[YemenOnline] The Houthi group announced on Saturday that it had targeted the Al-Nasr camp and a naval base in the southern Yemeni city of Aden, following reports of explosions near the international airport and the coast guard headquarters.
The group's military spokesman, Yahya Saree, stated that the attack targeted military gatherings allegedly being prepared by Saudi officers for operations against Houthi forces.
Saree did not provide details about the type of weapons used or the results of the attack, and no information was immediately available regarding casualties or material damage.
The Houthi announcement followed reports from local sources of three explosions in Aden. Two of the explosions occurred near Aden International Airport in the Khormaksar district, and the third in the Tawahi district, near the coast guard headquarters.
This attack follows a series of attacks in Aden during October, targeting its international airport and the Maashiq Palace complex, the seat of the Yemeni government.
On October 15, the Yemeni government announced that the Maashiq Palace had been targeted by missiles and drones, while the Minister of Health reported that five people were killed and 16 others, including guards and staff, were injured.
The Yemeni Ministry of Transport also announced that Aden Airport was attacked with two ballistic missiles on October 16, coinciding with a Yemen Airways flight preparing to depart for Cairo, which necessitated its evacuation.
Local authorities in Aden accused the Houthis of attempting to disrupt air traffic and targeting vital infrastructure, while affirming that the government and its institutions would continue to operate despite the attacks.
[YemenOnline] Saudi Civil Defense announced on Saturday that it had responded to debris falling after the interception of two ballistic missiles launched by the Houthis toward the Mecca and Medina regions.
The Civil Defense spokesperson stated that parts of the missiles fell in Wadi al-Mughammas in Mecca, while debris from the interception landed in the al-Nuzha neighborhood of Jeddah, Wadi Jalil in Taif, and the Masturah area of Rabigh.
Debris happens. The key is that the silly thing doesn’t kaboom as its launchers intended.
The statement confirmed that standard procedures for handling such incidents were implemented, but did not include any information regarding injuries or material damage.
#3
meanwhile, Pakistan and Turkey have helped out by having some aircraft sit on runways in Saudi Arabi
powerful military arsenals and personnel but so far, pretty much useless in this conflict as much of the population of the Taiz region is being starved to death by the Houthis
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[AI] quran says don't kill muslims
The Quran explicitly prohibits the killing of innocent Muslims, stating that **deliberately slaying a committed Muslim** results in eternal Hellfire and divine rejection (Surah 4:93). It further establishes the sanctity of human life by declaring that **killing one person unjustly is as if he had slain mankind entirely**, while saving one life is as if he had saved all of humanity (Surah 5:32).
**Key prohibitions and context include:**
* **Absolute Prohibition**: The text forbids taking life except by legal right, emphasizing that faith cannot be coerced (Surah 2:256).
* **Protection of Covenants**: Killing a *Mu'ahid* (a non-Muslim granted protection by Muslims) is strictly forbidden and considered a major sin.
* **Context of Warfare Verses**: Verses often cited for violence, such as Surah 9:5 or 2:191, are interpreted by scholars as applying **only to specific polytheists who violated treaties** or initiated hostilities, not to Muslims or peaceful non-believers.
* **Peace Mandate**: The Quran instructs believers to incline toward peace if the enemy does so (Surah 8:61) and to deal justly with those who do not fight them (Surah 60:8).
[Reuters] Protests against war and rising living costs took place in major Italian cities on Saturday, with some incidents of violence, a week after unrest erupted across the country.
Authorities deployed a heavy police presence and many shops closed as a precaution against possible damage.
The demonstrations, which followed clashes last weekend in which protesters fought with police, looted shops and vandalised property, were violent in Turin, Rome and Bologna, with clashes between officers and demonstrators. They were largely peaceful in Milan.
Reuters witnesses did not observe any shops being looted or property vandalised.
After calls for further demonstrations circulated on social media this week, authorities made extensive security arrangements and deployed large numbers of police officers to prevent a repeat of last weekend's violence.
Earlier on Saturday, Italian police said they had detained a person allegedly linked to organising the "October 17 Movement" — last weekend's protests — and had taken them to police headquarters in Milan for questioning.
Thousands clashed with police, threw bricks and looted luxury stores in Milan; 80% arrested were minors, many from immigrant families; a Tunisian father spoke of his shame as parents waited in tears; Meloni announces measures against ‘Maranza’ gangs
Italian police announced Monday that they had arrested 271 young people involved in Sunday's unrest. Dozens of police officers were injured. Clashes similar to those in Milan also took place in Bologna, Brescia, Bergamo and Turin, all in northern Italy, resulting in dozens of arrests. But it was the scenes in Milan that left many Italians angry, outraged and, above all, bewildered, as the level of violence stunned both the authorities and the political establishment.
An extraordinarily high proportion of those arrested, nearly 80%, were minors, according to Italian media reports. Of the 32 suspects brought before a court for detention hearings, 23 were minors and 13 were foreign nationals. According to Corriere della Sera, an astonishing number of those detained were children as young as 11 to 14. Reports and police accounts indicated that radical left-wing activists and students also participated in the riots, including the looting and clashes with police. However, many managed to escape as the violence escalated. Those who were caught were predominantly children who had traveled into the city from Milan's suburbs. A large proportion came from immigrant backgrounds, including families originating in North Africa, Eastern Europe and elsewhere. Some were born in Italy to immigrant families that had lived in the country for decades.
IMMIGRANT PARENTS WHO BUILT LIVES IN ITALY: 'I'M ASHAMED'
Corriere della Sera described remarkable scenes Monday outside Milan's central police station, where distraught and embarrassed parents stood waiting for their detained sons to be released. Some had lived in Italy for many years and were well integrated into society, while others barely spoke the language. Many waited in tears, visibly ashamed.
"If my child took part in these riots, I will punish him severely," one father was quoted as saying.
"I break my back every day to earn a living, and I'm ashamed. If my son did what they're saying, he'll pay dearly for it. I'm deeply disappointed in him," said another father of Tunisian origin.
"Where were you? What did you do? I'll tear you apart!" another father reportedly shouted after arriving to collect his arrested son.
"I wish someone had smashed your head in! I'll smash your head in!" one father, tears in his eyes, reportedly shouted at his son after he was released from custody.
Italian media reported that many of the teenagers had flocked to central Milan after seeing the demonstrations begin on Saturday. The protests had originally been planned around the rising cost of living, but as images spread on Instagram and TikTok, young people began traveling into Milan from surrounding towns and cities.
Many of these teenagers, or children, belonged to groups known as "Maranza." The term, Italian slang for groups of children and teenagers who move around together, often dressed in fashionable clothing but displaying aggressive, anti-establishment attitudes,
…in other words entitled, spoilt brats…
has become increasingly familiar across Italy in recent years, particularly in the Milan area. These groups have become a significant part of the city's problem with violence and crime, fueling racist sentiment because many of their members are second- or third-generation immigrants, often from Arab or Eastern European backgrounds.
MASKED 10-YEAR-OLDS WITH CLUBS AND STOLEN SCOOTERS
Many of the children arrested Saturday and Sunday were reportedly associated with these groups. Italian media outlets spoke with some of them, who said they had decided to join the "party" and film everything for TikTok. Some openly boasted about the looting and clashes with police.
Many parents of those arrested said they learned their children had traveled to Milan to participate in the riots only after they were detained. One couple said they initially heard their son had not arrived at school, only to discover later that he had been arrested. Other parents tracked their children's locations through an app and discovered they were at a police station.
The young age of the rioters has shocked many Italians. Journalists covering the unrest documented masked children as young as 10 and 11 riding electric bicycles or scooters, wearing stolen helmets and carrying clubs and metal objects. Some were seen leading groups of teenagers into confrontations with police or raids on stores, stopping along the way to upload footage of the incidents to social media.
Italian media also reported Monday that police had identified members of the organized radical left, associated with Milan's social centers, among the demonstrators. However, many of these activists reportedly left when police began using force to disperse the crowds and restore order.
This video is very important for Europe. It shows that those who loot, destroy cars, set fires and cause chaos speak Arabic. And if they speak Arabic, they are not Europeans. Let's assume many people won't want this video to spread, because it tells too much truth. https://t.co/lVaRM2AKpf
[NewsMax] More than 400,000 people demonstrated across France on Saturday, with clashes erupting in several cities despite the deployment of 70,000 security personnel and restrictions imposed by President Emmanuel Macron’s government.
Newsmax correspondent Trent Murray reported that France’s Interior Ministry estimated nationwide turnout at 410,000, including 110,000 in Paris.
Organizers disputed those figures, claiming nearly 800,000 demonstrators participated, including 250,000 in the capital.
Of course. But given that the organizers are Antifa/Black Bloc, what ofds they defaulted immediately to propaganda?
The demonstrations, initially largely peaceful, deteriorated into confrontations as evening approached, with riot police deploying tear gas and water cannons against protesters in Paris and Marseille.
Near Paris’ Porte de Vincennes, demonstrators hurled projectiles at officers, while police fired tear gas and directed powerful jets of water into crowds. Authorities reported that more than 500 rioters were attacking law enforcement officers near the demonstration’s conclusion.
In Marseille, masked youths engaged officers in running confrontations through narrow streets, setting dumpsters ablaze to obstruct pursuing police.
The violence unfolded despite a major security operation involving armored vehicles, helicopters, specialized riot units, and thousands of officers positioned throughout major French cities.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez had pledged a forceful response following last weekend's destructive unrest, when approximately 3,000 businesses were damaged or looted nationwide.
Many Jewish-owned businesses were said to be targeted.
Macron has blamed radical far-left groups for much of the previous violence, accusing ultra-left extremists of seeking to undermine the French republic. Authorities also reported confiscating improvised weapons, fireworks, metal projectiles, and slingshots ahead of Saturday’s demonstrations.
The government attempted to contain Saturday’s unrest by banning certain demonstrations in Lyon, Nice, and Montpellier while restricting the Paris march to southeastern neighborhoods, away from the capital’s commercial and tourist centers.
But those restrictions failed to prevent widespread mobilization.
Approximately 26,000 people demonstrated in Toulouse, according to local authorities, while roughly 10,000 marched in Lyon despite restrictions.
Police used tear gas in several cities, including Lyon and Clermont-Ferrand.
The protests originated in student anger over deteriorating school conditions and teacher shortages but have expanded into a broader revolt over soaring living costs, wages, pensions, and public services.
Energy prices were 21.3% higher in September than a year earlier, adding to mounting financial pressures on French households, according to France’s national statistics agency, INSEE.
Far-left leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon condemned the police response, accusing officers of firing tear gas indiscriminately at demonstrators in Paris.
Meanwhile, thousands of counterprotesters gathered in Orléans, where Marine Le Pen's National Rally party was holding a convention ahead of next year's presidential election.
The unrest presents another major challenge for Macron during the final months of his presidency.
Major Paris museums closed Saturday, businesses boarded up their windows, and authorities remained on heightened alert.
As darkness descended, scattered confrontations continued, and security forces prepared for the possibility of further violence overnight.
Organizers have already called for additional demonstrations Oct. 31, raising the prospect of another weekend of nationwide disruption.
#4
and the NFL game starts at 6:30 PST. Good job, Goodell
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It escapes me how someone in the League structure and leadership might not have seen this event as a potential target? Should I simply just "follow-the-money?"
#10
the Bukele solution in El Salvador needs to be copied in France and several other places
including the USA, although laws would need to be changed
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Missed this.
Paris police invited shopkeepers to hire their own security for riots. This is a state that has one of the highest taxation levels in the world, but apparently can’t afford to protect business owners from the criminal radicals the state has allowed to run wild. https://t.co/jnsxtKHFv0
[Jpost] More than 30 fires were set, and 14 stores were vandalized. Núria Parlon, the interior minister for the Spanish region of Catalonia, said that around 25% of those arrested were minors.
A total of 100 people were arrested in Barcelona on Saturday evening after hooded demonstrators who participated in an anti-establishment rally looted shops and set fire to street furniture around the city's central Plaza de Catalunya.
Núria Parlon, the interior minister for the Spanish region of Catalonia, said around 25% of those arrested were minors. More than 30 fires were set and 14 stores vandalized or looted in a part of town popular with tourists and weekend shoppers, she added.
Demonstrators were called in social media posts to a movement "against the system." The posts also used the slogan "Institut Indignats," a translation of the movement "Lyceés Indignés," which was used to rally students who have protested in La Belle France in recent weeks. In English, the phrase translates as "Indignant High School Student."
LOOTERS DRESSED IN BLACK VANDALIZE CITY
Social media videos show people trapped inside shops, including department store El Corte Inglés, after shutters were lowered to prevent looting. Other posts showed hooded demonstrators dressed in black kicking in shop windows and making off with goods, in some cases encouraged by online viewers.
Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni said acts of vandalism in the city "will not go unpunished," including legal consequences for the guardians of any minors involved.
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[Regnum] Nearly 1,000 people were detained on October 24 during protests over rising prices, according to French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez.
"Today we are once again faced with an extremely high level of violence, with the number of people detained already approaching 1,000," Nunez said at a briefing.
He added that this is more than was detained on October 17, when protests in several cities escalated into riots and looting. During today's rallies, vandals damaged far fewer stores than last week. Last Saturday, 300 stores were reported damaged, and by October 18, the number had reached 3,000.
The situation is different during today's protests, the French Interior Minister noted, thanking the internal security forces for their work.
Protests have been ongoing in France since September. Schoolchildren protested, dissatisfied with the shortage of teachers, overcrowded schedules, and the poor condition of educational institutions. Residents of disadvantaged suburbs, as well as representatives of migrant communities and left-wing radical movements, later joined the unrest. Some rallies were accompanied by acts of vandalism. In Paris, protesters smashed windows, looted stores, and set cars on fire. As of October 18, over 500 police officers had been injured.
The nationwide demonstration on October 17th was the largest. According to various estimates, between 500,000 and 800,000 people participated. The protesters protested rising fuel prices and declining real incomes. Following the unrest, police detained 2,700 people, and 217 were taken into custody. The French Ministry of the Interior acknowledged that police lost control of the situation during the mass protests in several cities and stated that the army could be called in to combat the unrest.
On October 24, more than 400,000 people took part in marches across France. One of the country's largest trade unions, the General Confederation of Labour, reported nearly 800,000 demonstrators. In Paris, 110,000 people took part in the demonstrations, while the union estimates the number at 250,000.
Looks like the French police were finally ordered to do their jobs. https://t.co/SUHnKTYntT
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[Regnum] A protester in France lost two fingers to a grenade allegedly thrown by police. This was reported on October 24 by the French news outlet L'insoumission.
The incident occurred in the city of Clermont-Ferrand. According to reports, a grenade exploded near a young man, causing him to suffer a severe hand injury and the loss of two fingers.
There is no official confirmation of the circumstances of the incident yet.
A similar incident occurred in the French city of Saint-Étienne on October 17. According to Le Figaro, a 17-year-old mathematics student's hand was severed by a police grenade during protests. The young man's lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou, has filed two complaints: one against the police officer or gendarmerie officer who used the grenade (with a charge of intentional violence), and the other against French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez. He is accused of aiding and aggravating violence.
Had the young man not been there, whether or not he was causing trouble, he would not have been exposed to grenades thrown by the police/gendermerie. Joining w riot is known to be a high-risk activity — a person can get killed or maimed when caught in the crossfire. This is nearly Crossfire Gazette territory.
[Dawn] Security forces completed an operation against gunnies in Gwadar city and the Gabd border, the military’s media wing said on Friday, adding that at least 10 "India-sponsored terrorists" were killed during an attempt to ’undermine the writ of the state’.
A day earlier, officials said that at least three gunnies affiliated with Fitna al-Hindustan
…Pakistan’s clever name for the Baloch Liberation Army and other Balochistan-based groups. They use thr equally clever Fitna-al-Khawarij for the TTP …
— the term used by the state to highlight India’s backing for Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... -based terrorist groups — were killed as security personnel foiled their attack on empty construction camp in Gwadar.
They also said that forces had surrounded several other suspected gunnies near a hotel, and an operation was underway to thwart another attempted attack.
According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement issued on Friday, at least ten India-sponsored bad boyz were potted in separate engagements.
"On Oct 22, Indian-sponsored gunnies of Fitna al-Hindustan attempted to carry out terrorist activities in district Gwadar, in the general areas of the Gabd Border Crossing and Gwadar city."
"By targeting these locations, gunnies sought to harm the very people they claim to represent and wanted to obstruct the development and prosperity of Balochistan. To protect residents and clear the area, security forces launched clearance operations in and around Gwadar city," ISPR said.
It added that security forces in separate engagements foiled the terrorists’ designs and "their bid to undermine the writ of the state and spread their miscons-trued agenda".
"In the ensuing exchanges of fire, 10 terrorists, including one female terrorist, were sent to hell. During the terrorist attacks one civilian embraced shahadat (martyrdom) and [a] few vehicles were damaged. Operations were concluded without any loss to security forces, restoring order and writ of the state," the ISPR said.
The military’s media wing also expressed concern that the coercion of a Baloch woman into the attack was "a crime not only against the state but against the hurmat (respect) of Baloch women. It exposes the terrorists’ cynical exploitation of Baloch women as an instrument of propaganda, intended to inflame public sentiment and lend false sanctity to their campaign. Such tactics are contrary to Baloch and Islamic traditions, which hold women in the highest honour. The people of Balochistan have consistently rejected those who shed blood in their name, and they will see through this deception as well."
The ISPR said the counter-terror campaign would continue at full pace.
"Security forces and law enforcement agencies remain resolute in eliminating foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country," it added.
[Rudaw] An explosive-laden drone struck a base belonging to the Iranian Kurdish opposition group Komala of Revolutionary Toilers of Iranian Kurdistan (Komala) in the Kurdistan Region's Erbil province late Saturday, causing material damage but no casualties, the group said, blaming Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Komala said in a statement that one of its bases in the Alana Valley of the Balisan area, approximately 90 kilometers northeast of Erbil, was targeted by a Shahed explosive-laden drone at around 10 pm.
"In continuation of...attacks carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Theocratic Republic, one of Komala's bases in the Alana Valley of the Balisan area was targeted by a Shahed explosive-laden drone," the group said.
The party added that the strike caused material damage but no casualties, confirming that its Peshmerga fighters in the area were safe.
The strike is the latest in a series of Iranian drone and missile attacks targeting Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region, despite a security agreement between Baghdad and Tehran aimed at addressing Iran's concerns over their presence near the border.
On Wednesday, at least two projectiles launched from Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... hit positions belonging to the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) in the Balisan Valley. PAK spokesperson Rebaz Sharifi told Rudaw English that the strikes caused no casualties, while a security source said two Iranian Hadid-110 attack drones had targeted the positions.
Last week, two Iranian drones struck a base belonging to another Komala faction in Balisan, damaging buildings and a guard post without causing casualties, according to a party official and a security source.
Iran has repeatedly targeted Kurdish opposition groups in the Kurdistan Region since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war against Tehran on February 28, accusing the groups of threatening its national security.
The latest attacks come amid renewed tensions over the future of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups in Iraq. Last Tuesday, Iran's ambassador to Baghdad claimed that Iraqi and Iranian authorities had agreed to expel the groups from the Kurdistan Region or hand them over to Tehran following a joint security meeting.
However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... an Iraqi official who attended the meeting denied that such an agreement had been reached. Representatives of several Iranian Kurdish opposition parties also told Rudaw that neither Baghdad nor Erbil had notified them of any decision requiring them to leave.
Iraq and Iran signed a security agreement in March 2023 requiring Baghdad to disarm Iranian Kurdish opposition groups and relocate them away from the shared border. Despite the agreement, Tehran has continued to strike their positions in the Kurdistan Region.
Iran and pro-Iran groups have targeted the Kurdistan Region with over 1,000 drones and missiles since the start of the regional war.
[Jpost] Thousands gathered at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square on Saturday, joined by opposition leaders, to demand an inquiry into the failures surrounding October 7.
*Sigh* Back at their weekly anti-Bibi protest, now with a new excuse. Thus we see the limit on the vote for the Democrats, or whatever it is that the Labour Socialists currently call themselves.
#3
(a) Judging by the past, if they say 100000, it's around 10000.
(b) Besoeker, some of these psychos actually believe that peace with Arabs is possible.
[USA Today via Wretchard] Jordan's King Abdullah ordered security forces on Saturday to respond with an "iron fist" as authorities searched for gunmen who opened fire and killed eight people during a church funeral service.
The assailants fired for several minutes in broad daylight at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak governorate on Friday, Oct. 23, and also wounded 40 people in the rare attack on Jordan's Christian minority.
Security was stepped up at malls, foreign embassies and other locations across the kingdom, the U.S. Embassy in Amman said.
NO IMMEDIATE CLAIM OF RESPONSIBILITY
Abdullah condemned the "despicable terrorist act" as he chaired a National Security Council meeting, and said there was no room for leniency when it comes to the lives of Jordanians, the royal court said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in the kingdom, a major partner with the U.S. in the fight against militant groups. Authorities there say they have foiled several Islamist plots in recent years.
Officials have said it is too early to determine whether the attackers had links to known groups inside or outside Jordan.
"A massacre, a massacre in every sense of the word," said Tarek Ammarin at a hospital where the wounded were being treated. A relative of Ammarin's was injured in the attack.
Police patrolled on Saturday outside Saint George's Greek Orthodox Church, about 75 miles southwest of the capital Amman, Reuters video showed.
🚨 PRICE TAG: 2,000 EVACUATED IN MASSIVE IDF OPERATION AROUND HEBRON IN REPONSE TO HAMAS TERROR
Israeli security forces launched a major counterterrorism operation following Friday’s Hamas attack that killed two IDF soldiers.
According to the IDF:
▪️ Around 2,000 Palestinians were evacuated from the area
▪️ Some 200 locations were searched
▪️ 10 suspects were arrested
▪️ Illegal structures obstructing security operations were demolished
▪️ Forces are searching for weapons and terrorist infrastructure throughout the area
The operation involves the IDF, Shin Bet, Border Police and the Judea Regional Brigade.
It follows Netanyahu’s order to place Hebron under cordon and significantly intensify counterterrorism operations across Judea and Samaria.
🚨 PRICE TAG: 2,000 EVACUATED IN MASSIVE IDF OPERATION AROUND HEBRON IN REPONSE TO HAMAS TERROR
Israeli security forces launched a major counterterrorism operation following Friday’s Hamas attack that killed two IDF soldiers.
According to the IDF:
▪️ Around 2,000 Palestinians were evacuated from the area
▪️ Some 200 locations were searched
▪️ 10 suspects were arrested
▪️ Illegal structures obstructing security operations were demolished
▪️ Forces are searching for weapons and terrorist infrastructure throughout the area
The operation involves the IDF, Shin Bet, Border Police and the Judea Regional Brigade.
It follows Netanyahu’s order to place Hebron under cordon and significantly intensify counterterrorism operations across Judea and Samaria.
Buildings and structures near the site of Friday's deadly shooting attack at the northern entrance to the West Bank city of Hebron were razed by Israeli authorities over the weekend.
The structures were illegally built in Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank, where Israel has not given Palestinians building permits in years.
The army says the sites are being removed because they are illegal and due to the "security risks that they may pose." In Friday's attack, the two Palestinian gunmen used buildings near a temporary IDF checkpoint as cover to open fire on soldiers.
Meanwhile, troops are operating in Hebron in the neighborhood where the two gunmen, Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba, lived. According to IDF assessments, some 2,000 residents of the area are members of the Jaaba clan, which it says is affiliated with Hamas.
The IDF says civilians who "requested to evacuate" were allowed to leave the area temporarily through designated checkpoints after a security screening.
So far, the army says troops have scanned some 200 sites in Hebron and apprehended 10 suspects for questioning.
Buildings and structures near the site of Friday's deadly shooting attack at the northern entrance to the West Bank city of Hebron were razed by Israeli authorities over the weekend.
The structures were illegally built in Israeli-controlled Area C of the West Bank, where Israel has not given Palestinians building permits in years.
The army says the sites are being removed because they are illegal and due to the "security risks that they may pose." In Friday's attack, the two Palestinian gunmen used buildings near a temporary IDF checkpoint as cover to open fire on soldiers.
Meanwhile, troops are operating in Hebron in the neighborhood where the two gunmen, Mohammad Jaaba and Firas Jaaba, lived. According to IDF assessments, some 2,000 residents of the area are members of the Jaaba clan, which it says is affiliated with Hamas.
The IDF says civilians who "requested to evacuate" were allowed to leave the area temporarily through designated checkpoints after a security screening.
So far, the army says troops have scanned some 200 sites in Hebron and apprehended 10 suspects for questioning.
#عاجل | في 40 قرية بالتزامن: قوات الأمن تعمل في أنحاء يهودا والسامرة
نحو 40 مشتبهًا بهم، من بينهم مخربون محسوبون على حركتي حماس والجهاد الإسلامي الإرهابيتين، ومشتبه بهم بالتحريض والمشاركة في أعمال الشغب ورشق الحجارة.
⭕️في منطقة يهودا، تعمل القوات على نطاق واسع لإحباط الإرهاب في عشرات المواقع في الخليل وحلحول، واعتقلت⭕️خلال نهاية الأسبوع، عملت قوات جيش الدفاع وحرس الحدود في يهودا والسامرة وجهاز الأمن العام (الشاباك) في نحو 40 قرية ونحو 400 موقع في مختلف أنحاء يهودا والسامرة، وذلك في إطار نشاط هجومي لإحباط الإرهاب، مع التركيز على بؤر محسوبة على حركة حماس الإرهابية.
⭕️في إطار النشاط، اعتقلت القوا
ت نحو 20 مشتبهًا بهم.
⭕️بالتزامن، داهمت قوات لواء عتصيون، في إطار عملية على مستوى اللواء، أكثر من 70 موقعًا في أكثر من عشر قرى بالتزامن. وخلال النشاط، اعتقلت القوات مشتبهًا بهم بزرع عبوات ناسفة والدفع بأنشطة إرهابية، من بينهم عناصر من حركة حماس الإرهابية.
⭕️وفي منطقتَي مسؤولية لواءَي السامرة وميناشيه، هدمت قوات جيش الدفاع وحرس الحدود في يهودا والسامرة نصبًا تذكارية أُقيمت تخليدًا لذكرى مخربين شاركوا في عمليات إرهابية قُتل فيها مدنيون إسرائيليون. وفي السامرة، اعتقلت القوات مشتبهًا بهما بالتورط في الاعتداء على مدنيين إسرائيليين في قرية بورين، كما عثرت على بندقية صيد في سيلة الظهر استخدمها مشتبه بهم من القرية.
⭕️وفي منطقة مسؤولية لواء بنيامين، عملت قوات جيش الدفاع في نحو 15 قرية، واعتقلت مخربين محسوبين على حركة حماس الإرهابية، وعناصر إرهابية ومشاركين في أعمال الشغب.
⭕️وفي منطقة مسؤولية لواء إفرايم، اعتقلت القوات عددًا من المشتبه بهم، وأجرت عشرات عمليات الاستجواب وعمليات تمشيط بحثًا عن وسائل قتالية.
⭕️ستواصل قوات الأمن العمل بشكل استباقي لمنع ترسيخ الإرهاب في المنطقة وإحباط أي تهديد على مواطني دولة إسرائيل.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) October 24, 2026
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#BREAKING | In 40 Villages Simultaneously: Security Forces Operate in Judea and Samaria
⭕️Over the weekend, IDF forces, Border Guard, and the General Security Service (Shin Bet) operated in about 40 villages and approximately 400 sites across various parts of Judea and Samaria, as part of an offensive activity to thwart terrorism, with a focus on hotspots affiliated with the terrorist Hamas movement.
⭕️As part of the activity, the forces arrested about 40 suspects, including saboteurs affiliated with the terrorist Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, and suspects in incitement and participation in riots and stone-throwing.
⭕️In the Judea region, the forces operated on a broad scale to thwart terrorism at dozens of sites in Hebron and Halhul, and arrested about 20 suspects.
⭕️Simultaneously, forces of the Etzion Brigade raided more than 70 sites in more than ten villages as part of a brigade-level operation. During the activity, the forces arrested suspects in planting explosive devices and promoting terrorist activities, including elements from the terrorist Hamas movement.
⭕️In the areas of responsibility of the Samaria and Menashe Brigades, IDF and Border Guard forces in Judea and Samaria demolished memorials erected in memory of saboteurs who participated in terrorist attacks in which
Israeli civilians were killed. In Samaria, the forces arrested two suspects involved in an assault on Israeli civilians in the village of Burin, and also found a hunting rifle in Sila al-Zahr that was used by suspects from the village.
⭕️In the area of responsibility of the Binyamin Brigade, IDF forces operated in about 15 villages, arrested saboteurs affiliated with the terrorist Hamas movement, terrorist elements, and participants in riots.
⭕️In the area of responsibility of the Ephraim Brigade, the forces arrested a number of suspects, conducted dozens of interrogations, and combing operations searching for weaponry.
⭕️Security forces will continue to operate proactively to prevent the entrenchment of terrorism in the region and to thwart any threat to the citizens of the State of Israel.
[Rudaw] Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Friday that two supertankers carrying more than 4.5 million barrels of crude oil had struck naval mines near the Strait of Hormuz, leaving both vessels disabled, as US President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... accused Tehran of fabricating maritime attacks to drive up oil prices ahead of the November US midterm elections.
The IRGC Navy said the tankers were attempting to cross the strategic waterway through what it described as an "unauthorized" southern route when they struck mines, triggering explosions and severe fires that disabled their engine rooms, according to a statement carried by Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency.
Both vessels were left stranded near the southern coast of the strait after their crews abandoned them, the Guards said.
The statement did not identify the tankers, their owners or flags, or provide details about casualties, rescue operations or possible oil spills. The claims could not be independently verified.
The announcement came a day after Trump accused Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... of staging or fabricating attacks on shipping to push up global oil prices ahead of the November 3 US midterm elections.
"Iran is doing everything they can to drive up the price of Oil prior to the U.S. Midterm Election," Trump wrote Thursday on his Truth Social platform.
He accused Tehran of "making up fake hits, mines, and everything else," claiming that more oil was passing through the Strait of Hormuz than before the conflict.
The Iranian claims about attacks on ships have raised fresh concerns about maritime security in one of the world's most important energy corridors, where shipping has faced repeated disruptions since the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran earlier this year.
Despite the tensions, Middle Eastern crude oil and condensate exports had recovered by Wednesday to levels above those recorded before the conflict, according to data shared by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on X early Saturday.
The figures include shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as alternative export routes through Oman, the United Arab Emirates' Fujairah port and the Red Sea.
The United States reinstated its blockade of Iranian ports in late July after Iranian authorities suspended transit through the Strait of Hormuz, further escalating a confrontation that has disrupted regional shipping and energy markets.
The strait, which connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, is a vital route for oil exports from Iraq, 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... , Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and other regional producers.
Around 20 million barrels of oil passed through the waterway daily in 2024, accounting for roughly one-fifth of global petroleum liquids consumption, according to the US Energy Information Administration.
Although some producers have pipelines and alternative export terminals that bypass the strait, much of the region's oil supply remains dependent on the narrow waterway, making any disruption a potential threat to global energy markets.
[Rudaw] Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday claimed it had targeted a major gathering center belonging to the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK), as festivities continue between the guerrilla fighters of the group and the Guards.
Tensions between the IRGC and the Eastern Kurdistan Units (YRK), PJAK's armed wing, has intensified for more than a week, starting with Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... launching drones and particularly shelling the mountains in the west of the country, leading to festivities between the two sides.
"One of the group’s teams intended to carry out operational activities; the locations where the group were present were destroyed at the height of surprise" in a pre-emptive operation, reported semi-official Mehr News Agency ...And if you can't believe Mehr News Agency who can you believe?... Mehr, without providing details of the location of the IRGC’s strikes or information of casualties, added, "the area where the operation took place is one of the strategic points of the group, where most important meetings and training programmes were held."
Rudaw English contacted the group’s officials for comment but has not received a response at the time of publication.
Prior to this claim, the (YRK) in an announcement on Wednesday, said that their forces had conducted an operation on one of the IRGC’s military bases in response to Iran’s attacks in the Shaho Mountain range and Mariwan County in Kurdistan province, west of Iran, according to PJAK’s website carrying the statement.
The group took control of the Osman-Frishta military base for around two hours, destroying several heavy weapons such as machine guns and mortars and damaging several military vehicles, according to the Telegram channel, Ofogh Gerila, citing the locals of Degaga village in Kurdistan province, where the military base is located.
According to the channel, the group withdrew from the base and suffered no casualties.
The recent festivities and tensions are part of a broader set of challenges facing Iran, with Kurdish gangs in the west, Baloch gangs in the southeast, and a war with Israel and the United States that has continued for nearly eight months since February 28.
The simultaneous pressures are stretching Tehran’s security resources across multiple fronts, forcing it to contend with internal and border security threats while continuing to fight a major external conflict.
PJAK has had bloody festivities with the IRGC in the past and has clashed with the elite units of the guards. In the summer of 2011 a major war broke out between PJAK and the IRGC including its elite force Saberin in the Qandil mountains during which a large number of the IRGC members were killed.
In July 2018, PJAK fighters attacked an IRGC base in Mariwan killing at least 11 members and injuring eight others in the clash, according to Iran’s state-run Islamic Theocratic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
Iran has faced festivities in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan with Baloch gangs targeting Iranian military and security forces.
During one of these attacks from the Baluch gangs, an Iranian commander and a police officer were killed in two separate attacks in mid-October in after unidentified gunnies opened fire.
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...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
...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...
