[ShabelleMedia] Somali special forces carried out a series of planned operations in the Lower Shabelle region, targeting locations allegedly used by the al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... to extort money from local residents, military officials said Sunday.
The operations were conducted by the elite Danab commandos of the Somali National Army in several areas, including Warmaxan, Tasxiille, Shareey, 10-Buundo, Tabeellaha and the Donka area.
According to officers who led the operation, troops from the 161st Unit of the 16th Danab Brigade pursued al-Shabaab fighters and dismantled positions and hideouts used by the group in the region.
The military said the targeted sites had been used by al-Shabaab to collect illegal levies from civilians living in the affected areas.
No immediate information was available on casualties or arrests resulting from the operation, and AFP was unable to independently verify the military’s claims.
Somalia’s government has intensified military operations against al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-linked krazed killer group that has waged a violent mostly peaceful campaign against the federal government for more than a decade.
Army Confirms Rescue of 360 Gwoza Captives from Terrorist Enclave in Mandara Mountains
By: Zagazola Makama
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the rescue of 360 abductees held captive by terrorists in a Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) enclave located deep within… pic.twitter.com/QwUnZmDg2I
Army Confirms Rescue of 360 Gwoza Captives from Terrorist Enclave in Mandara Mountains
By: Zagazola Makama
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the rescue of 360 abductees held captive by terrorists in a Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS)
…Boko Haram when they’re feeling formal…
enclave located deep within the Mandara Mountains in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno.
The Joint Task Force (North East) Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by its Acting Media Information Officer, Lt.-Col. Haruna Sani.
Sani said the captives, comprising men, women and children, were rescued during what he described as one of the most significant hostage rescue operations conducted in the North-East theatre in recent times.
Interesting what can be accomplished when Big Brother America is looking over you shoulder (and perhaps leafing through the intelligence information).
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According to him, the operation was carried out by Special Forces and troops of Sector 1 following weeks of intelligence gathering, covert reconnaissance and operational planning.
He said the victims were abducted from several communities, particularly within the Ngoshe axis of Gwoza Local Government Area, and held under harsh conditions in the insurgents’ stronghold.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] A prominent commander in the Saudi-backed forces was killed on Saturday alongside several bodyguards when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) targeted his vehicle in the coastal city of Al-Khokha, south of Hodeida governorate, local sources reported.
Yahya Abdullah Wahish, the commander of the ''First Division'' in the forces led by Tariq Saleh, died instantly in the blast. Wahish, who is closely affiliated with the Islah party, had recently been appointed to his position as part of a restructuring process of armed factions in southern and eastern Yemen.
While no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, sources close to the late commander indicated that his appointment had sparked internal tensions with Tariq Saleh. The ongoing restructuring follows a shift in territorial influence, as Saudi Arabia consolidates its control over these strategic regions.
Local authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, though security in the volatile coastal strip remains highly precarious.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Hundreds of residents in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... 's southern port city of Adenerupted into the streets on Sunday in angry protests over worsening power outages, which reportedly exceeded 17 hours per day amid soaring summer temperatures.
Demonstrations erupted in the al-Mansoura district, where protesters blocked roads with stones and burning tyres to denounce the prolonged collapse of electricity services in the city, where temperatures have surpassed 40 degrees Celsius.
Protesters announced an open-ended sit-in and vowed to remain in the streets overnight, while calls intensified for demonstrators to march toward al-Maashiq Palace, the headquarters of the Saudi-backed government, demanding an end to the ''false Saudi promises.''
The unrest comes amid mounting public anger over the failure of the Saudi-backed government headed by Shayea al-Zindani, to secure crude fuel supplies for the strategic Petromasila power station, despite the availability of fuel resources in the governorates of Shabwah and Hadhramaut.
Demonstrators accused Saudi authorities and affiliated local officials of deliberately obstructing the operation of the power plant, claiming that the Saudi special committee has imposed what they described as a ''service blockade'' on the city of Aden.
Witnesses and medical sources said the prolonged power outages have severely impacted healthcare facilities by disrupting critical infrastructure, with reports of deaths among elderly people, children, and critically ill patients due to extreme heat and worsening medical conditions in Aden.
Residents called for urgent measures to address what they described as an unbearable humanitarian and service crisis, warning that public anger in Aden could escalate further in the coming days as living conditions continue to deteriorate.
A Cessna aircraft was intercepted in mid-flight by a Mexican Air Force fighter jet over Mexicali, Baja California. According to authorities, the plane was carrying 24 kilograms of cocaine. The operation was launched after an alert from U.S. officials, which prompted immediate… pic.twitter.com/N2WaVEH7CC
A Cessna aircraft was intercepted in mid-flight by a Mexican Air Force fighter jet over Mexicali, Baja California.
According to authorities, the plane was carrying 24 kilograms of cocaine. The operation was launched after an alert from U.S. officials, which prompted immediate security actions in the border area.
“Good God, man, don’t give the Yanquis an excuse to get involved on our side of the border — they might never go home!”
[Tovima] A 37-year-old Palestinian man arrested in Crete on Saturday on suspicion of Hamas membership is expected to be transferred to Athens on Sunday evening as Greek authorities expand an investigation into what they fear was a Hamas-linked cell with connections to suspects detained recently in Cyprus.
The arrest was carried out in a joint operation by the National Intelligence Service (EYP) and Greek Police’s counter-terrorism unit. The suspect faces charges of membership in the terrorist group Hamas, receiving terrorist training and traveling for terrorist purposes.
According to authorities, the man is linked to two Palestinians arrested in Cyprus in a separate terrorism investigation that has prompted heightened security cooperation across the eastern Mediterranean. Authorities believe the three formed a Hamas cell, with the Cyprus-based suspects occupying leadership roles.
Police said intelligence gathered by EYP indicated the suspect had connections to individuals recently investigated by authorities in another European country in terrorism-related cases. Investigators are also examining evidence suggesting he received training in the manufacture of improvised explosive devices.
According to local media reports, the suspect is originally from Gaza and is believed to have been recruited by Hamas there alongside one of the men later arrested in Cyprus. The two allegedly traveled together to Malaysia, where they received training at a Hamas camp in the manufacture of improvised explosive devices using commercially available materials, including chemicals, fertilizers and household products.
Authorities believe the suspect arrived in Greece from Gaza about a year ago after being granted asylum. No information was provided as to whether he arrived legally or illegally.
He subsequently lived and worked in the resort town of Agios Nikolaos on the large island of Crete, while allegedly maintaining contacts with the network under investigation.
Police said he also rented an apartment in Athens’ inner city Patissia district, which they believe was being used as a makeshift bomb lab. After information from the Cyprus investigation linked him to the Hamas network, he was placed under close surveillance for roughly two weeks before his arrest.
Police searches of properties in Crete and Athens led to the seizure of mobile phones, a laptop computer, data-storage devices, bank cards and laboratory equipment. Among the items recovered were a laboratory-grade precision scale and a magnetic stirrer with a heated plate, according to police.
Authorities say the suspect had also placed an online order for additional materials believed to be intended for explosive-making. Investigators allege the shipment had not yet been delivered when officers moved in to arrest him.
Greek officials have not publicly identified a specific target or disclosed evidence of an imminent attack. However, investigators are examining whether the group was preparing an operation against Israeli-linked interests in Europe.
Greek media reports have focused on the expected arrival of an Israeli-owned cruise ship in Crete this week, although counterterrorism officials cited by state broadcaster ERT reportedly consider it unlikely that the vessel was the intended target because the alleged bomb-making effort was not yet complete.
The 37-year-old was working in a hotel, media reports said.
State TV ERT said police also found chemicals that could be used to make a bomb.
The Ynet news site reported that the man arrived in Greece from Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... a year ago and was granted asylum. He was arrested on Crete after 15 days of surveillance by Greek intelligence services in cooperation with foreign intelligence agencies, the outlet reported.
Greek police have also linked him to a cell of four other Paleostinians recently arrested in Cyprus for "terrorism-related offences," the police said in a statement.
Greek media reported that the suspect may have been targeting the Israeli-owned Crown Iris cruise ship due to arrive in Crete on Tuesday. Greek authorities were also said to be examining whether he may have been targeting other Israeli sites or interests in Europe.
Last year, the Crown Iris was blocked by Paleostinian protesters who prevented the Israeli passengers from disembarking onto the Greek island of Syros. It was rerouted to Cyprus.
Ynet reported that the suspect, who has two children still in Gaza, was recruited by Hamas while he was still living there.
Police said he admitted to being a Hamas operative and waiting to receive instructions on carrying out the planned attack.
A Muslim man from Gaza openly admitted that the Palestinian desire to kill Jews is stronger than their will to live or build a better future for their children.
This is what the media in the West ignores about the people of Gaza because it damages the false image of Islam as a… pic.twitter.com/KyX7XlV5Dh
… it damages the false image of Islam as a religion of peace.
According to Islam, murdering Jews as human sacrifices for Allah guarantees Muslims a place in paradise — along with virgin sex slaves for eternity.
The Western media deliberately hides these statements because they destroy the carefully constructed narrative that the conflict is about “occupation” or “land.” Once you understand that most Muslims in Gaza and Ramallah view the murder of Jews and Christians as a religious obligation rather than a political dispute, the entire framework of “two states for two peoples” collapses.
Day 1 can be seen here. The Daily Mail has two photos of Mr. Dzayee one of the three vicious idiots who worked so hard with their BFF the nameless FBI informant to accomplish nothing.
[Daily Mail where America gets its news] A Navy sailor was arrested in California after he was found to be a part of a twisted ISIS plot that included his desire to 'kill 300 million Americans,' according to officials.
Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, was nabbed by the FBI on Friday, along with two 21-year-old men: Elias Shamsaldeen, of Porterville, California, and Bisaam Ghafoor, of Leawood, Kansas, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
The trio had been conversing online for more than a year and paid $2,000 to someone they believed was a member of the foreign terrorist organization after being told the funds would help them purchase drones and rocket-propelled grenades, prosecutors alleged.
In their messages, they discussed their detailed plans to travel out of the US and fight for ISIS, a complaint filed in Kansas federal court stated.
But it was Dzayee, who donned a Navy uniform in a now-deleted Instagram post, who specifically suggested that they target the US Special Forces, an elite American military unit, prosecutors alleged.
Meanwhile, Shamsaldeen told his online pals he wanted to 'stab and injure a US servicemember, while Ghafoor told them: 'I wish I could kill 300,000,000 Americans.'
Ghafoor also shared his desire to behead a female soldier, and that it would be 'sick' if his name was written on the drone they wished to use in the alleged attack, the DOJ revealed.
'In some of these communications, they expressed a willingness to die on behalf of ISIS,' authorities said.
Federal agents descended on Dzayee's family home on Friday around 6am, which is located on a quaint, unsuspecting cul-de-sac, startled neighbors told NBC 7.
'We looked out - it seemed to me like it was a white van that pulled up and tactical guys jumped out and surrounded the house,' one neighbor recalled to the outlet.
'Very odd in this neighborhood. So the neighbors started coming out. We didn't approach but we were watching.'
According to locals, agents then spent hours digging through the home, the family's garbage, and also talked with Dzayee's parents.
Several agents were seen carrying large brown bags out of the home, though the contents of them remain unclear.
Along with FBI agents came officials with the Terrorist Task Force, whose presence caused locals to panic even more.
'I actually walked up to the FBI agent and asked if the house was going to blow up, should the neighborhood be concerned, and he assured me, "No, we’re arresting someone is all we got",' the neighbor shared.
A man who lives nearby also told the outlet that from what he saw, Dzayee is not a social person.
Others confirmed that he served in the military, NBC 7 reported.
Following their arrests, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said: 'This administration has put terrorists, cartels, and gangs on notice.
'Today’s arrest of three individuals who allegedly conspired to provide material support to ISIS makes clear our commitment to taking down terrorist networks - anywhere.
'Thanks to the vigilance of the FBI, their alleged scheme was dismantled and further acts of violence against U.S. service members were prevented.'
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The trio had been conversing online for more than a year and paid $2,000 to someone they believed was a member of the foreign terrorist organization
Right now a Chinese, a Hindu, and an Ukrainian are reading this and smiling.
Obviously he was 90+% mouth, and not a real mass causality threat.
But, given the DOJ / Media use of careful wording eg. "...seen here wearing a navy uniform..." the does anyone know what his Navy NEC (A?) or MOS was?
Or was he a 365/200 type?
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Worked with an FBI informant? Is this another time the FBI set up their own terrorist plot so they could take it down. Like J6?
At least they didn't use a retarded man like they did before.
The Gaza man, 37, was arrested on the Greek island of Crete on Sunday for his alleged ties to one of four suspected Hamas terrorists previously arrested in Cyprus, having traveled with him to Malaysia, where they allegedly received training in making explosives from commercially available chemical agents.
The Israeli cruise ship MS Crown Iris was the believed target of the attack before it was scheduled to arrive in Crete on Tuesday. Police did not publicly identify the man or name a target in their initial statement.
Searches in homes in both Crete and the Greek capital, Athens, turned up a number of mobile phones, a laptop, external hard drives and bank cards, The Associated Press reported.
[IsraelTimes] One attack hits Hamas police post in Khan Younis; IDF says another targets ‘two Hamas terrorists’ in Gaza City; terror group tells mediators Israeli strikes preventing progress
Israeli strikes on a Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... police post and a vehicle in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip on Sunday killed at least nine people and maimed 20, health officials said, as mediators began new efforts to salvage a fragile US-brokered ceasefire deal and Israel doubled down on its commitment to disarming the terror group.
One strike hit a Hamas police post in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, adjacent to a large tent encampment of displaced families. Five people were killed, and 16 were maimed, medics said, without clarifying how many of the casualties were police.
The IDF said the strike targeted a Hamas command center.
Later on Sunday, a strike near the Burak School in western Gaza City killed four people, according to Hamas-affiliated media outlets. Medics said the strike hit a vehicle as it drove through the city.
An IDF front man told AFP that Israeli forces struck "two Hamas terrorists" in the incident.
Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital confirmed that it received four bodies following the strike in the city.
Meanwhile,
...back at the bunker, his Excellency called the chief of staff and complained that the artillery was keeping him awake... Nasser Hospital said it received five bodies following the earlier strike in Khan Younis and was treating the maimed, some of them in "critical condition."
In a separate incident, the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah said it received the body of a fisherman rubbed out by Israeli naval forces in the early hours of Sunday.
The IDF said it was looking into the incident.
Since the start of the war in October 2023, Israel has enforced strict restrictions on access to the sea in Gaza, including opening fire on fishermen.
Major fighting in Gaza has been paused since October under a ceasefire, after two years of war sparked by the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack, but no agreement has been reached to implement a further US-backed plan for Israeli troops to withdraw, Hamas to disarm and Gaza to be rebuilt.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, in a visit to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, said the military was continuing to "erode Hamas’s power" until it achieves its goal of disarming the terror group.
"We will continue to operate until achieving the goal of disarming Hamas. This is a goal we are not giving up on," he said in remarks provided by the IDF.
Israeli troops were left in control of around 53 percent of the war-torn Paleostinian enclave following the ceasefire in October, but in the months since, they have pushed past those lines and now control some 60% of the Strip, having ordered residents out and destroyed remaining buildings. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last month that he ordered troops to take control of 70% of the Strip, and did not rule out pushing further still in the future.
Nearly the entire population of roughly 2.3 million Gazooks now lives in a tiny strip along the coast, mainly in makeshift tents or damaged buildings, under Hamas control.
The terror group’s nearly 10,000 coppers have emerged as a sticking point in talks to advance US President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... ’s plan for Gaza. Hamas wants them included in a new police force, while Israel rejects the terror group’s inclusion in any capacity.
EGYPT HOSTS NEW ROUND OF TALKS
Why bother? Hamas has steadfastly acted in bad faith, refusing to fulfill the conditions of the previous rounds of talks, except that they did finally hand over all thr hostages, both living and the bodies of those they’d murdered. Further discussion will just lead to Israel being pushed to make more concessions while Hamas continues not keep their side of the deal.
Egypt began hosting a new round of truce talks with leaders from Hamas and other Paleostinian factions on Sunday, sources from Hamas and other sources close to the negotiations said. The talks are expected to last for a few days.
Israel and Hamas have repeatedly accused each other of violating the truce. Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 950 Paleostinians since the start of the truce, according to figures provided by the Hamas-run health ministry, which does not differentiate between combatants and civilians.
Paleostinian terror operatives have killed four Israeli soldiers in the same period, and a fifth soldier was killed in the Strip in a friendly fire incident.
Last year’s deal established a Board of Peace led by Trump to oversee a phased ceasefire and was ratified by the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Security Council.
However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... discussions on many of the toughest areas of dispute, including the disarmament of Hamas, Israeli withdrawal and makeup of a Gaza government, were postponed to later in the process. The Board of Peace negotiators have been talking to both sides on the disarmament issue.
Hamas told envoys from the Board of Peace and mediators Egypt, Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... , and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... that ending Israeli attacks in Gaza was essential for any progress, sources from the group and officials close to the talks said.
Hazem Qassem, a Hamas spokesperson in Gaza, said on Sunday the group was open to ideas that would lead to ending Israeli attacks in Gaza and reaching common ground over issues of the second phase of the Trump plan. But he said the Board of Peace should stop being "biased" toward Israel.
Nearly 73,000 people in Gaza have been killed since the war started, most of them civilians, according to Gaza health authorities. The IDF says it has killed over 23,000 combatants in Gaza and another 1,600 forces of Evil inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught.
Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas, including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques.
[IsraelTimes] Military identifies Sakr Abu Karim as commander in elite Nukhba Force who led raid on Kissufim area where 20 people were slain; Gazan authorities report 10 dead in other strikes
A Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... terrorist who participated in the October 7 onslaught and was planning attacks on troops was killed in an Israeli strike in the southern Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip last week, the IDF and Shin Bet announced on Sunday.
The military said that on Tuesday it struck and killed Sakr Abu Karim, a commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force and the leader of the Hamas raid in the Kissufim area on October 7, 2023.
Throughout the war, Abu Karim advanced and carried out attacks on troops in Gaza, and recently, "he violated the ceasefire agreement and stored numerous weapons in his home, while attempting to rebuild the organization and conduct terrorist training to advance additional terror attack plans," the IDF said.
Alongside Abu Karim, the IDF said, the strike killed another Hamas member who served as a communications operative.
Israel has reportedly compiled a list of all Paleostinians who took part in the October 7 invasion and massacre, and is aiming to kill or arrest all of them. According to the Wall Street Journal, the initiative began immediately after the attack two and a half years ago, and "hundreds" have since been crossed off the list, from high-level terror commanders to civilians who crossed the border and joined the attacks.
On October 7, 2023, Hamas led a devastating invasion of southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians. During the attack, gunnies slaughtered 14 out of the 270 residents of Kibbutz Kissufim and six foreign workers.
The October 7 invasion triggered a war in the Gaza Strip, which was halted by a shaky ceasefire in October 2025. Despite the deal, exchanges of fire have continued.
**נסגר מעגל על עוד מחבל נוח׳בה**
צה"ל ושב"כ תקפו בשבוע שעבר (ג'), בדרום רצועת עזה וחיסלו את צקר אבו כרים, מפקד חוליית נוח׳בה בארגון הטרור חמאס. אבו כרים היה ממובילי הפשיטה למרחב כיסופים במהלך טבח ה-7 באוקטובר. pic.twitter.com/Pk14qZ6cZI
Translated from Hebrew
**A circle has closed on another Nukhba terrorist**
The IDF and Shin Bet attacked last week (Tuesday) in southern Gaza Strip and eliminated Zakr Abu Karam, commander of a Nukhba squad in the Hamas terror organization. Abu Karam was one of the leaders of the raid into the Kisufim area during the October 7 massacre.
Media outlets affiliated with Hamas reported Sunday that Mohammed Abu Jiab, a fisherman in Gaza, was killed by IDF fire at sea off the coast of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. Since the start of the war in October 2023, Israel has enforced strict restrictions on access to the sea in Gaza, including opening fire on fishermen.
The IDF did not immediately comment on the reports.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense service reported that Israeli strikes killed 10 people on Saturday, with Israel’s military saying one of the dead was a Hamas “terrorist cell commander.” The report did not distinguish between fighters and noncombatants.
In Gaza City, a drone strike killed eight people and wounded 15 in the Jawazat camp for displaced people, according to the civil defense. The city’s Al-Shifa Hospital also reported receiving eight bodies.
“We targeted terrorists in that sector,” the Israeli army told AFP, without providing further details.
Further south, Muhannad Othman Farwana, 25, was killed in the morning in a strike on a tent, the civil defense said. Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis said the man’s body had been brought in along with several wounded. In a statement, the Israeli army said Farwana was “a terrorist cell commander in the military wing” of Hamas, adding he had been killed in a precision strike. The strike hit his tent on the roof of his house just before he was due to get married later in the day, said his cousin Mohammed Farwana.
“The whole family was ready to celebrate his wedding. Now, we’re attending his funeral instead,” he told AFP.
The civil defense announced in the evening that another person had been killed in an Israeli strike in southeast Gaza City, identifying him as a 37-year-old man.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 72,000 people in the Strip have been killed during the war — including over 600 since the October 2025 ceasefire — though the toll does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
The Israeli military believes that Hamas’s overall toll is largely accurate, with IDF officials estimating that two to three civilians were killed for every dead terror operative.
The IDF says it has killed over 23,000 combatants in Gaza and another 1,600 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught.
Israel has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that Hamas uses Gaza’s civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques.
Fuck. There better be a big payoff for Israel after this.
[IsraelTimes] President says any further escalation could blow up progress in talks with Tehran, after 10 missiles shot at northern Israel in response to Beirut strike; IDF ready to respond but awaiting green light
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... fired a volley of missiles at Israel Sunday night, catapulting the region back to the cusp of all out war after two months of a shaky ceasefire, with Israel initially vowing to respond before US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th and 47th President of the United States... attempted to limit the fallout and keep truce negotiations with Tehran on track.
No Israelis were hurt in the attack, which involved some 10 missiles fired at northern Israel in quick succession around 10 p.m. Iran said it launched the missiles in retaliation for an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh suburb earlier in the day targeting the headquarters of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group.
A short while after the Iranian attack, Trump announced that he would be telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate, fearing that it could derail talks with Iran that he claimed had been "very close" to bearing fruit.
The missile fire was the first to target Israel since an April truce that halted over a month of rocket fire triggered by joint Israeli and US attacks on Iran starting on February 28. Despite the temporary ceasefire with Iran, Israel has continued fighting Hezbollah in Leb ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration.... , with the terror group battering northern Israel, and Iran has insisted that it will only agree to a comprehensive deal on ending the war if it extends to the Lebanon front.
Following the missile attack, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it was intended to serve as a "warning" of a broader response that would encompass all US and Israeli targets in the region if "aggressions" were repeated, apparently referring to the strikes near Beirut.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Israel was ready to hit back at Tehran but was awaiting approval from the politicianship.
"The IDF will strike the enemy with force the moment the green light is given," he said during an assessment with the military’s top brass, according to remarks provided by the military.
But Trump told Israel’s Channel 12 news that he would be calling Netanyahu to tell him not to hit back at Iran.
"The Iranian strikes didn’t hurt anybody," the US president said. "Hopefully Israel is not going to retaliate. If Bibi strikes them back, it’s just gonna keep going like the last 47 years, or the last 3,000 years."
The Prime Minister’s Office did not immediately provide a readout of the call, which was reportedly quite brief. Netanyahu then convened a meeting with top security officials, according to Hebrew media reports.
Trump told Channel 12 that the US was "very close to a final deal with Iran" regarding a permanent end to the war launched by the US and Israel on February 28, and that he didn’t want the fresh missile fire to "blow up" the progress.
"I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate," Trump said. "Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one."
"I don’t want to see an additional attack tonight," the president added.
He expressed a similar sentiment in a separate conversation with Fox News, saying the Iranian attack would "not help" negotiations with Tehran.
"We’re very close" to a deal with Iran, Trump claimed. "I would say an agreement would be signed on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday of this coming week. And now this takes place."
A senior White House official quoted by Israel Hayom said Trump reaffirmed in his phone conversation with Netanyahu that he is committed to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and from threatening the region and Israel, while pressing him to give talks a chance.
Indicating that Jerusalem may in fact be holding off for now, an Israeli security official told the Hebrew outlet that Israel would respond, "even if it does not happen in the immediate term."
The Kan public broadcaster also reported that in light of Trump’s opposition, Israel was considering delaying its response for several days.
Trump has said any agreement to end the war must prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, and he is under pressure to deliver terms tougher than those agreed in 2015 under then-president Barack Obama They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them... in a deal Trump later abrogated.
Tehran’s demands include the lifting of US and international sanctions, recognition of its sway over the strait and the release of billions of dollars in frozen assets.
Trump told the Financial Times that Netanyahu "won’t have any choice" but to accept whatever agreement Washington may reach with Iran.
"I call the shots. I call all the shots," Trump told the outlet in a phone interview, adding, "He [Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots."
Trump said Iran’s strikes had not changed his intent to reach a diplomatic solution with Iran, downplaying the significance of the attack. "It’s not going to have any impact on the deal... We’ll see how it ends up. But they [the missile strikes on Israel] were attacks that did not kick at all."
US officials also attempted to distance the White House from the IDF strikes in Beirut, reportedly telling Axios "we had no part in this."
In comments to Fox News, the president said he was "not happy" about the strikes.
Netanyahu said the Israeli strikes were ordered in response to Hezbollah firing toward Israel.
REGION BRACES FOR FRESH ESCALATION
The Iranian attack came moments after the IDF announced that it was gearing up for likely missile fire in the coming hours, setting off sirens and sending millions in Israel’s north scrambling for shelter.
All of the missiles were intercepted or struck open areas, according to the military, and there were no reports of direct impacts or damage in the attacks. There were no injuries as a direct result of the missile fire, but Magen David Adom said that a 79-year-old woman was being treated after hitting her head on the way to a bomb shelter in northern Israel. She was being treated at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.
IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, in a presser, said the IDF was prepared for additional missile fire from Iran.
He added that "the Iranian terror regime made a grave mistake."
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Israel’s Home Front Command ordered schools closed nationwide and placed limits on large events.
At the same time, officials decided not to close the country’s airspace, an early indication that a return to all-out war may not be in the offing, though the Transportation Ministry said it would reconsider the situation if the rocket fire expanded.
Some two hours after the attack, Channel 12 reported that Ben Gurion International Airport was functioning as usual, with only a single Austrian Airlines flight having been cancelled.
"If there are no changes in the coming hours, tomorrow the airport will be full," the outlet’s news hound at the airport said. Passengers who have flights should come to the airport as usual, he added, unless something changes in the coming hours.
In contrast, Iran closed its airspace over the west of the country, indicating it was bracing for a potential Israeli response.
"Due to safety and security assessments... the western part of the country’s airspace was declared closed until further notice," said Majid Akhavan, the front man for the National Civil Aviation Organization, in a statement carried by the news agency IRNA.
Across the border in Iraq, officials told Rooters that the country’s airspace was also temporarily closed, and that air navigation had been suspended for reasons related to air traffic safety following the attacks.
The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority said Iraqi airspace will remain closed for 72 hours.
Syria also temporarily closed its southern airspace for 12 hours and suspended operations at Damascus Airport.
The US embassy in Jerusalem said it had ordered all employees to shelter in place and announced that all services would be closed on Monday.
"As a result of the current security situation in Israel, including Home Front Command alerts for multiple regions, the US Embassy has directed all US babus government employees and their family members to shelter in place, and be prepared to move to a protected shelter in the event of a red alert, until further notice," read a statement from the embassy.
The embassy issued a security advisory last week, warning US citizens in the region to show increased caution, and highlighting Israel, the West Bank and Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... , though there was no indication at the time what triggered the advisory.
The Sunday night missile fire marked the first such Iranian attack on Israel since the US announced a ceasefire between the warring countries on April 8.
There have been several flare-ups since then, mostly centered around the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, but in each instance, Iran chose to launch missile and drone attacks at closer Gulf states rather than focus on Israel.
Tehran launches ballistic missile assault on Israel; IDF confirms strikes in central Iran
Iran fired multiple missile barrages at Israel, forcing civilians into shelters while threatening retaliation against U.S. and Israeli targets as President Trump warned Tehran to "get back to the table and make a deal"
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President Donald Trump touted a vow from the Iranian regime that it will not pursue nuclear weapons, a promise Tehran has made repeatedly before.
Trump is facing heavy political pressure to resolve the Iran conflict quickly before it can impact GOP performance in midterm elections.
The national average price of regular gasoline stood at $4.241 per gallon late last week, according to AAA, up from $3.144 a year earlier — an increase of nearly 35%.
President Donald Trump said that Israel should not retaliate against Iran following it's missile barrage, arguing that further action could jeopardize ongoing negotiations.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that the ballistic missile attacks on Israel were a "warning."
President Donald Trump said that the Iranian missile attack on Israel was unhelpful to ongoing talks while expressing optimism that a deal is within reach.
Iran launched multiple missile barrages toward Israel prompting air raid sirens across regions and sending civilians into shelters.
IDF says Iran launches new missile barrage toward Israel after strikes from Israeli forces
The Israel Defense Forces said they identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel and activated air defense systems to intercept the threat.
Home Front Command issued alerts to residents in affected areas, directing civilians to enter protected spaces until further notice.
The missile launch comes shortly after Israel confirmed strikes on targets in western and central Iran, signaling the exchange between the two countries is ongoing.
The Israeli Air Force hit several targets at the petrochemical complex in Mahshahr, located in southwestern Iran
Israel targeting Iranian surface-to-surface missile launch sites, infrastructure, ambassador says
Israeli's Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said the Jewish State "is now targeting Iranian surface-to-surface missile launch sites, as well as infrastructure facilities unrelated to the energy sector."
"Iran fired 11 ballistic missiles at Israel today," he wrote on X. "Each one of those missiles can level an entire neighborhood and kill hundreds. No self-respecting country in the world would tolerate such an attack, and neither will Israel."
Houthis launch attacks from Yemen toward central Israel
Houthi forces launched ballistic missiles from Yemen, targeting central Israel, as residents in Tel Aviv rushed to bomb shelters.
The Israeli Defense Forces said they had identified the launch of a missile from Yemen toward Israeli territory, adding that aerial defense systems are operating to intercept the threat.
Israel confirms strikes on Iran, explosions reported across multiple Iranian cities
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed it carried out strikes Sunday in western and central Iran.
In a statement, the military said the Israeli Air Force carried out the attacks.
"A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force struck targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran," it said before adding that details would follow.
Separately, Reuters reported that explosions were heard in Tehran, Tabriz and Isfahan, citing local media.
The Israeli strikes came hours after Iran launched a wave of ballistic missiles at northern Israel.
Citing state media and Reuters reported the IRGC said Israel carried out the attacks on targets inside Iran using “air-launched" ballistic missiles.
Americans in Jordan told to seek shelter as missiles, drones, rockets reported
Missiles, drones and rockets had reportedly entered Jordanian airspace, the U.S. State Department warned Sunday.
“Jordan: Reports indicate missiles, drones and rockets are in Jordanian airspace,” the department said in a statement on X.
“Seek overhead cover and shelter in place immediately. Remain indoors and pay attention to local announcements and alerts,” it added.
Israel closes Gaza crossings after Iran attack; Tehran airport suspends flights
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There seems to be missing information. Based on current available information I don't see why we continue to negotiate with Iran, which at least publicly, appears to have no interest in bring this conflict to an end. The only thing I can think of is that we are in talks with non IRGC people who do want to end the conflict, but without eliminating the IRGC, I don't see how the conflict can end and Iran has to be the ones to destroy the IRGC. Now my head hurts. :(
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[Regnum] In the West Bank, an Israeli soldier opened fire on a civilian car, killing a seven-month-old baby from a Palestinian family before turning around and leaving. This was reported by The Guardian on June 6. Of course it was. The Guardian loathes the Jewish state.
According to this information, the child, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was sitting in his mother's arms. Israeli soldiers ordered the vehicle to stop, which it did. However, one of the soldiers opened fire. The child was wounded and later died in the hospital.
The boy turned seven months old on the day he was killed.
The father of the deceased child, Bethlehem University professor Fahd Abu Haikal, told reporters that the incident occurred during daylight hours, and Israeli soldiers could not have failed to see that the car contained a family with children. He demanded that the soldier who killed his child be held accountable.
The Israeli army stated that the driver of the vehicle failed to stop when ordered, and one of the soldiers fired several single shots. The IDF also stated that an investigation into the incident was underway.
Numerous other similar tragedies have been previously reported. In March, for example, Israeli police opened fire on a car carrying a Palestinian family with their children as they were returning from a store. The couple and their two sons, ages five and seven, were killed instantly, and the two older children were wounded. According to one of the boys, the shooting began without warning, and afterward, Israeli police officers pulled the child from the car and began taunting him, claiming they had "killed dogs."
An Israeli police spokesman stated that the family was killed during a special operation and that security forces allegedly opened fire on the car when they "perceived an immediate threat," but did not answer questions about the specific threat posed by the children and unarmed adults.
[IsraelTimes] Decision to open investigation comes after preliminary examination of the killing of 7-month-old Sam Fahd Abou Haikal in Hebron on Friday evening.
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Ramming attacks on IDF & civilians are daily occurrence in Israel. The response was proper and considered. And the Brits, and the rest of dhimmis, can kiss our ass.
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I believe nothing that is claimed by paleostinians. Never have, never will.
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Like Netanyahu said, they grow up to be terrorists.
Best get them while they can't shoot back.
So many Hamas were determined to be orphans whose parents were killed. Eliminate the orphans, eliminate the problem. Far-sighted and good strategy.
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[Regnum] The Iranian Armed Forces have placed numerous missiles on full alert and approved a list of targets for strikes on Israel in the event of an attack from Tel Aviv.
That’s nice. Israel’s anti-missile defences keep improving. Also, are y’all quite, quite certain it was not Mossad who programmed the things this time round?
This was reported by the Iranian news agency Tasnim.
"In the event of Israel's retaliatory action against Iran, a significant number of Iranian missiles are fully prepared for immediate launch against a list of targets in Israel," a military source told the publication.
What percent of Iran’s missiles have gotten through since 10/7/2023? How steep is the trend of diminishing success?
On June 7, the Iranian Aerospace Force launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel's Ramat David Air Base.
Following a series of Iranian missile launches against Israel, US President Donald Trump called on Tehran to return to the negotiating table to reach a deal.
“You shot your wad, guys, then the IDF spiked your guns. Stop wasting time.”
The White House chief also stated that he intends to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ask him not to retaliate against Iran. He believes the Iranian strikes have harmed no one.
More from regnum.ru Iran resumes attacks on Israel, IDF reports interception of all missiles
All missiles fired by Iran at Israel were intercepted. This was announced by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson's Office on June 7.
"The IDF has intercepted all missiles fired by Iran so far," the Telegram channel said.
Not even one got through? A pathetic effort by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The IDF noted that new Iranian missile launches toward Israel have been detected. The IDF's air defense system is intercepting the threat.
And no doubt the launch locations were noted for future action.
On June 7, the Iranian Aerospace Force launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel's Ramat David Air Base.
Following a series of Iranian missile launches against Israel, US President Donald Trump called on Tehran to return to the negotiating table to reach a deal. The American leader also stated that he was dissatisfied with the Israeli strikes on Beirut, but that an Iranian attack against Israel would not help the negotiating process, according to Trump.
The White House chief also stated that he intends to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ask him not to retaliate against Iran. He believes the Iranian strikes have harmed no one.
Even more from regnum.ru IRGC: Iran strikes Ramat David air base in Israel
On June 7, the Iranian Aerospace Force launched a ballistic missile strike on Israel's Ramat David Air Base, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced.
Launched is not hit, given that the IDF intercepted all of Iran’s missiles in this salvo, as reported above.
"In response to the regime's large-scale crimes in southern Lebanon and other parts of the country, the Ramat David airbase, from which the aggression was carried out, was attacked with ballistic missiles," the Fars news agency quotes the IRGC as saying.
In response to the attack on Sirik and Qeshm Islands, the Iranian Armed Forces launched missile strikes against US military bases in the Middle East on June 6.
Did America knock them all out of the air, too?
Earlier, US Central Command reported that US forces had struck Iranian radar facilities in Goruk and on Qeshm Island. Four Iranian drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz were also shot down.
Ah. Highly probable, then. Especially as Iran is not claiming any hits at all.
On June 7, US President Donald Trump stated that the US and Iran were very close to reaching an agreement, with only "a couple of issues" remaining. The White House chief also asserted that the US would seize Iran's highly enriched uranium stockpiles regardless of the outcome of negotiations with the Islamic Republic.
On June 6, the American leader expressed his willingness to hold a personal meeting with Iran's new Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, to reach an agreement between the United States and the Islamic Republic.
Sure. That’s the only way to discover whether the new guy is conscious and functioning or somewhere between deep coma and very dead, indeed.
He stated that negotiations to resolve the crisis and the "nuclear issue" were progressing rapidly, and that the new Iranian leadership was directly involved.
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[Jpost] The IAF struck military targets in western and central Iran on Monday following an Iranian missile attack on Israel, the IDF confirmed.
The strikes come after sources told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday that Israeli officials were still deciding when and how hard to hit Iran, noting that a significant Israeli response to Tehran's ceasefire breach was expected.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed that the strikes were carried out using air-launched ballistic missiles, according to Iranian IRNA state media.
Targets were hit in Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, and some other places in western Iran, while explosions have reportedly been heard in Karaj, outside of Tehran, according to Tasmin, Iran's IRGC-affiliated news agency.
Earlier on Monday, a United States official told Axios that he did not expect an imminent Israeli retaliation against Iran. The war would've been over by now, if - certain persons could control their desire to show the world that they're master deal-makers.
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IDF strikes petrochemical targets in Iran The IAF on Monday morning struck several targets at the petrochemical complex in Mahshahr, in southwestern Iran, the IDF confirmed.
Since Iran began striking Israel on Sunday night, Israel has responded with two waves of attacks, focused on strategic area of Iran.
Israel on Sunday carried out Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in Beirut, with the military saying they targeted Hezbollah command centers in the group’s stronghold of Dahiyeh, a large suburb just south of the Lebanese capital.
Two people were killed and at least 11 were maimed in strikes, Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... ’s National News Agency reported, adding that two apartments in two separate buildings were targeted.
Images of the aftermath showed several apartment buildings heavily damaged.
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... threatened to retaliate, saying, "Watch the sky of the occupied territories tonight."
According to the Saudi al-Hadath channel, Israel updated the United States ahead of the strikes. Israel has largely refrained from striking Beirut during the current conflict, at the request of the White House, which fears it would harm Washington’s efforts to secure a ceasefire and future nuclear deal with Iran, which is conditioning any agreement on a truce in Lebanon.
The last Israeli strike in the capital occurred on May 28, which was itself the first strike in the city in over three weeks.
Announcing the strikes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said they came in response to the terror group’s rocket fire on northern Israel Sunday morning, the first rockets fired at Israel since Wednesday, and the first since a porous ceasefire in Lebanon was renewed last week.
Sirens had sounded in the border communities of Yiftah and Ramot Naftali amid the attack. The military said it intercepted two rockets that were fired at Israel.
Israeli leaders have vowed that the IDF would strike in Beirut if Hezbollah attacked Israel during the ostensible ceasefire.
The IDF, in its own statement, said it was striking Hezbollah infrastructure in the Dahiyeh, with further details to be provided later. It also said it struck and destroyed the launchers used by Hezbollah to fire rockets Sunday morning.
Reacting to the strikes, a senior Iranian parliament member promised a “painful and decisive response.”
“This rabid dog must be disciplined and put in its place. Watch the sky of the occupied territories tonight,” Ebrahim Rezaei, spokesperson for parliament’s foreign policy and national security committee, posted on X.
Iran considers all of Israel “occupied territories.”
Iran’s foreign minister last week threatened that any Israeli attack on Beirut would be a violation of the ceasefire with the US and elicit a response from Iran.
IDF AGAIN CALLS FOR EVACUATION OF TYRE AHEAD OF STRIKES
Also on Sunday, the IDF issued an evacuation warning for the southern coastal Lebanese city of Tyre ahead of airstrikes on Hezbollah.
Residents of most neighborhoods and surrounding suburbs were instructed to head north of the Zahrani River.
“In light of the Hezbollah terror organization’s violation of the ceasefire agreement, the IDF is compelled to act against it with force,” warned army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee.
“Anyone who is near Hezbollah operatives, its facilities, and its weapons is putting their life at risk,” he added.
Tyre, the country’s fifth-largest city and the most populated urban area in south Lebanon, has been ordered to evacuate several times by the IDF. Tens of thousands have fled the city in recent weeks, though Lebanese media has reported that over 100,000 people remain in the city.
#عاجل ‼️انذار عاجل الى سكان مدينة صور والمخيمات والأحياء المحيطة بالمدينة وفق ما يعرض في الخارطة
🔸في ضوء قيام حزب الله الإرهابي بخرق اتفاق وقف اطلاق النار يضطر جيش الدفاع للعمل ضده بقوة. جيش الدفاع لا ينوي المساس بكم.
The IDF also announced Sunday that four reservist soldiers were moderately wounded by an explosive-laden first-person view drone launched by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon the day before.
The troops were taken to a hospital and their families were notified, the army said.
AT CABINET MEETING, PM SAYS ‘HEZBOLLAH IS IN RETREAT’
Before the Beirut strikes, Netanyahu held his weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, during which he said that the IDF is continuing offensive operations against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon and warned that Israel will respond forcefully to any attacks amid the ostensible ceasefire with the terror group.
“We will not allow fire to be directed at our territory or our communities, and we will act accordingly,” Netanyahu said in a video shared by his
office, adding that the military was continuing efforts to dismantle Hezbollah infrastructure in villages near the border.
“We are striking them very forcefully, and we know that Hezbollah is in retreat,” he declared.
Israeli forces have eliminated 350 terrorists in the past week alone, Netanyahu claimed, hailing the IDF’s capture of Beaufort Ridge, “where they uncovered a vast underground infrastructure.”
⚠️ The IDF uncovered a massive Hezbollah bunker network under the Beaufort Ridge stocked with weapons and built to accommodate hundreds of terrorists simultaneously. pic.twitter.com/SAKKnL1xiT
[IsraelTimes] The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday revealed a major Hezbollah tunnel system near Beaufort Castle in southern Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... , which it said was constructed with direct Iranian assistance.
According to the military, the main reason for its raid on the Beaufort Castle area was to capture and demolish the underground site, as well as to prevent the terror group from carrying out rocket attacks on Israel from the area.
"The IDF launched operations in the Beaufort area to achieve operational control over the area, which constitutes a threat to Israeli civilians, and to enable the destruction of the tunnel network," the military said. The IDF said the tunnel was "built in a civilian area, in a location that enables operational control over the Galilee panhandle region, only six kilometers (3.7 miles) from Metula, and served as Hezbollah’s center in the area."
Troops are now working to destroy the "major Hezbollah underground infrastructure site in the Beaufort Ridge area," IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said in a video statement.
"This is an underground network consisting of several levels excavated deep into the rocky ground. The entire network was built with full funding and planning by the Iranian terror regime over more than a decade," he said.
According to an illustration published by the IDF, the tunnel system is located under the same ridge upon which the castle sits, about a kilometer (0.6 miles) south of the Crusader-built fortress, which Israel captured at the end of May, after having withdrawn from the site in 2000 amid a pullout from southern Lebanon as a whole.
Defrin said the underground site served as a "significant command-and-control center, where hundreds of Hezbollah operatives were stationed."
The operatives managed the fighting from the site, including during the current war, but fled when the IDF launched its operation, he said.
"We planned the operation for a long time and waited for the appropriate operational opportunity to carry it out. The complex was struck from the air several times, and now, through a ground operation, we are working to destroy it," Defrin said.
The military said the tunnel featured water and electricity infrastructure, anti-tank and anti-aircraft capabilities, and numerous rooms, including several living quarters, showers, restrooms, an operating room, and kitchens.
Hezbollah also stored weapons at the site, with the IDF reporting that it found a room with anti-tank missiles, a launcher, and other military equipment.
According to the IDF, Hezbollah launched over 400 rockets from the area at northern Israel during the current fighting, as well as drones, shoulder-launched missiles, and anti-tank missiles at troops.
The IDF said that the underground site was constructed "in an area where the Lebanese army operates."
"As part of efforts to enforce the agreement between Israel and Lebanon, a request was submitted to the Lebanese army to address the site, but Hezbollah clearly prevented it from doing so," the military added.
The IDF revealed the existence of the tunnels just as the fighting in Lebanon significantly escalated, with a Hezbollah attack on northern Israel drawing an Israeli response in Beirut’s southern suburbs. A few hours later, on Sunday evening, 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... attacked northern Israel, marking its first direct attack on the Jewish state since an April 8 ceasefire agreement.
The IDF has uncovered similar Hezbollah tunnels in the past, including two in April that it said were constructed by the terror group with "direct guidance" from Iran.
Those tunnels were built over a decade, reaching depths of some 25 meters, and were "funded by the Iranian terror regime and as part of Hezbollah’s plan to conquer the Galilee," according to the military.
The IDF believed the underground sites were intended by Hezbollah for use as a staging ground, where hundreds of terror operatives would arrive when called, gather equipment, and ready themselves to attack Israeli towns. Hezbollah’s invasion plans never materialized.
The latest round of fighting in Lebanon began on March 2, when Hezbollah attacked Israel in response to US-Israeli strikes against the Islamic Theocratic Republic of Iran, the terror group’s sponsor.
Since then, 30 IDF soldiers and one Defense Ministry civilian contractor have been killed there amid fighting against Hezbollah. Two civilians were also killed by the terror group’s rockets, and an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by Israeli artillery shelling.
In Lebanon, the Israeli military has said that it has killed over 2,500 Hezbollah operatives, including hundreds of members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, since early March.
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