[FoxNews] An Arizona man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly sending an email threatening to carry out bombings at the White House and other locations in Washington, D.C., federal officials said.
Jacob Aaron Hicks, 46, of Tucson, was charged with making an interstate threat to injure, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona announced.
According to a criminal complaint, Hicks allegedly emailed a local Tucson television station Sept. 23, claiming there would be an "imminent bomb strike against the White House and other locations in Washington, D.C." "Bye, Jacob"
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Good, we are finally seeing arrests.
Now, when will the evidence already collected by and broadcasted by Left Wing Media be used to start arresting various Left Wing, Socialist, Democrats (LSD's), DC Swampers & yes some TDS Media types?
The Videos, that clearly show them making open threats, suggested actions and well tuned innuendos of harm to Trump and other conservatives leaders?
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[Regnum] Malian armed forces, with the support of Russian Afrika Korps units, have regained control of the northern city of Kidal, which had been under the control of armed groups since April. The Afrika Korps press service reported this on October 8.
The operation lasted from October 1 to 7. Malian and Russian troops, supported by the allied GATIA and MSA forces, traveled more than 450 km from the city of Gao, including through mined areas, and captured several settlements.
Air forces carried out strikes on militant positions and rear facilities. Specifically, 30 kilometers west of Kidal, a detachment preparing an ambush for an allied convoy was discovered and destroyed.
According to the Afrika Korps, the FLA
… from the French name for the group, Azawad Liberation Front (ALF) in English: the current iteration (since 2024) of the Islamist Tuareg liberation movement in northern Mali, which has been known to team up with JNIM, the Saharan branch of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Algeria, Mauritania, France, drone operators from the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR), and the Qatari royal family are said to be supporters…
and JNIM (the latter affiliated with al-Qaeda, a terrorist organization banned in Russia) suffered heavy losses and retreated. Malian and Russian units entered Kidal from several directions.
The Afrika Korps noted that the recapture of the city has not only military but also political significance, as Kidal is considered one of the symbols of Mali's statehood in the north of the country.
The military is currently completing the cleanup of the city, demining the area, and providing humanitarian aid to local residents.
In April, Afrika Korps units helped Malian authorities repel an attempted coup. Around 12,000 militants, trained with instructors from Europe and Ukraine, simultaneously attacked several cities across the country, including Kidal. Russian troops engaged the attackers and helped maintain control of the capital.
[HodhodYemenNews] 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 said they had shot down a Saudi-operated Bayraktar Akinci armed reconnaissance drone over Taiz Province.
Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Sare’e said the Ottoman Turkish-made drone was downed with a suitable weapon while carrying out hostile missions over Taiz.
The announcement comes 24 hours after Yemeni forces reported shooting down a Saudi-operated CH-4 armed reconnaissance drone while it was carrying out hostile missions over al-Jawf Province. Sare’e said that drone was also targeted with a suitable weapon.
[Rudaw] A tanker has been struck by projectiles in Gulf waters off 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... , a British navy monitor said late Wednesday, adding that "casualties" have been reported. The attack comes amid new indications that the United States is reportedly preparing to resume major combat operations against Iran.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said the incident was reported some 50 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal, on the northern tip of the peninsula state.
"A tanker has reported being struck by multiple projectiles," the monitor relayed, noting that "casualties have been reported" and that "authorities are investigating" the incident.
"Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO," the statement concluded.
This comes only days after the monitor reported on Monday that two tankers had been struck in the nearby Strait of Hormuz within a 24-hour period, while a third tanker avoided being hit by complying with instructions from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
UKMTO said it had received delayed reports that a crude oil tanker was struck by a projectile and that an inbound liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker was also hit by a similar object.
The Strait of Hormuz, a critical global energy chokepoint through which about a fifth of the world's oil and LNG passed before the US-Israeli war with Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... began in late February, has remained a major flashpoint in the conflict.
In its weekly Voluntary Reporting Area overview published last week, UKMTO said vessels continued to face attacks in the waterway, with some 48 projectile strikes reported since early July, 25 of which involved damage to vessels' engine rooms.
The International Maritime Organization estimates that 24 seafarers have been killed in attacks across the region since the Iran war began.
For his part, US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... said Tuesday that Washington must "finish up" its campaign against Iran, adding that Tehran's military has been effectively destroyed.
Speaking at an event in Maryland, Trump said, "We have to finish up. And it's only a question of which way. Do we want to do it? The nice way or the not so nice way. And pretty soon you'll find out."
The US president added that Iran's air force and navy had been "annihilated" by his country’s forces and that 159 Iranian ships had been sunk.
"They have no military. It's shut. The whole place is shut," he said, describing Iran as a "failed nation" and pointing to severe economic difficulties, inflation and alleged failures to pay members of its police and military.
Meanwhile,
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin... the US news website Axios on Thursday cited US officials as saying that "the Pentagon instructed US Central Command several days ago to conclude preparations for resuming major combat operations in Iran."
"The directive didn't include a specific date for launching strikes, and President Trump hasn't made any final decisions," the outlet reported, adding that "US and Israeli sources say it could happen before the US midterm elections [in November] and possibly the Israeli elections a week earlier."
[Regnum] Yemeni Houthis launched ballistic missiles at Riyadh and Khamis Mushayt. Saudi Arabian coalition forces spokesman Al-Maliki reported this on October 8.
"We intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthi terrorist group towards Riyadh," he wrote on the social network X.
Ansar Allah (Houthi) military spokesman Yahya Saria told Al Masirah TV that one missile strike hit King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh.
According to the kingdom's civil defense service, a kindergarten and a medical complex in Riyadh were damaged by falling ballistic missile debris.
On October 5, the Houthis declared Saudi Arabian airspace, with the exception of the skies over Mecca and Medina, a military operation zone. The movement reported strikes with ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as drones, on the airports of Riyadh and Abha, and other targets. Following the attack on King Khalid Airport in Riyadh, air travel was disrupted.
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia is watching with concern the development of the conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia in the wake of the attack on Riyadh. He noted that the situation is indeed extremely alarming, with tensions in the Persian Gulf region already skyrocketing. The Kremlin spokesman also noted that no one has yet approached Russia to mediate in the conflict.
[KhaamaPress] Three Afghan men have been sentenced to a combined 33 years in jug for raping a 17-year-old girl in Bristol, England, after grooming her through Snapchat, while a fourth Afghan defendant, who was 17 at the time of the offence, was also convicted and sentenced, British authorities said.
Mehrab Safi, 21, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of two counts of rape and arranging or facilitating the travel of a female for exploitation. Salman Habibkheil and Awal Ahmadzai, both 19, each received nine years in a youth detention facility. The fourth defendant, a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named because of his age, was sentenced to two years and seven months in youth detention for rape.
The four were found guilty by a jury at Bristol Crown Court in June after denying the charges and claiming that the sexual activity was consensual. The court heard that Safi first met the victim while she was Christmas shopping in Bristol with a friend on November 25, 2025. He subsequently contacted her through Snapchat and asked her to send intimate images.
Four days later, Safi and Habibkheil arranged for the girl to travel by taxi from Somerset to Bristol. She was taken to Safi’s home in the St Werburghs area, where the court heard she was given alcohol and subsequently raped by the four defendants over several hours. Her mother reported her missing, prompting police to attend the property and find the victim.
After police arrived, Safi, Ahmadzai and Habibkheil fled the property and travelled through Birmingham and London before hiding in the back of a refrigerated lorry bound for La Belle France. French authorities arrested them in Calais on December 3, 2025, and they were later returned to the United Kingdom to face prosecution.
During sentencing, Judge Michael Cullum said the attack had caused the victim severe and lasting psychological harm. In a victim impact statement, she said she had become fearful of leaving her home and was no longer able to go out alone. The judge also acknowledged that some of the defendants had experienced difficult circumstances in Afghanistan, but stressed that their backgrounds did not excuse the offences.
All four defendants were also made subject to sex-offender notification requirements, while sexual harm prevention orders restrict their contact with children. Avon and Somerset Police said the victim’s bravery in reporting the abuse and giving evidence had been central to bringing the offenders to justice.
Police and prosecutors emphasized that the case concerned the actions of the individual defendants and should not be interpreted as evidence of wider criminal behavior among Afghan nationals. The convictions followed a year-long investigation into the assault in Bristol.
[IsraelTimes] Victim says he was attacked when he disrupted graffiti artist calling Labour candidate ‘puppet of genocidal Israel’; police said treating incident as antisemitic hate crime
A Jewish man said Wednesday that he was beaten during a confrontation with activists who were spraying anti-Israel graffiti in London.
Dan Levene, 52, told British media outlets that he intervened on Tuesday evening when he saw the two spraying a slogan calling Labour’s candidate in the local election, Sagal Abdi-Wali, a "puppet of genocidal Israel."
According to Levene’s account, the pair were using a stencil for the graffiti, which he kicked away.
The incident took place in the Holborn and St. Pancras constituency, where voters went to the polls Thursday as Green Party leader Zack Polanski tried to win the seat vacated by former UK prime minister Keir Starmer. Polanski, who is Jewish, is one of the most vocal critics of Israel in British politics, and his party recently passed a motion declaring Zionism to be racism and calling for Israel to be replaced with a State of Paleostine.
"I said, ’No, you’re not doing that,’ at which point this guy got up and [it] transpired he was quite a lot larger than me. I told him what he was writing was neo-Nazi ...adherents of a philosophy that was seen even at the time as pure evil, which makes them either consciously purely evil, or attention-seeking ratbags. Pick one, or both.... [propaganda]," Levene told The Times. "All this stuff about genocide and Israelis exerting puppetry control over people. This is the message of the Nazis that Jewish people escaped in the middle of the last century."
"He started shouting at me and started punching me. I stood my ground and then he started kicking me in the side of my legs quite hard for about 20 seconds, clearly trying to get me down on the floor," Levene said.
Levene told the outlet that he was then kicked to the floor, before he was punched and kicked in the head and ribs.
The altercation ended when two bystanders who witnessed the attack intervened, prompting the attackers to flee, Levene told the Jewish News.
The outlet reported that London police were treating the incident as an antisemitic hate crime.
Levene said he believes that the graffiti was linked to the Green Party’s "Zionism is racism" motion.
"It’s exactly the type of anti-Zionist message that the Greens have adopted as policy. There have been other instances of Green activists using this or similar stenciled messages during the by-election campaign," he told the Jewish News.
Following the confrontation, Levene uploaded a picture to X, showing a bleeding wound on his forehead.
"Thanks to all who have shown concern," he wrote on X on Wednesday. "I’m OK. Uncomfortable night due to poss[ible] cracked rib. Bruises as you’d expect after being kicked around the pavement. All will heal. Thanks to strangers who stepped in."
He added, "How do I know this was Green Party? This was in the literal constituency where there’s a by-election tomorrow. The messaging attacked their main opponent & used the line put into Green Party policy on Sunday. For the avoidance of doubt: the Green Party is a neo-Nazi party now."
Abdi-Wali, who came to the UK from Somalia as a child refugee, has spent years fostering inter-community relations, including with the Jewish community, and told The Guardian last month that "if Greens stir up community antagonisms over 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... , that would be disgraceful."
Polanski’s party has been embroiled in a string of antisemitic scandals, with many Green candidates posting antisemitic and anti-Israel screeds on social media. Ahead of local council elections earlier this year, the Greens were reportedly investigating 30 of their own candidates for antisemitism.
The party leader himself faced a backlash earlier this year after retweeting a post criticizing police over how they arrested a knife-wielding attacker who had just stabbed two Jewish men in Golders Green, a Jewish neighborhood of London. His comments prompted a swift rebuke from London police chief Mark Rowley.
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[Regnum] Clashes with police erupted during a protest by student and trade union groups on the Place de la Bastille in Paris on the evening of October 8. BFMTV aired footage of the protest.
Law enforcement officers are using tear gas to disperse the crowd. Initially, police blocked off the square to prevent the march of demonstrators from passing. Some protesters began throwing stones and other objects at the police. Protesters are attempting to erect barricades.
Additional gendarmerie units have been deployed to the area. Authorities have urged residents to avoid the Place de la Bastille area and use alternative routes.
Mass protests by schoolchildren, dissatisfied with teacher shortages, overcrowded schedules, and the poor condition of educational institutions, have been taking place across France since September. Some of the protests have been accompanied by riots. By October 4, protesters had vandalized or set fire to 24 educational institutions, and another 400 to 500 had temporarily closed due to safety threats.
To disperse demonstrations, police use tear gas, batons, and special ammunition. On October 6, law enforcement officers in Paris used strobe shields for the first time against school protesters, whose bright flashes can trigger epileptic seizures. According to French authorities, at least 215 students and 715 police officers have been injured since the protests began.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova criticized the French police's actions against protesters. She claimed that law enforcement officers were "crushing" and "kneading" their own children, while the Élysée Palace was completely unresponsive. The diplomat described the dispersal of the demonstrators as a "battle on ice" between police and unarmed children.
Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, stated that French President Emmanuel Macron is attempting to silence those who have taken to the streets in an attempt to reach out to the authorities, exercise their legal right to freedom of peaceful assembly, and express their civic position.
[Regnum] The protests sweeping France continue to gain momentum. More than a quarter of a million demonstrators have taken to the streets, and in some cities, actual street battles have broken out between protesters and police.
What began as a student protest in support of striking teachers in a Paris suburb has escalated into the largest national crisis in decades. Nearly 900 schools have been closed, police have used tear gas and water cannons, and more than 6,000 people have been detained, most of them minors without criminal records.
Yes, but after this they will have a well-deserved criminal record. Win-win!
The causes of discontent are well known and have been documented repeatedly: a shortage of teachers, dilapidated educational buildings, and an unfair system for assigning graduates to universities. However, these grievances alone do not explain the unprecedented scale of demonstrations, accompanied by outbreaks of violence across the country.
No. But the sheer glee of Moslem colonists and Antifa/Black Bloc anarcho-communist syndicalists at their mayhem does explain it. Especially when one notes now much of the poor condition of the schools results from previous misbehaviour by the same parties, eating up the funds that would have fixed the problem.
"It is now clear that we are witnessing a historic protest movement and that we have a difficult task ahead of us in resolving this crisis," Sophie Venetitai, head of the SNES-FSU teachers' union, told Le Monde.
What began as typical French strikes and riots has escalated into violent clashes. Protesters are attacking police, who are responding with gunfire, the streets are filled with smoke, shop windows are being smashed, and cars are being set on fire.
A tear gas grenade shattered 14-year-old Eden's jaw and knocked out numerous teeth. After surgery, he is unable to speak and eats only through a straw.
Why was he there and what was he doing when the police so rudely interrupted him?
"It's shameful, it's horrible, it's cruel, it's disgusting, it's vile—I could list a whole list of words. They're dealing with children. And what are the children demanding? Simply better educational conditions," the victim's mother told the AP.
The officer who fired the grenade launcher has been detained, charged and faces up to 15 years in prison.
In Lens, a 15-year-old boy lost his hand when a police officer threw a stun grenade. "His life was stolen. He's 15 years old, how can you treat children like this?" his mother told BFMTV.
The policeman’s life has been stolen, too. But the policeman was trying to protect the school, why the boy intended to throw a grenade. This seems a bit imbalanced.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez announced that the type of stun grenade that allegedly injured the young man will no longer be used against high school students.
In Tura, a 16-year-old boy was partially blinded by a specially designed munition used to disperse a crowd. After these incidents, protesters only became more violent, and they increasingly carried placards with slogans like "Resources, not stumps" and "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
According to the government, 215 teenagers and 89 school staff members, as well as 761 police officers, were injured. Approximately 6,600 people were detained, almost all of them minors, including 1,500 under 18. Police estimate the total number of protesters at approximately 250,000, while demonstrators themselves claim 450,000 participants nationwide.
Critics say law enforcement was less lenient toward the teenagers than they were toward the earlier striking farmers, who doused government buildings with manure and blocked roads. Lawyer Alexis Bodelain, representing more than a dozen detainees, described the police actions as "unbridled violence."
He believes the actions of his clients and their supporters are being "politicized at an incredible rate." "For all of them, this was one of the first times they took part in a demonstration, gathering in a public place to voice demands they considered legitimate," the lawyer noted.
The protests have gained widespread support: adults—parents, elected officials, trade unionists, and ordinary citizens—are joining the schoolchildren. The movement has expanded beyond its initial scope and become a nationwide social protest.
According to one of the protest leaders, 15-year-old Manes Nadel, the movement has spread "like wildfire." "An unprecedented number of schools have joined us," he told CNN, adding that the French Ministry of Education is "stunned by the crisis."
Parents are forming human chains between teenagers and police officers. "The police are there, my son is here, I'm staying in front to protect him," the mother of one of the Paris protesters told a Le Monde reporter.
Against this backdrop, Saint-Denis Mayor Bally Bagayoko stood out, placing himself between the opposing sides. In a viral video, he faces the police, shielding the youths standing behind him and shouting, "Stop!"
"The high school students who were on the street could have been my children. <…> It's my responsibility to be there for them," Bagayoko said. In an interview with RT, he placed the blame on Emmanuel Macron : "It was President Macron who said that the law is on the side of the police. By saying that, he pushed them to action. And that's his responsibility."
The larger the protests become, the more their agenda blurs and the more alarming the underlying tendencies they reveal. In some places, participants have been seen performing rap tracks en masse with references to terrorist attacks and Adolf Hitler. One such incident occurred at a high school in Beaugency (Loiret department), another at a church in Soullane (Vendée department).
The track's lyrics mention terrorists Mohamed Merah and Salah Abdeslam, who committed attacks in France, and effectively glorify their crimes as a source of inspiration. Tellingly, the track is performed not by the children of migrants, but by native French members of Generation Z.
Part of the text can be translated roughly as follows: "Like Mohammed Merah, I dodge the cameras; Bataclan, I shot him in the eye - manhunt; Salah Abdeslam - brother; There's a reward for me in hell."
Arthur Denouvo, president of the Life for Paris association, created after the attacks of November 13, 2015, asked the director of the high school to invite him to speak with the students performing the track in the video: “I would be happy to come along with other Bataclan survivors, look these teenagers in the eye and explain to them their mistake.”
A video has also circulated on social media in which a young man, identified as a student at the Lycée Honoré de Balzac in Mitry-Mory (Seine-et-Marne), says: “There are only ten of them, in the name of Allah we will kill them!”
Conflict at this lyceum erupted after the tragic suicide of a 17-year-old student in January 2026. Her family and sympathetic students accused the school administration of inaction in the face of the bullying the girl suffered.
The teenager who called for reprisals was referring to the small number of employees remaining in the building and called for them to be dealt with as revenge for the death.
All this suggests that the righteous anger of schoolchildren risks escalating into a much larger civil conflict. The infiltration of extremist slogans into the protest agenda creates grounds for further legitimization of violence and, in general, makes them part of a socially approved protest, which could lead to a real social upheaval.
Meanwhile, demonstrations are already spreading beyond the country's borders: in Belgium, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Germany, and Austria, students are also mobilizing against similar challenges—underfunded education, overcrowded classrooms, a shortage of teachers, and rising tuition fees.
This isn't a single, coordinated movement, but a general wave of discontent sweeping across Europe. In Liège, police and protesters clashed, with at least 139 people arrested since October 1. In Italy, some schools in Turin and Rome are calling for "a French-style approach."
In Greece, students announced nationwide school protests. In Ireland, thousands of students took to the streets in Dublin demanding lower tuition fees.
The French government finds itself in a dire situation. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu promises to present an action plan by the end of October, but with a massive public debt and a budget deficit exceeding 5% of GDP, he's unlikely to be able to offer anything meaningful. The government lacks the resources to make concessions and satisfy even part of the protesters' demands.
"After 10 years of Emmanuel Macron's education policies, it was to be expected that high school students would be angry. One can only wonder why they didn't express their anger sooner," said Elizabeth Allen-Moreno, secretary general of the teachers' union SE-UNSA.
Under the current circumstances, maintaining control over the situation without resorting to either repression or complicity is becoming nearly impossible. And the main risk isn't that the protests won't subside, but that the line between the righteous anger of some and the extremism of others is becoming increasingly blurred—both in France and abroad.
[Dawn] Security forces killed nine forces of Evil in an intelligence-based operation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s North Wazoo, state media reported on Wednesday.
According to state-run Pakistain TV, IBOs were carried out in several areas of North Waziristan, including Palangzai, Nadeem Kot, and Kot Khazri, eliminating nine Fitna al-Khwarij terrorists, including four "important terrorist commanders".
Fitna al Khawarij is a term the state uses for forces of Evil belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... Pakistain (TTP).
It added that several hideouts were destroyed and a large quantity of weapons and ammunition was recovered from the slain terrorists.
President Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari
...former president of Pakistain, husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in... and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif commended security forces for their successful operation, state-run APP reported.
In a statement, the president said the elimination of nine forces of Evil was a manifestation of the professional capability and bravery of the security forces.
He emphasised that every conspiracy by the foreign patrons of forces of Evil and their local controllers would be thwarted.
In his statement, PM Shehbaz said the successful operations reflected Pakistain’s unwavering resolve to completely eliminate terrorism from the country.
The prime minister lauded the officers and personnel of the security forces for their commendable services and sacrifices to eradicate terrorism.
He reiterated the government’s resolve to foil the nefarious designs of forces of Evil seeking to create unrest and undermine peace and stability in the country.
KP has long faced security challenges. In August, the province, excluding the merged districts, recorded 54 terrorist attacks compared with 36 in July, representing an increase of 50 per cent, according to data compiled by the Pakistain Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS).
A day earlier, security forces killed 13 forces of Evil in another IBO in North Waziristan. On Tuesday, in yet another North Waziristan IBO, security forces killed five terrorists, state media said, while seven were killed on October 2.
[IsraelTimes] Demonstrations held across Europe, the Americas and Australia, with arrests in London and Berlin; anti-Israel rally initially banned in Paris, then allowed, amid wider unrest
The third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... -led attack on Israel was marked around the world Wednesday with competing demonstrations, memorial services and vigils, as pro-Paleostinian protests in several major cities sometimes spilled into festivities with pro-Israel counterprotesters.
There were tense rallies in New York that saw pro-Paleostinian protesters heckle Mayor Zohran Mamdani, himself a vocal opponent of Israel, while demonstrations in London and Berlin led to arrests.
In addition, hundreds of people took part in pro-Paleostinian rallies in Amsterdam, Montreal and elsewhere. Gay Paree stood out for its handling of the anniversary, with authorities initially banning a planned pro-Paleostinian demonstration amid wider unrest in the country before a court overturned the ban.
Israel’s Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Ministry said earlier this week that it had identified 262 pro-Paleostinian and anti-Israel demonstrations and events in 37 countries in the period surrounding October 7, including 75 scheduled for October 7 itself. The events came amid a reported rise in antisemitism worldwide in the three years since the onslaught.
London saw several pro-Paleostinian gatherings on Wednesday, including a student march through central London where up to 250 protesters carried Paleostinian flags and rolled their eyes, jumped up and down, and hollered poorly rhymed slogans real loud like "Free Paleostine" and "From the river to the sea," which many pro-Israel groups view as a call for the elimination of Israel. Dozens of marchers wore masks, ignoring a police ban on face coverings, local reports said.
That march came to a head when it reached Russell Square, where a pro-Israel demonstration was taking place. Police formed a barrier between the two rallies as protesters on both sides shouted at each other.
Five pro-Paleostinian demonstrators were arrested during the student march, and another when it met the pro-Israel protest, Metropolitan Police said.
A separate anti-Israel protest was held outside the headquarters of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the country’s umbrella Jewish organization, in Camden. Protesters waved Paleostinian, Irish and Iranian flags and shouted slogans including calls for "intifada." Five people were arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred, according to police.
Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... British Jewish organizations held a separate memorial gathering near Whitehall to remember the 1,200 killed and 251 kidnapped in the October 7 attack. The event at Richmond Terrace brought together hundreds of members of the Jewish community, as officials reiterated their opposition to antisemitism and support for the country’s Jewish community.
In Gay Paree, a planned pro-Paleostinian demonstration organized by the Urgence Paleostine collective was initially banned by police due to concerns about public disorder, terror and antisemitic incidents. The decision came amid ongoing violent mostly peaceful student protests across the country.
Gay Paree police chief Patrice Faure said his responsibility was to ensure everyone’s safety, and that he "therefore decided to prohibit this demonstration."
But the Gay Paree administrative court suspended the ban on Wednesday, and the protest went ahead.
Separately, Gay Paree marked the anniversary with a tribute to the Bibas family, three of whose members, Shiri and her young sons Ariel and Kfir, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 and later murdered. Yarden Bibas, Shiri’s husband and the boys’ father, was kidnapped separately and released alive in early 2025, shortly before the return of the bodies of Shiri and their sons.
Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire inaugurated an avenue in Parc Monceau named for Shiri, Ariel and Kfir.
In Berlin, anti-Israel demonstrations were held at Checkpoint Charlie and at Oranienplatz in Kreuzberg. Several hundred people, including Greta "Pippi" Thunberg ...an autistic sixteen year old Swedish expert on climate change, though I guess she's older now... , the Swedish anti-Israel and climate activist, joined the Kreuzberg demonstration, with protesters carrying Paleostinian flags and banners. A small group of pro-Israel counterprotesters gathered across the street, and police separated the two groups as they shouted at each other.
Police made more than 10 arrests during the pro-Paleostinian demonstration, which was eventually broken up by police.
Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... about 1,700 people gathered at Bebelplatz for a memorial marking the third anniversary of the Hamas attack. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt, Israeli Ambassador to Germany Ron Prosor and Berlin Interior Senator Iris Spranger were among those in attendance at the site, which is infamous for being the place Nazi students burned more than 20,000 books in 1933.
Berlin also illuminated the Brandenburg Gate in Israeli colors as photographs of October 7 victims were displayed in a memorial installation.
In Amsterdam, several hundred pro-Paleostinian demonstrators gathered at Dam Square and marched toward Waterlooplein before police ordered the demonstration to end due to concerns about public disorder.
The Jewish community hosted an official commemoration of the October 7 victims at the Amsterdam Modern Orthodox Synagogue, attended by Dutch Defense Minister Dilan Yesilgöz, Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen and Education Minister Rianne Letschert. Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... in The Hague nearby, a ceremony at the Peace Palace commemorating the onslaught brought together Jewish, Christian and Moslem religious figures.
In Montreal, pro-Paleostinian demonstrators marched through downtown Montreal near McGill University, with protesters carrying Paleostinian flags and banners and chanting slogans including "From the river to the sea." Police separated pro-Paleostinian and pro-Israel demonstrators as opposing groups converged around the city, while a separate Iranian-Canadian counterprotest called for Quebec to stand against terrorism. No arrests were reported in connection with the day’s demonstrations.
In Sydney, Jews Against the Occupation 48 organized a pro-Paleostinian gathering at Sydney Town Hall, where participants carried Paleostinian flags, read poems and prayers and laid flowers for people killed 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... war. Australian politicians had sharply criticized the decision to hold such events, with NSW Premier Chris Minns calling the timing provocative and saying the anniversary should be treated as a day of mourning. No arrests were reported.
Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... hundreds of Israel supporters gathered at Bondi Beach at 6:29 a.m., the time the October 7 attack began in Israel. The beach was also the site of a deadly antisemitic terror shooting in December 2025.
A larger Jewish community commemoration in Sydney’s east drew politicians, prayers, music and candle lighting.
In Melbourne, about 70 pro-Paleostinian demonstrators gathered outside the State Library of Victoria, and there were tensions between protesters and counterprotesters. No arrests were reported. Meanwhile,
...back at the chili cook-off, Chuck and Manuel's rivalry was entering a new and more dangerous phase... around 1,000 people attended a Jewish community commemoration at the Beth Weizmann Jewish Community Centre in Caulfield, held under tight security.
Madrid saw more than 1,200 stickers placed along the Paseo del Prado in memory of those killed. At a ceremony held by the Jewish Community of Madrid, Israeli diplomats, Spanish political figures and community leaders observed a minute of silence and heard testimony from a survivor of the attack on October 7 at Kibbutz Be’eri.
In Bogotá, Colombia, hundreds of pro-Paleostinian demonstrators marched near the Israeli Embassy, carrying a giant Paleostinian flag as they protested the war in Gaza and Colombia’s renewed diplomatic ties with Israel. No arrests were reported. An event honoring the victims of October 7 and rejecting terrorism and discrimination was held at the Bogotá City Council, attended by Israel’s ambassador to Colombia and Jewish community representatives.
Pro-Paleostinian activists staged a silent protest outside the Cape Town, South Africa, Holocaust and Genocide Centre, displaying a 20-meter (65-foot) shroud bearing the names of Paleostinian children reported killed during the war in Gaza. No arrests were reported as the protest continued with a procession through the city and prayers at St. George’s Cathedral. Pro-Israel activists counter-protested alongside the procession, but no large pro-Israel demonstration was reported.
Protesters in Cape Town unfurled a nearly 30-metre shroud bearing the names of almost 20,000 Paleostinian children killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
In Athens, dozens of pro-Paleostinian protesters gathered outside the Israeli Embassy, waving Paleostinian flags and calling for an end to Israel’s military activity in Gaza. Greek police were deployed around the embassy, but no arrests were reported.
In Mexico City, pro-Paleostinian protesters blocked traffic and burned piñatas outside Israel’s Embassy in Mexico City, demanding an end to Israel’s military activity and the suspension of diplomatic, economic and military ties between Mexico and Israel. No arrests were reported.
March of Life, a German initiative organizing memorial marches at Holocaust sites across Europe, said it organized one-minute commemorations at 83 locations in 21 countries at 6:29 a.m. Participants gathered in central squares, blew the shofar and held signs reading "Never forget October 7," the organization said.
#عاجل | في إطار عملية لوائية واسعة نفذها لواء السامرة، اقتحمت قوات جيش الدفاع أمس (الأربعاء) عدة مواقع في أنحاء مدينة نابلس، وعملت ضد مخربين وبنى تحتية تابعة لحركة حماس الإرهابية.
⭕️واعتقلت القوات مطلوبين، واستجوبت مشتبهًا بهم، وعثرت على وسائل قتالية وصادرتها، وعملت ضد البنى التحتية الإرهابية وضد التحريض على الإرهاب.
⭕️وفي إطار العملية، هدم مقاتلو حرس الحدود في يهودا والسامرة نُصبًا تذكارية ولافتات تمجّد المخربين وتشجّع على الإرهاب. وستواصل قوات الأمن العمل ضد كل وسيلة تُستخدم للتحريض على الإرهاب وتمجيد المخربين.
⭕️ولسكان نابلس ومحيطها الرسالة واضحة: لا تسمحوا لحركة حماس الإرهابية ولجهات إرهابية بتحويل المنطقة التي تعيشون فيها إلى قاعدة لنشاط إرهابي.
⭕️ستواصل قوات جيش الدفاع العمل بحزم في أنحاء يهودا والسامرة ضد البنى التحتية التابعة لحركة حماس الإرهابية وضد أي تهديد لأمن السكان.
⭕️وتأتي هذه العملية ضمن جهد واسع لقوات جيش الدفاع التي بدأت تنفيذ عمليات لوائية في أنحاء يهودا والسامرة. واقتحمت القوات أهدافًا إرهابية، وركّزت نشاطها بشكل خاص على مطلوبين يحرضون على الإرهاب، حيث أعرب عشرات منهم عن تأييدهم لمجزرة السابع من أكتوبر.
⭕️كما اعتقلت القوات مطلوبين ينتمون إلى حركة حماس الإرهابية، ونفذت عمليات تمشيط بحثًا عن وسائل قتالية. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، هدمت القوات نُصبًا تذكارية ولافتات تحرض على الإرهاب وتمجّد المخربين في أنحاء يهودا والسامرة، وذلك في إطار الجهود لمكافحة التحريض على الإرهاب.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) October 8, 2026
Translated Text:
#BREAKING | As part of a broad brigade operation carried out by the Samaria Brigade, IDF forces raided several sites across the city of Nablus yesterday (Wednesday) and operated against saboteurs and infrastructure belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas.
⭕️The forces arrested wanted individuals, interrogated suspects, located combat means and confiscated them, and operated against terrorist infrastructure and against incitement to terrorism.
⭕️As part of the operation, Border Guard fighters in Judea and Samaria demolished memorials and signs that glorify saboteurs and encourage terrorism. Security forces will continue to operate against any means used to incite terrorism and glorify saboteurs.
⭕️To the residents of Nablus and its surroundings, the message is clear: Do not allow the terrorist organization Hamas and terrorist elements to turn the area where you live into a base for terrorist activity.
⭕️IDF forces will continue to operate resolutely across Judea and Samaria against infrastructure belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas and against any threat to the security of the population.
⭕️This operation comes as part of a broad effort by IDF forces that began carrying out brigade operations across Judea and Samaria. The forces raided terrorist targets and focused their activity particularly on wanted individuals who incite terrorism, dozens of whom have expressed support for the October 7 massacre.
⭕️The forces also arrested wanted individuals affiliated with the terrorist organization Hamas and carried out combing operations in search of combat means. In addition, the forces demolished memorials and signs that incite terrorism and glorify saboteurs across Judea and Samaria, as part of the efforts to combat incitement to terrorism.
[IsraelTimes] Muhammad Shalbi, studying pharmacology at al-Quds University, allegedly used his knowledge to plan deadly ‘Day of Judgment’ bomb and toxic material assaults aimed at killing Jews
Prosecutors on Thursday charged a 22-year-old pharmacology student at the Paleostinian al-Quds University in East Jerusalem with planning to manufacture explosives and chemical weapons
...have not been used since WWI except for in Iraq, by the late, unlamented Saddam Hussein and in Syria, but really, honest, not by the Syrian government. And in Germany in WWII, but that was against civilians. Lots of them, just one of many reasons Hitler's also late and unlamented... to kill Jews, starting with an attack on law enforcement, in Dire Revenge for parking tickets given to members of his mosque.
Muhammad Shalbi was indicted at the Jerusalem District Court on charges of preparing to carry out murder with a motive of terror, which carries a 15-year prison sentence, and receiving training for terrorist purposes, which carries a seven-year prison sentence.
Shalbi, who was arrested on August 30, had "undergone a process of religious revival and ideological radicalization" following the Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... -led onslaught of October 7, 2023, the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office said in the indictment.
He began to regularly attend a mosque in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina and to consume content "identified with the terrorist groups Hamas and ISIS [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.... ]," and ultimately decided to "act against the State of Israel and security forces," prosecutors said.
Shalbi "planned to carry out a terrorist attack in preparation for the ’Day of Judgment,’ in which, according to his view, Jerusalem would be conquered," prosecutors said, adding that the suspect said in interrogation that his goal was to kill "a ton of Jews."
Shalbi planned around the start of 2025 to detonate an explosive near the mosque against officers "amid his anger over parking tickets given the vehicles of worshipers who had parked near the mosque during prayers," the indictment said.
As part of that plan, the suspect allegedly tracked the officers’ activity for about two months and downloaded instructional material on how to make explosives. He halted the activity after the officers stopped coming, the indictment said.
Around September 2025, the suspect allegedly drove to Ramallah twice to purchase a thermometer, a measuring cup, half a liter of hydrochloric acid, and between four and ten grams each of potassium permanganate, potassium chlorate, sodium sulfate and sodium hydroxide. Some of the compounds can produce chlorine gas, a choking agent that has been used as a chemical weapon.
Shalbi allegedly also performed an experiment in his bathtub in which he mixed potassium chlorate and sugar, which creates a highly combustible material.
In addition, the suspect researched how to produce an explosive out of acetylsalicylic acid, which is sold in pharmacies as aspirin, according to the indictment.
As part of his preparations for the "Day of Judgment" attack, Shalbi allegedly downloaded dozens of files on the manufacturing of explosives and chemical weapons from a Telegram group identified with ISIS. He later deleted those files and his search history, "with the aim of covering up his actions," prosecutors say.
He also copied to his notebook two recipes for "toxins that can kill people through touch or taste," as well as a list of potentially kabooms, including some that are available in pharmacies, the indictment said.
The announcement of the charges comes days after prosecutors filed charges against a Jewish professor at Bar Ilan University on suspicion that he planned a mass attack on the country’s Arab community, with the expectation of killing hundreds and causing others to flee the country.
[IsraelTimes] Details come in report saying 72 residents of south have been arrested on security charges this year; about 50 have been indicted, agency says
The Shin Bet internal security service, in a Thursday report, detailed an alleged plot by citizens of the Bedouin town of Segev Shalom to form a "military battalion in the town" in the style of West Bank "terrorist battalions."
The agency said that since the start of this year it has arrested 72 residents of the south and indicted about 50 of them over "activity that endangers the security of the state," including "promoting terrorist action" and "smuggling arms at the border."
All but five of the people arrested are Israeli citizens, according to the Shin Bet.
Among the people who were indicted are six Israeli citizens from Segev Shalom who were charged earlier this year in the Beersheba District Court with "serious terrorist crimes" in two separate cases, the Shin Bet said.
The first case involved the attempt to form a terror cell, and the second involved a plan to attack Beersheba’s popular Forum nightclub "out of identification with various terrorist organizations, including 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.... and Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... ," the agency said.
The two cases were the only examples of indictments given in the Shin Bet statement. Both were made public by the Shin Bet earlier this year, and it was unclear what prompted the agency to issue Thursday’s statement.
An unnamed senior Shin Bet official cited in the statement said those and other cases "demonstrate the security risk from the formation of cells of Israeli citizens, some of which are quasi-military, that seek to promote terrorist attacks on Israeli territory."
In the Segev Shalom battalion case, the Shin Bet said five young men were indicted:
A "cell leader," who had worked to replicate the West Bank battalion model in Segev Shalom and incited to terrorism on social media;
A person who agreed in principle to carry out the commander’s plans for a shooting attack at the Segev Shalom cop shoppe and a stabbing and shooting attack at the Beersheba Central Bus Station;
An "engineer," who watched instructional material on explosives and was "responsible for preparing explosives against Israeli security forces";
A person who "expressed agreement" to take part in the proposed Segev Shalom cop shoppe attack;
And another person who also agreed to join the Segev Shalom cell, had planned for the past two years to carry out a stabbing in the name of Islamic State, and "himself planned to carry out an independent bombing attack when released from prison."
When the police and the Shin Bet first made the case public in July, they reported just four people who were arrested and indicted, including the commander and the engineer.
The statement at the time also referred to the Segev Shalom group as a cell, not a battalion, and did not mention any "Paleostinian affinity," as this statement did.
It said the commander had decided to form a terrorist framework to fight Israeli security forces following the 2021 riots in mixed Jewish-Arab cities in Israel during a round of conflict between Israel and Hamas 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... The suspect in the Forum case, Abdullah Gergawi, was also "in contact with Islamic State activists and expressed intent to go to Islamic State combat zones abroad," the Shin Bet said.
When police and the Shin Bet first made the plot public in August, they said the 20-year-old suspect was arrested in July for allegedly planning to car-bomb the nightclub, and had also been in contact with "a person who presented himself as a Paleostinian terror operative."
Dozens of Arab citizens have been arrested in recent years on suspicion of plotting attacks on behalf of the Islamic State, including five residents of central Israel’s Taybe who allegedly plotted to set off a boom-mobile at Tel Aviv’s Azrieli mall in 2024.
ISIS, which at one point ruled over large swaths of Iraq and Syria, in 2022 called on its supporters in Israel to carry out attacks.
צה"ל תקף במרחב חאן יונס שברצועת עזה מוקדם יותר השבוע (ב'), וחיסל את אבראהים עלאם, מפקד בזרוע הצבאית של ארגון הטרור חמאס.
המחבל פשט לשטח מדינת ישראל בטבח 7 באוקטובר, ולקח חלק ברציחתם של אזרחים ישראלים רבים, בנוסף לחטיפת גופתו של סמל שקד דהן ז"ל לשבי החמאס.
בתקיפה נוספת שלשום (ג'), צה"ל תקף וחיסל את מעתצם מחמד סלימאן צלאח, מחבל בזרוע הצבאית של ארגון הטרור חמאס.
בעת האחרונה, המחבלים קידמו מתווי טרור נגד כוחות צה"ל ואזרחי מדינת ישראל ופעלו לשיקום יכולות ארגון הטרור חמאס, תוך הפרה שיטתית של הפסקת האש. המחבלים חוסלו מהאוויר במטרה להסיר את האיום שהיוו.
טרם התקיפות ננקטו צעדים לצמצום הפגיעה באזרחים, לרבות שימוש בחימוש מדויק ותצפיות מהאוויר.
כוחות צה"ל בפיקוד הדרום פרוסים במרחב בהתאם להסכם וימשיכו לפעול להסרת כל איום מיידי.
The IDF struck in the Khan Younis area in the Gaza Strip earlier this week (Monday), and eliminated Ibrahim Al-Alam, a commander in the military wing of the terrorist organization Hamas.
The terrorist infiltrated the territory of the State of Israel during the October 7 massacre, and took part in the murder of numerous Israeli civilians, in addition to the abduction of the body of Sgt. Shaked Dahan z"l to Hamas captivity.
In another strike on the day before last (Wednesday), the IDF struck and eliminated Mutasim Muhammad Suleiman Salah, a terrorist in the military wing of the terrorist organization Hamas.
In recent times, the terrorists advanced terror plots against IDF forces and civilians of the State of Israel and acted to restore the capabilities of the terrorist organization Hamas, while systematically violating the ceasefire. The terrorists were eliminated from the air in order to remove the threat they posed.
Prior to the strikes, steps were taken to minimize harm to civilians, including the use of precision munitions and aerial observations.
IDF forces under Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat.
[IsraelTimes] Capt. Eliav Haim Tzapalamus named as fallen officer; military opens investigation; EU foreign policy chief urges extension of UNIFIL mandate to prevent security vacuum
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was killed and three others were maimed in southern Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel... on Thursday, the military announced.
The slain soldier was identified as Capt. Eliav Haim Tzapalamus, 21, from Haifa, who served in the 7th Armored Brigade.
The IDF said the maimed soldiers were evacuated to a hospital, and their families had been notified.
The casualties occurred when an IDF Humvee overturned during operational activity in southern Lebanon. An investigation was launched into the incident.
Including Tzapalamus, 41 IDF soldiers and one Defense Ministry civilian contractor have been killed in southern Lebanon amid fighting against Hezbollah since hostilities escalated amid the Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... war, which began on February 28.
Two civilians were also killed by Hezbollah rockets, and an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by Israeli artillery shelling.
In Lebanon, the Israeli military has said that it has killed more than 2,500 Hezbollah operatives, including hundreds of members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, since early March.
Meanwhile,
...back at the bunker, his Excellency called the chief of staff and complained that the artillery was keeping him awake... EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told AFP on Thursday that the bloc favors extending the mandate of United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... peacekeepers in Lebanon, set to expire this year.
"Our member states have been saying that there can’t be any security vacuum in southern Lebanon, so everybody is worried about the UNIFIL mandate ending," she said in an interview during a visit to Lebanon, where she met bigwigs.
"It would be most welcomed if this mandate is extended, so that is the position of the member states," she added.
No doubt.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, which now counts some 7,500 personnel from nearly 50 countries, has been in place since 1978, although its presence has not prevented repeated outbreaks of conflict.
Under US pressure, the UN Security Council voted last year to end UNIFIL’s mandate on December 31, 2026.
But in March, Lebanese terror group Hezbollah drew the country into the broader Middle East war by attacking Israel, which responded with massive Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s and a ground invasion that Lebanon says has killed more than 4,300 people, without differentiating between combatants and civilians.
Israel maintains troops in a self-declared "security zone" running around 10 kilometers (six miles) inside Lebanon along the border.
Violence has decreased since a ceasefire following a US-Iran understanding in June, and a US-sponsored Lebanon-Israel framework agreed later that month.
The framework deal involves the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon’s south and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region, starting in test areas known as "pilot zones," but the process has largely stalled.
Kallas said that in the US-sponsored Israel-Lebanon deal, "there should be somebody who is verifying whether the parties are keeping to their agreements."
"So, as long as you don’t have any kind of international force yet ready to do that... it’s dangerous when one mission like UNIFIL ends and the other one has not started yet," Kallas said.
[Rudaw] An Iranian police officer was killed in an attack carried out by armed individuals on a patrol in the northwestern part of Sistan and Baluchestan province, semi-official Iranian media reported Thursday. The incident comes amid sporadic clashes between Iranian security forces and armed elements that have continued in the southeastern province in recent weeks.
The patrol in Nosratabad district, northwest of the provincial capital Zahedan, was targeted “while carrying out its duties,” local police said, as cited by Mehr News Agency, describing the assault as “a terrorist attack by armed criminals.”
In addition to the officer killed, police said several of the attackers “were wounded” in the incident but had “fled the scene,” adding that security forces had “launched an operation to identify and apprehend the perpetrators.”
Haalvsh, an independent watchdog that monitors human rights violations in Sistan and Baluchestan province, on Thursday confirmed the “attack on a military vehicle” in Nosratabad, reporting that “armed individuals” had attacked police “special forces,” causing casualties among those on board.
#Syria 🇸🇾: A Chechen member of Syrian Army is showing his rifle with its serial number and markings obscured (covered) with Punisher Logo.
Fighter has a modified / shortened #USA-made 🇺🇸 FN M16A4 rifle with Trijicon ACOG and #Germany-made 🇩🇪 Nitehog Viper 35 Gen 2 Thermal sight. https://t.co/Ojb7bzcplM
[North Press] Syria’s Internal Security Forces said on Thursday they arrested Shahin Hamdan al-Shahin, a co-founder of the “Shahins Regiment” during the rule of the former Syrian government.
The forces said security records and investigations showed that al-Shahin began working with Air Force Intelligence in 2015 under the command of Suheil al-Hassan before later helping establish armed groups.
They said al-Shahin was directly involved in attacks against civilians, including incidents in eastern Hama countryside and along the Athriya-Raqqa road in 2017.
The forces also said he led his groups in killings, arrests, torture and destruction in Palmyra and later in Deir ez-Zor Governorate until 2019.
The authorities said investigations with al-Shahin were ongoing to complete the necessary legal procedures before referring him to the competent judiciary.
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...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 
...adherents of a philosophy that was seen even at the time as pure evil, which makes them either consciously purely evil, or attention-seeking ratbags. Pick one, or both....
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
BREAKING: Israel says pilot tried to hijack flydubai flight to Tel Aviv that diverted, landed in Saudi Arabia
