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Hamas leader Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa killed in airstrike, IDF says
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California Energy Commission calls
for shelving plans to fine oil companies
Sunday 06/29/2025

LenoreAubert_a_01
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Veteran Hamas operative who helped
plan Oct. 7 killed in Gaza City strike, IDF says
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Shaken by depth of Israeli penetration, Iran said to launch sweeping internal crackdown - Mossad there since 2010 (!!)
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Thousands in Tel Aviv demand PM seal
Gaza hostage release deal in 1st demo in 3 weeks
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran could resume uranium enrichment
in %u2018matter of months,%u2019 IAEA chief says
Britain
%u2018Death to the IDF%u2019: Palestine
takes center stage at Glastonbury music festival
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Dozens of Iranian Jews said summoned
for questioning on suspicion of having ties to Israel
Fresno police release absurd shooting video


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Africa Horn
Somali Forces Launch Operations Against Al-Shabaab in Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle Regions
[ShabelleMedia] Somali National Army and allied militia forces have launched coordinated operations in the Hiiraan and Middle Shabelle regions targeting al-Shabaab bully boys, military sources confirmed on Saturday.

The security offensive focuses on areas between Ceel Hareeri in Hiiraan and Aadan Yabaal in Middle Shabelle, with particular attention on the Mabaax area, where bully boy activity remains a concern.

Government forces recently regained control of small areas near Aadan Yabaal district and are working to consolidate their hold, aiming to restore state authority in the area.

Simultaneously, operations continue in Middle Shabelle and Lower Shabelle regions as part of broader efforts to weaken al-Shabaab’s presence. The government has reclaimed key localities, including Sabiid and Caanoole, which were long-held by the bully boy group.
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Arabia
UAE top court upholds life terms for 24 convicted for ‘terror’ links in controversial mass trial
Do not pass go, do not collect $200. It’s straight to jail for you lot, boys.
[IsraelTimes] The UAE supreme court has jailed 24 people for life after upholding their convictions for “terrorist” links, which had been dismissed following a mass trial criticized by human rights groups.

“The Criminal Chamber of the Federal Supreme Court ruled [on Thursday] to partially overturn the judgment issued by the State Security Chamber at the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal and to reconvict 24 defendants,” the United Arab Emirates’ official WAM news agency reports.

The 24 were originally convicted in a mass trial of 84 people in July last year, most of whom had been behind bars since a similar mass trial of 94 people in 2013, according to human rights groups.

“Following yesterday’s ruling… the total number of convicted individuals in this case has risen to 83 out of 84 referred to trial,” WAM says. Sixty-seven of them were jailed for life.

“The court sentenced the defendants to life imprisonment for collaborating with the ‘Terrorist Justice and Dignity Organisation’, and providing funds to the Al-Islah,”
…translates as The Reform, it is the UAE branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, formed on a core of Egyptian Brotherhooders who fled Nasser’s crackdown in the 1960s. Recruited by the government of one of the emirates as teachers to counter pan-Arab national socialist enthusiasts, they were tapped to run a number of domestic government ministries even as they formed a militant arm to overthrow the government, for which they were banned as terrorists in 2014. This despite two of their number having been involved in 9/11…
WAM adds, referring to a group with ties to the outlawed Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood.

The original 2013 trial of the so-called UAE 94 followed a round-up of dozens of government critics, including activists, lawyers, students and teachers in the aftermath of the Arab Spring uprisings around the region. It was strongly criticized by human rights groups.

In March, the UAE rejected the appeals of 53 of those convicted in the July 2024 trial.

The Abu Dhabi Federal Appeals Court overturned the convictions of the other 24 defendants, but the attorney general sought to reverse that decision, arguing it had been “legally flawed.”

Prominent activist Ahmed Mansoor and academic Nasser bin Ghaith were among those tried last July, Human Rights Watch says.

The UAE, a federation of seven absolute monarchies, prohibits criticism of its rulers and any speech that is deemed likely to spark social unrest.

The Emirati courts have convicted dozens of citizens and Egyptian expats of forming clandestine cells, including Al-Islah.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Muslim Brotherhood


Houthis Attack Israeli Facility With Rockets, once again missile knocked out of the sky
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
The Houthis continue to blithely mistake intent for occurrence. Allah continues to show favour to Israel over those who consider themselves the Master Religion. Other than shipping continuing to avoid the area, I’m not sure anyone notices that they’re the only ones still trying to help their masters in Tehran.
[Regnum] Fighters from the Yemeni Shiite movement Ansar Allah (Houthis) struck a target in the city of Be'er Sheva in southern Israel with a missile, despite a ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Tehran. This was reported on June 28 by Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria.

"We carried out a high-quality operation against a sensitive enemy target in Beersheba using a Zulfikar missile, successfully achieving our goal," he wrote on Telegram.

Saria added that the Houthis will continue operations to support the Palestinian people until the Israeli army stops fighting in the Gaza Strip and lifts the blockade on it.

IDF says missile fired by Houthis at Israel apparently downed; no reports of injuries

[IsraelTimes] Yemeni group says it targeted ‘sensitive Israeli enemy target’ in southern city of Beersheba; sirens also sound in Dimona and Arad


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Posted by: badanov || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Resident of Kabardino-Balkaria Suspected of Justifying Terrorism
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Security forces reported a criminal case against a resident of the Baksan district who, according to investigators, posted videos justifying terrorism on a social network.

A criminal case on public justification and propaganda of terrorism has been opened against a local resident in the Baksan district, the Investigative Committee of Russia for Kabardino-Balkaria reported.
 
A criminal case under the article on public justification of terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) is being investigated in the Baksan district. The suspect is a local resident born in 2000.  
  
According to the investigation, "the suspect created an account on one of the social networks in which he posted publicly available video materials containing statements justifying terrorist activity and promoting the spread of terrorist ideology," the department said in a message on its Telegram channel. 

"The man's actions were identified and stopped by employees of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic," the investigation added.


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Home Front: WoT
DHS Raids Los Angeles Home Tied to Iranian Smuggling Ring; Terror Watchlist Suspects Arrested
[Townhall] The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) raided a home in Los Angeles this week as part of a sweeping investigation into an Iranian human trafficking ring. The raid, which targeted a suspected safe house tied to a network smuggling Iranian nationals into the U.S., comes amid the ongoing conflict between Iran, Israel, and the United States.

Federal agents arrested nine individuals at a San Fernando Valley home in Los Angeles who are reportedly connected to a human smuggling hub tied to national security threats. Seven of them are Iranian nationals who were on the FBI Terror Watchlist and "associates of an Iranian human trafficking network," according to Customs and Border Protection.

“The location has been repeatedly used to harbor illegal entrants linked to terrorism,” CBP wrote on X. “CBP is taking aggressive action to shut down smuggling networks and remove national security threats before they can do harm.”

Border Patrol agents were serving a warrant at the home connected to an investigation into a human smuggling hub when they discovered the Iranian nationals. CBP Assistant Commissioner Hilton Beckham stated that the site in question has repeatedly been used to shelter illegal entrants, including foreign nationals tied to terrorism and listed on the FBI's Terrorist Watchlist. He added that intelligence shows the smuggling network has trafficked individuals from hostile nations like Iran, creating a direct threat to U.S. national security.



Neighbors told CBS News that a new resident moved into the home roughly six months ago, and they were shocked to learn that individuals on a terror watchlist had been living nearby without their knowledge.

The Trump administration has intensified its deportation push against Iranian nationals following President Donald Trump’s strike on Iran’s top three nuclear facilities. In the aftermath, federal agents arrested 130 Iranians across the country, including individuals flagged as terror suspects or listed on watchlists. Additionally, authorities picked up 11 Iranian nationals and one American citizen in coordinated raids across nine cities, citing growing concerns over potential sleeper cells operating within the U.S.
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Posted by: Frank G || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [23 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Veteran Hamas operative who helped plan Oct. 7 killed in Gaza City strike, IDF says
[IsraelTimes] Hakem al-Issa helped found operations division of Palestinian terror group’s military wing, served in various key positions and was a central source of knowledge, army says

One of the founders of Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
, who was also one of the planners of its onslaught of October 7, 2023, was killed in an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
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...
City on Friday night, the Israel Defense Forces announced Saturday.

Hakem al-Issa, who served as chief of staff at the "combat and administrative support division" in the Paleostinian terror group’s military wing, was killed in a strike in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, according to the military.

The IDF said Issa was a "central source of knowledge and one of the last senior Hamas operatives who held high-level positions before October 7 and remained in the Gaza Strip."

"In the past, Issa led Hamas’s force build-up efforts in the Gaza Strip, was one of the founders of the military wing’s operations division, served as head of the training division, and was a member of Hamas’s general military council," the IDF said in a statement.

The military added that Issa "played a significant role in planning and executing the murderous massacre on October 7."

During the war, including in recent days, "Issa served as head of combat support, advancing terror plans from the air and sea against Israeli civilians and IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip," the IDF said.

"Alongside advancing these plans, Issa worked to rebuild Hamas’s arrays that were damaged during the war," the statement continued.

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Thousands in Tel Aviv demand PM seal Gaza hostage release deal in 1st demo in 3 weeks
All the usual emoting and illogical, hateful nonsense snipped.
[IsraelTimes] Thousands of Israelis returned to Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square and Begin Road on Saturday night for the first time in three weeks, reigniting weekly demonstrations in support of a hostage deal and protest of the government’s handling of the war.

Liri Albag, one of five IDF soldiers released from Hamas captivity during a brief truce in January-March, delivered an emotional speech before a crowd of some 2,000 people in Hostages Square, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to follow his “brave decision” on Iran with an equally decisive move to secure a ceasefire and bring back the remaining 50 hostages held in Gaza.

“Over the past two weeks, all the headlines were about Iran. My brothers and sisters were pushed aside,” Albag said, referring to Israel’s recent 12-day war with Tehran, which ended Tuesday in a US-brokered ceasefire. “Fifty souls, 50 worlds — and it’s time to bring them back.”

Albag shared harrowing details of her time in captivity, including being disguised in Palestinian garb and marched through Gaza’s streets before being locked with five other women and girls in an underground cage, two by two meters (yards) in size, and barely high enough to stand.

“We were fed a quarter of a pita, a date, and half a bowl of rice a day,” she said. “Every second there is an eternity. This is the reality of the hostages.”

Elsewhere in Tel Aviv, around 1,500 demonstrators gathered at the Begin Road entrance to IDF Headquarters. An Iranian missile struck there earlier this month, and local businesses that once thrived during the protests, including a nearby bakery and cafe, remained shuttered due to damage from debris.

Saturday’s demonstrations were the first weekend protests in three weeks, with rallies paused due to Israel’s war with Iran and the prohibition on large gatherings amid repeated missile attacks.
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Hamas leader Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa killed in airstrike, IDF says
[NYPOST] Israel's military ''eliminated'' a founding Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
military leader and criminal mastermind behind the Oct. 7 attack, Tel Aviv officials said Saturday.

Hakham Muhammad Issa al-Issa
was killed during a targeted Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
on the Sabra neighborhood of 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...
City, Israel Defense Forces said.

Al-Issa was one of the final remaining founding members of the terrorist organization's military wing and played a crucial role in the Oct. 7 attack that launched the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

''Issa led Hamas' force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre. As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial & naval attacks against Israelis,'' said an IDF post on X.

''The IDF & [Israel Security Agency] will continue to locate and eliminate all snuffies involved in the October 7 massacre.''

Al-Issa was a ''key source of knowledge'' for Hamas and held a litany of high-ranking positions within the group prior to Oct. 7, including as the Head of the Training Headquarters.

He was pivotal to rebuilding Hamas' organizational systems that were damaged over the last several months.

Issa was also a co-founder of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades' military academy, where he trained thousands of snuffies and influenced the structure of the military wing, the Jerusalem Post reported.

He arrived in Gaza in 2005 from Syria, and was reportedly with his wife and grandson during the strike.

Issa’s death comes just days after the IDF claimed to have killed the leader of a brutal Palestinian jihadist group responsible for the kidnappings and cold-blooded murders of Hamas hostages captured on Oct. 7.

Asaad Abu Sharia
, head of the Mujahideen Brigades, was taken out in a joint operation in Gaza City on Saturday by the Israeli Defense Forces and the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency.

Also, last month, the IDF killed Hamas chief Mohammad Sinwar during an airstrike on a Gaza hospital.

Sinwar was hiding in tunnels beneath the building — and dramatic footage captured the moment IDF soldiers ripped his body from the rubble.


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Posted by: Fred || 06/29/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [23 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Shaken by depth of Israeli penetration, Iran said to launch sweeping internal crackdown - Mossad there since 2010 (!!)
Spy squirrels! Spy herons!!! OMG MOSSAD!!!!!!!!!
[IsraelTimes] Tehran reportedly detains over 1,000 in spy hunt; leaked documents reveal Israel had ‘boots on the ground’ across Iran’s nuclear and military sites since 2010

The Iranian regime has launched a sweeping internal crackdown aimed at rooting out Israeli spies, dissidents and opposition figures, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times

...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

reported Saturday, in light of Mosssd
...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...
’s deep penetration of its ranks that gave Jerusalem extensive intelligence on the nation’s nuclear program and allowed it to eliminate numerous brass hats during the 12-day offensive against the Islamic Theocratic Republic.

The Journal, citing Amnesty International, said more than 1,000 Iranians have been detained over the past two weeks on allegations of aiding Israel.

There are now daily reports in state media of new arrests and weapons seizures, the report said. In the western city of Hamedan — home to an air base heavily damaged in Israel’s opening strike — authorities announced 24 cases against suspected Israeli operatives accused of "sending information, photos, and videos to the enemy."

The regime’s sweeping response comes amid revelations of a years-long Israeli intelligence-gathering effort that penetrated deep into the heart of Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Mohammad Amin-Nejad, Iran’s ambassador to La Belle France, acknowledged the extent of the penetration in an interview last week with La Belle France 24, saying, "The Israelis organized penetrations, transfers of bombs and explosives, and recruited people from within. It happened right before our eyes. There were vulnerabilities."

A senior adviser to Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mahdi Mohammadi, acknowledged in a leaked audio recording that 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
had suffered a "massive security and intelligence breach," according to The New York Times.

In a reflection of the regime’s mounting anxiety, internet access, which had been cut nationwide for more than a week, was only restored on Wednesday. Even so, authorities have continued to warn against using messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, citing fears that Israeli intelligence services could exploit them to intercept communications.

The intelligence ministry has urged citizens to report suspicious activity and has released detailed guidance on how to identify potential spies. The Journal said that among the behaviors flagged in the materials are people coming and going at odd hours, wearing masks or donning hats and sunglasses indoors, as well as metallic banging noises inside homes and curtains that remain closed during daylight hours.

The New York Times reported that the Iranian government has fast-tracked trials and executions for alleged spies and is advancing legislation to expand the death penalty
for espionage.

Mohammad Ali Shabani, an analyst cited in the report, suggested the Israeli strikes may have generated a rare "rally-around-the-flag" effect, with some Iranians moved to assist the regime out of fear or nationalistic impulse.

Human rights organizations cited by the paper warned that the crackdown was disproportionately affecting ethnic and religious minorities, opposition figures nand foreigners, with many held without warrants or access to lawyers.

A YEARS-LONG EFFORT
British daily The Times reported that Israel had had "boots on the ground" for years in the lead up to its strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and ballistic missiles program, monitoring and gathering intelligence from several locations as early as 2010. The report cited an intelligence source and leaked intelligence documents shared with Western countries.

According to leaked documents shared with Israel’s Western allies, including the US and Britannia, and seen by The Times, Israel assessed that by the end of 2024 Iran had moved beyond the research stage of weaponizing nuclear materials and had begun experiments to be able to build a bomb "within weeks."

The leaked documents also showed that Iran aimed to dramatically ramp up its ballistic missile capabilities, producing dozens of surface-to-surface missiles each month with a goal of reaching 8,000 in total. Israel believed such an arsenal would allow Iran to cause devastating damage to the Jewish state.

At the time of the war, Tehran was thought to have some 2,500 ballistic missiles. It launched around 500 at Israel, and was prevented from launching more due to Israel’s destruction of around half of its 400 launchers and its repeated strikes on missile caches and command centers.

Based on the intel it had gathered, Israel targeted numerous sites beyond the well-known facilities at Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan, including labs and sites used to produce materials for nuclear weaponization, The Times said. Many of the sites struck were operated by the SPND, the military organization led by nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, whom Israel allegedly assassinated in 2020.

Israeli intelligence had agents "monitoring multiple locations" in Iran for years as it readied a potential attack, the paper said.

It said intelligence officers had spies map out the layout of the Natanz facility before it was attacked and destroyed, identifying overground and subterranean targets involved in uranium enrichment, electrical infrastructure and R&D.

Reconnaissance infiltrated other sites, including Isfahan, Nur, Mogdeh, the Sanjarian nuclear component facility, the Shariati military base, and the Shahid Meisami hangar — believed to house plastic explosives and advanced materials used in nuclear detonation testing.

The report also said intelligence documents show Israel penetrated the headquarters of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which was also heavily targeted by the IDF.

Israel launched its surprise operation against Iran on June 13 when it launched a sweeping assault on Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The 12-day conflict came to a close Tuesday when a US-brokered ceasefire took hold.

Israeli forces targeted top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites and ballistic missile programs in the country to dismantle the "existential threat" posed by the Islamic Theocratic Republic.

Iran responded by launching over 550 ballistic missiles and around 1,000 drones at Israel, killing 28 people and wounding thousands, according to health officials. The missiles hit apartment buildings, a university and a hospital, as well as critical infrastructure sites, causing heavy damage.
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Dozens of Iranian Jews said summoned for questioning on suspicion of having ties to Israel
[IsraelTimes] Iranian woman tells Israeli news outlet that she witnessed the arrest of 10 Jewish neighbors, says women were released but men still in custody

Iranian authorities have summoned at least 35 Jews for questioning about their ties to Israel in the aftermath of the 12-day conflict between the two countries, a human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
organization reported on Saturday, amid unconfirmed reports that several Jewish community leaders had been arrested on suspicion of having ties to Israel.

Iranian authorities have cracked down on anyone they suspect of having ties to Israel in the wake of the war it launched against the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s nuclear program on June 13. Since then, more than 700 people have been arrested, Iran’s Fars news agency reported on Thursday.

According to the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), at least 35 Jews from Tehran and Shiraz have been called in for questioning since June 23 — the day before the US announced that a ceasefire deal had been reached.

It said that those called in for questioning were primarily interrogated about relatives who live in Israel and were warned not to contact them, or anyone else abroad, for the time being.

An unnamed member of the Iranian Jewish community told HRANA that the number of people from the community who had been summoned for questioning was "unprecedented" and that there were concerns about "the psychological and social well-being" of the community as a result.

Also on Saturday, an Iranian woman told Israel’s Channel 12 news outlet that she had witnessed the arrest of 10 Iranian Jews in recent days.

The woman, identified only as Miriam, told the news outlet that she saw six Jewish women and four Jewish men being arrested at 1:30 am on a recent morning.

Miriam, whom Channel 12 says it has spoken with in the past for reports on life in Iran, said that gunnies "jumped over the wall" into the courtyard of the area where she lives, threatened residents and told them to hand over their phones.

"I had hidden mine under the carpet as soon as I heard their voices," she said.

"They took away 10 people simply because they are Jewish... loading them like sheep into the car," she said.

The six women have since been released on bail, she said.

Miriam’s account appeared to correspond with unconfirmed reports from Friday which claimed that several Jewish community leaders had been arrested on suspicion of having ties to Israel.

The French-Iranian women’s rights group Femme Azadi reported that rabbis and other religious leaders in both Tehran and Shiraz were accused of having a connection to Israel without any evidence.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently...
Israel’s Ynet news outlet had reported that Iranian authorities arrested multiple members of one family and confiscated their electronic devices.

It said that the women were later released from custody, but the men, one of whom it said is a rabbi, remained in detention.

Rani Amrani, from an Israeli radio station called Ran Radio, said on Saturday that the Iranian Jewish community had recently organized a gathering, attended by its rabbis and by many Iranian Jews who serve in the Iranian army, designed to "avert any suspicion of spying or, heaven forbid, betrayal."

It was unclear if the event she was talking about was the same event publicized by Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency, which on Thursday published photos of the Jewish community in Tehran gathering at the Abrishami Synagogue for an event in support of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...>
and the Iranian military after the war with Israel.

Between 8,000 to 10,000 Jews are believed to live in 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
— meaning the Islamic Theocratic Republic has the second-largest Jewish population of any country in the Middle East, after Israel.
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IDF says Lebanon drone strike killed intel commander in Hezbollah’s Radwan Force
[IsraelTimes] Another Hezbollah commander was killed in an Israeli dronezap in southern Leb
...an Iranian satrapy until recently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel...
earlier today, the IDF says.

According to the military, the strike in Mahrouna killed Abbas al-Hassan Wahbi, chief of intelligence in a battalion of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force.

Wahbi was involved in efforts to restore Hezbollah’s capabilities as well as transfer weapons, the IDF says.

His actions "constitute a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon," the military adds.

IDF says it killed Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon drone strike

[IsraelTimes] A Hezbollah commander was killed in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon’s Kounine earlier today, the military says.

According to the IDF, Hassan Mohammad Hamoudi was the commander of Hezbollah’s anti-tank missile unit in the Bint Jbeil area.

During the war, Hamoudi “led numerous anti-tank missile attacks on Israel,” the military adds.
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  Lebanese Army says arrested IS Lebanon leader
Wed 2025-06-25
  Iranian - Israeli War News roundup for June 24th, 2025: Both Iran and Israel claim the win, but Iran arrested 700 for spying for Israel, hanged 3 more
Tue 2025-06-24
  President Trump has announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, to be followed by an official end to the war
Mon 2025-06-23
  Iran's parliment votes to mine the Strait of Hormuz
Sun 2025-06-22
  Trump says US has bombed Fordo nuclear plant in attack on Iran UPDATE: Trump bombs 3 nuke sites
Sat 2025-06-21
  American B-2 stealth bombers reportedly take off from US base towards western Pacific
Fri 2025-06-20
  Unconfirmed reports from Tehran that Khamenei's bunker in Lavizan neighborhood was attacked
Thu 2025-06-19
  Iran armed forces urge evacuation of residents in major Israeli cities
Wed 2025-06-18
  US moving fighter jets to Middle East
Tue 2025-06-17
  Afghan National Pleads Guilty to Plotting Election Day Terror Attack in Oklahoma on Behalf of ISIS
Mon 2025-06-16
  Both IRGC head of Intelligence and his deputy were eliminated


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