Today hurts doubly. 24th remembrance of the terror attack on our country. Second is waking up and they haven’t captured the gunman who murdered Charlie Kirk.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Threat Level - ADVISORY - up dated July 26, 2025
UPCOMING -
- 5-day national economic and labor boycott for 16-20 September
- No Kings 2.0, 18 October 2025
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The road to CW2 became more kinetic yesterday. Charlie Kirk was assassinated, he was hit in the left side of the neck - square on the jugular - by an individual firing from the rooftop of a campus building about 200 yards away. He died shortly thereafter. Law enforcement looking for the shooter, who appears on many videos that have been posted on social media. Those videos at the moment of the shooting show an individual in a prone position. After the shot the individual is seen running across the roof.
General opinion of many - this was a planned, professional hit by someone who knew what they were doing. That strongly suggests barring any significant breakthrough, this one will get away.
The gruesomeness of the murder has been amplified by the glee coming from the left not only the soy boys, but even in congress itself where democrats boo’d and shouted NO at move for a moment of silence and prayer.
Matthew Dowd has been FIRED from MSNBC after blaming the assassination of Charlie Kirk on Charlie himself.
@camhigby interviewed two leftist hecklers who tried to disrupt a vigil for Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated speaking on a university campus. One protester says he would have killed Kirk himself because he was a “Nazi.”
https://x.com/mrandyngo/status/1966043553139740901?s=46&t=nfRT-Yioj0xALNzJelzFcA
Kirk’s private security detail appeared to have been more concerned about a close in attack - by knife or handgun - and not a sniper. The head shot designed to bypass any body armor he might have been wearing.
Charlie Kirk’s murder didn’t happen in a vacuum. Riots, demonization & tacit approval of violence from Democrats laid foundation for the culture of assassination we’re now in.
https://x.com/mrandyngo/status/1965957592561373384?s=46&t=nfRT-Yioj0xALNzJelzFcA
The shooting also comes less than five months after the Southern Poverty Law Center put Turning Point USA on a “hate map” with chapters of the Ku Klux Klan. In a statement today, the group said, “We condemn the shooting of Charlie Kirk and all violence in any form.”
This does not mark the first time conservatives have been targeted for violence after the SPLC criticized them.
Leftist calls for violence and assassinations have been growing over the past couple years. The ice broke with leftists glorifying Luigi Mangione murder of a health care CEO.
Other threats inflamed by democrat congressional members and media nearly saw the assassination of a Supreme Court Justice.
Three attempts have been made on Trump, one nearly succeeding.
Liberals are now openly hoping that President Trump, J.D. Vance, and Elon Musk and others will be the next targets of assassination.
And they want more targets to be killed because they feel emboldened.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) survey of 70,000 college students found that 34% believe violence can be justified to stop campus speakers.
The murder has raised fury on the right which is already tender following the slaying of Iryna Zarutska.
Is this the final straw that will break loose a level of kinetic CW2 action across the board? This will encourage a whole new field of conservative apologists to fill his shoes - becoming an even greater ideological threat the leftist swamps of colleges and universities.
Conservatives on social media - primarily X - are researching these leftists who have proudly celebrated Kirk’s assassination. Several have already been identified and their employers have terminated their employment.
It is darn close to flipping the on switch for many on the right to do the same to the left. The anger is thick enough to cut like a knife. I’m not sure what that would look like at this stage.
One thing I am sure, if Trump or his circle get hit, the genie will be out of the bottle and you can bet leftist leaders will face reprisals.
As noted above, leftists are now feeling emboldened and I fully expect to see more assassination attempts in the future. A mix of amateurish actions with more professional ones like the Kirk hit.
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The official black lives matter account has posted a video stating that black people “have a right to violence” amid mass outrage over the slaying of Iryna Zarutska at the hands of a black male in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Terrorism - Threat Level - WATCH as of Jun 14, 2025
- Iran could activate cells in the US.
24 years ago, islamic terrorists hijacked 4 airliners. Two were flown into the WTC, one into the Pentagon and another crashed into the ground in Pennsylvania. It was an event etched into the minds of people of the time. Sadly, today’s 24 year olds don’t have that memory and in the case of NYC, they are actively promoting a moslem socialist to be mayor. Bush squandered the unity of the nation for an endless war in Iraq and even Afghanistan - letting the State Dept under Rice to call the shots. A decision that cost many lives and seriously wounded military.
I for one will never forget.
Those reading Threat Matrix should know that this series of posts were started in the days after 9/11 to disseminate and evaluate the broad number of suspected threats to the US at home and around the world. I have kept the thread going for a number of years now because the threat to the US has not decreased, but has in fact been increasing. IMHO we have to be alert to these threats and realize the potential impacts coming down the road.
Economy- Threat Level - WATCH - as of April 4, 2025
The WSJ headlines the news about the Producer Price Index by noting that the index “unexpectedly” dropped in August. Economists expected the PPI to increase 0.3% month-on-month as a result of price pressures due to tariffs that have begun to bite. That might have signaled mild-to-moderate inflation ahead and complicated the picture for the Federal Reserve. Instead, the new PPI simplified it by going into negative territory:
A gauge of wholesale inflation showed prices unexpectedly edged 0.1% lower in August, after jumping a month earlier. Economists had expected a 0.3% monthly rise. An equivalent readout on consumer prices is due Thursday.
Fed officials look not only at headline numbers but also the underlying drivers. The PPI report provided good news on inflation fundamentals. The service sector, which drives some 80% of GDP, saw outright deflation, falling 0.2%. Even goods prices, which are much more heavily impacted by tariffs, rose just 0.1%.
The CPI reading, due Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET, will get more attention. As with PPI, the consensus outlook is for a 0.3% increase. About four-fifths of the CPI and PPI numbers feed into the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption expenditures price index. CPI is the final big data point before the Fed’s rate decision a week from now.
OBSERVATIONS - The term ‘deflationary’ is being tossed into the mix. Combined with the jobs report, the pressure will be building on the fed to drop rates.
Military / Strategic Activity / Deployments –
Iwo Jima marines conducting amphibious training at Puerto Rico.
POLITICAL FRONT –
Lawmakers from both parties rejected a White House proposal to pass a stop-gap funding bill through January 2026 yesterday. Sen. Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and key House Republicans rejected a proposal to extend Obamacare subsidies as part of a stop-gap funding bill.
OBSERVATION - 0bamacare has been a boat anchor to many families. It raised costs substantially and created a greater bureaucracy. 0bama designed it to eventually force the system to a universal health care system. However, the democrats are using it to derail Republican efforts to get funding for the remainder of the FY nailed down.
China -
(FO) China’s State Council approved a measure to impose “the new Huangyan Island National Nature Reserve.” Per the release this will require continuous law enforcement and “the implementation of various management measures Continuously improve the level of construction and management of national nature reserves.” Huangyan is the Chinese name for the Scarborough Shoal, a disputed territory between the Philippines and China.
OBSERVATION - China trying to ‘justify’ a military (they call it law enforcement) operation. Expect them to become more aggressive towards Philippine vessels in the region.
North/South Korea –
Russia -
Threat Level WATCH, Ongoing - into the fourth year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine - Feb 24th, 2022
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Economic Impact –
Russia’s oil and fuel export revenues fell in August to a five-year low, Reuters reports. Income dropped by $920 million from July to $13.51 billion as crude and fuel exports declined and the discount on Urals widened to about $56 per barrel, well below the $60 price cap. Exports fell by 70,000 barrels per day to 7.3 million bpd.
OBSERVATION - Russia depends heavily on oil for income just to meet the regular bills. Add war costs to the mix and Russia is consuming its reserves at an ever increasing rate. This is another area of convergence towards 2026 suggesting Russia is going to hit the wall as far as pursuing the war at its present tempo.
Now add to this the growing impacts of Ukraine’s drone campaign on Russian oil infrastructure and it gets even bleaker.
Ukraine –
Threat Level WATCH Ongoing Apr 24, 2025
WEATHER FORECAST – Mostly fair with temps the 50-70 range
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Overnight on September 11, Russia launched 66 attack drones, including Shaheds, Geran and others, from Kursk, Millerovo and Primorsko-Akhtarsk. Ukrainian air defense, EW units and mobile fire groups shot down or suppressed 62 of them across the north, south and east. Four drones hit three locations.
Russian losses per 11/09/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+890 men
+4 tanks
+2 AFVs
+22 artillery
Crimean front —
Russian milblogger Rybar reports that Ukraine has intensified strikes on western Crimea since August, focusing on radar stations within air defense systems rather than launchers. He claims Ukraine is also targeting comms infrastructure and logistics hubs to reduce Russian detection capabilities at sea and in the air. The goal, according to him, is to gradually weaken Crimea’s air defenses and open a corridor for larger attacks.
According to the well-informed channel Dosye Shpiona, Ukraine struck Russia’s Deep Space Communications Center (unit 81415) in Vitino, occupied Crimea, overnight on Sept 10. The target: the 40th Command and Measurement Complex. Two jet-powered drones reportedly hit the HQ and communications hub. Russia’s Pantsir-S1 system failed to intercept the drones.
Analysis and Future Operations —
Reduced drone activity following the recent burst that likely targeted Poland as well. Russia will be assessing Poland’s and NATO’s response to the intrusion and we may well see more ‘oopses’ flying into the country on the next big drone/missile assault in the next few days.
Action on the ground remains relatively static, with no real serious gains by Russia. Ukraine continues localized counterattacks, sealing off recent Russia pushes.
Watching the renewed efforts to blind Russia to further drone strikes in Crimea. This cold put the Kerch bridge back into play as a military objective.
Belarus -
Near Minsk, Belarus is building a secret military base likely intended for the “Oreshnik” missile system, according to satellite imagery. Since 2022, Belarus has upgraded multiple military sites and is now finishing two new bases near Ukraine’s border, just days ahead of the joint “Zapad-2025” drills.
Poland –
Updates
Tusk said that last night there were 19 cases of violations of Polish airspace.
Czosnówka, Cześniki, Krzywowierzba-Kolonia, Mniszków, Oleśno, Wielki Łan, Wohyń, Wyhalew, Wyryki, Zabłocie-Kolonia - in these towns, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration, drone remains were found
At least 15 drones have been found in Poland.
Two Russian one-way attack drones were found crashed near the Polish capital of Warsaw.
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Air traffic in the eastern part of Poland along the borders with Belarus and Ukraine is limited from September 10 to December 9, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) announced in a statement.
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Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said that the Russian chargé d’affaires in Poland, summoned to receive a protest note at the Polish Foreign Ministry, refused to acknowledge that the drones were Russian.
Russian Embassy to Newsweek: “The Polish side once again failed to present evidence of the Russian origin of the objects that entered Polish airspace, and groundlessly accused Russia of provocative actions.”
Europe / NATO General –
Latvia closes airspace near the border with Russia and Belarus
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NATO sources are reporting that at around 10:00am on Wednesday morning, a group of objects consisting of at least two “unknown aircraft” were detected entering Lithuanian Airspace from the direction of Belarus. Aircraft were scrambled but the objects were not intercepted, with surveillance ongoing to determine if they possibly landed in Lithuania.
OBSERVATION - Russia playing games and probing for local responses
ISRAEL –
Threat Level WATCH Ongoing - Apr 24, 2025
Sept 22 - UN talks on the establishment of a Palestinian State.
Key overnight developments -
- Gaza City continues to be hammered.
- IAF hit Houthi targets
——— GENERAL ——————————-
Netanyahu calls out the world’s hypocrisy:
“You applauded America for killing Bin Laden but condemn Israel for killing Hamas leaders in Qatar.”
——— GAZA FRONT / HAMAS ———————————
An updated estimate from Israel, about 200,000 out of 800,000 have so far evacuated from Gaza City to the south.
Hamas continues to try to stop the movement but they still are getting through.
IDF says that over 350 terror sites / targets have been hit since the renewal of Gideon’s Chariot operations.
———“ISLAMIC RESISTANCE” ———————————
The Israeli military says its air defenses intercepted a Houthi missile from Yemen.
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Sanaa was bombed yesterday with 6 targets being hit. The attack focused on fuel warehouses, Houthi military camps, and the Houthi administration’s propaganda headquarters. The presidential and military general staff complex in Sana’a was also attacked.
———INTERNATIONAL ——————————-
Upcoming date - Sep 22 UN conference on a Palestinian state.
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Qatar says it is reviewing its role as a mediator and reconsidering Hamas’s presence in the country.
OBSERVATION - The pampered princes in Doha got a wake up call.
——— ASSESSMENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS ————————-
Israel contines to hamer Hamas’ Gaza City stronghold. Hamas hasn’t formally responded to Trump’s final offer, and is unlikely to do so any time soon. It totally strips away all their basic demands, and on those points there is no compromise.
Massive exodus out of Gaza City is permitting Israel to intensify operations. From what I’m seeing, Israel will rubble key neighborhoods, ground forces come in and secure it, locating tunnel outlets and other features. Then blowing the tunnels up, denying further use. Methodical but necessary to prevent Hamas from popping up behind the lines and striking softer Israeli forces.
With most of the Hamas military command decimated and the political leadership wetting themselves in Qatar, coordinated defense is suffering for lack of guidance except to die in place.
Hamas’ allies in Europe and middle east have lost the traction the whole starvation and genocide PR blitz intimately created. Israel’s flat out refusal to play that game and move forward with the aggressive assault on Gaza City has neutralized that for the moment. Hamas is running out of time.
Lebanon -
An Israeli drone strike on the outskirts of the town of Ain Baal in southern Lebanon.
The Israeli Air Force is currently striking deep inside Lebanon, in the Beqaa Valley.
OBSERVATION - Still noting that the Lebanese govt isn’t whining too much about the airstrikes as Israel is helping them to disarm Hezbollah.
Syria -
Threat Level - ADVISORY July 25, 2025
Israeli forces entered the town of Abdeen in the Yarmouk Basin area in the western Daraa countryside at dawn today and arrested two civilians. - Syrian news
Syrian Ministry of Defense: Clashes between the Syrian army and the SDF militias on the Deir Hafer axis, east of Aleppo.
SDF forces launched a violent bombing campaign from positions they control at Al-Jarrah Military Airport and the vicinity of Maskanah city.
OBSERVATION - S and NE Syria will continue to be points of contention. Druze in the south and predominately Kurds in the north are not too well inclined towards the new regime and with good reason. I expect actions like this to continue for some time.
EXCELLENT! Time for consequences.
Is this the final straw that will break loose a level of kinetic CW2 action across the board? This will encourage a whole new field of conservative apologists to fill his shoes - becoming an even greater ideological threat the leftist swamps of colleges and universities.
We can only hope and pray.
The official black lives matter account has posted a video stating that black people “have a right to violence” amid mass outrage over the slaying of Iryna Zarutska at the hands of a black male in Charlotte, North Carolina.
We have reached a point of no return. NOBODY has a right to *violence* nor does anyone have the *right* to the brutal, cold blooded slaughter of a girl posing no threat to anyone, minding her own business.
This MUST STOP. SOMEHOW, And while I understand how the right abhors violence and leftist tactics, at some point it will be inevitable. (The violence, not the leftist tactics of assassination and wanton anarchy and property destruction.)
God’s speed Israel. May God protect and bless Israel and America.
CW2 / Domestic violence - Threat Level - ADVISORY - up dated July 26, 2025
UPCOMING -
- 5-day national economic and labor boycott for 16-20 September
- No Kings 2.0, 18 October 2025
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Weekend outlook - No significant protest events by the left, only localized marches/protests with low probability of violence. Leftist may attempt to disrupt any Charlie Kirk memorials this weekend, so the possibility of localized violence there could be high.
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Trying to organize my thoughts on this. Sorry if in some ways it appears to be some muddled meanderings.
Trump this morning says they have captured Kirk’s shooter. I hope and pray this is so, but will wait for an official announcement.
Continuing on with Kirk’s assassination, social media the past couple days was flooded by leftists dancing on his grave, in many instances pronouncing vile gloats over his death and calls for more. Well, push back has been fast and furious as it appears that at least over 100 of these vile individuals have been quickly identified, their employers notified and are now on the unemployment lines.
Multiple social media sites have been allowing these grotesque death cheers and calls for more. One in particular - Bluesky posters threaten Trump, Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro, immediately after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, sick images
A slew of deranged users on Bluesky sent a barrage of threats to prominent Republicans and outspoken media personalities immediately after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated Wednesday.
Posters called for Tesla tycoon Elon Musk, conservative podcasters Ben Shapiro, Matt Walsh and Michael Knowles, as well as “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, to be “next” in the hours after Kirk, 31, was pronounced dead, according to screenshots shared by one user.
As yesterday progressed, some of these worms moved their posts and even apologized. However, the damage was done and the avengers on the right had already captured their posts. A central hub of this activity is a website called Charlie’s Murderers, which was registered in the early evening on the day Kirk was shot and is revealing certain personal information, such as social media usernames and email addresses, of individuals the operators believe were celebrating the horrific murder.
Leftist ‘cancel culture’ has come back to bite them on the butt.
In one instance, a memorial service in Boise was interrupted by a heckler shouting F* Kirk. A number took offense at his intrusion and beat the snot out of him.
UPDATE ON THE SEARCH FOR THE SHOOTER
Trump said this morning they got the shooter. Hope so.
CBS Evening News reported last night that three law enforcement sources confirm the FBI and Utah DPS have identified the UVU person of interest in the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Yesterday, police released excellent photos of the shooter. He was wearing very distinctive clothing. Police also found the weapon - a Mauser 30.06 bolt action hunting rifle with an expended round in the chamber and a couple other rounds (internal magazine?) Ammunition found in the rifle believed to have been used in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk was reportedly engraved with slogans linked to transgender and antifascist ideology. Ngo notes the significance -
“We don’t yet know what the trans and Antifa engravings are on the rifle cartridges believed to have been used with the gun to assassinate Charlie Kirk, but if they are a “series of arrows,” as CNN reports, it may be Antifa’s signature “Iron Front” logo, or the trans symbol, or something else.”
“The three-arrow symbol serves as a dog whistle in graffiti, banners, and social media posts, indicating that the person who displays it is part of Antifa or supports its violent goals.”
https://x.com/mrandyngo/status/1966329489975038044?s=46&t=nfRT-Yioj0xALNzJelzFcA
If this is verified, there could be a multi pronged blowback against the Trans and Antifa movements. This could finally bring the violent left under critical scrutiny and away from the false right wing domestic terror “narrative” the left has been foisting since 0bama.
OTHER FALLOUT -
Now that some of the dust has settled, some on the left have realized the monster they have awakened, and are getting scared. Slate is a left-wing site which explains why part of their reaction to Charlie Kirk’s murder is an article suggesting the right’s response to it looks “ominous.”
On the broader political front, politicians from both sides are reassessing their public appearances and schedules with a greater level of security in mind. Leftist firebrands like AOC especially.
Turley notes in a podcast thé Trump’s address to the nation eulogizing Kirk that he is letting loose the govt to stamp our the “terrorist left”. If followed thru, this would place individuals and organizations under the microscope and possible arrest / prosecution. See his words here from FR post
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4339772/posts
The left has opened the door to political violence that may or may not expand as we get closer to the 2026 midterms. The massive amount of glee from the left over the murder is ominous in indicating support for future attacks. On the right, anger is rising as well, though I don’t think it has reached the action kinetic level - yet. Liberal politicians and media mouthpieces on the left have been exposed and in some manner placed on notice.
I am not convinced that the genie will be able to be put back into the bottle. The bloodlust from the left is still too strong and they are close to turning the “on” switch to equal violent measures from the right. As I noted yesterday, the left feels “empowered” and we will likely see more of this. The CW2 meter moves upward, not by mass demonstrations, but by smaller, terror assignation attempts and even potentially select mass casualty events driven by the left.
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Yesterday a bomb threat was made at the Headquarters of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in Washington, D.C. and was determined to not be credible, according to a Spokesperson for the DNC.
Terrorism - Threat Level - WATCH as of Jun 14, 2025
- Iran could activate cells in the US.
Behind the scenes of Trump’s appearance at the Yankee’s game last night, the Secret Service and NYPD Counterterrorism Task Force were searching for a suspect who made credible threats against the President. FDNY and NYPD have issued alerts, and security at Yankee Stadium has been tightened. Trump’s schedule reportedly remained unchanged, according to the White House.
Economy- Threat Level - WATCH - as of April 4, 2025
Consumer prices rose 2.9% in August from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday, up from 2.7% the previous month and the biggest increase since January. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 3.1%, the same as in July. Both figures are above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target.
This remains below 3% for the past 6 months.
OBSERVATION - The fed’s 2% goal is no longer realistic without total destruction of the economy at this stage. Pundits are trying to link the slight rise to tariffs coming into effect, but the correlation is very weak. The markets are expecting the combination of low inflation and poor jobs market to force the fed to lower rates, but I don’t see it dropping more than a quarter point.
POLITICAL FRONT –
Ripples from Kirk’s assassination are shining a light on leftist democrats persistent and vocal calls for political violence.
TRUMP Watch –
Yankees stadium broke out into cheers of USA when Trump’s presence was announced.
Ukraine –
Threat Level WATCH Ongoing Apr 24, 2025
WEATHER FORECAST – Mostly fair with temps the 50-70 range
24 HOUR ROUND UP –
Russia launched 40 Shahed-type drones overnight, - Ukrainian air forces
Russian losses per 12/09/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+890 men
+1 tank
+2 AFVs
+40 artillery
+2 MLRS
Russian Ministry of Defense claims full occupation of Novopetrovskoye(Ternove) village of Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine
Ukrainian drones attacked oil port Primorsk in Leningrad region of Russia, as well as several oil pumping stations supplying Ust-Luga port
According to Russian sources, over 115 Ukrainian drones have crossed the border into Bryansk region, mostly moving east and north. Many explosions are heard in the Smolensk region already.
Russian monitoring channels now report a UAV threat in occupied Kherson/Crimea as well. Drones are reportedly moving towards the Arabat Spit and Dhzankoi.
Analysis and Future Operations —
Another low Russia drone night, following the pattern they’ve using the past several months. Apart from some minor gains, Russia continues to be pretty much stuck. No indicators of an imminent offensive other than troop redeployments.
Ceasefire/peace negotiations are dead in the water - again.
Belarus -
“Zapad 2025” kicks off today.
Poland –
Poland rejects President Trump’s suggestion that Russia’s drone raid “could have been a mistake.”
An extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council on Russian drones incursion will be held on Friday at 9 p.m. Polish time (3 p.m. local time), Krzysztof Szczerski, Poland’s Permanent Representative to the UN
Poland has deployed 40,000 soldiers along its border with Belarus and Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave.
Today, a massive joint military exercise of the Russian and Belarusian armies, “Zapad 2025,” will begin, simulating the conquest of Poland with tens of thousands of soldiers and nuclear missiles.
NOTE - Russia conducted a similar exercise prior to the invasion of Ukraine.
Poland shut its border with Belarus at midnight, setting up barbed wire and barricades, halting all crossings. Meanwhile, Belarus claims its checkpoints will continue to operate as usual.
Europe / NATO General –
The EU has summoned the envoys of Russia and Belarus in Brussels to protest over the “intentional and dangerous” Russian drone intrusion into Poland, an EU official said Friday
Russia’s actions and Belarus’s connivance in the use of its airspace pose a direct threat to the security of all countries in the region - joint statement by the Foreign Ministries of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine
ISRAEL –
Threat Level WATCH Ongoing - Apr 24, 2025
Sept 22 - UN talks on the establishment of a Palestinian State.
Key overnight developments -
- Gaza City continues to be hammered
——— GENERAL ——————————-
Israel will continue its pursuit of Hamas’ top leadership, even after the seemingly failed attempt to kill them in a strike on Qatar, Jerusalem’s ambassador to the United States said Tuesday night. “If we didn’t get them this time, we’ll get them the next time,” Ambassador Yechiel Leiter told Fox News. He acknowledged Israel might face criticism but added, “They’ll get over it. And Israel is being changed for the better.”
——— GAZA FRONT / HAMAS ———————————
Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon to the UN:
“For too long, Qatar has harboured terrorists in luxury hotels, while they orchestrate massacres... There will be no sanctuary for terrorists!”
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Israel has agreed to an Egyptian request for an airdrop of aid today
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Gaza City continues to get hammered as IDF forces progressively take away Hamas controlled sectors.
———INTERNATIONAL ——————————-
Upcoming date - Sep 22 UN conference on a Palestinian state.
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Emirati official: The UAE condemns Netanyahu’s “hostile statements” against Qatar and stresses that any attack on a Gulf state is an attack on the Gulf security system.
——— ASSESSMENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS ————————-
Israel’s strike has caused Qatar to come unglued to a degree. They thought their status would protect them, but the revelation that the highest political leadership of Hamas was hiding there under their protection has broken that veneer.
Gaza continues to fall to the Israeli onslaught. Hamas is unable to muster an effective ground defense nor rally its supporters in the international community.
Iran –
Threat Level - ADVISORY July 17, 2025
Explosion reported in the city of Khorramabad.
Persian Telegram channels claim Sardar Aladin, a senior Basij commander in the IRGC, has been eliminated.
OBSERVATION - The Basij is a paramilitary volunteer militia within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and one of its five branches. They are the brutal enforcers of Islamic laws under the mullahs and are widely hated. So Mossad involvement isn’t a given.
Lebanon -
UNIFIL Spokesperson: We are assisting the Lebanese Army in extending its control over areas in southern Lebanon and ensuring the safe return of residents to their villages.
Syria -
Threat Level - ADVISORY July 25, 2025
Over the past several days, Israel has broken up Iranian / Hezbollah teams in S Syria who apparently were trying to establish covert bases from which to strike Israel from.