[PUNCHNG] THE spate of killings in Ondo, Benue, Edo and Nasarawa States by bandidos and Fulani ... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity... herdsmen last week should nudge the Federal Government to find the courage to ban open grazing urgently and adopt ranching.
Incidentally, Nigeria is searching for peace and food security, yet, it is playing politics with open grazing, the deadly instrument that has been brewing banditry and providing an arsenal for senseless killings country-wide for decades.
Bandits attacked four communities in the dead of the night in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State last Monday, killing 20 people. Nine surveyors were also kidnapped at a building site in the LGA that week.
In Benue, armed herders ambushed and killed three personnel of the state security force, Civil Protection Guards in Naka, the headquarters of Gwer West LGA. This ignited protests that resulted in the burning down of parts of the LG secretariat and the palace of a traditional ruler by angry youths.
On Sunday, two residents were kidnapped while four others sustained gun and machete wounds from a herders' attack at the Dantata Life Camp in Aviele, Etsako West LGA, Edo State.
Fulani herdsmen and bandit attacks festered because of government mismanagement of herders and farmers' relationships.
In the First Republic, grazing routes were created to ensure a peaceful coexistence between herders and crop farmers. That did not work for long because it was not sustainable herding cattle on others' farmland.
It amounts to trespassing. Eventually, it degenerated into open conflict between the herders and settled farmers.
The Obafemi Awolowo administration established ranches to stem the conflict and promote modern livestock operations in the Western Region. Therefore, the federal, state, and local governments must return to the ranching regime that birthed mutual coexistence between the herders and the farmers.
The International Crisis Group says, ''Rising conflict between herders and farmers in Nigeria is already six times deadlier in 2018 than Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... 's Insurgency'' and ''has become Nigeria's gravest security challenge.''
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[REGNUM] The United States and the Yemeni Ansar Allah (Houthis) movement have dug up the "hatchet" again after a brief respite.
A cute play on the American idiom bury the hatchet. Do go on…
Donald Trump has not ignored recent statements by Houthi leaders about resuming privateering actions against Israeli ships and has authorized "preemptive military measures."
CENTCOM releasing more Hornets nest footage from the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) as they continue operations against Iran-backed Houthi terrorists. 🫡
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The operation in Yemen was the first since the Republicans came to the White House. And although it largely continued the Democrats' course of weakening the Houthis' military potential, the Trump administration changed its focus.
Now the strikes on Yemen are needed not to weaken Ansar Allah, but to reason with its “big brother” – Iran.
Ever interested in efficiency and cost savings, President Trump is going for two for the price of one.
FROM "REBELS" TO "TERRORISTS"
Republicans joined the fight against the Houthis under the same slogan as Democrats did earlier – in the name of protecting international shipping in the Red Sea. However, the current operation was presented as a fight against a terrorist threat – as reported by the US Central Command (CENTCOM).
In fact sheets distributed by CENTCOM, Ansar Allah is lumped in with terrorist organizations such as ISIS* and al-Qaeda*.
And Hezbollah and Hamas, along with the Houthis all clients of Russian client Iran.
This positioning quite clearly demonstrates the negative attitude of Trump supporters towards pro-Iranian formations in Yemen.
The Biden administration didn't get nearly so exercised about the situation, to be sure. But CENTCOM handouts aren’t the work of specifically Trump supporters, but of the American professional military, surely.
Especially in light of the fact that even during the acute phase of the confrontation in the Red Sea, the Democrats used more streamlined formulations and called the Houthis “pro-Iranian rebels.”
See?
Washington also managed to involve at least three Arabian monarchies in the operations: Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. Although pilots from these countries did not take part in the raid, the monarchies gave the go-ahead for the use of their airspace and military facilities, something they stubbornly avoided under Joe Biden.
Interesting. Joe Biden had run in 2020 on getting the world to like and respect America again...
The geography of the attacks did not change significantly. American aviation concentrated on the provinces of Sanaa and Al-Bayda, where, according to Pentagon operational reports, most of the Ansar Allah command posts were located, as well as weapons arsenals and launchers.
A.k.a. “targets”.
The US Air Force also carried out two strikes on the captain's cabin of the Israeli vessel Galaxy Leader, which was captured by the Houthis back in 2023 and, according to some reports, was used as a floating command post.
I wondered about that. Good to know.
In terms of enemy casualties, the American operation against the Houthis was perhaps the most effective: as a result of the raid, at least thirty people were killed, more than a hundred were injured; some still remain under the rubble.
True, most of the victims were civilians.
So it is claimed. But we know that so often the difference between jihdi soldiers and jihadi civilians is whether they have yet dropped the gun that was in their hands and kicked it away.
The movement's resources did not officially report on the presence of "martyrs" among the Ansar Allah fighters.
REVENGE FOR THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER
Washington clearly has no intention of stopping there. Trump has openly stated that he is prepared to “unleash hell” on the Houthis and their allies if they continue to obstruct shipping in the Red Sea. The American military has effectively been given carte blanche.
And the American "hawks" are rushing to take advantage of the opportunities that have opened up. In particular, CENTCOM is proposing to the White House to expand the geography of the strike not only to the land part of Yemen, but also to the waters of the Red Sea controlled by the Houthis.
Seems reasonable…
This approach would allow strikes against Iranian targets near Yemen, including Iranian intelligence ships at anchor.
A happy thought, indeed.
The Pentagon agrees with the proposal and is pushing for Iranian Navy intelligence vessels to transmit information to Ansar Allah, thereby greatly increasing the effectiveness of their operations.
The desire of the American military to “probe” the waters is not only practical, but also a desire to protect the “honor of the uniform.”
Since the start of the air operation, the Houthis have managed to figure out the location of the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman and attack it at least twice with anti-ship missiles and UAVs.
Shooting in the general direction, anyway. They didn’t manage to hit their targets — clearly Allah did not will it.
The Pentagon is convinced that this could not have happened without outside help.
THERE ARE NO GREAT SUCCESSES
If we put aside the public rhetoric of Trump and his entourage, it is clear that the effectiveness of the new US strikes on Yemen is not much higher than the previous ones.
You go with that — we’ll go with reality. Not to mention the ability to keep shooting until Regnum is forced to concede exactly how much more effective the Trump Navy is than the Biden one.
Objective monitoring of the bombings still gives contradictory information about the number of Ansar Allah facilities destroyed.
Munitions secondaries still going off?
According to external observers, every third target hit was either a decoy or a civilian building. The Houthis' military potential was almost unscathed. The Pentagon cites a more favorable ratio, but does not boast of great successes either.
In addition, the US air force has largely ignored the mountainous province of Saada, where the movement's "bunker number 1" is rumored to be located. The US is unlikely to be able to reach the Houthi leaders without a ground operation.
Or ground-penetrating radar and ditto bombs. Oddly enough, Israel now has those, too…
However, in this case, it will be necessary to rely on the Saudi and Emirati creatures, who are currently weakened by inter-factional squabbles and are not eager to escalate the confrontation with Ansar Allah.
American officials unanimously insist that the beating of Yemeni proxy forces is a “clear signal” to Iran, a key ally and donor to the movement. But how effective such actions are is an open question.
We’ll only know once we’ve done it, I quite agree.
Of course, Tehran is forced to more closely monitor the Yemeni direction, allocating additional forces and resources to support the Houthis, and taking into account the risk of the possible elimination of the movement’s top leaders.
In addition, Washington's overly focused attention on Yemen complicates Ansar Allah's inclusion in the anti-Israel Operation True Promise 3, which the Iranian establishment regularly threatens.
A happy thought.
At the same time, it is too optimistic to expect that pressure on the Houthis will be able to knock Iran off its current course. Official Tehran is using aggression against its Yemeni assets as an excuse to invigorate the bored "Axis of Resistance" by turning the Houthis into an example to follow.
FAFO, guys.
In this reading, the increase in US military activity in the Red Sea is only a plus for the Iranians and their allies.
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[Regnum] Iran is involved in organizing the attacks of the Houthi movement Ansar Allah on the American aircraft carrier. This was stated by US President Donald Trump on March 17.
"Let no one be mistaken! The hundreds of attacks carried out by the Houthis, the evil bandits and thugs from Yemen hated by the Yemeni people themselves, all originate from Iran and are organized by Iran," he wrote on the Truth Social social network.
According to the American leader, Tehran plays the "innocent victim of terrorists", while in fact it organizes their activities. Trump also warned that new strikes by Ansar Allah will face a powerful response from the United States.
"Every shot fired by the Houthis will now be considered as a shot fired with a weapon and at the direction of the Iranian leadership, and Iran will be held accountable and will suffer the consequences, and those consequences will be horrific," he warned.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on March 15, the United States launched a large-scale operation against the Houthis, striking the western part of Yemen. Trump emphasized that the operation is aimed at protecting American shipping, air and naval assets. As a result of American airstrikes on the city of Saada in the north of the country, four children and a woman were killed, and dozens more were injured.
The following day, Ansar Allah attacked the US aircraft carrier Harry Truman in the Red Sea with drones and missiles. The Houthis said it was in response to US military strikes in Yemen and the halt in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Reuters then reported that the attack on the US carrier had failed to achieve its target. It was reported that F-16 and F-18 fighters repelled the attack and shot down 11 drones.
On March 17, the aircraft carrier Harry Truman was hit by Houthi shelling for a second time. The shelling, using drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, reportedly lasted for several hours.
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[KavkazUzel] A Syrian national studying in Volgograd recorded a video apologizing for his reaction to the mufti’s words about events in the Middle East.
Mufti of the Volgograd Region Mohamad Bata Kivakh published a video today on his Telegram channel in which a Volgograd dental student, originally from Syria, apologizes for criticizing the mufti, V1.ru reports today.
The mufti faced criticism from some of his fellow believers after he published an appeal in connection with the events in Syria. Later, these comments criticizing and justifying violence and cruelty were deleted, the publication writes.
"The address of the Mufti of the Volgograd Region on the genocide in Syria" was published on the Mufti's Telegram channel on March 13. It says that in the Syrian provinces of Latakia, Jabla and Tartus, "civilians, including Christians, became victims of a brutal genocide" organized by groups associated with terrorist organizations. "Men, women, the elderly and children were mercilessly exterminated.
According to sources, about 10,000 people died as a result of these terrible events. All these crimes were committed under the banner of Islam, but those responsible for them have nothing to do with the true faith. They are real monsters and criminals," the Mufti wrote and called for "spreading calls for peace, as well as praying for the people of Syria."
In the video published today, the young man says that his name is Imad Jagnum Muhammad Aid and that he is a second-year dentist. "I offer my deepest apologies to the muftiate for my words, which are wrong both religiously and humanely. I ask the muftiate to forgive me, I offer my sincere apologies to the Mufti of Bata," the student says in the video.
He emphasizes his remorse several times. "I'm not making excuses, I'm not pretending to apologize... I really sincerely apologize and ask for forgiveness for myself and for my words. And I ask all participants [of the discussion] to calm down, since the month of Ramadan is underway, I ask all participants to stop insulting me, my family. They have nothing to do with it, I wrote it personally, I am responsible for my words as a true Muslim. I am an ordinary Muslim, like you," said the author of the video message.
The mufti who published the video explained in the annotation to it that after the publication of his address dedicated to the genocide in Syria, he received many insults from Muslims.
"One of them officially apologized to me. The others continue to insult me. [...] We all need to learn to have civilized discussions. If your opponent is wrong, do not resort to insults. Let everyone stick to their opinion, and time will judge who was right. I have forgiven everyone for the sake of Allah and do not hold a grudge against anyone. This is the month of forgiveness, and I want to remind you that we should all be lenient with each other," wrote Mohamad Bata Kiwah.
Let us recall that the practice of public apologies, adopted in Chechnya at the instigation of Ramzan Kadyrov, has spread to other regions of Russia. Thus, in the summer of 2023, Volgograd blogger Pavel Prokudin apologized for insulting Muslims and residents of the Caucasus. He explained that his statements were provoked by insults against Russians and himself.
[WashingtonFreeBeacon] The cuts are a part of the administration’s continuing review of the totality of Columbia’s $5 billion in federal funding
The Trump administration on Friday slashed additional grants to Columbia University totaling approximately $30 million, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
The administration is in the process of reviewing the totality of Columbia’s $5 billion in federal funding, and the fresh round of cuts comes on the heels of the administration’s decision to cancel $400 million in grants and contracts to the Ivy League school announced earlier this month.
At the time, the Trump administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism said the initial cuts constituted "the first round of action" and that additional cuts were expected to follow as the review continued.
The $30 million in grants came from the Department of Health and Human Services, which took action as a member of the task force, and the administration is reviewing further cuts across other agencies as well, according to a person familiar with the situation.
Columbia did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Among the Columbia faculty members impacted by Friday’s cuts is Jeanine D’Armiento, the chairwoman of the University Senate Executive Committee, who has played a leading role pushing back against the school’s modest efforts to discipline students involved in disruptive and frequently anti-Semitic protests. Grants supporting D’Armiento’s work account for approximately $2 million of the $30 million cut Friday, according to a person familiar with the situation.
The Trump administration on Thursday sent Columbia interim president Katrina Armstrong a detailed letter addressing the cuts and outlining a series of steps that the university must take in order even to enter into discussions with the administration about the restoration of lost funds.
"This letter outlines immediate next steps that we regard as a precondition for formal negotiations regarding Columbia University’s continued financial relationship with the United States government," it read.
Those steps include the enforcement of existing disciplinary policies, the imposition of a mask ban that would allow the university to identify protesters, and the adoption of a plan to reform the school’s admissions process.
[IsraelTimes] Prosecutors, FBI officials to take up symbolic case against Sinwar and other Hamas leaders for Oct. 7 atrocities, will investigate support for terror group on American soil
The US Justice Department on Monday announced the creation of a task force to investigate Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... for its October 7, 2023 attack, as well as potential civil rights violations and acts of antisemitism by supporters of the terror group.
Agents and prosecutors participating in "Joint Task Force October 7," or JTF 10-7, will investigate and seek to bring charges against Hamas faceless myrmidons directly responsible for the rampage in southern Israel, the department said.
"The barbaric Hamas faceless myrmidons will not win — and there will be consequences," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement, announcing the task force.
The Biden administration’s Justice Department unsealed charges last September against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior Hamas figures who helped carry out the October 7 massacre.
The impact of the case is mostly symbolic, given that Sinwar was killed by Israeli forces weeks later and several other defendants are believed now to be dead. The new task force will nevertheless take over those pending charges, the department said.
The announcement of the task force came as US President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons... has issued what he has called a "last warning" to Hamas to release all remaining hostages held in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... His administration has taken universities to task over a perceived failure to stamp out antisemitism on their campuses, as well as foreigners who participated in anti-Israel demonstrations.
The Justice Department announced this month that it was investigating whether Columbia University concealed "illegal aliens" on its campus, and federal immigration agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate student prominent in anti-Israel protests on the New York campus.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... has said he revoked Khalil’s permission to be in the US because of his role in the demonstrations, saying they had riled up "anti-Jewish" sentiment and amounted to support for Hamas.
The White House has said Khalil was detained and faces deportation due to his protest group distributing pro-Hamas propaganda. Khalil’s lawyers have challenged his detention in court.
Monday’s announcement said the task force, made up of prosecutors and FBI officials, also will investigate civil rights violations and potential acts of terrorism by anyone providing support or financing to Hamas.
It did not define what sort of support would be illegal, though federal law makes it a crime to provide material support to designated foreign terrorist organizations such as Hamas, and also prohibits foreign nationals from espousing support for such groups.
The Justice Department said FBI agents will be embedded with Israel’s National Bureau of Counter Terror Finance.
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[PERSECUTION.ORG] The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa has approved measures urging President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... to impose sanctions on Nigeria due to the widespread persecution of Christians, following a congressional hearing on March 12.
Lawmakers condemned the Nigerian government for its failure to protect Christian communities from escalating violence, citing alarming data from multiple human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you... organizations. A 2024 report by the Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa revealed that Nigeria accounted for 90% of all Christians killed globally each year. The report documented that between October 2019 and September 2023, at least 55,910 people were killed, and 21,000 others were kidnapped by terrorist groups operating in the country.
During the hearing, Committee Chairman Chris Smith (R-NJ) emphasized the severity of the crisis, referencing firsthand testimony from Bishop Wilfred Anagbe of the Diocese of Makurdi, Nigeria.
''Militant Fulani ... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity... herdsmen are terrorists. They steal and vandalize, they kill and boast about it, they kidnap and rape, and they enjoy total impunity from elected officials,'' Smith stated. ''None of them have been arrested or brought to justice.''
Nigeria has consistently ranked among the deadliest countries for Christians, according to various organizations tracking global religious persecution.
International Christian Concern (ICC) reported that in 2023 alone, thousands of Christians were killed in Nigeria, with entire villages burned down by turban groups.
''Terrorism, violent mostly peaceful militancy, and local unrest continue to rock Nigeria's many fragile Christian communities,'' an ICC staffer said in ICC's 2025 Global Persecution Index.
Islamic terror groups Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... and Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... West Africa Province (ISWAP) are killing Christians in the northeast, while Islamic Fulani Lions of Islam regularly kill Christians throughout the north. Fulani Lions of Islam have killed more Christians than Boko Haram in Plateau, Benue, Niger, Nasarawa, and Southern Kaduna states.
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But no sanctions for Syria? Though maybe sending Gazans to Syria would count as a saction.
[TOWNHALL] Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... on Sunday confirmed the removal of hundreds of Tren de Aragua gunnies from the United States and thanked El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, for his assistance.
''Under the President's direction, his administration invoked the Alien Enemies Act to initiate the removal of hundreds of dangerous members of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a vicious and violent mostly peaceful Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), which has been threatening our nation, conducting irregular warfare, and terrorizing Americans,'' Rubio said in a statement.
''Hundreds of violent mostly peaceful criminals were sent out of our country. This crucial step would have never happened under any other U.S. president. President Trump is following through on the promises he made to the American people,'' he added.
Rubio's statement came as a judge tried to stop the Trump administration from deporting the gunnies while the flights—one to El Salvador and one to Honduras—were underway.
Bukele also issued a statement after their arrival and had the perfect response to the judge.
Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south... n criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country," he said, They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable).
The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us.
Over time, these actions, combined with the production already being generated by more than 40,000 inmates engaged in various workshops and labor under the Zero Idleness program, will help make our prison system self-sustainable. As of today, it costs $200 million per year.
On this occasion, the U.S. has also sent us 23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders. One of them is a member of the criminal organization's highest structure.
This will help us finalize intelligence gathering and go after the last remnants of MS-13, including its former and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hideouts, collaborators, and sponsors.
As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place. All in a single action.
May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.
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“Less than 12 hours after I exposed Judge James Boasberg’s conflict of interest with his daughter Katharine Boasberg, who works for a 501c3 called “Partners For Justice” @PFJ_USA that gives criminal illegal aliens and gang members legal advice, Katharine Boasberg has DELETED her @LinkedIn page and her Instagram account”
NEW: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is working to secure a meeting with Donald Trump at the White House, possibly toward the end of April, according to Turkish officials familiar with the matter.
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Since the death of Qaradawi, Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader and resident of Qatar, Turkey has become the spiritual home of the Brotherhood and should be recognized as such.
Those that didn't are the crazy ones.
[Jpost] The Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute sampled 2,558 adults between June and December 2024, investigating satisfaction with HMO's and the Israeli healthcare system as a whole.
A third of Israelis experienced mental distress over the past year, a 9% increase from 2021, according to the recently published results of a survey by the Jerusalem-based Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute.
Further, 80% of respondents attributed their mental distress in 2024 to the Israel-Hamas War, the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas terrorists.
When evaluating the medical assistance provided by their health maintenance organization (HMO), 19% reported that they received professional help.
Being in a vicious, existential war is tough. Fighting it while the Biden-Harris administration knifes you in the back repeatedly while passive-aggressively whipping up Jew-hate at home and around the world makes it harder. That a portion of the nation is functionally siding with the enemy while posturing self-righteously as Israeli patriots on one side, while many of the Haredi will only support the government if it gives them lavish welfare support because they consider themselves too holy to either work or fight for the country, is yet another stressor.
Suck it up, win the wars, spank the far left protesters and the Haredi leeches, and get on with things. Biden is out, Trump is in, the money flow to the protesters is at least reduced — this is your dreamed of window of opportunity, guys.
[IsraelTimes] New study, based on classified documents, reveals terror group’s shift from defense to a multifront assault plan, culminating in October 7 invasion; warns Hamas will try again if it recovers
In the years leading up to its invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, Hamas developed a concrete plan to destroy the Jewish state, in full coordination with Hezbollah and Iran, according to classified documents published by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center.
The Hamas documents reveal that in the lead-up to October 7, Iran was a critical player in funding Hamas’s plan to destroy Israel, that the Gaza-based terror group pushed for a coordinated attack from multiple fronts, and that its leader Yahya Sinwar believed that his military force could push Israel toward collapse.
Hamas’s devastating large-scale attack, which caught the nation off guard, involved coordinated land, sea, and air assaults, marking a significant escalation in its long-standing goal to destroy Israel. Despite years of military buildup in Gaza and strategic shifts, Israeli intelligence had not anticipated the scale or suddenness of the attack, leaving security forces badly unprepared.
Before 2019, Hamas’s military operations were primarily framed in defensive terms, focusing on strengthening its infrastructure in Gaza to withstand future conflicts, as outlined in a Hamas document titled “The Movement’s Strategy 2013-2017.”
The document also discussed a “realistic plan” of “implementing popular resistance in Palestine,” by initiating an intifada in the West Bank or “mobilizing… forces… to carry out jihad,” as well as “pursuing Jews and military personnel in international forums.”
However, a significant shift in dialogue emerged in 2019, with a revolution in Hamas’s thinking taking place in 2021, the internal documents recovered from Gaza show.
In 2019, the terror group began to emphasize coordination with Iran’s Quds Force and Hezbollah under a “joint defense agreement,” according to a document authored by the office of then-Hamas political bureau chief Sinwar. It laid out plans for a multifront war against Israel, with the ultimate goal of “liberating al-Quds [Jerusalem].”
THREE ATTACKS SCENARIOS
Operation Guardian of the Walls in 2021 was the pivotal moment in Hamas’s strategic evolution, according to former IDF Intelligence Research Division chief Itai Brun.
The operation was an Israeli military campaign aimed at dismantling Hamas’s military infrastructure in Gaza, following escalating violence and rocket attacks from the Strip.
The month after the operation, Sinwar, then-Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, and Deif’s deputy, Marwan Issa, sent a letter to Esmail Qaani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Guard Corps, requesting $500 million over two years to fund its war effort: “We are confident that by the end of these two years or during them, if Allah wills, we will uproot [Israel], and together we will change the face of the region.”
Deif and Issa were killed in Gaza in separate IDF airstrikes last year. Sinwar was killed by an IDF tank shell in Rafah last October.
The documents reveal that Hamas was fully committed to this proposal by 2022, with Sinwar presenting a concrete plan for a multifront confrontation with Israel in a letter to then-political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran last July, describing three possible scenarios.
The first, described by Hamas as the “preferred scenario,” detailed a large-scale military campaign against Israel involving all “Axis of Resistance” actors, excluding Iran.
This scenario was described as a “sudden confrontation from all fronts” with the timing “linked to one of the Jewish holidays,” specifically referring to Passover. It also mentioned “reasonable participation from Yemen, Iraq, and Syria” and “guerrilla operations beyond the Jordanian borders,” alongside Hezbollah’s full force.
The second scenario — or the “intermediate scenario”— designated Hamas as the central actor in the attack. Hezbollah would only use “a quarter or a third of its power, keeping the remaining forces for deterrence and the strategic campaign,” while other “axis forces engage from the other fronts.”
The third and final scenario, described as a “scenario of necessity,” placed the preponderance of the fight on Hamas’s shoulders, with Hezbollah merely playing an indirect role by allowing the “activation of [Hamas] forces with increasing efficiency from Lebanon.”
The 2022 letter also discussed the possible establishment of a Hamas combat unit in Lebanon, with a minimum of 250 fighters, that could use Hezbollah’s operational networks to conduct raids into Israeli territory.
In Haniyeh’s response to Sinwar, he revealed that Iran and Hezbollah ultimately endorsed the first scenario, envisioning a coordinated, multifront assault on Israel: “[The first scenario] was approved in the discussion we held with our allies; we are awaiting its final review in additional meetings, particularly with the Iranians, and we will follow up on the necessary preparations for it as outlined above.”
In the months before October 7, Hamas leaders continued to discuss an attack. In April 2023, Sinwar told Hamas political bureau member Muhammad Nasser that Operation Guardian of the Walls had been a “walk in the park” for Israel in comparison to potential campaigns in the future, and that the next attack would be “so powerful that it will shatter the enemy into fragments.”
OPENLY DISCUSSING THE ‘LIBERATION’
The documents align with public statements made by Hamas and its allies in the years leading up to the October 7 onslaught.
In a September 2021 conference held in Gaza titled “Promise of the Hereafter – Post-Liberation Palestine,” Palestinian factions openly discussed governing the entirety of Israel’s territory, “from the river to the sea.”
The concluding statement from the conference outlined the steps needed to launch the new Palestinian state, including how to deal with the Jews and the weeding out of informants to “purge Palestine and the Arab and Islamic homeland of the hypocrite scum that spread corruption in the land.”
Similarly, in a May 2023 speech marking the anniversary of the IDF’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon, then-Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah declared, “Today, hope is greater than ever for the liberation of Palestine from the sea to the river, for prayer in Al-Aqsa Mosque.”
He further claimed that “[Israel’s] home front is weak, fragile, anxious, always ready to pack up and leave.”
Nasrallah was eliminated in an IDF airstrike on Hezbollah’s headquarters in Beirut last September.
IF HAMAS RECOVERS, WILL LIKELY TRY AGAIN
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center suggested that Israeli intelligence may have dismissed such statements as mere bravado rather than credible threats.
The study concluded that while Hamas and its allies suffered severe setbacks in the current war that began on October 7, their ambition to destroy Israel has not disappeared.
“In the long run, if Hamas recovers, it is not improbable that the movement could once again regard destroying Israel as a practical plan,” the study warned.
Hamas gunmen stand in formation ahead of a hostage release in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
The assessment came at the tail end of a ceasefire that paused fighting in Gaza for some two months.
The ceasefire ended early Tuesday morning, as the IDF launched a wave of airstrikes across Gaza under the orders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who accused Hamas of repeatedly refusing to release Israeli hostages and vowed a forceful response.
The fighting resumed amid reports of the rehabilitation of Hamas in Gaza, with National Unity Party MK Gadi Eisenkot, alongside fellow opposition members who sit on the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, saying they had been informed that “Hamas has over 25,000 and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has over 5,000 armed terrorists.”
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This was talked about in the islamic press after Oct 7. There was a larger plan at play. Iran and Hezbollah both took shots at Hamas Leadership and their bloodlust - effectively ruining a decade of planning and infrastructure building (terror tunnels).
Be Palestinian, ruin everything, even battle plans to invade and genocide the jews. Losers.
Just because HTS is now a government and the Emir sounds like he went to Harvard or Oxford, does not mean they are not a jihadi organization. HTS is a spin-off of Al Qaeda in Iraq, for goodness sake. And now Western Europe is giving them potloads of money — how is this different than funding ISIS or the Taliban?
[Rudaw] The European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... on Monday pledged nearly €2.5 billion (around $2.7 billion) in aid for Syria, as global powers and regional countries convened in Brussels to drive donations and address the country’s humanitarian crisis caused by years of war.
"The European Union is increasing its pledge for Syrians in the country and in the region to almost 2.5 billion euros for 2025 and 2026," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during the conference, stressing that Syrians "need greater support, whether they are still abroad, or decide to go home."
According to von der Leyen, the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... estimates that up to 1.5 million Syrian refugees may return to their country this year, along with an additional 2 million displaced persons inside Syria expected to go back to their hometowns. "Today we are working with the host countries and UN agencies to support them along the way," said the European Commission president.
Germany pledged around $327 million to UN agencies and select organizations to assist Syria, while the UK pledged $200 million to provide food, healthcare, and education. Of note, the British government had also lifted sanctions on two dozen Syrian entities, including the country’s central bank, earlier in March.
The donations come after the EU Council had in late February suspended measures targeting the energy and transport sectors in Syria and vowed to release funds and economic resources to the Syrian Central Bank. It also said it would introduce exemptions to the prohibition on banking relations between Syria’s financial institutions and those in EU member states.
While noting that the measures aim "to facilitate engagement with Syria" in key areas and financial and banking transactions essential for "humanitarian and reconstruction purposes," the EU Council said in late February that it would "closely monitor the situation" in Syria and "assess whether further economic sanctions could be suspended." It warned that sanctions would be reinstated if the situation does not progress in the "right direction."
Notably, Monday’s conference in Brussels marked the ninth of its kind but was the first to include a representative of the Syrian state, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani.
Following a swift offensive, a coalition of opposition groups led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... - headed by Ahmed al-Sharaa - in December toppled the Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Trampler of Homs... regime. In late January Sharaa was appointed as Syria’s interim president. and has since vowed to hold "free and fair elections" and form an inclusive government.
Since taking office, the new leadership in Damascus has been adamant about lifting international sanctions.
In recent weeks, violence erupted like lava from a volcano in Alawite-majority coastal areas west of Syria when Assad loyalists launched attacks on Damascus-affiliated security forces.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported around 1,500 deaths, mostly Alawite civilians, adding that the deaths were namely caused by government or government-affiliated forces.
The violence has sparked international condemnation, with calls by observers to link any relief to the new Syrian leadership to tangible commitments to an inclusive political process.
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Iran says it has not violated the UN arms embargo on Yemen, asserts that Houthis and Yemeni authorities “operate independently in their decision-making and actions,” and denies involvement in any destabilizing activities in the region.
[IsraelTimes] Sources tell CBS that new government in Damascus has been approached as part of Trump’s Gaza plan, alongside Sudan and Somalia; Netanyahu’s office declines to comment.
It would be brutally Darwinistic as the newcomers learn to accept being subjects instead of rulers, but they’re all at the same end of the Moslem spectrum (Sunni jihadi), and the Gazans could easily be trained in roles that support the HTS government as secular Palestinians learnt to make themselves useful to the Assad Arab national socialist government HTS replaced...
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... a peculiarly brutal tribe of Moslem herdsmen infesting Mali, Niger, Nigeria, and probably other places that are light on law and order and heavy on tribal identity...
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State...
like lava from a volcano
