[FoxNews] Sex trafficking believe tied to Venezuelan gang, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw says
Two illegal immigrants have been arrested in Palm Beach County, Florida, in connection to the sex trafficking of a 15-year-old girl from New York City, authorities said Monday.
Detectives began working the case after receiving an anonymous tip about a teen runaway, missing since Sept. 12, who was believed to be the victim of a sex trafficking operation, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said during a news conference.
Investigators used commercial sex ads to track down the minor and begin communication as a ruse to recover the minor. Detectives found the minor at a Motel 6 in Riviera Beach. She indicated that two individuals who both played a role in the sex trafficking were two to three doors down.
Investigators said the victim was recruited in New York City and trafficked down to Florida to perform sex acts for money. Officials said she was forced to perform sex acts at least 10 times.
Yenire Karolina Pache Coleiton, a 33-year-old Colombian national, and Enyerbert Blanco, a previously deported 27-year-old Venezuelan national, were both arrested in connection to sex trafficking the teen.
"How can he be out on bond for attempted murder out of New York, he gets arrested in Miami for drug trafficking, and he’s out walking around?" Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said of Blanco. "That’s unconscionable."
Bradshaw said the sex trafficking is believed to have ties to a Venezuelan gang, though officials are still investigating.
"Obviously, whatever this vetting system is at the border ain’t working," the sheriff said. "The border’s not closed, illegals are still coming in. This is the fourth time we’ve had something here in Palm Beach County involving crimes committed by illegals."
Bradshaw said the three previous cases involved illegal immigrants who abducted and sexually assaulted an elderly woman, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who molested a 10-year-old, and illegal immigrants from Venezuela who sexually assaulted a 12-year-old.
"The families are angry because they shouldn’t be here to do this," the sheriff said.
Bradshaw said Coleiton and Blanco would not be released under his watch.
"I can tell you one thing, folks," he said. "That female and this guy here that were involved in this, their butts are staying in my jail. They’re not coming out."
Coleiton and Blanco were both placed on an ICE detainer and given no bond.
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"How can he be out on bond for attempted murder out of New York, he gets arrested in Miami for drug trafficking, and he’s out walking around?" Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said of Blanco. "That’s unconscionable."
[ToloNews] The Islamic Emirate reported conducting operations against the hideouts of those responsible for recent attacks in the provinces of Ghor, Bamyan, and Kabul.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, said that in two separate operations in Ghor and Kunar province ... Kunar is Haqqani country..... s, four members of this group were killed.
Mujahid said that these individuals, under the leadership of ISIS Khorasan based in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , were behind all recent attacks in the country.
According to Mujahid, the deadly incident in the area between Daikundi and Ghor was also carried out by these individuals.
The spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate further said: "These were the same individuals who, a short time ago, martyred and injured several of our fellow citizens between Ghor and Daikundi provinces. They were being pursued by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. In the past two days, our forces managed to arrest ten of them and also discovered their hideout. In a special operation yesterday, the leader of this crime, along with one of his accomplices, was killed."
Mujahid also mentioned that during this operation, a quantity of weapons, ammunition, including hand grenades, and kabooms were seized.
Regarding the group's centers, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate said: "The Islamic Emirate is determined to punish anyone who threatens the security of the people and takes action against them, as soon as possible."
"The ISIS project has external dimensions, not internal ones, and it does not relate to the people of Afghanistan. We fought for our freedom and against occupation, but we were never terrorists," Yousuf Amin Zazai, a military affairs expert, told TOLOnews.
Earlier, in the month of Sunbula (solar calendar), unknown individuals opened fire on civilians in the area between Daikundi and Ghor, resulting in the death or injury of twenty people.
It is not clear to me whether this is repeating the previous story(see Related article at the bottom of the post) or if this is a new event. So I give it to you for your decision, dear Reader.
[KhaamaPress] The human rights organization “Halvash” has reported that a landmine explosion and gunfire targeted a group of Afghan migrants at the Kalgan border in Iran.
According to the organization’s report on Monday, October 21, a group of at least 150 Afghan migrants was attacked by Iranian border forces on the evening of Thursday, October 17, in eastern Iran.
The report states that the group of migrants, attempting to enter Iran from the Kalgan border in Saravan illegally, was first hit by a landmine explosion, followed by gunfire from Iranian forces. Over 260 migrants were killed, injured, or went missing as a result of the attack.
Halvah has stated that it is working to gather more precise information about the incident, while Khaama Press has also been unable to obtain further details.
A few days prior to this shooting, a similar report from eastern Iran was published, and several independent media outlets confirmed its accuracy based on eyewitness accounts.
The recent escalation of violence at the Iran-Afghanistan border has raised concerns about the safety and treatment of Afghan migrants.
Amid ongoing border violence, both Iran and Pakistan have been forcibly deporting Afghan refugees, exacerbating the dire humanitarian crisis in the region.
These deportations come at a time when Afghanistan is already struggling with extreme poverty, conflict, and political instability.
Human rights organizations have raised concerns about the treatment of Afghan refugees, citing numerous reports of harassment, torture, and violations of basic rights by both Iranian and Pakistani authorities.
The lack of proper protection and support for these refugees in host countries has left them vulnerable, with many facing dangerous conditions upon their forced return to Afghanistan. The international community is increasingly calling for immediate action to address these violations and provide protection to the displaced Afghan population.
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[Regnum] Footage has emerged of the moment a cargo plane crashed in Sudan, which may have had Russians on board. The corresponding video was published by Izvestia.
The footage shows the plane apparently being shot at. Later in the video, you can see the wreckage of the burning plane lying on the ground.
According to preliminary data, the plane was en route to the UAE, and among the crew members were citizens of Russia and Kyrgyzstan, the report said. The number of victims and casualties was not specified.
As reported earlier, on October 21, the Russian embassy in Sudan reported that it was checking with local authorities the information about the crashed cargo plane, which may have had Russians on board as crew members. The situation is complicated by the fact that the crash zone is located in Darfur, which is engulfed in fighting, diplomats noted.
Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that nine people, including four soldiers, were killed in the crash of a civilian transport plane at Port Sudan airport. The military statement specified that the plane crashed due to a "technical malfunction" during takeoff.
The Rapid Reaction Forces (RRF) participating in the Sudanese conflict may have mistaken a downed Il-76 cargo plane, which was believed to be carrying Russian citizens, for a military aircraft. This was reported on October 21 by the Sudan War Monitor portal.
According to him, one of the RSF commanders claimed that they shot down an "Egyptian Antonov" with the help of missiles. At the same time, the RSF commander Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo had previously accused Egypt of allegedly using its aircraft in the conflict. Cairo rejected this claim.
The portal noted that in fact an Il-76 was shot down. One of the crew members was found to have an ID in the name of Viktor Granov (chief engineer of the Airline Transport Incorporation FZC, a company linked to Kyrgyzstan and based in the UAE). Another crew member was found to have a Russian passport. However, no surviving crew members were reported; most of the plane burned.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on October 21 at about 03:00 Moscow time, an Il-76 cargo plane, whose crew included Russians, was shot down by members of the Rapid Reaction Forces fighting the Sudanese government. The crash site was in Darfur, which was engulfed in fighting. Everyone on board the cargo plane died. The Il-76 was transporting engineering aid from the UAE to the Republic of Chad. The aircraft was sent to provide assistance to another UAE plane, which was damaged during landing in West Kordofan in early October. This plane's engines were also damaged.
The passport of Anton S., a 33-year-old native of Tuymazy in the Republic of Bashkortostan, was found at the crash site of the Il-76 plane shot down in Sudan. Another Russian, Viktor Granov, was flying with him. They were flying to repair the UAE plane. On board the downed Il-76 were spare parts and tools for the planned repairs.
[ShabelleMedia] The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) successfully apprehended three al-Shabaab ... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... snuffies in Mogadishu, preventing a potential terror attack in the capital.
The operation led to the seizure of weapons along with two rickshaws and a cycle of violence used by the snuffies belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked holy warrior group, al-Shabaab.
According to the NISA statement, the snuffies were planning to carry out violent mostly peaceful activities in Mogadishu, aiming to destabilize the city. The timely intervention by NISA not only neutralized the immediate threat but also provided law enforcement with valuable intelligence on al-Shabaab’s operations within urban areas.
Valuable intelligence is always a good thing…
This operation underscores Somalia’s ongoing efforts to combat terrorism, particularly from al-Shabaab, which has been a significant security challenge for years. The capture of these holy warriors, along with their equipment, is seen as a critical blow to the terrorist group’s activities in the region.
Authorities have not released the identities of the arrested individuals but confirmed that the weapons and vehicles seized will be further analyzed for forensic evidence to potentially identify more cells or planned attacks.
The incident highlights the persistent security issues in Somalia, where al-Shabaab continues to pose a threat despite military and intelligence efforts by both local forces and international partners. NISA’s actions are part of a broader strategy to enhance security and protect civilian lives against the backdrop of frequent terrorist threats.
[AFRICANEWS] According to residents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... 's north Kivu region, Fighting erupted early Sunday between M23 rebels
…the M23 rebels are more formally known as the March 23 Movement, and sometimes as the Congolese Revolutionary Army. Founded in 2012 as a Rwandan Tutsi sock puppet, which no doubt seemed a good idea at the time, in less than a year the Congolese army defeated them, and then Rwanda publicly stepped back in response to international pressure. M23 started acting up again in late 2022, again at Rwandan instigation...
and government-allied militia, leaving more than a dozen civilians maimed.
M23 then claimed they had seized the town of Kalembe.
The fighting marks the end to an Angola-mediated ceasefire deal between the Congolese army and the M23, a group allegedly supported by Rwanda, that was agreed in August.
But peace discussions between Kinshasa and Rwandan authorities have since ground to a halt; fresh discussions are to be held in the coming days.
Rwanda deems the Hutu Death Eater group, FDLR, in eastern DRC a to be a danger to its frontier.
The M23 rebels, mainly composed of Tutsi fighters, have taken swathes of territory in eastern DRC after their offensive began 3 years ago.
Millions have been forced from their homes as a result of the fighting;
The violence has also triggered a humanitarian crisis, with the north Kivu region hit particularly hard. According to the Norwegian Refugee Council, 13.7 million children are in need of humanitarian assistance.
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[KavkazUzel] During the week from October 14 to October 20, 2024, there were no reports of casualties or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in the North Caucasus. These are the results of the " Caucasian Knot " calculations, based on its own materials and information from other open sources.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, three people were killed in an armed conflict in the North Caucasus during the week from October 7 to 13 : a policeman and two civilians. According to security forces, the target of the attack could have been Adam Khamkhoev, an employee of the Center for Combating Extremism, who was in the car with the dead but was not injured. Sounds like an organized crime hit to me... ARRESTS
Four residents of Ingushetia were detained for storing ammunition and an explosive device, TASS reported on October 19, citing the press service of the Russian Interior Ministry's Ingushetia Department. The Investigative Department of the Russian FSB Directorate for Ingushetia opened criminal cases under the article on illegal trafficking of explosives or explosive devices (part 1 and part 3 of article 222.1 of the Russian Criminal Code).
HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT
19 years ago, on October 13-14, 2005, an armed attack took place on the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria, Nalchik. The number of militants who attacked the city was at least 250 people. As a result of the attack, 35 security personnel and 15 civilians were killed, 129 security personnel and 66 civilians were wounded. As a result of the fighting in the city, 95 militants were killed.
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[Regnum] In Sevastopol, Captain 1st Rank Nikolai Mikhailenko, who died in Syria while performing special tasks, was seen off on his final journey, the city's governor Mikhail Razvozhaev reported on October 21.
Mikhailenko was born in Chernigov into a military family, dreamed of a military career since childhood and after finishing school entered the Sevastopol Nakhimov School, Razvozhaev said on his Telegram channel.
After graduating from the school, Mikhailenko served in the Navy, successfully advancing up the career ladder, and in recent years taught at his native school, the governor noted.
"While teaching, Nikolai Nikolaevich did not sit in classrooms. He took advantage of every opportunity to visit places where new tactical methods were used in practice, and where weapons and military equipment were tested," the governor of Sevastopol said.
According to his fellow servicemen, Mikhailenko was a true comrade in arms, he skillfully trained and educated young cadets, Razvozhaev noted. The hero will be remembered in Sevastopol, he added.
DPS Troopers working to secure the border as part of #OperationLoneStar recently encountered a large group of 134 migrants in Maverick County. Within this group, Troopers found 32 unaccompanied children and minors, along with seven special interest immigrants from Iran and… pic.twitter.com/XEqvRZhWqt
[Rudaw] Iraqi security forces on Monday arrested four "terrorism" suspects in operations across separate provinces, the army said, adding that the operations were carried out in cooperation with Kurdish forces.
"The Counter-Terrorism service carried out a series of operations that resulted in the arrest of four bully boyz in different areas of the country," Iraq’s Security Media Cell said in a statement.
Two suspects were arrested in the Kurdistan Region’s Sulaimani province in cooperation with Kurdish security forces (Asayish), the cell said, and the others were arrested in Salahaddin and Kirkuk provinces.
[FoxNews] Seven suspects from Jerusalem arrested while photographing scientist’s home as part of alleged assassination plot
An Iranian plot to assassinate a "senior Israeli scientist and a mayor of a major Israeli city" has been busted, with seven suspects from Jerusalem being taken into custody, officials say.
The individuals from Jerusalem’s Beit Safafa neighborhood – who also were tasked with bombing a police car and throwing a grenade at a house -- were promised a $53,000 payment for their efforts, according to a joint statement from Israel’s internal security service, Shin Bet, and the Israeli Police.
"These individuals, under Iranian direction, planned to assassinate a senior Israeli scientist and a mayor of a major Israeli city," the statement said.
"An investigation revealed an Iranian intelligence network aiming to recruit Israeli citizens for missions in Israel," it added. "A 23-year-old suspect from Jerusalem was in contact with a foreign agent, recruiting others for tasks like graffiti spraying, vehicle arson in Ein Kerem, and intelligence gathering."
Israeli officials say the suspects were arrested near the scientist’s home after photographing it in exchange for around $132, as part of the leadup to the assassination attempt.
"Searches revealed 50,000 shekels, a fake police license plate, and numerous credit cards," the officials added, noting that "charges for serious security offenses" are expected to be filed.
A senior Shin Bet official said "Scientists, mayors, security officials, and other prominent Israelis are targets for Iranian agents" and that the investigation "underscores Iran’s efforts to recruit Israeli citizens for terrorism."
The arrests come after Israeli security agencies on Monday said they had uncovered and stopped an Iranian spy ring operating out of northern Israel.
Those seven suspects, residents of Haifa and other areas across northern Israel, are suspected of gathering intelligence on Israeli military bases, including air force and naval installations, as well as Israel’s infamous Iron Dome defense system.
The accused are also suspected of relaying information to Iranian intelligence on Israel’s critical energy infrastructure, including its largest power station in Hadera – a tactic that could suggest Iran may look to utilize a strategy long held by its top ally Russia, which has frequently targeted Ukraine's energy systems.
According to Shin Bet, the spy network provided Iranian intelligence agents with critical information using sophisticated equipment to photograph sensitive locations in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars, some made using cryptocurrency, reported Israeli news agency TPS.
The leader of the ring, a 23-year-old named Rami Alian, was recruited by an Iranian agent. None of the suspects had a criminal or security-related record.
The cell was active for some two years. They were given various missions for which they were paid thousands of shekels, including graffiti demanding the release of hostages in Gaza and vandalism in Jerusalem, and also tasked with photographing various locations.
At one point they were told to hurl a grenade at an Israeli security serviceman, though this was not carried out.
Alian was given a photo and address of the nuclear scientist and told he would be paid NIS 200,000 ($53,000) if he succeeded. Authorities say he began preparations for the act, but the cell was arrested before it could move forward.
According to Channel 12 news, Alian told investigators he was aware he was working for Iranians and wanted to harm national security, citing the war in Gaza.
But they somehow can’t manage to notice that the armed gangs are Hamasniks shearing the entering sheep, and therefore discontinuing shipments would be the wiser course.
[IsraelTimes] Armed gangs have been preventing trucks of humanitarian aid from entering Gaza through the Kerem Shalom Crossing, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says.
“There are plenty of trucks that are waiting to get in there, and they’re not able to because of these armed gangs and criminal groups that are stopping them, so we all have to take a turn here and see what we can do to reduce that pressure down at Kerem Shalom so that that aid can get in,” Kirby says during a press briefing.
He notes that Israel has allowed 120 trucks of aid into Gaza after barring aid from reaching the several hundred thousand people still in the area for two weeks.
“More needs to be done. But we have seen an uptick over the last few days,” Kirby says.
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But they somehow can’t manage to notice that the armed gangs are Hamasniks shearing the entering sheep, and therefore discontinuing shipments would be the wiser course.
[IsraelTimes] More than a dozen Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s were said to hit Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday night and in the early hours of Tuesday morning after the Israel Defense Forces accused Hezbollah of storing millions of dollars in a bunker underneath one of Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... ’s largest hospitals amid a years-long financial crisis.
The strikes were launched after the IDF’s Arabic-language front man Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee instructed residents of several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate the area, warning that they were "located near facilities and interests belonging to Hezbollah."
The military said earlier on Monday that it would continue striking Hezbollah targets with a focus on their financial infrastructure, after IDF front man Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said that Israel estimated there to be roughly "half a billion dollars in dollar bills and gold" in a bunker underneath the al-Sahel Hospital in the southern Beirut suburb known as Dahiyeh, where Hezbollah is largely based.
He warned that the Israeli Air Force was monitoring the compound, but stressed that Israel would not launch a strike on the hospital itself, as it is at war with Hezbollah, and not with the Lebanese people.
The hospital nevertheless said that it was evacuating its patients to a safer location, and director Fadi Alameh denied the allegations. No, no! Certainly not! made by the IDF and invited the Lebanese army to visit the site.
Alameh told the local al-Jadeed TV that the hospital, which has been in the area for 42 years, has underground rooms for surgery and has no ties to Hezbollah or any political group.
Following the calls to evacuate, residents of Beirut reported several loud explosions in the Dahiyeh area, and Lebanese media reported that at least 13 Israeli airstrikes had been launched in the Hezbollah bastion.
The Lebanese health ministry said that a preliminary toll showed that four people, including a child, were killed in the airstrikes near the country’s biggest public hospital, and 24 others were maimed.
The number provided by the health ministry does not differentiate between combatants and civilians.
The strike caused "significant damage to the hospital," the health ministry said, including to the entrance, "which is still operating and receives a large number of patients."
The health ministry also denied the IDF’s assertion that Hezbollah was storing half a billion dollars under the hospital.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported at least three Israeli strikes on the Ouzai district of south Beirut. While most districts of Beirut’s southern suburbs had been emptied for almost a month in light of the escalation between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group, the densely packed residential area of Ouzai was still filled with people because it had never been targeted before.
Additional strikes were also reported in Haret Hreik, just south of Ouzai, and Hadath.
’NO ROOM FOR ESCAPE’
Hezbollah-affiliated rescuers told AFP they were looking for survivors amid the devastation in Ouzai, adding that the evacuation order, then the strike, caused "panic among residents" who "started to run in the streets."
"They did not leave any room for people to escape. The strike came closely after the warning," one said.
A Lebanese security official told AFP that the country’s national airline had to switch landing strips after Israeli strikes near Beirut’s only international airport hit close to the main runway.
"Middle East Airlines switched the runway it was using because the main runway is close to the site of the Ouzai strike," the official said, requesting anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
AFPTV footage showed plumes of smoke rising from Beirut’s southern suburbs, with AFP correspondents also hearing several loud bangs before the strikes.
The footage also showed two strikes that caused a huge fire, with black smoke surrounding dissipating orange flames.
The strikes came as the IDF continued to hammer an array of Hezbollah positions across Lebanon, including strikes against some 300 targets in the previous 24 hours.
In particular, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said on Monday that more than two dozen targets belonging to Hezbollah-linked financial firm al-Qard al-Hassan had been hit.
Al-Qard al-Hassan is a financial firm, officially registered as a charity, that has been offering customers credit in exchange for gold deposits on an interest-free basis since the 1980s. Israel charges that Hezbollah is making money from Lebanon civilians through AQAH.
The firm is used mainly by Moslem Shiite communities battling a years-long financial crisis that has locked Lebanese out of their bank deposits.
The United States has long sanctioned the association, accusing Hezbollah of using it as a cover to mask its financial activities and gain access to the international financial system.
Al-Qard al-Hassan says it has more than 30 branches nationwide, mainly in Hezbollah bastions including Beirut’s southern suburbs, but also in central Beirut and in other major cities such as Sidon and Tyre.
The attacks on northern Israel since October 2023 have resulted in the deaths of 29 civilians. In addition, 43 IDF soldiers and reservists have died in cross-border skirmishes and in the ensuing ground operation launched in southern Lebanon in late September.
Two soldiers have been killed in a drone attack from Iraq, and there have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.
The IDF estimates that around 2,000 Hezbollah operatives have been killed in the conflict. Around 100 members of other terror groups, along with hundreds of civilians, have also been reported killed in Lebanon.
[IsraelTimes] Hebrew media reports say that one of the two people killed in a strike on a car in Damascus was responsible for transferring arms from Iran to Hezbollah.
The unsourced reports do not name him, but say that he is the third person to be killed holding that position. "Next!" Syria blames Israel for Damascus strike, says 2 killed
[IsraelTimes] Syria’s defense ministry says two civilians were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted a vehicle earlier in the day.
“At approximately 17:05 pm (1417 GMT), the Israeli enemy launched an air strike targeting a civilian car in the residential neighborhood of Mazzeh in Damascus, killing two civilians and injuring three,” the ministry says in a statement.
Did that have half a billion dollars in cash and gold, too? Not sure the below is the same site, but it certainly is possible…
So it’s true. #Israel did strike #Hezbollah cash and gold reserves. Locals mined gold pieces out of the rubble. This is becoming surreal! https://t.co/cvsIO03vwJ
🚨ABSOLUTELY EPIC!! 🇮🇱🇱🇧 The Israel Defense Forces declassifies information telling the people of Lebanon **exactly** where they can go get 100s of millions of dollars in stored Hezbollah gold & cash.. 'go get it!' 😂 pic.twitter.com/xJRBHNwYE9
[Jpost] The IDF reveals the economic blow that landed in Beirut.
IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari revealed on Monday night that the former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah's bunker in Dahieh in southern Beirut was located underneath a hospital - which held gold and half a billion dollars in cash.
One of his bunkers was located beneath the Al-Sahel Hospital and was used as Nasrallah's emergency bunker, according to the IDF. The hospital has been evacuated following Israeli claims a Hezbollah cash bunker is located beneath it, hospital director Fadi Alameh told Reuters on Monday. Hagari said that Israel will not strike the hospital.
Alameh denied the allegation and called on the Lebanese army to visit the site.
An N12 report said that it serves as Hezbollah's central money warehouse, where the vast majority of the organization's money stolen from Lebanese citizens and used for terrorism is hidden.
The IDF revealed a graphic photo and a video simulation of the structure. "This bunker is deliberately placed under the hospital and on both sides of it," Hagari continued. "You can see the buildings under which the entrance shafts to the bunker are located.
"This money could and still can go to rebuilding the state of Lebanon. This money had been intended to go exclusively to arming the terrorist organization Hezbollah and had no other destination."
He said that IAF aircraft are monitoring the compound "and will continue to do so.
CALLING ON LEBANESE TO TAKE A STAND
"We call on the citizens of Lebanon, the Lebanese government, and international institutions - do not allow Hezbollah to keep terrorist funds under a hospital. Even in the coming hours, we will continue to attack Hezbollah targets throughout Lebanon, including in Beirut in Dahieh.
"Our war is not against the citizens of Lebanon - but against a murderous terrorist organization which continues to arm itself and align itself with the interests of the Islamic Republic regime. We will continue to work to create security that will allow the return of our residents of the north to their homes."
Hagari also revealed that the IDF eliminated in Syria a senior member of the terrorist organization's financial system, Ynet reported.
The "Qard al-Hasan" bank, which was founded in the 1980s as a charity, has developed into a powerful financial institution that currently serves over 200,000 people and manages most of Hezbollah's economic activity, Maariv reported.
Oh dear. And so many Lebanese have been impoverished by the war Hezbollah started…
To all the journalists in Beirut, including those who participated in the press tour in the Al-Sahel Hospital, these are the entry instructions to Nasrallah’s bunker we exposed yesterday:
According to intelligence information, one of the entrances to the bunker, containing more…
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There will be riots as Lebanese descend on the bunkers to take the cash. There will probably be bloodshed as people fight over the cash. There will be a few deaths. These deaths will be blamed on Israel, of course.
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[IsraelTimes] IDF says it has destroyed some 70% of Hezbollah's rocket arsenal, killed 2,000 terrorists
The IDF says it has defeated Hezbollah’s forces in every area that Israeli troops have so far operated in southern Lebanon.
According to the military’s latest estimates, more than 1,200 Hezbollah members have been killed amid the ground offensive. In all, since October 2023, over 2,000 members of the terror group have been killed, the IDF says.
Among the dead Hezbollah members are seven brigade-level commanders, 21 battalion-level commanders, and two dozen company commanders, according to the IDF.
The military says it sees Hezbollah struggling to bring in reinforcements to counter the IDF’s five divisions operating against it in southern Lebanon, and that the amount of weapons the army has seized is affecting the terror group’s ability to carry out attacks.
In terms of rocket capabilities, the IDF estimates that Hezbollah maintains about 30% of what it initially had before the war, which is still thousands of rockets.
But due to the elimination of Hezbollah’s leadership, including numerous field commanders, the IDF says Hezbollah is struggling to carry out massive rocket fire that the terror group had initially planned.
The IDF still aims to wrap up its operations in southern Lebanon within a few weeks. Once the threat of a Hezbollah invasion is removed from the border area, residents of the north will be able to return to their homes.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka 
[FoxNews] Seven suspects from Jerusalem arrested while photographing scientist’s home as part of alleged assassination plot
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
