-scale fighting would have ‘grave consequences’

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...
s on Monday accused 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...
of carrying out Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s around the country, including the deadly bombardment of a prison, as the rebels pressed an offensive to seize territory near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

The rebels’ media said the attacks targeted Houthi positions across the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, which is divided between areas held by the Iran-backed group and those controlled by the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government.

Saba news agency, which is affiliated with the Houthi movement, reported seven people were killed by Saudi airstrikes on the prison in al-Hazm in the north of Yemen, including one child visiting the facility. Seven others were maimed in the strikes on the prison, the agency added, citing the health ministry in the Houthi-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa. Footage shared by the rebel group of what they described as the damage to the prison located in Jawf province showed smoke rising from the blast site as rescue workers picked through rubble.

Earlier, Saba reported, "the Saudi enemy targeted the provinces of Jawf, al-Bayda, Marib and Taiz with several airstrikes and cruise missiles."

Days of fighting near the Red Sea coast have left more than 300 people dead and displaced hundreds of families as the Houthis try to capture land bordering the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Further footage shared by the Houthis showed what they said was the aftermath of a missile strike by the group on trucks carrying military equipment from Saudi Arabia to al-Wadiah military camp in Yemen’s Hadramawt province.

’GRAVE CONSEQUENCES’
The Bab al-Mandeb Strait forms the southern entrance to the Red Sea, a shipping artery that has become vital for Saudi oil exports amid Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the US-Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
war.

The UN’s special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, warned in a statement on Monday that the Houthi assault had "triggered increasingly intense festivities, threatening to further expand the conflict."

"A return to sustained large-scale fighting will carry grave consequences for civilians and make an already difficult path toward a political settlement even harder," he added.

Military sources within government forces also reported the air raids and missile attacks to AFP. But Saudi Arabia did not announce any such strikes. Most of the strikes were in al-Bayda and Marib, targeting strategic positions, gatherings, and camps under Houthi control, the sources said on condition of anonymity.











The day’s events as eported by Hodhod Yemen News:
Saudi strike on Al-Jawf prison kills five
Five people, including a child, have been killed in a Saudi airstrike on the Central Correctional Facility in Al-Hazm district, Al-Jawf province, as rescue teams continue searching for dozens of people trapped under the rubble.

Sources told Al-Masirah that Saudi enemy warplanes carried out several raids on the facility on Monday afternoon, causing casualties among inmates. Initial reports indicated that a number of prisoners were killed or wounded in the attack.

The director of the correctional facility told Al-Masirah that rescuers had recovered the body of a child and two wounded people, while 35 inmates and a woman visiting her husband remained trapped beneath the rubble.

He added that several wounded people had been transferred to hospitals, while rescue operations were continuing to search for survivors and recover those trapped under the debris.

Later in the evening, Al-Masirah’s correspondent in Al-Jawf reported that five martyrs, including a child, had arrived at Al-Hazm Hospital following the Saudi enemy’s attack, which targeted inmates, staff and visitors at the facility.

The massacre came less than an hour after Saudi enemy warplanes targeted a home in Maqbanah district, Taiz province, injuring a mother and her three daughters.

Yemeni forces repel Saudi-backed attack in Al-Bayda
Yemeni Armed Forces on Monday repelled Saudi-backed forces attempting to advance on the Dhi Na’im area of Al-Bayda province, a military source told Yemen’s official Saba news agency.

The source said that the Saudi-backed forces suffered heavy losses in personnel and equipment, while reinforcements sent to support them were also targeted.

Yemeni forces shoot down Saudi CH-4 drone over Al-Jawf
The Yemeni Armed Forces said Monday they shot down a Saudi-operated CH-4 medium-altitude, long-endurance drone over Khab wa al-Sha’af district in al-Jawf governorate, marking another such interception in recent months.

Yemeni military spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e said the drone was conducting what he described as hostile operations in Yemeni airspace before being downed with an “appropriate weapon.”

This is the second aircraft of this type to be downed in the past 12 hours and the fourth in the past 24 hours, according to Sare’e.

The Chinese-made CH-4 is a combat and reconnaissance drone capable of carrying guided munitions and has been used by the Saudi-led coalition since its war on Yemen began in 2015.

Video footage shows ballistic missile strikes on Saudi-backed forces at Al-Wadi’ah camp
Photos at the link.
Yemen’s military media released images and footage showing strikes on Saudi-backed forces’ concentrations and trucks carrying military equipment from Saudi Arabia at the Al-Wadi’ah camp, using locally-produced ballistic missiles.

Saudi Arabia launches fresh airstrikes, cruise missile attacks on Yemen
Saudi Arabia launched new airstrikes and targeted several Yemeni provinces with cruise missiles on Monday evening, Almasirah reported, citing security sources.

According to the security sources, Saudi forces renewed strikes against the provinces of Jawf, Bayda, Ma’rib, and Taiz, utilizing both airstrikes and cruise missiles.

The sources added that the same provinces had been targeted earlier in the day by a similar series of airstrikes and missile strikes.

Yemeni air defenses down third Saudi drone in less than 24 hours
The Yemeni Armed Forces announced on Monday the downing of an armed reconnaissance drone belonging to the Saudi enemy—a “Wing Loong 2” model—while it was conducting hostile missions over Al-Bayda province.

According to the Armed Forces spokesman, the downing came during Yemeni air defenses’ engagement with hostile activities in the province’s airspace. The drone was reportedly carrying out offensive tasks before being intercepted and shot down.

The aircraft downed over Al-Bayda today is the third drone that Yemeni forces have successfully shot down within a period of less than 24 hours—a development that underscores the continued air confrontation and the growing capability of Yemeni air defenses to counter enemy aircraft.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/08/2026 2026-09-08 00:29 || Comments || Link || [207 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Caribbean-Latin America
US forces sink narco-refueling station linked to Ecuadorian cartel in Pacific: SOUTHCOM
[FOX] U.S. forces on Monday sank a floating refueling vessel used by an Ecuadorian organized crime ring, officials said.

Forces with Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTFWH) interdicted the refueling vessel used for "at-sea drug trafficking operations" in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) said.

"JTF-WHEM continues to conduct precise and professional operations to dismantle the logistical networks fueling narco-trafficking in the Western Hemisphere," a SOUTHCOM post on X states.

The vessel was involved with the Los Choneros narco-terrorist organization, SOUTHCOM said. The people aboard were removed and will be handed over to Ecuadorian authorities.

JTFWH was activated by SOUTHCOM in August to counter threats, strengthen regional security, and respond to crises in the Western Hemisphere.

The Trump administration has prioritized targeting suspected drug-smuggling vessels bound for the United States.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/08/2026 08:52 || Comments || Link || [213 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Hope they were using expensive Gavin's Summer Blend if they intended to motor that shit to California!
Posted by: Frank G || 09/08/2026 13:23 Comments || Top||

#2  And they say the problem is with refining....
Posted by: DooDahMan || 09/08/2026 14:16 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iranian Kurdish party says Sulaimani base attacked with drones
[Rudaw] Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
launched a drone attack on one of the bases of an Iranian Kurdish party in Sulaimani province’s Surdash subdistrict early Monday, setting part of the base on fire, according to the group.

Amjad Hussein Panahi, head of relations for the Komala of the Toilers of Kurdistan, said in a statement sent to Rudaw that three drones targeted the group’s positions at around 4:50 am.

The "heavy attack" resulted in the burning of parts of the base, he added.

He also said that Komala Peshmerga were unharmed because of "safety" measures taken by the group, which has come under dozens of drone and missile attacks by Tehran since the US and Israel launched an aerial offensive against Iran late February.

Sulaimani’s security forces (Asayish) confirmed in a statement that "a refugee camp in Surdash was attacked by three drones," adding that the strikes resulted in no casualties.

"According to Komala statistics, since the outbreak of the conflict between Iran and the United States to date, the number of missiles and drones used to target Komala's headquarters and camps has exceeded 108," Panahi said.

Iran has not commented on the attack.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/08/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [146 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Palestinian stabs, wounds Israeli in West Bank farming outpost, is killed by troops
[IsraelTimes] Israeli man, around 20 years old, in moderate-to-serious condition after incident at Maoz Yehuda outpost; Katz threatens ‘full-scale war’ against PA if it starts Oct. 7-style attack

An Israeli man, around 20 years old, was seriously maimed in a stabbing attack at a West Bank farming outpost on Monday morning, and his Paleostinian assailant was rubbed out by troops after he allegedly tried to stab them after a successful manhunt.

The Israeli man was stabbed at the Maoz Yehuda settlement farm near the village of Usarin in the northern West Bank. He suffered wounds to his chest, back, and shoulders, according to medics.

The Rescuers Without Borders emergency service said the Paleostinian terrorist arrived at the scene in a vehicle, and that the Israeli came over to speak with him; then, it said, the assailant stabbed the Israeli multiple times, "until his knife broke."

From Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva, the Israeli affirmed this account, saying the assailant asked him where his gun was before stabbing him. The victim was in moderate-to-serious condition as of late Monday morning.

The Paleostinian assailant expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. A video showed his van speeding away. During the escape, the attacker’s cell phone fell to the ground and was collected by Sherlocks.

After a manhunt, soldiers found the assailant near the village of Idhna. He tried to stab the soldiers and was then rubbed out by a company commander of the 411th Artillery Battalion, the army said.

Paleostinian media reported that the terrorist was 34-year-old Mohammed Mohsen.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the soldiers who hunted down the attacker, saying: "No terrorist has a safe haven."

"We will continue to eliminate terrorists, pursue those who send them, and destroy the terrorist infrastructure in Judea and Samaria," Netanyahu vowed, using biblical terminology for the West Bank.

"Anyone who tries to threaten Israel and its citizens will pay a heavy price," he said.

Yossi Dagan, chair of the Samaria Regional Council, called the attack "very severe," and called for "a broad military operation, to go house to house gathering up weapons and crushing terrorist infrastructure."

Defense Minister Israel Katz said: "Our policy in Judea and Samaria is clear: To fight Paleostinian terrorism with strength, to develop and strengthen Jewish settlement, and to preserve security."

"Terrorism in Judea and Samaria is at its lowest point in decades," he added, "and we will take all necessary steps to ensure that terrorism does not return to raise its head again."

Separately, a Palestinian man was reportedly killed after a clash between residents of a West Bank village, settlers, and IDF troops on Sunday night.

According to the Ynet news site, residents of Haje, east of Qalqilya, threw rocks at a drone that Israeli settlers had flown above the village.

When the settlers entered the village to collect the drone, they clashed with the residents, the report said.

The IDF said troops were dispatched following reports of a “confrontation” between Palestinian residents and settlers.

“The troops acted to disperse the confrontation and to take the Israeli civilians out of the village,” the army said.

“Later, a violent disturbance developed, including stone-throwing at the forces by Palestinian rioters,” the IDF said, adding that the troops carried out a “suspect arrest procedure” that included “firing into the air and then firing at key instigators.”

Omar Muhammad Tubasi, 20, was shot dead in the clashes, according to the official Palestinian Authority Wafa news outlet, which cited the PA’s Health Ministry.

The army said the incident was under further investigation.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/08/2026 2026-09-08 02:17 || Comments || Link || [145 views] Top|| File under:


Teen from northern Bedouin town charged with pledging allegiance to Islamic State
[IsraelTimes] Yaqoub Shibli, 19, consumed online ISIS content, say police and Shin Bet, in latest in string of arrests of Israeli youth associating with terror group

A teen from the northern Bedouin town of Shibli was set to be charged on Monday with membership in a terrorist organization, after he allegedly pledged allegiance to 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....
Yaqoub Shibli, 19, was arrested on August 16, and his interrogators learned he "expressed identification with the Islamic State terrorist organization, including watching content about the terrorist organization and pledging allegiance to it," police and the Shin Bet said Monday in a joint statement.

The Northern District Attorney’s Office is slated to indict Shibli on Monday at the Nazareth-Nof Hagalil Magistrate’s Court, the statement said.

It added that this is the fourth time in recent weeks that a resident of northern Israel faces an indictment for allegedly joining Islamic State.

"The Shin Bet and Israel Police act resolutely against any activity that endangers the security of the state and its citizens, and against any activity in which Israeli citizens seek to act against Israelis on behalf of a terrorist organization," the security agencies said.

Last week, a former IDF soldier was charged with training to fight abroad with ISIS. The Haifa District Attorney’s Office filed an indictment against Khamis Sawaed, a resident of the northern Bedouin village of Hussniyya in his 30s, at the city’s Magistrate’s Court along with a request to keep him in jug until the end of the legal proceedings. Sawaed indicated during police interrogation that he had watched how-to videos on warfare and missile and drone production out of "identification with the Islamic State terror group," according to the Shin Bet and police.

According to the indictment filed against Sawaed and cited in Hebrew-language media, he served in the IDF from 2017 to 2019, but in 2023 became interested in ISIS. He then began watching the training videos in 2024, after deciding he would eventually go abroad, either to Syria or somewhere in Africa, to fight alongside the group.

And late last month, two teenagers from the Galilee were also indicted for planning ISIS-inspired attacks against security forces.

The first suspect to be arrested, on August 4, was a 16-year-old resident of the Galilee. An investigation revealed that he was searching online for instructions on how to prepare boom belts, and that he "intended to carry out an attack against coppers and Jewish soldiers on the Temple Mount," the statement alleged.

Several days later, as the investigation progressed, another suspect was arrested. He was identified as Ibrahim Kaabia, 19, a resident of Haifa. Kaabia also swore allegiance to ISIS and was planning to attack an army base in northern Israel, police said.

Dozens of Arab citizens have been arrested in recent years on suspicion of plotting attacks on behalf of Islamic State, including five residents of Taybe who allegedly plotted to set off a boom-mobile at Tel Aviv’s Azrieli mall in 2024.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/08/2026 2026-09-08 01:58 || Comments || Link || [132 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


IDF eliminates two 3 terrorists from the terrorist organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip

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#BREAKING‼️ The Defense Army eliminates two terrorists from the terrorist organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip

⭕️ The Defense Army struck yesterday (Monday) in the Beach area in the Gaza Strip, eliminating the terrorist Sobhi Khader Hashem Al-Tabari.

⭕️ The terrorist was a member of the terrorist Islamic Jihad movement and participated in planting explosive devices against Defense Army forces operating in the Gaza Strip.

⭕️ And in an additional strike a few days ago, the Defense Army struck and eliminated the terrorist Ahmed Fuad Khalil Hils, who is a member of the Elite Unit affiliated with the military wing of the terrorist Hamas movement.

⭕️ The terrorist participated in planting explosive devices and in activities against Defense Army forces operating in the Gaza Strip.

⭕️ In recent times, the two terrorists promoted terrorist plans against Defense Army forces and citizens of the State of Israel, in systematic violation of the ceasefire. They were eliminated with the aim of removing the threat they posed.

⭕️ Defense Army forces in the Southern Regional Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat.

Al-Quds Brigades (PIJ) reportedly attacked an IDF-backed militias in Northern Khan Yunis



The IDF diverted munition in mid-air while targeting a Hamas operative in Gaza


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The IDF says it diverted a munition mid-air while attempting to target a Hamas operative in the Gaza Strip yesterday, after identifying civilians in his surroundings.

"Since it was not possible to abort the munition after it had been released, the munition was diverted from its trajectory in real time in order to prevent it from striking civilians," the military says.

The IDF says it has committed to "distinguishing between terrorists and civilians and taking all possible precautions to minimize harm to them."

Posted by: badanov || 09/08/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [302 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


West Bank: IDF troops eliminate terrorist who carried out stabbing attack in Samaria

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#BREAKING‼️IDF Troops Eliminate the Terrorist Who Carried Out the Stabbing Attack in Samaria

⭕️ Following the stabbing attack that occurred just moments ago in the area of the village of Asirin, which is under the Samaria Brigade, an armed terrorist armed with a knife stabbed an Israeli civilian and fled the scene.

⭕️ Large forces from the IDF launched combing operations to search for him and set up checkpoints throughout the area.

⭕️ An IDF force spotted the terrorist near his vehicle in the area of the town of Qabalan. The terrorist attempted to stab the troops, and a company commander from the 411th Battalion responded by firing in his direction and neutralizing him.

⭕️ IDF troops will continue operations to thwart terrorism and maintain security in Judea and Samaria.

Posted by: badanov || 09/08/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [140 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Eleven said killed, including 2 children, in overnight IDF strikes in south Lebanon
[IsraelTimes] Israel says strikes came after Hezbollah explosive-drone attack on troops, third in a week; 2 soldiers injured in clash with Hezbollah gunman near Beaufort

The Israel Defense Forces struck Hezbollah terror group targets in Leb
...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. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....
overnight Sunday-Monday, reportedly killing eleven people, after the Iranian proxy fired two explosive drones at troops, the army said.

The IDF said that no injuries were caused to troops in the Hezbollah attack, the third such incident in a week.

In a separate incident on Monday, two IDF soldiers were lightly maimed in a clash with a Hezbollah operative near Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, the military said.

In response to the drones, Hezbollah infrastructure sites in several areas of southern Lebanon, including a weapons depot, were targeted in Arclight airstrike
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s, according to the IDF.

According to the state-run National News Agency, a strike carried out by Israeli fighter jets on a residential building in the town of Kfar Reman after midnight killed nine people, including two children, and maimed five others.

A separate dronezap on a car in Kfar Reman killed two paramedics of the Hezbollah-allied Amal movement’s Risala Scouts, according to NNA.

The IDF said it had struck several Hezbollah operatives who were identified moving weaponry in the town. It said it was looking into the reports that civilians had been harmed in the strikes.

Additionally, in response to a separate Hezbollah drone attack on Sunday, the IDF said it struck and killed several members of Hezbollah in Nabatieh. NNA reported strikes there and in nearby Arab Salim.

A strike also destroyed a building in Deir al-Zahrani, after the IDF issued an evacuation warning for it.

"Hezbollah’s terrorist activity compels the IDF to act forcefully against it," the army said of the area, adding that it was targeting a "Hezbollah terrorist facility."

Later on Monday, troops of the Golani Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit were carrying out scans in the Beaufort area when a Hezbollah gunman hiding inside a building opened fire on them, according to the army.

Two of the soldiers were lightly injured and were taken to a hospital for treatment. The IDF said their families were notified.

The soldiers returned fire and carried out artillery shelling toward the building, killing the Hezbollah gunman, according to the military.

The IDF said it struck other Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon in response to the gunfire, including weapon depots and command centers.

The latest strikes came after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday killed seven people and maimed 20 others, according to Lebanese authorities, after Hezbollah launched two explosive drones at Israeli troops operating in the area.

Israeli forces remain deployed inside what Israel describes as a "security zone" extending roughly 10 kilometers (6 miles) into southern Lebanon along the border.

Israel and Lebanon signed a US-brokered framework agreement on June 26 aimed at paving the way toward an eventual peace deal. Israel agreed to withdraw from two small areas beyond its original security zone, with Lebanese troops taking over, while Israeli officials said further withdrawals would depend on measurable progress by the Lebanese army in disarming Hezbollah.

In Lebanon, the Israeli military has said that it has killed over 2,500 Hezbollah operatives, including hundreds of members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, since the Iranian proxy attacked Israel on March 2, in support of Tehran. Tallies have put the total Lebanese corpse count at some 4,300.

40 IDF soldiers and one Defense Ministry civilian contractor have been killed in southern Lebanon since March. Two civilians were also killed by Hezbollah rockets, and an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by Israeli artillery shelling
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Iran executed six women, arrested 20 female activists in August: Watchdog
[Rudaw] Iran
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executed six women and arrested 20 female activists, including eight Kurds, in August, while 26 others were sentenced to prison, flogging or death, Norway-based Hengaw Organization for Human Rights said Sunday.

All six women sentenced to death were convicted of intentional murder and executed in prisons in Yasuj, Qazvin, Ilam, Karaj, Rasht and Isfahan, according to the rights group.

Hengaw recorded the arrest of 20 women by Iranian security forces, including eight Kurds and seven members of Iran’s Baha’i religious minority. The arrests took place in cities including Mahabad, Urmia, Chaldoran, Piranshahr, Divandarreh and Abdanan.

Hengaw also reported that 26 women were sentenced to a combined 132 years. One woman was sentenced to 31 lashes, while Taraneh Rahimi, a woman from Isfahan, was sentenced to 11 years in prison and death.

The figures come amid a broader increase in executions and criminal prosecutions in Iran. Iran executed at least 524 people in the first eight months of 2026, according to Norway-based Iran Human Rights, compared with 1,639 executions recorded throughout 2025.

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s has also extended to people arrested during protests in January over the worsening economic situation and devaluation of the currency, which spread nationwide.

The January demonstrations began with shopkeepers and bazaar merchants in Tehran before spreading to students, activists and other groups. Rights groups reported thousands of arrests and a deadly security crackdown.

In late August, Iranian authorities sentenced 10 people to death and six others to a combined 256 years in prison over their alleged involvement in January protests in Isfahan, according to the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).

The defendants were arrested over the killing of members of the security forces during the demonstrations and were charged with offenses including "enmity against God," destruction of public property, assembly and collusion, and propaganda against the regime.

In late August, Judiciary Chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei warned that the response to people accused of undermining state security would be "far more decisive than in all previous periods."
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IDF troops eliminated a terrorist in a face-to-face clash in the Shkuf Heights

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#BREAKING‼️IDF troops eliminated a terrorist in a face-to-face clash in the Shkuf Heights (Beaufort) area: The IDF attacked in response

🔸 Earlier today (Monday), during combing operations carried out by a force from the Golani Reconnaissance Unit in the Shkuf Heights (Beaufort) area in southern Lebanon, a terrorist from the terrorist organization Hezbollah, who was inside a building, opened fire toward the troops.

🔸 The troops immediately responded with fire toward him and eliminated him.

🔸 During the clash, two IDF troops were lightly wounded and were evacuated to receive medical treatment at the hospital, and their families have been notified.

🔸 Within a short time, the troops fired shells toward the location where the terrorist had hidden and eliminated him. In addition, the IDF attacked combat warehouses, headquarters, and additional terrorist infrastructure belonging to the terrorist organization Hezbollah in the area.

🔸 The IDF will not allow the terrorist organization Hezbollah to harm the citizens of the State of Israel and its troops, and will continue to operate to remove the threats, while remaining committed to the ceasefire agreement.

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Israeli forces enter Syria’s Quneitra village, throw smoke grenades at homes
[North Press] Israeli forces entered Taranja village in northern Quneitra, southern Syria on Monday and threw smoke grenades toward residents’ homes, with no injuries reported.

On Sunday, Israeli forces shelled agricultural land west of al-Mashaaela village in central Quneitra countryside, killing several sheep, according to local reports.

Before the shelling, Israeli forces also opened fire randomly at residents’ homes in Maariya village in western Daraa countryside, according to the reports.
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Syria’s Internal Security arrests former senior government officer
[North Press) – Syria’s Internal Security Forces in Tartous governorate said on Monday they arrested former Brig. Gen. Mohammad Ali Dirgham, a senior officer under the former government.

The forces said Dirgham was arrested following surveillance and monitoring operations.

According to military records cited by the forces, Dirgham held several sensitive positions, including commanding a unit in the Defense Companies during the 1982 events in Hama governorate.

He later served as field commander of the 4th Division from 2009 to 2013, deputy commander of the 5th Division and commander of the 2nd Corps until late 2018, the forces said.

Preliminary investigations and documentation records showed that Dirgham allegedly issued direct orders to his units to open fire on protesters in Damascus countryside and oversaw raids that resulted in widespread arbitrary arrests, the forces said.

The investigation remains ongoing to document the alleged incidents and prepare Dirgham’s referral to the competent court for legal action, according to the forces.

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