"So, let's get us some nose art!"
"Woohoo!"
On the left...
"Oooh, don't bite!"
[a shark's mouth]
And the right...
"What a glamorous dame! Wait, it's you!"
[SUDANTRIBUNE] At least 59 people were killed and more than 200 maimed in Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s conducted by the Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese military on the town of al-Kuma in North Darfur on Friday, according to local activists.
The attack targeted the town's main market on market day, resulting in significant civilian casualties and widespread destruction of property.
This escalation in aerial bombardment follows recent visits by high-ranking Sudanese officials to Russia, China, and Iran. The increased air force activity has drawn condemnation from political groups, armed movements, and human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state... organizations demanding a no-fly zone over the region.
''The bombing targeted innocent civilians— resulting in a large number of civilian deaths and the complete destruction of the market and some homes,'' said Abdel Rahman Mustafa, an activist in North Darfur. He urged the international community to intervene to prevent further bloodshed.
The Sudanese military maintains that its airstrikes target Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions and has previously warned civilians to avoid RSF-controlled areas. However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... last month, an airstrike mistakenly hit a Sudanese army base in al-Fasher, killing several soldiers.
The airstrikes on al-Kuma coincide with intensified fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF in northern and northwestern areas of North Darfur. These festivities are an extension of the conflict that has engulfed al-Fasher, the state capital, since May.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi declared a major victory against the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur on Thursday, claiming the elimination of elite RSF units in fierce fighting north of the state capital, El Fasher.
Clashes erupted on Oct. 1 in the al-Malha locality, with the SLM-aligned joint force engaging RSF troops near the towns of Madu, al-Sayaah, and Taqabo. The joint force paraded captured and destroyed RSF vehicles as evidence of their success, while the RSF claimed to have neutralized a mobile unit belonging to the armed movements.
Minawi, who also governs the Darfur region, told Sudan Tribune that the 12-hour battle in al-Sayaah ''completely eliminated the RSF elite forces in North Darfur state.'' He asserted that the joint force, positioned near Mellit and al-Sayaah to secure humanitarian aid routes, was targeted by a large RSF contingent mobilized from Khartoum and North Kordofan, comprising some 600 combat vehicles, including armoured units.
''The RSF's plan was to eliminate this force and then invade El Fasher,'' Minawi stated, adding that the RSF laid ambushes before being engaged by six joint force units. ''We eliminated four groups during the battle while two groups fled.''
According to Minawi, the strategic importance of al-Sayaah and Mellit lies in their connection to Libya and the city of al-Dabah in northern Sudan. He believes that one more decisive battle could break the RSF siege of al-Fasher, which has been in place since April.
However,
a woman is only as old as she admits... reports of the fighting remain conflicting. While the joint force claims a definitive win, the RSF insists it maintains control of the northern areas.
The RSF has besieged El Fasher since April, launching a major offensive in May to seize the city, one of the last strongholds of the central government in Darfur. The army and its allied armed movements continue to defend the city.
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[ALJAZEERA] Al Masirah, a TV channel affiliated with 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'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, is reporting that there have been three air strikes carried out by US and British warplanes on the al-Jabana area in Hodeidah.
A wave of air strikes hit Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen earlier today.
Al Masirah said the strikes were carried out by US and British warplanes and hit Sanaa, Hodeidah's airport, the Katheib area northwest of the port city and Dhamar.
The UK quickly denied involvement in the air strikes before the US military said in a statement that it had carried out 15 strikes against targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi fighters.
[IsraelTimes] American officials confirm aircraft and warships bombed strongholds of the Iran-backed rebels, who have threatened ‘escalating military operations’ against Israel
The US and British militaries struck more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen on Friday, going after weapons systems, bases and other equipment belonging to the Iranian-backed rebels, US officials confirmed.
Military aircraft and warships bombed Houthi strongholds at roughly five locations, according to the officials.
Houthi media said seven strikes hit the airport in Hodeida, a major port city, and the Katheib area, which has a Houthi-controlled military base. Four more strikes hit the Seiyana area in Sanaa, the capital, and two strikes hit the Dhamar province. The Houthi media office also reported three air raids in Bayda province, southeast of Sanaa.
Central Command, which oversees US forces in the Middle East, says the targets were tied to Houthi offensive military capabilities, but did not detail whether that included missile, drone or radar capabilities.
In a post on X, Central Command says the strikes took place at about 1400 GMT.
[GATESTONEINSTITUTE.ORG] Islamist and jihadist student protesters under [Muhamad] Yunus's leadership have established an alternative government in the country, reminiscent of Iran's private militia, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Dozens of individuals, including Hindus, are falling victim to mob justice, while the perpetrators of these gruesome crimes enjoy impunity.
Notably, Muhammad Yunus is one of the major donors to the Clinton Foundation. According to a cable leaked by Wikileaks, in 2007, Hillary Clinton made frantic efforts and exerted pressure on the Bangladesh Army to appoint her friend Yunus as head of the then military-backed interim government.
Since Yunus enjoys the full support of the Biden-Harris administration, as well as Democratic Party leaders such as Barack Obama, and Bill and Hillary Clinton, not one of the rights groups, including Amnesty International or Human Rights Watch, has issued a statement condemning the attacks, rapes and murders in Bangladesh.
Hizb ut-Tahrir is an anti-democratic Islamist organization that advocates for the establishment of a caliphate. It is banned in Bangladesh and several other countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States.
[W]ill Bangladesh's descent into radicalism continue unchecked, or will the international community finally confront the growing Talibanization threatening the stability of the region?
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#1
Bangladeshi elite raise their children as globalists in international schools.and they go to america, australia,.UK.to work.
They hate the "villagers" in their country and want nothing to do with them. They look down on their countrymen with that special snobbery of the South Asians left by vestiges of a caste systen and british colonialism.
Rich bangladeshi elites have left their countrymen to turn islamist in extreme ignorance and poverty
Stop letting them migrate out. They need to get some sense of national duty and help their own countrymen.
#2
#1 that special snobbery of the South Asians left by vestiges of a caste systen and british colonialism
"The debt that we owe you is vast,
Great Britain! The worst of our past
You have seized as your prize,
And the biggest of lies:
That you had to teach Indians caste."
#3
The british did a lot of good to remove the worst excesses of the caste system, but they had their own class system of social snobbery which south asia adapted to with gusto
[ALJAZEERA] At least 70 people have been killed and 3,000 forced to flee when gunnies belonging to the Gran Grif gang attacked a town in central Haiti.
The Office of the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday that the attack occurred on Thursday in Pont-Sonde, 100km (60 miles) northwest of Port-au-Prince.
The UN added that at least 16 people were seriously injured in the attack, including two gang members who were hit during an exchange of gunfire with Haitian police.
The office said gang members also reportedly set fire to at least 45 homes and 34 cars.
''Members of the Gran Grif gang used automatic rifles to shoot at the population, killing at least 70 people, among them about 10 women and three infants,'' UN Human Rights Office front man Thameen al-Kheetan said in a statement, adding that the agency was ''horrified'' by the attack.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres ...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years... also condemned the attack, his spokesperson said on Friday.
Breaking: The former leader of BLM Greater Atlanta has been sentenced to 3.5 years in federal prison for stealing nearly $500k from donors to fund a luxury lifestyle. "Sir Maejor Page," previously known as Tyree Conyers-Page, was convicted of money laundering and wire fraud at a… pic.twitter.com/yICL0iDo8i
…money laundering and wire fraud at a trial in April.
After George Floyd died, hundreds of thousands were gifted to his nonprofit. He used the money to buy a home in Toledo, Ohio, and other luxury goods for himself.
The grift mirrors how other prominent BLM activists have enriched themselves and their family with properties and wealth. Liberals often donate huge sums to left-wing racial causes, like BLM, with little to no scrutiny. The legacy media is willing to repeat and amplify the lies of these leftist activist groups.
Originally from Toledo, Ohio, he’s a conman and violent homophobe who started his own group, Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta, after he was bounced out of the city’s official chapter. Despite losing tax exempt status in 2019 because he neglected to file the necessary IRS paperwork, he accepted the better part of half a million dollars in the year before he was arrested.
[GEO.TV] In a bid to ensure law and order situation in the federal capital during the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, the federal government approved the deployment of Pakistan Army's troops in Islamabad under Article 245 of the Constitution.
Islamabad is all set to host the SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting on October 15 and 16 with major foreign leaders, including Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visiting the country.
According to the notification — a copy of which is available with Geo News, a ''requisite strength'' of the Pakistan Army, in aid of civil power, will be deployed from Oct 5 to 17 to maintain law and order situation with respect to SCO moot and visits of VVIP delegations for the said meeting.
''The exact area of deployment along with an additional number of troops, if the requirement arises, will be worked out by Islamabad administration in consultation with concerned stakeholders,'' it stated.
The federal government had approved a comprehensive plan to ensure foolproof security during the forthcoming huddle of regional leaders.
During the recent meeting, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that additional personnel from the Pakistan Army, Rangers, Frontier Corps (FC), and Punjab police will be deployed for security duties at the SCO moot.
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[ALJAZEERA] In its latest war update, the Israeli military says it struck the centre, which it claims was ''embedded'' inside a school
…oboy — check out those sarcastic quotation marks…
in central 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... Almost 80 percent of schools in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli forces and the last remaining university in the Strip was demolished by the Israeli military in January.
US officials said to believe Sinwar hardening stance in hostage talks
[IsraelTimes] Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has hardened his stance in the hostage talks in recent weeks, unnamed US officials tell The New York Times. Rigor mortis?
Somewhat paradoxically, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said twice this week that the US hasn’t heard from Hamas in recent weeks.
Nonetheless, the US officials speaking with The Times say that Sinwar has become more fatalistic — an accusation that has been lobbed at Sinwar since October 7 — and prefers a full-blown regional war over cutting a hostage deal with Israel at this stage.
The army says it took various steps to minimize harm to civilians before the strike.
Two rockets launched at Israel from Gaza in now rare occurrence
[IsraelTimes] In an attack that has now become rare, two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel a short while ago, setting off sirens in the border communities of Kissufim and Ein Hashlosha.
The IDF says one of the rockets was intercepted by air defenses, while the second struck an open area, causing no injuries.
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Waiting for his friends in "international community" to save him.
Iran’s entry into the war is the other possibility, but it looks like Iran’s two waves of missiles were all the Mad Mullahs currently plan to contribute openly. All the hunter-killer teams that were sent all over the world don’t seem to be doing much except occasionally getting themselves arrested by the local authorities.
But maybe they’re all waiting to be dramatic on October 7th.
[IsraelTimes] Military probing why sirens did not sound for second explosive UAV launched by Iran-backed militia at northern Israel
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and 24 were wounded in a drone attack by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq early Thursday morning, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Friday.
The slain soldiers were named as:
Sgt. Daniel Aviv Haim Sofer, 19, a signals officer cadet in the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion, from Ashkelon.
Cpl. Tal Dror, 19, an IT specialist with the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion, from Jerusalem.
According to an IDF probe, two explosive-laden drones were launched from Iraq in the attack, one of which was shot down by air defenses and the second impacted an army base in the northern Golan Heights several minutes later.
Sirens had sounded in several Golan communities when the first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) entered Israeli airspace, but the probe found that there was an apparent failure to detect the second drone in time, and therefore alerts were not activated and the soldiers on the base did not have time to seek shelter.
The IDF was continuing to probe why sirens did not sound.
In addition to the two slain soldiers, another 24 were wounded in the attack, including two seriously, one moderately, and 21 lightly.
The Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq took responsibility for the attack, claiming to have launched drones at three targets in northern Israel.
It was the latest in a spate of near-daily UAV attacks in recent weeks claimed by the Iran-backed group, which came as fighting has sharply escalated between Israel and another Iranian proxy, Lebanon’s Hezbollah terror group.
Thursday’s attack marked the first time that the Iraqi group caused serious casualties in Israel.
Separately, the IDF said Friday that overnight, a drone that entered Israeli airspace in the Beit She’an Valley was shot down by the Israeli Air Force.
The IDF said the drone had flown to Israel from “the east,” a term it has previously used to refer to attacks by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
The same coalition of pro-Iran armed groups in Iraq has claimed to have launched numerous drones at Israel amid the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the fighting in the north, most of which failed to cross Israel’s border, were downed by air defenses, or hit open areas.
Last week, a drone launched from Iraq struck the Eilat port, causing damage and lightly wounding two people.
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Other sources are saying wounded but I can't see anyone on site living. Even if he was on a piss break or went out for a smoke.
The IRGC saying he is just wounded reminds me of this:
a guy who went out of town on vacation for the first time in a long time, and left his brother as a house and pet sitter.
After just a couple of days, the guy on vacation calls his brother to check in, “Hey, how’s everything?” or something like that.
The brother’s like, “Oh, shit, man, your cat died.”
“WHAT!?!” says the guy. “Died! What are you doing, going and ruining my vacation and telling me the cat died?! Now I’m gonna be upset the whole trip, I’m gonna have to tell the wife and the kids why I’m upset, and they’ll get even more upset, and it’s all because of you! First vacation I’ve taken in years and you’ve ruined it! Man, you gotta learn to manage the information, you know?”
The brother, he doesn’t know.
“Manage the information! It goes like this,“ says the guy. “It makes no difference if I know exactly when the cat died. I’m on vacation! You can feed out the bad news a little at a time, see? Like breaking it to me slowly, like that. I call today, you say, ‘Oh, the cat’s on the roof and he won’t come down.’ I worry, but not a lot. I call back in a couple days and you say, ‘Cat fell off the roof, he’s at the vet, we don’t know if he’ll make it.’ Like that, see? You tell me the news, it gets worse bit by bit, and then right before I get back you tell me he died. But you don’t ruin my whole vacation over it. Jeez.”
After a pause the guy asks his brother, “So, how’s Mom?”
And after an even longer pause the brother says, “Uh, Mom’s on the roof, and she won’t come down.”
I suspect that Hezbollah was using either space inside the hospital or in tunnels underneath for command and control and weapons storage.
At least four hospitals in Lebanon announce the suspension of work amid ongoing Israeli bombardment, while Hezbollah-affiliated rescuers said 11 personnel were killed in Israeli raids in south Lebanon against the terror group.
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has urged the international community to pressure Israel “to allow rescue and relief teams to reach bombed sites and allow them to move” casualties, with several dozen emergency personnel killed in recent days.
Sainte Therese Hospital on the edge of Beirut’s southern suburbs reported “huge damage” and said “Israeli warplanes’ targeting… the vicinity” of the facility on Thursday “led to the halt of hospital services,” in a statement carried by the official National News Agency (NNA).
South Lebanon’s Mais al-Jabal hospital on the border with Israel announced “the halt to work of all departments,” citing factors including “enemy targeting of the hospital” since last October and problems for supply lines and staff access.
The comment also comes in a statement on the NNA.
The director of south Lebanon’s Marjayoun governmental hospital, Mouenes Kalakesh, tells AFP that “an Israeli air strike targeted ambulances at the main entrance to the hospital,” killing paramedics who were bringing wounded to the facility.
He says the “staff shortages and today’s bombardment have forced the closure of the hospital,” located less than 10 kilometers (six miles) from the border.
The Islamic Health Committee emergency service, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, said seven emergency personnel died in “direct Zionist aggression on emergency teams” at the Marjayoun hospital, with four others killed in two attacks elsewhere in south.
And who knows? The horse might even learn to sing.
[IsraelTimes] Channel 12 reports that a senior Israeli security official recently told hostage families that the security establishment currently believes that the IDF’s intensive fighting in the north will conclude in two or three weeks.
The goal will then be to reach a diplomatic agreement with Hezbollah that would allow Israel to secure a hostage deal, the official said.
“Israeli enemy soldiers renewed an attempt to advance towards the vicinity of the municipality in the village of Odaisseh” and Hezbollah fighters confronted the attempt “and clashes are continuing,” the group says in a statement.
The Iran-backed Lebanese terror group also says it targeted troops in south Lebanon’s Yaroun area with a “rocket salvo,” as well as soldiers in two points across the border with rockets.
“On September 30, the IDF (Israeli military) notified UNIFIL of their intention to undertake limited ground incursions into Lebanon. They also requested we relocate from some of our positions,” the UN Interim Force in Lebanon says in a statement, adding that “peacekeepers remain in all positions and the UN flag continues to fly.”
The organization issued a similar statement on October 1.
Hamas has announced the Death of Saeed Atallah Ali, the Head of their Military Wing also known as the “Al-Qassam Brigades” in Lebanon, who was Eliminated earlier tonight alongside his Family, in an Israeli Precision-Airstrike on his Apartment within the Beddawi Refugee Camp in… pic.twitter.com/6be1b0Cp75
[IsraelTimes] Saeed Atallah, a leader of Hamas’s armed wing, the al-Qassam brigades, was killed tonight with three family members in an Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, Hamas-affiliated media reports.
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LOL. Now that defines "chaotic"
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Hamas IS a military wing. All of it.
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I wish a second precision strike could have got the allans snackbars congregating at the base there
I daresay there are a few more military targets there
[ALJAZEERA] The Israeli army has issued an order for residents of Beirut's southern suburbs to evacuate immediately.
The military specifically called on those living in a building in the Bourj el-Barajneh area to abandon their homes.
The issuance of these evacuation orders, which has become a near-nightly occurrence from the Israeli army, shortly preceded violent mostly peaceful air strikes on the Lebanese capital.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) dropped 73 tons of explosives on a headquarters in a Beirut suburb where Hashim Safi al-Din, the successor to the liquidated leader of the Hezbollah movement, could have been located. This was reported on October 4 by the Ynet portal.
“On Friday night, Air Force planes dropped bombs weighing a total of 73 tons on a bunker <…> in the Dahiya area, which was identified as the ‘main intelligence headquarters’ of Hezbollah,” the article states.
It is estimated that Safi al-Din was on the territory of the complex at the time of the strike. The publication noted that it is currently unknown what the shelling of the Shiite movement's positions led to.
As reported by Regnum, on the evening of October 2, the Israel Defense Forces said it had carried out a "precision" strike on Beirut, attacking the Bashoura neighborhood in the center of the Lebanese capital. According to the Lebanese Health Ministry, the strike killed nine people and injured 14 others. As reported by Sky News Arabia, the target of the attack in central Beirut was a medical center affiliated with Hezbollah.
[IsraelTimes] Military sources report signs of ‘exhaustion’ among terror group’s fighters; Gallant warns Israel has ‘more surprises in store’; over 180 rockets fired at north on Friday
More than 250 Hezbollah operatives have been killed during Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon since troops began a ground offensive there earlier this week, the Israel Defense Forces said Friday, as Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Israel has “more surprises in store” and the Lebanese terror group bombarded the north with rocket salvos.
The Israeli ground operations in southern Lebanon have been described by the IDF as “limited, localized, and targeted raids,” with the goal of demolishing Hezbollah’s infrastructure in the border area, especially in the villages adjacent to Israel, to enable residents of the north to return home.
Military officials have said that the Israel Defense Forces intends for the operations to end as quickly as possible, even within a few weeks.
Among the 250 Hezbollah fighters killed since the ground offensive started late Monday are at least 21 field commanders, according to the IDF, including five brigade-level commanders, 10 company commanders, and six platoon commanders.
The Israeli toll in the ground offensive against Hezbollah in Lebanon stands at nine.
The IDF’s 98th and 36th divisions were operating in several Lebanese villages close to the Israeli border, where the military said troops had located a large amount of weapons and infrastructure that Hezbollah left behind.
More than half a million Lebanese civilians have fled southern Lebanon following IDF evacuation warnings, according to military assessments, including residents of 37 towns and villages who were told Friday morning to immediately leave flee the area and head north of the Awali River. The IDF has said it would update the civilians when it is safe to return.
Troops have mostly come under anti-tank missile fire and mortar attacks amid the operations, though there have also been several close-quarters engagements. In one incident Thursday, IDF paratroopers killed some 15 Hezbollah operatives who were spotted in buildings and tunnel shafts in a village in southern Lebanon. Only one soldier was wounded in the engagement.
The ground operations were launched as Israel continued to carry out strikes on the terror group’s top commanders in the capital Beirut, capabilities across the country, and weapon shipments from Iran.
In southern Lebanon, amid the ground operations, more than 2,000 Hezbollah sites have been struck from the air, the IDF added.
Military sources said the IDF has seen signs of “exhaustion” among Hezbollah’s fighters in southern Lebanon, but did not offer further details on how this was manifesting. The military attributed Hezbollah forces’ weariness to the killing of many of the terror group’s commanders, including numerous field officers.
“Hezbollah is receiving very severe blows, one after the other. We eliminated [Hezbollah chief Hassan] Nasrallah and we have more surprises in store, some of which have already been carried out and some of which will be carried out,” Gallant said Friday during a visit to the 36th Division’s headquarters in northern Israel. The division’s troops are operating in southern Lebanon.
“[Hezbollah’s] missile and rocket division suffered a very heavy blow. A significant part was destroyed as a result of a high-quality and precise operation. Command and control headquarters, communications, the entire leadership of [the elite Radwan Force], and in fact the entire second and third tiers of command below Nasrallah were eliminated,” he continued.
Gallant added that the IDF was “carrying out an operation today in several villages, and this process will continue wherever necessary to destroy all the infrastructure from which Hezbollah planned to carry out attacks.”
ROCKET ATTACKS ON NORTH AND STRIKES IN LEBANON
Meanwhile, some 180 rockets were fired from Lebanon in barrages targeting northern Israel throughout the day, including over 70 rockets in a two-hour span on Friday evening. According to the IDF, many of the rockets were shot down by air defenses, and the remainder struck open areas.
Separately, two suspected drones that entered Israeli airspace from Lebanon a short while ago were shot down by the Israeli Air Force, the military said.
Earlier, some two dozen rockets were fired from Lebanon at the Haifa area in a pair of salvos Friday morning, setting off sirens in the northern coastal city and surrounding communities. The military said most of the projectiles were intercepted while others struck open ground.
Additionally, rockets were fired toward the Galilee area. Those too were either intercepted or hit non-populated areas.
There were no reports of injuries or major damage in the attacks.
On the opposite side of the border, the IDF said fighter jets and drones struck dozens of Hezbollah sites across Lebanon in the past day. The military said targets in Beirut included weapon depots, command rooms, intelligence sites, surveillance equipment, and other infrastructure. In southern Lebanon, the IDF said dozens of Hezbollah weapon depots, cells of operatives, rocket launchers, and buildings used by the terror group were struck.
The Israeli strikes and rocket fire from Lebanon came after Israel carried out intensive strikes in Beirut late Thursday that reportedly targeted Hashem Safieddine, Hezbollah’s next projected leader following the assassination last week of the terror group’s chief Hassan Nasrallah. There has been no word on his fate and neither the IDF or Hezbollah have yet to comment on the attack.
On Friday, the military announced it killed the commander of Hezbollah’s communications division in a separate airstrike in Beirut late Thursday. According to the IDF, Muhammad Rashid Sakafi headed Hezbollah’s communications since 2000 and was considered close to the terror group’s leadership.
“Sakafi invested significant efforts to develop communication capabilities between all of Hezbollah’s units in all periods of operation, to maintain the flow of information throughout the terrorist organization,” the military added.
[IsraelTimes] Hezbollah says it is engaged in ongoing clashes with Israeli troops in the Lebanon border area, after earlier saying it forced Israeli soldiers to retreat there.
“Israeli enemy soldiers renewed an attempt to advance towards the vicinity of the municipality in the village of Odaisseh” and Hezbollah fighters confronted the attempt “and clashes are continuing,” the group says in a statement.
The Iran-backed Lebanese terror group also says it targeted troops in south Lebanon’s Yaroun area with a “rocket salvo,” as well as soldiers in two points across the border with rockets.
Last night Israel cut off the main Highway linking Lebanon with #Syria, bombing it near the Yafour border crossing (W. Damascus) Traffic is temporarily stopped. pic.twitter.com/QTY668kgEJ
[IsraelTimes] Two-mile cross-border passage targeted in airstrike; military also hits ‘infrastructure’ at Masnaa border crossing used by Lebanese civilians; minister says border sealed by crater
The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that fighter jets struck a two-mile-long tunnel overnight that crossed between Lebanon and Syria, and which the military said was used by Hezbollah to smuggle Iranian weapons.
According to the IDF, the tunnel was operated by Hezbollah’s Unit 4400, which is tasked with delivering weapons from Iran and its proxies to Lebanon.
The strike destroyed the tunnel where weapons were transported through and stored, as well as buildings, weapon depots and other infrastructure in the vicinity, the military said.
It was the first time the military has announced the destruction of a tunnel between Lebanon and Syria.
The IDF also said Friday it had conducted a separate overnight airstrike on “infrastructure” at Lebanon’s main border crossing with Syria, after identifying an attempted delivery of Iranian weapons to Hezbollah via the civilian crossing.
Lebanese Transport Minister Ali Hamieh, a Hezbollah member, told Reuters the strike had created a 12-foot (four-meter) crater next to the Masnaa Border Crossing, sealing off Lebanon’s main route to Syria.
The Lebanese government said that some 310,000 people — mostly Syrians — have used the road to flee to Syria in the past ten days, amid the escalation in fighting.
The IDF has said it has stepped up efforts to prevent any weapons being delivered from Iran to Hezbollah via Syria. On Tuesday, the commander of Hezbollah’s Unit 4400 was killed in a strike on Beirut.
Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF Arabic spokesperson, on Thursday accused Hezbollah of using the border crossing to smuggle Iranian arms into Lebanon.
“The IDF will not allow the smuggling of these weapons and will not hesitate to act if forced to do so,” he wrote on X.
Hamieh responded to the Israeli allegations at a press conference on Thursday, saying the crossing was subject to the authority of the Lebanese state and was being secured “in accordance with international law.”
🚨 Breaking: In the attack yesterday Israel not only eliminated Hezbollah's new leader, but also the entire Shura Council, the committee that nominates Hezbollah leaders 🤡
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Qatar has been untouchable ever since the Pentagon supidly went ahead there with the construction of a US airbase. That was followed by the Clinton initiative, Brookings, and every other left wing Democrat Party op. The Saudis have wanted to deep six the al-Thani ruling family but the White House (basically the Pentagon) has opposed it.
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1 year anniversary coming up... wonder if Benji is planning any "remembrance" festivities?
#7
Thanks for explaining about Qatar , S MAI
Yes stupid to put base in Muslim Brotherhood territory wth were they thinking
Qataris got a sttategic win. All they had to do was let US vuild a base. In return they get to spread their mischief. They are smart enough to know the real war is an information war. Win that and your military belongs to them
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Muslim Brotherhood territory wth were they thinking
That the Muslim Brotherhood is the moderate future we should encourage along with Iran’s mullahcracy, given the assumption that Islam owns the future because Europe’s population is declining.
#9
Omg trailing wife they cannot possibly have thought this at state
Muslim brotherhood are not even moderate. Their goal is the exact same as Islamic State they just do not pursue it immediately they are playing the long game
Muslim brotherhood takeover will mean public beheadings and slave auctions and sharia courts once they get worldwide dominance
Hamas is just Muslim Brotherhood
Do we have fools that believe MB propaganda in decision making roles? I fear yes because they built a base in qatar, which protects qatar
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