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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:22:09 AM EDT
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@michigan66 , in case nobody said it recently, thanks for continuing to post those updates, very helpful.
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Posted: 5/1/2024 7:24:25 AM EDT
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Israel prepares the offensive in southern Gaza. Israeli armored vehicles have gathered at a point on Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip.
Separate strikes overnight targeted buildings used by Hezbollah in Rihan and Kfarchouba, and other infrastructure in Chebaa: Footage released by the IDF shows an airstrike carried out against a building in southern Lebanon's Kafr Kila, where two Hezbollah terrorist were gathered: Israeli aircraft carried out strikes against some 25 targets in the Gaza Strip: Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon's Markaba, alongside another site in Srebbine: |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 7:38:54 AM EDT
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The Egyptian cease-fire proposal does not include Israeli commitment not to return to Gaza Strip Link
The Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar daily published the details of the Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire, as it was delivered to Hamas, with guarantees by Egypt, Qatar and the United States. The wording of the proposal does not include an Israeli commitment not to return to the Gaza Strip, but "a return to ongoing quiet and the implementation of whatever is necessary to achieve a cease-fire." According to the proposal, in the first phase, the IDF's activities in the Gaza Strip will be suspended for 40 days, during which the forces will withdraw from the populated areas and those close to the border with Israel, but not from the Netzarim corridor in the center of the Gaza Strip. During this time period, three hostages will be released every three days, first women – including female soldiers, until the 33rd day. Israel will at the same timeframe release Palestinian prisoners according to a list that will be agreed upon by the parties. On the seventh day of the deal, Hamas will submit a list of all the living hostages, except for the 33 that will be released in the first stage. According to the proposal, for every female soldier that is released, Israel will release 40 Palestinian women prisoners, half of whom are sentenced to life and the other half whose remaining sentence does not exceed ten years. For every man released – those sick, wounded and over 50-years-old – Israel will release 20 prisoners over 50, sick and wounded who have up to ten years left in prison. According to the proposal, any of the prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment can be sent abroad or to Gaza. During this period of time, on the days when hostages are released, there will be no air traffic of IDF planes and drones in the Strip for eight to ten hours a day. It will also be agreed that Israel will allow all citizens to return to their areas of residence, give them full freedom of movement throughout the Strip and allow the entry of humanitarian aid. On the 22nd day of the deal, after two-thirds of the hostages are released, Israel will also withdraw from the Netzarim corridor in the center of the Gaza Strip to the corridor closest to the border, and increase the flow of humanitarian aid to the north of the Strip, so that 500 trucks will be sent there, including 50 fuel trucks. On the 34th day of the deal, the second phase will begin, and will last 42 days. During this phase, Hamas will continue to release living hostages, including soldiers, in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners. The proposal states that at this stage, the parties will start enacting the principles that will lead to a prolonged cease-fire, including the withdrawal of the IDF to the borderline. Not all of these principles are reported. In the third phase, which will also last 42 days, bodies of hostages will be released, and after they are identified, a five-year rehabilitation plan will begin, in which the Palestinians will commit to not build infrastructure for military purposes, and will not receive raw materials that can be used for such purposes. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 7:58:18 AM EDT
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Drone footage from Oct 7th shown on Israeli TV
Translation: Exclusive documentation: The first aircraft that identified Hamas terrorists on October 7 There’s an RPG, this is the enemy’: Israeli Air Force footage shows horror as Oct. 7 terrorists ID’d. Link Leaked footage of the Israeli Air Force’s actions on the morning of the October 7 Hamas terror onslaught aired on Tuesday evening, showing for the first time the decisions made by the IAF’s Unmanned Aircraft Squadron as it attempted to make sense of the chaos unfurling on the ground with no clear instructions. The leaked drone footage was published as an exclusive item by Channel 12 and was not issued by the military. The footage was taken above Route 232, a vital artery in southern Israel that became the scene of a massacre on October 7 as invading Hamas terrorists fired at vehicles attempting to reach, or flee, overrun Gaza border communities. At around 7:30 a.m. on October 7, roughly an hour after the start of the unprecedented Hamas assault, the Air Force’s 200th Squadron, which operates the Heron 1 drone, was ordered to launch all usable UAVs to patrol the skies of southern Israel, Lt. Col. Yod, identified only by his Hebrew initial, recounted to Channel 12, adding that this included drones with malfunctions that should have been grounded. The drone operators were instructed to direct their attention to the roads surrounding Kibbutz Mefalsim, where the white Toyota pickup trucks used by the invading Hamas terrorists were abandoned haphazardly next to burned cars of Israeli civilians, with the bodies of the vehicles’ murdered or wounded occupants strewn across the ground. Groups of armed men could be seen clustered around the vehicles, but whether they were terrorists or Israeli forces was initially unclear. “We spoke to a security official on the phone who told us that the enemy was in the area of Kibbutz Mefalsim, but he didn’t know where they were or how many of them there were,” a drone operator referred to only as Lt. Col. Resh told Channel 12. The only thing that the official was able to tell the drone operators with certainty was that Shin Bet operatives were also on the ground in the area, Resh added. In audio recordings obtained by the outlet, the drone operators can be heard attempting to distinguish between invading terrorists and Shin Bet operatives while trying to work fast to fire on the terrorists and prevent them from breaching the nearby kibbutz. “Look, they’re terrorists. There are people here with headbands on,” an officer is heard saying over the radio. “It looks like dozens of terrorists. Just verify that these aren’t our forces.” “There’s an RPG, this is the enemy,” the officer is heard saying a moment later. “Listen to me, there are multiple RPGs there.” After verifying the position of the armed terrorists, a strike was called, the footage of which was captured by the drones. The same scene repeated itself multiple times throughout the ensuing hours, with the drone operators growing quicker as they became familiar with the identifying marks of the Hamas terrorists. “In the end, by working with tweezer-like precision, we determined who the enemy was and who our forces were,” drone operator Maj. A. told Channel 12. The IDF scrambled to regain control after some 3,000 Hamas-led terrorists burst through the Gaza border via the land, air and sea in the early hours of October 7, carrying out a murderous rampage of unprecedented intensity and breadth. The Israeli military struggled to mount a response, with bases closest to the border overrun and the chain of command seemingly broken amid the chaos. Some 1,200 people — mostly civilians — were slaughtered and another 253 were seized as hostages, of whom 129 still remain in captivity in Gaza. About 1,000 of the terrorists were killed inside Israel. In March, the IDF launched an internal investigation into the military’s failures in the lead-up to October 7, the findings of which are expected to be presented to Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi by the beginning of June, according to the military. The Air Force probe into its actions on October 7 is being led by a brigadier general who did not serve in any role during the onslaught. “We don’t feel successful. We feel like we failed,” Lt. Col. Resh told Channel 12 of the 200th Squadron’s operations during the morning of the terror assault. “We feel that we’re obligated to restore trust in us. There were lost hours that we can’t get back. I hope that we managed to minimize the damage later in the day.” |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 9:15:12 AM EDT
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Overnight, Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, the military says.
The targets included a building used by the terror group and other infrastructure in Maroun al-Ras, infrastructure in Tayr Harfa, and another building in Yarine: Israeli fighter jets and drones struck dozens of sites belonging to terror groups in the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military says. Targets included infrastructure, rocket launching positions, armed operatives, and observation posts: The IDF’s ongoing efforts to aid Gazan civilians: Israeli fighter jets struck a building in southern Lebanon's Ayta ash-Shab, where a Hezbollah operative was spotted: Israeli fighter jets and drones struck dozens of sites belonging to terror groups in the Gaza Strip over the past day: |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 12:10:53 PM EDT
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The Israeli Air Force struck numerous sites belonging to terror groups in the Gaza Strip over the past day, the military says, as troops continue to operate in the Netzarim Corridor area. The ground operations in central Gaza come as the Israeli military has indicated it is fully prepared to immediately launch its planned offensive in southern Gaza's Rafah, regarded as one of the last Hamas strongholds in the Strip. The IDF says targets hit by fighter jets in Gaza over the past day included weapon depots, buildings used by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, rocket and mortar launching positions, including those used to target troops operating in Gaza. Troops of the 99th Division operating in central Gaza also called in several airstrikes on operatives who were launching rockets at the forces, the IDF says. In one incident, the IDF says reservists of the division's Yiftah Brigade identified several operatives moving toward troops in central Gaza, and called in an airstrike against them. Shortly after the strike, another cell was spotted planting a bomb in the area, and it too was struck by an IAF aircraft, the military adds. The Yiftah Brigade troops also discovered a cache of weapons, military equipment, and documents in a building in their area of operations. Meanwhile, the IDF is awaiting a decision by the government regarding the offensive in Rafah, where Israel says four Hamas battalions remain intact. If the order is given, the operation will begin with the military calling on Palestinians to evacuate the Rafah area to designated safe zones. More than one million Palestinian civilians are estimated to be sheltering in the Rafah area, although some have already begun moving to Khan Younis after the IDF withdrew from there last month. Ahead of the planned Rafah offensive, the "humanitarian zone" in the al-Mawasi area on the Strip's coast is being expanded for the population of Rafah to shelter there, IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari announced last week. Israel is still awaiting answers from Hamas on a latest proposal for a hostage deal. Should there be a truce, Israel is expected to postpone the Rafah offensive, but not outright cancel it.
Latest Developments The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) dismantled two underground tunnels in Gaza operated by Palestinian terrorist organizations, according to an IDF statement on April 29. The tunnels were located in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, close to the Israeli border. The IDF noted that Hamas and Islamic Jihad (PIJ) controlled the tunnels, which they used to collect “continuous intelligence” and undertake “technological surveillance.” The tunnels were demolished in recent weeks, according to the IDF. The IDF has focused on dismantling hundreds of miles of terror tunnels in Gaza since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. Israel has destroyed more than 4,000 terror infrastructure targets in Gaza. Expert Analysis “The dismantling of more terror tunnels in Gaza is an important step to defeating Hamas and ridding the Gaza strip of hundreds of miles of terror tunnels and other terrorist infrastructure. Hamas exploited its rule over Gaza to build the equivalent of an underground terror city in Gaza that it used to rain rockets down on Israel and launch the October 7 massacre.” — Seth J. Frantzman, FDD Adjunct Fellow “More than six months into the war, the IDF continues to discover tunnels in areas where it has extensively operated. Despite the progress the Israeli military is making above ground, it will take many more months, perhaps years, for the IDF to fully expose and dismantle the labyrinth of tunnels hidden beneath Gaza.” — Joe Truzman, Senior Research Analyst at FDD’s Long War Journal
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Posted: 5/1/2024 1:50:44 PM EDT
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Spicy.
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Posted: 5/1/2024 2:00:57 PM EDT
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Israel's Elbit strikes $150-200M deal with Brazilian army amid President's genocide accusations. This is one of the better examples to date of how the rhetoric against Israel by certain states doesn't necessarily line up with their actions. People talk about Israel becoming a pariah state, in large part based on rhetoric, but actions like this demonstrate just how little rhetoric is worth. Verbal condemnations make great soundbites (and also cost nothing), but often times don't manifest themselves in long term strategy. Brazil, Ireland, South Africa, and the anti-Iranian Arab states are almost certainly going to maintain existing ties with Israel, as is the broader west.
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Posted: 5/1/2024 2:27:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: michigan66]
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Report: Many IDF posts on Gaza border failed inspections in days before Oct. 7----link.
The snap inspection was carried out at 6:30 a.m. on October 4. In the inspection, troops had failed to prevent unauthorized people from entering the base on foot or by car without permission; unauthorized people from entering the base’s war rooms; weaponry from being taken from the ammunition room; sensitive material being stolen; and the keys to the armory being stolen. Nahal Oz was overrun by Hamas terrorists three days later, Entire article in quote box Nearly all of the army’s posts along the border with the Gaza Strip failed a routine inspection carried out just three days before Hamas’s October 7 onslaught, Channel 12 news reports. The report says the snap inspection was carried out at 6:30 a.m. on October 4 exactly 72 hours before the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, during which some 3,000 Palestinian terrorists stormed the border and killed some 1,200 people and kidnapped 253. The IDF struggled to mount a response on October 7, with bases closest to the border overrun and the chain of command seemingly broken amid the chaos. According to the report, only one base managed to get passing marks on the inspection. Channel 12 details the results of the inspection at the Nahal Oz base, which is among those that failed. In the inspection, troops had at Nahal Oz failed to prevent unauthorized people from entering the base on foot or by car without permission; unauthorized people from entering the base’s war rooms; weaponry from being taken from the ammunition room; sensitive material being stolen; and the keys to the armory being stolen. Nahal Oz was overrun by Hamas terrorists three days later, with dozens of the troops stationed there being killed and kidnapped to Gaza. The IDF in response to the report says the inspection was “routine” and was aimed at improving the base’s defenses, and was not “examining a scenario simulating a sudden attack of thousands of terrorists, as had occurred on October 7.” The IDF is in the midst of carrying out internal probes into the failures in the lead-up to Hamas’s October 7 massacre. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 5:27:54 PM EDT
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Report: Sinwar views latest hostage deal as trap, exiled Hamas leaders don’t represent terror groupLink
Israel’s Channel 12 quotes a source close to Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar as saying that he views the latest hostage exchange and ceasefire proposal as a trap. “The proposal on the table to free the hostages is not an Egyptian proposal, but an Israeli one in an American disguise that contains several booby-trapped clauses,” the report quotes the unnamed source as saying. The source tells Channel 12 that the Lebanese Hezbollah is pressuring Hamas to accept the deal, but Sinwar is reluctant as it does not guarantee an end to the war. The Sinwar confidant also says that recent comments in favor of the deal from Hamas leaders in exile are meaningless as they do not speak for the terror group. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 8:46:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/1/2024 8:48:29 PM EDT
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Somebody gets it--hit Hamas and its bagmen any way you can, including lawfare.
The Popular Resistance Committees warned via its official Telegram channel on April 28 that if British forces operate on a U.S.-made pier off the Gaza coast, they will become legitimate targets for attack. The warning followed reports that the U.K. government is considering tasking British troops with delivering aid from the offshore platform to Gaza. “We warn Britain or any other country against deploying any forces on the land or coast of the Gaza Strip and affirm that they will be legitimate targets for our people and their resistance,” said the Popular Resistance Committees. On April 29, U.S. Central Command posted on X that it is in the process of constructing a floating pier near the Gaza coast to increase humanitarian aid deliveries to the war-ridden enclave. Separately, the IDF announced on April 27 that it would soon receive a floating pier built by the United States off the Gaza coast to facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid. The offshore pier is expected to be ready “within days.” However, according to an Associated Press report, the port that will receive the aid — built near Gaza City — has come under mortar fire, though Palestinian armed groups have not claimed responsibility for the attack. The establishment of an offshore pier and the port poses a significant security risk for IDF troops and personnel from foreign nations. Hamas and other Palestinian terrorist groups still have the capability to fire rockets, mortars, and possibly drones despite the Israeli military severely degrading the groups’ military infrastructure. Moreover, it is improbable that the Popular Resistance Committees would have made such a threat without receiving prior approval from Hamas. As with other Palestinian terrorist organizations in Gaza, the Popular Resistance Committees operates under Hamas’ sphere of influence. Therefore, this threat should be perceived as a warning from both Hamas and the Popular Resistance Committees. Even if Hamas explicitly directed its allies to refrain from targeting the pier or the port, there are Salafi-jihadist groups that operate independently and may view British personnel or any other Western entity as viable targets. The floating pier supplements what is already underway — robust land delivery and air drops of aid to the Gaza Strip. While it is a worthy cause, the venture may carry more risk than reward. There are more than a dozen armed terrorist groups in Gaza, and the opportunity to attack U.S., British, and Israeli personnel working on the pier or the port could well amount to an unnecessary and dangerous risk not matter how well intentioned.
Latest Developments The Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah carried out several attacks on northern Israel on April 30 and May 1. Hezbollah claimed it targeted an Israeli military barracks at Biranit, near the Lebanese border, according to the pro-Iranian news network Al-Mayadeen. Sirens sounded in northern Israel in the morning on May 1 in several communities near the border. Hezbollah also targeted an area near the Israeli community of Metula using anti-tank missiles. In response, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes on buildings where terrorists had gathered in Lebanon, the IDF said. According to the IDF, Hezbollah has launched more than 3,100 rockets, missiles, and drones at Israel since October 8, when it began supporting Hamas in its war on Israel. On April 26, Hezbollah killed an Israeli civilian in an attack on Mount Dov, a disputed area along the border in northern Israel. Expert Analysis “Hezbollah’s continued threats constitute a danger to Israeli civilians in northern Israel and prevent thousands of Israelis who were evacuated last year due to Hezbollah’s attacks from returning to their homes. The Iranian-backed terrorist group must be deterred from further attacks, and its forces should be removed from the border area so that there can be peace and stability on the border of Israel and Lebanon.” — Seth J. Frantzman, FDD Adjunct Fellow “The threat of conflict expanding between Hezbollah and Israel continues to persist. Hezbollah joined the war to aid Hamas and exhaust the Israeli military. However, nearly seven months later, the Israeli military has not been exhausted by Hezbollah’s repeated attacks, and Israel is preparing for a significant operation to dismantle Hamas in Rafah.” — Joe Truzman, Senior Research Analyst at FDD’s Long War Journal |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 8:51:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM1455:
Bukele in El Salvador hates the Colombian president and attacks him on Twitter regularly. I'll see of he has posted anything. |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 8:55:38 PM EDT
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Deep in thought, won't be able to sleep until I get an answer...
I can't help but wonder, does HAMAS use Israeli bandages or Gauza strips? |
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Posted: 5/1/2024 10:12:02 PM EDT
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 Key Takeaways: Gaza Strip Air Force struck several Palestinian fighters in the central Gaza Strip on May 1. The IDF 99th Division directed a strike on a Hamas fighter who had fired rockets at Israeli forces along the Netzarim corridor. The IDF Air Force also stuck two Palestinian fighters approaching Israeli forces in the central Gaza Strip. Local sources reported Israeli forces fired artillery and small arms in Bureij, eastern Rafah, and Nuseirat. Palestinian militias targeted Israeli forces with mortar and rocket fire at least six times along the Netzarim corridor on May 1; militias have claimed almost daily indirect fire attacks on Israeli forces near the Netzarim corridor since April 18. The IDF is expanding the declared humanitarian zones in the southern and central Gaza Strip to house displaced Gazans currently sheltering in Rafah. One new “safer“ humanitarian zone will be just south of the Netzarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on May 1 that Israel will move forward with a clearing operation into Rafah if “Hamas continues to condition a hostage deal on ending the war,” according to US and Israeli government sources. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that the IDF “is prepared to carry out any operational mission in the Rafah area. Hamas launched four rockets from the Gaza Strip at a town in southern Israel on May 1. West Bank Jordan accused Israeli settlers of attacking a humanitarian aid convoy traveling through the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. The IDF afterward imposed a “closed military zone” where the attack occurred. A Palestinian fighter tried to detonate an improvised explosive device (IED) targeting Israeli forces in Azzun, west of Nablus. Israeli forces detained nine wanted individuals across the West Bank on May 1.[40] The Jordanian Foreign Affairs Ministry released a statement claiming that Israeli settlers blocked and attacked Jordanian aid trucks crossing into the West Bank on May 1. Southern Lebanon Lebanese Hezbollah has conducted at least six attacks from southern Lebanon into northern Israel. IDF Chief of Staff Gen. Herzi Halevi visited the Israel-Lebanon border. Halevi met with several commanders, including IDF Northern Command Commander Maj. Gen. Uri Gordin. Halevi said that the IDF is conducting ”offensive defense” in northern Israel and that the IDF is “preparing an attack“ in the region, without specifying further. Yemen The United States conducted a preemptive strike targeting a Houthi uncrewed surface vessel in Yemen. The United States determined that the vessel posed an imminent threat to US forces and nearby commercial traffic. Iran Iranian military leaders emphasized that they could hit Israel with a drone and missile attack much greater than what they launched on April 13. Iranian leaders are likely studying their April 13 attack to learn lessons and understand how to more effectively penetrate US and partner air defenses. An Iraqi Sadrist politician, Bahaa al Araji, claimed in an interview on May 1 that Iranian-backed Iraqi militias may resume their attacks on US forces on May 4 or 5. IRGC Quds Force Commander Brig. Gen. Esmail Ghaani ordered the militias, including Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba, to suspend attacks targeting US forces in February 2024. Kataib Hezbollah and Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba “fiercely resisted” Ghaani’s order to stop attacks but ultimately complied. Exchange negotiations Hamas asked international mediators to clarify the terms of two sections of the new Egyptian-proposed ceasefire proposal, according to an Egyptian official speaking to Israeli media. Hamas requested assurances that the second stage of the deal would facilitate the complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip and requested clarification.   
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Posted: 5/1/2024 11:54:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM1455:
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By BM1455:
This says it all. Petro, a former guerrilla fighter |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:06:33 AM EDT
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Israeli army used advanced robots supplied by Mossad for combat in Gaza tunnels. Link.
According to The Intelligence Heritage Center periodical, which covers the Israeli national intelligence agency's operations in the war, the army was also equipped with advanced facial recognition kits designed to locate terrorists and hostages The Israeli army used advanced machinery for scanning and combat in Gaza's tunnels supplied by the Mossad, according to the national intelligence agency's periodical. According to the article published in the Intelligence Heritage Center periodical Mabat Malam, "Mossad robots have entered in full force to assist the IDF in combat and some of them have even been taken into the underground spaces for complex scanning and combat missions, in which their operational capabilities were displayed at the highest level." The article adds that the Mossad had also supplied facial recognition kits to locate Hamas combatants and Israeli hostages, who may be moved from place to place. "The advanced AI-based facial recognition kits and platforms that the Mossad supplied scan the faces of passers-by at the Gaza crossings," states the article. "The scan enables the incrimination of hundreds of Hamas terrorists. They are captured, questioned, and provide ample intelligence that helps in the subsequent fighting." The IDF Ground Forces Command, particularly the Combat Engineering Corps, has trained over recent years to tackle the challenge of Gaza's tunnels. Its elite units and their technological equipment for exploring tunnels have been expanded; the special units, including the military canine unit Oketz, have trained in underground spaces. Special squads have been established to destroy the larger tunnels; other engineering forces have improved their underground capabilities and developed new explosives for combat in the tunnels. According to foreign reports, during the war, the IDF has even undertaken a project called "Atlantis" to pump seawater into tunnels in the hope of flooding them. The New York Times quoted in January senior Israeli defense officials who estimated that Hamas' tunnel network in the Gaza Strip spans about 700 km, belying intelligence estimates at the start of the war that the network was about 400 km long. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:22:36 AM EDT
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Israeli fighter jets hit several Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon's Shebaa overnight, the military says. In another strike a short while ago, the IDF says surveillance soldiers of the 869th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit spotted a Hezbollah operative at one of the terror group's sites in Markaba. A short while after the identification, a fighter jet struck the building, the IDF says.
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad cell planning bombing attacks in the West Bank on behalf of the terror group's Lebanon branch was recently captured, the Shin Bet security agency announces. According to the Shin Bet, IDF troops nabbed three Islamic Jihad operatives in the West Bank town of Yabed in January. They are named by the agency as Ahmed Abu Bakr, 29, Ibrahim Abu Bakr, 29, and Ibadah Abu Bakr, 18. The trio "acted under the directives of the PIJ headquarters in Lebanon, in order to carry out significant attacks, using remote-detonated explosives against IDF troops in the area," the agency says. During their arrest, the Shin Bet says troops seized several primed explosive devices. Ahmed and Ibrahim, who the Shin Bet says are senior PIJ operatives, were in contact with the terror group's headquarters in Lebanon, during which they received funding, largely cryptocurrency, for their attacks, according to the agency. The Shin Bet says the pair also carried out tests with remote-detonated bombs. Ibadah had been recruited by Ibrahim to build the explosive devices, according to the agency. The trio have been charged with a series of security offenses, leading the Shin Bet to release details about the case.
Israeli fighter jets and artillery forces struck a tunnel shaft and a mortar launching post in the central Gaza Strip after several projectiles were fired at troops operating in the area, the military says. The IDF says there were no injuries in the mortar attack yesterday. Separately, reservists of the Yiftah Brigade spotted a group of operatives near troops, before calling in a drone strike and artillery shelling, killing the cell, the IDF says. Another operative, spotted by troops using a drone, was seen entering a building known to the army as being used by a terror group in central Gaza. The IDF says a fighter jet struck the site, killing the operative. Additional infrastructure belonging to Gaza terror groups, including tunnels and buildings, as well as operatives, were struck over the past day, the military adds. Link to articles below Report: Islamic Jihad operative shot dead by Palestinian Authority security forces Ahmed Abu Al-Ful, an operative in the Tulkarm Battalion of the Islamic Jihad, was shot dead by Palestinian security forces, the city reported. The organization accused the Palestinian Authority of the killing, and said that "these are treacherous mechanisms that pursue the freedom fighters who oppose the occupation." According to the Islamic Jihad, Abu Al-ful was an activist and a participant in a series of shootings in an attempt to stop raids by the Israeli security forces in the city. UN report: 79,000 buildings in Gaza are completely destroyed, reconstruction would take until 2040 At least 370,000 housing units in Gaza have been damaged, including 79,000 destroyed completely, according to the new report by the UNDP and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, which estimates that even if Israel allows a five-fold increase of construction material to enter Gaza, it would take until 2040 to rebuild the destroyed houses, without repairing the damaged ones. Report: U.S. and Saudi normalization could be weeks away According to a report by Bloomberg, negotiations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have sped up in recent weeks, and many officials believe a deal could be reached within weeks. The deal would reportedly offer Saudi Arabia security guarantees, and could possibly lead to diplomatic ties with Israel, and would strengthen the U.S.'s diplomatic and economic position in the Middle East, at the expense of Iran and China. Here are the latest updates from day 209 of the war: ■ A senior Hamas official in Lebanon said Wednesday night in an interview on Lebanese television that the organization's "position on the current negotiating paper is negative." ■ According to a report by Bloomberg, negotiations between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have sped up in recent weeks, and many officials believe a deal could be reached within weeks. ■ At least 34,596 Palestinians have been killed and 77,816 wounded in Israel's military offensive on Gaza since October 7, the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry says. ■ Protesters, including family members of hostages held in Gaza, blocked Tel Aviv's major Ayalon highway in both directions, holding up signs that read: "it's either the hostages or Rafah." ■ The European Union has offered Lebanon a financial package of 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) to support its faltering economy and its security forces, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday during a visit to Beirut. ■ Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Wednesday it "was a beautiful thing to watch" New York police officers raiding a Columbia University building occupied by pro-Palestinian students, and called on officials to crack down on campus protests across the United States. ■ U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Tuesday that attacks by Israeli settlers on Jordanian aid convoys making their way to the Gaza Strip were "unacceptable." ■ Opposition Leader Yair Lapid has met with the UAE's Foreign Minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and told him that "the most important thing is bringing the hostages home, and any country in the region could influence a deal." |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:30:47 AM EDT
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Talked to a few Arab friends who are like me, loud on Arab introspection. All said that they were hanging out with like-minded Arabs, but that none of these voiced their opinions in public for fear of shame or harm. These Arabs end up saying one thing in private, and something else in public. Until liberty strikes roots in Arab societies and dissenters feel safe to express their opinions, the gauge will remain off. You want another gauge? Hamas are now shopping for a replacement home to Doha and possibly Gaza. No Arab or Muslim country is willing to take them. In 1982, Lebanon ejected Arafat. Only Tunisia agreed to take him, and with lotsa conditions. Now perhaps crazy Algeria regime would take Hamas. But that should tell you how unpopular the “Palestinian Cause” is. Again, gauging accurate percentage remains impossible. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:46:32 AM EDT
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Hamas is in Rafah because the international community has systematically worked with Hamas and cemented its illegal rule in Gaza via Rafah, enabling its gunment to hijack trucks and steal aid from people. The EU wouldn't let an armed terrorist group control a border of a country in Europe and hijack aid to the people in the country...so why force Hamas on Gazans and Israelis who suffer from this horrible situation that has been ongoing since Hamas illegally took over Gaza in 2007? Tweet in response to EU leaders crying about Rafah.
Why didn’t the EU do more to prevent October 7? The whole war could have been prevented, and there would be no Rafah issue today, no hostages. Does anyone really believe that all the countries in Europe couldn’t have prevented this…when their two allies in the region host and back Hamas? All they had to do was put a priority on preventing mass attacks and prioritizing the prevention of extremists which their own allies host and back from the largest massacre of Jews since the Shoah. This attack was plotted right under their noses by the Hamas leadership relaxing in hotels of their ally and no one did anything to tell Hamas it wasn’t acceptable. Even after the attack they didn’t condemn Hamas or charge it with crimes against humanity…Hamas leaders openly jet set from one NATO ally to a major non-NATO ally. The fact is they didn’t want to stop Oct 7 or this massive war. They benefit off of it and they want it to go on forever and they want to keep Hamas as a tool or useful group. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 12:13:36 PM EDT
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Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon.
The sites included infrastructure in Jabal Blat, and several buildings used by the terror group in Marwahin: IDF combat engineers demolished two attack tunnels belonging to the Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror groups in northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun in recent weeks One rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at the southern city of Sderot was successfully intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system Jewish student needing emergency medical intervention for being violently hit in the head by a fellow student from the “propalestinian” …already terrorist group at UCLA Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon's Rachaya al-Foukhar and Khiam: |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 4:23:55 PM EDT
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Israeli fighter jets struck several Hezbollah operatives who were spotted by troops entering buildings used by the terror group in southern Lebanon's Ayta ash-Shab earlier today, the military says. Earlier, four rockets were launched from Lebanon at the Mount Dov area. According to the IDF, three of the projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome, while the fourth struck an open area. No damage or injuries were caused, and the IDF adds that it shelled the launch site with artillery.
In a rare move, the IDF Home Front Command will issue guidelines to Israelis in Sweden's Malmö in the event of an emergency there, amid the Eurovision Song Contest. The instructions will be issued via the Home Front Command mobile app, which is normally only used in Israel for rocket attacks and other incidents such as earthquakes. The move comes as Israel's National Security Council issued an updated travel warning to Malmö, citing “a well-founded fear” that terrorists would target Israelis attending the Eurovision. The Israeli military says the Home Front Command will update its app for Israelis staying in the city with "instructions for behavior in an emergency situation, outside the country's borders." It says the app will enable the National Security Council to send messages in "real-time" to Israelis in Malmö between May 2 and 12, "subject to an assessment of the situation." "This is a unique move adapted for the Eurovision event only and within the defined schedules," the IDF adds. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 4:29:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By armoredman: @michigan66 , in case nobody said it recently, thanks for continuing to post those updates, very helpful. +1 on on that, also to @nraheston for a dding all the videos! They're what I come to this thread the most for since I sometimes can't get twitter vids to play so the move to Tumblr is GREATLY Appreciated! Great job keeping the info and eye candy content high and the noise low! |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 5:21:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: +1 on on that, also to @nraheston for a dding all the videos! They're what I come to this thread the most for since I sometimes can't get twitter vids to play so the move to Tumblr is GREATLY Appreciated! Great job keeping the info and eye candy content high and the noise low! Thanks guys. I'm grateful to everyone else who knows much more than I do and everyone who kicks in to keep the thread moving. Keep coming back, as I'm afraid it will get busy here in the next few weeks. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 5:22:09 PM EDT
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Al-Jazeera showed drone footage taken above IDF positions in the Shuja’iya neighborhood in Gaza City. Interesting to see IDF positions from the air.
Shuja’iya was the site of the APC massacre in 2014's Protective Edge operation, the courtyard ambush in December 2023 that killed 9 Israeli special ops troops, and was the place the IDF opened fire on the three hostages who had escaped from their captors. Turn the volume down if you don't speak Arabic. Translated caption says the footage was recovered from an Israeli drone the militants shot down.
Al Jazeera obtains exclusive photos from an Israeli march that was shot down in Gaza, documenting the Israeli army’s operations in the Shuja’iya neighborhood, and the occupation soldiers’ use of Palestinians as a human shield.. Report: Suhaib Al-Assa |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 5:34:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: Bukele in El Salvador hates the Colombian president and attacks him on Twitter regularly. I'll see of he has posted anything. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: Originally Posted By BM1455:
Bukele in El Salvador hates the Colombian president and attacks him on Twitter regularly. I'll see of he has posted anything. Bukele's father (I think) is a Christian Palestinian. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 6:00:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brownbomber: Bukele's father (I think) is a Christian Palestinian. You're right, it was his grandfather. There was a huge wave of immigration of Christian Arabs from Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria in the late 19th and early 20th century. The main driver was dodging service in the Ottoman army that used Christians as cannon fodder. Argentina, Chile, Brazil got most of them but some ended up in Central America as well. They even started a soccer team in 1920 in Chile.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 6:32:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: +1 on on that, also to @nraheston for a dding all the videos! They're what I come to this thread the most for since I sometimes can't get twitter vids to play so the move to Tumblr is GREATLY Appreciated! Great job keeping the info and eye candy content high and the noise low! Thank you very much, your comment has cheered me up a lot :) Israeli fighter jets struck several Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon's Kafr Kila and Khiam: Fighter jets struck tunnel shafts, anti-tank missile launch posts, and additional infrastructure that were spotted in the area of the launch in the Northern part of the Strip. Surveillance camera footage published by police shows the stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City earlier. The stabber, 34-year-old Hassan Saklanan, a Turkish national, attacked a Border Police cop near Herod's Gate, before being shot dead by the victim and another officer. The Israeli military's 98th and 162nd divisions have been carrying out intensive preparations in recent days for future offensives in the Gaza Strip, including the looming Rafah operation. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 6:50:28 PM EDT
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@michigan66 @nraheston and to all the others that have been keeping this thread updated...A BIG THANKS. I've been checking this thread every day since 10/7. This is the best place to keep up with what's really going on over there.
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Posted: 5/2/2024 7:18:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Plucky_Purcell: @michigan66 @nraheston and to all the others that have been keeping this thread updated...A BIG THANKS. I've been checking this thread every day since 10/7. This is the best place to keep up with what's really going on over there. Thanks.  |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 7:38:12 PM EDT
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Under pressure from Washington, Israel has delayed the Rafah operation for months in hopes of bringing home through U.S.-brokered negotiations the Israeli hostages held there. Now, Blinken seems to be telling Jerusalem that despite Washington’s failure to negotiate the release of additional hostages, the United States will not back an operation in Rafah, where Israelis are being held. Jerusalem will likely pursue the goals of this war — destroying Hamas and bringing home the hostages — with or without the U.S. administration’s blessing."
The Gaza Ministry of Health cannot provide names of more than 10,000 of the 34,000 individuals it says have died during the war between Israel and Hamas. While the Health Ministry conceded earlier this month that it has “incomplete data” for nearly one-third of the deceased, this is the first admission that it lacks an essential data point necessary to establish these deaths have even taken place.
Link Bahraini Shia group claims attack on Israel Earlier today, Saraya al-Ashtar, an Iranian-backed Shia militia in the island Kingdom of Bahrain, claimed its men launched a drone attack against the Israeli city of Eilat last week. The claim cannot be independently verified as no open-source evidence of a drone strike taking place in Eilat last week was reported. And despite no evidence of this attack actually taking place, it nevertheless marks the first claimed operation by the militia since at least December 2017 according to data kept by FDD’s Long War Journal on militia attacks in Bahrain. In its statement, Saraya al-Ashtar claimed that it “targeted the headquarters of the company responsible for land transportation in the Zionist entity (Trucknet) in the city of Umm Al-Rashrash (Eilat) in occupied Palestine” in a suicide drone strike. For reference, Trucknet, an Israeli transport company, signed an agreement to transfer oil between Israel and Arab countries earlier this year. It continued by saying the alleged drone strike was in support of the Palestinian cause and in support of “our people of resistance in Gaza.” Saraya al-Ashtar, a US-designated terrorist organization for its terrorist attacks in Bahrain and relationship with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has long threatened attacks on Israel, Zionists, and Jews more broadly. For instance, in Feb. 2019, al-Ashtar openly threatened attacks against Israeli targets in Bahrain. Speaking in a video, a spokesman for the group denounced the “Khalifa regime’s openness to the Zionists” and added that the “Zionist presence is a legitimate target” on the island. Other IRGC-backed Shia militia in Bahrain have also directly threatened Israel in the past. Just two days after the Hamas-led invasion of Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Saraya Wa’ad Allah praised the violence and called for additional attacks on Israelis and Jews, including in Bahrain itself. Prior to this, in 2020, it stated it created a dedicated sub-unit to target Israeli interests in Bahrain. It also took credit for threats against an Israeli delegation meeting with Bahraini officials in 2019. Saraya al-Mokhtar, another US-designated terrorist group for its ties to the IRGC, has also threatened Israelis and Jews in Bahrain. Despite all the talk, however, no Iranian-backed militia has actually carried through with these threats. Though dubious, Saraya al-Ashtar’s claim does nevertheless represent the first time these militias have tried to signal the Bahraini contingent of Iran’s so-called Axis of Resistance is actively taking part in the ongoing conflict with Israel. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 8:55:56 PM EDT
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The Gaza Ministry of Health cannot provide names of more than 10,000 of the 34,000 individuals it says have died during the war between Israel and Hamas... Gee, what a big surprise. That's why if the report says Health Ministry of Gaza, I automatically disregard it as propaganda, pure bunk. |
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Posted: 5/2/2024 9:51:07 PM EDT
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 Institute for Study of War Backgrounder 2 May Key Takeaways: Gaza Strip The Air Force struck Palestinian fighters and military infrastructure in the central Gaza Strip. The IDF 679th Brigade (99th Division) directed an airstrike at Palestinian fighters in an unspecified area. The Air Force, in coordination with the 99th Division, struck an “operational [tunnel] shaft” and a mortar launcher in an unspecified area in the central Gaza Strip. The al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades —the self-proclaimed militant wing of Fatah—and Mujahideen Brigades targeted Israeli forces with mortar and rocket fire along the Netzarim corridor in two separate attacks. Palestinian militias have claimed near daily attacks on Israeli forces in the Netzarim corridor since April 18. West Bank Israeli forces engaged Palestinian fighters in at least one location in the West Bank on May 2. The al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades attackef Israeli forces with IEDs and small arms in Jalzone. Israeli forces detained three PIJ fighters in January 2024 accused of planning bombing attacks in the West Bank, according to a Times of Israel report on May 2. Shin Bet reported that the fighters were preparing remote-detonated devices for “significant attacks” targeting Israeli forces. The IDF seized “several” explosive devices ready for use while arresting the fighters in Yabed. Shin Bet said that the PIJ headquarters in Lebanon directed the bombing attacks and provided funding to the fighters through cryptocurrency. Southern Lebanon and Golan Heights Iranian-backed fighters, including Lebanese Hezbollah, have conducted at least three attacks from southern Lebanon. Hezbollah shelled and fired at Israeli forces in Shtoula and the Zibdin barracks. The IDF reported that four munitions were fired at Israeli forces surrounding Mount Dov. Unspecified fighters also fired two anti-tank guided munitions damaging two buildings in Shtoula. Israeli forces destroyed Hezbollah infrastructure in Shebaa Farms and targeted Hezbollah fighters in Markaba. Iraq-Axis of Resistance The Islamic Resistance in Iraq—a coalition of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias—claimed two drone attacks targeting a “vital target” in the Golan Heights and Eilat, Israel. Israeli officials and media have not commented on the attacks at the time of this writing. Iran is using its recent drone and missile attack on Israel to promote Iranian military exports. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Shirazi, who is the chief of the Iranian supreme leader's military office, suggested on May 2 that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei wants Iranian military officials to more actively promote Iranian military capabilities to domestic and foreign audiences. An Iranian-backed Bahraini militia claimed to have conducted a drone strike on the Israeli port city of Eilat. The claimed attack is part of the Iranian-led campaign to impose an unofficial blockade on Israel. The Bahraini militia claiming a drone attack marks the first time that the group has indicated that it has drone capabilities. Yemen The Houthi supreme leader emphasized that the Houthis would continue their attacks against Israel and its interests until the destruction of the Israeli state. His remarks demonstrate that the Houthis will remain a serious threat to international shipping even in the event of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Houthi supreme leader Abdulmalik al Houthi gave a speech on May 2 reaffirming his grand strategic objective of destroying Israel and describing the key role that he sees the Houthis having in achieving this goal. Abdulmalik stated that a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip would only mean the “completion of this round of escalation” and that the long-term conflict against Israel would continue. Abdulmalik added that the Houthis will continue to support the Palestinian militias fighting Israel until “the end of [Israeli] control over Palestine and the cleansing” of Israeli people from Israeli territory. Ceasefire Exchange Politics Lebanese media outlet published the purported text of the Egyptian-proposed ceasefire deal that Hamas is considering. The agreement addresses almost all of Hamas’ demands except for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Hamas would likely violate a permanent ceasefire, however. Africa Iran is trying to use its military exports as a vehicle for expanding its influence in Africa. Iran and Niger are negotiating over a deal that would send Iranian weapons to Niger in exchange for Iranian access to Nigerien uranium reserves. Iran previously tried to use its military exports to Sudan to receive Sudanese permission to establish an Iranian naval base on the Red Sea.   
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Posted: 5/2/2024 11:35:02 PM EDT
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There is no way he's this fucking stupid. Austin--no indication militants intend to attack US troops on Gaza pier.Link
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday he did not see any indication Hamas was planning any attack on U.S. troops in Gaza. "I don't discuss intelligence information at the podium. But I don't see any indications currently that there is an active intent to do that," Austin said during a press briefing. Except for the fact that they've already shot mortars at the pier, you idiotic jackass. And they've threatened to kill any non-Palestinian who gets involved in Gaza. And, unlike you morons, they follow through. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 6:30:00 AM EDT
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Israeli fighter jets and artillery forces struck a tunnel shaft and a mortar launching post in the central Gaza Strip after several projectiles were fired at troops operating in the area:
A group of Palestinians launching mortars at Israeli troops in the central Gaza Strip earlier today were killed in a drone strike: Overnight, Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah positions in five different areas of southern Lebanon. Observation posts, buildings, and other Hezbollah infrastructure were hit in Khiam, Kafr Kila, Blida, Odaisseh, and Mays al-Jabal. Israeli fighter jets struck several Hezbollah terrorist who were spotted by troops entering buildings used by the terror group in southern Lebanon's Ayta ash-Shab earlier today: Israeli fighter jets hit several Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon's Shebaa overnight: |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 6:33:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Plucky_Purcell: @michigan66 @nraheston and to all the others that have been keeping this thread updated...A BIG THANKS. I've been checking this thread every day since 10/7. This is the best place to keep up with what's really going on over there. Thanks. Thank you very much to you, this kind of comments give me a lot of strength and enthusiasm to continue updating. I live in an anti-western, islamized and woke environment, and I can only do my activity like the Soviet dissidents of the Samizdat. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 7:44:42 AM EDT
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May 2 Red Sea Update At approximately 2:00 p.m. (Sanaa time) on May 2, 2024, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully engaged and destroyed three uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) in an Iranian-backed Houthi controlled area of Yemen. It was determined these systems presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions are taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S., coalition, and merchant vessels.
Channel 12 news cites unnamed Hamas sources saying that the terror group’s Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar has three specific demands that the Egyptian mediators are currently trying to resolve, including with US assistance. First and foremost, according to the TV station’s Middle East commentator Ehud Yaari, Sinwar, as he has done for months, is demanding a guaranteed end to the war. Specifically, he wants to “completely change” the clause in the proposal that provides for negotiations on a sustainable calm for Gaza to begin on the 16th day of the initial, 40-day phase of the truce. Instead, he wants “a written obligation for an unconditional end to the fighting,” says Yaari. Second, Sinwar opposes giving Israel the right to bar certain Palestinian security prisoners with blood on their hands from the West Bank and instead send them to Gaza or exile. And thirdly, Sinwar wants specifics regarding materials that won’t be allowed into Gaza for its reconstruction. Presumably, says Yaari, this is to ensure that Hamas would be able to rebuild its tunnels and other military infrastructure.
Qatar knows that finding Hamas a new home will be a hard sell. Even Turkey said no. This is evidence that many regimes use Gaza as a populist pitch, but when push comes to shove, no one is ready to put their money where their mouth is. The only solution for Hamas is to surrender and disband itself.” Article linked in tweet A senior Jordanian diplomat on May 2 firmly rejected the suggestion that Hamas could move its political bureau to Jordan if it were forced to leave its current base in Qatar. “Hamas behaves as if there’s no state and no authority in Jordan that will decide and determine how to act and how to conduct itself,” Israel’s Ynet cited veteran Jordanian diplomat Ziad Majali saying. “Jordan has closed the book on Palestinian cells — and we do not intend to reopen it.” Majali’s statement comes after an April 29 Iranian TV interview with Hamas deputy political chief Mousa Abu Marzouk, who said, “If Qatar decides to remove us, we’ll move to Jordan.” Marzouk added that many of the organization’s officials hold Jordanian passports and residency visas. As Qatari-led hostage negotiations between Hamas and Israel drag on with no breakthrough, Qatar is facing increasing international pressure to cut ties with the Iran-backed terrorist organization. On April 18, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that Qatar is reviewing its role as a mediator in the conflict, citing harsh criticism of its efforts from Israel and the United States. The Wall Street Journal reported on April 22 that Hamas officials had begun looking for new locations to establish their headquarters. Jordan officially banned Hamas and expelled its leaders in 1999. While Jordan’s King Abdullah II has been highly critical of Israel’s actions in the Gaza war, the Jordanian Air Force joined the U.S.-led coalition to help repel Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel between April 13 and 14. Jordan has been the site of numerous anti-Israel demonstrations, with a senior Jordanian security source telling Ynet that some of the arrested protesters revealed that Hamas’s leadership coordinates and funds the demonstrations. Qatar sided with Hamas and endorsed its takeover of Gaza in 2007. Since then, Doha has provided political and financial assistance to the Islamist group, pumping an estimated $1.5 billion into Gaza’s Hamas-run government between 2012 and 2021. Hamas also maintains a political office in Doha, where several of the group’s senior leaders live in luxury. Qatar’s state-sponsored media channel, Al Jazeera, has justified Palestinian terrorism, spread antisemitism, and demonized Israel with its global reach. Link for articles below UN humanitarian office says Rafah offensive puts civilian lives at risk; would be a blow to humanitarian efforts--thr Israeli offensive, but Hamas's strategy of embedding itself in the civilian population and provoking armed responses. Take Haniyeh to the ICC. An Israeli incursion in Rafah would put the lives of hundreds of thousands of Gazans at risk and be a huge blow to the humanitarian operations of the entire enclave, the UN humanitarian office said on Friday. Around a million displaced people are currently in Rafah, crowded together in shelters and makeshift accommodations. "It could be a slaughter of civilians and an incredible blow to the humanitarian operation in the entire strip because it is run primarily out of Rafah," said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN humanitarian office, at a Geneva press briefing. Shin Bet arrests Israeli on suspicion of murdering Palestinian, following murder of teen boy in West Bank The Shin Bet on Thursday arrested a 34-year-old resident of the Israeli settlement of Beit El on suspicion of murdering a Palestinian, following the murder of 14-year-old Binyamin Ahimeir in the West Bank last month. Two Palestinians were killed by gunshots, in Al-Mughayyir – initially attributed to the army – and in Beitin, during clashes that erupted after the teen's murder. The police plan to extend the detention of the suspect, a holder of a private gun license, who is being charged for the crimes of murder as an act of terrorism and illegally shooting in a residential area. According to his lawyers, the suspect was summoned to a meeting at the Shin Bet's offices in Petah Tikva and was arrested after he refused to give the investigators information about events in the settlements. They claim he was told initially that he was not a suspect in the matter and that his arrest was intended to persuade him to cooperate in the investigation. Lebanese report: French draft proposal for agreement includes Hezbollah withdrawing 10km from Israeli border The Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, has published a draft of the French proposal for a cease-fire agreement with Israel. According to the draft, the first stage of the agreement includes the withdrawal of Hezbollah forces to a distance of 10 kilometers north of the Litani River and the dismantling of Hezbollah facilities near the border. The draft proposal also states that, in the second phase of the agreement, the Lebanese army will be deployed south of the Litani River and along the border and Israel will undertake not to harm UNIFIL forces and to ensure their freedom of movement. In addition, Israel will undertake not to fly over Lebanese territory. In the third stage of the agreement, the parties will discuss demarcating the land border between them. U.S. Defense Secretary says there was no indication Hamas planning attack on U.S. troops U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday he did not see any indication Hamas was planning any attack on U.S. troops in Gaza but added adequate measures were being put in place for the safety of military personnel. "I don't discuss intelligence information at the podium. But I don't see any indications currently that there is an active intent to do that," Austin said during a press briefing. "Having said that ... this is a combat zone and a number of things can happen, and a number of things will happen." A maritime pier constructed by the U.S. military to speed the flow of humanitarian aid in Gaza should be open within a matter of days, despite poor weather hampering preparations, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 10:49:32 AM EDT
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Fence goes down, tents go up at University of Toronto as pro-Hamas hooligans occupy campus:
Columbia University anti-Israel protesters block media access to encampment: Anti-Israel protesters set up encampment on McGill University campus: FULL VIDEO: Palestinian 'kidnapper' ATTACKS Jewish journalist Avi Yemini Antifa try to block coverage of Canada's first anti-Israel tent city at McGill University: |
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Screams Before Silence - Eyewitness accounts from released hostages, survivors & first responders.
Ezra Levant reports from the University of British Columbia as anti-Israel protesters have created an encampment on campus. Pro-Hamas protester in Toronto shouts at Jewish children that their parents are rapists Anti-Israel protesters at New York Fashion Institute don't seem to know what's going on Exposing the antisemitic poison on Western universities (ft. Miles McInnes) Anti-Israel protests taking over former prominent American universities: |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:07:14 AM EDT
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Israel notified Hamas that if a cease-fire and hostage release deal is not achieved within a week, it will start a military operation in Rafah - according to Egyptian sources cited in a report in the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, Hamas leader in Gaza Yahyah Sinwar has still not given his response to the last proposal. The report also mentioned that Cairo invited the terrorist organization's delegation to continue the hostage deal and cease-fire talks in the coming days, to which Hamas agreed. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:16:22 AM EDT
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The goal of Hamas and other Iranian-backed groups in Gaza is to keep up the pressure on Israel. This is carried out through rocket attacks that, although greatly reduced since the volleys of thousands in October, continue to pose a threat. The terror groups also understand that firing one rocket at Sderot is basically the same as firing a dozen, if the goal is to get people in the city to have to seek shelter due to sirens. The goal is to continue to harass the Israeli border communities to remind them that Hamas is still active. Palestinian terror groups want to create the conditions for a low-level, low-intensity insurgency in Gaza. The Hamas battalions have been dispersed and gone to ground. Entire article: Hamas continues to dictate the next stage of the Gaza war, both in its own view and in how it holds the world hostage by not agreeing to a hostage deal. After Hamas violated the first hostage deal in December, it gambled that Israel would not keep up the military pressure on its terrorists in Gaza. Hamas now believes it has been proven correct; it believes it can basically outlast Israel in Gaza. On April 30, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were both quoted in the pro-Iran al-Mayadeen media describing their continued attacks on Israel in Gaza. For instance, terrorists fired rockets at Sderot at the end of Passover, just before sunset on April 29. In addition, rockets were fired toward Ashdod, landing in the sea. The goal of Hamas and other Iranian-backed groups in Gaza is to keep up the pressure on Israel. This is carried out through rocket attacks that, although greatly reduced since the volleys of thousands in October, continue to pose a threat. The terror groups also understand that firing one rocket at Sderot is basically the same as firing a dozen, if the goal is to get people in the city to have to seek shelter due to sirens. The goal is to continue to harass the Israeli border communities to remind them that Hamas is still active. The genocidal terrorist group knows that this kind of low-level rocket fire and other threats to the border communities make life there unsettling. For instance, it is clear that Hamas and other terror groups purposely escalate over Jewish holidays and on Shabbat with rocket fire and other threats. Hamas is proud of the fact that after almost seven months of war, it continues to have rocket-firing capabilities and can continue to carry out attacks across the Gaza Strip. Hamas has returned to much of Gaza because IDF forces left areas where they had been operating, enabling the terrorist group to return. While terrorist infrastructure such as tunnels were removed, Hamas gunmen continue to operate. Gaza attacks on IDF corridor For instance, a new report at Al-Mayadeen said Hamas has claimed several attacks in central Gaza. Hamas and other groups are seeking to attack IDF soldiers in the Netzerim corridor, a route the military established across Gaza that links the coast to Israeli communities near Be’eri and Nahal Oz. This enables the IDF to operate freely in central Gaza. The corridor is also supposed to facilitate aid entering Gaza from another maritime one. The terrorists have other ideas, however. They want to target both corridors. The recent report says terrorists targeted Mughraqa, an area north of Nuseirat camp. The terrorists of PIJ also operate in Maghazai camp, where they claimed to down a quadcopter drone. In addition Hamas claims it targeted the Netzerim corridor with mortar shells. OVERALL, the picture is clear. The Palestinian terror groups want to create the conditions for a low-level, low-intensity insurgency in Gaza. The Hamas battalions have been dispersed and gone to ground. Israel has claimed it defeated around 18 of the Hamas battalions and only six remain: two of them in central Gaza and four in Rafah. But this is pre-October 6 thinking because Hamas has changed its tactics. It is also likely replacing its terrorists that were lost in the fighting over almost seven months. This means that even if Hamas lost up to 20,000 of its terrorists, either being killed or wounded, it can replace some of them. The group is illustrating its staying power. It has already gone through several rounds or rebuilding its networks, as it did in Shifa Hospital between January and March, when up to 1,000 of its terrorists were found there. It has also sought to return to Shati, Zaytoun, Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia and other areas in northern Gaza. Now the IDF has replaced the Nahal Brigade that was in Netzerim with the 99th division, which includes the multi-dimensional unit that fought in Jabalya and central Gaza in the early part of the war. Hamas likely knows it is up against two recently deployed brigades that are now holding the corridor. These include the 2nd Carmeli Infantry Brigade and the 679th Yiftah Reserve Armored Brigade. The IDF announced the deaths of two soldiers on April 29. Hamas is shifting focus to targeting the corridor and appears to be wondering about the IDF’s next moves in Gaza. The terrorist group knows that the army has postponed a Rafah offensive since March due to international pressure. It hopes to keep its pressure on Israel up and to keep drawing out the hostage talks, forcing Washington, Jerusalem and others to keep waiting. Hamas also recently released two videos of US-Israeli hostages it is holding. One showed Omri Miran and Keith Samuel Siegel, who is a US citizen. It also recently released a video of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin. This is designed to pressure the US and to get the US to pressure Israel. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:21:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: There is no way he's this fucking stupid. Austin--no indication militants intend to attack US troops on Gaza pier.Link Except for the fact that they've already shot mortars at the pier, you idiotic jackass. And they've threatened to kill any non-Palestinian who gets involved in Gaza. And, unlike you morons, they follow through. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: There is no way he's this fucking stupid. Austin--no indication militants intend to attack US troops on Gaza pier.Link U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday he did not see any indication Hamas was planning any attack on U.S. troops in Gaza. "I don't discuss intelligence information at the podium. But I don't see any indications currently that there is an active intent to do that," Austin said during a press briefing. Except for the fact that they've already shot mortars at the pier, you idiotic jackass. And they've threatened to kill any non-Palestinian who gets involved in Gaza. And, unlike you morons, they follow through. Everybody sees what is coming, it's idiotic and an obvious way to embroil us even deeper for no actual gain. They don't want it, we don't want to deal with it, or our soldiers don't since they are the ones going to be attacked for a wasteful and stupid symbolic gesture. Actual aid moving off the pier and going to those that need it (instead of Hamas) would need more softening of the terrorists to be effective. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 2:39:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: Everybody sees what is coming, it's idiotic and an obvious way to embroil us even deeper for no actual gain. They don't want it, we don't want to deal with it, or our soldiers don't since they are the ones going to be attacked for a wasteful and stupid symbolic gesture. Actual aid moving off the pier and going to those that need it (instead of Hamas) would need more softening of the terrorists to be effective. He is a diversity hire not fit to shine shoes. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 2:47:35 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ascendent: He is a diversity hire not fit to shine shoes. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ascendent: Originally Posted By brass: Everybody sees what is coming, it's idiotic and an obvious way to embroil us even deeper for no actual gain. They don't want it, we don't want to deal with it, or our soldiers don't since they are the ones going to be attacked for a wasteful and stupid symbolic gesture. Actual aid moving off the pier and going to those that need it (instead of Hamas) would need more softening of the terrorists to be effective. He is a diversity hire not fit to shine shoes. I can see it already: "Rules of Engagement: You may not engage, even if attacked." |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 7:33:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66:
Article linked in tweet Link for articles below UN humanitarian office says Rafah offensive puts civilian lives at risk; would be a blow to humanitarian efforts--thr Israeli offensive, but Hamas's strategy of embedding itself in the civilian population and provoking armed responses. Take Haniyeh to the ICC. Shin Bet arrests Israeli on suspicion of murdering Palestinian, following murder of teen boy in West Bank Lebanese report: French draft proposal for agreement includes Hezbollah withdrawing 10km from Israeli border U.S. Defense Secretary says there was no indication Hamas planning attack on U.S. troops |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 7:35:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: I can see it already: "Rules of Engagement: You may not engage, even if attacked." |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 8:32:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: I can see it already: "Rules of Engagement: You may not engage, even if attacked." Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: Originally Posted By Ascendent: Originally Posted By brass: Everybody sees what is coming, it's idiotic and an obvious way to embroil us even deeper for no actual gain. They don't want it, we don't want to deal with it, or our soldiers don't since they are the ones going to be attacked for a wasteful and stupid symbolic gesture. Actual aid moving off the pier and going to those that need it (instead of Hamas) would need more softening of the terrorists to be effective. He is a diversity hire not fit to shine shoes. I can see it already: "Rules of Engagement: You may not engage, even if attacked." I got this from either FOX or the radio. They are allowed to engaged if on land. If someone shoots at them, they can shoot back If on this pier, it is not considered land. From this pier they cannot shoot back Stupid as all shit |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 9:54:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/3/2024 9:57:44 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GBTX01:
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Posted: 5/3/2024 10:00:36 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: The Egyptian cease-fire proposal does not include Israeli commitment not to return to Gaza Strip Link Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By michigan66: The Egyptian cease-fire proposal does not include Israeli commitment not to return to Gaza Strip Link The Lebanese newspaper Al Akhbar daily published the details of the Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire, as it was delivered to Hamas, with guarantees by Egypt, Qatar and the United States. The wording of the proposal does not include an Israeli commitment not to return to the Gaza Strip, but "a return to ongoing quiet and the implementation of whatever is necessary to achieve a cease-fire." According to the proposal, in the first phase, the IDF's activities in the Gaza Strip will be suspended for 40 days, during which the forces will withdraw from the populated areas and those close to the border with Israel, but not from the Netzarim corridor in the center of the Gaza Strip. During this time period, three hostages will be released every three days, first women – including female soldiers, until the 33rd day. Israel will at the same timeframe release Palestinian prisoners according to a list that will be agreed upon by the parties. On the seventh day of the deal, Hamas will submit a list of all the living hostages, except for the 33 that will be released in the first stage. According to the proposal, for every female soldier that is released, Israel will release 40 Palestinian women prisoners, half of whom are sentenced to life and the other half whose remaining sentence does not exceed ten years. For every man released – those sick, wounded and over 50-years-old – Israel will release 20 prisoners over 50, sick and wounded who have up to ten years left in prison. According to the proposal, any of the prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment can be sent abroad or to Gaza. During this period of time, on the days when hostages are released, there will be no air traffic of IDF planes and drones in the Strip for eight to ten hours a day. It will also be agreed that Israel will allow all citizens to return to their areas of residence, give them full freedom of movement throughout the Strip and allow the entry of humanitarian aid. On the 22nd day of the deal, after two-thirds of the hostages are released, Israel will also withdraw from the Netzarim corridor in the center of the Gaza Strip to the corridor closest to the border, and increase the flow of humanitarian aid to the north of the Strip, so that 500 trucks will be sent there, including 50 fuel trucks. On the 34th day of the deal, the second phase will begin, and will last 42 days. During this phase, Hamas will continue to release living hostages, including soldiers, in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners. The proposal states that at this stage, the parties will start enacting the principles that will lead to a prolonged cease-fire, including the withdrawal of the IDF to the borderline. Not all of these principles are reported. In the third phase, which will also last 42 days, bodies of hostages will be released, and after they are identified, a five-year rehabilitation plan will begin, in which the Palestinians will commit to not build infrastructure for military purposes, and will not receive raw materials that can be used for such purposes. Crappy deal |
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