Posted on 01/01/2024 5:05:22 AM PST by Godzilla
Globalism / Great Reset –
Bill Gates has launched a food-like product that’s supposedly similar to real milk, but made out of maggots. His goal is to introduce this product into the food supply.
The new “EntoMilk” is described as a “dairy alternative” that is made from “black soldier fly larvae” or maggots. The maggots are blended into a “rich and creamy liquid which looks and acts just like dairy,” according to its creators.
OBSERVATION - Stomach turning to say the least, as this point man of evil continues in his efforts to reinvent the food system. You can sure as anything bet HE wouldn’t be consuming any of his bug products.
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Speaking at the WEF’s ‘Annual Meeting of the New Champions’, often dubbed the “Summer Davos,” in China, Schwab stated that in order to drive the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” forward, elites must aggressively drive their agenda home.
“To drive future economic growth we must embrace innovation and force the collaboration across sectors, regions, nations, and cultures to create a more peaceful, inclusive, sustainable, and resilient future,” Schwab proclaimed.
He added, “At this critical juncture the active participation of all stakeholders is essential to ensure a sustainable development path.”
OBSERVATION - WEF and affiliated globalist govts have been facing considerable push back following the wuhan induced lockdowns and economic nonsense of the past four years. It seems that the emphasis is shifting to a more forceful attempt to quell the masses is in the works.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Moderate THREAT - up dated July 2, 2024
July 15 RNC convention in Milwaukee, WI
July 25 - Protest of Netanyahu’s appearance before congress.
August 19 DNC convention in Chicago, IL
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One week out from the RNC convention, leftists on social media working to coordinate actions to disrupt the event as much as possible. Developing.
Military / Strategic Activity / Deployments –
Navy testing modified SM-6 missiles in an air launched configuration using F-18s for the platform. Move will expand the potential capabilities of the missile system.
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American troops departed Niger’s main airbase in coordination with the Nigerian Defense Ministry, partially fulfilling Niger’s new junta’s orders from last year. The next phase, in August, will see the U.S. withdraw from a drone base used for counterterrorism missions in Africa. (FO)
POLITICAL FRONT –
July 15 RNC convention in Milwaukee, WI
August 19 DNC convention in Chicago, IL
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Congress does not appear on track to pass 12 annual spending bills by the Sept. 30 deadline. As of July 6, the House had passed four appropriations bills for the next fiscal year, which fund the Department of Defense, State Department, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Veterans Affairs.
Both houses of Congress are scheduled to be in session for only 30 days before the deadline.
OBSERVATION - With the election frenzy in full swing, the likelihood of congress doing its job drifts further and further away. There will be maneuvering of titanic proportions as each party tries to pin the failure on the other. Most likely some sort of continuing resolution will eventually be passed.
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It seems House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries efforts at quelling the push by dem lawmakers to stop promoting biden from stepping aside has failed to produce any fruit. Among the most vocal in demanding biden step down reportedly were Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), according to two people familiar with the private session.
Rumors are that most of the participants reinforced their call for biden to step down and that there was a lukewarm reception of harris to take his place.
Biden / Harris Watch –
Visitor logs obtained by the New York Post reveal that President Joe Biden’s primary physician repeatedly consulted with a Parkinson’s disease specialist at the White House.
According to the Parkinson’s Foundation, Parkinson’s disease is “a chronic neurologic condition” that “causes a gradual loss of the nerve cells in the brain that produce the neurotransmitter dopamine,” and can cause “decreased facial expression, soft speech, and difficulty swallowing.” Eventually “postural instability develops, resulting in a slow, imbalanced shuffling gait, which can result in falls.”
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Dr. Kevin Cannard, a Parkinson’s disease expert at Walter Reed Medical Center, met with Dr. Kevin O’Connor, and two others at the White House residence clinic on Jan. 17, according to the records, which emerge as questions continue to swirl about the 81-year-old president’s mental health in the wake of his debate debacle last week with former President Trump.
Cannard is an authority on Parkinson’s who has worked at Walter Reed for nearly 20 years.
Since 2012, he has served as the “neurology specialist supporting the White House Medical Unit,” according to his LinkedIn.
OBSERVATION - Transparency will only come out once biden is out of the WH. The coverup far exceeds the coverup from the Watergate scandal.
Cyber attacks/warfare – HEIGHTENED ALERT as of April 20, 2024
(FO) In a new report released on 7 July, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), and FBI said they confirmed that People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored hackers had compromised the networks of multiple critical infrastructure operators.
According to the joint report, the agencies confirmed that China-linked hackers conducted network reconnaissance and exfiltrated data intended to cause physical disruptions to critical infrastructure operational technology.
Illegal Immigration –
Roughly 99 percent of illegal aliens and border crossers are living freely across the United States as President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) monitors fewer than 1.5 percent of the nation’s illegal population, a report states.
The federal data, compiled by the National Immigration Center for Enforcement (NICE) and circulated by several House and Senate Republicans, looks at the overall illegal population living in American communities — estimated at nearly 17 million today.
OBSERVATION - I’m speaking to the choir here, but American cannot sustain that level of social welfare burden on top of the enormous costs just towards the citizenry. Crime of all kinds is increasing - in spite of the regime’s numbers games and non-reporting. Parts of major cities have been turned into third world level hell holes and the tsunami continues.
China –
Reports coming out of China indicate Xi as replaced more military leaders. Sources say Xi is trying to get a military leadership team that is ideologically respondent to him before going all out and attempting to capture Taiwan. Loyalty first demands may compromise technical and tactical proficiency.
Japan –
Japan and the Philippines signed their Reciprocal Access Agreement this morning, allowing them to train and potentially station troops in each others’ territories. The Agreement is explicitly to counter China’s aggression in the South China Sea/ West Philippine Sea.
Russia -
Logistics –
Unconfirmed reports that Russian forces in kherson area are facing a serious water shortage. Trucks carrying water have been under intense attack by Ukraine drones.
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The Russian government plans to build a network of barrage balloons, called the “Barrier” protection system, to repel Ukrainian long-range drone strikes, The Telegraph reported on July 6.
Ukrainian forces regularly conduct drone strikes and sabotage acts on Russian territory, targeting military bases, oil refineries, and industrial facilities, the profits of which fuel Moscow’s war efforts.
A Russian aerospace firm, First Airship, has developed a ballon prototype and started testing it, according to The Telegraph.
OBSERVATION - Old school solution to a new school problem.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures continue in the 80s to upper 90s and fair.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Investigators determined Kh-101 missile hit Okhatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv. Death toll currently at 15 killed, 37 wounded. Multiple other civilian apartment buildings were also hit.
Russian missiles also hit three DTEK transformer substations in Holosiyivskyi and Shevchenkovskyi districts of Kyiv. Electricity grids were also damaged
A Russian missile strikes were also reported in Kostiantynivka, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro city, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk
Outlook —
Russia’s missile attacks clearly targeted civilian facilities and not military targets. UN silent on these actions. Part of the continuing effort of Russia to demoralize Ukraine. These attacks overnight were supported in part by airlaunched cruise missiles. This action may bring more pressure on biden to release limitations on the uses of ATACMS to strike Russia airfields.
Ukraine drone attacks have benefitted from the focused elimination of Russian ADA elements and the very thin coverage the remaining units can support. As noted above, Russia is now looking at deploying barrage balloons to foil the drones. This could be a low cost answer
Europe / NATO General –
A week ago, the National Rally, a “far right” anti-mass third world immigration party, got the most votes in the first round of France’s two-step voting for the National Assembly. There was hope in some quarters that the Rally could win an absolute majority in today’s second round of balloting, and form a government.
But it was not to be. President Macron and his party joined with leftist parties (including socialists and Communists) to frustrate the “far right.” Whichever of those groups had finished third in a given district withdrew, so they could consolidate their forces against the Rally. And fear of a conservative victory drove the highest turnout since 1981.
The result is that the far left is now in the driver’s seat. Exit polling indicates that a coalition of left-wing parties will win somewhere between 172 and 192 seats in the Assembly, Macron’s party 150 to 170, and the National Rally 132 to 152. There are some seats left over for unaffiliated parties.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/07/bad-news-from-france.php
Following the election, Antifa and affiliated leftist elements broke onto the streets for a night of rioting in ‘celebration’ of the Macron’s come from behind victory in the national elections.
OBSERVATION - France has now received a harder kick to the left, resulting in greater migrant influx and affiliated crime, just for starters.
ISRAEL –
July 25 - Netanyahu’s appearance before congress.
Key overnight developments -
- New strike operation in Gaza
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Lest we forget - there are still hostages being held in Gaza.
Head of Israeli Shin Bet will head today a delegation to Cairo for the hostage deal talks
Netanyahu - any agreement with Hamas must stipulate that fighting will continue until our objectives have been met. In addition, any agreement must prevent the smuggling of weapons from Egypt to Gaza
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The Israeli army confirms launching a new operation in Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood overnight, following intelligence of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad infrastructure and terror operatives in the area.
In a statement, the military says it is also operating at UNRWA’s headquarters in the area, where the Israeli army previously found significant Hamas tunnel infrastructure, and killed and captured numerous gunmen. The Israeli army says it has intelligence of new Hamas and Islamic Jihad activity and infrastructure in Gaza City, including weapon caches and detention and interrogations rooms used by the terror groups.
At the start of the operation, the Israeli army says it warned civilians, adding that it will open up a humanitarian corridor for Palestinians to leave the area.”The Israeli army will continue to act in accordance with international law and against the Hamas and PIJ terror organizations, who systematically operate and carry out terrorist activity from inside civilian infrastructure, including UNRWA compounds, which are used by them to plan and carry out terror activity against the State of Israel,” the military adds.Palestinian media report that Israeli ground forces advanced into Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood overnight, following a large wave of airstrikes. The Israeli army at around 1 a.m. said it was carrying out airstrikes in the central Gaza Strip.
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Iranian Foreign Ministry: Tehran considers support for Lebanon a principle and will come at the appropriate time
The Israeli army announced that fighters targeted Hezbollah positions in five locations in southern Lebanon, including an arms depot.
Israeli army: Overnight, the IAF struck a Hezbollah military site in the area of Jabal Tourah in Lebanese territory. Simultaneously, the IAF also struck a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the area of Qabrikha, a military structure in the area of Tallouseh
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Israeli Forces arrested at least 30 Palestinians from the West Bank overnight.
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Egyptian Foreign Minister: An immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the immediate deployment of more aid are the priority of this stage
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Overall situation on the ground is largely unchanged, except that Israel has let Hamas regroup into UNRWA facilities (thinking they are safe) and are in the process of eliminating them wholesale. This has been made easier by the heavy losses to Hamas leadership - up and down the chain.
Renewed talks on hostage release has a lot of global eyes on it. Again, it appears that the leverage Hamas thought it had holding hostages has quickly diminished and Netanyahu is not giving them any quarter. As I see it, Hamas is not getting the favorable press it had in the past - due to its lack of genuine offers and rejections of previous plans. I don’t expect any breakthroughs any time soon. Hamas will demand a cease fire and withdrawal before any releases and Israel will continue to press Hamas’ destruction.
Iran –
The Iranian warship Sahand has mysteriously capsized at the port of Bandar Abbas, according to ISNA reports. Iran’s most advanced naval ship that was commissioned in 2018.
Misc of Note –
Hurricane Beryl made landfall between Houston and Corpus Christi, TX, this morning as a Category 1 hurricane. Tornado and flash flood warnings now promulgating along its expected track towards the northeast. Keep safe out there.
Hacked?
No, some claim it bumped another vessel.
Thanks Godzilla. WEF - World Eugenics Forum. Bill Gates: King of World Eugenics.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Moderate THREAT - up dated July 2, 2024
July 15 RNC convention in Milwaukee, WI
July 25 - Protest of Netanyahu’s appearance before congress.
August 19 DNC convention in Chicago, IL
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Multiple protest groups have expressed frustration that their protest permits are not being approved by the city of Milwaukee, but activists have not been deterred and I don’t believe it will significantly limit protest turnout. Activists have made some incendiary statements over the past week that protest groups will attempt to protest directly outside Fiserv Forum, which means they could attempt to breach the security cordon. (FO)
Economy- MODERATE Threat - as of June 26, 2024
The Interior Department last Friday blocked 28 million acres of federal land in the state of Alaska from any mining or oil and gas development.
Rick Whitbeck, Alaska state director for Power The Future, said the decision on D-1 lands removes an area the size of the state of Pennsylvania from resource development, which will have severe energy impact to the nation and the state of Alaska.
“Today’s double-whammy attack on Alaska’s resource development opportunities makes 65 times the Biden administration has targeted our state’s energy and economic future. This administration has completely kowtowed to radical environmentalists in an effort to gain favor at the ballot box. Placing 28 million acres off-limits to responsible development is foolhardy, and only empowers China, Russia and other enemies of our Republic,” Whitbeck told Just the News.
In a separate decision, the department also blocked a 211-mile gravel road that would have connected mining districts in west-central Alaska to a highway that runs through the middle of the state. The mines are rich in copper and cobalt needed for the so-called green energy transition.
OBSERVATION - The resource war against Alaska (and the rest of the country) by the regime continues. As noted, this cut off critical resourced necessary for the green energy ‘transition’. As it is, for copper alone, GLOBALLY there is a massive production shortfall when assessing the demands for copper to facilitate the electrification of vehicles, batteries and infrastructure.
Military / Strategic Activity / Deployments –
The U.S. Defense Department announced that the Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) program is “several years” behind schedule and 81% over budget. Defense assures the U.S. that “the U.S. nuclear arsenal remains safe, secure, and effective” despite “operating beyond their original design life.”
OBSERVATION - Typical govt waste in the procurement / development arena.
Wuhan and other “new” Plandemics –
An “International Bird Flu Summit” will be held in Washington D.C. from October 2nd to October 4th, and according to the official brochure for the event they will be discussing “a highly virulent strain of bird flu affecting both cattle and humans”…
On the list of topics for this summit, the very first one is “mass fatality management planning”…
OBSERVATION - Fear mongering by both the globalists as well as the author of the article - Michael Snyder. If he’d turn the hyperbole down a notch the reality of the planning would be more clear. The bird flu pandemic scare may well come to fruition in the next year, given the jabbers are concocting a new ‘vaccine’ for it and other political players are positioning to reimpose controls a la wuhan.
POLITICAL FRONT –
July 15 RNC convention in Milwaukee, WI
August 19 DNC convention in Chicago, IL
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The US is hosting 3 days worth of NATO talks this week as biden attempts to reverse the global opinion that he is mentally unfit for duty. Any continued mental ‘lapses’ this week will spill over into the national debate over his qualifications for president and reignite debate over his continued performance as the democrat nominee for president.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is spearheading legislation to classify former President Donald Trump’s actions during the Jan. 6 riot as unofficial, following the recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity, the Washington Examiner reported.
“We Democrats will not let the Supreme Court’s decision stand unaddressed. The Constitution makes plain that Congress has the authority to check the judiciary through appropriate legislation,” Schumer said on the Senate floor.
“I will work with my colleagues on legislation classifying Trump’s election subversion acts as unofficial acts not subject to immunity.”
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/chuck-schumer-donald-trump-presidential/2024/07/08/id/1171689/
OBSERVATION - This legislation will not get far, as campaigning and other squirrels will keep congress critters busy in the remaining 30 congressional work days of the FY.
Biden / Harris Watch –
John Kirby and KJP in their press conferences said biden will have a ‘big boy press conference’ this week.
OBSERVATION - “big boy” press conference ??! What higher level of dumpster fire this way comes?
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biden challenged Democrats who wish to oust him from his party’s nomination on MSNBC’s Morning Joe on Monday, saying: “Any of these guys that don’t think I should run, run against me. Announce for president. Challenge me at the convention.”
Biden made the remark as part of a fiery call-in to the program, shortly after he released a letter firmly stating he will not drop out of the presidential race, and mocked those who challenged him previously.
OBSERVATION - biden better worry about getting what he’s wishing for on this one. His post debate aggressive campaign to demonstrate his mental fitness for office hasn’t been going as well as i think his handlers have hoped. Rebellion among democrats in congress and democrat governors continue with calls for him to step aside. Now the impending ‘big boy’ press conference setting himself up for more sound bite face plants. A floor fight during the DNC is one of the leading options for democrats seeing the need to have him step aside in order to mitigate an electoral disaster in Nov.
Illegal Immigration –
The Biden admin just came out against a law which would require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections
he House is set to vote next week on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, which would require ‘documentary proof of United States citizenship’ to vote in federal elections.
- That could include a passport, a photo ID card that proves a voter was born in the U.S. or another form of photo ID along with supporting documentation such as a birth certificate, the bill says.
- The legislation would require non-citizens to be removed from voter registration rolls, require election officials to ask voter registration applicants for proof of citizenship and open them up to legal consequences if they do not.
OBSERVATION - What can one say anymore. The regime and the left are bound and determined to use the flood of illegals into the country as a vehicle to swing elections for decades to come.
Japan –
On July 4, 2024, Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) publicly released footage for the first time of the test launch of a domestically build long range Hyper-Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) for island defense conducted in March this year.
The HVGP is a new weapon scheduled to be deployed by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) starting in the fiscal year 2026. The hypersonic weapon is being developed for “island defense” roles. After being launched by a booster from a truck-mounted launcher, the warhead separates and glides to attack its target. The estimated range is approximately 900 km.
Research and development on the HVGP began in the fiscal year 2018, with the goal of completing development by the fiscal year 2025. However, due to the increasing military threats from China and North Korea, early mass production started in the fiscal year 2023 without waiting for the completion of development. The manufacturing is being handled by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).
OBSERVATION - The majority of the declared hypersonic warheads are of the ‘gliding’ variety, adjusting their flight path as it glides towards its target. This is different from many of the warheads the US and others are developing where the warhead maneuvers under power (ram jet or similar) to its target.
Japan is still a technological powerhouse and the demonstrated capability to go from ground zero to a production warhead in just 6 years is impressive. This is also why many think that should Japan see the need, they could become a nuclear power in a very short period of time.
Russia -
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Initial footage indicates that a Russian missile struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said.
Danielle Bell, who heads the mission, said the footage shows a “missile launched by the Russian Federation... directly impacting the hospital.”
Images of the cruise missile taken seconds before impact clearly show the profile of a Russian KH-101 missile, fully intact and undamaged by air defense. It struck exactly where it was aimed.
Some are saying that Putin is daring NATO in the light of the meetings this week in DC.
A special UN security council meeting is scheduled to hear Ukraine’s complaint of Russia deliberately targeting a child’s cancer hospital as well as other clearly civilian targets in Kyiv.
Ukraine –
WEATHER FORECAST – Temperatures continue in the 80s to upper 90s and fair.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
biden has said Washington will help strengthen Ukrainian air defense after Russian air strikes on several cities left dozens dead. The US president’s comments come ahead of a three-day NATO summit due to kick off in Washington on Tuesday.
Ukraine reportedly launched a drone assault in retaliation for the Kyiv attack.
Fighting continues fierce on portions of the eastern front.
Outlook —
The top of the story that is growing for the moment is backlash against Russia for the children’s cancer hospital missile strike. There is no doubt in my mind that it was deliberately targeted for terror purposes. And the overall attack, where it seems that at least 6 other missiles got thru the Kyiv air defense network - was designed by putin to be an ‘in your face’ action towards the NATO meetings this week.
The US spokesman, John Kirby, made it clear yesterday that the attack has not changed US policy of the us of US weapons beyond 200 KM into Russia. European supporters of Ukraine may not follow Washington’s lead and permit freer use of their weapons.
Defensive operations are generally considered not to be the way a war is won, but in the case of this war, an exemption may be in order. Ukraine may not have the forces to launch a major, war winning offensive, but it clearly does have the capability to maintain a meat grinder for Russian forces capable of infliction massive losses in what is turning into a war of attrition. Russian losses continue to be substantial. Russia is losing as many soldiers every couple months in Ukraine as they did during the second Chechen war (1999 - 2008) based on estimated Russian losses to be in the 20,000 to 40,000 range.
Poland –
Poland & Ukraine have signed a 10-year security agreement:
- Includes a provision for Polish-Ukrainian cooperation to shoot down Russian missiles & drones in Ukraine’s airspace fired in Poland’s direction
- Poland will consider sending another 14 MiG-29 fighter jets
OBSERVATION - There may be some edging forward with a rejuvenated concept of a NATO declared no fly zone over Ukraine, and this agreement may be the camel’s nose to move that forward.
Europe / NATO General –
The surprise victory of the New Popular Front (NFP) in France’s elections has set alarm bells ringing for the nation’s wealthy as the hard-left alliance plans to roll out an eye-watering 90% income tax on high earners.
Even before the election took place, financial advisers reported a huge influx of enquiries off the back of Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a snap election, with well-off French citizens considering a move to more fiscally favourable territories such as Italy, the historic tax haven of Switzerland, and Spain.
But the victory of the NFP over Macron’s centrists and the hard-right National Rally (RN) this Sunday has forced France’s elite to seriously consider how their fortunes would fare given the very real prospect of a dramatic tax-and-spend economic policy.
OBSERVATION - The leftist plague of locusts is now descending in force in France. This will eventually play into the great global reset plans as the French economy goes underwater in the upcoming few years.
ISRAEL –
July 25 - Netanyahu’s appearance before congress.
Key overnight developments -
- Intense fighting continues in the Gaza City area.
- Hostage negotiations continue.
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Lest we forget - there are still hostages being held in Gaza.
Hamas warned that the latest raids and displacement in Gaza City could lead to the collapse of long-running negotiations over a cease-fire and hostage release, after the two sides had appeared to have narrowed the gaps in recent days.
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Has Yahya Sinwar lost control of his Hamas brigades in Gaza? New reports in Israeli media suggest that the terrorist general has lost touch with his commanders in more ways than one. Leadership appears to have fractured over hostage-release discussions, as Hamas brigades face annihilation.
And Sinwar apparently can’t be found, according to diplomatic sources:
Several senior Hamas figures in Gaza have urged the terror group’s exiled political leadership to accept the ceasefire and hostage deal proposal championed by US President Joe Biden, according to internal communications seen by The Associated Press.
The messages, shared by a Middle East official familiar with the ongoing negotiations, described the heavy losses Hamas has suffered on the battlefield and the dire conditions in the war-ravaged territory. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to share the contents of internal Hamas communications.
The two messages are dated from May and June, before the IDF wrapped up taking control of Rafah and the smuggling lines that kept Hamas armed for war. In the last few days, the IDF has launched new operations in Gaza City and Shejaiyah. Reportedly, Hamas tried to reconstitute its forces in a UNRWA facility it previously used for cover, and the IDF has launched a significant offensive in its game of whack-a-mole:
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2024/07/08/hamas-mutiny-in-gaza-n3791513
——— GAZA FRONT ———————————-
Israeli forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip’s largest city in pursuit of militants who had regrouped there
IDF: Operational update from Shejaiya: - 150 militants killed - 6 terrorist tunnels destroyed - Booby-trapped buildings dismantled - Dozens of weapons and intelligence documents found. While examining the tunnels, a branched tunnel system was located. In some of the branches, terrorist hideouts and command and control centers were located. In one of the tunnels, weapons and intelligence documents were located
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Overnight and this morning, more ATGMs and mortar shells were launched from Lebanon towards Israel. Israeli army retaliated with air strikes and artillery fire.
Lebanese media report an Israeli airstrike against a vehicle on the Beirut-Damascus highway, near a checkpoint between Lebanon and Syria
NOTE - Prepare for Hezbollah announcement the death of another key leader.
Israeli Channel 12: About 5 missiles were launched from Lebanon towards the Galilee Finger, and most of them were intercepted, without causing any casualties
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Explosions were heard in Latakia, northwestern Syria, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, leading to local reports of Israeli airstrikes targeting the city’s port, according to Saudi network al-Hadath.
Al-Hadath also reported that the Israeli raids on Latakia coincided with the arrival of two Iranian ships to the port of Latakia, and alleged that an air defense system belonging to Iranian militias was targeted on the coast of Baniyas.
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Israel continues its wack a mole tactics in Gaza, allowing Hamas to regroup, then hammering them again, killing hundreds in the process. Lack of coordination by Hamas is making matters worse - it lacks the intelligence and fight back infrastructure to see the hit coming and they continue to try to use the failed tactics of hiding out in UN and other civilian facilities typically considered ‘off limits’. After 9 months, they should know Israel has no qualms about blowing up a UNRWA facility that they’ve taken refuge in.
There is growing evidence that Hamas is having serious command and control issues as well as morale and supply shortages. This has reportedly gotten worse following the initiation of the Rafah operation.
Expect the IDF to continue battle field preparations with targeted air strike on Hezbollah leadership and destruction of command and logistical facilities.
I expect to see the fight in Gaza to ebb and flow as Israel pulls back and allows Hamas to regroup, only to smack them hard again.
Iran –
Despite being thought of as “moderate,” Iran’s newly-elected president, Masoud Pezeshkian, on Monday confirmed he would continue the regime’s anti-Israel stance. Additionally, reports indicated a substantial increase recently in Iran’s missile production capabilities.
Underlining Iran’s hostile position, Reuters reported on Monday that the regime conducted “major expansions” at two key ballistic missile facilities.
According to two American researchers, the expansion will boost missile production, a conclusion confirmed by three senior Iranian officials.
According to satellite images from March and April viewed by Reuters, the Modarres military base and the Khojir missile production complex have more than 30 new buildings. Many of these buildings are surrounded by dirt berms designed to prevent an explosion in one building from igniting combustible materials in nearby structures.
OBSERVATION - Iran is wasting no time taking advantage of Russian money and demand for its missile products to expand facilities that can also produce arms for a fight against Israel. This aggressiveness looks to continue under the new Iranian president.
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