[FoxNews] A wave of Tesla owners, dealerships and charging stations have been targeted nationwide in recent weeks
Billionaire and tech tycoon Elon Musk said he's in "shock" over escalating protests against his auto company Tesla.
"It's really come as quite a shock to me that there is this level of real hatred and violence from the left," Musk said during an exclusive interview on "Hannity" Tuesday.
"I thought the left, you know, Democrats, were supposed to be the party of empathy, the party of caring. And yet they're burning down cars. They're firebombing dealerships. They're firing bullets into dealerships. They're just smashing up Teslas," he continued, although no evidence has confirmed the political affiliation of the alleged suspects involved.
Multiple vehicles at a Tesla service center in Las Vegas were set ablaze in the early hours of Tuesday morning, and the FBI is not ruling out terrorism as a possibility. Officials say five vehicles were damaged in the incident, including the two that were set on fire.
FBI officials were asked about the possibility of the incident being politically motivated, given Musk’s ties to the Trump administration, but the Special Agent in Charge would not confirm whether that was the bureau’s current theory.
Musk spoke out against the "deranged" attacks, suggesting "there's some kind of mental illness thing going on here because this doesn't make any sense." The billionaire even alluded to "larger forces" potentially behind the attacks that have sprung up across the nation.
The Tesla founder had previously spoken out about Tuesday's incident on X, posting "This level of violence is insane and deeply wrong. Tesla just makes electric cars and has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks."
Tuesday morning's incident comes as a wave of Tesla car owners, dealerships and charging stations have been targeted nationwide in protest against Musk and his involvement with the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which aims to slash wasteful spending and fraud within the federal government.
"It turns out when you take away... the money they're receiving fraudulently, they get very upset. And they, they basically want to kill me because I'm stopping their fraud. And they want to hurt Tesla because we're stopping the terrible waste and corruption in the government," Musk told Fox News host Sean Hannity.
Attorney General Pam Bondi released a statement Tuesday evening: "The swarm of violent attacks on Tesla property is nothing short of domestic terrorism. The Department of Justice has already charged several perpetrators with that in mind, including in cases that involve charges with five-year mandatory minimum sentences. We will continue investigations that impose severe consequences on those involved in these attacks, including those operating behind the scenes to coordinate and fund these crimes."
The investigations into Tuesday morning's incident in Las Vegas and other incidents nationwide are ongoing.
#9
Just wait til Texas dealers put riflemen on the roof at night
Y'all need to get yourselves some roof Koreans.
If I understand Texas law correctly, it is perfectly acceptable behavior to shoot someone who is messing with your stuff at night.
Violent and crazy plays well with the True Believers, but it is just a turnoff to the Normies. You want more Trump? This is how you get more Trump.
Da heart [burp!] bleeds.
[NYPOST] A Dominican drug pusher previously deported for peddling fentanyl was seen breaking down in tears as she was arrested while illegally back in the US. Do we have any Tums?
Virginia Basora-Gonzalez, 36, was sobbing as agents arrested her in Philadelphia last Wednesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said. Perhaps some Kaopectate?
A US magistrate judge issued a federal warrant for her arrest on the same day a notice of intent to reinstate a final removal order against her was to be served. Milk o' Magnesia?
She will remain in federal custody pending charges for re-entry after deportation, the feds said. I mean, I'm really feelin' it for this poor li'l waif.
Photos shared by ICE show the convicted drug pusher crying as she's being led away in cuffs. Or maybe it was the chili.
''The apprehension of Virginia Basora-Gonzalez demonstrates our commitment to protecting our communities from criminal aliens who engage in serious illegal activities that pose a threat to public safety,'' said ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia acting Field Office Director Brian McShane. Never mind.
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Couldn't we just deport her and be done with it?
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army said on Monday its Armoured Corps had linked up with forces at the army's General Command headquarters in Khartoum, effectively ending the presence of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a key part of the complex.
Since early Sunday, the Armoured Corps launched a major military operation, pushing north and east and taking control of large parts of Khartoum 2 and 3 neighbourhoods, the strategically important al-Musallamiya Bridge, and El Nilein Towers, which the RSF had used as sniper positions, according to the army.
Army front man Nabil Abdallah said in a statement: ''Today, the knights of the Armoured Corps joined the steadfast heroes at the General Command after cleansing the People's Teaching Hospital of the rabble of the Daglo family militia.''
Video clips circulated on pro-army platforms showed soldiers arriving from southern Khartoum meeting with troops stationed at the main army headquarters east of the capital.
In a strategic manoeuvre following the September 26th Omdurman bridge crossing, the Sudanese Army deceived the Rapid Support Forces into massing its fighters in the al-Mogran area while simultaneously launching an armoured advance from southern Khartoum towards the General Command.
The link-up will allow military reinforcements to reach the General Command and facilitate a southward push to clear remaining RSF pockets in southern Khartoum, including the Yarmouk Military Complex, the Central Reserve camp, and the Tayba camp, extending to Jebel Aulia, the army said. It could also open a path toward the airport.
The Armoured Corps' arrival at the General Command tightens the army's control around the Republican Palace, the Strategy base, and other key sites in central Khartoum that remain under RSF control.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] Fifty civilians, including 10 volunteers, were killed and 82 others detained in Khartoum locality over the past week, a local emergency response group said on Monday, blaming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias.
Emergency response rooms, which are independent groups, have been active in providing food and medical treatment to millions of 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 affected by the ongoing conflict. However,
today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... they say their efforts have been hampered by deliberate obstruction from the warring parties, including killings, detentions, and torture of their volunteers.
''The past week witnessed the killing of 50 citizens, including at least 10 volunteers, and the abduction and detention of 70 civilians, in addition to 12 volunteers,'' the Khartoum Locality Emergency Room said in a statement seen by Sudan Tribune.
The group said it had received reports of rape but could not provide a precise number due to social stigma and fear.
It accused the RSF and allied militias of committing widespread violations in Khartoum locality neighbourhoods, targeting unarmed civilians.
Mercenaries from South Sudan also face accusations of committing atrocities against civilians under the cover of the RSF.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army advanced in central Khartoum on Sunday, tightening its siege on paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters stationed in the presidential palace and nearby government buildings, the army and witnesses said.
On Friday, the commander of the army's Armoured Corps, Nasr al-Din Abdel Fattah, said the military was nearing the completion of the third phase of its operations to retake the remaining parts of Khartoum state.
Early Sunday, Armoured Corps soldiers moved from positions at al-Hurriya Bridge, which links southern Khartoum to the city centre, and took control of key locations previously held by the RSF, according to pro-army sources.
The commander of the al-Baraa bin Malik Battalion, al-Misbah Abu Zaid, said in a video circulated on pro-army platforms: ''The armed forces have taken control of the Family Club, Khartoum 3, and part of Khartoum 2, and are determined to reach the presidential palace.'' He vowed to ''eliminate'' RSF fighters sheltering there.
RSF commander Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, known as Hemetti, said in a video released Saturday night that his forces would not leave the presidential palace and al-Mogran area. He threatened further attacks in several northern cities.
The Armoured Corps media office said the army had taken full control of the Sharoni bus station, the El Nilein Towers, and the al-Musallamiya Bridge, all located near the presidential palace.
Pro-army social media accounts reported that Armoured Corps troops had linked up with forces at the army's General Command headquarters, cutting off the last remaining route used by the RSF.
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[Garowe] In what could raise concerns about the security of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... murderous Moslems reportedly targeted his convoy in the outskirts of Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, just as he headed to the frontlines to assess the gains made by the troops in pursuing the group.
The explosion, sources said, was the result of a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the Ceelgaab vicinity of Mogadishu. Casualties have been reported according to the source, even as the president’s convoy proceeded with the journey.
The IED was planted close to a building on the side of the road, which has been damaged by the earth-shattering kaboom, security sources said, while condemning the latest cowardly attack which comes in the middle of the crackdown against al-Shabaab in central and southern regions.
A new footage shows a bomb targeting the Somali president's convoy at El-Gabta junction in the capital on Tuesday morning, killing at least 1 and wounding 3 others. It is not the first time the murderous Moslems are targeting senior government officials.
Al-Shabaab grabbed credit for a kaboom targeting a convoy of Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as it left the presidential palace and passed through the El-Gabta intersection, heading toward the Mogadishu airport.
Details of the incident remain unclear, but sources report that the attack was unsuccessful in hitting the President’s convoy. Security forces responded swiftly, securing the area. However,
Caliphornia hasn't yet slid into the ocean, no matter how hard it's tried... Hassan Sheikh has since arrived in Aden Yabal where he is set to meet troops on the frontlines, state media reports.
Without mentioning the earth-shattering kaboom, National Security Advisor Hussein Sheikh Ali posted on X social media platform that the president is safe and is on a trip to assess Somali army operations in the region.
"Desperation and propagating lies cannot intimidate the nation," he said.
For the last two weeks, security forces have intensified the crackdown against the al-Shabaab turbans, killing dozens in the process. The US Africa Command and the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) have been supportive of this mission.
The government of Somalia has activated the operation against the group in the last two months after several months of stagnation, with critics accusing him of doing 'too little' to eliminate the turbans. The operations are going on in central and southern regions.
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[israelTimes] At least 10 US strikes have targeted areas in Yemen, including Sanaa, the capital, and Hodeidah, Yemen’s Houthi media reports.
The US has in recent days launched a wave of strikes in areas of Yemen controlled by the Iran-aligned Houthis, who said last week they were resuming attacks on Red Sea shipping to support Palestinians in Gaza.
[IsraelTimes] Projectile shot down by Arrow defense system over Saudi Arabia; Iran-backed group says it will expand targets unless Israel halts renewed aerial campaign on Gaza
The Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... rebels launched a ballistic missile at Israel from Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... Tuesday evening, marking the first attack from the Iran-backed group since the ceasefire came into effect in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip two months ago.
The Israel Defense Forces said it had successfully intercepted the missile before it could reach Israel’s borders, shooting it down with the long-range Arrow defense system over Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... It nevertheless sent thousands running for shelter, with sirens blaring in numerous towns across southern Israel, including Beersheba and Dimona.
The Houthi’s military front man Yahya Saree claimed a short while later that the rebel group had attacked the Nevatim air base in the Negev desert with a Paleostine-2 ballistic missile.
He warned that they would continue to expand their range of targets in Israel in the coming hours and days unless Israel were to halt its renewed aerial campaign in the Gaza Strip.
The Yemeni Armed Forces in Sana’a announced on Tuesday evening that they had targeted the Israeli Nevatim Air Base with a “Palestine 2” hypersonic ballistic missile, confirming that the missile successfully hit its target.
This attack came in response to the Israeli massacres committed against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement delivered by military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Sare’e, the armed forces affirmed their determination to expand the scope of operations in occupied Palestine in the coming hours and days if the Israeli aggression against Gaza does not cease.
The statement indicated that “Yemen, its leadership, people, and army, will not stand idly by in the face of the ongoing crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,” emphasizing that the Yemeni forces would mobilize all their capabilities to defend the oppressed in Palestine until the attacks end.
Yemen also reiterated its determination to confront what it described as the American enemy and to obstruct Israeli navigation, conditional upon the cessation of aggression and the lifting of the blockade imposed on Gaza.
[IsraelTimes] Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels say they launched an attack on an American aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, their fourth time firing on US warships in 72 hours.
The Houthis’ military spokesperson says the operation entailed “a number of cruise missiles and drones, targeting the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman and a number of enemy warships.”
There is no immediate comment from American military officials on the claim.
[NYPOST] The FBI extradited one of their ''ten most wanted'' targets, an MS-13 boss, from Mexico to the US this week.
The feds believe Francisco Javier Roman-Bardales is ''a key senior leader of MS-13'' and took him into custody Monday night after Mexican authorities nabbed him.
The alleged gang leader is now behind bars in the US, where he will face charges. FBI Director Kash Patel called the move ''a major victory'' to ensure ''a safer America'' in a Tuesday X post.
Roman-Bardales was wanted by the US government for his alleged role with MS-13, orchestrating gang activities in the US, Mexico and El Salvador, where he allegedly ordered violence against both civilians and rival gangs, while also distributing drugs and carrying out extortion schemes.
A federal court in Central Islip, New York, issued a warrant for Roman-Bardales' arrest on Sept. 22, 2022, after he was charged with conspiracy to provide and conceal material support and resources to terrorists; narco-terrorism conspiracy; racketeering conspiracy; and alien smuggling conspiracy.
While chasing down the foreign fugitive, the FBI offered the public up to $250,000 to help hunt down Roman-Bardales.
The transfer is all part of a larger effort by the Trump admin to bring foreign criminals to justice in the US.
The feds recently extradited 29 cartel members following President Trump's threat to slap imports from Mexico with a 25% tariff if the country doesn't do more to crack down on illegal immigration and drug smuggling.
[IsraelTimes] Anti-Israel protest groups are holding rallies at the White House and across the US against Israel’s renewed air campaign in Gaza.
The Palestinian Youth Movement, an anti-Israel activist group, announces protests in cities including Washington, New York, San Francisco, Dallas and Los Angeles.
The group’s New York branch shares videos of a crowd in Times Square chanting “end the Zionist occupation” and marching through Manhattan shouting “imperialism will fall.”
BREAKING: Thousands of protestors in NYC march through the streets, condemning Israel's attacks on Gaza and calling for a free Palestine pic.twitter.com/IvZmM9J1U2
At the White House, the group posts footage of protesters chanting, “Gaza, Yemen, make us proud, tear this occupation down” and “stop the US war machine.”
The protests come after the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terror group, called on activists to “take to the streets, to besiege the White House… to deliver a clear message to the murderers.”
“Gaza and its resistance will not be broken,” the group says in a message shared by anti-Israel activist groups in the US.
BREAKING: Helyeh Doutaghi, Iranian Academic suspended by Yale University, over her ties to terrorism, openly says that she plans on committing herself to
BREAKING: Helyeh Doutaghi, Iranian Academic suspended by Yale University, over her ties to terrorism, openly says that she plans on committing herself to fighting the United States.
#2
I've been saying for 40 years that the biggest problem we have in the United States is that we've failed to hang enough of the "right" people -- murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug dealers, and crooked politicians.
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"Why is she here" -- because her views are found so acceptable by a substantial proportion of the USA.
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Gaza media outlets report that the wife and children of Muhammad Shabana, commander of the Rafah Brigade of Hamas' military wing, were killed in an IDF attack, killing his entire family (three of his sons, Hamas operatives, were killed on October 7 and in the fighting in Rafah).
[IsraelTimes] As ceasefire collapses, Hamas says over 400 people killed in Israeli strikes, including senior terror leaders; reports say mediators scrambling to resume hostage negotiations
Israel on Tuesday vowed to intensify its attacks on terrorist targets in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip unless Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... returned to "genuine" negotiations to free the remaining hostages, as the military continued its large-scale bombing campaign that began in the early morning hours.
The strikes, killing at least 400 Paleostinians according to Hamas health authorities, including several top members of the terror group, brought a fragile ceasefire in Gaza to an end after nearly two months of relative calm in the war-torn Paleostinian enclave.
After a large wave of overnight Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on Hamas and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... targets, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency said on Tuesday afternoon the strikes during the day had targeted cells of terror operatives, rocket-launching positions, weapons, and other military infrastructure.
The weapons and infrastructure were to have been used by the terror groups in planned attacks on Israel, the military added.
The IDF also announced that it had eliminated the de-facto prime minister of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and several other brass hats in the terror group in strikes on Tuesday.
The military released footage of some of the overnight strikes, which according to the IDF targeted mid-level Hamas commanders, members of the terror group’s politburo, and its infrastructure. Islamic Jihad members and infrastructure were also targeted.
The initial wave of airstrikes lasted less than 10 minutes, according to the military.
At 2:10 a.m. the order was given, and fighter jets dropped their bombs on numerous targets within two minutes, while drone and attack helicopter strikes took another eight minutes. In all, the IDF says some 80 targets were struck.
The strikes were planned in advance, and the IDF said it took into account the hostages being held by Hamas. Military representatives spoke with the families of hostages overnight and updated them on the developments.
The IDF has repeatedly said amid the war it does not target areas in Gaza where it suspects hostages are being held. Still, some hostages have been killed by Israeli strikes, according to the IDF’s own investigations.
NEW RULES
Earlier today, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas that Israel’s actions would "intensify."
Defense Minister Israel Katz said that "the murderous Hamas needs to understand: If they do not release all our hostages, our blows will intensify."
The remarks, provided by his office, were made during an assessment with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, and other officials on Tuesday morning.
Later in the day, during a visit to the Tel Nof Airbase, Katz said that Israel would not end the fighting against Hamas until all of the hostages were returned.
"Hamas must realize that the rules of the game have changed, and if it does not immediately release all the hostages, the gates of hell will open, and it will find itself facing the full intensity of the IDF in the air, sea, and land, until its complete elimination," he said.
"We will not stop fighting until all the hostages are returned home and all threats to the southern residents are removed," he added, according to remarks provided by his office.
An Israeli official told The Times of Israel that Jerusalem has a concrete plan "to move forward" with its military campaign in Gaza, adding that "if at any point the other side decides to go back to genuinely negotiating, and we go back to genuine talks, then we’ll stop [the offensive]. At the moment, we’re left without any choice."
A separate Israeli official told the Israel Hayom newspaper that Israel’s goal in the renewed air campaign in Gaza is to push Hamas to agree to the original "Witkoff proposal" for hostage talks.
The outline, attributed by Israel to US special envoy Steve Witkoff, would see half the hostages released at the beginning of an extension of the ceasefire, which would extend till after Passover in mid-April. The rest would be released if an agreement is reached on ending the war.
"Without small releases of hostage and without games, the goal is to get everyone out," the official said.
"Israel waited three weeks for Hamas to begin serious talks on the Witkoff outline," the official added. "That didn’t happen."
Israel’s return to fighting in Gaza was "fully coordinated" with the United States Israeli government front man David Mencer said at a press briefing Tuesday, adding that "Israel has thanked President [Donald] Trump and his administration for their unyielding support."
Speaking in Jerusalem to members of AIPAC’s board of directors, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said the decision to resume attacks in Gaza was made "several days ago," adding that the strikes would continue beyond Tuesday.
Witkoff "made two different proposals and Hamas rejected both of them," Sa’ar said. "We found ourselves at a dead end, with no hostages released and no military action. This is a situation that cannot continue."
"This is not a one-day attack," Sa’ar emphasized, adding that the operation would continue "over the coming days."
Hundreds killed, including senior Hamas officials, Islamic Jihad front man
According to the Hamas-run health ministry — which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. — the corpse count from the past day of Israeli strikes in Gaza reached 404 and at least 562 people were maimed, as a front man for the Red Thingy said that many medical facilities in the Gaza Strip are "overwhelmed" after Israel resumed its bombing of the territory.
The figures could not be verified.
"What we heard from Paleostine Crescent colleagues this morning is that many medical facilities are literally overwhelmed across Gaza," Tommaso Della Longa, front man for the International Federation of Red Thingy and Red Islamic Thingy Societies, said at a briefing in Geneva.
While Hamas claimed that Israel’s resumption of attacks constituted a "massacre" of civilians, the group confirmed that at least four bigwigs were killed in the IDF strikes overnight.
Hamas announced the deaths of Issam Da’alis, the head of the governmental activity monitoring committee, a position roughly akin to prime minister; Ahmad al-Khatta, the director-general of Hamas’s justice ministry; Mahmoud Abu Watfa, who headed the terror group’s interior ministry, responsible for Hamas’s police and internal security services in Gaza; and Bahjat Abu Sultan, head of Hamas’s internal security forces.
In a statement, the IDF said it targeted and killed those four senior Hamas officials, as part of the wide-scale bombing campaign against dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday morning.
The IDF said the strikes were aimed at "causing a blow to the military and governmental capabilities of the Hamas terror organization, and remove a threat to the State of Israel and its citizens."
Da’alis, the de-facto Hamas prime minister, had replaced Rawhi Mushtaha following his killing by Israel in July 2024.
The military said that as part of his role, Da’alis was "entrusted with the functioning of the Hamas terror regime in the Gaza Strip" and coordinating all the branches of the organization.
The IDF said it could also confirm that al-Khatta, Abu Watfa, and Abu Sultan were killed in airstrikes on Tuesday.
Additionally, the spokesperson for the military wing of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad terror group, known by the nom de guerre Abu Hamza, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the terror group announced.
Abu Hamza, whose real name is Naji Abu Saif, was killed alongside his wife and several members of his family.
Despite the resumption of fighting, the IDF Home Front Command said it was easing some restrictions on civilians in southern Israel.
Following an assessment, the Home Front Command adjusted the activity scale in the Gaza border communities and some towns in the Western Negev and Western Lachish regions from "limited activity" to "partial activity."
This would allow schools and workplaces to operate as usual, provided an adequate bomb shelter can be reached in time.
Gatherings were also now limited to 100 people outdoors and 500 people indoors, though beaches remain closed, according to the latest Home Front Command guidelines.
’I HAVEN’T SLEPT A SINGLE MINUTE SINCE YESTERDAY’
Following the collapse of the ceasefire and the ongoing strikes on Gaza, one Paleostinian civilian told The Times of Israel: "I’m more scared today than I have been in the past year and three months of war. The airstrikes seem more random today than they were before," he said.
One Paleostinian described the early Tuesday strikes as "terrifying."
"There were airstrikes all night. I don’t understand which side broke the ceasefire, some say it was Hamas, others say it was Israel," he told The Times of Israel. His only wish, he added, is "to have a ceasefire. We want peace. We want to live a life of dignity."
Until you have suffered as much as the remaining hostages, we are uninterested. And you had the chance for a ceasefire, but Hamas insisted on playing games. Now your only choice is complete and abject surrender.
The man, who wished to remain anonymous, is originally from northern Gaza but relocated to central Gaza with his close family at the start of the war, following IDF evacuation orders.
On Tuesday he told The Times of Israel he is considering returning north due to the renewed strikes. "It’s not safe there, but I want to be with my family and friends, to be near them." However,
a woman is only as old as she admits... he noted that many others are attempting to move to safer areas within Gaza due to the escalating strikes.
Another Paleostinian, Basel al-Qaran, originally from Gaza but who had lived in Israel for the past 12 years before being recently deported back to Gaza,
…one notes that Israel only would deport him to Gaza if he broke the law…
shared his experience: "I’m in al-Shuka, Rafah, near the Israeli border. Everyone has already left the area. I have no food or water; I’m fasting. I haven’t slept a single minute since yesterday. I have no one, I’m completely alone."
On Tuesday morning, the IDF issued evacuation warnings to Paleostinians living on the edges of the Gaza Strip. Footage showed some residents leaving their homes in eastern and northern Gaza.
Regarding the strikes, al-Qaran added: "The noises were unbearable. The light from the airstrikes was incredibly close to me last night. I’m seeing things I’ve never seen before. There was an airstrike on a house near me with 21 people inside — only two made it out alive. I’m still in shock."
Another Paleostinian in Gaza who wishes to remain anonymous told The Times of Israel: "The situation in Gaza is terrifying and difficult. We have nothing to do with this escalation—we are civilians."
If you have not overthrown Hamas and organized a surrender to Israel, you’ll have to wait until Israel handles that for you.
Much of Gaza now lies in ruin after 15 months of fighting, which erupted on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led button men attacked Israeli communities around the Gaza Strip, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, amid horrific acts of brutality, and abducting 251 hostages into Gaza.
The Israeli campaign in response has killed more than 48,000 people, according to Paleostinian health authorities, and destroyed much of the housing and infrastructure in the enclave, including the hospital system. Israel says it has killed some 20,000 combatants in battle as of January and another 1,600 faceless myrmidons inside Israel on October 7.
More strikes reported in Gaza, as death toll said to mount
Gazan sources report ongoing airstrikes in several areas of the Strip, as an overnight bombardment appears to continue apace.
Attacks by Israeli aircraft are reported around Khan Younis in Gaza’s south, as well as several areas south of Gaza City near the northern end of the Strip.
At least 10 deaths are reported in the strikes. Quds news, a Gazan outlet linked to Hamas, says the death toll in the renewed Israeli offensive is up to 429. Hamas-controlled health authorities had earlier put the death toll at 408.
Neither figure can be confirmed.
There is no comment from the Israeli military. Israeli officials said Tuesday that the army was only firing on terror
More strikes reported in Gaza, as death toll said to mount
[IsraelTimes] Gazan sources report ongoing airstrikes in several areas of the Strip, as an overnight bombardment appears to continue apace. Attacks by Israeli aircraft are reported around Khan Younis in Gaza’s south, as well as several areas south of Gaza City near the northern end of the Strip. At least 10 deaths are reported in the strikes. Quds news, a Gazan outlet linked to Hamas, says the death toll in the renewed Israeli offensive is up to 429. Hamas-controlled health authorities had earlier put the death toll at 408. Neither figure can be confirmed.
There is no comment from the Israeli military. Israeli officials said Tuesday that the army was only firing on terror targets.
Three hours earlier:
Fresh airstrikes reported across Gaza
[IsraelTimes] Gaza-based sources report a fresh wave of Israeli strikes from the air on areas around the Strip, including attacks from helicopter gunships near Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Airstrikes are also reported in al-Bureij in central Gaza and in the al-Tuffah area east of Gaza City in the Strip’s north. There is no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the reported strikes.
Israeli captive killed, two others injured in renewed Israeli aggression on Gaza
[HodhodYemenNews] An Israeli captive was killed in Gaza and two others were wounded, following the renewed Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which began at dawn Tuesday, and which resulted in hundreds of martyrs and wounded among Palestinian civilians.
A Hamas leader told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper that an Israeli captive was killed and two others were injured in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. The unnamed leader emphasized that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s main goal is to get rid of the Israeli captives.
“The Movement agreed to the proposal of the American envoy Adam Boehler, and was surprised by (Steve) Witkoff’s proposal,” he said, stressing that Hamas has fulfilled all commitments since the beginning of the ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli occupation army resumed its aggression on the Gaza Strip at dawn Tuesday, in a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, as air strikes targeted various areas in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 342 Palestinians and injuring hundreds of others, on the 58th day of the ceasefire agreement.
In the latest field developments, medical sources reported the martyrdom of more than 342 martyrs, including 179 from Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip – in a preliminary toll – and dozens of casualties in Israeli air strikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip.
Zionist airstrikes kill Al-Quds Brigades spokesman in Gaza
[HodhodYemenNews] Naji Abu Saif, also known as Abu Hamza, the spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has been killed in a fresh wave of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
The strikes also killed his wife and several family members in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The movement condemned the “treacherous and spiteful assassination,” accusing the “Nazi-Zionist criminal entity” of carrying out the attack with the support, encouragement, and funding of the US administration, while the world remained in “cowardly silence.”
“The martyred spokesperson was known as a voice of the resistance, fearing no reproach in his devotion to Allah, eloquent in his speech, and courageous in his heroic positions in defense of the resistance and the rights of our people, never wavering in his stance,” the movement said in a statement.
It added that the attack “will only strengthen our determination to continue defending our people and their rights until the goals of this aggression are completely thwarted.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli troops killed a suspected smuggler on the Egyptian border overnight between Saturday and Sunday, according to the military.
The IDF says that it spotted two suspects in a car on the Israeli side of the border who were trying to use a drone for smuggling.
In recent months, there have been frequent attempts to bring weapons and drugs over the Egypt border using drones. The drones are sent from the Israeli side into Egypt, where they are loaded up with contraband and sent back over the border.
Troops of the Border Defense Corps’ Caracal Battalion were dispatched to the scene and began a “suspect arrest procedure,” the IDF says. The military says two suspects approached the forces in a suspicious manner and were perceived as a threat. The troops then opened fire on them.
Both suspects were hit, one of whom later died of his injuries, a military source says.
[IsraelTimes] Former Mossad chief says prime minister poses ‘clear and present danger to the nation’s security’ as crowd accuses leaders of abandoning nation for narrow political interests.
The protest was organized by the group “Protective Wall for Israel,” which bills itself as bringing together 169 former top officials from the military, police, Mossad and Shin Bet.
In other words, Israel’s deep state. All the uninteresting details at the link. The key thing to remember is that in the early days after 10/7/2023 the crowds were 200,000-500,000. Now they are only up to 10% as big, mostly professional protesters who’ll tirn out for anything planned by the Left.
Israel on Tuesday vowed to intensify its attacks on terrorist targets in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip unless Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... returned to "genuine" negotiations to free the remaining hostages, as the military continued its large-scale bombing campaign that began in the early morning hours.
The strikes, killing at least 400 Paleostinians according to Hamas health authorities, including several top members of the terror group, brought a fragile ceasefire in Gaza to an end after nearly two months of relative calm in the war-torn Paleostinian enclave.
After a large wave of overnight Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on Hamas and Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... targets, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency said on Tuesday afternoon the strikes during the day had targeted cells of terror operatives, rocket-launching positions, weapons, and other military infrastructure.
The weapons and infrastructure were to have been used by the terror groups in planned attacks on Israel, the military added.
The IDF also announced that it had eliminated the de-facto prime minister of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and several other brass hats in the terror group in strikes on Tuesday.
The military released footage of some of the overnight strikes, which according to the IDF targeted mid-level Hamas commanders, members of the terror group’s politburo, and its infrastructure. Islamic Jihad members and infrastructure were also targeted.
The initial wave of airstrikes lasted less than 10 minutes, according to the military.
At 2:10 a.m. the order was given, and fighter jets dropped their bombs on numerous targets within two minutes, while drone and attack helicopter strikes took another eight minutes. In all, the IDF says some 80 targets were struck.
The strikes were planned in advance, and the IDF said it took into account the hostages being held by Hamas. Military representatives spoke with the families of hostages overnight and updated them on the developments.
The IDF has repeatedly said amid the war it does not target areas in Gaza where it suspects hostages are being held. Still, some hostages have been killed by Israeli strikes, according to the IDF’s own investigations.
NEW RULES
Earlier today, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hamas that Israel’s actions would "intensify."
Defense Minister Israel Katz said that "the murderous Hamas needs to understand: If they do not release all our hostages, our blows will intensify."
The remarks, provided by his office, were made during an assessment with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, and other officials on Tuesday morning.
Later in the day, during a visit to the Tel Nof Airbase, Katz said that Israel would not end the fighting against Hamas until all of the hostages were returned.
"Hamas must realize that the rules of the game have changed, and if it does not immediately release all the hostages, the gates of hell will open, and it will find itself facing the full intensity of the IDF in the air, sea, and land, until its complete elimination," he said.
"We will not stop fighting until all the hostages are returned home and all threats to the southern residents are removed," he added, according to remarks provided by his office.
An Israeli official told The Times of Israel that Jerusalem has a concrete plan "to move forward" with its military campaign in Gaza, adding that "if at any point the other side decides to go back to genuinely negotiating, and we go back to genuine talks, then we’ll stop [the offensive]. At the moment, we’re left without any choice."
A separate Israeli official told the Israel Hayom newspaper that Israel’s goal in the renewed air campaign in Gaza is to push Hamas to agree to the original "Witkoff proposal" for hostage talks.
The outline, attributed by Israel to US special envoy Steve Witkoff, would see half the hostages released at the beginning of an extension of the ceasefire, which would extend till after Passover in mid-April. The rest would be released if an agreement is reached on ending the war.
"Without small releases of hostage and without games, the goal is to get everyone out," the official said.
"Israel waited three weeks for Hamas to begin serious talks on the Witkoff outline," the official added. "That didn’t happen."
Israel’s return to fighting in Gaza was "fully coordinated" with the United States Israeli government front man David Mencer said at a press briefing Tuesday, adding that "Israel has thanked President [Donald] Trump and his administration for their unyielding support."
Speaking in Jerusalem to members of AIPAC’s board of directors, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said the decision to resume attacks in Gaza was made "several days ago," adding that the strikes would continue beyond Tuesday.
Witkoff "made two different proposals and Hamas rejected both of them," Sa’ar said. "We found ourselves at a dead end, with no hostages released and no military action. This is a situation that cannot continue."
"This is not a one-day attack," Sa’ar emphasized, adding that the operation would continue "over the coming days."
Hundreds killed, including senior Hamas officials, Islamic Jihad front man
According to the Hamas-run health ministry — which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. — the corpse count from the past day of Israeli strikes in Gaza reached 404 and at least 562 people were maimed, as a front man for the Red Thingy said that many medical facilities in the Gaza Strip are "overwhelmed" after Israel resumed its bombing of the territory.
The figures could not be verified.
"What we heard from Paleostine Crescent colleagues this morning is that many medical facilities are literally overwhelmed across Gaza," Tommaso Della Longa, front man for the International Federation of Red Thingy and Red Islamic Thingy Societies, said at a briefing in Geneva.
While Hamas claimed that Israel’s resumption of attacks constituted a "massacre" of civilians, the group confirmed that at least four bigwigs were killed in the IDF strikes overnight.
Hamas announced the deaths of Issam Da’alis, the head of the governmental activity monitoring committee, a position roughly akin to prime minister; Ahmad al-Khatta, the director-general of Hamas’s justice ministry; Mahmoud Abu Watfa, who headed the terror group’s interior ministry, responsible for Hamas’s police and internal security services in Gaza; and Bahjat Abu Sultan, head of Hamas’s internal security forces.
In a statement, the IDF said it targeted and killed those four senior Hamas officials, as part of the wide-scale bombing campaign against dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday morning.
The IDF said the strikes were aimed at "causing a blow to the military and governmental capabilities of the Hamas terror organization, and remove a threat to the State of Israel and its citizens."
Da’alis, the de-facto Hamas prime minister, had replaced Rawhi Mushtaha following his killing by Israel in July 2024.
The military said that as part of his role, Da’alis was "entrusted with the functioning of the Hamas terror regime in the Gaza Strip" and coordinating all the branches of the organization.
The IDF said it could also confirm that al-Khatta, Abu Watfa, and Abu Sultan were killed in airstrikes on Tuesday.
Additionally, the spokesperson for the military wing of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad terror group, known by the nom de guerre Abu Hamza, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the terror group announced.
Abu Hamza, whose real name is Naji Abu Saif, was killed alongside his wife and several members of his family.
Despite the resumption of fighting, the IDF Home Front Command said it was easing some restrictions on civilians in southern Israel.
Following an assessment, the Home Front Command adjusted the activity scale in the Gaza border communities and some towns in the Western Negev and Western Lachish regions from "limited activity" to "partial activity."
This would allow schools and workplaces to operate as usual, provided an adequate bomb shelter can be reached in time.
Gatherings were also now limited to 100 people outdoors and 500 people indoors, though beaches remain closed, according to the latest Home Front Command guidelines.
’I HAVEN’T SLEPT A SINGLE MINUTE SINCE YESTERDAY’
Following the collapse of the ceasefire and the ongoing strikes on Gaza, one Paleostinian civilian told The Times of Israel: "I’m more scared today than I have been in the past year and three months of war. The airstrikes seem more random today than they were before," he said.
One Paleostinian described the early Tuesday strikes as "terrifying."
"There were airstrikes all night. I don’t understand which side broke the ceasefire, some say it was Hamas, others say it was Israel," he told The Times of Israel. His only wish, he added, is "to have a ceasefire. We want peace. We want to live a life of dignity."
Until you have suffered as much as the remaining hostages, we are uninterested. And you had the chance for a ceasefire, but Hamas insisted on playing games. Now your only choice is complete and abject surrender.
The man, who wished to remain anonymous, is originally from northern Gaza but relocated to central Gaza with his close family at the start of the war, following IDF evacuation orders.
On Tuesday he told The Times of Israel he is considering returning north due to the renewed strikes. "It’s not safe there, but I want to be with my family and friends, to be near them." However,
a woman is only as old as she admits... he noted that many others are attempting to move to safer areas within Gaza due to the escalating strikes.
Another Paleostinian, Basel al-Qaran, originally from Gaza but who had lived in Israel for the past 12 years before being recently deported back to Gaza,
…one notes that Israel only would deport him to Gaza if he broke the law…
shared his experience: "I’m in al-Shuka, Rafah, near the Israeli border. Everyone has already left the area. I have no food or water; I’m fasting. I haven’t slept a single minute since yesterday. I have no one, I’m completely alone."
On Tuesday morning, the IDF issued evacuation warnings to Paleostinians living on the edges of the Gaza Strip. Footage showed some residents leaving their homes in eastern and northern Gaza.
Regarding the strikes, al-Qaran added: "The noises were unbearable. The light from the airstrikes was incredibly close to me last night. I’m seeing things I’ve never seen before. There was an airstrike on a house near me with 21 people inside — only two made it out alive. I’m still in shock."
Another Paleostinian in Gaza who wishes to remain anonymous told The Times of Israel: "The situation in Gaza is terrifying and difficult. We have nothing to do with this escalation—we are civilians."
If you have not overthrown Hamas and organized a surrender to Israel, you’ll have to wait until Israel handles that for you.
Much of Gaza now lies in ruin after 15 months of fighting, which erupted on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led button men attacked Israeli communities around the Gaza Strip, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, amid horrific acts of brutality, and abducting 251 hostages into Gaza.
The Israeli campaign in response has killed more than 48,000 people, according to Paleostinian health authorities, and destroyed much of the housing and infrastructure in the enclave, including the hospital system. Israel says it has killed some 20,000 combatants in battle as of January and another 1,600 faceless myrmidons inside Israel on October 7.
More strikes reported in Gaza, as death toll said to mount
[IsraelTimes] Gazan sources report ongoing airstrikes in several areas of the Strip, as an overnight bombardment appears to continue apace. Attacks by Israeli aircraft are reported around Khan Younis in Gaza’s south, as well as several areas south of Gaza City near the northern end of the Strip. At least 10 deaths are reported in the strikes. Quds news, a Gazan outlet linked to Hamas, says the death toll in the renewed Israeli offensive is up to 429. Hamas-controlled health authorities had earlier put the death toll at 408. Neither figure can be confirmed.
There is no comment from the Israeli military. Israeli officials said Tuesday that the army was only firing on terror targets.
Three hours earlier:
Fresh airstrikes reported across Gaza
[IsraelTimes] Gaza-based sources report a fresh wave of Israeli strikes from the air on areas around the Strip, including attacks from helicopter gunships near Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Airstrikes are also reported in al-Bureij in central Gaza and in the al-Tuffah area east of Gaza City in the Strip’s north. There is no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the reported strikes.
The view from Yemen:
Israeli captive killed, two others injured in renewed Israeli aggression on Gaza
[HodhodYemenNews] An Israeli captive was killed in Gaza and two others were wounded, following the renewed Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, which began at dawn Tuesday, and which resulted in hundreds of martyrs and wounded among Palestinian civilians.
A Hamas leader told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed newspaper that an Israeli captive was killed and two others were injured in the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. The unnamed leader emphasized that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s main goal is to get rid of the Israeli captives.
“The Movement agreed to the proposal of the American envoy Adam Boehler, and was surprised by (Steve) Witkoff’s proposal,” he said, stressing that Hamas has fulfilled all commitments since the beginning of the ceasefire agreement.
The Israeli occupation army resumed its aggression on the Gaza Strip at dawn Tuesday, in a blatant violation of the ceasefire agreement, as air strikes targeted various areas in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 342 Palestinians and injuring hundreds of others, on the 58th day of the ceasefire agreement.
In the latest field developments, medical sources reported the martyrdom of more than 342 martyrs, including 179 from Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip – in a preliminary toll – and dozens of casualties in Israeli air strikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip.
Zionist airstrikes kill Al-Quds Brigades spokesman in Gaza
[HodhodYemenNews] Naji Abu Saif, also known as Abu Hamza, the spokesman for the Al-Quds Brigades, the military arm of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, has been killed in a fresh wave of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
The strikes also killed his wife and several family members in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The movement condemned the “treacherous and spiteful assassination,” accusing the “Nazi-Zionist criminal entity” of carrying out the attack with the support, encouragement, and funding of the US administration, while the world remained in “cowardly silence.”
“The martyred spokesperson was known as a voice of the resistance, fearing no reproach in his devotion to Allah, eloquent in his speech, and courageous in his heroic positions in defense of the resistance and the rights of our people, never wavering in his stance,” the movement said in a statement.
It added that the attack “will only strengthen our determination to continue defending our people and their rights until the goals of this aggression are completely thwarted.
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[REGNUM] Israel resumed its offensive against Hamas on Tuesday, breaking a two-month truce, but as before, most of the victims were civilians. The attacks hit across the Strip, including Khan Younis and Rafah in the south, Gaza City in the north, and central areas such as Deir al-Balah. And the list of targets appears to be growing. Yes. So very satisfying.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to take “decisive action” against Hamas over its refusal to release all prisoners held in Israel. “From now on, Israel will act against Hamas with increasing military force,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement. The Israeli military said it was carrying out “ massive strikes against terrorist targets ” belonging to Hamas and ordered civilians in several areas to evacuate, raising fears of further mass displacement.
NEW VICTIMS
It is significant that Israel does not deny that the country’s leadership, by going for escalation, itself violated the terms of the agreement with Hamas and explained this by some kind of preventive actions against terrorist attacks being prepared by the movement.
In particular, an unnamed Israeli official told CNN on Tuesday that the massive attack in the Gaza Strip was "preemptive" and said the strikes "will continue as long as necessary and will go beyond airstrikes."
The official declined to provide any details about what he said was Hamas's "readiness to carry out terrorist attacks, build up its forces and rearm," but said the strikes targeted the group's "mid-military command, leadership and terrorist infrastructure."
At the same time, according to the most preliminary data, 404 Palestinians were killed and 562 wounded as a result of the actions of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in just the past 24 hours.
Gaza's Health Ministry said many children were among those killed in the attacks. "More than 130 children and many women" were killed, including entire families, Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said.
Video footage from Gaza showed scenes of panic and chaos across the strip, with relatives carrying wounded loved ones covered in bloody blankets to overcrowded hospitals and rescue workers transporting patients in ambulances or on stretchers. The strikes resumed after some Gazans had already returned to their destroyed homes. Many had buried loved ones, while others were searching for any information about missing family members and friends.
The official number of missing people in Gaza is unknown, but it is estimated that 14,222 people are still under the rubble of destroyed buildings, while the total number of Palestinian deaths since October 2023 has already exceeded 50,000.
And now the Palestinians of Gaza are once again facing another terrible ordeal. How long it will last, no one can predict yet, but it is clear that one of the main goals of the strikes was to put pressure on the civilian population.
"PREEMPTIVE" STRIKE
Hamas has already stressed that it views Israel's attacks as a unilateral breach of the agreements and a cancellation of the deal and the truce that came into effect on January 19.
"Netanyahu and his extremist government are deciding to cancel the ceasefire agreement, exposing prisoners in Gaza to an unknown fate," Hamas said in a statement. The movement is calling on people in Arab and Islamic countries, as well as " free people of the world " to take to the streets to protest the attack.
Hamas has strongly rejected Israeli claims that it has violated the Gaza ceasefire and is preparing attacks on Israel, and has apparently chosen not to respond militarily hours after Israel resumed fighting in Gaza.
The movement said that the claims that Hamas was preparing to attack Israeli troops were " baseless " pretexts to justify Israel's return to war and were intended to " mislead public opinion."
Western journalists, including CNN, agree, noting that Hamas has been known to refrain from attacking Israel or its soldiers in Gaza since the ceasefire went into effect on January 19.
However, Israel's actions have already been approved by the White House. Thus, White House press secretary Caroline Levitt said that Israel consulted with US President Donald Trump about the strikes.
"As President Trump has made clear, Hamas, the Houthis and all those who seek to terrorize not only Israel but the United States of America will pay a price," she told Fox News.
TRUMP APPROVES
The attacks on Gaza come at a time when the United States itself has launched a major air offensive against Yemen's Houthis from the Ansar Allah movement, subjecting Yemen to its heaviest bombing since 2015. So the actions of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu in many ways seem coordinated.
Netanyahu expects that the resumption of attacks will finally crush the Palestinians' will to resist and force them to accept Trump's plan, launching the process of their gradual deportation from the Strip. Against the backdrop of the bombing of Gaza, directions for their eviction will also be selected.
Trump, for his part, must neutralize the Houthis, who are essentially the last combat-ready element of the “axis of resistance,” which can not only block shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea, but also strike directly at Israeli territory.
At this stage of the conflict, Ansar Allah is the only “link” in the axis that is capable of supporting Hamas not only in words but also in deeds.
Therefore, the current attacks on Gaza can be seen as an attempt to change the terms of the deal that Israel initially agreed to under US pressure.
However, Trump, perhaps inspired by his plan to “reconstruct” Gaza, felt that the deal was no longer relevant and could simply be thrown in the trash.
It is also clear that the initial agreements between Hamas and Israel may have been a deceptive maneuver on the part of Netanyahu and Trump. Their main goal was to try to return as many Israeli prisoners as possible during the first stage of the deal, and then resume hostilities.
Many experts warned about this, whose opinions were reflected in the publications of the REGNUM news agency.
BURIED DEAL
Let us recall that in the first stage of the deal, which was supposed to last 42 days, Hamas committed to freeing 33 prisoners: minors, women (both civilians and military personnel) and civilian men over 50 years of age.
In exchange, Israel promised to release 30 Palestinian prisoners for every civilian hostage and 50 for every female soldier.
Israeli forces were to withdraw from densely populated areas to the outskirts of the Gaza Strip, additional UN aid would be sent to the enclave, and displaced Palestinians would begin to return home.
On the 16th day, negotiations are expected to begin on the implementation of the second stage, which is also planned to last 42 days and will include a declaration of “sustainable calm.”
At this stage, Hamas is to release the remaining male captives (soldiers and civilians) in exchange for an as yet unagreed number of Palestinian prisoners and the beginning of a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, which is to be completed by the end of the second stage.
However, Israel, instead of continuing to implement the terms of the deal and start negotiations on the second stage, refused and demanded an extension of the first stage and the release of all Israeli prisoners. And Donald Trump supported it in this.
ALTERNATIVE PLAN
Continuing the ceasefire and moving to Phase 2 of the deal was unacceptable to Israel, as it required an end to the war and left room for Hamas to govern Gaza, while the organization's militias would continue to act as a "shield" for the strip and pose a constant threat to Israel.
That is why Steve Witkoff's alternative plan emerged - a transition to a new ceasefire, but with an extension of stage 1. However, Hamas could no longer agree to this, and the Arab countries continued to demand a transition to stage 2.
Trump, for his part, is obsessed with his Gaza reconstruction plan and was also outraged by the Arab League's alternative plan, which did not take into account American recommendations regarding the eviction of Palestinians from Gaza and the complete elimination of Hamas.
As Israeli analyst Zvi Barel wrote : " Israel does not appear to be seeking an administrative or diplomatic solution to the Hamas presence in Gaza. Based on statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers, Israel's goals are to destroy Hamas and perpetuate its own control over Gaza 'for as long as necessary.'
Thus, Arab proposals for the governance of Gaza by Arab or multinational forces, not to mention the Palestinian Authority, are not part of the plans that Israel intends to accept.”
Therefore, from Netanyahu’s point of view, and Trump’s as well, a renewed military campaign against Hamas was inevitable.
The Arab countries refused to directly state the need to destroy the movement, and any future for Gaza with Hamas was unacceptable to Washington and Tel Aviv. Moreover, it was unacceptable with the Palestinians, who must leave Gaza.
Despite the refusal of Arab states to accept Palestinians from Gaza, Israel and the United States continued to work out a “program” for their exodus.
In particular, back in early February, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the IDF to prepare a plan that would allow residents of the Gaza Strip to “voluntarily leave” the Palestinian region and “go to any country willing to accept them.”
"The plan will include options for exit through border crossings, as well as special mechanisms for sea and air routes," Katz wrote on social media.
FRIGHTENING DYNAMICS
Naturally, in order to force the Palestinians to start fleeing the Strip, it is necessary to once again create conditions that will force them to live under constant threat of life, hunger and other deprivations. And so another wave of massive bombings should push the Palestinians to become more “responsive” to Trump’s plan. Residents of Gaza, according to this logic, should demand that the international community start taking them to countries that are ready to accept them. Perhaps, against the backdrop of new barbaric attacks, such countries will indeed be found.
It is not yet clear whether the attacks will continue for a longer period of time or whether the US and Israel are trying to persuade Hamas to accept the Witkoff plan, which includes extending the ceasefire in exchange for the release of prisoners without moving to the second stage. But it is clear that the US-Israeli tandem does not intend to take into account anyone's alternative opinion in the region, even if it is Trump's closest allies, such as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Trump believes that he is capable of setting the rules of the game in the Middle East, changing his own decisions and imposing new ones that he deems necessary.
He offers talks to Iran in exchange for its silence over events in Gaza and Yemen.
He is forcing Saudi Arabia to resolve the Houthi problem by force, which Riyadh seemed to have abandoned completely. Trump is saying to the Saudis: let's go back to war and drive these Houthis out of Sana'a, and that will be better for Saudi Arabia than peace with them.
This approach and this dynamic for the Middle East look frightening in many ways.
It is very difficult to predict where Trump's games will lead the region. But in any case, such steps by the US-Israel tandem do not add optimism to other Middle Eastern states. Tehran has less and less incentive to believe in Trump's readiness to fulfill the obligations he will undertake if negotiations on Iran's nuclear program begin with Russia's mediation.
This means that the risk of Israeli strikes on Iran, retaliatory actions by Tehran and, consequently, a full-scale war in the region is increasing.
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It seems that the author of this article is unaware that there are a number of Israelis who are being held against their will. By the Gazans. Are the Israelis supposed to send chocolates?
[IsraelTimes] Syrian foreign ministry charges that Israel is trying to destabilize the country, after strikes in Daraa on Monday said to have killed 3, injured more than a dozen others
Israel carried out several dronezaps on military infrastructure near the southern Syrian town of Khan Arnabeh on Tuesday, less than a day after Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in the Daraa Governorate were said to have killed at least three people and injured more than a dozen others.
The strikes were the latest in a string of attacks on military infrastructure belonging to the ousted Assad regime, which fell to Islamist turbans in December.
The IDF said that it had struck artillery systems in Khan Arnabeh, located just outside the buffer zone along the Israel-Syria border.
It said that the systems had posed a threat to Israel, and warned that it "will not allow the existence of a military threat in southern Syria and will act against it."
The previous evening, the IDF had confirmed that it was carrying out a series of strikes on military targets in the Daraa area, targeting headquarters and other facilities used to store weapons and equipment belonging to the former Syrian regime. It said that it had identified attempts by unspecified groups to use those weapons.
While there was no confirmation from the IDF as to what groups had been attempting to access the weapons, Israel sees the Syrian branches of Paleostinian terror groups Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... and Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... as major threats in the wake of the fall of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad The Scourge of Hama... The Syrian civil defense group, known as the White Helmets, said that the strikes had killed at least three people and injured 19 others.
In comments on Tuesday afternoon, the Syrian foreign ministry denounced "in the strongest terms," the airstrikes in Daraa.
"This aggression is part of an Israeli campaign against the Syrian people and the stability of the country," the foreign ministry charged.
"The ongoing Israeli aggression on Syria is not only a violation of international law but is also a direct threat to regional and international security," it added, calling on the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Security Council "and all responsible international bodies" to "put an end to these illegal actions and implement the 1974 agreement."
The 1974 Disengagement Agreement, signed at the end of the Yom Kippur War saw the establishment of the 235-square-kilometer demilitarized buffer zone between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights.
The buffer zone was manned for decades by UN peacekeepers, but with the fall of Assad, Israel said that it considered the agreement void until order was restored in Syria and deployed troops to the buffer zone.
The IDF describes its presence in the buffer zone as a temporary and defensive measure, although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month that troops would remain there for "an unlimited period of time."
He said that Israel would not allow paramilitary groups or forces from the new Syrian army to move south of Damascus, and called for the "full demilitarization" of the Quneitra, Daraa and Suweyda provinces in southern Syria.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[FoxNews] A wave of Tesla owners, dealerships and charging stations have been targeted nationwide in recent weeks
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
[NYPOST] The FBI extradited one of their ''ten most wanted'' targets, an 
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
