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Suddenly, Staff Sgt. (res.) S. spotted a woman in a long dress advancing toward the building from afar. S. reported to her commanders and waited for instructions. According to the messages IDF had relayed to Gaza civilians, anyone insisting on approaching the area would be suspected of attempting to harm ground forces and would be risking their life. "The decision was made to fire near the woman, to make her turn around and leave," S. reveals for the first time about her conduct as one of the few female snipers in the Israeli military. "It's a warning so they don't...

President Biden said the U.S. is doing “everything we can” to prevent wider war in the Middle East on Sunday. “We’re going to do everything we can to keep a wider war from breaking out,” the president said, according to a White House pool report, responding to a question about the region’s “rising tensions.” Biden’s words follow the recent exchange of fire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. More than 30 people were killed in an airstrike by Israel aimed at Hezbollah in Beirut, a Lebanese health official said Saturday.

The IDF stated on Sunday that they can neither confirm nor deny reports on the possible death of Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar. Among sources consulted by The Jerusalem Post, a top source poured cold water on the notion, another source – who would be expected to have information – said they had no real information on it, while others noted disagreements within the defense establishment.

A Hezbollah source tells the Al-Monitor news site that the senior Hezbollah leaders killed in an IDF strike on Friday were meeting to discuss plans to invade Israel in an October 7-style attack in response to the pager explosions. President Isaac Herzog said much the same in a British TV interview earlier today. The members of the elite Radwan Force were studying “plans for a ground invasion at the heart of the occupied territories,” the source tells Al-Monitor. (Hezbollah seeks to destroy Israel and sees all of its sovereign territory as “occupied.”) Thousands of Hezbollah pagers and other communications devices...

In an official document submitted to the US court, the UN, backed by the US Department of Justice, claims that UNRWA employees who participated in the October 7th massacre be granted immunity from prosecution.A full 10% of UNRWA employees are affiliated with a terror group, and at least 12 UNRWA employees participated directly in the October 7 massacre: Six were part of the wave of terrorists who breached the border fence and participated in the assault, two helped kidnap Israelis, two were tracked to sites where scores of Israelis were massacred, and other coordinated logistics for the attack - including...

...."On Wednesday, The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to hand over half of Jerusalem, the Wailing Wall, The Temple Mount, Old Jerusalem, and the tomb of Jesus Christ to the Palestinians. The vote was 124-14. The United Nations voted to turn over the holiest sites of Christendom to the Palestinians. The UN voted to turn over the Jewish Quarter, the Christian Quarter, the Chuch of the Holy Sepulchre, several synagogues, numerous Christian holy sites, the Wailing Wall, Solomon’s Throne, the Via Dolorosa, and much more to the Palestinian Muslims. The UN ordered the Jews out of the Old City....

It's just not fair, I tell you. Israel manufacturing pagers ordered by terrorists loaded with explosives is not fighting fair. They shouldn't have disguised the explosive. They should have warned the terrorists. Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, claims that the pager attacks using Hezbollah electronics not only "violated international human rights law" but also appear to violate international humanitarian law’s key principles in carrying out attacks: "distinction between civilians and combatants, proportionality, and precautions."As I said, Israel is not playing fair. They should have let Hezbollah blow up 3,700 Israelis to achieve the "proportionality" test of...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Palestinian American U.S. lawmaker Rashida Tlaib on Friday condemned as racist a cartoon published in the conservative magazine National Review showing her with an exploding pager - a reference to an attack this week against members of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. "Our community is already in so much pain right now. This racism will incite more hate + violence against our Arab & Muslim communities, and it makes everyone less safe. It's disgraceful that the media continues to normalize this racism," Tlaib wrote on the social media platform X. Tlaib, a Democrat who represents...

Fighting within themselves: Al Jazeera commentator Fayez al-Dwairi came out against Hezbollah and claimed that it is "repeating its mistakes" and needs to learn from Hamas how to fight." Al Jazeera's military commentator Fayez al-Dwairi came out against Hezbollah and claimed that it should "learn from Hamas how to conduct a battle in times of war, it is not possible for the entire central leadership of the Radwan unit to meet in one place after the explosions." The remarks led to a wave of outrage against the "celebrated" commentator who is known for his firm support for Hamas. Dwairi also...

Ibrahim Aqil joins Fuad Shukr, Muhammad Nasser, Taleb Abdullah on list of eliminated Hezbollah military brass, along with Deif, Haniyeh and al-Arouri from Hamas By Jana Choukeir. 20 September 2024, 10:29 pm Clockwise from top left: Ibrahim Aqil (US State Department), Fuad Shukr (Hezbollah media office), Muhammad Nasser (Hezbollah media office), Ismail Haniyeh (AP), Muhammad Deif (IDF), Taleb Abdullah (Hezbollah media office). Clockwise from top left: Ibrahim Aqil (US State Department), Fuad Shukr (Hezbollah media office), Muhammad Nasser (Hezbollah media office), Ismail Haniyeh (AP), Muhammad Deif (IDF), Taleb Abdullah (Hezbollah media office). Reuters — Israel killed a top Hezbollah commander...

Dozens of speakers at the Doha event are anti-Israel advocatesThe head of an Israel-designated terrorist organization, a former Hamas official, and Hamas apologists are among the dozens of anti-Israel advocates scheduled to speak at a Georgetown University conference in Qatar running Friday through Sunday, a Washington Free Beacon review has found.The speakers at the "Reimagining Palestine" event will discuss the "ideological shifts" of Zionism, "art as resistance," and "anti-colonial struggles," and will engage in "dialogue that challenges the status quo," according to the Doha event’s website. Among the nearly 70 scholars is Shawan Jabarin, a former senior member of the...

Israeli Defense Officials are expecting Hezbollah to launch a Major Attack on Israel in the coming 12-24 Hours, possibly consisting of Hundreds of Long-Range Rockets and Missiles against Northern Israel as well as Military Targets in the Center. Strikes today by the Israeli Air Force are intended to both Destroy the Offensive Capability of Hezbollah to carry out such an Attack, as well as Deter any Future Large-Scale Attacks; however, if Hezbollah is set on launching such an Attack, their Rocket and Missile Capabilities are Vast, making it nearly Impossible to Totally Prevent.

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Velshi,” NBC News Chief International Correspondent Keir Simmons reacted to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan praising the death of Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Aqil in a recent Israeli strike as a positive outcome because it means that Aqil was brought to justice for his involvement in the Beirut barracks bombing in 1983 that killed 241 American military personnel by stating that “Of course, this, what is an assassination is not bringing somebody to justice.” While discussing recent Israeli strikes, Simmons said, “The Israeli Defense Forces saying that the strike killed 16 Hezbollah members, including 12 senior...

WASHINGTON, DC: Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated that her office was "tagged with blood-splattered signs" accusing her of supporting terrorism after she criticized Israel for launching attacks in Lebanon and Syria, which included exploding communication devices. Posting on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), AOC wrote on Friday, September 20, "Yesterday my House office was tagged with blood-splattered signs accusing me of supporting terrorism after I questioned the pager operation, which clearly runs counter to US policy." "They must live under a rock to not know I don’t take well to bullies," she added, sharing a paragraph from the...

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Harris-Walz Co-Chair Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that Hezbollah’s continuing “escalatory” attacks against Israel, “this striking incident where pagers and walkie-talkies were remotely detonated” in addition to the “ongoing ground war in Gaza” have all made it “harder than ever” to see the ceasefire deal that “President Biden very much urgently wants to get done” happening. But the Biden administration is pushing both Hamas and Israel to reach one. Coons said, “[I]t is heartbreaking how close we’ve come to a ceasefire and hostage deal. I know senior members of the Biden team are...

President Joe Biden’s National Security Council (NSC) hosted the head of Rahma Worldwide, a health nonprofit that has collaborated with Hamas on multiple occasions, the Washington Examiner reported. The NSC met with Shadi Zaza, Rahma Worldwide’s CEO, and other Syrian-American community leaders on Sept. 11 in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to discuss how the U.S. can best counter the Assad regime in Syria, the Examiner reported. Zaza’s group, however, signed a cooperation agreement with Hamas in August, and Zaza himself was photographed alongside Hamas officials days before the terrorist organization carried out attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023....

At a “Fighting Anti-Semitism in America” event in Washington on Thursday night, former President Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of failing to address the surge in antisemitism and challenged her to distance herself from Hamas sympathizers supporting her campaign. “Despite presiding over this explosion of antisemitism, Kamala Harris has done absolutely nothing,” Trump said. “She has not lifted a single finger to protect you or to protect your children or to even protect you with words.” Trump also blasted Harris for sympathizing with anti-Israel demonstrators on college campuses, referencing a July interview where she described the protests as...

⚠️ BREAKING: Mohammad Reza, the deputy commander of Iran Quds Force, was successfully eliminated by the Israeli Air Force in Beirut, Lebanon. Good ... riddance. Hell awaits. 10:23 AM · Sep 20, 2024

I returned from Israel Tuesday having visited the hamas invasion sites in Israel next to the Gaza Border. This is my report. I was at Moshav Netiv Haasara (a Moshav is like a kibbutz, but not socialist) hard by gaza this week. I touched the wall used to stop snipers from gaza killing innocent Israeli citizens. I saw the foundation of a wooden house that hamas torched on October 7th, literally roasting alive the elderly couple inside. I met a 16 year old hitchhiker of that community whose house is closest to the wall. He survived by being at the...

The State Department grossly mishandled its suspension of scandal-plagued Iran envoy Robert Malley, allowing him to continue accessing classified information and sensitive data after he was disciplined, according to an inspector general report reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. The department's assistant inspector general gathered congressional staffers Wednesday afternoon for a closed-door briefing on the agency’s missteps after Malley had his security clearance pulled in 2023 for mishandling classified information. The briefing revealed that Malley was permitted to engage in classified activities even after his clearance was pulled, representing a breach of federal protocol, according to attendees. Malley was also...