Tensions Flare as Sudan Adds More Forces near Ethiopia
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Tensions Flare as Sudan Adds More Forces near Ethiopia
Tensions are rising between Sudan and Ethiopia after Sudanese Army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan ordered the deployment of additional troops and anti-aircraft systems to the Al-Fashaga border region and Gedaref state near the Ethiopian frontier.
The move follows accusations by authorities in Port Sudan that Ethiopia launched drone strikes from Bahir Dar targeting several locations inside Sudan, including Khartoum International Airport, and supported rival armed groups involved in the country’s three-year civil war.
Ethiopia rejected the allegations as “baseless” and warned of “external actors pursuing malicious agendas” in the region.
Nine Killed, Several Injured in another Fresh Attack in Bassa, Plateau
By: Zagazola Makama
No fewer than nine persons have been killed and several others injured following an attack by suspected militia members on Zhe Brazongo village in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau… pic.twitter.com/n4K2wcYhZm
Nine Killed, Several Injured in another Fresh Attack in Bassa, Plateau
By Zagazola Makama
No fewer than nine persons have been killed and several others injured following an attack by suspected militia members on Zhe Brazongo village in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the attack occurred at about 12:15 a.m. on May 8 after troops of Operation Enduring Peace (OPEP) received reports of sporadic gunshots from the community.
According to the sources, troops swiftly mobilised to the village following the distress call, but the attackers had already fled before security operatives arrived at the scene.
[IsraelTimes] A bulk carrier reported being struck by an unknown projectile while sailing 23 nautical miles northeast of Doha, Qatar, the UK Maritime Trade Operations organization says.
The incident sparked a small fire that was extinguished, with the vessel’s master reporting no casualties or environmental impact, UKMTO says.
Authorities are investigating the source of the projectile. Vessels in the area have been advised to transit with caution.
[israelTimes] On Saturday, the small Gulf island of Bahrain said it had arrested 41 people it said are part of a group affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The interior ministry said investigations were ongoing but did not provide details.
Bahrain is led by a Sunni Moslem monarchy but, like Iran, has a majority Shiite population. Rights groups have said the kingdom has used the war between Iran and the US, which bases its Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, as an excuse to crack down on dissent.
Iran issued a warning to Bahrain. "Siding with the US-backed resolution will bring severe consequences. The Strait of Hormuz is a vital lifeline; do not risk closing it on yourselves FOREVER," Ebrahim Azizi, head of the national security commission of Iran’s parliament, said on social media.
One result of all that sectarianism seen in last week’s election, from the cream of England’s youth — or maybe they’re the other thing that rises to the top:
🔴 Jewish students are being followed home, screamed at and sent death threats by their peers at university, a report into anti-Semitism has revealed.
Students at University of Birmingham, University College London, Royal Holloway University and City St George’s, which is part… pic.twitter.com/03dzow9Y5W
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One might see, as former civilized countries move more to socialism operations, they also seem to adopt the National Socialist agenda Anti-Jew ideas.
[IsraelTimes] A man has been arrested on suspicion of hurling antisemitic abuse at Jewish children
So brave!
on a bus in London and claiming to have a knife on his person, the UK’s Jewish Chronicle newspaper reports.
According to the report, the incident occurred on Thursday on a bus that travels through Stamford Hill, a neighborhood of London that is home to more than 15,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Witnesses cited by the Jewish Chronicle recount that the suspect told Jewish passengers aboard the bus, including children, that it was a “shame Hitler didn’t kill you,” and that they should have been sent to the gas chambers.
Shomrim, a Jewish security organization in London, says in a statement that as the incident unfolded, “the bus driver stopped the bus and activated the emergency alarm” while members of the public stepped in to assist the Jewish passengers.
The organization says it arrived on the scene and “swiftly detained the suspect” until the police arrived, at which point they were handed over and arrested.
In a statement carried by the Jewish Chronicle, the Metropolitan Police confirm that a 50-year-old man was arrested “on suspicion of making threats to kill.”
Although the man claimed that he was carrying a knife with him during the incident, the police say he was searched and was not found to be carrying any weapon.
[Yahoo-BBC] Two men have been charged with religiously aggravated harassment offences after they allegedly filmed antisemitic TikTok videos in London.
Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub, 21, both of Hillingdon, west London, are alleged to have travelled to Stamford Hill in north London, a predominantly Jewish area, on Thursday night.
The charges relate to allegations Jewish people there were approached, harassed and filmed for social media, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.
The Metropolitan Police said five men were arrested, with the two charged remanded in custody ahead of appearing at Thames Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
Two 20-year-old men and a 21-year-old man have been released on bail following the alleged incident.
Huw Rogers, chief crown prosecutor for CPS Direct, said: "Our team of out-of-hours prosecutors from CPS Direct worked to establish that there is sufficient evidence to bring charges and it is in the public interest to pursue criminal proceedings.
"We have worked closely with the Metropolitan Police as it has carried out its investigation."
Bedoui and Bousloub are charged with religiously aggravated intentional harassment, contrary to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, and intentional harassment, contrary to the Public Order Act 1986.
Det Supt Oliver Richter, the Met's policing lead for Hackney and Tower Hamlets, said: "Our investigation continues but two men have been charged and will appear in court for their alleged part in this incident.
"We will not tolerate any form of hate crime against our communities."
[Rudaw] Germany deported at least 135 Iraqi nationals, including Kurds, between January and March this year, a German interior ministry spokesperson confirmed to Rudaw on Thursday.
"Between January 1 and March 31, 135 Iraqis were deported," the spokesperson said.
Berlin has intensified migration enforcement measures in recent months, increasing deportations and border returns despite criticism from opposition parties and human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you... groups.
Germany nevertheless remains a key destination for migrants colonists from across the Middle East attempting to reach Europe, often through dangerous smuggling networks.
The country also offers a voluntary return program that provides financial and logistical assistance to migrants colonists who choose to return home or relocate to a third country. Families opting for voluntary return can receive up to €4,000 in support.
Asked about the number of Kurds and Yazidis among those deported, the spokesperson said "ethnic identity is not recorded in the basic federal statistics."
The spokesperson added that decisions on residency rights and the implementation of deportation orders fall under the authority of Germany’s individual states.
Berlin maintains that Iraqi citizens without legal residency status are required to leave the country and may face deportation.
Germany and Iraq continue to hold talks on migration cooperation, particularly on expanding voluntary return and reintegration programs supported by Germany and the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... In January 2025, the German parliament approved a controversial migration bill aimed at tightening enforcement measures. The legislation included provisions to curb illegal immigration, accelerate deportations, remove foreign criminals, detain individuals facing removal orders, and restrict family reunification.
Official data released to the Left Party faction in October last year showed that 328 Iraqis, including 18 minors, were deported during the first half of 2025.
Kurds from Iraq and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... member, but not the most reliable... have also been affected by Germany’s broader immigration crackdown, which saw more than 8,200 refugee residence permits revoked over the past year. The stricter policies have coincided with a sharp decline in asylum applications, which fell to their lowest level in a decade.
According to German government figures, citizens of Georgia, Albania, and Turkey recorded the highest deportation numbers in 2025, with more than 600 individuals removed from each country. The same nationalities also topped deportation figures in 2024, indicating a sustained enforcement policy rather than a temporary surge.
[IsraelTimes] Militants detonated a car bomb at a checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan and opened fire on police, killing at least 12 and wounding five, officials say.
“Last night in the Fateh Khel area of Bannu, a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police checkpoint, after which multiple militants entered the post,” Bannu police official Muhammad Sajjad Khan tells AFP, adding 12 officers are confirmed dead with one more missing.
The attack took place in Bannu, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, police official Zahid Khan says. He says multiple explosions were heard shortly after the attack and that several nearby houses and the security post collapsed from the impact of the blast.
No group immediately claims responsibility.
However, suspicion is likely to fall on the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, and allied militant groups that have carried out similar attacks in the past. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in militant violence in recent years.
The TTP is a separate group but allied to the Afghan Taliban, who seized power in Afghanistan in 2021.
[IsraelTimes] Some 12 pavilions closed or partially shuttered, while others fly Palestinian flags; police clash with march of 2,000 demonstrators trying to reach Israeli installation
About a dozen stalls were shut Friday at the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition ahead of its opening to the public as artists protested the inclusion of Israel in the event.
The exhibit has been beset by controversy in the weeks leading up to Saturday’s opening, with no Golden Lion prizes given for best national pavilion or best participant in the main curated exhibition after the jury quit in protest of Israel’s and Russia’s participation, and loud protests outside the countries’ pavilions.
Among those shut were the Belgian, Dutch, Austrian, Japanese, Macedonian and Korean pavilions, while the British, Spanish, French, Egyptian, Finnish and Luxembourg entries closed for several hours, the UK’s Guardian reported.
Friday’s strike was called by the Art Not Genocide Alliance to protest Israel’s inclusion due to the war against Hamas ..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... that was sparked by the October 7, 2023 massacre.
The coalition initially said that some 20 pavilions would be shut, but in the end 12 took part, with some citing a walkout by local workers. Others flew Paleostinian flags or displayed pro-Paleostinian artwork.
Among those shut were the Belgian, Dutch, Austrian, Japanese, Macedonian and Korean pavilions, while the British, Spanish, French, Egyptian, Finnish and Luxembourg entries closed for several hours, the UK’s Guardian reported.
Visitors trying to enter the British pavilion were met with a sign saying: "Due to the Italian cultural workers’ strike today, it is not possible to open the British pavilion," the Guardian said.
A similar message was at the Austrian pavilion, which has been one of the most sought-after events, with a naked woman hanging from a bell outside, a human clapper making the performance art by Florentina Holzinger. Inside, a nude rider swirls around on a Jet Ski inside a tank — emblematic of Venice’s relegation as an over-touristed amusement park.
A naked woman breathes through a scuba mouthpiece in another huge tank filled with water that has been flushed from nearby toilets and filtered multiple times. The presentation is called "Seaworld Venice."
The Israeli pavilion in the Arsenale was also closed to visitors, but that was because it was hosting its official opening, the New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported, adding that armed coppers stopped those without tickets from entering.
Later Friday, some 2,000 pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel protesters staged a march that tried at one point to get to the Arsenale and briefly clashed with the police, the report said.
Inside the Israeli installation, created by Romanian-born artist Belu-Simion Fainaru, water drips from suspended tubes into a pool, stopping in cycles for just 42 seconds, representing divine creative power in Jewish mysticism.
Locks hung around the pavilion, like those placed by lovers on bridges around Europe, are engraved with the commandment "Love thy neighbor as thyself," in Hebrew, and the hopeful exhortation: "This too shall pass."
Fainaru told AFP that the divisions at the Biennale were "destroying the meaning of art... to unite people."
"I don’t think we should reduce the art world to a political arena," added the sculptor.
That position was also voiced by Italia’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who visited the Biennale on Friday: "I don’t think American, Chinese, Israeli, or Russian artists are spokespeople for ongoing conflicts."
The Paleostinians do not have their own pavilion but are represented by an exhibition dedicated to Gaza at the Palazzo Mora, titled "Gaza — No Words — See the Exhibit."
"There’s really no way to describe the horror that was inflicted upon the Paleostinians in Gaza, and I don’t think we would want to be in the same place as the people who did that," said the exhibition’s curator, Faisal Saleh, founder of the Paleostine Museum in the US state of Connecticut.
The international jury of the Biennale resigned en masse last month in a row over the organization’s decision to allow Israel and Russia to participate in this year’s event.
The five-strong jury, headed by Brazilian curator Solange Farkas, said that "in the defense of human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... ," it would not consider works from countries whose leaders face charges at the International Criminal Court, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... do.
Israel vociferously rejects allegations of genocide in Gaza, noting that it makes efforts to avoid civilian casualties as it battled Hamas, which is deeply embedded in tunnels and inside civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals and mosques. A tenuous ceasefire has been in place since November.
Biennale President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco refused to back down on his decision to include Russia and Israel, saying the festival is "a space of coexistence for the whole planet" without censorship.
At the same time, the Biennale did not criticize the jury for boycotting the Russian and Israeli artists, saying the panel, which also included Zoe Butt, Elvira Dyangani Ose, Marta Kuzma and Giovanna Zapperi, operated with "full autonomy and independence."
The Venice Biennale is an international cultural organization started in 1895 that presents major cultural festivals and runs its flagship art and architecture exhibitions on alternating years.
Participating countries set up pavilions in Venice, and the art biennial typically attracts more than 600,000 visitors over its seven-month run.
ISRAEL’S SHADOW WAR WITH IRAN MAY NOW RUN THROUGH IRAQ
A new report by The Wall Street Journal claims Israel established a secret base inside Iraq during the confrontation with Iran, and even struck Iraqi forces that allegedly came close to exposing it.
ISRAEL’S SHADOW WAR WITH IRAN MAY NOW RUN THROUGH IRAQ
A new report by The Wall Street Journal claims Israel established a secret base inside Iraq during the confrontation with Iran, and even struck Iraqi forces that allegedly came close to exposing it.
The details have not been officially confirmed.
But the bigger picture is clear:
The Israel-Iran war is no longer limited to Israel and Iran.
Big revelation, Wall Street Journal: it never was. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and cells of Hamas and Hezbollah in Europe and Latin America have been IRGC catspaws since the 1980s. Israel knows this, which is why none of their projects have been as successful as planned.
Iraq has become one of the key battlegrounds in the regional shadow war.
Seems fair. The Shiite militias have been sending missiles against Israel from time to time in support of the war that started 10/7/2023, and attacking the American military for almost a decade without hindrance from the Iraqi authorities. There is a price to be paid for letting yourself be a haven for one party of a hot war. Be grateful the price is not considerably higher.
Iran has spent years embedding itself inside Iraq through militias, political networks, weapons routes, and security influence. For Israel, that means Iraq is not just another neighboring arena. It is a potential launchpad for missiles, drones, and advanced weapons moving toward Syria, Lebanon, and Israel’s borders.
See?
If the report is accurate, the secret base was used for intelligence collection and monitoring Iranian activity in the region.
🚨🇮🇱 INTERESTING: The Wall Street Journal reports Israel secretly established a covert military base deep in Iraq’s western desert ahead of its air campaign against Iran.
According to U.S. officials and other sources cited in the report, the hidden outpost was built shortly… pic.twitter.com/mvcpsV5zws
… built shortly before the war began in late February and used as a logistics hub for Israeli Air Force operations. The base reportedly also housed special forces units and search-and-rescue teams.
The report says Iraqi forces nearly uncovered the site in early March after a local shepherd reported unusual military activity, including helicopters and gunfire. Israeli forces allegedly responded with airstrikes that killed one Iraqi soldier and deterred further investigation.
At the time, Iraq condemned the strike as an unauthorized operation and initially suspected American involvement, but WSJ says the U.S. had no role in the mission.
No American boots on the ground yet.
Israeli Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar later hinted at “extraordinary” special forces operations during the Iran conflict, though he gave no details.
According to an expert speaking to the WSJ, the western desert of Iraq, where the reported base was located, is a perfect spot for a clandestine military outpost, given its sparse population and vast size.
I think that might be where the remnants of ISIS are hiding as well. Perhaps they’ll encounter one another at some point.
"It’s normal that before operations you reconnoiter and set up these kinds of locations," Michael Knights, the head of the Horizon Engage intelligence firm, told the newspaper.
Iraq, which lies in a key location between Jordan and Iran, was dragged into the Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... war amid strikes in its territory from both sides, as it has long walked a tightrope between its relationship to both Washington and Tehran.
The US has long demanded that Baghdad disarm powerful Iran-backed groups, which the US designates as terrorist organizations and which hold significant sway inside Iraq.
During the war, these groups targeted American interests in Iraq, including the US embassy in Baghdad, its diplomatic and logistics facility at the capital’s airport, and oil fields operated by foreign companies.
US forces repeatedly struck their positions and bases in response, killing dozens of fighters.
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[IsraelTimes] Police arrest a man for allegedly insulting a public worker following an anti-government protest on Tel Aviv’s Habima Square, with central Tel Aviv police chief Avi Ofer accusing the man of calling him a “zero.”
Officers drag the man away to a police car and drive away as fellow anti-government activists protest that the incident does not constitute grounds for arrest.
The protest is organized by the Movement for Quality Government, which has petitioned the High Court against the government’s efforts to weaken the judiciary, codify the Haredi exemption from military service and avoid forming a state commission of inquiry into the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023, which sparked the war in Gaza.
The protest attracts hundreds of people, with a large group marching over from the memorial outside City Hall where Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was shot dead in 1995.
Beside the stage, a smaller group of left-wing protesters stand in silence, holding signs that call to “stop the genocide” in Gaza and “release Palestinian hostages” from prison in Israel.
When a speaker who follows Elgarat repeats the bereaved brother’s call for a state commission of inquiry, a woman from the left-wing group starts calling through a megaphone for a state probe of Israel’s “torture camps” for Palestinian inmates.
People standing nearby, from the main bloc of protesters — including a woman in a Democrats shirt — try to silence the left-wing protester, telling her she is intruding on the main demonstration. A shouting match ensues, and fades away as the d
emonstration disperses.
In Jerusalem, hundreds of people participate in an anti-government demonstration. Police use a water cannon to disperse protesters in the road.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it struck and destroyed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad weapon manufacturing and storage site in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday.
The site had recently been used by Islamic Jihad, as well as Hamas, to build explosive devices and store other weapons “intended to harm IDF troops operating near the Yellow Line and Israeli civilians,” the military says.
[IsraelTimes] Rights group says Thiago Avila and Saif Abukeshek, who Israel has accused of links to a group ‘clandestinely controlled by Hamas,’ are to be deported in the coming days
Israel will release two foreign activists taken off a Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... -bound flotilla from detention Saturday, then hand them to immigration authorities ahead of their deportation, the rights group representing them said.
"Today, the [Shin Bet] intelligence agency informed Adalah’s legal team that Global Sumud Flotilla activists and leaders Thiago Avila and Saif Abukeshek would be released from Israeli detention today, Saturday 9 May 2026," the rights group Adalah said in a statement, adding the pair "will be handed to Israel’s immigration authorities later today and kept in jug pending their deportation."
“We’ve got their bio information, cloned their electronic devices, broke into all their password-protected accounts, and bugged everything to a fare-the-well. We don’t need them to be physically here anymore. Here you go — have fun feeding them.”
Saif Abu Keshek,
…Hamas bag man…
a Spanish national of Paleostinian origin, and Brazilian Thiago Avila were brought to Israel for questioning last week after their flotilla was intercepted by the Israeli Navy in international waters off Greece.
Israel has accused both individuals of being affiliated with the Popular Conference for Paleostinians Abroad (PCPA), a group Washington has said is "clandestinely controlled by Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... ," referring to the Paleostinian terror group. The PCPA is sanctioned by Israel and the US.
The Global Sumud Flotilla was the second initiative in a year aiming to break an Israeli naval blockade on war-ravaged Gaza, which rights groups say has suffered shortages of food, water, medicine and fuel since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led invasion and massacre in southern Israel sparked the war in the enclave, though Israel has touted increased aid.
The flotilla’s vessels with 170 activists had set sail from La Belle France, Spain and Italia, and were intercepted off the coast of Crete, hundreds of nautical miles (over 1,000 kilometers) from Israel. With the exception of Avila and Abu Keshek, all the activists were freed last Friday in Greece.
Adalah said it was closely monitoring developments "to make sure that the release from detention goes ahead, followed by their deportation from Israel in the coming days."
On Tuesday, an Israeli court extended the pair’s detention until Sunday to allow police more time to interrogate them, according to their lawyers.
The lawyers then filed an appeal against their continued detention, but it was rejected by a district court on Wednesday.
The United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... , Brazil and Spain have all called for their swift release. Spain summoned Israel’s top envoy in Madrid to protest the "unacceptable and intolerable" detention of a Spanish activist from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, the foreign minister said Thursday.
Avila and Abu Keshek "have been held unlawfully by Israel for over a week after being taken into Israeli detention," Adalah said on Saturday.
"Throughout their detention, they were held in total isolation under punitive conditions despite the purely civilian nature of their mission," it added.
The two have been on a hunger strike since their arrest, according to Adalah, and the organization said Wednesday Abu Keshek had also started refusing water.
Israeli authorities have previously rejected allegations of abuse but have filed no charges against the men.
Adalah previously said authorities had accused the pair of "assisting the enemy during wartime" and "membership in and providing services to a terrorist organization."
🚨 HEZBOLLAH TERRORISTS DRONE ATTACK WOUNDS 3 IDF RESERVISTS IN NORTHERN ISRAEL
The IDF says one reservist was seriously wounded and two others moderately injured after an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah terrorists struck near the Lebanon border.
🚨 HEZBOLLAH TERRORISTS DRONE ATTACK WOUNDS 3 IDF RESERVISTS IN NORTHERN ISRAEL
The IDF says one reservist was seriously wounded and two others moderately injured after an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah terrorists struck near the Lebanon border.
In a separate incident, another Hezbollah terrorists drone hit an unmanned engineering vehicle in southern Lebanon, causing damage but no injuries. Several rockets fired at IDF troops were intercepted by Israeli air defenses.
At least 12 people were reported killed in Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in southern Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel... on Saturday, as the military said that three reservists were maimed by Hezbollah explosive drones.
Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the congregants were being herded into the paddy wagon... the Israel Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon after issuing evacuation warnings to nine villages.
Hezbollah and Israel have continued to attack each other since US President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... first announced a ceasefire on April 16, which has now largely unraveled, though fighting remains at a lower level than before.
On Saturday, the terror group launched several salvos of explosive-laden drones and rockets at Israeli forces.
One drone struck Israeli territory, close to the border with Lebanon, seriously injuring a reservist soldier and moderately wounding a reservist officer and another reservist soldier.
The troops were taken to Galilee Medical Center, which said the seriously maimed soldier underwent surgery and was now stable in the intensive care unit. The moderately maimed troops were scheduled for surgery later.
In another incident, the military said an explosive drone struck an unmanned engineering vehicle in southern Lebanon, causing damage. No injuries were caused.
Separately, several rockets launched by Hezbollah at troops in southern Lebanon were intercepted by air defenses, the IDF added.
Another explosive drone launched by Hezbollah was located in Israeli territory on Saturday, close to the border with Lebanon. The IDF said no damage or injuries were caused by the drone, and sappers were working to safely remove it from the area.
The incident was under further investigation, the military added.
Images showed that the first-person view (FPV) drone, which was guided by a fiber-optic cable, landed without the warhead exploding.
On Saturday morning, the military instructed residents of the southern Lebanon villages of Tayr Debba, Aabbasiyyeh, Burj Rahal, Maaroub, Barish, Arzoun, Jannata, Zrariyeh, and Ain Baal to evacuate at least a kilometer away ahead of strikes on Hezbollah infrastructure.
"In light of the Hezbollah terror organization’s violations of the ceasefire agreement, the IDF is forced to act against it with force and does not intend to harm you," warned army front man Col. Avichay Adraee.
Meanwhile,
...back at the revival hall, the congregants were being herded into the paddy wagon... Lebanese media reported that Israeli airstrikes on Saturday killed at least 12 people, including in areas where no evacuation orders were issued.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that three people were killed when a strike hit a car on a road between the towns of Burj Rahal and Aabbasiyyeh.
In a separate incident, a Syrian man and his 12-year-old daughter were reported killed in Israeli dronezaps in the Nabatieh area while riding a cycle of violence.
According to a health ministry statement cited by NNA, the first dronezap did not hit the pair, while a second killed the father. The man’s daughter then moved around 100 meters away before she was targeted in a third strike.
The girl was taken to a hospital at death's door, where she succumbed to her wounds, NNA reported.
The IDF said it was looking into the report.
Lebanon’s health ministry said another Israeli strike on the southern town of Saksakiyeh killed at least seven people, including a girl.
In addition, Lebanese media reported that at least two vehicles were targeted in Israeli strikes on a coastal highway south of Beirut. The vehicles were struck near the seaside town of Saadiyat, some 70 kilometers north of Israel’s border, according to the reports.
There was no immediate comment from the IDF.
Earlier, on Saturday morning, the IDF said it struck over 85 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon in the past day, along with an underground weapons site in the Beqaa Valley. According to the military, the targets in southern Lebanon included weapon depots, rocket launchers, buildings used by Hezbollah to advance attacks and a drone-launching site from which the IDF said UAVs were launched at Israeli forces stationed in the area.
Members of the terror group who were planning attacks on troops stationed in southern Lebanon were also targeted in strikes, the military said.
In the eastern Beqaa Valley, the IDF said, it struck an underground facility where Hezbollah manufactured weapons.
The military also said it two primed Hezbollah rocket launchers were destroyed in strikes, one of which was used to attack troops in southern Lebanon while the other had been previously used in an attack on Israel.
The continued festivities have underlined challenges facing US efforts to forge peace between Israel and Lebanon, which held rare face-to-face talks last month. The Hezbollah terror group has fiercely objected to the government’s decision to hold negotiations with Israel. Despite the ceasefire reached between Israel and Lebanon in mid-April, which has since been extended into May, Hezbollah has fired rockets and drones at northern Israeli communities, though most attacks have been on troops in southern Lebanon or on the Israeli side of the border.
Hezbollah politician Hassan Fadlallah on Saturday warned of "a new phase, in which the resistance (Hezbollah) will not accept a return to pre-March 2."
"When it attacks our villages and suburbs, the enemy must expect a response, and this is what the resistance is doing," Fadlallah said, alluding to an Israeli attack this week on Beirut’s southern suburbs that killed Ahmed Ghaleb Balout, the chief of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force in Beirut.
He also said direct talks with Israel amounted to a "path of concessions," reiterating his party’s call for the government to withdraw in favor of indirect talks.
The US is set to host the third round of ambassador-level talks between representatives from Israel and Lebanon on May 14 and 15. Joining diplomats from each side will, for the first time, be military representatives, an Israeli official said, adding that the sides would discuss more concrete measures that can be taken to disarm Hezbollah.
Over 2,500 people have been killed and about a million displaced in Lebanon since Hezbollah began firing on Israel on March 2, according to Lebanese authorities. The IDF said it has killed over 1,900 Hezbollah operatives, including hundreds of members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
