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Leb: 10 hurt in Israeli strikes on South and Bekaa Sunday, 2 airstruck Monday
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Home Front: Politix
Democrats call for violence to counter
Trump agenda and tell lawmakers to prepare to 'get shot'
Science & Technology
Navy's carrier fleet faces temporary reduction
through 2027 as new ships hit development snags
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF says key arms dealer among two Palestinians killed by troops in West Bank raid; Hezbollah's news director in the W. Bank arrested
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Police expect Tel Aviv resident who
allegedly spied for Iran to be charged in coming days
Home Front: WoT
Walmart, Amazon Truck Depots Display Multilingual Signs, Raising Alarms Over Migrant Drivers With No English
Europe
Poland reintroduces border controls with Germany in migrant crackdown after new nationalist president declared 'Poles first' agenda
Now anti-tourism protests spread to MEXICO as crowds are 'seen harassing foreigners' and smashing shopfronts during mass demonstration in holiday hotspot


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#1  Demure
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#2  Sadly born too early but a genuine, classic beauty. With an accent grave of wild from what can be gathered.
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Africa Subsaharan
9 killed in attack by Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria
[AA.COM.TR] At least nine people were killed and four injured Sunday in an attack by Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
murderous Moslems on the Malam Fatori community in Borno state in northeastern Nigeria

Sugun Mai Mele, the commissioner for local governments, said the incident occurred around 270 kilometers (167 miles) from the state capital, Maiduguri.

He also led a delegation on behalf of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, who is currently on an official trip abroad, to commiserate with the victims' families.

''We are here at the instance of His Excellency, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, who is out of the country on an official assignment, to condole with the people of Malam Fatori over the recent unfortunate attack,'' a statement said.

He assured that the Borno state government and the military will do everything possible to secure the community.

''Malam Fatori is one local government area that we are committed to ensuring its stability because of its strategic importance, urging the people to be more resilient and prayerful to avert future incidents,'' the statement said.

The commissioner added that excavators would be deployed to dig trenches around the local government headquarters to ward off future attacks by Boko Haram holy warriors.

He also warned residents against any form of collaboration with holy warriors, saying anyone found guilty would face consequences.

To support each of the victims' families, 500,000 naira ($326) was given, while the four injured victims received 250,000 naira ($163) each.
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Posted by: Fred || 07/08/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [27 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Boko Haram Strongholds Destroyed in NAF Airstrikes
[PUNCHNG] The Nigerian Air Force on Saturday, July 6, 2025, launched coordinated precision Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s targeting key Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
enclaves in the Mandara Mountains of Borno State

The operation, executed under Operation Hadin Kai, focused on Wa Jahode and Loghpere, two long-established strongholds of the Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad faction of Boko Haram.

The area, known for its difficult terrain along the Nigeria-Cameroon
...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there...
border, had recently seen a surge in terrorist activity, including reports of a logistics buildup and the presence of senior JAS commanders.

A statement on Monday by the Director of Public Relations and Information at NAF Headquarters, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, said the strikes were carried out after intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions confirmed the presence of terrorist infrastructure.

Ejodame said, ''In a major blow to krazed killer networks in Nigeria's North-East, the Nigerian Air Force under OPHK, launched precision air strikes on 6 July 2025 against key terrorist strongholds nestled in the Mandara Mountains, located in Borno State.

''The high-profile targets, Wa Jahode and Loghpere, have long served as fortified enclaves for the Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad faction of Boko Haram.
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Posted by: Fred || 07/08/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [28 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Arabia
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim cargo ship they attacked Sunday has sunk; anti-Houthi Yemeni govt official says Houthis attacked 2nd ship in Red Sea Monday night, leaving 4 casualties
[IsraelTimes] Assault on Greek-owned ship and subsequent Israeli strikes raise fears of regional escalation, with hostage deal hanging in balance and Iran weighing continued talks with US

A fat merchantman attacked by Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
rebels sank in the Red Sea, the group said Monday, raising new concerns over safety in a waterway that is crucial to global shipping, as Israel targeted the rebels with Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s.

The Houthis attacked the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned bulk carrier Magic Seas with drones, missiles, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire on Sunday, forcing its crew of 22 to abandon the vessel.

The Magic Seas attack and subsequent Israeli airstrikes early Monday targeting the rebels raised fears of a renewed Houthi campaign against shipping that could again draw in US and Western forces to the area, particularly after US President Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...
’s administration targeted the rebels in a major airstrike campaign.

The ship attack comes at a sensitive moment in the Middle East, as a possible ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas
..always the voice of sweet reason...
war hangs in the balance, and as 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...
weighs whether to restart negotiations over its nuclear program, following American airstrikes targeting its most sensitive atomic sites during Israel’s war against the Islamic Theocratic RepublicPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington Sunday to meet with Trump.

SHIP ATTACK FORCES CREW TO ABANDON VESSEL
The attack on Magic Seas, a bulk carrier heading north to Egypt’s Suez Canal, happened about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Hodeida, Yemen, which is held by the Houthis.

The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center, or UKMTO, first said that an armed security team on the vessel had returned fire against an initial attack of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades, though the vessel later was struck by projectiles.

Ambrey, a private maritime security firm, said that Magic Seas also had been attacked by bomb-carrying drone boats, which could be a major escalation. It said that two drone boats struck the ship, while another two were destroyed by the armed guards on board.

UKMTO said the ship was taking on water and its crew had abandoned the vessel. They were rescued by a passing ship, it added.

A European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
anti-piracy patrol in the region, called Operation Atalanta, said that 22 mariners had been on board Magic Seas.

Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the Houthis’ military front man, later claimed the attack and said the rebels used missiles and bomb-carrying drone boats to attack the ship.

"Our operations continue in targeting the depths of the Israeli entity in occupied Paleostine, as well as preventing Israeli maritime navigation in the Red and Arabian Seas... until the aggression on 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...
stops and the siege on it is lifted," Saree said.

The Magic Seas owners did not respond to a request for comment. Saree later said the vessel sank in the Red Sea.

FRESH HOUTHI ATTACKS AFTER ISRAELI STRIKES
Separately, on Monday afternoon, a drone launched by the Houthis in Yemen at Israel was shot down by the Israeli Air Force, the Israel Defense Forces said.

No sirens sounded, "according to protocol," the military added.

Hours later, a ballistic missile launched at Israel by the Houthis fell short outside the country’s borders, according to a military official.

The IDF identified the launch, but no sirens sounded in Israel because the missile did not pose a threat.

The two attacks came after the IDF overnight said it struck Houthi-held ports at Hodeida, Ras Isa, and Salif, as well as the Ras Kanatib power plant.

The IDF also said it struck Galaxy Leader, a vehicle-carrying vessel that the Houthis seized back in November 2023 when they began their attacks in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war.

"Houthi forces installed a radar system on the ship and have been using it to track vessels in the international maritime arena to facilitate further terrorist activities," the IDF said.

On Monday evening, the IDF released footage showing the strike on the hijacked ship. The Bahamas-flagged Galaxy Leader was affiliated with an Israeli billionaire and had been operated by a Japanese firm, NYK Line.

The Houthis acknowledged the strikes, but offered no damage assessment from the attack. Saree, the Houthi front man, claimed the rebels’ air defense forces "effectively confronted" the Israelis, without offering evidence.

[X]

Yemeni official says Houthis behind second attack on Red Sea ship
[IsraelTimes] Moammar al-Eryani, the information minister for Yemen’s internationally recognized government that opposes the Houthis, says the rebel group is behind Monday night’s attack on maritime shipping in the Red Sea.

According to the private security firm Ambrey, the Liberian-flagged, Greek-owned Eternity C had been heading north toward the Suez Canal when it came under fire by men in small boats and by bomb-carrying drones. The security guards on board opened fire in the attack.

“The vessel’s engines had reportedly been disabled and Ambrey observed that the vessel had started to drift,” the firm says.

There were no other immediate details on the attack, which is also acknowledged by the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, or UKMTO, center. The Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news channel notes the attack, but the rebels have not claimed the assault.

The US military’s Central Command says it is aware of reports of the attack, but declines to comment further.

The attack occurs in the same area as Sunday’s assault on Magic Seas, another bulk carrier heading north to Egypt’s Suez Canal, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of the port of Hodeida, Yemen, which is held by the Houthis.

Two hurt, two more missing in second Houthi attack on Red Sea shipping
[IsraelTimes] Two crew members of a Greek-managed vessel have been wounded and two more are missing in a drone attack off Yemen, hours after the Iran-aligned Houthis claim an assault on another bulk carrier in the Red Sea that it claimed to have sunk.

The Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated bulk carrier Eternity C was attacked with sea drones and skiffs off the port of Hodeidah, its manager, Cosmoship Management, tells Reuters.

Two crew members are seriously wounded and two are missing, the company says, adding that armed security guards were on board.

The vessel’s bridge was hit, an official at Cosmoship says, adding that telecommunications are impacted and contacting the crew is hard.
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Britain
Met Police arrest almost 30 Palestine Action protesters on terror offences as they hold demo one day after group was banned
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] Police have arrested almost 30 people on suspicion of terrorism offences after protesters gathered in Parliament Square holding signs supporting Paleostine Action, just hours after a ban on the came into effect.
Forgot to synchronize their watches.
Around two dozen people, including a priest, professor and an emergency care worker who is just back from 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...
, sat in front of the Gandhi statue in Parliament Square on Saturday expressing support for the group, which is now a proscribed terrorist organization.

They held signs saying: 'I oppose genocide. I support Paleostine Action.'

Shortly after their arrival, coppers could be seen engaging with the protesters and the Met said it had began making arrests. Several people were seen being carried away by officers.

A spokesperson for the force said: 'Officers are responding to a protest in support of Paleostine Action in Parliament Square.

'The group is now proscribed and expressing support for them is a criminal offence. Arrests are being made.'

They later added: 'A total of 29 arrests were made during this afternoon's protest in support of Paleostine Action in Parliament Square. They remain in jug.'
“It’s been hours so far. The horror! The HORROR!!!
Campaign group Defend Our Juries said today's protest will be the first in a series of actions which will see activists take to Parliament Square every week.
More opportunities for the police to arrest people who won’t immediately be released? Be still my heart!

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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF says key arms dealer among two Palestinians killed by troops in West Bank raid; Hezbollah’s news director in the W. Bank arrested
[IsraelTimes] A Palestinian arms dealer and another wanted terror operative were killed by troops in the northern West Bank yesterday, the military says.

According to the IDF, commandos of the Duvdevan unit and soldiers of the Samaria Regional Brigade raided the town of Salem near Nablus following intelligence provided by the Shin Bet on the whereabouts of a “central arms dealer involved in multiple weapons and drug deals.”

The IDF says troops attempted to detain the arms dealer. It does not elaborate why the forces opened fire.

“During the activity, the soldiers fired toward the wanted terrorist and an additional terrorist who was with him,” the military says. It does not say what the second man is suspected of.

The IDF says troops also found a handgun and ammunition in the arms dealer’s car.

No soldiers were injured.

Palestinian media: West Bank director of Hezbollah-linked Lebanese media outlet arrested by IDF

[IsraelTimes] Palestinian media reports that Nasser Laham, the West Bank director of Al-Mayadeen — a Lebanese channel affiliated with Hezbollah — was arrested overnight by the IDF at his home in Bethlehem.

Laham is a veteran Palestinian journalist who has maintained ties with Israeli reporters for many years.

There is no comment from the Israel Defense Forces.

Last year, the Israeli government approved a proposal to block Al-Mayadeen, and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi signed an order to confiscate the network’s equipment and block its websites in Israel.
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Police expect Tel Aviv resident who allegedly spied for Iran to be charged in coming days
[IsraelTimes] Police say a prosecutor’s declaration has been filed today against a 27-year-old Tel Aviv resident who allegedly gathered intelligence about elected officials and IDF military bases on Iran’s behalf.

The suspect allegedly maintained contact with an Iranian agent over the course of several months. He is suspected of filming politicians’ homes, military bases and spraying graffiti at the agent’s behest.

He received thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency in exchange for carrying out these tasks, law enforcement says.

Officers arrested the unnamed suspect in a raid on his home June 22, where they seized several electronic devices allegedly used to communicate with his Iranian contacts.

With the filing of a prosecutor’s declaration today in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court, police expect that the suspect will be formally charged in the coming days.
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7 troops toes up from roadside bomb in northern Gaza as IDF hits dozens of targets

IDF identifies two additional soldiers killed in Gaza
[IsraelTimes] The IDF releases the names of two more soldiers killed in last night’s roadside bomb attack in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, in which five troops were killed.

They are:

Sgt. First Class (res.) Benyamin Asulin, 28, of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, from Haifa.

Staff Sgt. Noam Aharon Musgadian, 20, of the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion, from Jerusalem.

Two soldiers were named earlier. The name of the fifth soldier killed in the incident will be released later.

5 IDF soldiers killed, 14 injured by roadside bomb in northern Gaza
[IsraelTimes] Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 were wounded by a roadside bomb in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun last night, the military announces.

Two of the slain soldiers are named as:

Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, 20, from Jerusalem
Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, 20, from Jerusalem.
They both served with the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion.

The names of the other soldiers are set to be released later.

According to an initial IDF probe, the infantry soldiers were hit by a bomb planted on the side of a road shortly after 10 p.m. on Monday, during ground operations in Beit Hanoun. The soldiers were operating on foot, and were not inside a vehicle.

During attempts to extract the casualties, the forces came under fire in the area, according to the probe.

Among the 14 wounded, two are listed in serious condition.

The military says the area where the attack took place was targeted from the air ahead of the troops’ operations in the area.

The Netzah Yehuda soldiers were operating under the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, as part of an offensive with the 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade in Beit Hanoun, aimed at clearing the area of terror operatives who remain holed up there.

IDF says dozens of targets hit in Gaza strikes; terror infrastructure destroyed in ground ops
[IsraelTimes] Dozens of targets were struck by the Israeli Air Force in the Gaza Strip over the past day, including dozens of operatives, weapon depots, observation posts, and other buildings used by terror groups, the military says in a daily update.

The strikes come as five IDF divisions, made up of tens of thousands of troops, continue to operate across Gaza.

During ground operations, the IDF, says troops killed numerous operatives and destroyed Hamas infrastructure, including tunnels, buildings used for terror, anti-tank launch posts, and observation posts.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 07/08/2025 2025-07-08 01:32 || Comments || Link || [48 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Leb: 10 hurt in Israeli strikes on South and Bekaa Sunday, 2 airstruck Monday
[AnNahar] The Israeli army launched a series of Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s on southern and eastern Leb
...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....
on Sunday evening, including in the area around the eastern city of Baalbek and in Iqlim al-Tuffah, a mountainous region overlooking large parts of southern Lebanon.

According to the Health Ministry, a strike on the Tyre district town of Burj Rahal maimed nine people. Another strike on the Sidon district town of al-Zrariyeh severely maimed a child, the Ministry added.

The Israeli military said in a statement that it had struck "several Hezbollah military sites, strategic weapons production and storage sites, and a rocket launching site."

The strikes came ahead of a visit by U.S. envoy Tom Barrack to Beirut to discuss a proposed plan for Hezbollah’s disarmament and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the rest of southern Lebanon.

Barrack posted Saturday on X that Lebanon is facing "a historic moment to supersede the strained confessionalism of the past and finally fulfill (its) true promise of the hope of ’One country, one people, one army’" and quoted U.S. President Donald Trump
...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania...
saying, "Let’s make Lebanon Great again."

Lebanon health ministry says 2 killed in Israeli strikes

[IsraelTimes] Lebanon’s health ministry says two people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon today. Israel does not immediately comment on the incident.
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For 2nd time in days, IDF says troops arrested terror cell in Syria working for Iran ​
[IsraelTimes] Military says forces captured several members of IRGC-linked terror cell; UK-based war monitor says IDF raided a village in the Quneitra countryside and detained two brothers

For the second time in days, the IDF said Monday morning that it carried out an overnight raid in southern Syria, where forces captured a cell of operatives operating on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Reservists of the Alexandroni Brigade and field interrogators of the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504 operated overnight in the Kwdana area — close to the border and near an IDF post in southern Syria — to detain the cell, the military said.

Several members of the cell who the IDF said were operating on behalf of the IRGC were nabbed.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said Israeli forces raided a village in the Quneitra countryside of southern Syria early Monday and "carried out searches targeting several homes, which ended with the arrest of two brothers."

On Wednesday, Israel’s military said its forces had apprehended members of an Iranian-backed terrorist cell in southern Syria and seized weapons.

Since Assad’s fall, Israel has carried out strikes and raids in Syria aimed at denying military assets to the Islamist-led interim administration.

Israel has said it is interested in striking normalization agreements with Syria and neighboring Leb
...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?...
, but insisted the strategic Golan Heights — which Israel captured from Syria in 1967 and later annexed — would remain part of Israel under any peace accord.

The two countries are currently engaged in "advanced talks" to end official hostilities and resolve the buffer zone issue, a senior Israeli official told The Times of Israel last week.

The contacts are focused on coordination around security matters, said the official, who would not speculate on when a full peace deal between the two enemy states could turn into reality.

The neighboring states have been in conflict for decades, including direct and often bitter combat from the 1948 War of Independence through the 1982 First Lebanon War.
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Two weeks of WOT
Tue 2025-07-08
  Leb: 10 hurt in Israeli strikes on South and Bekaa Sunday, 2 airstruck Monday
Mon 2025-07-07
  IDF reports Hamas’s north Gaza naval commander killed in strike on cafe last week as 130 targets hit in 24 hours
Sun 2025-07-06
  Supporters of Palestine Action, banned under UK terror laws, arrested at London protest
Sat 2025-07-05
  210 Boko Haram Members, Families Surrender as Military Tightens Grip in Lake Chad - BarristerNG.com
Sat 2025-07-05
  How not to influence President Trump: 550 ex-senior Israeli security officials urge Trump to leverage Netanyahu meeting to end Gaza war
Fri 2025-07-04
  Hezbollah has agreed to hand over its heavy weapons in Beirut and other areas to the Lebanese government
Thu 2025-07-03
  Another massive Hamas underground terror tunnel in Gaza has been found and destroyed by the IDF, connecting Rafah and Khan Yunis
Wed 2025-07-02
  LA officials charge over 40 anti-ICE protesters who allegedly assaulted officers, horses and threatened children
Wed 2025-07-02
  LA officials charge over 40 anti-ICE protesters who allegedly assaulted officers, horses and threatened child
Tue 2025-07-01
  Fierce Clashes Erupt as U.S.-Trained Special Forces Target Militant Stronghold in Somalia
Mon 2025-06-30
  Terror in Gaza: Hamas offers bounties to kill US and local aid workers, group says
Mon 2025-06-30
  Terror in Gaza: Hamas offers bounties to kill US and local aid workers, group says
Mon 2025-06-30
  Terror in Gaza: Hamas offers bounties to kill US and local aid workers, group says
Sun 2025-06-29
  Hamas leader Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa killed in airstrike, IDF says
Sat 2025-06-28
  Israeli military issues new evacuation orders in central and northern Gaza
Fri 2025-06-27
  Gunmen kill 17 soldiers in northern Nigeria attacks
Thu 2025-06-26
  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


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