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Posted: 5/8/2024 2:37:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: On the bright side, someone already wrote Team Biden's theme song.  It's better to listen to that amazing song on Rumble: |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 2:40:27 AM EDT
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Terrorist infrastructure, launch site and military buildings; IDF forces are attacking terrorist targets of Hezbollah in six areas at the same time in southern Lebanon
Earlier today, Air Force fighter jets attacked military buildings of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in a number of areas in southern Lebanon, including in Leyda, Maron al-Ras, Yaron, and Al-Hiyam. In addition, a terrorist infrastructure of the Hezbollah terrorist organization was attacked in the Kfar Ham area, alongside a mobile launch position of the organization in the Aita al-Sha'ab area in southern Lebanon. During the day, two aerial targets were identified that crossed from Lebanon towards the north of the country, one of them was intercepted by the air defense fighters, minor damage was caused and there were no casualties. Two interceptors in Eilat were fired towards a suspicious target: The IDF carried out a drone strike against a rocket launcher in sotern Gaza's Rafah, used in an attack on Israeli border communities earlier: A "suspicious aerial target" -- thought to be a drone -- heading toward Israel from the eastern direction was intercepted by air defenses over Eilat: |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 9:47:42 AM EDT
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Link to liveblog articles below
IDF continues to operate at Rafah crossing, but is not advancing towards the city itself The Israel Defense Forces is continuing to operate in eastern Rafah, mainly in the area of the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Special forces are scanning the area to try to locate terrorist infrastructure as well as tunnels that may have been dug into Egyptian territory. At this stage, the IDF is not advancing towards the city of Rafah, where around one million people who have yet to be evacuated are residing. The army is simultaneously preparing for further raids in the north and center of the Strip. Military forces are no longer present in these areas in an ongoing basis, and Hamas is trying to rehabilitate its civilian and military infrastructure there. Israeli army spokesperson: Even after Rafah operation, there will be terrorism; Hamas will regroup in north Gaza Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Daniel Hagari said in an interview with Israeli news outlet Yedioth Ahronoth that the army had accepted responsibility for the failures that led to the October 7 attack, and emphasized that "the biggest challenge for me is to win the public's trust. The second-biggest challenge is the international arena." "We are heading towards very complex years when we will need to explain Israel both externally and internally." Hagari added that the army presented a plan to the government for combat in Gaza that would last for around a year. "Gaza is perhaps one of the most difficult arenas in the world. Overcrowded, tunnels." "We didn't have the operational conditions to operate in Rafah three months ago. When you operate in Khan Yunis and [have to] move 400,000 people, where do they go? To Rafah. We had to finish in the north [of Gaza], finish in Khan Yunis," Hagari said. "We will not deceive the public: Even after we take care of Rafah, there will be terrorism. Hamas will move north and regroup," Hagari continued. "We will return and operate wherever it does." IDF: Agricultural work should not be carried out in Gaza border areas on Wednesday The Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said agricultural work should not be carried out Wednesday in areas bordering the Gaza Strip. The army also announced that any activities carried out within a four-kilometer distance of the Gaza border areas should be coordinated with the IDF spokesperson. Qatar calls for 'urgent international action' against Israeli action in Rafah Qatar's foreign ministry announced that the country harshly condemns Israel's bombing of Rafah and the takeover of its land crossing, and calls for "urgent international action" to prevent the "commitment of a genocide." The statement warns that "forcibly displacing civilians" from Rafah, "which has become a final refuge for hundreds of thousands of displaced people in the Gaza Strip, constitutes a serious violation of international laws and would double the worsening humanitarian crisis in the besieged Strip." IDF says it struck over 20 Hezbollah targets in northern Lebanon The Israeli army reported that it struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. According to the army, air force fighter jets and artillery forces struck over 20 targets used by the organization, including weapons storage facilities and other military buildings in the area of Ramyeh in southern Lebanon. The army's statement adds that more Hezbollah targets were struck in the areas of Marwahin and Kfarkela.
Earlier today, the IDF completed a broad attack of over 20 targets of the terrorist organization Hezbollah in the Ramiya region of southern Lebanon using fighter jets and artillery. Among the targets attacked; military buildings and terrorist infrastructure, in addition, secondary explosions indicating the presence of IML warehouses were detected during the attacks instead of Hamas official: Round of talks in Cairo over; Netanyahu reverted to starting point A senior Hamas official accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of bringing negotiations over a deal to release Israeli hostages held in Gaza back to the starting point. The official told Qatar's The New Arab that Netanyahu did this to buy time. "The hostages' families need to know that the latest round of talks is the last chance to bring their sons back," the official warned. Hamas officials say mass grave found in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, or how Hamas dug up their own impromptu cemetery and blamed Israel A Hamas official reported that a mass grave was found Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital compound, and that 49 bodies were found in it so far. This is the seventh mass grave reported found since the start of the war. 84-year-old Alma Avraham, released from Hamas captivity in serious condition, goes home from hospital after six months--tough lady. 84-year-old Alma Avraham, who was released from Hamas captivity in November in a serious condition, was released from Soroka Hospital on Monday after having been hospitalized for six months. "I feel wonderful ... Thank you to everyone," she said upon her release from the hospital. She said that what kept her going was her desire to see everybody, "especially my children and my family." When asked if she would like to convey a message to the government regarding the hostages, she said, "They need to be released now. Now." Avraham was kidnapped from her home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7, and was recognized by her son Uri in a photo, where she was seen on a motorcycle between two armed terrorists being led into the Gaza Strip. Immediately after her release from Gaza, she was taken by helicopter to Soroka Hospital in a life-threatening condition. Here are the latest updates for day 215 of the Israel-Hamas war ■ The director of the CIA arrived in Israel, and will meet PM Netanyahu. ■ The Israeli army's spokesperson said in an interview with Israeli news outlet Yedioth Ahronoth that "Even after we take care of Rafah, there will be terrorism. Hamas will move north and regroup." ■ Israeli army chief Herzl Halevi said at a ceremony that "We have a great responsibility for ... [October 7] and its painful consequences." ■ The IDF is continuing to operate in eastern Rafah, mainly in the area of the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, and is not advancing towards the city of Rafah itself. ■ Tel Aviv mayor announced the cancellation of the city's Pride Parade, saying "This isn't the time for celebrations." ■ An IDF drone was found in downtown Kfar Saba in central Israel. ■ Rocket sirens were activated multiple times in northern Israel Wednesday and an anti-tank missile launched from Lebanon hit a house in Metula, the IDF said. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 10:21:42 AM EDT
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Fantastic video of Israeli air, artillery strikes in tweet
Israeli fighter jets and artillery struck more than 20 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon's Ramyeh earlier today, the military says. The targets included buildings used by Hezbollah and additional infrastructure, according to the IDF. The IDF says it identified secondary blasts after the strikes, indicating the sites were used to store munitions. Additional Hezbollah sites were struck in Marwahin and Kafr Kila, the military adds.
The Israeli military says troops killed several gunmen and located tunnel shafts during operations in eastern Rafah over the past day. The tunnels discovered in the area are being prepared to be demolished by combat engineers, the IDF says. In one incident in eastern Rafah, the IDF says troops of the Givati Brigade spotted an RPG-wielding operative, and killed him. In the area of the Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt, the military says the 401st Armored Brigade is carrying out raids on the Gazan side, following "indications and intelligence information that terrorists are taking advantage of the crossing area for terror purposes." The Air Force, meanwhile, struck more than 100 targets across the Strip over the past day, including buildings used by terror groups, observation posts, and rocket launchers, the IDF adds.
A Palestinian accused of setting up an explosive-laden Palestinian flag on the side of a highway in the West Bank last month, which wounded an Israeli man, was detained, the Shin Bet security agency says. Muhammad Attullah Abu Alia, 22, a resident of Mughayir, was detained on May 4 over his alleged involvement in the attack on April 21, the Shin Bet says. In his initial interrogation, the Shin Bet says Abu Alia "implicated himself" in building the bomb and carrying out the attack. The agency says during his arrest by the IDF, troops also seized materials which Abu Alia allegedly used to build the bomb. The Israeli man lightly wounded in the incident was an off-duty IDF reservist. Original tweet with video-- I still think he was more than lightly wounded.
The military says it received reports of gunfire directed at a vehicle with Palestinian workers in it on the Gazan side of the Kerem Shalom Crossing earlier today. Several wounded Palestinians were treated by IDF medics in the area, the military says. "The circumstances of the shooting are being investigated," the IDF says. This morning, Israel reopened the Kerem Shalom Crossing for aid trucks, after it was closed for several days following a deadly Hamas rocket attack on troops in the area.
At least two anti-tank guided missiles were launched from Lebanon at the Malkia area a short while ago. Hezbollah claims responsibility for the attack, saying it targeted a military position in the area. The IDF has not yet released information on possible casualties in the incident.
A Border Police officer critically injured during a battle with Palestinian gunmen amid a raid in the West Bank over the weekend has succumbed to his wounds. He is named by police as Chief Inspector Yitav Lev Halevi, 28, a commander in the elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit. He was wounded during an operation in the West Bank town of Dayr al-Ghusun, near Tulkarem, on May 4. Halevi is the son of former Jerusalem District chief, Deputy Commisoner (ret.) Yoram Halevi. Five Palestinian gunmen, members of a Hamas cell responsible for the murder of an Israeli and the injury of others in recent terror attacks in the West Bank, were killed amid the raid.
The IDF says it carried out strikes against Hezbollah positions in six different areas of southern Lebanon overnight, following repeated attacks by the terror group. Fighter jets hit buildings used by Hezbollah in Kafr Kila, Ayta ash-Shab, Khiam, and Maroun al-Ras, the military says. Other Hezbollah infrastructure was hit in Houla and Aitaroun. The IDF adds that troops also attacked areas near Tayr Harfa and Jebbayn to "remove threats." |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 10:42:01 AM EDT
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The IDF carried out strikes against Hezbollah positions in six different areas of southern Lebanon overnight, following repeated attacks by the terror group.
Israeli troops killed several terrorist and located tunnel shafts during operations in Eastern Rafah over the past day. Israeli fighter jets and artillery struck more than 20 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon's Ramyeh earlier today: |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 10:51:38 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/8/2024 11:12:55 AM EDT
[Last Edit: michigan66]
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As of 10:30 AM Eastern, Hamas is firing rockets, again, at Kerem Shalom where four IDF soldiers were killed Sunday. As usual, no criticism from Western sob sisters about Hamas interfering with the delivery of food to their "starving" brothers.
A barrage of eight rockets was launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza at southern Israel around an hour ago, the IDF says. Sirens sounded in the community of Shlomit, some 7km from the Gaza border. Hamas claimed to have targeted a military position near Kerem Shalom. There are no reports of injuries or damage.
In 1973 the IDF had vanquished two armies on two fronts. Today Hamas is not defeated and controls most of Gaza and Hezbollah is not deterred at all. Israel could only hope today to be in the position it was in several weeks of war in 1973. Today after seven months it is struggling on two fronts and refuses to even seek victory on one. Tweet referring to IDF attacks on Hezbollah positions. Interesting perspective.
Are these kinds of precision strikes on what is apparently "terrorist infrastructure" winning the war, or just endless proportionalism to manage the conflict, like was done with Gaza before Oct. 6...now normalizing the Hezbollah rocket fire in the north, so that in the future Hezbollah won't be deterred?
I have nothing but scorn for the international community and its NGOs and "human rights" charlatans who did nothing to help the hostages for seven months. They did nothing. This whole war could have been prevented. First of all the west could have told their ally to tell Hamas it can't go to war....and once it did it could have stopped the war and freed the hostages. But instead Hamas leaders gathered in Doha on Oct. 7 and celebrated and western allies smiled and said "that's fine." And that is why there is this terrible war. Because of a toxic disgusting alliance of Hamas, and western allies and western governments and Moscow and Tehran and Beijing..all of which didn't stop this when it could have been prevented. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 11:23:09 AM EDT
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Hezbollah has “confiscated” funds in Yemen from the Houthis and is playing a role in that country. ..the report reflects concern in the UAE and the Gulf about the Houthis’ increased ties to Iran and other Iranian proxies and that the Houthis are being operationalized to do proxy work for Iran. ..report says..the Houthi militias received “directives from Hezbollah to allocate the largest portion of the financial revenues it earns from the Yemeni governorates in the north to military operations and military industrialization.” Hezbollah now plays a greater role in deciding where the Houthis allocate funds. Hezbollah now contributes to a committee that determines the allocation of financial resources and “how the process of military spending and armament will be carried out.” Hezbollah wants a 70/30 split in terms of where the money goes: 70% for guns and only 30% for food. This “guns or butter” equation is not in favor of what is good for Yemen. Entire article in quote box. Link Is Hezbollah working more closely with the Houthis? - analysis A report in Al-Ain media in the UAE claimed to reveal an interesting development in Yemen. According to the report, Hezbollah has “confiscated” funds in Yemen from the Houthis and is playing a role in that country. The report leaves many questions and is impossible to confirm, but it likely exposes some details that are worth analyzing. First of all, it reflects concern in the UAE and the Gulf about the Houthis’ increased ties to Iran and other Iranian proxies and that the Houthis are being operationalized to do proxy work for Iran. Iran has been actively backing the Houthis in their war on Saudi Arabia since 2015, when Saudi Arabia and other countries intervened in Yemen to prevent the Houthis from taking Aden. There has been a ceasefire in Yemen since 2022, and Saudi Arabia and the Houthis appeared to be on track toward peace because, with China’s backing, Riyadh and Tehran were patching things up. Now the Houthis have directed resources toward joining Hamas in the war against Israel. The Houthis are playing their role by attacking ships. This raises concerns about how Iran may use the Houthis in the future. Behind 'Abu Radwan' The Al-Ain report says the news organization has learned that the Houthi militias received “directives from Hezbollah to allocate the largest portion of the financial revenues it earns from the Yemeni governorates in the north to military operations and military industrialization.” Hezbollah in Lebanon apparently now supervises some of what the Houthis are doing and works as a “mastermind” behind operations. "The sources revealed that Hezbollah addressed the militia leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, by transferring the process of managing the financial resources that the Houthi militias earn from revenues, royalties and taxes from areas under their control to a special committee headed by one of Hezbollah’s experts present in Sanaa, whose nickname is ‘Abu Radwan.’” The name Abu Radwan, if it’s not a made-up name, is possibly linked to Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, which is portrayed as the group’s elite unit. The Radwan Force takes its name from the late Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, who was known as al-Hajj Radwan. This was his “war name” or nom de guerre. The fact that a mysterious man in Yemen who is linked to Hezbollah has taken on the name Abu Radwan is entirely plausible, but it’s only plausible in the context of knowing who the original Hajj Radwan was and what is meant by Radwan in the Hezbollah lingo. The article claims that Abu Radwan in Yemen is now “supervising the revenues of the communications and internet sector under the control of the Houthis.” Not only that, but he has done this for years, and he was linked to Hezbollah for years. He is “directly linked to the leadership of Hezbollah and experts from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards to finance military activities and arming the militias.” Hezbollah now plays a greater role in deciding where the Houthis allocate funds. Hezbollah now contributes to a committee that determines the allocation of financial resources and “how the process of military spending and armament will be carried out.” There is some kind of cheeky irony in this story because, according to the article, the source said that the goal of Hezbollah in Sinai is to kind of put the Houthi leadership on a diet of finances, “ending the extensive financial privileges enjoyed by the Houthi leadership, including military and security, drying up corruption, transferring funds for the benefit of military operations, and preparing for any future developments.” In essence, Hezbollah has been brought in to bring some austerity here and clean up the Houthi books. The Houthis are like one of those large corporations seen in Office Space, where an efficiency expert asks, “What exactly do you do here”? At the same time, it appears that Hezbollah has sought to squeeze the populace by sending taskmasters out to farm more money for the bosses in Sanaa. “The sources confirmed that Hezbollah asked the Houthi militias to intensify the financial collection process and raise the rates of customs, taxes, port fees and communications costs by no less than 40% during the coming months until the end of the current year.” AND IT gets worse, if you’re a Yemeni who thought peace might bring a peace dividend. It turns out Hezbollah wants a 70/30 split in terms of where the money goes: 70% for guns and only 30% for food. This “guns or butter” equation is not in favor of what is good for Yemen. However, the article reveals the reason for this squeeze. It turns out that the Houthis are not getting so much money from Iraq or Iran, or perhaps Hezbollah is not getting so much from Iraq and Iran. A new “council of experts” has been formed in Sana’a, which has been “granted absolute powers for military and security decisions, controlling even the civilian sector, carrying out bombing or targeting operations inside and outside Yemen’s borders, and even naval attacks against cargo ships.” According to the report, this council is now in charge of military operations, and the Houthi defense ministry has been sidelined. If true, it points to Iran’s IRGC outsourcing some operations in Yemen to Hezbollah. It’s not the first time that reports mention Iran’s IRGC playing a role in overseeing Houthi actions, but it is the first time that Hezbollah’s part has appeared so prominent. It is also known that in early October, after Hamas’s attack, the Houthis created a “joint operations room” to coordinate with the rest of the Iranian axis to threaten Israel. Now it seems it has grown into this “council” and taxation committee. If the report is accurate, then it spells more trouble in the region as Hezbollah grows in its role within the Iranian hierarchy. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 11:46:48 AM EDT
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If Bibi were to stand up, say there's a cease fire, Hamas remains in charge, but we're getting a dozen or more live hostages back and a dozen or more dead ones, and the random rocket attacks and terror attacks will continue on Israel (to say nothing of attacks from the north). BTW, they still have 100 of our people to use as leverage. He'd be out of office before sunset. Any leader would. This is looking like a long grind for at least the rest of the year.
Further, the West Bank would look at that and immediately start planning their version of 10/7. Would have been far better to let Izzie run wild for 90 days, and maybe we'd be on the path now to something more sustainable. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 12:50:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:39:27 PM EDT
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IDF, Shin Bet killed Hamas naval commander Link
The Israeli army reported in a joint statement with the Shin Bet security service that it killed the commander of Hamas' naval force in Gaza City, Ahmed Ali. According to the statement, Ali operated in recent weeks to carry out attacks against Israeli forces in central Gaza. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:56:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/8/2024 1:57:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/8/2024 2:02:25 PM EDT
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Duh! They are still going hit the targets but now will use two less precise bigger bombs instead of one smaller one.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 3:48:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/8/2024 3:56:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: Hamas officials say mass grave found in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital, or how Hamas dug up their own impromptu cemetery and blamed Israel Yup, I'm guessing this is what they found: aljazeera/../gazas-al-shifa-hospital-forced-to-bury-dead-patients-in-mass-grave Genuinely surprised AJ left that link alive... |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:00:01 PM EDT
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This family needs our financial help:
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/389631 |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:20:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PolarBear416: Yup, I'm guessing this is what they found: aljazeera/../gazas-al-shifa-hospital-forced-to-bury-dead-patients-in-mass-grave Genuinely surprised AJ left that link alive... Just like the last one they found--there were videos on twitter. Any thinking person has to realize that while there might not be 34K, there are a hell of a lot of dead Palestinians that had to be buried somewhere. Next to a hospital just makes sense. If Israel wanted to summarily execute prisoners, they could load them, alive, onto trucks and kill them elsewhere. Absolutely no need to dig mass graves in a city you have no intention of permanently occupying, guaranteeing discovery of your war crimes. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:36:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/8/2024 4:50:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GBTX01:
Lloyd Austin to the courtesy phone, you are needed to lie in public, again. The militants told us, told everyone, what they are going to do. Lloyd and Charley Brown probably think Hamas is as dumb and averse to following through with their committments as they are. When they say, "Don't", they mean it. Unlike this guy.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 6:54:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:31:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GBTX01:
Good job, Joe. Every day I think you reach peak stupid, and every day you prove me wrong. Idiotic Joe, Lloyd, and the utterly incompetent Charley Brown might want to recall who is being tasked with protecting the land around the unnecessary pier being built in Gaza. Ask themselves who has boots on the ground, controls intel assets, particularly HUMINT, and who is familiar with the enemy we will be facing. The Three Stooges might be on a track to learn a hard lesson. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:32:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GBTX01:
When you start to fuck with the 10% for the big guy they actually do something about it. 
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:36:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GBTX01:
Israel should just make their own JDAMS. They cant be that hard to make vs. other things they can do. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:37:47 PM EDT
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Probably more or less the same info but WTF...
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:44:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM1455: Israel should just make their own JDAMS. They cant be that hard to make vs. other things they can do. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM1455: Originally Posted By GBTX01:
Israel should just make their own JDAMS. They cant be that hard to make vs. other things they can do. It might have been on Seth Frantzman's feed, but I saw where an Israeli was listing critical defense items that could and should be produced in-house. JDAM kits were on the list. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:44:44 PM EDT
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Hezbollah is saying bye bye to weapons warehouses struck by Israel.
The Israeli military releases footage from the launch of its operation in eastern Rafah late Monday, as well as clips from the fighting in the area in recent days. The IDF says some 100 targets were struck in the area as the 162nd Division pushed in, capturing the Gazan side of the Rafah Crossing. Troops are currently carrying out raids in the area, searching suspicious sites and buildings from which Hamas operatives opened fire at troops, the military says. Hamas has also launched several rockets from Rafah at southern Israel in recent days. The commander of Hamas's naval forces in Gaza City was killed in a recent airstrike in the Gaza Strip, the IDF and Shin Bet security agency announce. A building belonging to Hezbollah's elite Radwan force in southern Lebanon's Jabal Rezlane was struck by fighter jets earlier today: |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 7:50:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM1455: Israel should just make their own JDAMS. They cant be that hard to make vs. other things they can do. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM1455: Originally Posted By GBTX01:
Israel should just make their own JDAMS. They cant be that hard to make vs. other things they can do. Fuck it. Just use Mk82s. Gaza doesnt deserve the price of JDAMs. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:01:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM1455: Probably more or less the same info but WTF...
Well, this administration is no doubt abandoning Israel.......and I fear that the louder these protest get, that our distancing from Israel will become even that much more. America better be more concerned about the wrath of God Himself for cursing His people..... God have mercy on us. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:20:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MIR: Well, this administration is no doubt abandoning Israel.......and I fear that the louder these protest get, that our distancing from Israel will become even that much more. America better be more concerned about the wrath of God Himself for cursing His people..... God have mercy on us. When you realize that the big shot doners to Biden (Soros, Gates, ect) are the ones who are giving the $$ to the protests it all makes sense. I'm starting to wonder how much "we"/ the Biden admin/ intel agency govt. knew about Oct.7the on Oct.6th. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:25:54 PM EDT
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■ The Israeli army's spokesperson said in an interview with Israeli news outlet Yedioth Ahronoth that "Even after we take care of Rafah, there will be terrorism. Hamas will move north and regroup." That's because they are going to let Gazans move into north Gaza. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:28:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GBTX01:
When he’s getting phone calls from half of Congress that have weapons dealers biting their ass for lost sales, his handlers will get taught how this game works. They might leave the headlines like Israel is getting cut off, but they’re probably not getting cut off. All these kick backs and campaign donations are starting to get in the way of being in control. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:34:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: Lloyd Austin to the courtesy phone, you are needed to lie in public, again. The militants told us, told everyone, what they are going to do. Lloyd and Charley Brown probably think Hamas is as dumb and averse to following through with their committments as they are. When they say, "Don't", they mean it. Unlike this guy. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/501718/IMG_1608_jpeg-3208937.JPG Biden should be on site to christen the thing. It's his baby. He can break an ice cream cone over it or something. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:35:02 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: Team Biden just ensured, again, that this war will last longer than it should. With no counter-balancing threat to Hamas, they are free to go up the escalation ladder with '0' risk while Israel has to walk on eggshells. You can expect many more rockets from Rafah's safe zones, more dead Palestinians, and a far more volatile Greater Middle East. Were I Saudi Arabia or other regional allies, I'd be thinking long and hard about diversifying my "friends". Good job, Joe. Every day I think you reach peak stupid, and every day you prove me wrong. Idiotic Joe, Lloyd, and the utterly incompetent Charley Brown might want to recall who is being tasked with protecting the land around the unnecessary pier being built in Gaza. Ask themselves who has boots on the ground, controls intel assets, particularly HUMINT, and who is familiar with the enemy we will be facing. The Three Stooges might be on a track to learn a hard lesson. Hasn't SA already begun diversifying their friends due to Joe? |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 8:39:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM1455: When you realize that the big shot doners to Biden (Soros, Gates, ect) are the ones who are giving the $$ to the protests it all makes sense. I'm starting to wonder how much "we"/ the Biden admin/ intel agency govt. knew about Oct.7the on Oct.6th. I suspect that on the Israeli side, deep state types held back info hoping an attack would hurt Bibi, not realizing how bad it would be. Caroline Glick had a video where she talked about who sat on intel that indicated they were going to be attacked. I'm thinking it wasn't just oversight but intentional. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 9:03:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DonS: I suspect that on the Israeli side, deep state types held back info hoping an attack would hurt Bibi, not realizing how bad it would be. Caroline Glick had a video where she talked about who sat on intel that indicated they were going to be attacked. I'm thinking it wasn't just oversight but intentional. Sorta what I'm thinking too. Shit. Look at the BS they are pulling here. Why wouldn't they do it there too? |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 9:29:21 PM EDT
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Biden throwing a tantrum is hilarious. He's so desperate right now. He tried to crawfish Israel with the ceasefire where he was backroom dealing with Hamas to announce a ceasefire to our Israel on the defensive to have to rush to figure out what was agreed to.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 9:30:56 PM EDT
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[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DonS:Hasn't SA already begun diversifying their friends due to Joe? I believe so. They'd be fools not to. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 9:51:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By voodochild: Biden throwing a tantrum is hilarious. He's so desperate right now. He tried to crawfish Israel with the ceasefire where he was backroom dealing with Hamas to announce a ceasefire to our Israel on the defensive to have to rush to figure out what was agreed to.
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Posted: 5/8/2024 9:57:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By voodochild: Biden throwing a tantrum is hilarious. He's so desperate right now. He tried to crawfish Israel with the ceasefire where he was backroom dealing with Hamas to announce a ceasefire to our Israel on the defensive to have to rush to figure out what was agreed to. They did it intentionally to act like Israel were the unreasonable ones when they sprung this at the last second and while Hamas was firing rockets on the border crossing. Classic Biden asshole move  Now they're withholding munitions which isn't going to do anything to prevent Rafah from being invaded. This is all Biden's 'team' trying to score points with American voting muslims and the far left. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 10:17:57 PM EDT
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  Institute for Study of War Backgrounder 8 May. Key Takeaways Gaza Strip Palestinian militias conducted four indirect fire attacks targeting Israeli forces along the Netzarim corridor north of central Gaza. Six Palestinian militias have conducted daily indirect fire attacks on Israeli forces along the corridor since April 28. Israeli forces have established forward operating bases along the Netzarim corridor to facilitate future raids into areas of the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces continued a limited operation targeting Hamas fighters and infrastructure in eastern Rafah on May 8. Israeli forces advanced into eastern Rafah overnight on May 7 and seized control of the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. The IDF 401st Brigade is at the Rafah crossing following IDF intelligence that Palestinian militias were using the crossing for military activity. Israeli media reported on May 6 that the IDF chose to capture the crossing given its role in smuggling advanced weapons between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in the past. Geolocated footage taken by Israeli soldiers and shared on social media shows that Israeli forces have advanced to areas northeast of the Rafah crossing. The IDF Givati Brigade engaged Palestinian fighters in the area and destroyed tunnel shafts. Israeli forces engaged several Palestinian militias in eastern Rafah. Palestinian fighters used mall arms, rocket-propelled grenades (RPG), and mortars to target Israeli forces as they advanced east of Rafah City. The IDF said on May 8 that Israeli forces have conducted 100 airstrikes and killed 30 fighters in Rafah since they advanced into the area. The US military finished construction of an offshore pier on May 7 that will help increase the amount of aid brought into the Gaza Strip. Palestinian fighters conducted two indirect fire attacks from the Gaza Strip into Israel on May 8. Hamas fighters fired a barrage of eight rockets targeting Israeli forces near Kerem Shalom in southern Israel. This was the third attack targeting the area since May 5. West Bank Israeli forces engaged Palestinian fighters in at least four locations in the West Bank. Israeli forces destroyed a new Palestinian fighter group in Qalqilya on May 8. A man named Alaa Nizal formed the group within the last few months. The Qalqilya Battalion received “hundreds of thousands of shekels” from an unspecified source. Southern Lebanon and Golan Heights Hezbollah conducted at least 11 attacks from southern Lebanon. The IDF struck over 20 targets in Ramiya in southern Lebanon. Yemen CENTCOM reported that the Houthis conducted four attacks targeting maritime shipping on May 6 and 7. Iraq The Islamic Resistance in Iraq—an umbrella organization of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias—claimed one drone attack on May 7 targeting an unspecified “vital target” in Eilat, southern Israel. Ceasefire Negotiations Hamas’ leaders have very likely calculated that Hamas will survive a Rafah operation and that Hamas should therefore pursue its maximalist ceasefire demands without major concessions. Both Hamas and Israel said on May 8 that talks are stalled. Hamas’ maximalist ceasefire demands appear to have solidified as the IDF drew down its forces in the Gaza Strip beginning in late December 2023. The drawdown indicated to Hamas that the group was winning by forcing the IDF from the Strip. Hamas After Rafah A decapitation strategy aimed at killing Hamas’ senior leaders will not defeat or destroy Hamas. Israel may kill Yahya Sinwar during a major operation in Rafah, but his death will not (directly) achieve Israeli objectives. A decapitation strategy can temporarily disrupt operations and, if used over time and is coupled with other tactics, degrade a terrorist organization's efficiency and effectiveness, but it will not completely destroy one, particularly one as large, established, and well-organized as Hamas. Sinwar indicated to senior Hamas officials in February 2024 that the Hamas was “doing fine” and were “ready for...Rafah.” Sinwar did not fear a Rafah operation because the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the northern Gaza Strip meant Hamas‘ remaining forces in the north would survive. Sinwar’s position almost certainly solidified in April after the remainder of IDF units withdrew from Khan Younis, permanently leaving only one brigade south of Gaza City in the Netzarim Corridor. Hamas will likely survive a major Israeli operation in Rafah if a major operation occurs. Hamas infiltrated and then rebuilt itself in areas that the IDF withdrew from in December 2023 and April 2024. Hamas units in these areas have conducted dozens of attacks targeting Israeli forces attempting to re-clear areas that the IDF had previously cleared. Militias have mortared Israeli forces holding static positions in the Netzarim Corridor. Hamas units outside of Rafah have also reportedly coordinated among themselves to conduct operations against the IDF by coordinating meetings between brigade and battalion commanders. Hamas will survive a Rafah operation because it continues to operate from and control other territory in the Gaza Strip outside of Rafah. United States-Israel Relations The limited Israeli operation to seize the Rafah crossing does not require a shift in US policy toward the war, according to US officials. The US Secretary of Defense confirmed that the United States paused a munitions shipment bound for Israel, however. Officials said that the Biden administration has been considering suspending weapons shipments to Israel or conditioning their use if Israel conducts a major military operation in Rafah. Two senior US officials said the Israelis made clear they wanted to capture the Rafah crossing to put pressure on Yahya Sinwar in the hostage talks. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week that a major military operation into Rafah would harm US-Israeli relations.  
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Posted: 5/8/2024 10:34:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/8/2024 10:38:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rebel31: They did it intentionally to act like Israel were the unreasonable ones when they sprung this at the last second and while Hamas was firing rockets on the border crossing. Classic Biden asshole move Now they're withholding munitions which isn't going to do anything to prevent Rafah from being invaded. This is all Biden's 'team' trying to score points with American voting muslims and the far left. The Muslim support is gone, at least around here. Had Biden been straightforward he would have lost votes, but he could have survived. Instead he attempted to pander and made things a whole lot worse. That in turn drives his ship of fools to come up with even wackier schemes to win the Arab/Muslim vote back. Shit like temporary piers in combat zones. I'd bet he pushes to put troops on the ground as part of a peacekeeping force before this is over. |
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Posted: 5/8/2024 11:44:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: The Muslim support is gone, at least around here. Had Biden been straightforward he would have lost votes, but he could have survived. Instead he attempted to pander and made things a whole lot worse. That in turn drives his ship of fools to come up with even wackier schemes to win the Arab/Muslim vote back. Shit like temporary piers in combat zones. I'd bet he pushes to put troops on the ground as part of a peacekeeping force before this is over. The problem is it opens the door to the wackjobs who are just waiting to execute the anti-western agenda. Biden not doing enough? No problem, here's cunty Omar and her gang to lead us all to paradise on the short bus. |
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Posted: 5/9/2024 6:37:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM1455: Israel should just make their own JDAMS. They cant be that hard to make vs. other things they can do. The deal from Clinton was that they stop making their own and buy ours with the lease payments on Gaza and the west bank. The $$ never actually leave the US. |
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Posted: 5/9/2024 8:14:15 AM EDT
[Last Edit: michigan66]
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IDF starting their third clearing operation in Zeitoun. To be expected when fighting militants that have spent the last 20 years digging tunnels and preparing to fight you.
The Israeli military confirms it has launched a new pinpoint raid in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood overnight, which it says is aimed at "the continued dismantling of terror infrastructure and eliminating terrorists in the area." Ahead of the raid carried out by the 99th Division, the Israeli Air Force struck some 25 sites in the area, including buildings used by terror groups, attack tunnels, observation posts, sniper positions, and other infrastructure, the IDF says. The military says troops of the Nahal Brigade, Yiftah Brigade, and Carmeli Brigade then entered the neighborhood and are working to clear it of Hamas infrastructure. The IDF first operated in Zeitoun at the start of Israel's ground offensive in Gaza last year. It launched another two-week-long raid in the Gaza City neighborhood in late February.
Syrian media says Israeli fighter jets struck a building in southern Syria, on the outskirts of Damascus early this morning. The state-run SANA broadcaster, citing a military source, claims some of the missiles were downed by Syrian air defenses, and the attack caused "some material losses."
An Israeli soldier was killed in a Hezbollah mortar and missile attack on an army position near the northern community of Malkia yesterday, the military announces. The slain soldier is named as Staff Sgt. Haim Sabach, 20, of the Border Defense Corps' 869th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit, from Holon. Another soldier was lightly hurt in the attack, the IDF adds. You don't see this every day--Syrians fighting in Palestinian Islamic Jihad killed in Lebanon. Doesn't look like Syria sent PIJ their best and brightest. Times must be tough, they used the same rifle as a prop in all three pictures. PIJ probably didn't trust these guys with anything more dangerous than dryer lint.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad announces the deaths of three members in an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon earlier today. The terror group says the trio are Syrian fighters, part of the Ali al-Aswad Brigade, named after an Islamic Jihad engineer allegedly assassinated by Israel in Syria last year.  Attached File Attached File Attached File
“The pier has been assembled, which was an engineering and logistics challenge for the U.S. Army and Navy. Now comes the operationally challenging part — anchoring the pier and defending it as it begins operations. This challenge falls to the IDF, which has already been attacked while working in this area. Good job getting to this point, but there are a number of additional hurdles to clear.” — Entire analysis article referenced in tweet inside spoiler Click To View Spoiler
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Entire analysis article inside spoiler Highpoints Hamas has maintained an active presence in Malaysia for years. The terrorist group began planning and training on Malaysian soil as early as 2010. In 2018, Mossad agents gunned down a Hamas weapons developer in Kuala Lumpur. Hamas’s Al-Quds International Foundation, which the terrorist group uses to move funds, also has a branch in Malaysia. Malaysian lawmaker Datuk Mukhriz bin Tun Dr. Mahathir — the son of a former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamed — is the chair of the Al-Quds board of trustees. Entire analysis inside spoiler Click To View Spoiler |
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Posted: 5/9/2024 11:52:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/9/2024 1:54:55 PM EDT
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Several rockets were fired from Lebanon at different areas in northern Israel in the last hour, sparking a fire in one strike in the border community of Shlomi:
The Israeli military confirms it has launched a new pinpoint raid in Gaza City's Zeitoun neighborhood overnight, which it says is aimed at "the continued dismantling of terror infrastructure and eliminating terrorists in the area." Dozens of humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza via the Kerem Shalom Crossing today. Israel keeps this crossing open despite Hamas’ constant rocket fire toward the area. The IDF makes every effort to provide a constant flow of aid to civilians while Hamas repeatedly shoots at Kerem Shalom. |
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Posted: 5/9/2024 3:50:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryIdiotic Joe, Lloyd, and the utterly incompetent Charley Brown might want to recall who is being tasked with protecting the land around the unnecessary pier being built in Gaza. Ask themselves who has boots on the ground, instead and controls intel assets, particularly HUMINT, and who is familiar with the enemy we will be facing. The Three Stooges might be on a track to learn a hard lesson. That's an insult to the Three Stooges. Larry, Moe and Curly could out maneuver this bunch of corrupt Marxist clowns with their eyes closed. |
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Posted: 5/9/2024 4:52:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: michigan66]
[#50]
Link to liveblog for articles below
Three IDF soldiers moderately wounded in booby-trapped tunnel shaft explosion in eastern Rafah Negotiation talks between Israel, Hamas conclude; Source: 'It looks like a dead end'. Of course. Biden has made it very clear that a full--on operation in Rafah will hurt US-Israeli relations and the supply of critical materiel to the IDF Biden and his blockheads have taken away the only real "stick" Israel has to pressure Hamas for acceptable exchange conditions. Biden has become the de facto head negotiator for Sinwar. Sapir Cohen, former Hamas hostage: Held in Khan Yunis tunnel; met Sinwar but didn't know it Highpoints [At] one point [as they were going to Gaza with the kidnap victims] a younger captor...wanted to take her in the direction of a dirt road, diverting from the direction into Gaza. She said she was scared of what could happen and told an older captor, "I'm a child." She said he responded, "I know, shut up," and told the younger captor "Enough, no, enough." Cohen was initially held in an apartment with former hostage Sahar Calderon, under tight security. "We were with two very barbaric terrorists," she said, "They kept laughing at us and cursing us." Following the IDF's bombings near the apartment, they were moved to the tunnels in the Khan Yunis Entire article in spoiler Click To View Spoiler Elma Avraham, former Hamas hostage: Every day or two transferred to another family, then to the tunnels – 'I was completely alone' Highpoints "When we arrived in Gaza, many people stood outside and applauded. First they took me to the mosque, and then they moved me to some house. The kidnappers protected me from those who wanted to come in and beat me," she said. At one of the kidnappers' houses, they read to her from the Koran and told her to follow them, according to Avraham: "So in my own words, I repeated the Koran after them, and then they said, 'Good, now you are ours.' " After she was moved between four or five apartments, her captors moved her to the tunnels, where she stayed until her release. During her time in Hamas captivity, she did not meet other hostages. "I was completely alone, I didn't see anyone. Every day or two they transferred me to another family." Entire article inside spoiler Click To View Spoiler IDF: U.S. freezing arms shipments - a development that will not end well The IDF said that the U.S.'s decision to freeze weapons shipments is "a development that will end badly." The army emphasized that the U.S.'s security assistance throughout the war has been unprecedented, and that disputes between Israel and the U.S. should be contained to closed discussions, as to not damage security cooperation efforts that are "critical" for Israel. Additionally, the army said humanitarian aid is continuing to enter the Gaza Strip. Discussing the attempts by demonstrators to stop aid trucks from entry, the IDF said, "They pose difficulties on the international level, and the expectation is that the Israel Police will deal with these cases in a determined manner." The IDF also said it estimates that an internal investigation into the circumstances of Oct.7 will take at least until the end of August to complete, due to entering Rafah and continued fighting in southern Gaza. IDF Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi conducted a preliminary 48-hour inquiry into Brigadier General Shlomi Binder, the candidate for the position of head of the IDF's Intelligence Division, which showed no findings that would harm his appointment. Binder's appointment as the head of intelligence has sparked criticism, due to him being seen as having a direct connection to the intelligence failures of Oct. 7, in his current role as head of the operations division in the Intelligence Division. Here are the latest updates on day 216 of the war ■ The delegations for Israel and Hamas in the negotiation talks for a deal, as well as CIA chief Bill Burns, have left Cairo. One source said, "it looks like a dead end," though sources in Israel and Hamas said talks haven't entirely "blown up." ■ The IDF announced the commanders that will lead the investigations into the IDF's response in communities, army bases and outposts on Oct. 7. ■ The army estimated that an internal investigation into the circumstances of Oct.7 will take at least until the end of August to complete. ■ Pro-Israel U.S. Republican senators held a joint press conference, where they assailed President Biden over his decision to end heavy weapons shipments to Israel. ■ White House Spokesperson John Kirby said President Joe Biden will continue to provide Israel "with the capabilities that it needs," however he "does not want certain categories of American weapons used in" an operation in Rafah. ■ Kirby said the U.S. is willing to help Israel target Hamas leaders and promote an alternative government structure in Gaza, but "Smashing into Rafah will not advance the objective of defeating Hamas." ■ Minister Benny Gantz said the U.S. has a "moral and strategic obligation" to provide Israel with the necessary tools to return the hostages and remove the threat of Hamas on Israel. ■ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "There was an arms embargo on Israel [during the War of Independence]…but we won." ■ According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the Biden administration's decision last week to freeze the transfer of heavy weapons to Israel was meant to be a quiet signal that Israel should try to reach a deal and avoid an operation in Rafah, but the decision was leaked. ■ Three IDF soldiers were moderately wounded in eastern Rafah from an explosion caused by a booby-trapped tunnel shaft. ■ Slovenia initiated the procedure for the recognition of a Palestinian state as a form of leverage to end the conflict in Gaza, the country's Prime Minister Robert Golob said. ■ Thousands protested in Malmo, Sweden against Israel's participation in Eurovision, ahead of the song contest's semi-final on Thursday. ■ The entrance to Mizpe Ramon was reopened after right-wing protesters held up aid trucks for six hours on their way to Gaza. ■ Former Hamas hostage Elma Avraham, 85, was released from the hospital on Wednesday, after being hospitalized in serious condition following her release. Avraham said during her captivity, she was moved between four or five apartments before then being moved to the tunnels, and she did not meet any other hostages. ■ The IDF reported that two launches fell in open areas in Shlomi, in northern Israel. Additionally, it reported that a hostile aerial target in northern Israel was intercepted and that it attacked the sources of the launches. ■ Israel's Defense Ministry and National Insurance reported that in the past year, there were 821 fallen soldiers and 834 victims of terrorism. |
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