Economy –
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. can afford wars on two fronts, as the Israel-Hamas War threatens Middle East stability, and the Biden administration continues to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia.
OBSERVATION - Of course we can - set the money printer to “whrrrrrrrr” and away we go.
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United Auto Workers (UAW) Union President Shawn Fain announced a tactical shift by the UAW from announced walkouts on Fridays to unannounced strikes that could happen at any time, with the intent to make strikes less predictable and more economically damaging.
OBSERVATION - As the economic impacts from the strikes start to ripple across the US economy, the union demands place the auto makers under a lose-lose scenario with the biggest losers being the consumers.
CW2 / Domestic violence -
Word is out there that Rand Paul is warning of a little-known federal law that allows the president of the United States to shut down the internet with a “kill switch.”
Paul warned that the government’s ” emergency powers ” can remove freedoms in the name of safety and security, including an internet “kill switch” to turn off the Internet.
“We’ve also looked at the emergency powers and emergency powers — you know the courts have said you don’t throw out the Constitution during emergencies — but a lot of our legislation acts as if you could throw things away,” Paul told Atlas on Thursday on the doctor’s “Independent Truths” podcast.
OBSERVATION - Similar internet cut off powers have been used numerous times by tyrannical govts during times of civil unrest to prevent coordination between opposition elements. The regime could utilize this as 2024 moves forward and civil unrest (that they may have helped to start) boils over.
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Scattered pro-Hamas protests continue out there. One group tried to storm the White House, but were stopped.
Terrorism -
Underreported in the news is that a Muslim terrorist intentionally carried out an Islamic terrorist attack via vehicular jihad in Long Beach, CA. The perp is named Khalid Yagobbi and is under arrest. On his Facebook page, other Islamists are commenting on his page, thanking him for his act of terrorism in CA.
OBSERVATION - This is an example of a ‘lone wolf’ attack that I noted was highly probable, due to the Hamas/Israel conflict. The MSM is keeping a lid on it to essentially protect the anti-Israel, anti-American islamic sector in the country.
Military / Strategic Activity / Deployments –
According to multiple U.S. Defense Officials, the the Bataan Amphibious-Ready Group consisting of the USS Bataan (LHD-5) and USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) as well as roughly 2,500 Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit are now enroute towards the Eastern Mediterranean from the Arabian Sea, where she will link back up with the USS Mesa Verde (LPD-19) who has finished her “Mid-Deployment Repair Period” in Spain early and is already steaming across the Mediterranean to join the USS Ford.
OBSERVATION - This leaves the Straits of Hormuz defense weakened. There are some independently operating destroyers there along with a beefed up Air Force contingent defense planners will have to rely on if things go sideways
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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has ordered that roughly 2,000 troops prepare for a potential deployment to Israel to help with tasks like medical and logistical support, according to multiple defense officials.
POLITICAL FRONT –
“Special” prosecutor Smith got a gag order placed on Trump in an egregious assault on Trump’s first amendment rights. Going onto appeal.
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Drama set as the vote for speaker of the House moves forward with Jordan within a couple republican votes of getting in. Holdouts are surprisingly from deep red mega trump districts. I’m optimistic that the trend is going Jordan’s way as the congressional phone lines have reportedly been in melt down mode the last couple days.
Biden / Harris Watch –
Biden arrives in Israel on Wednesday. He will also visit Jordan, where he is scheduled to meet with local King Abdullah II bin Hussein, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, and the leader of partially recognized Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas.
OBSERVATION - Biden has nothing to contribute to the situation other than to disrupt Israeli plans to eliminate Hamas’ presence in northern Gaza.
BTW - harris has been no where to be seen on the hamas war.
China –
Putin has arrived in China, making a surprise visit.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT - Updated Sept 27, 2023
Russia is on a defensive footing across most of Ukraine, relying on Russian doctrinal defense in depth to blunt the Ukrainian offensive. However, Russian forces continue increasingly stretched and undermanned, with increasingly insufficient artillery support.
Ukrainian action has forced Russia to move forces laterally to meet the Ukraine advance - thinning critical portions of the line and making them vulnerable to assault.
Russia’s strategic ballistic and cruise missiles continue to show evidence of massively reduced inventories. Recent attacks indicate the Russia has started to produce its own Shahed drones with Iranian assistance. Russia capable of continued, though limited, attacks in this arena. The majority of Russian strikes are with these Iranian drones. Major targets are grain shipping facilities in the Odesa region as well as trying to hit logistical targets across the rest of the country.
Supplemental cruise missile attacks using old models will be occasionally used to supplement the drones.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is increasingly hesitant to deploy into now contested waters. Ukraine’s mixture of seaborne and airborne drones and anti-ship missiles beginning to render areas more or less off limits to Russia. The fleet is reportedly in the process of redeploying out of Crimea and moving east to Russian bases, about 600 Km further away from the front lines.
Russia is capable of launching small scale attacks in various sectors of company and small sized elements, but any large scale offensive action in the face of the heavy demands from defending against the Ukrainian offensive are essentially nil.
Russia calling for an immediate cease fire in Gaza - stating that it is a war crime to target civilians in a combat zone - No this isn’t a Babylon Bee article.
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Putin has arrived in China, making a surprise visit.
NUCLEAR THREATS –
Deputies of the Russian State Duma have passed in the first reading a bill to cancel ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty. State Duma Speaker Volodin reported.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures varying between the 50s and 60s with increasing chances of rain showers for the forecast period. In general, weather pattern is trending to the normal, wet fall pattern.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Ukraine has claimed a major strike on a Russian helicopter base at Berdyansk. Claim partially collaborated by Russian sources. The base is believed to host at least detachment-sized elements from 39th Separate Helicopter Regiment (39 OVP), 18th Army Aviation Brigade (18 Br AA) with perhaps others. There is an unconfirmed claim that Russian aviation hit as well at Luhansk Airport. Ukraine claims the strike destroyed at least 9 helicopters (KA-52, MI-24 and MI-28 attack helicopters.) , a SAM system, an ammunition warehouse, and damaged the airfield runways. Depending on how many helicopters were present in Berdyansk and Luhansk, we may see the worst single day losses in Russian Air Force history. Speculation is that Ukraine used ATACMS for the first time. Bomblets associated with ATACMS have reportedly been found at these airfields.
Adviivka remains a hotly contested location, but is appears that the tempo of Russian attacks is slowing and they are making no gains. OSINT analysts indicate that Russia likely deployed elements of at least two Central Military District (CMD) brigades to reinforce offensive operations by Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) forces on the Avdiivka front.
Russia targeted the port facilities in the Odesa region with drone attacks with the Ukrainian air defense shooting down 6 of 6 Shahed drones and 1 Kh-59 cruise missile overnight.
OUTLOOK -
Fighting will continue in the Adviivka area as well as the Tokmok and Bakhmut fronts.
If ATACMS has been used, this could be a game changer in some instances. The airfields that were hit recently upgraded its defenses for aircraft with berms, a method that reduces the effects of Storm Shadow cruise missiles with their concentrated blast. Bomblets scattered over a broad area overcomes the protectiveness of the berms, making hardened targets relatively soft again.
Poland –
The election of a new, leftist govt is causing questions over Poland’s support to Ukraine.
Europe / NATO General –
Police in Brussels have shot dead the man who killed two Swedish nationals on Monday evening. Two Swedes were killed and a third injured in the automatic rifle attack on Monday.
It took place on Boulevard d’Ypres, 5km (3 miles) from the stadium where Belgium was playing Sweden to qualify for the Euro 2024 football tournament.
The 45-year-old man named as Abdesalem was shot in a café in the Schaerbeek neighborhood.
Brussels has been on its highest terror alert ever since.
The gunman is believed to be a man of Tunisian origin who was in Belgium illegally, after his asylum application was rejected in 2020.
He posted a video online saying he had killed people in the name of God and the prosecutor’s office believes he was inspired by the Islamic State group.
OBSERVATION - Another instance of a ‘lone wolf’ attack inspired by Hamas et al.
ISRAEL –
Key overnight observations
Biden is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Wednesday. Now word that Macron is scheduled to arrive there as well.
* Germany’s Chancellor Scholz warns Iran and Hezbollah against joining the conflict
* The IDF eliminated the head of the Hamas Shura Council and the head of Hamas general intelligence.
* U.S. has placed around 2,000 troops on “be ready to deploy” orders - mostly for medical and logistical operations. This is in addition to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (includes the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit) that is heading to the Eastern Mediterranean to join the USS Ford CSG.
GENERAL ——————————-
Ground invasion could have been delayed due to growing concerns with Hezbollah. Israeli intel must be seeing something that is causing them to reposition assets, they knew from day one that Hezbollah would respond to a Gaza invasion.
The timing now is further interrupted by the scheduled arrival of biden and Macron to Israel.
Combat in general seems to have dropped off a notch or two. Hamas still manages some rocket barrages and Israel selectively hitting Gaza targets. Action in the north seems to be picking up as indicators of Israel preparing some of southern Lebanon battlefield for war.
IDF says it struck and killed the head of Hamas’s Shura Council, Osama Mazini, who was also tasked with handling the prisoner portfolio, in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip last night.
Iran keeps referring an ‘Axis of Resistance’- an umbrella term which refers to a range of militia groups which are located throughout the region and maintained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force- the external operations branch of the Iranian armed forces.
GAZA FRONT ———————————-
Hamas continues limited rocket attacks, IAF continues to hit key targets -focusing on battlefield preparations for the ground assault.
Gazans continue to make their way south, but any support is being blocked by Egypt, not Israel.
LEBANON / HEZBOLLAH——————————-
Iran’s FM stated that “pre-emptive actions” by the resistance front against Israel could be expected in the coming hours. This was backed up by Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon who stated that the warnings should be taken seriously. Hezbollah continues to target Israeli forces and equipment with small arms and ATGMs.
The IDF launched strikes on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon. This represents an expansion of the IDF targeting of Hezbollah assets in S Lebanon.
Unconfirmed reports that the Lebanese Army is claiming to have launched an military operation in Southern Lebanon this morning which resulted in the discovery of over 20 Hezbollah missile/rocket launchers near the towns of Qalila and Al-Sha’iyat that were aimed towards northern Israel; they further claim that EOD Teams are in the process of dismantling the launch sites.
NOTE - This is a major action by the Lebanese govt to oppose Hezbollah in this manner - should the reports prove out. Hezbollah is acknowledged to the political play maker and the Lebanese army generally thought to be too weak to stand up to it.
SYRIA / HEZBOLLAH / IRAN———————————-
IAF his the Damascus airport again, preventing potential cargo aircraft from iran from using the airfield to bring in military supplies.
WEST BANK——————————-
Continued riots and conflicts between the West Bank and Israeli police. PA president Abbas - safely hiding in Jordan - calling for support to Hamas.
INTERNATIONAL ——————————-
There is some international support for humanitarian aid to Gazans, but that hinges on Egypt allowing it in and some sort of way to prevent Hamas getting its hands on it.
Calls continue for countries to host Gazan refugees - except that NONE of the arab countries are volunteering to take anyone. Not a single one.
King Abdullah II of Jordan declares that Palestinian refugees is his “red line”. “There will be NO refugees in Jordan and there will be NO refugees in Egypt.”
FORECAST ————————-
BULF - Ground offensive into Gaza is imminent. However, with visits by biden and others, it doesn’t appear now that it will kick off before Thursday.
Iran increases the threats of a preemptive strike on Israel, probably including Hezbollah in the mix. But those strikes seem to be utilizing proxy elements of the ‘Axis of Resistance’. At this stage, Iran is fully aware that if they do anything directly, the wrath of Israel, US and many European nations will fix on it and cause a much broader and deadly regional war. As long as they can pull the puppet strings they can hold to a degree of plausible deniability - we all know that would be a lie - but could deflect some blame.
Evaluation of Iranian/Hezbollah responses to a Gaza invasion may be getting a second look.
The level of deterrence provided by US military presence and warnings to Iran and Hezbollah is uncertain. All generally recognize that should Hezbollah and Iran get directly involved (and in the case of Hezbollah more than the minor skirmishes) the situation will blow up rapidly.
Iran –
See Israel above on mixed threats.
Lebanon -
See Israel above.
Syria -
IAF appears to have targeted the Damascus airport once again.
Central / South America General-
Ecuador has elected a 35-year-old conservative, turning the tide against communism. Recent elections in Latin American countries has shifted those goats to the left, this counters the trend.
Misc of Note –
“At a time when Americans are increasingly unhealthy and their water filled with contaminants, such as endocrine disrupters, heavy metals, and ‘forever’ chemicals, such as PFAS, the EPA should be pursuing policies within its regulatory authority that incentivize increased use of water-filtration systems, not less,” the Gaetz letter to Administrator Michael Regan states.
The move by the EPA would force Berkey and millions of other water filters to put “aggressive warning signs” on their products that would give the appearance that it is a hazardous material.
OBSERVATION - Berkey is considered the standard in physical water purification devices for most preppers. This shows that the regime is also aware of and focusing on the prepper community. Water is essential and the capability to purify your own in relatively large amounts critical. Standard preparedness planning calls for about 5 gallons per person per day. The Berkey situation also points to another preparedness standard of having other contingency methods of water purification - such as distillation - on hand as well.
NOTE- Berkey’s ability to purify chemically contaminated water is questionable, even though they have carbon impregnated filters, the chemical breakthrough times are likely very short and I wouldn’t trust them for that.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." ~ John Augustus Shedd
I am angry and frustrated today. Republicans are backstabbing their constituents over Jordan, biden et al are doing what they can to frustrate the Israeli ground assault into Gaza, Global MSM have committed blood libel in regards to the claim of an Israeli air strike on a hospital, and most of the sheeple are just blissfully stumbling towards a growing disaster.
There is a storm coming folks, better get ready.
Globalism / Great Reset –
Biden HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra calls for “a universal system of public health” for addressing climate change: “Unfortunately, because the Constitution left the authority for health care to the states…”
OBSERVATION - Universal everything- that is the mantra of the left. They continue to blame that pesky constitution. As things get closer to the ‘great reset’, expect more attacks on the constitution to arise. The biggest being the WHO pandemic ‘treaty’ that could centralize ALL healthcare under it. BTW - their definition of ‘health care’ is broad and includes things like gun violence, etc and most likely will try to enforce a gun ban in the US in time.
Economy –
A lot of rosy forecasts for 2024 - I can’t say my pocket book agrees with these pundits.
CW2 / Domestic violence -
According to multiple news sources, the Lake City ammo plant has cancelled all of its commercial contracts. This means that stores will no longer be able to purchase ammo from Lake City, which currently supplies 30% of the civilian market for 5.56 ammunition.
OBSERVATION - Will need to get out and get some more 5.56 this weekend.
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Expect more pro-hamas protests / riots with increasing violence, most likely hitting the end of the week and weekend.
Terrorism -
Pending documentation - but there is evidence that the latest islamic terror threats has caused gun sales to spike upward.
Recent widespread false narrative regarding the Gaza hospital has increased the threat in this category. I expect an increase in lone wolf and the potential development of some cells activating, focusing on Jews and Israeli related activities and businesses.
POLITICAL FRONT –
In the midst of the world and country coming apart at the seams, 20 Republicans voted against Jim Jordan for speaker. They need to quit sitting on their thumbs and get to work as they are only playing into the hands of the democrats who are relishing the chaos.
Another vote is scheduled for today. There are some thoughts that these thumb sitters will switch their vote as yesterday’s was a ‘statement’ in principle.
Biden / Harris Watch –
Harris is AWOL on the Hamas terror attacks.
Illegal Immigration –
Governor Abbott has ordered a concertina wire barrier installed along the Texas border with New Mexico. The Texas National Guard has been deployed to do the work to deter illegal immigration. This barrier is to stop the flow of illegal immigrants going into El Paso. Abbott told an audience at the Manhattan Institute in New York City last month that this would happen. The border between the two states is necessary to stop illegal immigrants from crossing from Mexico into New Mexico and then walking back into El Paso.
OBSERVATION - This could be the beginning of a new fracture between red and blue states. New Mexico and Texan democrats already decrying the action. The DHS could find themselves getting arrested if they try to take down this fence.
China –
Putin talked with Xi on “fully confidential topics”. Putin praised Xi for China’s Belt and Road Initiative and pitched global investment in the Northern Sea Route, which could deepen trade between East and West.
North/South Korea –
The Russian Foreign Minister arrives in North Korea on an official visit. This following documented shipments of arms and ammo to Russia from NK.
Russia -
WAR WATCH - into the second year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
CURRENT ASSESSMENT - Updated Sept 27, 2023
Russia is on a defensive footing across most of Ukraine, relying on Russian doctrinal defense in depth to blunt the Ukrainian offensive. However, Russian forces continue increasingly stretched and undermanned, with increasingly insufficient artillery support.
Ukrainian action has forced Russia to move forces laterally to meet the Ukraine advance - thinning critical portions of the line and making them vulnerable to assault.
Russia’s strategic ballistic and cruise missiles continue to show evidence of massively reduced inventories. Recent attacks indicate the Russia has started to produce its own Shahed drones with Iranian assistance. Russia capable of continued, though limited, attacks in this arena. The majority of Russian strikes are with these Iranian drones. Major targets are grain shipping facilities in the Odesa region as well as trying to hit logistical targets across the rest of the country.
Supplemental cruise missile attacks using old models will be occasionally used to supplement the drones.
The Russian Black Sea fleet is increasingly hesitant to deploy into now contested waters. Ukraine’s mixture of seaborne and airborne drones and anti-ship missiles beginning to render areas more or less off limits to Russia. The fleet is reportedly in the process of redeploying out of Crimea and moving east to Russian bases, about 600 Km further away from the front lines.
Russia is capable of launching small scale attacks in various sectors of company and small sized elements, but any large scale offensive action in the face of the heavy demands from defending against the Ukrainian offensive are essentially nil.
Russia calling for an immediate cease fire in Gaza - stating that it is a war crime to target civilians in a combat zone - No this isn’t a Babylon Bee article.
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NUCLEAR THREATS –
Putin has reportedly stationed planes with Kinzhal missiles to patrol airspace over Black Sea, as a response to situation in Mediterranean Sea - a reference to the build up of US forces there.
Putin continued his stay in China and reportedly talked with Xi on “fully confidential topics”.
Russia’s movements to withdraw from the nuclear test ban treaty is designed to send a political message. From a legal point of view, it meant there was one less reason for Russia to adhere to its self-imposed moratorium. Some experts note that Russia’s withdrawal from the treaty should be taken seriously. While the detonation of a nuclear bomb would provide no military gain, Russia would be signaling that it was ready to kill a great many people: tens or hundreds of thousands, millions.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures varying between the 50s and 60s with increasing chances of rain showers for the forecast period. In general, weather pattern is trending to the normal, wet fall pattern.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
While the news feeds are swarmed by the events in Gaza and Israel, Ukraine continues to chew up Russia bite by bite.
Ukraine confirmed that the US has supplied them with ATACAMS missiles.
A Russian Su-25 was shot down at Zaporizhzhia axis, making this the third or forth in a week.
Ukraine hit a Russian military camp near Khalino airfield in Kursk region of Russia with multiple drones. Russia claimed to have shot down most of those drones.
Partially confirmed reports of a major crossing of the Dniper River near Kherson. A multi brigade force reportedly is attacking along the railway bridge near Prydniprovs’ke. towards Pishchanivka.
Ukraine has reportedly taken control of Poima after which they started entering Pishchanivka on the northern outskirts
Ukrainian units are also reportedly attempting to breaktrough between Kozachi Laheri and Krynky a bit more north.
OUTLOOK -
Ukraine’s use of ATACMS will be interest to watch. Yesterday’s attack on key Russian military airfields threatens to force Russia to redeploy aircraft farther away from the front. However, the range of ATACMS covers all of Crimea - so it will be impractical for Russia to deploy their helicopter assets much further back. This put the Russian air wing in the same “boat” as the Black Sea fleet.
Monitoring the development of a potential bridgehead and breakthrough at Kherson over the Dniper River. Russian defensive forces have been severely drawn down to reinforce against Ukraine attacks in other sectors. Units that remain are under manned/equipped and some in the process of rebuilding following being mauled by Ukraine. A successful push by Ukraine to the thin peninsula connecting Crimea to the southern occupied regions could threaten Russian defenses with severe logistical cut off - triggering a retreat.
Europe / NATO General –
Airports across France have been forced to evacuate after receiving bomb threats as Europe remains on high terror alert. The airports of Lille, Lyon, Nice, Nantes, Paris Beauvais Tillé and Toulouse have been forced to close after they all received bomb warnings this morning.
OBSERVATION - Threats most likely from pro-Hamas, pro-islamic radical elements base on the Hamas/Israel war.
ISRAEL –
Key overnight observations
* Global media played right into the hands of Hamas overnight uncritically announcing that Israel had hit a hospital with a bomb causing hundreds of deaths. More below
* Massive riots across the world, US, Israeli and some European embassies attacked.
* biden arrived in Tel Aviv to meddle in the conflict. His follow - on meetings in Jordan have been cancelled by Jordan.
GENERAL ——————————-
By far the biggest news is the explosion at the Gaza hospital. Hamas and there willing propagandist news medias when hard and fast claiming it was an Israeli airstrike and that only minutes after the event claimed hundreds of deaths. This triggered massive pro-Hamas riots all across the middle east, targeting Israeli and US embassies in numerous countries.
OSINT analysts immediately tore into the available data and conclusively proved that the explosion was due to a malfunctioning PIJ rocket.
1. They mapped the flight path of a PIJ barrage that passed over the hospital at the time of the explosion. Rocket launch time also equaled the time of the explosion at the hospital.
2. They took the video taken by Al Jazeera to document the aberrant launch/minor explosion and timed it to the explosion at the hospital.
Follow-evidence from Israel provided radar data that tracked precisely along the path the OSINT group projected. Israel also provided before/after aerial photos of the site showing an explosion in the parking lot and that the hospital itself was essentially undamaged.
IDF also released a recording of an intercepted phone call conversation between two Hamas operatives confirming that it was an Islamic Jihad rocket that fell short of Israel and landed within the compound of the Gaza hospital.
Morning light brought more videos of the explosion site and damning evidence of the false narrative Hamas and its coconspirators in the media spun. The damaged vehicles in the parking lot matched exactly the vehicles in the IDF photo. Only three vehicles displayed structural damage - from the blast. Besides being burned in the ensuing fire, cars slightly further away showed no damage from a blast.
A small, approximately 3 foot wide and half foot deep crater was identified. Anyone who’s watched very many of the airstrikes by Israel will be quick to note that even the smallest of the ordnance used by Israel makes a substantially larger crater, which this doesn’t even begin to come close to matching.
During the media feeding frenzy, they promulgated images of collapsed buildings that were claimed to be the hospital. Video from hamas shows that there was essentially no damage to the buildings of the hospital other than some broken windows. This fully confirmed IDF photos.
The media frenzy also fed upon other false photos, some AI generated, others from other conflicts to claim building destruction and wounded. The evidence today is where are the casualties? Were 500 + people just hanging around the parking lot? Hamas medical within minutes put out the 500 death claim. Pretty fast counting and recovery for a parking lot strike.
Some global media is trying to soften their headlines back to an ‘explosion’, but the damage has been done globally and Hamas now has a new “war crime” to rally its brainwashed islamic syncopates around.
In the midst of this, biden shows up to meddle in the Israeli war plans. One surprise is that our intel concurs with the evidence of a misfired PIJ rocket and biden has openly said the same. However, he has no business being in Israel at this time. And most clearly he has dropped the issue of Hamas holding Americans hostage.
Speaking of hostages, a senior Hamas official told NBC News on Tuesday evening that the terrorist group would be willing to release all civilian hostages in one hour if the IDF stops its strikes on the Gaza Strip.
NOTE - We’ve heard this song many times before in other conflicts with Hamas - they lie.
GAZA FRONT ———————————-
Apart from the hospital debacle, hamas rockets and Israeli counter strikes continued. Egypt continues to refuse to allow any relief convoys into southern Gaza.
IDF spokesman confirms that 450 rockets launched by Gaza terror groups misfired and landed within Gaza. This is on track with previous episodes of hamas et al rocket attacks.
LEBANON / HEZBOLLAH——————————-
According to IDF spokesman - “Israel has seen increase in Hezbollah activities on the northern border.”
The Northern Command of the Israeli Army informed the army forces along the Lebanese border of the need to prepare for a “sudden and strong” attack from Southern Lebanon. With this in mind, Israel has expanded the civilian evacuation zone to 5 km from the Lebanese border.
Israel increased the intensity and depth of attacks against Hezbollah positions in Lebanon overnight.
The nature of the Hezbollah threat consists an army of approximately 20,000 soldiers and approximately 150,000 rockets in its arsenal that could easily dwarf the recent rocket attacks launched by Hamas.
SYRIA / HEZBOLLAH / IRAN———————————-
in a psyops move, Iranian Embassy in Syria posted, in Hebrew. - “Time is up”
WEST BANK——————————-
Post hospital riots all over.
INTERNATIONAL ——————————-
Hezbollah announces tomorrow “a day of unprecedented anger” against Israel - Reuters
Iran continues to threaten a preemptive strike on Israel - soon.
Israel calls on its citizens to leave Turkey immediately. Turkish protesters are shooting fireworks at the Israeli Embassy in Ankara and setting it on fire.
Protesters in Jordan Just set the Israeli embassy on fire
The Lebanese army attempted to block protesters from reaching the American embassy near Beirut, but protestors have made it to the embassy and set it on fire. US has placed a Level 4 do not travel to Lebanon advisory into effect.
FORECAST ————————-
BULF - Ground offensive into Gaza is imminent. As soon as Israel gets biden out of its hair.
Bumbling US policy efforts in this situation has just made matters far worse and the likelihood of Iranian/Hezbollah involvement skyrocketing. The willing accomplices in the global media have made Israel’s defense of its attacks on Hamas seem weak and false - the blood thirsty slaughter and hostage holding by Hamas has been completely submerged on the now very apparent false story of an Israeli airstrike on the hospital. And Iran sees weakness as an opportunity to strike.
Once the dotard leave Israel to go back to DC, the ground offensive should kick off - in spite of all the bad PR. Israel cannot afford to stand down at this stage. Recent events also make it more likely that Israel may preemptively strike Hezbollah in conjunction with the ground offensive into Gaza.
The globalists wanted a world war, we are on a fast track for that to happen.
Iran –
See Israel above on mixed threats.
A black flag is raised over Imam Reza shrine in Iran for first time in history.
Symbolism in Islamic historic tradition:
“When the black flags come from Khorasan (Persia/Central Asia) go to them, even if you have to crawl on snow, among them is the Caliph of Allah, the Mahdi”
OBSERVATION - This is a call to arms across the moslem world. The reference to the “Mahdi”is a moslem apocalyptic reference to the end times final battles.
Iraq -
Protests directed against the US embassy.
Lebanon -
See Israel above.
Syria -
Turkish forces send new military reinforcements to frontlines in the west of Aleppo, NW Syria, in tandem with reinforcements sent by the HTS to the northern countryside of Aleppo. Syrian / Russian forces continued to bombard Idlib and Aleppo areas with artillery and bombers .