[ToloNews] The Islamic Emirate has once again rejected accusations that terrorist groups are active in Afghanistan.
It’s a taqqiya lie, of course — the jihadi groups, mostly linked to Al Qaeda, have been there since the Taliban welcomed them the firet time they ruled the country.
Bill Huizenga, chairman of the US House Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs, claimed that following the withdrawal of US troops, Afghanistan has once again become a safe haven for terrorist groups, contrary to the Doha Agreement.
He stated: "Despite the Taliban ...Arabic for students... 's Doha Agreement's commitments Afghanistan has once again become a hotbed for murderous Moslems looking for safe harbor as they grow their ranks and abilities to project attacks across the region and frankly the world."
Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, a little lightbulb figuratively appeared over Bossy's head... Yuri Kokov, Deputy Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, also expressed concern in an interview with a state newspaper, saying that instability in Afghanistan remains a threat to neighboring countries.
He said: "Despite the end of large-scale military conflict, instability in Afghanistan persists, posing a threat to neighboring states. There is particular concern about the plans of international terrorist groups such as ISIS, which intend to export terrorism to Central Asian countries and eventually to Russia."
Military analyst Sayed Muqadam Amin commented: "Russia plays a central role in global decision-making and acts with caution. It is closely monitoring the situation in Afghanistan. However,
there is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened... it has not yet developed a strategic relationship that would lead to formal recognition of the Afghan government."
In response, the Islamic Emirate strongly rejected the US claims regarding the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, said that no one is allowed to use Afghan soil to threaten other countries.
"We strongly reject the claims made by the US House suggesting the presence of foreign groups in Afghanistan or threats emanating from our soil. Afghanistan has a strong and unified government with full control over its territory and does not permit anyone to use its land against another country," Mujahid added.
Concerns voiced by Western and regional countries about Afghanistan’s security situation have been repeatedly denied by the Islamic Emirate in the past.
[ShabelleMedia] Authorities in Somalia’s northeastern Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... state have firmly denied recent reports claiming that the United Arab Emirates is planning to install missile tracking and defense systems at the airport and seaport in the coastal city of Bosaso, the regional capital of Bari.
Speaking before the Puntland regional parliament on Wednesday, Puntland’s Minister of Information, Mahmoud Aydid Dirir, dismissed the reports as "fabricated lies" orchestrated by individuals he described as opponents of Puntland’s autonomy and development, allegedly with backing from the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS).
"These are baseless allegations spread by those who are openly hostile to Puntland’s progress," Dirir said. "This is part of a deliberate campaign to disrupt our cooperation with international partners, especially the UAE."
The minister further accused the federal government of sponsoring what he called ongoing propaganda and political sabotage targeting Puntland, warning that such efforts undermine the fragile federal system in Somalia.
The statement comes amid rising political tensions between Puntland and the federal government in Mogadishu. Puntland has repeatedly accused the central authorities of interference and of attempting to curtail the region’s autonomy.
The United Arab Emirates, a long-time ally of Puntland with strategic investments in the region, has not publicly commented on the missile deployment allegations.
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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] This has never happened before and here it is again. In Turkey, officers are being detained en masse on charges of links to "Gulenists" Goodness — still riding that hobby horse? SCANDAL IN THE TURKISH ARMY: OFFICERS CONTROLLING DRONES ARRESTED
In Turkey, 163 people, including active officers, have been detained as part of an investigation into the activities of FETO (Fethullahçı Terör Örgütü, a terrorist organization led by Fethullah Gülen). Among them are pilots of combat drones, including an AEK colonel, an OFY major, and another KK colonel.
The operations were coordinated by the Istanbul and Izmir prosecutors. The arrests covered 41 provinces. The defendants include officers from the ground and air forces, intelligence, tank units, as well as active and retired police officers.
The investigation claims that they maintained contact with FETO curators via payphones and payment points, a typical method of covert communication for the organization.
What is known about the operation:
- 183 suspects were detained,
- 77 of them as part of the operation coordinated from Istanbul,
- among the detainees - 174 active military personnel, including 11 colonels, 16 lieutenant colonels, 46 majors, 27 captains and others.
Some officers had access to strategic UAV control systems, which calls into question the internal security of Turkey's defense structures.
The investigation is ongoing.
It may turn out that the Gülenists were planning a massive drone attack from within on the country's leadership and the army in preparation for another military coup, which are planned with enviable regularity in Turkey under Erdogan. If they really were preparing a coup again, then we can expect that the arrest of this group of officers will not be enough and the Turkish army will again face a large-scale purge. The last major cleanup took place after the failed military coup of 2016, when the plotters came close to killing Erdogan and seizing power, but due to their own mistakes, they screwed up.
[IsraelTimes] Opponents of measure say attack on Iranian nuclear facilities was a single, limited operation, not the start of sustained hostilities, and therefore within the US president’s power.
The Republican-led US Senate rejected a Democratic-led bid on Friday to block 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... from using further military force against Iran, hours after the president said he would consider more bombing.
The Senate vote was 53 to 47 against a war powers resolution that would have required congressional approval for more hostilities against Iran. The vote was along party lines, except Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman voted no, with Republicans, and Kentucky Republican Rand Paul voted yes,
…he doesn’t at all like anything international as a matter of principle, as far as I can tell…
with Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... Senator Tim Kaine, chief sponsor of the resolution, has tried for years to wrest back Congress’ authority to declare war from both Republican and Democratic presidents.
Under US law, Senate war powers resolutions are privileged, meaning that the chamber had to promptly consider and vote on the measure, which Kaine introduced this month.
But to be enacted, the resolution would have had to pass the Senate as well as the House of Representatives, where Speaker Mike Johnson, a close Trump ally, said this week he did not think it was the right time for such an effort.
During Trump’s first term, in 2020, Kaine introduced a similar resolution to rein in the Republican president’s ability to wage war against Iran. That measure passed both the Senate and House of Representatives, with some Republican support, but did not garner enough votes to survive the president’s veto.
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[Regnum] The United States of America will again use military force against Iran if it becomes aware of a dangerous level of uranium enrichment. This was stated by US President Donald Trump on June 27. Given that’s why we bombed them the first time, it seems fair to me.
"Of course. Without any doubt, absolutely," the head of the White House responded to a journalist's question about the possibility of striking Iran in the event of corresponding intelligence findings.
On the night of June 22, the US Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes on Iranian territory. Trump said the attacks were carried out on sites allegedly related to the nuclear program.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 18, the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, stated that there was no evidence that Iran was developing nuclear weapons. The Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry called the US attack criminal, pointing out that peaceful facilities under IAEA control were attacked.
On June 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the aggression against Iran unfounded, noting that there is no justification for it. He also said that Russia is working to help the Iranian people.
Trump later announced that Israel and Iran had reached a comprehensive ceasefire agreement. He said that after a 24-hour ceasefire, it would mark a complete end to the 12-day war.
[Rudaw] A Yazidi man will be repatriated to his hometown of Shingal (Sinjar) in the coming days, nearly 11 years after being kidnapped by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS), an informed source told Rudaw on Thursday.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the source said that the 18-year-old Rawand N.H. was freed eight days ago in a 20-day operation. He is currently in the Kurdish-held northeast Syria (Rojava) and is expected to be reunited with family on Sunday.
He was freed in Syria’s Idlib province. It remains unclear who was involved in the operation.
From Rawand's family, 77 people were kidnapped by ISIS, of whom 38 have been freed so far, according to the source.
During its 2014 assault on Shingal, ISIS kidnapped 6,417 Yazidi women and kiddies, many of whom were subjected to sexual slavery and forced labor. Although the group was territorially defeated in Iraq by 2017 and in Syria by 2019, it continues to pose a security threat in the region.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced in April that they had rescued another Yazidi man.
As of now, nearly 2,600 Yazidis remain missing, according to the Office of Rescuing Abducted Yazidis, which is affiliated with the Kurdistan Region Presidency.
[Rudaw] A Yazidi woman who was kidnapped by the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014 has been reunited with her family in Duhok after nearly 11 years in captivity across Syria and Turkey.
Dima A., 24, was abducted from her hometown of Kocho in the Shingal district of northern Iraq at the age of 13, along with eight other family members. Her case is one of thousands in the Yazidi community, which was targeted by ISIS in its brutal campaign of mass abductions and killings.
“That life I lived before was very bad and I saw many types of torture,” Dima said after returning home. “They stole my childhood from me, they stole my dreams and destroyed my life. I won’t forgive them for this. Their fate is with God.”
“Today I am very happy because I have returned to my family after a long time. After nearly eleven years I have returned to my family and homeland,” she said.
During its 2014 assault on Shingal, ISIS abducted 6,417 Yazidi women and children, many of whom were subjected to sexual slavery and forced labor, or forced to marry their captors.
Dima said she was held for three years in Syria and then for seven years in Turkey. Last year, her Saudi Arabian husband tried to take her to Egypt, but they were detained due to problems with their passports and jailed for a year. After their release, she fled and contacted her family.
Her escape and return were coordinated by Abdullah Shrem, a Yazidi rescuer who has helped more than 400 people since ISIS's territorial defeat.
He said a network of friends helped bring Dima across Turkey.
“Through friends, we brought some people from Adana in Turkey to their homes, and then through some people we took them to Gaziantep, and today we brought this one across,” said Shrem. “We thank the government very much for helping us.”
Dima’s return brought relief to her community, many of whom still await news of their missing relatives.
“By God we are very happy and to anyone who helped us, may their homes be blessed,” said Mulka Khidir, a relative of Dima’s. “We hope all our girls will be rescued, they are everywhere - they are in Turkey, in Syria, in al-Hol camp and everywhere.”
[IsraelTimes] Independent expert says as Iran didn’t demonstrate its missiles have great accuracy, ‘there is effectively nothing stopping Israel from conducting the same operation in the future’
Israel killed more than 30 security bigshots and 11 senior nuclear scientists to deliver a major blow to Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a senior Israeli military official said on Friday in summarizing Israel’s 12-day air war with Iran.
In the United States, an independent expert said a review of commercial satellite imagery showed only a small number of the approximately 30 Iranian missiles that penetrated Israel’s air defenses managed to hit any militarily significant targets.
"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... has yet to produce missiles that demonstrate great accuracy," Decker Eveleth, an associate research analyst at the CNA Corporation specializing in satellite imagery, told Rooters.
In Israel, the senior military official said Israel’s June 13 opening strike on Iran severely damaged its aerial defenses and destabilized its ability to respond in the critical early hours of the conflict.
The Israeli Air Force struck over 900 targets and the military deeply damaged Iran’s missile production during the war that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire, the official said.
"The Iranian nuclear project suffered a major blow: The regime’s ability to enrich uranium to 90% was neutralized for a prolonged period. Its current ability to produce a nuclear weapon core has been neutralized," the official said.
Iran, which denies trying to build nuclear weapons, retaliated against the strikes with barrages of missiles on Israeli military sites and cities. Iran said it forced the end of the war by penetrating Israeli defenses.
Iranian authorities said 627 people were killed in Iran, where the extent of the damage could not be independently confirmed because of tight restrictions on the media. Israeli authorities said 28 people were killed in Israel.
Eveleth, the independent US expert, said Iran’s missile forces were not accurate enough to destroy small military targets like US-made F-35 jet fighters in their shelters.
"Because of this the only targets they can hit with regularity are large cities or industrial targets like the refinery at Haifa," he told Rooters.
Iranian missile salvos — which were limited by Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in Iran — did not have the density to achieve high rates of destruction, he wrote on X.
"At the current level of performance, there is effectively nothing stopping Israel from conducting the same operation in the future with similar results," he wrote.
In a statement on Friday, Defense Minister Israel Katz said he had directed the military to draft plans to safeguard air superiority over Iran, prevent nuclear development and missile production, and address Iran’s support for krazed killer operations against Israel.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said on Friday the outcome in Iran could help advance Israeli objectives against the Iranian-backed Paleostinian Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... terror group in the 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... Strip.
Zamir told troops in Gaza an Israeli ground operation, known as "Gideon’s Chariots," would in the near future achieve its goal of greater control of the Paleostinian enclave and present options to Israel’s government for further action.
[IsraelTimes] IDF saw the regime’s growing nuclear threat, alongside the collapse of proxy groups, and was at peak readiness to tackle the dangers; ‘existential threat’ removed, but Iran will continue to challenge Israel.
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[IsraelTimes] Eyal Zamir says ‘heavy blow’ to Iran furthered Gaza goals, which include seizing 75% of Strip; said planning to tell cabinet that military options in Gaza have run their course
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said Friday that the military’s latest offensive 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... will soon "reach the lines" defined by the government, which would see the military assert control over 75% of the territory.
Speaking on a visit to the Gaza Strip with senior officers, Zamir said Israel’s 12-day war with Iran, which ended with a US-brokered ceasefire on Tuesday, "will advance our goals in Gaza."
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... has been one of Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... ’s main backers, and Israel believes that by weakening Hamas’s patrons, the terror group could be more likely to agree to concessions.
"Iran took a heavy blow. There is potential that the blow caused to Iran will advance our goals in Gaza," said Zamir.
"In the near future, we will reach the lines we defined for the current phase within the framework of Gideon’s Chariots," he added, referring to the IDF’s current offensive against Hamas, which was launched in mid-May.
By declaring that the military was in sight of achieving its goals, analysts said that Zamir was signaling to the government the need to decide whether to move forward with a hostage-ceasefire deal or prepare for the IDF to establish military rule in the Strip.
"From there, operational options will develop that will be presented to the political echelon," said Zamir, adding that the IDF "will continue to act with determination to achieve the two objectives of the campaign, the release of the hostages and the defeat of Hamas."
Zamir had met with Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor, Ground Forces chief Maj. Gen. Nadav Lotan, the commander of the 99th Division, Brig. Gen. Yoav Brunner, and other officers in Gaza.
Channel 12 reported that Zamir would put the choice to the cabinet on Sunday.
So far, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to entertain an option that would bring about an end to the Gaza war, saying that Israel would carry on until it destroyed Hamas.
Channel 12 military analyst Nir Dvori said Zamir’s trip to the Gaza Strip was meant to signal to the political echelon following the war with Iran that the focus was now back on Gaza.
Dvori added that Zamir had recently canceled plans for an emergency draft of a brigade of reservists. The analyst said this was a hint to the political echelon that troops were exhausted after 20 months of war.
Channel 12’s political analysts said that there were indications that Netanyahu may be ready for the first time to consider ending the Gaza war.
It comes amid reports in recent days that US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... was pushing Netanyahu to conclude the 20-month-old war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following the success of the 12-day war against Iran and the two were working on a plan that would also see new countries join the Abraham Accords, and Israel would be required to commit to supporting a future Paleostinian state.
As such, Netanyahu would finally be ready to jettison his far-right coalition partners and head to new elections on the basis of his victory against Iran and his diplomatic achievements, the report said.
Speaking to news hounds Friday, Trump speculated a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal would be reached "within the next week," saying he spoke with some of the individuals involved in trying to secure a ceasefire and hostage release deal.
Also on Friday, the Yedioth Ahronoth daily reported that former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar had consistently pushed for an end to the war in Gaza through a comprehensive hostage deal with Hamas.
Bar’s position, which he made clear to Netanyahu and the political echelon, was that Israel would gain little from the continuation of the war, according to the report. Hamas will always be in Gaza, he argued, as long as Paleostinians are.
He argued for a comprehensive deal to release all the hostages, and a policy of striking Hamas every time they violate the conditions of the ceasefire.
To date, Netanyahu and his cabinet have rejected that approach, aiming for a staged deal that would see the war end only if Hamas disarms and its leaders go into exile.
Bar stepped down earlier this month after a public and increasingly bitter campaign by Netanyahu to oust him.
The IDF’s operational plans for Gideon’s Chariots, which were seen by The Times of Israel, had indicated that it would take two months to capture 75% of Gaza. At the start of the operation, the IDF held about 40% of the Strip.
The captured territory was set to include all of Rafah, Khan Younis, and the towns north of Gaza City.
Along with the capture and retention of territory, the operation aimed to attack Hamas, prevent the terror group from hijacking aid deliveries and move Paleostinian civilian populations toward the south of the Strip, according to Israeli officials.
As part of the operation, the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began handing out aid in four sites. The agency has faced criticism for the mass-casualty incidents frequently reported near its sites.
Israel halted the delivery of aid to Gaza on March 2, hours after the collapse of the last ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas, and resumed hostilities there on March 18, more than 17 months after the war was sparked by the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023.
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[IsraelTimes] Haaretz report says military looking into possible war crimes, cites soldiers’ testimonies describing a ‘killing field,’ with troops routinely using heavy live fire for crowd control
The Israel Defense Forces acknowledged on Friday that it was probing allegations that troops are using deadly fire on hungry aid-seeking Gazooks, but vociferously denied that troops are being ordered by commanders to deliberately open fire on the Paleostinian civilians.
The statement was issued after the Haaretz daily reported that the military launched a probe this week into potential war crimes committed by its troops and quoted unidentified soldiers as saying that the area was a "killing field" and that they were ordered to treat the aid seekers like combatants and using heavy live fire for crowd control.
Haaretz prides itself on being the New York Times of Israel, and so they are. Not something I would be proud of, but I have standards…
The Haaretz report drew a first detailed response from the military regarding the near-daily deadly shootings around aid distribution sites. It also prompted a rare joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, accusing the left-wing newspaper of a "blood libel" against the IDF.
According to Haaretz, the mass-casualty incidents were discussed at a meeting earlier this week during which the Military Advocate General’s (MAG) Office directed the top-tier General Staff Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism to investigate suspected war crimes that have largely taken place near 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... Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites.
The mechanism is an independent military body responsible for investigating unusual incidents amid the war.
During the meeting, officials in the MAG’s office expressed alarm over mounting global uproar over the killing of civilians en route to aid sites, Haaretz reported. Senior officers from the IDF’s Southern Command pushed back, claiming that the incidents have been isolated and that troops only fired at Paleostinians who posed a threat.
Representatives from the MAG’s office disagreed, insisting that the Southern Command’s account doesn’t line up with the facts on the ground, according to a source who attended the meeting.
"The claim that these are isolated cases doesn’t align with incidents in which grenades were dropped from the air and mortars and artillery were fired at civilians," a MAG representative is quoted as saying.
"This isn’t about a few people being killed — we’re talking about dozens of casualties every day," the MAG official added.
The Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... -run health ministry says 549 people have been killed and 4,000 have been maimed trying to pick up aid from GHF sites or while waiting for UN food trucks since May 27, when GHF launched.
The numbers have not been verified, but between May 27 and June 24, there were at least 19 IDF shooting incidents related to humanitarian aid distribution, according to a review of reports out of Gaza conducted by The Times of Israel.
In most of these cases, the IDF has admitted to opening fire and striking Paleostinians, but characterized it as "warning shots" at those who got too close to soldiers or used site access routes when distribution sites were closed.
There has been widespread confusion about access to the aid, with the army imposing, for a time, a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew on approach routes to GHF sites. But locals often have to set out well before dawn to have any chance of retrieving food.
According to the report, soldiers are receiving orders to fire at people who approach the distribution sites before they open or remain there after they have closed. The report added that many of the instances of fire occurred at nighttime, meaning the Paleostinians who were fired at possibly did not know they were in a forbidden area.
A KILLING FIELD
Israeli soldiers serving near the aid distribution sites described grim scenarios in interviews with Haaretz on condition of anonymity.
"It’s a killing field," one soldier said. "Where I was stationed there, between one and five people were killed every day. They’re treated like a hostile force — no crowd-control measures, no tear gas — just live fire with everything imaginable: heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars. Then, once the center opens, the shooting stops, and they know they can approach. Our form of communication is gunfire."
"We open fire early in the morning if someone tries to get in line from a few hundred meters away, and sometimes we just charge at them from close range. But there’s no danger to the forces," the soldier continued. "I’m not aware of a single instance of return fire. There’s no enemy, no weapons."
He described the incidents as a deadly form of the children’s game "Red light, green light."
"Firing mortars to keep hungry people away is neither professional nor humane. I know there are Hamas operatives among them, but there are also people who simply want to receive aid," another soldier told Haaretz.
"It’s become a place with its own set of rules. The loss of human life means nothing. It’s not even an ’unfortunate incident,’ like [the IDF] used to say."
Another soldier told Haaretz: "This has become routine. You know it isn’t okay. You feel not okay with it, that the commanders are taking the law into their hands. But Gaza is a parallel universe, [we] move on very quickly. The truth is that most don’t even stop to think about it."
A BLOOD LIBEL
Following the Haaretz report, the military put out a statement confirming that the high-level General Staff Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism was probing the matter.
However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... it said that it strongly rejected the Haaretz report, adding that it is "operating to allow and facilitate the distribution of humanitarian aid by the American Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), and to secure the routes leading to the distribution centers, to allow the aid to reach the civilians rather than Hamas.
"The IDF did not instruct the forces to deliberately shoot at civilians, including those approaching the distribution centers. To be clear, IDF directives prohibit deliberate attacks on civilians."
Nevertheless, the statement said that the IDF is trying to improve at minimizing "the potential friction" with civilians. "As part of this effort, IDF forces have recently taken steps to reorganize the area, including the installation of new fencing, signage, the opening of additional routes, and more."
"Any allegation of a deviation from the law or IDF directives will be thoroughly examined, and further action will be taken as necessary," the statement continued.
"The allegations of deliberate fire toward civilians presented in the article are not recognized in the field," the IDF asserted.
"These are vicious lies designed to discredit the IDF — the most moral army in the world," the statement said. "IDF soldiers receive clear orders to avoid harming innocent civilians, and they act accordingly."
Following the report, the GHF agency said it was "not aware of any of these incidents."
The GHF statement makes a point of asserting that the shootings have not taken place at or in the immediate vicinity of its distribution sites.
GHF notes in its statement that the "IDF is tasked with providing safe passage for aid-seekers to all humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza, including GHF," its statement adds.
The strike in the central town of Deir al-Balah on Thursday appeared to target members of the Hamas-linked Sahm unit, a security group tasked with stopping looters and cracking down on merchants who sell stolen aid at high prices. The unit is part of Gaza’s Hamas-run interior ministry, but includes members of other factions.
Witnesses say the Sahm unit was distributing bags of flour and other goods confiscated from looters and corrupt merchants, drawing a crowd when the strike hit.
Video of the aftermath showed bodies, several torn, of multiple young men in the street with blood splattering on the pavement and walls of buildings. The dead included a child and at least seven Sahm members, according to the nearby Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where casualties were taken.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. Israel has accused the Hamas terror group of stealing aid and using it to prop up its rule in the enclave. Israeli forces have repeatedly struck Gaza’s police, considering them a branch of Hamas.
GHF says its boxes contain enough food for 5.5 people for 3.5 days.
The aid distributed by GHF amounts to 30 trucks, well below the hundreds that aid groups say are needed daily to properly address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
The US- and Israeli-backed initiative says it also brought in a truckload of potatoes for the first time as a pilot.
GHF says that it will not be affected by Israeli restrictions on aid as Jerusalem investigates whether looting is taking place. Yesterday, UN staff were barred from picking up aid from a north Gaza crossing after footage emerged of armed gunmen on top of an aid convoy.
[IsraelTimes] Hamas needs a truce so it can address humanitarian crisis, quash growing dissent and regain control of Strip amid rise of Israeli-backed clan, sources close to the terror group say
Hamas misunderstands: the future of Gaza does not include them. Their choice is to be dead or to be gone — they need to decide which. The description of current conditions is useful, though.
Short of commanders, deprived of much of its tunnel network and unsure of support from its ally Iran, Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... is battling to survive 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... in the face of rebellious local clans and relentless Israeli military pressure.
Hamas button men are operating autonomously under orders to hold out as long as possible, but the terror group is struggling to maintain its grip as Israel openly backs tribes opposing it, three sources close to Hamas said.
With a humanitarian crisis in Gaza intensifying international pressure for a ceasefire, Hamas badly needs a pause in the fighting, one of the people said.
Not only would a ceasefire offer respite to weary Gazooks, who are growing increasingly critical of Hamas, but it would also allow the terror group to crush rogue elements, including some clans and looters who have been stealing aid, the person said.
To counter the immediate threat, Hamas has sent some of its top operatives to kill one rebellious leader, Yasser Abu Shabaab, but so far he has remained beyond their reach in the Rafah area held by Israeli troops, according to two Hamas sources and two other sources familiar with the situation.
Rooters spoke to 16 sources, including people close to Hamas, Israeli security sources and diplomats who painted a picture of a severely weakened group, retaining some sway and operational capacity in Gaza despite its setbacks, but facing stiff challenges.
Hamas is still capable of landing blows: it killed seven Israeli soldiers in an attack in southern Gaza on Tuesday. But three diplomats in the Middle East said intelligence assessments showed it had lost its centralized command and control and was reduced to limited, surprise attacks.
Israel estimates that it has killed 20,000 button men in Gaza since the war there was sparked on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Hamas-led Lions of Islam stormed southern Israel to kill some 1,200 people and take 251 hostages. Another 1,600 Lions of Islam are thought to have been killed inside Israel during the onslaught.
Israeli security sources say Hamas is recruiting tens of thousands of thousands of impoverished, unemployed, displaced young men. One Israeli security source said the average age of Hamas button men was "getting lower by the day."
Hamas does not disclose how many of its operatives have been killed. According to the terror group’s health ministry, Israel has killed more than 56,000 Gazooks in the war, but the figure cannot be verified and does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
The war has turned much of Gaza into rubble, and destroyed or rendered unusable hundreds of miles of tunnels that Hamas dug underneath the Strip to hold hostages, smuggle arms and hide from Israeli forces.
"They’re hiding because they are being instantly hit by planes but they appear here and there, organizing queues in front of bakeries, protecting aid trucks, or punishing criminals," said Essam, 57 a construction worker in Gaza City. "They’re not like before the war, but they exist."
Asked for comment for this story, senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri ...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest... said the group was working for an agreement to end the war with Israel, but "surrender is not an option."
Hamas remained committed to negotiations and was "ready to release all prisoners at once," he said, referring to the hostages, but it wanted a permanent ceasefire and for Israel to withdraw from the Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected those conditions and vowed to keep fighting until Hamas is vanquished.
’IT DOESN’T LOOK GOOD’
With a US-brokered truce in the Iran-Israel war holding, attention has switched back to the possibility of a Gaza deal that might end the conflict and release the 50 remaining hostages.
One of the people close to Hamas told Rooters it would welcome a truce, even for a couple of months, to confront the local clans that are gaining influence.
But he said Netanyahu’s terms for ending the war — including Hamas leaders leaving Gaza — would amount to total defeat, and Hamas would never surrender. "We keep the faith, but in reality, it doesn’t look good," the source said.
Founded in 1987, Hamas has ruled Gaza with an iron fist since it violent mostly peacefully ousted forces loyal to Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....> , head of the secularist Fatah faction, the Islamist Hamas’s main rival.
Israel has inflicted unprecedented damage on Hamas since the October 7 onslaught, killing most of the terror group’s top commanders, including its leader, Yahya Sinwar, in October.
Yezid Sayigh, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, said he believed Hamas was simply trying to survive. That was not just a physical challenge of holding out militarily, he said, but above all a political one.
"They face being eliminated on the ground in Gaza if the war doesn’t stop, but they also face being erased from any governing formula that ends the war in Gaza [if such a thing can be found]," he wrote in response to Rooters’ questions.
Paleostinian tribes have emerged as part of Israel’s strategy to counter Hamas. Netanyahu has said publicly that Israel has been arming clans that oppose Hamas, but has not said which.
One of the most prominent challenges has come from Abu Shabaab, a Paleostinian Bedouin based in the Rafah area, which is under IDF control. Hamas wants Abu Shabaab captured, dead or alive, accusing him of collaboration with Israel and planning attacks on the terror group, three Hamas sources told Rooters.
Abu Shabaab controls eastern Rafah and his group is believed to have freedom of movement in the wider Rafah area.
Images on Abu Shabaab’s Facebook page show the group’s button men organizing the entry of aid trucks from the Kerem Shalom crossing. Israel has accused Hamas of hijacking aid deliveries, hoarding supplies and selling them at exorbitant prices.
Announcements by Abu Shabaab’s group indicate that it is trying to build an independent administration in the area, though the group denies trying to become a governing authority. The group has called on people from Rafah who are now in other areas of Gaza to return, promising food and shelter.
In response to Rooters’ questions, Abu Shabaab’s group denied getting support from Israel or contacts with the Israeli army, describing itself as a popular force protecting humanitarian aid from looting by escorting aid trucks. It accused Hamas of violence and muzzling dissent.
A Hamas security official said the Paleostinian security services would "strike with an iron fist to uproot the gangs of the collaborator Yasser Abu Shabaab," saying Hamas would show no mercy or hesitation and accusing Abu Shabaab of being part of "an effort to create chaos and lawlessness."
Not all of Gaza’s clans are at odds with Hamas, however.
On Thursday, a tribal alliance said its men had protected aid trucks from looters in northern Gaza. Sources close to Hamas said the group had approved of the alliance’s involvement.
Israel said Hamas button men had in fact commandeered the trucks, which both the clans and the terror group denied.
IRAN UNCERTAINTY
Paleostinian analyst Akram Attallah said the emergence of Abu Shabaab was a result of the weakness of Hamas, though he expected him to fail ultimately because Paleostinians broadly reject any hint of collaboration with Israel.
Nevertheless, regardless of how small Abu Shabaab’s group is, the fact that Hamas has an enemy from the same culture was dangerous, he said. "It remains a threat until it is dealt with."
The IDF’s 12-day bombing campaign against Iran, which began early on June 13, has added to the uncertainties facing Hamas. Tehran’s backing for Hamas played a big part in the terror group’s ability to shoot missiles deep into Israel.
According to Israel, the sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites, and ballistic missile program was necessary to prevent the Islamic Theocratic Republic from realizing its avowed plan to destroy the Jewish state.
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... retaliated by firing drones and deadly ballistic missile attacks at Israel, causing heavy damage.
While both Iran and Israel have claimed victory, Netanyahu on Sunday indicated the Israeli campaign against Tehran had further strengthened his hand in Gaza, saying it would "help us expedite our victory and the release of all our hostages."
US President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... said on Wednesday that great progress was being made on Gaza, adding that the strike on Iran would help get the hostages released.
A Paleostinian official close to Hamas said the group was weighing the risk of diminished Iranian backing, anticipating "the impact will be on the shape of funding and the expertise Iran used to give to the resistance and Hamas."
One target of Israel’s campaign in Iran was a Revolutionary Guards officer who oversaw coordination with Hamas, which is part of the so-called Axis of Resistance®, a regional network of Iran-backed terror proxies that also includes Leb ...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration.... ’s Hamas and 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.
Israel announced the death of the general, Saeed Izadi, on Saturday, saying he had been the driving force behind the Iran-Hamas axis and instrumental in planning the October 7 onslaught.
Hamas extended condolences to Iran on Thursday, calling Izadi a friend who was directly responsible for ties with "the leadership of the Paleostinian resistance."
A source from an Iran-backed group in the region said Izadi helped develop Hamas capabilities, including how to carry out complex attacks, including rocket launches, infiltration operations, and drones.
Asked about how the Israeli campaign against Iran might affect its support for Hamas, Abu Zuhri said Iran was a large and powerful country that would not be defeated.
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The people who own and operate and write for TOI despise Bibi.
I would not trust any TOI sources.
I definitely would not trust any TOI analysis.
TOI people are literally stuck -- mentally paralyzed, like someone with a spinal cord injury -- unable to accept that there are actually large groups of other people who were not reared with the same "universal beliefs" that TOI people were taught as children.
TOI hate despise loathe Bibi and his supporters because Bibi and his supporters do not live in the mental fantasy that TOI people would prefer to remain stuck in.
If Hamas survives in any way, it is just a matter of time before October 7th is repeated.
Hamas has already said this, explicitly.
TOI people want to believe otherwise. And they want their readers to believe the Peace In Our Time thing.
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All that is absolutely true and annoying. But in a seriously imperfect world it is an English language Israeli news site that presents the facts we seek without crashing my iPad at frequent intervals, unlike the Jerusalem Post, and has a broader focus than Ynet or Israel National News — Haaretz being totally beyond the pale. Ideally I would comb through each article and present only the facts we want without the Israel Times’ emoting — but I’m not very efficient and am already up ‘til the middle of the night as it is.
But anyone can submit articles, so if you have better, and submit them before the midnight publication, yours will be our source instead of mine. At the top of each of the main Rantburg pages you can submit bare links or full articles — Fred organized everything needed to format the text as buttons along the top and bottom of the form. It’s a bit of a learning curve, but even someone as end-user as I can master it, so you’ll be fine.
[GEO.TV] At a White House event, US President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... said a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... could be achieved within days, Rooters reported.
Speaking from the Oval Office, he shared that he had recently spoken with individuals involved in the negotiations and believed a breakthrough was near.
"I think it's close. I just spoke to some of the people involved," Trump said. "We think within the next week we're going to get a ceasefire."
He did not say who he has been talking to, but he has told news hounds he was in near-daily contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israel-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... conflict.
Trump's surprise prediction of a possible ceasefire deal in coming days came at a time when there have been few signs that the warring parties were ready to restart serious negotiations or budge from entrenched positions.
A spokesperson for US special envoy Steve Witkoff's office said they had no information to share beyond Trump's comments.
Witkoff helped former President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity.... 's aides broker a ceasefire and hostage release agreement shortly before Trump took office in January but the deal soon unravelled.
The Israeli embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer plans to visit Washington starting on Monday for talks with Trump administration officials about 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... , Iran and a possible White House visit by Netanyahu, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Netanyahu said on Thursday the outcome of Israel's war with Iran presented opportunities for peace that his country must not waste.
"This victory presents an opportunity for a dramatic widening of peace agreements. We are working on this with enthusiasm," Netanyahu said in a statement.
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[REGNUM] On June 26, a telephone conversation took place between Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev. The parties discussed strengthening bilateral dialogue and joint responses to regional challenges in an emphatically benevolent tone. The gauntlet was thrown down, too.
Pezeshkian informed Aliyev about the established facts of the use of Azerbaijani airspace to carry out strikes on Iranian territory.
And although the information was expressed in the format of a request to “check the signal,” Tehran in fact once again drew attention to the ambiguous Israeli-Azerbaijani partnership, which it continues to see as a persistent threat.
However, Baku acted much more neutrally in the past conflict than its neighbors expected.
But Iran was defeated anyway.
IRAN WAS EXPECTING A CATCH
Relations between Azerbaijan and Israel have long reached the level of strategic partnership. Baku single-handedly covers about half of Israel's oil needs and supports the Israelis in the international arena.
In turn, Tel Aviv is the main donor of weapons for it, surpassing even Turkey in terms of volumes of specialized sales. The Israeli "weapons ration" accounts for up to 70% of the corresponding export of Azerbaijan.
The countries actively cooperate through their intelligence services, which causes constant protests from Tehran.
The first confirmed instance of collaboration dates back to 2012, when Baku granted political asylum to an Israeli assassin nicknamed Javidan, who had taken part in the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists Masoud Ali-Mohammadi and Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan. Repeated Iranian demands for Javidan’s extradition were ignored.
On the other hand, Azerbaijan tried not to overemphasize the fact of interaction between the intelligence communities, emphasizing that these contacts “are not directed against third countries.”
Nevertheless, Iranian suspicion continued to grow. It reached its apogee after the start of the conflict in Gaza in 2023, when Israeli intelligence services stepped up their work in countries bordering Iran to form a “strike base.” One of these bases, according to Iranian “hawks,” was Azerbaijan, where the infrastructure of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad was deployed.
And although Baku has always denied participation in anti-Iranian actions, the activity of the Israeli creature in East Azerbaijan, as recorded by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has grown from month to month.
It is not surprising that with the beginning of direct armed confrontation between Iran and Israel in June 2025, Tehran expected strikes, including from Baku. However, Azerbaijan chose not to support the aspirations of its strategic partner. And this, apparently, did not please Tel Aviv at all.
IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO GET ANGRY
From the first day of Operation Lion Force, the Israelis, judging by their actions, tried to provoke their Transcaucasian partners into emotions and force them to violate neutrality.
Israeli aircraft carried out intensive strikes on Tabriz and Ardabil, where large Azerbaijani communities live, and destroyed military and civilian infrastructure in the immediate vicinity of the border.
According to Tel Aviv's plan, this was supposed to encourage Baku to put pressure on Tehran and demand that it ensure the protection of ethnic minorities and stability in the border regions.
And after a series of strikes on Iranian “nuclear perimeter” facilities (for example, on the research center in Bonab), to provoke tensions around possible radioactive contamination of the area due to the fault of the Iranians.
However, the effect was the opposite: during the "Lion's Force", the Azerbaijani authorities never made public claims to Iran or threatened reciprocal measures. But they repeatedly called on Tel Aviv to stop attacking provinces populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis and to remove critical infrastructure facilities from the attack.
There were no signs of separatist sentiments in East Azerbaijan, although some users of the X network tried to stir up the news agenda in the first days, passing off fake posts as real calls from local residents to Baku to “defend them by force,” hinting at the introduction of troops.
It is also noteworthy that among the more than 700 Israeli intelligence agents detained by the Iranians as part of a large-scale counter-terrorism operation in mid-June, not a single Azerbaijani was found.
However, as the Israelis note, Azerbaijani citizens actively contacted Iranian intelligence, providing Tehran with information about the maneuvers of the Israelis and their Western allies, including in other countries.
As for the facts voiced by Tehran about the use of Azerbaijani airspace for strikes on its territory, Baku considers the mentioned cases to be “unconfirmed rumors” and intends to investigate their nature in the near future. Azerbaijan denies the fact of mass launches of UAVs from its territory.
Given that during the conflict, Mossad relied on “attacks from within,” using Iranian territory to launch drones, the use of neighboring states for attacks seemed excessive and even risky in some places.
However, Israeli intelligence services could well have resorted to trickery and launched several UAVs in close proximity to the Azerbaijani border, with a slight incursion into foreign airspace.
Such a stunt would create the illusion of Azerbaijan’s participation in the “Lion Force,” increase Tehran’s suspicions of Baku, and create an additional line of division between the two countries.
And this, in turn, would allow Tel Aviv to fully use the “divide and rule” strategy in relation to its Transcaucasian partner.
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[Regnum] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the wedding of his eldest son Avner in order to lull the vigilance of the Iranian leadership before the strike. This was reported by the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal. They were fooled. We all were. As Winston Churchill, himself a wartime prime minister, said, “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
According to Israeli and American intelligence sources, it was no coincidence that the Israeli prime minister announced that he was going on vacation in connection with Avner's wedding, scheduled for June 16. This happened several days before the start of the IDF operation against Iran. Netanyahu wanted Tehran not to know his real location and not to expect an attack until at least June 17.
The publication noted that none of Netanyahu's close friends or relatives, including Avner, knew that the prime minister would not attend the wedding and that it would have to be postponed due to the fighting.
According to the authors of the article, the story of Netanyahu's son's wedding is only part of a larger campaign to disinform Tehran. Another part of it was the leaks of Israeli and American media about the rift between Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump. According to these "leaks", the White House opposed strikes on Iran, and Tel Aviv allegedly did not dare to launch the operation without Washington's approval.
And Tehran believed. Surely Allah must have wanted them to be blind.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, on the night of June 13, the Israel Defense Forces launched a military operation against Iran, announcing that it was allegedly carrying out precision strikes on nuclear facilities. In reality, in addition to a number of high-ranking Iranian military personnel and a group of nuclear physicists, civilians were killed.
Not many civilians who were not in the same room as the target. Israelis munitions are so precise that civilians stand around watching, secure that it is safe to do so. Ditto for the huge bombs America dropped on Fordo and the other nuclear sites.
[AnNahar] Former Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Wally Jumblat ...Druze politician, head of the Progressive Socialist Party, who's been on every side in Leb at least four times. He'll sell you his friends for a dollar, but family comes higher because of shipping and handling... said the PSP has handed over its "light and medium" arms to the state three weeks ago, urging all other parties to do the same.
Jumblat called Thursday on all Lebanese and non-Lebanese parties to hand over their arms, saying that "a new chapter has been opened in the Middle East".
He added that it is not by attacking Hezbollah with statements that disarmament must be done, a hint that other parties must disarm as well in a message to Hezbollah instead of attacking the group.
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[HodhodYemen ...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... News] 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... held a funeral for more than 60 Iranians, including top military commanders and nuclear scientists, martyred during Zionist regime aggression against Iran.
The funeral proceedings kicked off at 8:00 am (0430 GMT) at Enghelab Square on Saturday.
Participants, who had gathered since the early hours of dawn, chanted various slogans, the most prominent of which were: "Death to America... Death to Israel."
They also called for the prosecution of Rafael Grossi, the Director General of the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency.
After 12 days of aggression against Iran and overwhelming responses by the Iranian armed forces, the Israeli occupation was forced to accept a ceasefire on the morning of the past Tuesday.
Iranian state media have released the first photos of the coffins of senior military commanders and officials killed in Israeli airstrikes, just two hours ahead of their mass funeral in downtown Tehran. The images purportedly show the bodies of Iran’s top general Mohammad… pic.twitter.com/tYeBzhJdwg
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) June 28, 2025
… top general Mohammad Bagheri; IRGC chief commander Hossein Salami; Aerospace Force commander Amir-Ali Hajizadeh; Khatam al-Anbiya commander Gholam-Ali Rashid and his successor Ali Shadmani; IRGC Quds Force Palestine Corps chief Saeed Izadi; and Saeed Borji, who was known as the figure behind Iran’s nuclear detonation technology. Continued on Page 47
[NBC] The Trump administration in recent days has explored possible economic incentives for Iran in return for the regime halting uranium enrichment, including releasing billions of dollars in frozen Iranian assets, according to three sources familiar with the discussions.
The tentative proposal would also allow Iran to receive assistance from regional countries to enable Tehran to build a civilian nuclear program, granting Tehran access to as much as $30 billion.
The proposal is one of many ideas under consideration by the administration, the sources said. The details of the administration’s discussions were first reported by CNN.
The potential deal would mark a major reversal in policy for President Trump, who pulled the U.S. out of the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran in 2018 arguing in part that the sanctions relief and unfreezing of Iranian assets had provided a "lifeline of cash" to the Iranian regime to continue its malign activities.
Still, it is not immediately clear if the financial proposal or any negotiations between the U.S. and Iran will move forward. Epic fail for Fauci and his 'bugs & gas' colleagues, but this application could succeed.
I’d bet that before the money can be spent, the Mullahs start shooting missiles at Israel again, or a sleeper cell in America tries to run amok, or both, and so the nuclear power project falls through. The Mullahs are true believers — like Hamas they cannot be dissuaded by prosperity for the common people.
So much for that bet. Update from the Times of Israel in the middle of the night:
[IsraelTimes] US President Donald Trump ...They hit him with slander, they impeached him twice. Nancy Pelosi tore up his State of the Union address on national TV. They stole an election and put his adherents in jail. They vilified him. They couldn't crucify him, so they shot him. Still, they can't keep him down... dismisses media reports that said his administration had discussed possibly helping 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... access as much as $30 billion to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear program.
CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... reported on Thursday and NBC News reported on Friday that the Trump administration in recent days had explored possible economic incentives for Iran in return for its government halting uranium enrichment. The reports cited sources.
CNN cited officials as saying that several proposals were floated and were preliminary.
"Who in the Fake News Media is the SleazeBag saying that ’President Trump wants to give Iran $30 Billion to build non-military Nuclear facilities.’ Never heard of this ridiculous idea," Trump writes on Truth Social late on Friday, calling the reports a "HOAX."
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The OODA loop is a decision-making model developed by United States Air Force Colonel John Boyd. He applied the concept to the combat operations process, often at the operational level during military campaigns. It is often applied to understand commercial operations and learning processes. The approach explains how agility can overcome raw power in dealing with human opponents. Wikipedia
#4
OK but 1st ....the Iran must immediately turn over ALL Ayatollah, regime leaders and soldiers for crimes against Humanity. ALL put on trial, when found guilty, placed in prison for life or until they commit suicide :-) on Diego Garcia or Tristan da Cunha?
Either way
Shouldn't Iran leadership be held liable for all damages and the related costs expended to bring them into UN Nuke deal compliance, after 10+ years of warnings and broke agreements?
#6
In these conflicts there's a pattern where Western powers easily dominate the conventional symmetrical battlefield and afterwards politically surrender to a militarily defeated enemy.
Some players in the Trump 47 administration are apparently trying to repeat this wrt Iran.
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Wednesday denied claims by the Syrian government that the perpetrators of a deadly explosion at a Damascus church had come from al-Hol camp, which is under SDF control in northeast Syria.
Syria’s interior ministry has said a jacket wallah affiliated with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) attacked the Mar Elias Church in Damascus’ Duwaila neighborhood during Sunday mass. The attacker reportedly opened fire on worshippers before detonating an explosive vest. The Syrian health ministry confirmed on Monday that 25 people were killed and 63 injured.
Syrian interior ministry spokesperson Noureddine al-Baba said during a presser on Tuesday that they had dismantled the ISIS cell responsible for the attack, claiming that it also includes two non-Syrian suicide bombers who had infiltrated to the capital from the notorious al-Hol camp in the SDF-held northeast Syria (Rojava).
The SDF categorically rejected the allegation in a statement on Wednesday.
"In response to these allegations, the relevant departments within our forces immediately initiated a thorough review and investigation of the records pertaining to the residents of al-Hol Camp, including those who have exited the camp in recent months. The investigation confirmed that the only individuals who left the camp during this period were Syrians, and their departure occurred at the request of the Damascus Government. Additionally, Iraqi nationals were repatriated to Iraqi territory based on verified lists submitted by the Iraqi authorities, who ensured their relocation to the al-Jadah Camp," said the SDF in a statement.
Tens of thousands of people, mostly families of ISIS fighters, are held in the camp. The SDF has allowed Damascus to return Syrians kept in the camp to their homes and Iraq has been praised for repatriating a great number of its nationals. Iraqis make up nearly half of the population of the camp.
SDF further explained that the camp mostly comprises women and kiddies rather than imported muscle of ISIS. The SDF is keeping several thousand ISIS fighters in prisons.
[GEO.TV] Israel would have killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ...the very aged actual dictator of Iran, successor to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini...> were it possible during the countries' 12-day war, Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed on Thursday.
"I estimate that if Khamenei had been in our sights, we would have taken him out," Katz said in the interview with Israel's Kan public television.
"But Khamenei understood this, went underground to very great depths, and broke off contacts with the commanders who replaced those commanders who were eliminated, so it wasn't realistic in the end," he said.
Israel killed several top Iranian commanders and nuclear scientists on June 13 at the start of the war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump ...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party... had both suggested at various times during the air war that Khamenei's life could be in danger as regime change could be a result of the war that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire on Tuesday.
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[IsraelTimes] US president says he reversed plans to remove sanctions on Iran because of supreme leader’s ‘blatant and foolish’ statement after
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he knew exactly where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was hiding during the war and prevented Israel and US forces from killing him, saving him from an “ugly and ignominious death.”
“I saved him from a very ugly and ignominious death,” Trump said.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday that Israel did not kill Khamenei because it did not know where underground he was hiding.
Trump also said Friday he would “absolutely” consider bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities if Tehran were enriching uranium to a level that concerned the US.
Trump also said he ordered Israel to turn planes around that were planning to strike Iran significantly in response to missile fire launched by Tehran after the ceasefire went into place.
“It was going to be the biggest attack of the war by far,” Trump said.
“Iran has to get back into the world order flow, or things will only get worse for them,” he warned.
“They are always so angry, hostile and unhappy, and look at what it has gotten them: A burned out, blown up country, with no future, a decimated military, a horrible economy and death all around them,” Trump continued.
“They have no hope, and it will only get worse! I wish the leadership of Iran would realize that you often get more with honey than you do with vinegar,” he said.
Trump also claimed on Friday that he reversed plans to remove sanctions against Iran after Khamenei gave a speech a day earlier declaring that Trump had “exaggerated” the impact of strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, while threatening to repeat the “slap” Tehran had dealt American forces in the region.
“During the last few days, I was working on the possible removal of sanctions, and other things, which would have given a much better chance to Iran at a full, fast, and complete recovery,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“But instead I get hit with a statement of anger, hatred, and disgust, and immediately dropped all work on sanction relief and more,” he continued, blasting Khamenei for his “blatant and foolish” statement.
“As a man of great faith, he is not supposed to lie,” Trump said, reiterating his insistence that Iran’s nuclear sites were “obliterated” in the US strikes on Sunday.
“You have to tell the truth,” Trump also said of Khamenei. “You got beat to hell.”
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This would be a scathing indictment of Trump's awareness of historical facts if this cognitive dissonance inspired denial of Iran's nature had not been the Western political class' consensus since 1979.
At least Trump seems to correct course now.
This is not even a "Scorpion and Frog" scenario.
The Iranian 'Scorpion' has always clearly articulated its intentions.
Text taken from the Telegram channel of @parstodayrussian
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Tehran Times: Israel plotted to carry out explosion in US and blame it on Iran Iran has uncovered the plot and notified the US.
According to information revealed by the Tehran Times, Israel was plotting to blow up launch a terrorist attack on American soil and then blame Iran in order to provoke a full-scale war between the US and Iran.
Uh huh. Suuuuuuuure. Once again the Mad Mullahs misread the situation. As ‘tis said, whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Allah clearly does the same.
The plan included orchestrating a destructive incident inside the United States, fabricating evidence against Iran, manipulating public opinion in the US, and inciting military action.
Iran, having received intelligence from a friendly country, discovered the Israeli plot. After receiving information about the intended attack, the Iranians sent messages to US officials and prevented the planned explosion.
Whatevs. Keep throwing spaghetti against the wall, guys, in the hope that something sticks.
The IRGC leadership today approved the decision of the Iranian parliament to stop cooperation with the IAEA due to the organization's complicity in the aggression against Iran.
— Afshine Emrani MD FACC (@afshineemrani) June 27, 2025
This is not fiction.
Not a movie.
Not a Netflix script.
This is the real, haunting story of a woman who shattered a regime without firing a single bullet—
Only with trust.
And betrayal.
She was born in Paris. Jewish. Secular. Free.
But her blood carried the winds of Yemen, the pulse of exile, the poetry of desert silence.
She studied the Middle East like a lover reads a letter—
Sunni and Shia. Arab and Persian. Revolution and rot.
Then—she vanished.
Reappeared in London.
As a devout Shia Muslim.
Chador. Farsi. Hadith.
She quoted Khomeini like sacred scripture.
She bowed toward Qom.
She wept with the faithful.
And Tehran opened its arms.
But she was a dagger.
Sharpened in Tel Aviv.
Poison-tipped with prose.
She wrote for Press TV.
For Tehran Times.
Her articles ran under Supreme Leader Khamenei’s official site.
Her pen didn’t praise.
It mapped.
Every paragraph—a code.
Every metaphor—a missile lock.
They called her Catherine.
She sipped mint tea with IRGC wives.
She prayed beside scientists' daughters.
She whispered with veiled softness:
“Does he sleep well after such burden?”
“Do you ever feel afraid when he travels?”
And they answered.
With schedules.
With names.
With secrets.
Every sigh she heard became a funeral.
Operation Shabgard (Nightwalker)
June 13–14, 2025
Iran burned.
🛑 8 IRGC commanders incinerated in their beds
🛑 7 nuclear scientists—never made it to work
🛑 3 Quds Force ghosts—wiped from the earth
No drones.
No spies in alleys.
Just her words.
Her whispers.
Her silence.
Her poetry.
When the missiles fell, she vanished.
Qom. Isfahan. Karaj.
They traced every prayer rug she knelt on.
But she was gone.
A Mossad team plucked her from a dry riverbed in the Zagros Mountains.
No footprints. No calls.
Just smoke.
Today, she is a ghost.
Her blog? Deleted.
Her Twitter? Gone.
No photo. No trail. No trace.
But in Tehran, they curse her name.
And in Tel Aviv, they whisper it like a myth:
“The Woman Who Burned Qom Without a Match.”
“The Writer of the Minarets.”
“The Pen that Pierced the Republic.”
She fought not with fists—but faith.
Not with violence—but intimacy.
She killed no one.
And yet thousands never woke again.
🕯️ She is not a character.
She is a reminder.
That in the age of drones and data—
A woman with a pen and a prayer can still rewrite history.
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Wowser! That is the stuff of legends!
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When you hear about how "great" Stonewall Jackson or Robert E. Lee were at "anticipating" the strategies of the Union generals , this sort of thing does not get near-enough credit. Just sayin, eg, Belle Boyd many others.
#5
The Iranian regime has been completely infiltrated by Israeli agents. All the talk about hiding uranium and rebuilding a weapons program is wishful thinking. Iran can't do anything without Israel knowing what, where, and when, and dialing 1-800-Bunker-Buster.
#6
The Israeli seems to have a special ability to infiltrate even into our own government. The CIA, in the other hand, seems to specialize in thwarting Trump, promoting ISIS and the Taliban, and trying to trigger WWIII with Russia. That said, I don’t think there is an Iranian Dr No with a secret bank of centrifuges under a papier-mâché rock in the deserted wilderness of Iran. They still might be able to buy what they need from Pakistan or NK. In the meantime, their efforts to distract their public with actions in Gaza, Yemen and Lebanon will be at a standstill for a time. I expect Trump to now proactively resolve Gaza and bring KSA into the Abraham accords. American troops wont be dying in an assault on Tehran to improve the profitability of Northrop Grumman. Life should be quiet and profitable for another 3 more years except in CA, NYC and a Canada.
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