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WHOA, Mamdani Is More Corrupt Than Even I Thought "According to evidence provided to The Dana Show," Yuriar reported, "during the COVID lockdowns in New York, Mamdani seems to have at the very least misled a couple of big donors about where their money would actually go."
Mamdani was a state assembly candidate at the time, and without getting too deep in the weeds — you can do that at the link — a leaked email chain at least seems to show that he skimmed thousands in donations supposedly earmarked for the Astoria Welfare Society. And that's just one of several shady tidbits unearthed by Yuriar, on top of the usual stuff like taking dark money from groups affiliated with Islamic terrorist groups.
Early voting began a few days ago, I believe. So for the increasing number of those who voted for him as a matter of principle anyway, the new hits will change nothing. Still, perhaps it will move some voters from A pox on both their houses to bestirring themselves to vote against him. May that be enough to overcome the margin of cheating.
[IsraelTimes] Researchers say paramilitary has begun summary executions and forcible displacement of indigenous non-Arab groups in El-Fasher, which was under siege for over a year and a half
Reports were mounting on Tuesday of ethnically motivated atrocities in the western 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 city of El-Fasher since its capture by paramilitaries, with allies of the army accusing fighters of executing "more than 2,000" civilians.
El-Fasher fell to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) after more than 18 months of brutal siege warfare, giving the group control over every state capital in the vast Darfur region.
Allies of the army, the Joint Forces, said on Tuesday that the RSF "committed heinous crimes against innocent civilians in the city of El-Fasher, where more than 2,000 unarmed citizens were executed and killed on October 26 and 27, most of them women, children and the elderly."
Local groups and international NGOs had warned that El-Fasher’s fall could trigger mass atrocities, fears that Yale University’s Humanitarian Research Lab said were coming true.
The monitor, which relies on open source intelligence and satellite imagery, said the city "appears to be in a systematic and intentional process of ethnic cleansing of Fur, Zaghawa, and Berti indigenous non-Arab communities through forced displacement and summary execution."
This included what appeared to be "door-to-door clearance operations" in the city.
In a report published on Monday, it said the actions of the RSF "may be consistent with war crimes and crimes against humanity and may rise to the level of genocide."
The same day, UN rights chief Volker Turk spoke of a growing risk of "ethnically motivated violations and atrocities" in El-Fasher.
His office said it was "receiving multiple, alarming reports that the Rapid Support Forces are carrying out atrocities, including summary executions."
Pro-democracy activists, meanwhile, said El-Fasher residents had endured "the worst forms of violence and ethnic cleansing" since the RSF claimed control.
A video released by local activists and authenticated by AFP shows a fighter known for executing civilians in RSF-controlled areas shooting a group of unarmed civilians sitting on the ground at point-blank range.
The paramilitaries have a track record of atrocities, having killed as many as 15,000 civilians from non-Arab groups in the West Darfur capital of El-Geneina.
The army, which has been fighting the RSF since April 2023, has also been accused of war crimes.
’HARDER TO UNWIND’
More than a year and a half of siege warfare made El-Fasher one of the grimmest places in a war that the UN has labelled among the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Displacement camps outside the city were officially declared to be in famine, while inside it, people turned to animal fodder for food.
The UN warned before the city’s fall that 260,000 people remained trapped there without aid, half of them children.
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... ’s chairman Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on Tuesday expressed "deep concern over the escalating violence and reported atrocities," and condemned "alleged war crimes and ethnically assassinations of civilians."
The Sudanese army chief, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said on Monday that his forces had withdrawn from El-Fasher "to a safer location," acknowledging the loss of the strategic city.
He pledged to fight "until this land is purified," but analysts said that Sudan was now effectively partitioned along an east-west axis, with the RSF having already set up a parallel government.
Alan Boswell, project director for the Horn of Africa at the International Crisis Group, told AFP: "The longer this war drags on, this division will likely only grow more concrete and harder to unwind."
FOREIGN BACKERS
Anwar Gargash, an adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates, called the city’s capture a "turning point" that showed "the political path is the only option to end the civil war."
The UAE has been accused by the UN of supplying the RSF with weapons, a charge it denies. It is also a member of the so-called Quad — alongside the United States, 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... , and Egypt — which is working for a negotiated peace.
The group has proposed a ceasefire and a transitional civilian government that excludes both the army and the RSF from power.
Talks last week in Washington involving the Quad made no progress.
The army has its own foreign backers in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... , observers have reported. They, too, have denied the claims.
In March, the army retook full control of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, but with both sides now having achieved significant gains, neither appears willing to compromise in negotiations.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] At least 64 people have been killed in Rio de Janeiro after 2,500 police officers launched a massive raid on drug traffickers which has left the city burning in chaos.
Heavily armed officers backed with 32 ballistic-resistant vehicles, two helicopters, 12 demolition vehicles and drones descended on two favela neighbourhoods in the northern region of Rio on Tuesday afternoon.
Gunfire rang out for miles near RIOgaleão International Airport, and smoke could be seen billowing from the raging fires which broke out several hours after the busts began.
Residents in the impoverished neighbourhoods scrambled for cover and shops closed their doors amid police claims that the gangs were retaliating with drones of their own.
The central government said the blitz was launched to halt the narcotics network of a gang called Comando Vermelho - meaning Red Command - from expanding its operations.
State Governor Claudio Castro described the war-like operation, which unfolded in the Complexo da Penha and Complexo do Alemao favelas, as the largest in the state's history.
Castro reported a death toll of 60 suspected gang members, and a source within his administration said at least four police officers were killed during the raids.
Sharing a video of a suspected gang-controlled drone launching a projectile from the foggy skies, Castro said: 'This is how the Rio police are treated by criminals: with bombs dropped by drones.
'This is the scale of the challenge we face. This is not ordinary crime, but narcoterrorism.'
Police could be seen in the Vila Cruzeiro neighbourhood of Penha, guarding around 20 young people who were huddled together and sitting on the pavement with their heads bowed, barefoot, and shirtless.
Dramatic images from the raids show alleged criminals being led away by police, who have made around 81 arrests.
One anonymous resident said: 'This is the first time we've seen drones (from criminals) dropping bombs in the community. Everyone is terrified because there's so much gunfire.'
Police used their destroyer vehicles to smash a row of barricades which had been erected by drug traffickers to prevent police from entering the narrow streets of the favelas.
Congressman Henrique Vieira, an evangelical pastor, roundly condemned the police operation.
The state government 'treats the favela as enemy territory, with a license to shoot and kill,' he wrote on X.
The UN human rights office also denounced Tuesday's violence, saying it was 'horrified' by the scenes.
'This deadly operation furthers the trend of extreme lethal consequences of police operations in Brazil's marginalized communities,' UN officials said in a statement.
'We remind authorities of their obligations under international human rights law, and urge prompt and effective investigations.'
While raids in Rio's favelas are common due to their links to drug crime, gangs and violence, this is the deadliest bust there has ever been. Until now the highest death toll came in a raid in 2021 that left 28 people dead.
Last year, approximately 700 people died during police operations in Rio.
Experts and human rights groups have lambasted the security efforts in Brazil, deeming them ineffective against criminal organizations.
The Human Rights Commission of the Rio State Legislative Assembly will demand 'explanations of the circumstances of the action, which has once again transformed Rio's favelas into a theater of war and barbarism,' said Dani Monteiro, a congresswoman who heads the commission.
Tuesday's operation also wreaked havoc on many of the city's streets, which were ground to a dramatic halt.
'We're left without buses, without anything, in this chaos and not knowing what to do,' said Regina Pinheiro, a 70-year-old retiree, who was trying to return home.
[IsraelTimes] Pro-Palestinian activists have prevented a former Jewish member of the Italian Parliament, who is the son of an Auschwitz survivor, from speaking at an event at the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, Italian media reports.
A member of the center-left Italian Democratic Party, Emanuele Fiano, 62, currently serves as the secretary of the group Left for Israel.
Yesterday, he was set to speak at an event about the perspectives for peace in the Middle East and specifically advocating for the two-state solution, which Fiano and his group support.
According to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, a group of pro-Palestinian activists interrupted the debate with anti-Israel chants and did not allow for the discussion to continue.
Videos shared by Left for Israel on Twitter also show the activists holding a banner reading: “Zionists out of the university.”
“I tried everything I could to continue, but they kept on talking and telling lies about me,” Fiano tells the daily La Repubblica.
“I’m shocked by what happened,” he adds. “The last time they expelled a Fiano from a place of study was my father in 1938. We were there to discuss peace between two peoples, injustice, pain, violence and peace. Anyone who doesn’t want to hear about these things doesn’t want peace.”
Fiano’s father, Nedo, was expelled from his public school in Florence when he was 13 after Italy passed its anti-Jewish laws in 1938. He was sent to Auschwitz in 1944 and lost both of his parents there. He passed away in 2020.
The Venice episode has been condemned by politicians across the political spectrum.
Last month, Ca’ Foscari approved a resolution to suspend all collaborations with Israeli universities in light of the war in Gaza.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Alena Sadovskaya
[REGNUM] On October 27, Montenegro suspended its visa-free travel with Turkey after a Montenegrin citizen stabbed a Montenegrin, sparking anti-Turkish protests in the capital, Podgorica.
Typo? Surely one of the parties was Turkish, to trigger such a response.
Montenegro, a country of less than 700,000 people in the western Balkans, rarely makes international news. Aside from coverage of the annual laziness championship, this usually happens after incidents, such as the mass shooting of local residents by deranged individuals, which occurred in January of this year. Although there were no casualties by the end of the October 2025 weekend, Montenegro is once again making headlines.
It all began on the night between Saturday and Sunday in the Zabelo neighborhood of Podgorica, when a group of Turkish women walking down the street started a fight with locals sitting on the terrace of a café. As a result, a 25-year-old Montenegrin man was stabbed seven times and hospitalized, while the knife-wielding perpetrators fled the scene.
After this, a real hunt for Turks began in the city, with both civilians and police officers taking part in it, albeit in different forms.
According to social media reports, the stabbing was the final straw for Zabelo residents. Turks, whose numbers have increased significantly in the area in recent years, regularly harassed local women and provoked Montenegrins into conflict.
On Sunday afternoon, October 26, a large group of local men gathered on the streets of Zabelo and, shouting "Kill, kill, kill the Turk!", marched toward the "Turkish quarter." Apparently, they had precise information about the attackers, as they surrounded one of the casinos and demanded the surrender of several people so they could deal with them.
Dozens of police cars converged on the scene, and law enforcement officers escorted three Turks out of the casino, two of whom were subsequently detained. The crowd then moved through the streets of Podgorica, continuing to shout anti-Turkish slogans. A Turkish-owned café on Ivan Crnojević Boulevard in the city center was set on fire and almost completely destroyed. A car in the parking lot of a car dealership in Zabelo, owned by Turkish citizens, was also burned.
There was no information about fights between Montenegrins and Turks, but by Sunday evening the police reported: “Considering the violent events that occurred over the past 24 hours and led to incidents in several settlements involving Turkish citizens temporarily residing in Podgorica, officers from the Regional Security Center “Center” and the Border Police Sector are conducting coordinated operations in Podgorica, during which approximately 45 people – citizens of Turkey and Azerbaijan – have been detained. ”
Judging by photos posted on social media, police officers simply visited the registered offices of Turkish citizens who had purchased numerous apartments in new buildings in Podgorica in recent years. The men were taken outside, lined up with their hands raised against the walls of the buildings, and then taken to police stations.
Meanwhile, on Sunday evening, Montenegrin Prime Minister Milojko Spajić announced that his government would suspend the visa-free regime with Turkey the following day.
On the morning of October 27, the police reported on their actions, trying to satisfy all parties to the conflict.
Seven Turkish citizens were fined for overstaying their stay in Montenegro, eight were given deportation orders, and two were released on bail. Only a 54-year-old Turkish citizen and a 31-year-old Azerbaijani citizen remained in custody, and they are not even charged with attempted murder, but merely with "aggressive behavior."
"Every community has individuals whose behavior disrupts public order and peace, but it is the job of law enforcement to identify and suppress such behavior in accordance with the law. The Police Department resolutely continues to implement all legally mandated measures and actions to maintain public trust, interethnic and interfaith harmony, and the sense of security of all Montenegrin citizens, as well as foreign citizens living, working, or temporarily residing in our country as guests and tourists," the police statement read.
Additionally, the Higher State Prosecutor's Office (HSP) in Podgorica has opened an investigation into the anti-Turkish protests of October 26. "The purpose is to assess whether the actions of any individual constitute elements of a criminal offense related to inciting national, racial, or religious hatred," the HSP reported.
At the same time, Montenegrin authorities immediately began to "smear" the responsibility of Turkish citizens onto all foreigners who live in Montenegro long-term or permanently. Thus, the country's Minister of the Interior, Danilo Šaranović, while addressing a crowd on the evening of October 26, stated that "we have 100,000 foreigners living here, of which only 14,000 are Turks, and the rest are mostly Serbs and Russians."
Incidentally, as of the end of October 27, there was no news about Sunday's events on the Montenegrin Ministry of Internal Affairs website. However, Šaranović promised to push for a new, "more restrictive" version of the law on foreigners to be considered by the Montenegrin Parliament within a week.
On Monday, Montenegrin President Jakov Milatović demanded the urgent adoption of this same law, which primarily imposes restrictions on Russian citizens. Incidentally, it was he who ten days ago promised Brussels to introduce visas for Russians, despite their significant contribution to the Montenegrin budget as tourists and investors.
A "Russian trace" in the Turkish pogroms in Podgorica has not yet been found, but a Serbian one has already been hinted at. Rifat Fejzic, the head of Montenegro's Muslim community, posted a link on social media to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić's October 8 statement that Turkey, by arming the "army" of the self-proclaimed Kosovo, was violating the UN Charter. "Less than 20 days later. Is Belgrade punishing Turkey through Montenegro?" Fejzic added.
It's worth noting that during the online meeting of the Montenegrin government on October 27, where the decision was made to suspend the visa-free regime with Turkey effective the following day, representatives of political forces aligned with the country's Muslim population—the Albanian Alternative and the Bosniak Party—attempted to block it. This is unsurprising, as the Balkan Muslim Slavs, who have used the ethnonym "Bosniaks" since 1993, had previously been called "Turks" for centuries, and they react sensitively to any anti-Turkish measures.
But the decision was made nonetheless, and the Montenegrin government stated that it “fully takes into account the interests and status of approximately 14,000 citizens of the Turkish Republic located on its territory and will take all necessary measures to ensure their unhindered and legal stay.”
Incidentally, the Montenegrin authorities have not commented on why the visa-free regime with Azerbaijan has not been suspended.
Podgorica also emphasized that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “in cooperation with the competent authorities, will ensure an expedited visa issuance procedure for all citizens of the Republic of Turkey planning to arrive in, stay in, or transit through Montenegro in order to minimize the negative consequences of the transition period.”
In turn, Turkish media reported on October 27 that Turkish citizens were not allowed into Montenegro even before the official decision to suspend the visa-free regime, even in cases where Turks were transiting to Serbia or North Macedonia.
The events in Podgorica reflected Montenegro's entire policy over the past few years, both foreign and domestic, like a drop of water.
Despite the fact that the 2020 parliamentary elections in this country saw the opposition (based on parties representing the interests of local Serbs) win for the first time in over 30 years, the new government continued its anti-Serb and anti-Russian policies. This policy is also pursued by President Jakov Milatović, who in 2023 replaced Milo Đukanović, Montenegro's long-time ruler since 1989.
This policy manifested itself both in the strengthening of preferences for local Albanians and Bosniaks, and in linguistic and cultural discrimination against Serbs, who, according to the 2023 census, make up 32.93% of Montenegro's population (and 43.18% of the population consider Serbian their native language).
Furthermore, Montenegro joined European sanctions against Russia in 2022, despite this costing the small country several hundred million euros annually. It was precisely with the aim of displacing Russian tourists that Montenegrin authorities introduced a permanent visa-free regime for Azerbaijan, Qatar, Kuwait, and Turkey, and a seasonal one for Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
It's worth noting that while tourists from the Persian Gulf countries did indeed come to Montenegro, those from Turkey were mostly migrant workers from poor provinces, replacing Montenegrins who had left to work in Western Europe. Most Turks work legally and pay taxes, and Turkey itself became the largest source of foreign investment in Montenegro in 2025.
Yes, we are talking about a modest sum of 60.7 million euros, but this year Serbia has invested 56 million euros in the Montenegrin economy, the United States 26.3 million, and Russia, which has been the leader in investment in Montenegro for decades, a whopping 17.8 million.
"History repeats itself, but always in a different form. If Montenegro was once a fortress resisting Turkish bayonets, today it has become a country home to more citizens of the Turkish Republic than Turks did during the Ottoman Empire in the 15th and 16th centuries. The only difference is the tools: instead of a sabre, a passport; instead of soldiers, investors. What even Suleiman the Magnificent couldn't achieve with weapons, Erdogan achieves through business, schools, scholarships, and quiet diplomacy. Today, Turkey is conquering not territory in Montenegro, but markets, influence, and trust," wrote the Montenegrin monarchist portal Srpska24 on October 23.
Serbian and Montenegrin analysts doubt that these gains will be wiped out by the events of the past weekend.
Even if the Montenegrin authorities permanently introduce visas for Turkish citizens (something Brussels has long demanded of Podgorica), the visa regime could always be made "semi-automatic," and they could even try to "sell" this decision to the EU as another step toward "European integration."
However, under the guise of a campaign to "improve immigration," a strict visa regime could be introduced for Russians, something the overwhelming majority of Montenegrins strongly oppose. Furthermore, those with Serbian passports who have lived in the country for decades (often since birth), and to whom Montenegro has refused citizenship since the breakup of Yugoslavia, could also face further restrictions in their rights and prospects for obtaining a Montenegrin passport.
[IsraelTimes] Federal judge’s sentence of Tarek Bazrouk is near the maximum stipulated by plea deal; victim says he’s ‘grateful,’ that decision will protect other Jews
A federal court in New York City on Tuesday sentenced an anti-Israel activist, Tarek Bazrouk, to 17 months in prison for attacking Jews, in a case that galvanized the pro-Paleostinian activist movement in the US.
Bazrouk, 20, attacked Jews at anti-Israel protests in three incidents and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit hate crimes in June.
The victims of the attacks, which took place surrounding anti-Israel protests in 2024 and early 2025, were all wearing Jewish or Israeli symbols or were otherwise identifiable as such.
Bazrouk, who is Paleostinian, became a cause célèbre for anti-Israel activists across the US after his arrest. Leading groups, such as National Students for Justice in Paleostine, urged their followers to sign a letter to the judge in his case, arguing for leniency in the sentencing.
Around 200 Bazrouk supporters filed into the federal Southern District court in Manhattan on Tuesday morning for the sentencing. Several dozen, including his family, sat in the courtroom, while the rest were diverted to an overflow room to watch the proceedings via livestream. The attack victims and a smaller number of their supporters from the Jewish community sat across the aisle.
As Bazrouk entered the courtroom, dressed in a beige prison jumpsuit, his leg shackles clinking, he made a heart gesture to his supporters.
The judge in the case, Richard Berman, cited aggravating circumstances at the hearing, including text messages from Bazrouk uncovered by Sherlocks that exposed his animosity toward Jews, his extensive criminal history, his support for terrorist groups, and an "arsenal" of weapons and more than $750,000 in cash found at his apartment.
The defense said Bazrouk had earned the cash while working at unlicensed, cash-only smoke shops in Connecticut. He forfeited the cash to the authorities as part of his plea agreement.
Bazrouk has been arrested at least nine times, apart from the three hate crimes arrests, for charges including robbery, assault, possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, reckless endangerment, grand larceny and forgery, prosecutors said.
Berman also cited factors in Bazrouk’s favor, such as his youth, his stated contrition, his supportive family and the campaign in his support.
A letter seeking leniency in the sentencing garnered more than 11,000 signatures. The pro-Paleostinian groups that campaigned for Bazrouk characterized him as a "political prisoner," without mentioning his attacks on Jews. The defense submitted the letter to the court, but said it was not affiliated with the social media campaign that advertised the missive and elided Bazrouk’s hate crimes and antisemitism.
"Not all of the petitioners, obviously, were fully apprised that the defendant voluntarily pled guilty to hate crimes," Berman said.
Bazrouk was born to a Paleostinian family in the US, lived in the West Bank for 18 months during his childhood, and resided with his family in a Manhattan apartment before his arrest, Berman said.
In a brief statement, Bazrouk apologized to the victims. "I’m sorry, guys, and I hope you can forgive me," he said.
Work to earn forgiveness from those you harmed. Just saying it doesn’t count.
Bazrouk’s older sister told the court that the family "strongly condemns violence in all forms" and has "never taught hatred against Jewish people."
The victims, whose names were redacted by the court, said the attacks had a significant impact on their lives and that they did not believe that Bazrouk truly regretted the assaults.
"Never in my life did I imagine that walking in the streets of New York would become a scary, terrifying experience," one of the victims told the court.
"My experience as a Jew in America has been altered forever," he said, adding that Bazrouk had bragged about the attacks to friends in text messages, indicating that he was not contrite.
[IsraelTimes] Police’s Yamam counter-terror unit acts on intelligence provided by Shin Bet; military carries out rare airstrike against cave in Kafr Qud, from which the operatives had emerged
Officers of the Yamam counter-terrorism unit and an Israeli military Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... killed three Paleostinian terror operatives during a raid in the northern West Bank village of Kafr Qud, near Jenin, on Tuesday morning, the Israel Defense Forces and Israel Police said.
Police said that the Yamam officers operated in the village to thwart a terror cell that was planning to carry out an attack. They acted on intelligence provided by the Shin Bet, police added, and had IDF support.
According to police, Yamam snipers opened fire and killed the three operatives who had emerged from a cave in the village.
The IDF, however, said that the Yamam snipers killed two of the operatives and maimed the third.
A short while after that, the Israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike that targeted the cave from which the operatives had emerged, killing the third gunman, the IDF said.
The three were named by the Paleostinian Authority health ministry as Abdullah Muhammad Omar Jalamneh, 27, Qais Ibrahim Muhammad al-Bitawi, 21, and Ahmed Azmi Aref Nasrati, 29. The ministry says it was informed of their deaths, indicating their bodies are being held by Israeli authorities.
Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... ’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, identified Jalamneh and al-Bitawi as members.
Israeli airstrikes in the West Bank — using drones, attack helicopters, and fighter jets — had been a common occurrence in recent years, with more than 100 carried out between the start of the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... on October 7, 2023, and early 2025.
However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt... after a major military offensive against terror operatives was launched in the northern West Bank in January 2025, such airstrikes have become increasingly rare.
Since the start of that offensive, the IDF has remained deployed to the Jenin refugee camp, adjacent to the city of Jenin, and two refugee camps near the western border of the West Bank, Tulkarem and Nur Shams. Both are near the city of Tulkarem.
Residents of the camps have since been displaced and have not been allowed to return.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said the camps were hotbeds of terror, funded and armed by Iran, to act as another front against Israel. With the IDF deployed to the camps, "the scope of terror alerts in Judea and Samaria has dropped by 80 percent," Katz said in August, using the government’s term for the West Bank.
Since the start of the Gaza war with the Hamas-led October 7 attack, troops have arrested over 6,000 wanted Paleostinians across the West Bank, including more than 2,350 affiliated with Hamas, according to the IDF.
According to the Paleostinian Authority health ministry, over 1,000 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed in that time. The IDF says the vast majority of them were button men killed in exchanges of fire, rioters who clashed with troops or murderous Moslems carrying out attacks.
During the same period, 62 others, including Israeli security personnel, have been killed in terror attacks in Israel and the West Bank. Another eight members of the security forces were killed in festivities with terror operatives in the West Bank.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Israeli army launched a series of airstrikes near the Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. Al Jazeera reported this on October 28.
"The Israeli military struck several targets in Gaza City. One rocket landed behind the Al-Shifa hospital, near one of the main buildings, which had been renovated and reopened," the statement added.
What odds Hamasniks were doing something nefarious around the hospital at the time? They’ve been caught and killed for it there before…
The leadership of the Palestinian radical movement Hamas reaffirmed its commitment to the ceasefire agreement after the airstrike began.
"We have made every effort to return the bodies," said Suhail al-Hindi, a member of the movement's politburo.
Earlier, it was reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had ordered immediate, powerful strikes on the Gaza Strip. Shortly before, Netanyahu's office announced that he would discuss with security officials the response to ceasefire violations by the Palestinian movement Hamas.
On October 13, US President Donald Trump, along with his Egyptian and Turkish counterparts Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, as well as Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, signed a document aimed at establishing peace in the Gaza Strip. The American leader also declared that a peaceful settlement in the Middle East had been achieved.
A wave of Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s was reported Tuesday evening in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... City after Israeli officials vowed to respond to an attack on troops in south Gaza and Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... ’s failure to return the bodies of hostages still held in the Strip.
There was no immediate comment from the Israel Defense Forces on the strikes, reported by Paleostinian media, which came hours after Israeli troops stationed in southern Gaza’s Rafah came under fire by terror operatives.
Troops returned fire at the attackers, and Paleostinian media also reported Israeli artillery shelling in the Rafah area. Hamas later denied involvement in the shooting.
After the incident, Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency said at least 30 people were killed and dozens maimed in the Israeli strikes.
"At least 30 killed and dozens of maimed as a result of the Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, and our crews are still working to recover the dead and maimed from under the rubble," Mahmud Basal, front man for the agency, tells AFP.
News Agency that Dare Not be Namednews hounds and witnesses heard tank fire and saw explosions in various parts of Gaza, including in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah. According to Paleostinian reports, one of the strikes targeted an area near Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa, with no casualties reported.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the IDF to "carry out immediate and powerful strikes in Gaza," his office said, after he called a meeting on Israel’s response to repeated violations of the Gaza ceasefire.
Defense Minister Israel Katz also threatened the terror group, saying Hamas will pay a "heavy price" for attacking soldiers.
"The attack on IDF soldiers in Gaza today by the Hamas terror organization crosses a glaring red line to which the IDF will respond with great force," Katz said in a statement. "Hamas will pay many times over for attacking the soldiers and for violating the agreement to return the fallen hostages."
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Israel "will not remain silent" over Hamas’s violations of the ceasefire agreement in the Strip.
"Hamas committed to returning the remaining deceased hostages, but it is violating its commitment. We saw that last night as well. We know well the nature of this organization, an organization built on terror, on deception and on treachery," Zamir said during a ceremony for outstanding civilian employees of the IDF.
"We will not remain silent about this. We will continue to act to return all our hostages for burial. This is our moral and ethical duty," he said. "If Hamas does not fulfill its commitments, it will bear responsibility and will pay a heavy price. Many challenges still await us; the war is not yet over."
Hamas announced on Tuesday night that it had no connection to the shooting earlier in Rafah and that it was committed to the ceasefire.
The terror group said in a statement that "the criminal assault by the occupation army in several areas of Gaza constitutes a serious violation of the ceasefire agreement... the attack is a continuation of a series of violations in recent days."
Hamas demanded that the mediators pressure Israel on the matter and stop the "dangerous violations."
Israel has accused Hamas of multiple violations of the deal reached earlier this month, and has charged that the terror group knows the location of the vast majority, or even all, of the remaining bodies of hostages, and is purposely stalling and staging fake discoveries of bodies.
In addition to not returning the bodies of any of the 13 dead hostages still held in the Gaza Strip, Hamas staged a fake "discovery" of Ofir Tzarfati’s remains in eastern Gaza City in front of the Red Thingy, before handing them over on Monday night.
Last week, two IDF soldiers were killed in an attack in the Rafah area. The military blamed Hamas for the attack, though the terror group said it had no responsibility for its operatives in IDF-held areas of Gaza.
Hamas’s military wing announced on Tuesday it was postponing the return of a hostage’s body that had been scheduled for 8 p.m. In a statement, the terror group said the move was in response to "violations of the ceasefire agreement by the occupation."
The Saudi al-Hadath channel reported that Hamas recovered what it said was another hostage’s body from a tunnel in Khan Younis, in addition to one it claimed to have recovered earlier, and was going to release on Tuesday night.
NETANYAHU ORDERS IDF TO EXPAND CONTROL IN GAZA — REPORT
In response to the repeated Hamas violations of the deal, Netanyahu has decided to expand the territory under IDF control in the Gaza Strip, Hebrew media reported.
The Prime Minister’s Office declined to comment on the reports.
According to the Kan public broadcaster, Netanyahu was speaking with senior US officials to coordinate the move.
Additionally, Channel 12 news reported that after Hamas was allowed by the IDF to enter areas under its control to search for hostages’ bodies, it instead recovered weapons.
The war in Gaza erupted when Hamas-led holy warriors rampaged through southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostages.
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Under the agreement, Israel released 250 life-sentence prisoners, as well as some 1,700 Gazooks detained following the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack that launched the war — some to the West Bank, some to Gaza, and some to other countries.
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