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Dem Rep. Casar: TX Has Been Peaceful, It's Abbott's Fault if It's Not, He's Doing Opposite of Newsom
Friday 06/13/2025

anna-pavlova
Fifth Column
Protesters hauled away as anti-ICE protests
continue in Los Angeles despite mayor's curfew order
-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Department Of Homeland Security
Predator B Drones Are Orbiting Over Los Angeles
Home Front: WoT
Florida sheriff threatens to KILL
protesters who turn violent: 'Graveyard dead'
Home Front: Politix
Trump declares all illegal migrants 'have to go home' before they turn US into [another] 'bankrupt Third World Nation' as he praises 'hero' ICE agents
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran launches 100 drones at Israel after Netanyahu deploys major airstrikes to prevent 'nuclear holocaust'
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Troops kill two terrorists during
extended raid in central Nablus %u2014 IDF
China ready to drop all tariffs on African imports


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#1  Getting background sound on Rantburg on my pc but not tablet?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/13/2025 9:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Rantburg has background sound?

I've never had that on my PC or tablets.

Is Rantburg supposed to have background sound?
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 06/13/2025 9:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Today’s top story has a video on autoplay. It’s on the front page..
Posted by: Difar Dave || 06/13/2025 9:54 Comments || Top||

#4  video on autoplay

Is that something we should turn off, Difar Dave? If so, how is that done?
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/13/2025 10:01 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Egyptian authorities detain hundreds of activists planning march to Gaza
[IsraelTimes] Organizers say participants from US, Australia, France, Spain among those questioned by police ahead of Friday march toward Rafah Crossing to demand entry of humanitarian aid

Egyptian authorities have detained more than 200 pro-Paleostinian activists in Cairo ahead of an international march with the stated aim of breaking Israel’s blockade 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...
, organizers said Thursday.

As part of the Global March to Gaza, thousands of activists planned to travel to Egypt’s Rafah Border Crossing with the Strip on Friday to demand the entry of humanitarian aid.

On Thursday, the march’s spokesperson Saif Abukeshek told AFP: "Over 200 participants were detained at Cairo airport or questioned at hotels across Cairo."

He added that those detained included nationals from the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, La Belle France, Spain, Morocco and Algeria.

Abukeshek said that plainclothes police entered hotels in Cairo on Wednesday with lists of names, questioned activists and in some cases confiscated mobile phones and searched personal belongings.

"After interrogations, some were arrested and others were released," he added.

At Cairo Airport, some detainees were held for long hours without explanation, Abukeshek said, adding that others were deported, without specifying exact numbers.

Twenty French activists who had planned to join the march were held at Cairo airport "for 18 hours," he said. "What happened was completely unexpected."

Footage shared with AFP showed dozens of people with their luggage crammed inside a holding room at the airport.

"We’re locked up here in this room with so many people — some 30-40 people," a German national said in one video. "I called the embassy and they told me their people are trying to figure things out."

The Greek contingent said in a statement that dozens of Greek nationals were among those held at Cairo Airport "despite having all legal travel documents, having broken no law and followed every legal procedure in entering the country."

Cairo’s security chief did not respond to an AFP request for comment.

After 21 months of war, Israel is facing mounting international pressure to allow more aid into Gaza, which the United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
has dubbed "the hungriest place on Earth."

Another convoy dubbed Soumoud, or steadfastness in Arabic, left the Tunisian capital on Monday, hoping to pass through divided Libya and Egypt — which organizers say has yet to provide passage permits — to reach Gaza.

The Global March to Gaza, which is coordinating with Soumoud, said around 4,000 participants from more than 40 countries would take part in the event, with many having already arrived ahead of the Friday march.

According to the plan, participants are set to travel by bus to the city of El-Arish in the Sinai Peninsula before walking 50 kilometers (30 miles) towards the border with Gaza. They would then camp there before returning to Cairo on June 19.
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#1  "This is not Colombia, this is Cairo!"
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 06/13/2025 5:17 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Video of Huthi Hellicoptor capturing a ship
[YouTube]

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#1  Wasn't this the MMORPG video?
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/13/2025 5:31 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Protesters hauled away as anti-ICE protests continue in Los Angeles despite mayor's curfew order
[FoxNews]
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Department Of Homeland Security Predator B Drones Are Orbiting Over Los Angeles
[TWZ] U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has been flying its Predator B drones, also commonly referred to by their military variant designation of MQ-9 Reapers, over Los Angeles as part of the U.S. government’s response to the unrest there, the agency confirmed to us on Wednesday. The flights are in response to protests that escalated to violence on multiple occasions, following a massive operation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last Friday.

Persistent aerial surveillance like this has long been controversial, with civil rights advocates saying it violates the right to privacy and undermines the Constitution. At the same time, the fact that a drone is doing it largely evokes a uniquely upsetting response. While using the Predator Bs over urban locales is rare, it’s not unprecedented, and manned platforms do this kind of work every day across the country.

CBP’s Air and Marine Operations (AMO) “MQ-9 Predators are supporting our federal law enforcement partners in the Greater Los Angeles area, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with aerial support of their operations,” spokesman John Mennell told us Wednesday afternoon in response to our query earlier this week. “Additionally, they are providing officer safety surveillance when requested by officers. AMO is not engaged in the surveillance of First Amendment activities.”

CBP had been mum about the issue for days, even though open-source reporting on social media had already presented compelling evidence of the drones’ orbits. On June 9, user @Aeroscout on X posted air traffic control (ATC) audio stating that two “Q-9s” – call signs TROY 703 and TROY 701, had passed each other in airspace over Yuma, Arizona, as one was replacing the other over Los Angeles. @Aeroscout had previously posted ATC audio of TROY 701 checking in on Los Angeles Center Sector 09. A short time later, Alaska Flight 1020 was given a traffic advisory for “drone traffic.”

While there has not yet been any explicit identification of the “Q-9s” as CBP Predator Bs, TROY is a known Department of Homeland Security (DHS) callsign. TROY 314, a CBP Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) based on the Beechcraft King Air 350ER twin-engine turboprop, and a CBP Black Hawk helicopter using the callsign TROY 212, were also tracked over Los Angeles this weekend.

Furthermore, plane trackers using online software first began noticing aircraft flying hexagonal patterns over Los Angeles on Sunday. Though not always the case, this is indicative of CBP Predator B surveillance patterns observed in the past. This includes the use of one of the CBP Q-9s over Minneapolis back in 2020.

CBP has MQ-9s at three locations: the National Air Security Operations Centers in Sierra Vista, Arizona (located on Fort Huachuca), San Angelo in Texas, and Grand Forks in North Dakota.
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#2  Hopefully they are armed.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/13/2025 9:59 Comments || Top||


Florida sheriff threatens to KILL protesters who turn violent: 'Graveyard dead'
[MAIL] A no-nonsense Florida sheriff has issued an extraordinary warning by telling protesters that authorities will shoot them dead without hesitation if they commit violence.
ROE
Violent protests have erupted around the nation inspired by rioters in Los Angeles taking a stand against President Donald Trump and his Immigration Enforcement agents.

But in Florida, Sheriff Wayne Ivey
…Brevard County in east central Florida on the Space Coast. They have Cape Canaveral, citrus groves, and misbehaving kids…
laid down the law with a chilling warning that his officers 'are not gonna play' ahead of a scheduled demonstration this weekend.

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#1  Excellent briefing.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/13/2025 7:49 Comments || Top||



Home Front: Politix
Trump declares all illegal migrants 'have to go home' before they turn US into [another] 'bankrupt Third World Nation' as he praises 'hero' ICE agents

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Home Front: WoT
Two Men Arrested on Machine Gun Charges Following High School Graduation Shootings
[Breitbart] Twenty-year-old Hamza Abdirashiid Said and eighteen-year-old Amiir Mawlid Ali were arrested in Minnesota and face machine gun charges following shootings at two different high school graduations.

KSTP reported that Said was arrested May 30, 2025, after allegedly “[shooting] two victims outside Wayzata High School’s graduation” and Ali was arrested June 6, 2025, after shots were fired at the Burnsville High School graduation.

Said and Ali each allegedly had a Glock pistol with a “Glock switch” in their possession when questioned by police. Such a switch is used to convert a semiautomatic Glock handgun into a fully automatic firearm.

The Unites States Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota pointed to “recorded jail calls” in which Ali allegedly “said that, upon his release, he would need a ‘button,’ a slang term for a switch or machinegun conversion device.”

“High school graduation ceremonies are a rite of passage. A time for friends and family to come together to celebrate one of life’s major milestones. To bring machineguns and violence to such a ceremony is immoral and shameful,” Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson said. “On behalf of all Minnesotans, I want to express a sense of moral outrage at these crimes and assure the public that the perpetrators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

According to DoJ press release, the graduations took place at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, suggesting that our dear little miscreants are Somali..

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#2  Abbreviated criminal careers are oftentimes the best.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/13/2025 9:33 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Troops kill two terrorists during extended raid in central Nablus — IDF
[IsraelTimes] The Israel Defense Forces says two Palestinians were killed during an approximately 30-hour military raid in central Nablus in the West Bank.

The army describes the two as terrorists, but does not provide other details about their killings.

During the raid, 10 other wanted Palestinians were arrested and dozens more were questioned, the army says.

Troops searched over 400 buildings during the extended operation, and found a number of weapons, including makeshift guns, and ammunition, as well as “much inciting material,” according to the IDF.

Pictures and videos published by the military show troops going building to building in the Palestinian city’s central casbah.
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Hamas police says it killed 12 members of Gaza’s Israeli-backed Abu Shabab militia
[IsraelTimes] US-and-Israeli-backed aid agency accuses Hamas of blocking its employees from receiving treatment after attacking them, as terror group says 21 aid-seekers killed by IDF

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...
’s Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
-run police force said Thursday that it killed 12 members of the Israeli-backed Abu Shabaab militia in Gaza, which said its fighters had killed five Hamas operatives but made no mention of its own casualties.

It was not immediately possible to verify the competing claims or confirm the identities of those killed.

According to Hamas, the Abu Shabaab button men were killed early Wednesday by the Gaza police’s Sahm unit, which Hamas says was established to combat looting. The unit released video footage showing several dead men lying in the street, saying they were Abu Shabaab fighters who were tossed into the calaboose and killed for collaborating with Israel. It was not possible to verify the images or the claims around them.

Abu Shabaab has been operating in an Israeli-controlled area of southern Gaza’s Rafah. Israel confirmed last week that it was arming the militia to bolster opposition to Hamas.

Abu Shabaab has said it secures aid deliveries but been accused of looting aid trucks. Meanwhile,
...back at the pond, the enormous newt was trying to decide if Gloria was edible...
Israel on Thursday released what it said were Hamas documents showing the terror group maintained a policy of confiscating 15%-25% of aid entering Gaza since the war there was sparked by the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023.

The killings came shortly after the US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) accused Hamas of attacking a bus carrying its Paleostinian aid workers, killing at least eight, and preventing the maimed from being treated at a hospital in the Strip. GHF interim CEO John Acree said some employees "may have been taken hostage."

Dozens of Paleostinians have been killed while trying to reach GHF distribution points since they began operating in late May, according to Hamas’s civil defence agency. The IDF has confirmed firing warning shots in at least eight instances, but disputed the Hamas corpse counts.

The civil defense agency said another 21 people were killed while waiting for aid on Thursday, adding that they were among 29 people across the territory who were killed by Israeli fire.

When contacted by AFP about reports of a deadly incident near an aid distribution point close to the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza, the Israeli military said it had "conducted warning shots... hundreds of meters (yards) from the aid distribution site, prior to its opening hours."

GHF SAYS EMPLOYEES MAIMED BY HAMAS HAVE YET TO BE TREATED
In an update after accusing Hamas of firing on its Paleostinian employees, GHF said Thursday that the terror group had blocked the Red Thingy from transporting victims to the Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.

A crowd soon gathered at the scene, forcing the Hamas gunnies to retreat, the update said.

GHF said Hamas members threatened hospital staff from treating the employees, adding that "all maimed and dead local workers were piled in the Nasser Hospital parking lot," where, as of 2:00 p.m. Thursday, they have remained without treatment.

"The GHF is committed to helping the maimed and the families of the dear departed and injured," read the update. "We are working through many channels to transfer the injured from the hospital in Khan Younis to facilities with more robust capabilities."

The statement called on "parties holding the remains of the dear departed to immediately release them to their families," and vowed to keep "delivering food aid to the people of Gaza after this tragedy."

GHF’s leadership slammed Hamas as "cowardly murderers" and "absolute evil," and accused the UN and Western nations of failing to condemn the killings. Hamas’s government media office, in comments to AFP, accused the agency of having "become a filthy tool in the hands" of Israel, "used to lure civilians into deadly traps."

Despite the attacks, GHF delivered the most meals it has in a single day on Thursday, according to its own figures. The aid group also said overnight that it distributed boxes of food at its distribution site in central Gaza, even though the IDF has repeatedly warned Paleostinians not to approach aid sites before 6 a.m.

A GHF spokesperson did not explain why the organization appeared to be distributing aid overnight, when the IDF has cautioned Paleostinians against walking to the sites.

On Thursday, GHF said, it opened three sites, two in southern Gaza’s Tel Sultan and one at Wadi Gaza in the central Strip. The agency said it distributed over 45,000 boxes of food aid, with more than half of those distributed at its original aid site in Rafah, near the shore along the Gaza-Egypt border. According to the agency, each box contains meals for 5.5 people for 3.5 days.

However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits...
GHF does not provide Gazooks with ready-to-eat meals, as aid groups recommend in such humanitarian crises. Instead, the boxes are filled largely with dry food products whose preparation requires cooking equipment, which is rare in the devastated Strip.

AID ENTERS NORTH GAZA FOR FIRST TIME SINCE MARCH
Separately, for the first time in months, Israeli authorities allowed humanitarian aid trucks to directly enter the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.

The 56 trucks from the World Food Program were transferred to northern Gaza via the Zikim Crossing, also known as the Erez West Crossing, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories announced.

COGAT said the move comes following "the approval of the political echelon and on the recommendation of the security authorities."

Israel halted the flow of aid to Gaza on March 2, hours after the collapse of a ceasefire-hostage deal with Hamas. Deliveries were renewed on May 19, but only via the Kerem Shalom crossing in the Strip’s south.

Israel has accused Hamas throughout the war of hoarding aid to finance operations and pay operatives.

Red Cross denies role in evacuating GHF workers targeted in alleged Hamas attack
[IsraelTimes] After the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation claimed that its dead and wounded workers — allegedly attacked by Hamas last night— were evacuated by the International Committee of the Red Cross to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, an ICRC spokesperson tells The Times of Israel that the organization was not involved in the evacuation.

While the ICRC operates a field hospital in Rafah, just south of Khan Younis, its medical teams do not operate inside Nasser Hospital.

A GHF spokesperson doesn’t immediately respond to a request for clarification based on the ICRC’s statement.

US security contractor writes anonymous op-ed decrying Gaza Humanitarian Foundation
[IsraelTimes] An American security contractor working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation says the new aid initiative is plagued with problems and is not properly serving Palestinians.

The man — whose op-ed is anonymously published by the far-left Zeteo news site — says he is one of the hundreds of people hired by UG Solutions, one of the two American contractors working with GHF.

He says contractors were given very little information and training before being sent into Gaza.

“If you’re here to get your gun on, then pack your shit and go home, because that’s not what we’re here for. We’re here to help,” he recalls being told during a briefing in Washington before they departed for Israel.

The contractors were given various lethal and non-lethal weapons but no one was tested to ensure proper training and no instructions were given for when to use them before they were sent into Gaza, he says. The anonymous contractor also says they didn’t receive cultural awareness training, even though some had never been deployed to the Mideast before.

While the American contractors were told they’d be working 12-hour shifts for four days before taking two days off, they’ve ended up working 20-hour shifts with no days off and are all sleep-deprived, he says.

The contractor recalls the chaos of the first full day of aid distribution on May 27, when GHF’s site was completely overrun.

“It was not organized, and people were getting smushed and trampled. Eventually, there were so many people in the lanes that the gates burst,” he writes. “They were only trying to get aid — aid, by the way, that consisted of flour, rice, lentils, tea bags, and noodles; things that need water. They don’t have any water. And we’re not giving out water.”

Despite assertions to the contrary by the IDF and GHF, the contractor says the Israeli army is very involved in the operation. The IDF has offices inside the GHF compounds and shares radio communications with GHF, he says.

“I went into this pretty open-minded. I don’t have a side. I despise human suffering, and I hate that it exists. I was just hoping to be helpful. But I don’t think we are. What we — these American companies and contract personnel — are doing is directly leading to more pain, suffering, and death for the Palestinians in Gaza,” he writes.
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Police arrest three anti-war protesters in Haifa, amid ‘illegal demonstration’
[IsraelTimes] Police arrest three anti-war protesters in Haifa for disturbing the peace.

The demonstrators “raised signs and chanted in condemnation of Israel and its actions in the war in Gaza, which could disturb the peace of the public,” the Israel Police says in a statement.

The police say demonstrators “ignored the instructions of the police at the scene,” during the “illegal demonstration” on the city’s Ben Gurion Street.

“The Israel Police sees the right to demonstrate as a cornerstone of a democratic state, and allows protests so long as they are held within the law,” the statement says.

“The police will not allow civil disorder of any kind or violation of the freedom of movement, or any behavior that could endanger the wellbeing of the public,” it concludes.
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IDF says gunman fired upon troops at West Bank checkpoint, was then ‘neutralized’
[IsraelTimes] A Palestinian gunman opened fire on troops at a checkpoint near the West Bank settlement of Hermesh a short while ago, the military says.

Troops returned fire, “neutralizing” the assailant, the IDF says, adding that no soldiers were hurt.
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Gaza Round-up: S. Gaza no-go zone expanded, IDF Paleo casualties number does not match Hamas claim, Hamas weapons factory near med.site hit

IDF issues new evacuation warning for southern Gaza, expanding no-go zone
[IsraelTimes] The IDF issues a new evacuation warning in the southern Gaza Strip, slightly expanding a large no-go zone.

“The IDF is operating with great force in the areas where you are located to destroy the capabilities of the terror organizations,” the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee says on X, attaching a map showing the areas that are to be evacuated.

Palestinian civilians in the area are called to head west.

UN reports full internet blackout across the Gaza Strip
[IsraelTimes] The United Nations says that there is a full internet blackout in the Gaza Strip, likely due to military activity damaging the last cable into the enclave, which has paralyzed aid operations.

“Lifelines to emergency services, humanitarian coordination, and critical information for civilians have all been cut. There is a full internet blackout, and mobile networks are barely functioning,” deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq tells reporters.

“In a context already limited by physical access restrictions and widespread damage, emergency services are cut off, and civilians cannot access life-saving support,” Haq says.

Gazan targeted in strike last month identified as man with special needs
A physical handicap like CP does not imply a mental handicap, nor need either prevent a man from wearing a suicide vest. — so he was a plausible risk.
[IsraelTimes] After the IDF said it launched an airstrike in Gaza on a terrorist, the victim was identified as a disabled man with special needs

The IDF issued a statement saying it carried out an airstrike last month targeting a “terrorist” in Khan Younis, but a Haaretz report identifies him as a man with special needs.

The incident took place on May 30 and shortly afterward, footage of the strike blowing Muhammad al-Farra to pieces was posted on the Telegram page of Israeli journalist Amit Segal with the Hebrew caption, “Gaza.” It was liked by thousands of followers.

The clip shows Farra walking with a limp before being targeted. Farra was diagnosed with cerebral palsy after a childhood accident.

The IDF, in its statement on the incident, says the man was identified walking in and out of buildings “used for terrorist activity” and that it had already ordered the area to be evacuated. It does not explain why or how Farra was identified as a terrorist.

IDF: ‘Warning shots’ fired overnight at crowd of Gazans who ‘posed threat’ to troops
[IsraelTimes] Israeli troops fired “warning shots” at a crowd of Palestinians that approached them and “posed a threat” in the Netzarim Corridor area of central Gaza overnight, the military says, in what has become a near-daily occurrence.

Palestinian media reported that some 32 were killed by Israeli fire as they approached an aid site operated by the Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the area.

The IDF says that “according to a preliminary examination, the number of reported casualties does not match the information available to the IDF.”

“The details of the incident continue to be examined in depth,” the IDF says.

According to the IDF, the shooting took place hundreds of meters from the GHF site, and before it was open for aid distribution.

The military says the Palestinians approached the troops “despite warnings that the area is an active combat zone.”

The army has warned Palestinians not to approach routes leading to GHF sites between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time, describing these roads as closed military zones. Still, GHF has indicated that its sites are open past those hours.

IDF says it struck Hamas operatives at weapons manufacturing plant in Gaza City’s Shati camp
[IsraelTimes] Earlier today, the military says, it struck Hamas operatives at a building used as a weapons manufacturing plant in Gaza City’s Shati Camp.

“The facility struck was used to produce weapons for the Hamas terror organization and were intended to be used in terror attacks targeting IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip.

“The facility operators were terrorists who were part of Hamas’s weapons production unit,” the army says.

The IDF says that “Hamas embedded this weapon production facility in close proximity to a medical site. This site was not damaged during the strike.”
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran launches 100 drones at Israel after Netanyahu deploys major airstrikes to prevent 'nuclear holocaust'

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#2  They now say they didn't launch any drones toward Israel.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 06/13/2025 10:24 Comments || Top||


Lebanese health ministry reports 1 killed by Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon
[IsraelTimes] An Israeli strike on south Lebanon killed one person, Lebanon’s health ministry says, the latest attack despite a ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Lebanese terror group Hezbollah.

In a statement, the ministry says the person was killed by an “Israeli enemy drone strike” on a motorcycle in Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa.

Israel doesn’t immediately comment on the incident.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency also reports several Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon.

Israeli airstrikes reported near towns in southern Lebanon

[IsraelTimes] Lebanese media reports Israeli airstrikes near the towns of Baisariyeh and Tebna, south of Sidon.

There is no immediate comment from the IDF.
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Israel launches 'preemptive strikes' on Iran as explosions are heard across Tehran: Jerusalem declares 'special state of emergency' and braces for all-out-war
Photos, videos, maps at the link.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Israel has launched 'preemptive strikes' against Iran that targeted their nuclear program and killed top military officials in an effort to prevent Tehran from developing a weapon of mass destruction.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address that the attacks will continue 'for as many days at it takes to remove this threat' of Iran's nuclear program.

'The Jewish state refuses to be a victim of a nuclear holocaust perpetrated by the Iranian regime,' Netanyahu said.

'Israel will never allow those who call for our annihilation to develop the means to achieve that goal.'

Netanyahu said that Israel targeted Iran's main enrichment facility in Natanz and the country's ballistic missile program, as well as top nuclear scientists and officials.

He alleged that Iran was working on a new plan to destroy Israel after its old plan, its circle of proxies, failed. He called that an intolerable threat that must be stopped.

The prime minister later declared the strikes a success but warned more were coming: 'We are going to have many more achievements.'

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Friday that Israel will face 'severe punishment' over its attack on the country.

Khamenei issued a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency. It also confirmed that several commanders and scientists were killed in the attack.

Israel 'opened its wicked and blood-stained hand to commit a crime against our beloved country, revealing its malicious nature more than ever by striking residential centers,' Khamenei said.

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency quotes an anonymous official saying Iran will offer a 'decisive' response to Israel's attack.

People in Iran's capital, Tehran, heard another round of explosions Friday morning hours after the initial attack. It wasn't immediately clear if it was air defense systems going off or another attack.

The New York Times reported at least a half dozen military bases around Tehran residential homes used by military personnel were among the targets.

An Israeli defense official said the strikes likely killed members of Iran's general staff, including the chief of staff and several senior nuclear scientists.

Gen. Mohammad Bagheri, the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, was one of the top officials killed, Iranian state television reported Friday. Bagheri is a former top commander within Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.

The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that an Israeli strike hit Iran’s uranium enrichment facility at Natanz.

The head of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami, was killed in the strikes, Iranian state television reported.

It added that one other top Guard official, as well as two nuclear scientists, were also feared dead. The report offered few other details.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard, created after its 1979 Islamic Revolution, is one of the main power centers within the country's theocracy. It also controls Iran's arsenal of ballistic missiles, which it has used to attack Israel twice during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said Israel was preparing for a response by the Iranians after the strike.

'Following the State of Israel's preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future,' Katz said in a statement.

Iranian state media outlet IRNA said repeated explosions could be heard in Tehran.

The attack set the headquarters of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in Tehran ablaze, state television reported Friday. A reporter on air said he was unable to get closer due to the intensity of the fire.

Multiple sites in the capital have been hit in the attack, although the extent of strikes remains unclear.

Israel's defense minister has announced a 'special situation' in his country and said schools would stay shut on Friday.

The country's military chief, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, has warned Iran and its regional proxies against retaliating against Israel.

'I warn, anyone who tries to challenge us will pay a heavy price,' he says.

Emmanuel Fabian, military correspondent for Times of Israel, wrote on X: 'The IDF confirms it has launched an aerial campaign against Iran's nuclear program. Dozens of targets across Iran related to the nuclear program and other military facilities are being struck by the Israeli Air Force, it says.

'The operation is dubbed "Strength of a Lion." The IDF says Iran has enough enriched uranium to build several bombs within days, and it needs to act against this "imminent threat."'

Sirens were heard across Israel as a warning to be on the lookout for any possible response from Tehran.

Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport was evacuated as all flights were canceled.

The strikes come after it was yesterday revealed that Israel was planning an attack on Iran's nuclear sites within days after a UN watchdog said Tehran has breached its non-proliferation obligations.

Sources in the US revealed the possibility of an imminent attack, which a senior source in the Israeli prime minister's office did not confirm or deny.

But they did tell the Mail: 'President Trump said it best, "Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon..." We agree. This is a global threat.'

The US announced it would evacuate personnel from the region amid concerns they could be targeted by Iran in reprisals.

But a United States official told CNN that there was no US involvement or assistance in the strikes carried out by Israel in Iran.

More courtesy of Skidmark:
Israel targets Iran (Jpost liveblog): New explosion hits Natanz nuke plant, IDF strike kills IRGC officials

BBC liveblog: Israel targets Iran's nuclear sites and military commanders in major attack

Courtesy of Frank G:
Israel launches preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear sites, military targets
[JPost] The IDF has started to attack dozens of Iranian nuclear sites.

Warning sirens have been set off to get the public ready for potential Iranian counter attacks of ballistic missiles on Israel.

Iran has not yet fired ballistic missiles, but has thousands of them.

According to the IDF, Iran has enough uranium to weaponize it to nuclear levels, to 15 nuclear weapons within days

In recent days, Iran developed a plan with Hezbollah and Hamas and other proxies to destroy the State of Israel, potentially including attempts to attack via all borders, including Egypt and Jordan.

This was the point of no return according to the IDF.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has entered the security cabinet.

The IDF targets also include commanders, bases as well as nuclear sites, though the main goal is nuclear sites.

Further, the IDF said in the last 20 minutes, Iran was taken by surprise and they were attacked in places they didn't expect.

Israel has had strong coordination with the US, but Israeli military officials refused to say whether America was pre-updated or fully coordinated into the current attack, coming hours after Washington seemed to suggest it might not be in the loop or approve.

There was also a possibility that Israel having its navy in the area of Yemen and Iran could have military implications, though the iDF did not fully specify.

Courtesy of 3dc:
TousiTV: Israel attacks Iran

Courtesy of badanov:
IRGC Commander-in-Chief Says Iran Ready for War with Israel shoulda kept his head down
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Iran is ready for any scenario of the conflict with Israel, including war. This was stated on June 12 by the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami.

"Our enemy is threatening us with a systematic attack. We are prepared for any scenario, and we have a systematic approach," his words are reported by the SNN agency.

Salami stressed that the enemy's goals are clear, if Iran has a free hand, it will win and the enemies will regret it. According to him, the main elements of a country's strength are awareness and faith.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, the New York Times reported on June 11 that Iran had prepared a war plan in case of an attack by Israel. It was noted that Tehran intends to launch a counterattack on the Jewish state with hundreds of ballistic missiles.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on June 11 that voluntary departure of families of American servicemen stationed in the Middle East would be permitted. At the same time, Reuters reported that Israel is on the verge of attacking Iran and that the hot phase of the conflict is only days away.

The real story, courtesy of RIA Novosti
From the V Kontakte page of RIA Novosti


❗At least two people were killed in Israeli attacks on Tehran, SNN reported. They may be the IRGC commander and the chief of the General Staff.

🔷According to the NYT, the Israeli attack destroyed three buildings in a residential complex in Tehran where senior military officials lived.

🔷In addition, nuclear physicists could have become victims of the strikes.

🔷Israel has struck at least six military bases near Tehran, The New York Times reported.

🔷Israel's Chief of Staff has announced the call-up of tens of thousands of soldiers following the strikes on Iran.



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Posted by: Skidmark || 06/13/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [354 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


#2  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami is dead.
Attacks on US bases in Iraq from Iran (no other info on that)
First wave of attack was from nearer than Israel (Syria?) with Israeli planes in these desert areas.
Israeli sub in the Persian Gulf have attacked too.
Israeli naval forces are in the Persian Gulf.
Mossad did lots of subtle attacks on land.
IRGC HQ in flames
Posted by: 3dc || 06/13/2025 2:14 Comments || Top||

#3  The Zion Wing is Israel's official government aircraft, a Boeing 767-338ER, used to transport high-ranking officials like the President and Prime Minister, similar to the U.S. Air Force One. It entered service in July 2024 after delays and cost overruns. On June 13, 2025, it was reported airborne, escorted by fighter jets, likely due to escalating tensions with Iran, as a security measure to protect the aircraft and officials.
Zion Wing is visible flying with fighters around it.
Posted by: 3dc || 06/13/2025 2:35 Comments || Top||

#4  Square profile picture
Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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3h
BREAKING:

Israel has also killed Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, the Deputy Chief of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Regime

Via @C_O_D_E_Assoc
Posted by: 3dc || 06/13/2025 2:47 Comments || Top||

#5  From the Times of Israel liveblog:

Israeli Air Force fighter jets have begun to shoot down the drones launched at Israel from Iran earlier this morning. The drones are being intercepted outside of Israel’s borders, a military official says. Those that are not intercepted early are expected to reach Israel within an hour or so.

The IDF said earlier that over 100 drones were launched from Iran toward Israel. Such drones generally take up to seven hours to reach Israel from Iran. Several drones were spotted over Iraq an hour ago, meaning they are likely to arrive at Israel within the next couple of hours, if they are not shot down earlier by the IAF.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/13/2025 2:49 Comments || Top||

#6  Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan have also deployed their air forces to intercept Iranian drones and cruise missiles.
Posted by: 3dc || 06/13/2025 2:57 Comments || Top||

#7  IAEA says follow-up with Iranian officials confirms the Isfahan nuclear site was not hit.

Soon…
Posted by: 3dc || 06/13/2025 2:58 Comments || Top||

#8  video of attach on Natanz Nuclear Facility in Central Iran
Posted by: 3dc || 06/13/2025 3:02 Comments || Top||

#9  Iran’s Atomic Energy Chief confirms: Natanz reactor, one of the country’s most critical nuclear facilities, has been destroyed.
Posted by: 3dc || 06/13/2025 3:03 Comments || Top||

#10  Iranian state-run media reports that Iran will not participate in Sunday’s nuclear talks with the United States in Oman.
Posted by: 3dc || 06/13/2025 3:04 Comments || Top||

#11  Israel Times liveblog: The first wave attacking Iran:

over 200 aircraft
330 munitions
100 targets

No increase in radiation at Natanz per IAEA


Posted by: trailing wife || 06/13/2025 3:05 Comments || Top||

#12  No less than ten top scientists working on the Iranian nuclear program are believed to have been killed by Israeli strikes last night and this morning against Iran, to include:

- Abdolhamid Minouchehr
- Ahmadreza Zolfaghari
- Seyed Amir Hossein
- Feghhi Matlabizadeh
- Mohammad Mahdi Tehranchi
- Fereydoon Abbasi
Posted by: 3dc || 06/13/2025 3:07 Comments || Top||

#13  America has known about Israeli plans for a week. They did an excellent job of keeping the secret and misdirecting attention.

Posted by: trailing wife || 06/13/2025 3:07 Comments || Top||

#14  Dan Burmawi
@DanBurmawy
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2h
List of targets hit by Israel tonight:

Nuclear Facilities

Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility (Isfahan Province): Iran’s main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, which houses the Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP) and the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP).

Arak Heavy Water Facility: Limited airstrikes were reported targeting the Arak heavy water reactor, a key component of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.

Other Nuclear-Related Sites

Dozens of nuclear-related targets across Iran, including laboratories and facilities involved in nuclear weaponization.

Military Infrastructure

Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Headquarters (Tehran)

Ballistic Missile Factories: Production sites for long-range missiles.

Air Defense Systems: Radar installations and surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites across Iran. Some reports suggest limited strikes on SAM sites in regions like Karaj, Ilam, and Hamedan.

Khorramabad Missile Base (Western Iran): a key site for Iran’s missile storage and production.

Military Bases and Airfields

Multiple military bases in and around Tehran and other regions were hit, with Iranian state TV reporting explosions near bases.

Specific Locations in Tehran: Shahrak-e Mahallati Neighborhood (Eastern Tehran), a residential area housing high-ranking IRGC officers and their families was struck, with multiple homes hit. Fars News Agency reported significant damage.

Qeytarieh: A neighborhood in northern Tehran, reported as a target with explosions and damage.

Niavaran: Another upscale Tehran neighborhood hit during the strikes.

Chitgar: A western Tehran area reported to have been struck, with eyewitness accounts of flames and blasts.

Mehrabad: Near Mehrabad International Airport, explosions were reported, possibly targeting nearby military facilities.

Narmaq: A residential and commercial area in eastern Tehran hit during the strikes.

Saadat Abad: A northern Tehran neighborhood targeted, with reports of significant damage.

Andarzgoo: A residential area in northern Tehran struck during the operation.

Sattarkhan: A densely populated area in western Tehran reported as a target.

Shahrak-e Chamran: Another Tehran neighborhood hit, likely due to proximity to military or IRGC-related targets.

Kamraniyeh: A northern Tehran area targeted, with reports of explosions.

Farahzadi: A street and surrounding area in western Tehran where damage was reported, including to a building on Farahzadi Boulevard.

Ozgol: A northern Tehran neighborhood hit during the strikes.

Marzdaran: A western Tehran area reported as a target.

Residence of Ali Shamkhani: A senior Iranian official and former IRGC commander.

One Holding Tower (Vanak Square, Northern Tehran)
Videos and photos verified by The Washington Post showed extensive damage to the top of this landmark tower, with smoke and blown-out windows reported.

Other Regions

Karaj (Alborz Province)
Ilam (Western Iran)
Hamedan (Western Iran)
Kermansheh (Western Iran)

Personnel Targeted

Major General Hossein Salami: The IRGC Commander-in-Chief was killed in the strike on the IRGC headquarters in Tehran.

Brigadier General Mohammad Bagheri: The Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Armed Forces and second-highest commander after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Dr. Fereydoun Abbasi: The former head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, a key nuclear scientist.

and 3dc heads to bed
Posted by: 3dc || 06/13/2025 3:10 Comments || Top||

#15  The UK announces they will not be helping defend Israel.

One has to wonder how much their desire is supported by inability…
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/13/2025 3:17 Comments || Top||

#16  The UK announces they will not be helping defend Israel.

Not surprising. They can't even help themselves.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/13/2025 4:05 Comments || Top||

#17  The IDF has successfully intercepted all drones launched toward Israel by Iran as part of its retaliatory strike, military officials said Friday morning. The Home Front Command lifted its shelter-in-place directive shortly after.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 06/13/2025 4:25 Comments || Top||

#18  #14 Success has many fathers.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 06/13/2025 4:26 Comments || Top||

#19  #17 Whenever it's a question to doing somebody a nasty, they always have the ability.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 06/13/2025 4:43 Comments || Top||

#20  Khamenei Appoints New Armed Forces Chief and Revolutionary Guards Commander

If I was Iranian counterintelligence, I'd take a real hard look at the successors - given all the intel Israel displayed.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 06/13/2025 5:15 Comments || Top||


#22  Salami said Iran was prepared for any scenario.

Except for the scenario where Israel killed him.

Somehow missed that one.
Posted by: Slats Hitler4552 || 06/13/2025 7:22 Comments || Top||

#23  Watch: Footage shows explosions and buildings ablaze in Iran
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/13/2025 8:05 Comments || Top||


#25  secret drone base INSIDE Iran

I was just making up snark when I’d talk about Mossad wandering unencumbered through Iran, but it turns out it was true.

Any chance Bibi’s feud with Israel’s left and deep state is also a ruse?
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/13/2025 9:12 Comments || Top||

#26  So? Kosher Salami?
Posted by: Daffy Big Foot8261 || 06/13/2025 10:22 Comments || Top||

#27  ^ the Babylon B has the same problem. is it Snark or is it prophecy??
Posted by: Difar Dave || 06/13/2025 10:24 Comments || Top||

#28  Any chance Bibi’s feud with Israel’s left and deep state is also a ruse?

Neh. It's real.
The lumpen-intelligentsia hate him with a childish passion - "why can't I have a pony peace?".
The upper ranks hate him because he makes them feel inadequate - always 3 moves ahead.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 06/13/2025 10:27 Comments || Top||

#29  Friday the Thirteenth comes to the Mad Mullahs.
Posted by: Bobby || 06/13/2025 10:44 Comments || Top||

#30  "Bad Luck"

Any chance Bibi’s feud with Israel’s left and deep state is also a ruse?

Waiting for the 'Trump started the LA Riots as a distraction' feed.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/13/2025 10:47 Comments || Top||


Israeli troops enter southern Syrian village to arrest alleged Hamas members
[IsraelTimes] Syria denies detained suspects are members of terror group, says one person killed during operation in Beit Jinn, some four miles from Israel-held Golan Heights

Israeli troops raided a village in southern Syria and detained several Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
operatives in an overnight operation, the military said Thursday.

The alleged Hamas operatives were nabbed from the village of Beit Jinn, some 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Israel’s frontier with Syria, outside of an Israeli-held buffer zone.

The operation was carried out by reservists from the Alexandroni Brigade, the Israel Defense Forces said.

"Following intelligence collected in recent weeks, IDF troops carried out a pinpoint nighttime operation in Syria and arrested several bandidos snuffies from the Hamas terror orga3nization, who tried to advance many terror attacks against Israeli citizens and IDF troops in Syria," the military said.

According to a military source, the troops reached several homes in the village and nabbed the suspects within 45 minutes, then headed back to Israel.

The IDF said the operatives were brought to Israel to be interrogated by the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504.

Several weapons were captured during the raid, the army added.

A spokesperson for Syria’s interior ministry told Rooters seven people were arrested in the Beit Jinn raid, but denied they were from Hamas, saying they were civilians from the area. The spokesperson said one person was killed by Israeli fire.

Asked whether anyone was killed in its raid, the Israeli military said in response to a query that when one of the suspected members attempted to flee, shots were fired and "a hit was identified."

The IDF added that the incident was under further investigation.

The raid came days after the IDF said it targeted a member of Hamas in the same town.

Troops of the Alexandroni Brigade operate in the Syrian village of Beit Jinn early June 12, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Sources told Rooters last month that Syria was holding direct talks with Israel aimed at calming tensions and securing the region.

The IDF has been deployed to nine posts inside southern Syria since the fall of president Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Trampler of Homs...
’s regime in December, mostly within a UN-patrolled buffer zone on the border between the countries.

Troops have been operating in areas up to around 15 kilometers deep into Syria, aiming to capture weapons that Israel says could pose a threat to the country if they fall into the hands of "hostile forces."

Hamas had a significant foothold in Syria until civil war broke out in the country in 2011, but has since reduced its presence. Its status in the country has become uncertain following the fall of Assad, as the regime of Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, seeks to consolidate power, take arms out of the hands of non-governmental groups, and avoid confrontation with Israel.

Last month, Sharaa confirmed the existence of indirect talks with Israel that he said were aimed at calming tensions.

The contacts mark a significant development in ties between states that have been in conflict in the Middle East for decades, as the US encourages the new Islamist rulers in Damascus to establish relations with Israel.

Israel has cautioned against swift recognition of the new government in Syria, expressing deep skepticism about Sharaa, a former jihadist who until recently had a $10 million bounty on his head from the US.

But Israeli Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s on former Assad military sites and criticism of the new regime have substantially subsided in recent weeks.

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