[IsraelTimes] US law enforcement has thwarted at least three alleged planned attacks on pro-Israel lobby or politicians who took donations from it, as political rhetoric against the group heats up
In late September, a man in Texas contacted law enforcement to report his friend, Benny Caldera, Jr., who told him they might not see each other again.
When asked what that meant, Caldera said to his friend that he was going to the Texas state capitol to "shoot it up."
Caldera showed his friend information about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on his laptop, saying, "These people have to be exterminated," according to a criminal complaint.
The following day, the friend recorded a conversation with Caldera in which he outlined his plan for invading the Texas capitol.
"The first demand we are going to make is eliminating anyone that supports AIPAC," he said.
"The Israeli fucking AIPAC — they need to go," he said "They can either, effective immediately, resign, or they can stay and they will be arrested and they will be tried by a jury of their peers for treason."
Investigators searched Caldera’s home, finding a loaded revolver with its serial number filed off, a 12 gauge shotgun and ammunition for other weapons. He was charged with a firearms offense and faces five years in prison.
The case was the latest in a series of alleged plots targeting AIPAC in the US, as politicians and commentators on both the left and right assail the pro-Israel lobby group.
Caldera was charged with making a terroristic threat and faces up to 10 years in prison.
UPTICK IN PROTESTS AFTER OCT. 7
In 1977, a bomb ripped a gash into the home of AIPAC’s then-director, Morris Amitay, while he and his family slept inside. The blast shattered windows in homes five blocks away and killed the Amitay family’s dog, but did not injure the rest of the family. There were no arrests or claims of responsibility.
After that attack, there were sporadic protests and politically-motivated hacks against AIPAC, but there did not appear to be any violence or violent mostly peaceful plots for decades.
After the Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... -led, October 2023 onslaught in southern Israel, rhetoric and protests against AIPAC escalated.
In November 2023, on Thanksgiving, protesters set off smoke bombs outside AIPAC president Michael Tuchin’s home and spilled red paint signifying blood on his driveway.
The protesters called Tuchin a "baby killer" and placed bunches of cloth splattered with red paint symbolizing dead babies outside his home, echoing the centuries-old anti-Jewish blood libel.
In August 2024, AIPAC’s headquarters in Washington, DC, was vandalized with red spray paint and the slogan "Fuck Israel."
Months later, the office was vandalized again, resulting in five arrests.
’AN ATTEMPT TO KILL’
The first attempted deadly violence came in December 2024, when police in Florida arrested an armed man, Forrest Pemberton, for plotting an attack on an AIPAC office.
Pemberton researched AIPAC employees online and traveled to what he believed was an AIPAC office site with firearms to scout the location, according to a criminal complaint.
Investigators searching Pemberton’s computer found that he had looked up an address that matched the site of a former AIPAC office in Florida that he believed was still active.
Law enforcement arrested Pemberton near the former office site while he was carrying three firearms, including an assault rifle with a silencer, and eight magazines of ammunition.
He said he chose his target due to its "political influence," that he was frustrated with the status quo, and wanted to "see if I could make a change."
Before setting out, Pemberton had left a note to his family, saying "goodbye" and that he wanted to "stoke the flames."
Pemberton was indicted for an attempted hate crime and other charges and faces up to life in prison.
"The offense included an attempt to kill," the grand jury’s indictment said.
AIPAC-LINKED LAWMAKERS TARGETED
The third violent mostly peaceful plot against AIPAC targets was exposed in June after authorities in Ohio arrested suspect Tycen Proper.
…age 19, his parents set the police on him in the hope of stopping him in time.
Investigators found that Proper and alleged co-conspirators had plotted a violent mostly peaceful attack on a mixed martial arts event held on the White House lawn.
The network allegedly planned to stage a protest near the White House, and while the protest was underway, dispatch small, explosive-laden drones that would detonate over the UFC event, forcing an evacuation.
Attackers armed with rifles, stationed near an evacuation point, would shoot their targets as they fled the UFC event, according to the plan. The suspects had taken actions to prepare for the attack including purchasing weapons, quitting their jobs and traveling to the capital from around the US.
Proper told his co-conspirators on May 13 that the assailants should target US Senator Marsha Blackburn, according to the criminal complaint.
Asked why the group should target Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, Proper said, "She’s taken money from the Israel pro Israel [sic] lobby and supports them," according to the complaint.
Proper said in a text message, "These are people we’re going to focus on," alongside images of US Senator Jim Justice, US Senator Shelley Moore Capito, US Representative Carol Miller, and US Represntative Riley Moore, all Republicans from West Virginia.
The images appeared to have been taken from the website "TrackAIPAC.com" and included information about how much money each politician had received from "pro-Israel PACS," the complaint said.
A criminal complaint against another one of the suspects, Bryan Roa, said he blamed Jews for US government corruption and accused Jews and Israel of being behind the war with Iran.
Family or friends of the suspects tipped off law enforcement to each of the three plots, which came as the US public has become increasingly hostile to Israel, and as politicians and commentators have repeatedly railed against AIPAC on both the left and right, casting the lobby as a nefarious force controlling US politics.
Tucker Carlson said in July, "both parties have the same paymasters and the same donors who are demanding loyalty to a foreign country, the same AIPAC donations." Republican Thomas Massie said AIPAC and other pro-Israel donors were "bullying members of Congress" to "dictate" US foreign policy.
On the left, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani called AIPAC "monsters" in June, US Representative Ilhan Omar ...Somali-American Dem representative from Minnesota. She was apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw on her mother's side. She is a member of The Squad, and would like to make the country look a lot more like Mogadishu... said AIPAC was a "dangerous force," and US Representative Rashida Tlaib ...the very first ever Paleostinian-American ever sworn into Congress in 2019. She is a member of The Squad and consistently votes against the U.S. national interest. She's a Dem, naturally, from a safe district you wouldn't want to live in (Michigan's 12th congressional district). She wants the country to be kinda like Gaza only without any Jews for neighbors... called the group "the pro-genocide lobby."
There is no evidence of a direct connection between the statements from commentators and politicians and the violent mostly peaceful plots.
MALI 🇲🇱 | Au delà de la reprise victorieuse de Kidal par les FAMa et de l'affrontement JNIM / EIS vers la frontière burkinabé, de nombreux incidents sécuritaires sont constatés au Mali ces derniers jours.
🔸Le 10/10, le FLA a annoncé avoir mené des attaques de drones contre des positions tenues par les FAMa et l’Africa Corps🇷🇺 à Soumpi, dans la région de Tombouctou. Un véhicule militaire a été détruit. Le FLA garde donc des capacités d'action loin de son emprise territoriale du nord-Mali malgré la perte de Kidal.
🔸 Les 11/10 et 12/10, le JNIM revendique lui avoir ciblé des convois FAMa / Africa Corps avec des IED sur les axes Sévaré–Konna , Konna–Konsa et Dougabougou-Markala.
Une patrouille de chasseurs dozos a également été attaquée à Somadougou.
🔸Le 11/10, les FAMa ont annoncé la destruction d’un dépôt de carburant au nord-est d’Inafarak, d'un véhicule à l’ouest d’Aguelhok et d'un groupe de combattants circulant à moto entre les localités de Dandougou et Bélèko.
⚠️ Selon @SimNasr et plusieurs sources locales, des frappes aériennes FAMa ont tué au moins 13 civils le 12/10 dans le village peul de Nzanakoro, dont la moitié sont des enfants ( 🎥 en commentaire).
MALI 🇲🇱 | Beyond the victorious recapture of Kidal by the FAMa and the JNIM / EIS clashes near the Burkinabé border, numerous security incidents have been observed in Mali in recent days.
🔸On 10/10, the FLA announced it had carried out drone attacks against positions held by the FAMa and the Africa Corps🇷🇺 in Soumpi, in the Tombouctou
…an alternate spelling of Timbuktu…
region. A military vehicle was destroyed. The FLA thus retains operational capabilities far from its territorial stronghold in northern Mali, despite the loss of Kidal.
🔸 On 11/10 and 12/10, JNIM claimed to have targeted FAMa / Africa Corps convoys with IEDs on the Sévaré–Konna, Konna–Konsa, and Dougabougou–Markala axes.
A patrol of dozo hunters was also attacked in Somadougou.
🔸On 11/10, the FAMa announced the destruction of a fuel depot northeast of Inafarak, of a vehicle west of Aguelhok, and of a group of fighters traveling by motorcycle between the localities of Dandougou and Bélèko.
⚠️ According to @SimNasr and several local sources, FAMa airstrikes killed at least 13 civilians on 12/10 in the Peul village of Nzanakoro, half of whom were children
Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes on oil facilities in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, hitting a petroleum station in Sanaa, storage tanks at Ras Isa port and another site in Hodeidah governorate’s Bajil district. https://t.co/VqoQLjsXlR
[IsraelTimes] Yemen’s Houthi-run health ministry says two people were killed when an oil company in the Red Sea province of Hodeidah was attacked, blaming Saudi Arabia for the strike.
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[Regnum] The Saudi-led Arab coalition against the Houthis reported the interception of four cruise missiles and two drones over the kingdom. The corresponding statements were published on October 13 on the X social mediapage of coalition spokesman Turki al-Maliki.
He clarified that three cruise missiles were intercepted and destroyed in Riyadh and the southern region, and two drones were also destroyed. Al-Maliki also announced the destruction of one cruise missile in Riyadh province.
Earlier, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria announced a strike by the Shiite military-political movement Ansar Allah on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.
Earlier, the Saudi Arabian General Authority for Civil Aviation reported that a new attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh killed one person and injured several others. Damage to the airport is still being assessed.
A projectile of unknown origin hit Terminal 4 of Riyadh International Airport on October 11.
The number of casualties in the strike on Riyadh airport on October 10 has risen to 309. Twelve people were killed.
On October 5, the Houthis declared Saudi Arabian airspace, excluding the skies over Mecca and Medina, a military operation zone. The attack on the airport was carried out by the Houthis, stated Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led Arab coalition against the Houthis.
[Jpost] The flight was only permitted to depart once US security authorities had completed their inspections and clearance had been granted by Israeli security.
A Delta Air Lines plane scheduled to depart from New York for Israel was held before takeoff at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York following a bomb threat. Flight DL234 was scheduled to depart at 10:40 p.m. Israel time.
The aircraft was denied clearance for takeoff after police received a phone call claiming that a bomb had been planted on board. Authorities suspect that the caller may be the same individual who earlier claimed that a bomb had been placed on a Delta flight that landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Tuesday morning. That aircraft was searched, and the incident ended without any unusual findings.
The flight was only permitted to depart once US security authorities had completed their inspections and clearance had been granted by Israeli security.
EARLIER INCIDENT ON DELTA FLIGHT LANDING AT BEN-GURION AIRPORT
The incident follows a similar bomb threat earlier on Tuesday, when a Delta aircraft arriving at Ben-Gurion Airport from New York was moved to an isolated parking area after the Israel Airports Authority (IAA) received an anonymous report of a suspicious object on board that could contain explosives.
All passengers were evacuated from the aircraft, and security personnel conducted searches to rule out the possibility of an bomb.
No suspicious objects or explosives were reported. Although security officials assessed the threat as likely a hoax, they decided to thoroughly inspect the aircraft as a precaution.
The IAA later confirmed the incident was resolved, stating, "The incident ended with no unusual findings."
[Dawn] Five bad boyz were potted in separate operations in the Kuram Garhi Mamandkhel and Shabri Kala Bhart areas here on Tuesday, police said.
They said two bad boyz were potted in a joint intelligence-based operation conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), police and Pakistain Army in the Kuram Garhi Mamandkhel area within the jurisdiction of the Bannu Cantt cop shoppe on Tuesday night.
According to intelligence reports, Lions of Islam were present in the area and planning a major attack. Acting on the information, personnel of CTD Bannu, district police and the army were dispatched to the location to arrest them.
As the security personnel reached the site, Lions of Islam opened indiscriminate fire, prompting the personnel to retaliate.
After the firing stopped, a search operation was conducted, during which two Lions of Islam were found dead.
One of the dear departed was identified as Mohib Khan alias Sameen, a resident of Garera Imam Shah in Bannu district. According to the CTD, he was a local commander of Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistain (IMP)
…IMP appeared in the second quarter of 2025 as competition for TTP, comprising the Hafiz Gul Bahadur ...a member of the Madda Khel clan of the Uthmanzai Waziris. Educated in a Deobandi madrassa located in Multan, he is affiliated with the Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) political party. Upon the formation of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in December 2007, he was announced as the group's overall naib amir under Baitullah Mehsud, who was based in South Wazoo, but has largely distanced himself from the TTP due to rivalries with the Mehsuds and disagreements about the TTP's attacks against the Pak state.. Group (HBG), Lashkar-e-Islam ...a group of Islamic bandidos infesting Khyber Agency. It was headed by a former bus driver and eventually folded into the TTP... , and the newly emerged Harkat Inqilab-e-Islami Pakistain (HIIP) …
and allegedly involved in several terrorist activities in Bannu.
The identity of the second terrorist is being ascertained, the statement said.
Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Livia grabbed for Jane's hair to make her point. Jane elbowed her in the face in rebuttal... three bad boyz were potted in a clash with the police peace committee in the Shabri Kala Bhart area on Tuesday morning, sources said.
The identities of the dear departed could not be established, while further details about the incident remained unavailable.
[IsraelTimes] An 18-year-old from the northern Arab city of Umm al-Fahm was arrested over the past month on suspicion of planning to attack Israeli soldiers in the Old City of Jerusalem after swearing allegiance to the Islamic State jihadist group, police and the Shin Bet say.
Officers who searched his home found “evidence and digital material that reinforce the suspicion of his support for the terrorist organization and involvement in planning the terror attack,” the agencies say in a joint statement, without specifying the method of the planned attack.
A prosecutor’s statement was filed today ahead of an indictment against the suspect on charges of membership in a terrorist organization and planning a terrorist attack, according to the statement.
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🔴 إحباط عملية إرهابية في شمال السامرة: اعتقال أربعة مخربين من حركة الجهاد الإسلامي الإرهابية في منطقة لواء منشيه
⭕️ استكملت قوات جيش الدفاع في لواء منشيه هذا الأسبوع، بتوجيه استخباراتي من جهاز الأمن العام (الشاباك)، عمليتي اعتقال في قريتي قباطية وعرابة، اعتقلت خلالهما أربعة مخربين من حركة الجهاد الإسلامي الإرهابية، كانوا يخططون لتنفيذ عملية إرهابية في منطقة شمال السامرة.
⭕️ وفي عملية اعتقال إضافية نُفذت هذا الأسبوع في منطقة بيت ريما التابعة للواء بنيامين، اعتقل مقاتلو وحدة دوفدفان مطلوبًا كان يتاجر بالوسائل القتالية.
⭕️ تم تحويل المخربين لاستكمال التحقيق معهم لدى قوات الأمن.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) October 13, 2026
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🔴 Frustration of a Terrorist Operation in Northern Samaria: Arrest of Four Saboteurs from the Terrorist Islamic Jihad Movement in the Menashe Brigade Area
⭕️ This week, IDF forces in the Menashe Brigade completed, with intelligence guidance from the Shin Bet (General Security Service), two arrest operations in the villages of Kabatiya and Aarabah,
…alternate spellings Qabatiya and Arraba …
during which four saboteurs from the terrorist Islamic Jihad movement were arrested; they had been planning to carry out a terrorist operation in the northern Samaria region.
⭕️ And in an additional arrest operation carried out this week in the Beit Rima area under the Binyamin Brigade, Duvdevan Unit fighters arrested a wanted suspect who was trading in combat means.
⭕️ The saboteurs were transferred to continue the investigation with them by the security forces.
⭕️عملت قوات جيش الدفاع أمس (الإثنين)، بتوجيه من جهاز الأمن العام (الشاباك)، في منطقة قرية جناتا التابعة للواء عتصيون، لإحباط نشاطات إرهابية.
إرهاب في أنحاء يهودا والسامرة وحماية مواطني دولة إسرائيل.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) October 13, 2026
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⭕️Yesterday (Monday), IDF forces operated, under the direction of the General Security Service (Shin Bet), in the area of the village of Jannatah,
…5 km south of Bethlehem…
which is under the Etzion Regional Brigade, to thwart terrorist activities.
⭕️During the activity, the forces interrogated dozens of elements affiliated with the terrorist Hamas movement, suspected of involvement in terrorist activities, and issued them clear warnings against continuing these activities.
⭕️The message to the saboteurs is clear: Anyone who chooses to engage in terrorism or provide assistance to it or act against the citizens of the State of Israel and IDF forces must know that the security forces will act against him.
⭕️The IDF will continue to operate resolutely to thwart terrorism throughout Judea and Samaria and protect the citizens of the State of Israel.
The 32-year-old suspect initially gave arresting officers an Israeli ID number and claimed to be from the Arab town of Taibeh in central Israel, police say.
Investigators discovered he was from the West Bank and “was allegedly involved in committing terrorist attacks against Israeli targets,” police say, without specifying where in the West Bank the suspect is from or the nature of the attacks.
The suspect will be brought today before the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court for a hearing on keeping him in custody, police add.
در حالی که در حال پیشبرد طرحهای تروریستی بودند: ارتش اسرائیل پنج تروریست از سازمانهای تروریستی حماس و جهاد اسلامی فلسطین را در جنوب نوار غزه به هلاکت رساند.
ارتش اسرائیل روز پریروز (یکشنبه) در منطقه خانیونس حملهای انجام داد و سه تروریست از شاخه نظامی سازمان تروریستی جهاد اسلامی فلسطین را، در حالی که برای پیشبرد طرحهای تروریستی علیه نیروهای ما گرد هم آمده بودند، به هلاکت رساند.
تروریستهایی که به هلاکت رسیدند:
- محمد ابو حجاج - فعال در حوزه مهندسی
- یوسف ابو رزق - معاون فرمانده یک گروه تروریستی
- عبدالحمید جادالله - فعال در یگان موشکی
در حملهای دیگر که صبح امروز (دوشنبه) در جنوب نوار غزه انجام شد، ارتش اسرائیل صلاحالدین ایاد عبدالحمید و عزالدین ایاد دیاب برهوم، دو تروریست از نیروهای نخبه «نُخبه» متعلق به تیپ رفح در شاخه نظامی سازمان تروریستی حماس را به هلاکت رساند.
این تروریستها اخیرا در حال پیشبرد طرحهای تروریستی علیه نیروهای ارتش اسرائیل و شهروندان اسرائیل بودند و برای بازسازی توانمندیهای نظامی سازمانهای تروریستی حماس و جهاد اسلامی فلسطین فعالیت میکردند؛ اقداماتی که نقض نظام مند آتشبس به شمار میرود. این تروریستها با حمله هوایی و بهمنظور رفع تهدید به هلاکت رسیدند.
نیروهای ارتش اسرائیل تحت فرماندهی منطقه جنوب، مطابق با توافق در منطقه مستقر هستند و به اقدامات خود برای رفع هرگونه تهدید فوری ادامه خواهند داد.
ویدئویی از به هلاکت رسیدن سه تروریست از سازمان تروریستی جهاد اسلامی فلسطین پیوست شده است.
While advancing terrorist plots: The Israeli army killed five terrorists from the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations in southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army carried out an attack in the Khan Younis area the day before yesterday (Sunday) and killed three terrorists from the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, who had gathered to advance terrorist plots against our forces.
The terrorists who were killed:
- Mohammed Abu Hijaj - Active in the engineering field
- Yusuf Abu Rizq - Deputy commander of a terrorist squad
- Abdul Hamid Jadallah - Active in the missile unit
In another attack carried out this morning (Monday) in southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli army killed Salah al-Din Iyad Abdul Hamid and Izz al-Din Iyad Diab Brhoum, two terrorists from the elite "Nukhba" forces belonging to the Rafah Brigade in the military wing of the Hamas terrorist organization.
These terrorists had recently been advancing terrorist plots against IDF forces and Israeli civilians and were active in rebuilding the military capabilities of the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organizations; actions that constitute a systematic violation of the ceasefire. These terrorists were killed in an airstrike and in order to remove the threat.
IDF forces under Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue their operations to remove any immediate threat.
A video of the killing of three terrorists from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is attached.
On August 21, 2021, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip held a large demonstration along the Gaza border, near the defunct Karni Crossing. At one point during the demonstration, dozens of rioters rushed the border barrier, up to a hole in the concrete wall that was being used by Israeli snipers as a firing position.
Hamas operative Muhammad Maher Abu Jasser approached the hole in the wall, stuck his pistol through it, and fired three times. One of these shots struck Shmueli in the head, critically wounding him. He died of his injury days later.
During a ceasefire in January 2025, Palestinian media reported that the body of Abu Jasser was found following fighting between the terror group and the IDF in northern Gaza’s Jabalia.
Hamas yesterday published an obituary video for Abu Jasser, saying that he was killed on December 6, 2024. The video shows Abu Jasser confirming he was the terrorist who killed Shmueli in 2021.
[KhaamaPress] At least 30 members of the Fatemiyoun militia were killed or maimed in two separate armed attacks in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province on Tuesday, according to the Haalvsh human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... group.
Haalvsh reported that more than 20 Fatemiyoun members were killed or maimed in an ambush in the Chah Ahmad area of Taftan County. The group said the fighters had been sent into the mountainous area, where gunnies opened fire on them. IranWire also reported Haalvsh’s account of the Taftan festivities, which lasted for more than seven hours, according to the rights group.
In a separate incident, Haalvsh said a Toyota Hilux pickup truck and a cycle of violence carrying Fatemiyoun members came under gunfire in the Ramin area of Chabahar County on Tuesday afternoon. The attack reportedly left 10 people dead or maimed.
Haalvsh also reported that the fighters had been based at a facility in Ahmad village and were attacked after leaving the compound. The identities of the button men and their possible affiliation were not immediately clear.
The reported attacks come amid a series of armed confrontations in Sistan and Baluchestan in recent weeks. Iranian media has reported previous attacks on Fatemiyoun members in the province, including an October 2 incident near Zahedan in which at least five members were reported killed, according to Haalvsh.
Iranian authorities had not publicly commented on the two reported attacks involving Fatemiyoun members at the time of publication. The Fatemiyoun Division is a militia composed largely of Afghan fighters and operating under the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force.
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1. The Fatemiyoun are primarily Afghan militia.
2. They were probably on a mission to suppress dissent that the Basij militia could not be trusted to suppress and the IRGC didn't want to get themselves dirty in the dust of Sistan.
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[IsraelTimes] Iran executed Ali-Sina Mostafavi after being convicted of carrying out armed attacks in the southeastern city of Kerman during the war with the United States and Israel, the judiciary’s news outlet Mizan says, accusing him of acting in support of exiled opposition figure Reza Pahlavi and Israel.
[Rudaw] Three vessels, including a container ship, a product tanker and a crude oil tanker, were struck by unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said Monday, as a series of attacks continued to threaten maritime security in the strategic waterway.
In three separate statements, UKMTO said it had received delayed reports from verified sources that the container vessel was hit while entering the strait, while the two tankers were struck during outbound transits.
"Authorities are investigating," UKMTO said in each statement, advising vessels to "transit with caution" and report any suspicious activity to the maritime security agency.
The reports came as UKMTO separately confirmed that a tanker had been struck by an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) near Oman's Sohar anchorage on Sunday. The agency initially said the crew's status, the extent of damage and the potential environmental impact were unknown before reclassifying the incident as an attack after confirming the vessel had been hit by a drone.
Over 20 attacks against tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding waterways have been reported since September 28, alongside at least two confirmed incidents in which vessels were hailed, according to a maritime security assessment by the Washington Institute.
[IsraelTimes] Iran appears to be targeting commercial vessels conducting ship-to-ship oil transfers in and near the Strait of Hormuz in order to try to undermine vessels’ ability to move energy through the strait, the Institute for the Study of War says.
Iran may be developing its anti-ship missile capabilities, the US-based think tank says in a post on X.
The UK’s Maritime Trade Operations Centre posted on X Monday that at least three vessels had been attacked by unknown projectiles in the strait a day earlier. There were no immediate claims of responsibility.
But Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s top security body, told state TV on Saturday that Iranian forces were striking an average of five “smuggling ships” every night.
Rezaei appeared to be referring to US efforts to guide oil shipments through the strait before the oil is transferred to larger tankers waiting in the Gulf of Oman.
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I'm guessing, correct me if I'm wrong, the damage to these ships varies from projectile to projectile. I wonder if some of these drones have enough oomph to actually sink a ship or even disable it whereas a hit from a missile might. Certainly it's no laughing matter when an oil tanker takes a hit but how much damage does it actually do?
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[Rudaw] Iranian forces deployed around 40 additional vehicles to Taftan county in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province on Tuesday, a Baluch rights monitor reported, as clashes between Iranian security forces and militants continue.
According to Haalvsh, a human rights organization monitoring developments in the Baloch region, citing local sources, around 18 motorcycles and four military vehicles were present when the fighting began between the IRGC and the armed men early Tuesday. As the clashes intensified, approximately 40 additional military vehicles carrying reinforcements were reportedly dispatched to the area on Tuesday.
The number of casualties and the extent of any damage from recent clashes remain unknown. The reported deployment of reinforcements and other details have not been independently verified.
The latest confrontation comes amid a wave of attacks against Iranian security forces in the southeastern province, which borders Pakistan and Afghanistan.
More than a dozen Iranian military and police personnel were killed or wounded in four attacks over a 24-hour period last week, according to Haalvsh.
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.
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
BREAKING: Israel says pilot tried to hijack flydubai flight to Tel Aviv that diverted, landed in Saudi Arabia
