Memorial Day - Remember those who gave it all for us.
Globalism / Great Reset –
The Justice Department has formally requested the UN remove Francesca Albanese after revelations that she accepted thousands of dollars in gifts from pro-Hamxs organizations.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Threat Level - ADVISORY - up dated May 5, 2025
National Day of Action scheduled for Saturday, 14 June.
(aka President Donald Trump on his 79th birthday )
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Yesterday was the ‘remembrance’ of Floyd’s death that triggered massive riots across much of urban America. Many of the below actions are related to that ‘remembrance’.
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Antifa / Transtifa attacked a peaceful Christian rally this week at Cal Anderson Park. The rally, held by a group called Mayday USA, spoke on pro-life issues and against transgender hormones and surgeries for children.
Far left Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell warned against violence but also defended the mob. He called for an investigation into the permit process that allowed the Christian group to meet at Cal Anderson Park, as if Mayday USA was to blame
OBSERVATION - The CHAS park area is sacred to the unhinged left of the Seattle area. The swing to anti christian bias is not only confined to Seattle but has spread to state govt as well.
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Officers had to form a skirmish line to clear a large mob that vandalized a Metro train, a police car and several businesses in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night.
A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirmed to KTLA that units were dispatched to the 1700 block of Trinity Avenue near Washington Boulevard for reports of a group that was trespassing in the area around 10 p.m.
“The group vandalized a Metro train on Washington Boulevard. They also vandalized some businesses in the area,” the spokesperson said.
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“I’m giving you a mission for this Memorial Day holiday weekend. “
“I want you to talk to two people—friends, neighbors, cookout attendees—about why Trump’s proposed budget would be a disaster for American kids. “
“We owe the next generation every chance, and this isn’t it.”
https://x.com/HillaryClinton/status/1925927317425045816
OBSERVATION - Only followers of hitlerly can comment on her post. It continues to reflect an anti-american bend of radical leftist democrats. Disrupt a clear American remembrance of those who’ve fallen in battle so that she and her cronies can remain in power over the rest of us. What a vulgar individual (replaced words that would have gotten me banned).
We owe the next generation a chance to see this witch and her husband behind bars.
Terrorism - Threat Level - WATCH as of Apr 21, 2025
- Potential for soon direct conflict with Iran could activate cells in the US.
American authorities arrested a man at JFK International Airport after he attempted to bomb the US Embassy office in Tel Aviv, NBC reported on Sunday.
Joseph Neumayer, a dual American-German citizen, was arrested after spitting on a security guard in front of the embassy on May 19. He was initially detained by guards, but managed to break free.
He left behind a backpack with three Molotov cocktails and was arrested in his hotel room in Tel Aviv. Israeli authorities deported him and returned him to the United States on Sunday.
NBC reported that he posted earlier on that day: “Join me as I burn down the embassy in Tel Aviv. Death to America, death to Americans, and f-— the west.” Neumayer could face up to 20 years in prison.
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-855404#google_vignette
OBSERVATION - Radicalization of Americans against Israel in addition to America is on track. One only has to look at the tacit approval and encouragement of recent pro-hamas / anti-Israel ‘protests’ to see that the foundation has been laid for further acts of terror and violence. Could easily have targeted US locations. This makes the second anti-Israel / anti-US action of the week, with the assassination of two Israeli embassy workers.
Economy- Threat Level - WATCH - as of April 4, 2025
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the United States will delay the implementation of a 50 percent tariff on European Union products to July 9 from June 1.
The decision was made after a phone call with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen earlier in the day.
“I received a call today from Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, requesting an extension on the June 1st deadline on the 50% Tariff with respect to Trade and the European Union,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
OBSERVATION - Keep these delays in the implementation of tariffs in consideration when the MSM publishes massive price increases, given that most of the tariffs are on a 90 day hold.
POLITICAL FRONT –
The liberal dream of circumventing the Electoral College might be crumbling faster than anyone expected. Maine, one of the 17 states that joined the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, is now poised to become the first state to exit the agreement—and it’s sending shockwaves through the left-wing coalition that thought they’d found a clever workaround to the Constitution.
Just last year, Maine opted to join the compact, which would award all participating states’ electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote.
But now the state is having serious second thoughts.
The Maine House passed a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to withdraw from the compact, and it’s headed to the state Senate.
But Trump’s decisive popular vote victory in 2024 changed everything. Had the compact been in effect with current members, Trump would have carried a whopping 520 electoral votes, instead of the 312 he actually won.
OBSERVATION - This was one effort to switch to a totally mob rule (democracy) and not the reasoned path established by the founding fathers and constitution (representative republic).
TRUMP Watch –
President Donald Trump expressed displeasure with Russia’s massive strike on Ukraine, telling reporters on Sunday he was “not happy” with the attack.
“I’m not happy with what Putin is doing,” Trump stated. “He’s killing a lot of people, and I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin.
“I’ve known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he’s sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don’t like it at all.”
Trump noted Putin was “shooting rockets into Kyiv and other cities” during negotiations.
“I don’t like what Putin is doing. Not even a little bit,” Trump stressed. “He’s killing people. And something happened to this guy.”
https://thelibertydaily.com/president-trump-rebukes-vladimir-putin-escalating-war-instead/
OBSERVATION - More commentary under Ukraine below.
At this stage, Trumps words about putin/Russia are ringing hollow. They do nothing except to encourage putin to do more.
Ukraine –
Threat Level WATCH Ongoing Apr 24, 2025
WEATHER FORECAST – Temps 50 - 80s mostly clear with scattered thunderstorms.
RUMINT –
The Kremlin as well as Russian state media are alleging a huge, potentially conflict-altering incident which will surely escalate the war in Ukraine – an attempted attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin himself. A high-ranking Russian military commander on Sunday described that last week, as Putin traveled to the Kursk region for the first time since is liberation after 6+ months of Ukrainian occupation, Ukraine tried to attack Putin’s helicopter mid-flight, sending a wave of drones to swarm the flight path of the chopper. … given the world is just hearing about what’s tantamount to an ‘assassination attempt’ on one of the world’s most powerful leaders being alleged – and coming belatedly a number of days after the incident in question
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
(ISW). Russian forces conducted the largest combined drone and missile strike of the war against Ukraine on the night of May 24 to 25. More
- Ukrainian sources noted on May 25 that Russian forces are increasingly launching missiles from occupied Crimea after using missiles less frequently over the last five months.
- The May 24 to 25 overnight combined strike indicates that Russia may be stockpiling cruise missiles in order to conduct large-scale combined strikes against multiple areas of Ukraine at will.
- Russia may also be using highly varied strike packages in order to confuse Ukrainian forces and prevent Ukrainian forces from conducting consistently effective air defense.
Russia is overwhelming Ukraine’s air defenses with massive drone & missile attacks. On May 25, nearly 300 drones and 69 missiles targeted Ukrainian cities—a new record.
Russia launched waves of strikes across Ukraine, hitting Kyiv, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, and Sumy. Multiple civilians injured, homes and infrastructure damaged, and fires reported.
Overnight, Ukrainian air defense shot down 9 of 9 Kh-101 cruise missiles, 253 of 355 Shahed-type drones, 55 other drones were downed by electronic warfare means or crashed itself
Russian losses per 26/05/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+1000 men
+4 tanks
+8 AFVs
+51 artillery
+1 MLRS
+2 AD systems
Overnight, Ukrainian attack drones struck Russia’s Dmitrievsky Chemical Plant, a major production facility in the city of Kineshma.
Sumy -
Russian Ministry of Defense claims full occupation of Bilovody and Volodymyrivka villages of Sumy region
Summary —
Massive Russian drone/missile attacks on Kyiv and many other regions over the weekend. Observers note these have been the largest since the start of the war in 2022. Analysts also note a greater reliance on drones versus cruise missiles, potentially reflecting either a holding back of the resource and abundance of Shaheds that have been modified and tactically deployed with greater effectiveness. Others link the ongoing assault to the alleged attempt on Putin earlier last week.
Clearly, the Russians are dropping a lot of ordinance on predominantly civilian targets, though reports in the central and western portions of Ukraine indicate military targets. The goal is to demoralize the population and to solidify Russian claims on Ukraine.
Ukraine for its part has launched large drone attacks across Russia as well over the weekend. One wave targeted the Moscow area and prompted a lot of Russian military passenger jets to evacuate from one airport.
Action on the ground still indicates fighting at lowered levels continues. However, I grow suspicious of such low numbers with reports of more activity in some regions. Recent gains in the Sumy sector suggests some effort may be increasing there, but too early with the information I have to tell more.
Developing action in the Kostyantynivka area, still monitoring for additional information. Kostyantynivka is located about 15 km west southwest of Chasiv Yar.
Pakistan / India – Threat Level warnings have been removed as conditions appear to have returned to pre-combat and pre terror incident levels. May 25, 2025
It’s nearly three weeks since the May 6-7 air battle between India and Pakistan, involving nearly 120 fighter aircraft battling for air superiority, and we still do not know exactly how many aircraft were shot down on both sides.
However, a slew of recent media reports has made it clear that the losses, on both sides, were much worse than previously reported.
After speaking with multiple highly placed sources and former defense officials, the sense that is emerging is that the combined fighter jet losses on both sides could be as high as 8-10 military aircraft.
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/biggest-air-battle-between-india-pak-was-much-worse/#google_vignette
OBSERVATION - Imminent prospect of war is gone, and conditions returning to ‘normal’ status between the countries. Link above is interesting analysis and speculation on one aspect of the conflict.
Note that the analysis is primarily based on the technology of the various aircraft, and not pilot training or tactics, both critical elements of modern air warfare.
ISRAEL –
Threat Level WATCH Ongoing - Apr 24, 2025
Key overnight developments -
- Action in Gaza continues to increase as ground operations pick up tempo.
- Rumored movement on hostage releases, though most appear to be Hamas efforts to pressure Israel to stop the offensive and are not serious about releasing hostages.
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The Jerusalem Post on Sunday reported that the U.S. Trump administration has asked the Israeli government to delay a planned major Gaza ground operation against Hamas due to ongoing hostage deal negotiations. Two unnamed sources familiar with the issue reportedly told the news outlet that the U.S. government seeks to exhaust all diplomatic efforts to release more hostages ahead of the major IDF operation.
SPECIAL NOTE - this is the same JPost who’s leftist bias claimed weeks ago that Trump was going to declare a Palestinian state when visiting Gulf region nations. Strongly suspect this is part of an ongoing psycological/propaganda effort of globalists to try to split the US and Israel.
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Israel celebrated Jerusalem Day, marking 58 years since the June 1967 reunification of the holy city and liberation of Judea and Samaria. Jerusalem Day celebrations are scheduled to continue throughout the day on Monday with a festive morning prayer at the Western Wall and a special broadcast for elementary-school students, followed by the iconic Flag March with tens of thousands of participants expected to join.
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The Israeli government is expected today to approve the mobilization of up to 450,000 reserve soldiers until August 31, 2025. This is the largest mobilization ever, even larger than the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023.
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IDF forces from Divisions 98 and 36 have begun maneuvering in the Khan Yunis area, aiming to destroy the terrorist stronghold in Rafah.
The operation is expected to take several weeks.
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Overnight Sunday, the IDF and ISA hit a command center in a former school in Gaza City, targeting senior Hamxs and Islamic Jihad operatives.
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The IDF reports that three rockets were launched from southern Gaza.
Two fell inside Gaza, while air defenses intercepted the third before it crossed into Israel.
——— GAZA FRONT / HAMAS ———————————
Israeli army: We will take control of 75% of the Gaza Strip within two months
The Israeli army issues evacuation orders to Palestinians from Khan Yunis to the Al-Mawasi area.
Reports in Gaza of Israeli ground forces advancing east of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with intense artillery and airstrikes
According to the IDF, Hamxs currently holds only a few hundred (thousand?) short-range rockets and mortars, and several hundred long-range rockets capable of reaching deeper into Israel.
IDF attacked over 200 terrorist targets in Gaza within 48 hours — including terrorists, weapons depots, terrorist infrastructure, and Hamas military structures in the south and north of the Strip.
——— LEBANON / HEZBOLLAH——————————-
Hezbollah party secures victories in nearly all local elections across southern Lebanon. They apparently haven’t learned anything.
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Jihadists in Lebanon have announced the formation of the “Ahmed Al-Assir Brigade,” issuing threats against the U.S. Embassy, Alawites, Jews, Druze, and Christians.
OBSERVATION - Evidence that much of Hezbollah’s combat ability has been degraded as other, competing jihadi elements setting up shop.
——— SYRIA / HEZBOLLAH / IRAN———————————-
120 Grad rockets were seized by the new Syrian government in the border area with Lebanon in the Homs province, just before they were smuggled to Hezbollah. The shipment also included heavy machine guns.
———“ISLAMIC RESISTANCE” ———————————
While I was out, Houthis fired a few ballistic missiles at Israel, all were intercepted.
———INTERNATIONAL ——————————-
Some European nations continue to demand Israel stop its current operations in Gaza and resume full, uncontrolled delivery of food and other aid. Threats to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state are still at the forefront happening next month, along with other economic sanctions.
——— ASSESSMENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS ————————-
As Israel continues to up the tempo in Gaza, Hamas and its propaganda mouthpieces in Europe and liberal presses are ramping up their misinformation efforts to try to force a pause in fighting because of ‘humanitarian’ aid issues. Never do they address the fact that Hamas seizes most of the food and supplies that enter Gaza, and sells them back in order to keep paying its fighters.
Hamas resistance is reportedly limited, most being associated with IEDs. Direct man on man encounters are generally on a small scale and taken out hard by IDF and airstrike firepower.
The size of the operation is staggering - virtually all of Israel’s standing army is in or moving into Gaza, with nearly a half million more being called up. This is creating a juggernaut to methodically erase Hamas from Gaza.
Lebanon sees more Hezbollah elements being taken out with precision, drone launched missiles.
Syria remains calm
Iran is still front burner material.
Iran –
Threat Level - WARNING Apr 24, 2025
- May 16th - due to Trump visit to the region.
President Donald Trump on Sunday indicated there was progress with Iran on its nuclear program and hinted that an announcement could come in the “next two days.”
He was notably more upbeat than the Omani mediator of the talks between the United States and Iran, who said Friday that the two nations made “some but not conclusive” progress in the fifth round of negotiations in Rome.
“We’ve had some very, very good talks with Iran,” Trump told reporters in northern New Jersey after leaving his golf club, where he spent most of the weekend. “And I don’t know if I’ll be telling you anything good or bad over the next two days, but I have a feeling I might be telling you something good.”
OBSERVATION - Trump tends to be overly optimistic in some of his analysis and statements. The talks over the weekend gained no real ground as neither side willing to budge on the issue of uranium enrichment and the extent of the cessation of Iran’s move towards nuclear weapons. Trump is allowing delays to now enter a zone of impacting US readiness to strike and giving Iran to relocate critical equipment and resources to make it harder to take things out without a much longer period of operations.
Israel’s reported preparations and planning for an Iranian strike likely reflect that the end of negotiations is coming fast. Next round of negotiation is still questionable, but possible.
Odd..
Thanks Godzilla
CW2 / Domestic violence - Threat Level - ADVISORY - up dated May 5, 2025
National Day of Action scheduled for Saturday, 14 June.
(aka President Donald Trump on his 79th birthday )
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Trantifa is planning another attack on Christians in Seattle TODAY at a
townhall meeting.
https://x.com/mrandyngo/status/1927259028603703620?s=46&t=nfRT-Yioj0xALNzJelzFcA
OBSERVATION - Emboldened by the Seattle mayors over support of their attack on a Christian concert / event over the weekend, the Antifa / Transtifa elements are seeing results to terrorize the public thru violent actions and seeing Seattle police being hand tied like in 2020, giving them free reign to do what they want.
KEY NOTE - The town hall even is scheduled for 2PM, the Transtifa protest to start at 4 PM - Appears the main tactic is to harass and assault attendees to the Town hall on their way back to their cars / transportation where it will be difficult for police to protect citizens. This has been a well established tactic by the left since 2016.
Terrorism - Threat Level - WATCH as of Apr 21, 2025
- Potential for soon direct conflict with Iran could activate cells in the US.
Unity of Fields Declares Itself a Militant U.S. Terror Group for Palestine, Targeting ‘US-NATO-Zionist Axis’
“WE ARE TRANSITIONING PALESTINE ACTION U.S. INTO WHAT IT HAS BECOME THROUGH NECESSITY: A MILITANT FRONT AGAINST THE US-NATO-ZIONIST AXIS OF IMPERIALISM”
https://x.com/osint613/status/1927279527014584700?s=46&t=nfRT-Yioj0xALNzJelzFcA
Unity of Fields, formerly known as Palestine Action US, is an American Palestinian solidarity organization. It began as the United States branch of Palestine Action, a pro-Palestinian protest network targeting Israeli weapons manufacturers in the United Kingdom. Its earliest known activities began in February 2023, and it began protests in October following the outbreak of the Gaza war. Similar to Palestine Action, the group led a global campaign against Israel-based defense electronics company Elbit Systems.
In 2024, the group changed its name to Unity of Fields and announced that it would change its focus to actively spreading “militant propaganda” against the United States. It was subsequently suspended from social media platforms.
Recently, the group was involved in the violent protest at the University of Washington on May 5 and the Columbia University library. They are now praising alleged DC Jewish Museum shooter Elias Rodriguez’s heinous crime as an act of “love.”
OBSERVATION - This group is rising into a leading element in violence going into this summer. Action wing of radical islam linked eventually to Iran and via its proxy Hamas it is seeking to ‘globalize the intifada’ With Hama currently losing the fight in Gaza, I expect more violent actions by adherents of this group.
Military / Strategic Activity / Deployments –
U.S Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) wrapped up a port visit to Port Klang, Malaysia and are now headed back into the South China Sea.
In Japan, aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) departed Yokosuka on Sunday for sea trials prior to deployment.
China -
The People’s Liberation Army Navy Liaoning Carrier Strike Group is operating 124 miles north of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea as of Sunday according to the Japan Joint Staff Office.
Aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning (16), destroyers CNS Qiqihar (121) and CNS Tangshan (122) and frigates CNS Binzhou (515) and CNS Anyang (599) were sighted sailing in an area 124 miles north of the island of Kuba Jima, part of the disputed Senkaku Islands group administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan, Japanese officials said. Liaoning was seen launching fighters.
Ukraine –
Threat Level WATCH Ongoing Apr 24, 2025
WEATHER FORECAST – Temps 50 - 80s mostly clear with scattered thunderstorms.
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Ukraine shot down 43 drones overnight (May 26–27). Russia launched 60 Shahed drones & decoys from Millerovo, Orel, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and occupied Crimea. In total, 35 drones were destroyed by fire, 8 suppressed by EW.
Russian losses over the past 24 hours per 27/05/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+990 men
+2 tanks
+1 AFV
+17 artillery
Russian Ministry of Defense claims full occupation of Stara Mykolaivka village of Donetsk region of Ukraine
(ISW) Russia is reportedly redeploying forces away from Chasiv Yar, suggesting that the Russian military command may intend to delay its offensive operation against Kostyantynivka and supports ISW’s ongoing assessment that Russia does not currently have sufficient operational reserves to intensify offensive operations in several different directions simultaneously.
Summary —
Drone / missile actions down dramatically overnight from what pummeled Ukraine over the weekend. Reported Russian losses continue to be down, however, Russia appears to be taking ground (albeit in small chunks). There may be some ‘adjusting’ of these estimates by Ukraine and likely were over stating Russia losses. However, other analysts suggest that these and past numbers are pretty close.
If the numbers now and in the past have been close, the significant decrease in activity may well represent, as I’ve said before, a tactical “pause” in fighting to permit redistributing of forces and reoriented towards new objectives.
Going back to the drone wars, Europe (and the US!) have lifted restrictions on using their weapon systems for deep strikes against Russia. The change in policy may well have been accelerated by the weekend’s drone/missile blitz of Ukraine. As this gets implemented by Ukraine, it will force logistics and higher HQs to deploy farther back from the front, making it harder to supply and control operations. It also opens up more strategic targets to Ukraine with weapons systems far harder to hit than the drones presently being used.
Add into the mix the delivery of German Tarus cruise missiles. The Taurus is optimized to neutralize heavily fortified and high-value targets , evading sophisticated air defenses, while ensuring high survivability for the aircraft and crew deploying it.
For the US, this means ATACMS can go far deeper.
Unleashing the range restrictions is one of Russia’s red line issues and putin has warned about responding to NATO countries if used.
We could see continued escalation of the drone/missile wars in the coming months.
Europe / NATO General –
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced today that Germany, France, the U.K, and the U.S have all lifted range-restrictions initially imposed on Ukraine for strikes against targets in Russia, backing long-range missile and drone strikes against military sites and positions in Western Russia.
ISRAEL –
Threat Level WATCH Ongoing - Apr 24, 2025
Key overnight developments -
- Hamas claims to have accepted the Witkoff proposal, Israel and Witkoff both disagree.
- Israeli operations in Gaza continue at an intense pace
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Reuters: Hamas agrees with Witkoff’s proposal “which emphasizes the permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip,” meaning the end of the war.
The problem: There is no proposal from Witkoff that talks about ending the war. Bottom line: Another spin.
Contrary to the outline, Hamas announces that it will release 10 hostages in 2 phases (5 in each phase), and will not disarm.
Israeli official:
This is the offer from this morning that Israel has already rejected.
White House envoy Steve Witkoff rejects Hamas’ claim that the group has agreed to his proposal for a hostage and ceasefire deal and tells: “What I have seen from Hamas is disappointing and completely unacceptable”
——— GAZA FRONT / HAMAS ———————————
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said it has begun distributing food aid in the Gaza Strip, with additional aid trucks scheduled to arrive on Tuesday.
In a statement, the foundation also condemned threats from Hamas targeting humanitarian organizations supporting aid distribution at GHF’s Safe Distribution Sites. It further accused the terror group of trying to prevent Palestinians from accessing humanitarian supplies at the designated locations.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/2025-05-27/live-updates-855563
Hamas is calling on Gaza residents not to accept food from the new Israeli aid mechanism that began operating today.
Hamas’s Interior Ministry warns Gaza residents against cooperating with the new Israeli food distribution mechanism, claiming its purpose is “the occupation’s takeover of aid distribution in the Strip.”
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Palestinian sources are reporting that a new force of militants has taken over food trucks in the Rafah area in recent days. The militia is led by a Palestinian named Yasser Abu Shabab, who was previously in Hamas prisons. The terrorist organization accuses him of collaborating with Israel and the US within the framework of the humanitarian aid program.
——— LEBANON / HEZBOLLAH——————————-
——— JUDEA AND SAMARIA——————————-
Palestinian channels are reporting that large numbers of IDF forces are currently raiding a multiple money exchange points in the following cities:
Nablus
Jenin
Qalqilya
Al Bireh
Tulkarm
Hebron
Tubas
Looks like a large-scale, organized operation to thwart the use of terrorist funds.
———“ISLAMIC RESISTANCE” ———————————
During the night two launches from Yemen towards Israel were detected. The ballistic missiles were successfully intercepted by the IDF air defense systems in both times. One of the missiles was heading to the Palestinian held territories in Israel. No missile alerts were sounded for that missile.
——— ASSESSMENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS ————————-
Hamas, in a desperate PR move, claims to now accept the Witkoff proposal. Only problem they redefined the terms of the proposal to meet their demands and are using the term “Witkoff” as a cover for its propaganda play. In rejecting the Hamas acceptance of their version of Witkoff, their allies in the global press can now make Israel into the bad guys once again. Witkoff and Israel’s forceful denial of Hamas claims and their offer indicate nothing is going to change in the near future.
Also, on PR realms, Hamas is not forbidding Gazans from receiving food and aid coming into the strip. Now Hamas is the one promoting the infamous Gaza famine and crisis.
Iran –
Threat Level - WARNING Apr 24, 2025
- May 16th - due to Trump visit to the region.
Lull in nuclear treaty activity, pending final acknowledgment of another round of talks this weekend. No new ground has been turned and Iran and US are still far apart on critical issues to both sides.
Notable development - The USS Geo Washington has departed port in Japan for sea trials pending deployment. The Washington could easily replace the Nimitz in the S China sea region, permitting it to deploy to CENTCOM. Should it do so, such deployment could indicate the final decision to strike Iran has been made. Conditions are ripe for a swap out.