[BREITBART] Fifty-five illegal aliens were arrested during an operation targeting illegal cockfighting in Blount County, Alabama, on Saturday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Monday.
The agency said the Gulf of America Homeland Security Task Force partnered with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency for the joint operation:
The multiagency team executed search warrants related to the prohibition of animal fighting ventures, presence of illegal aliens, and the prohibition of illegal gambling. The Homeland Security Task Force is comprised of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations, FBI, IRS ...the Internal Revenue Service; that office of the United States government that collects taxes and persecutes the regime's political enemies... , Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, and supported by the United States Marshals Service, Customs and Border Protection, ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations and the United States Attorney's Office.
ICE said 60 people were arrested, 55 of whom are illegal aliens, and the remaining five are American citizens. Four of the illegal aliens were charged for illegally re-entering the country after they had been deported.
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So will PETA denounce these ILLEGALS for animal cruelty, or will they remain quiet and make a special exception?
18/06/2025
[ShabelleMedia] 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... security forces have seized the last remaining hideouts of 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.... (IS) Lions of Islam in the Baallade valley of the Calmiskaad mountains in Puntland’s Bari region, officials said Wednesday.
The forces launched a coordinated offensive from multiple directions, securing all water wells and positions previously held by fleeing IS fighters from the nearby Miraale valley, according to a statement from the Puntland regional administration.
Security sources in Puntland told local media that troops are still pursuing a small number of IS Lions of Islam who narrowly escaped the recent operation and remain in the surrounding area, monitoring the movements of Puntland forces.
The Puntland military continues efforts to secure the area and prevent Lions of Islam from regrouping or launching further attacks.
Puntland says ISIS Leader Escaped Amid Ongoing Offensive in Cal-Miskaad Mountains
16-06-2025
[Garowe] Authorities in Somalia’s northeastern Federal State of Puntland confirmed that Abdulkadir Mumin, the leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) branch in Somalia, has fled the Cal-Miskaad mountain range amid an ongoing military offensive.
The spokesperson for Operation Hillaac, Gen. Mahmoud Ahmed Faadhigo, told local media that intelligence shared by international partners revealed Mumin had escaped the area earlier, although the exact timing and method of his departure remain unclear.
“Abdulkadir Mumin is no longer in Cal-Miskaad,” Faadhigo said, noting that security forces have regained control of 98% of the mountain range, which has been a stronghold for ISIS fighters over the past six months.
While the group's top leader has reportedly escaped, his deputy, Abdirahman Faahiye Isse Mahmoud — the operational commander of ISIS in Somalia — is believed to still be hiding in the area. “We are confident our forces will soon apprehend him,” Faadhigo added.
Due to the difficult terrain, which is inaccessible to vehicles and lacks suitable airstrips, US warplanes have airdropped troops, supplies, and military equipment to Puntland forces actively engaged in counterterrorism operations against entrenched ISIS fighters in the area.
In addition to logistical support, US aircraft have carried out heavy airstrikes targeting ISIS bases and infrastructure in the mountainous region, significantly degrading the extremist group’s operational capabilities.
This military assistance forms part of a broader security partnership between the US and the Puntland administration aimed at dismantling ISIS networks and enhancing regional stability.
Puntland forces have been conducting intense ground operations to reclaim territory from militants who have long used the Calmiskaad mountains as a stronghold.
The operation is seen as a crucial step in curbing the threat posed by ISIS in northeastern Somalia, improving security in the Bari region and Puntland as a whole.
Speaking before the Puntland parliament, Deni said militants aimed to establish the remote mountain range in northeastern Somalia as a base for directing extremist attacks worldwide.
"The terrorists planned to make Cal-Miskaad the main base for directing heinous acts around the world, but the courageous forces of Puntland dismantled that plot,” he said.
Deni added that the fourth phase of the region’s ongoing counterterrorism operation is scheduled to begin Monday. The campaign will target remaining militant-held positions and prepare for Operation Onkod, a major offensive focused on the nearby Cal-Madaw mountains.
Puntland forces have been battling both ISIS and al-Shabab militants entrenched in rugged terrain. In December 2024, Puntland launched Operation Hilaac in the Cal-Miskaad mountains, killing several foreign fighters and reclaiming large areas from ISIS control.
Puntland Forces Capture Turkish ISIS Fighter Amid Major Anti-Terror Offensive
14-06-2025
[Garowe] The Puntland Counter-Terrorism Forces have arrested a Turkish national fighting with the ISIS militants group in the northeastern state of Somalia, a significant step towards defeating the terrorists who have been on the receiving end for the last five months.
Puntland Defense Forces, working closely with the US Africa Command and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Forces, have managed to penetrate the Cal-Miskaad mountains, a major stronghold of the ISIS terrorists since the start of the Hilaac operation in December 2024.
Photos published by the Puntland Television show a Turkish national believed to be a member of ISIS militants in the remote Cal Miskaad mountains, where a security operation is ongoing in what is currently known as Operation Lightning.
The man was reportedly carrying an AK-47 and was collecting water from a well when troops spotted him within Baalade valley, Bari region, which is a major stronghold of the ISIS terrorists, whose presence in the state has drastically waned.
It may not be a surprise because since the operation started in December 2024, many foreign nationals, especially fighters from Yemen, Morocco, Ethiopia, and even Kenya, have been either killed or captured in Puntland state.
With the intelligence reports suggesting a growing number of foreign nationals fighting alongside ISIS militants in Somalia, the regional government of Puntland instructed locals to report foreigners within key towns and market centers in the state for action.
Several foreigners were arrested following the order, with a number of them currently in police custody as investigations continue. Puntland maintains that the victory against ISIS militants is inevitable while accusing the federal government of Somalia of failing to support the troops.
The US and the United Arab Emirates have been providing aerial surveillance throughout the operations, managing to eliminate several terrorists. In February, President Donald Trump announced the death of a key ISIS fighter following an operation.
Last year, the Americans thought they had eliminated Abdulkadir Mumin, the ISIS global leader, but intelligence reports suggested otherwise. The group, however, has lost the strategic Cal-Miskaad mountains, which served as their command base.
A few days ago, the Puntland forces took control of areas along the Sadow, Cadalle, and Raa-raha valleys in Baallade (Calmiskaad) after 3 days of air and ground Operations. Several ISIS terrorists were killed, and weapons and equipment were seized, officials said.
Turkey is a major security and development partner of Somalia, and the news about its national serving alongside ISIS militants could trigger national debate. Turkey trains the elite Gorgor troops who are critical in the fight against Al-Shabaab within the southern and central regions.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has routinely worked with Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on counterterrorism strategies, with Somalia being a huge beneficiary. Hassan Sheikh is under intense criticism over his approach in the fight against terror groups.
17-06-2025
[Garowe] The Somali National Army (SNA) has confirmed the death of a senior commander of the Al-Shabaab militants, who have been fighting to control the country for the last two decades, but have been periodically subdued on the frontlines.
Abaas Mohamed Hool was eliminated by the Somali National Army following years of tracking by intelligence teams in the country, having been linked to masterminding deadly attacks within the capital, Mogadishu, and Shabelle regions.
Senior security officers said Hool died after sustaining serious injuries in an operation that was launched by the Somali National Army. His health deteriorated significantly, leading to his death, officials said.
A veteran militant, Hool joined the militant group in 2007 and rose through the ranks to become one of its most notorious operatives. He was earmarked for arrest and or elimination for the last two decades in the country.
Multiple security sources said he was implicated in various attacks, mostly targeting civilians and public institutions within Mogadishu. His activities disrupted businesses, besides leading to the deaths of innocent civilians.
“Abas Mohamed Hool, a top operative [was] responsible for Al-Shabaab’s plots and terror activities in the Banadir region and both Shabelle provinces,” the statement read
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[ShabelleMedia] Dozens of clan-based fighters known as “Macawiisley” have reportedly surrendered to the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab group in parts of Somalia’s central Middle Shabelle region, local sources said on Thursday.
The defections come in the wake of a significant withdrawal of Somali government and African Union forces from several key areas, including the strategic village of Xawaadleey, which was recently abandoned after flooding from the Shabelle River.
According to local elders and officials, the Macawiisley fighters had long relied on logistical and military support from Burundian troops stationed in the area. Following the troop withdrawal, the fighters were left without supplies or reinforcements, prompting some to negotiate their surrender to Al-Shabaab.
“More than 20 of our fighters have surrendered to Al-Shabaab,” a Macawiisley spokesperson confirmed, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. “They had no choice after support was cut off.”
Local elders are said to be playing a key role in mediating between the clan militias and the Islamist group to ensure a peaceful handover. Witnesses report that Al-Shabaab has disarmed those who surrendered and absorbed them into its ranks or detained them.
The Macawiisley militia, composed largely of local clan volunteers, had been fighting Al-Shabaab in the region for several years with government backing. Their recent collapse marks a significant gain for the militants, who have intensified their campaign in central Somalia amid faltering counter-insurgency efforts.
[X] *Shudder* Someone pleeeeeese drag him to a department store to be shown how to apply make up correctly. That’s seriously distressing. Also, buddy — if you’re going to pretend to be a girl, wax your face.
Six more Portland Antifa militants have been federally charged for various violent crimes related to the ongoing insurrection against the local ICE facility.
Samuel Tate Berry, a 2020 trans Antifa rioter who faced no consequences back then, was charged with assaulting a federal… pic.twitter.com/n9d2KU1IV2
…assaulting a federal officer and failure to comply with official signs and direction.
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[BREITBART] An Iranian missile that hit Haifa, Israel, on Friday morning damaged a historic local mosque and injured several imams who were there.
Shortly after sunrise, 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... launched a barrage of 20-30 missiles in three waves, according to Israel's Army Radio. Sirens were sounded in the north, and then throughout the entire country. Most of the missiles were intercepted by Israel's air defenses; the missile that hit the port city of Haifa, where Arabs and Jews live side-by-side, was the only one that caused injuries on the ground.
It turns out that one of the damaged buildings was the al-Jreena Mosque, one of the most important Moslem houses of worship in the city.
Moslemholy mans, or imams, were in the mosque, presumably ahead of weekly juma'ah services held on Fridays.
Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Sa'ar, condemned the attack on civilian population centers, and on a religious building in particular, as ''war crimes'' by the Iranian regime.
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[IsraelTimes] Hamas-run health agencies claim at least 44 Gazans killed by IDF, including 25 who waiting for aid in central Strip; in response, army says suspected terrorists had approached troops
An Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... 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 this week eliminated a senior commander in the Mujahideen Brigades terror group, who was involved in burying the bodies of slain hostages Gadi Haggai and Judih Weinstein, the Israel Defense Forces said Friday.
The IDF said Ali Saadi Wasfi al-Agha was killed in a strike on a hideout in central Gaza on Monday.
Al-Agha headed the terror group’s southern Gaza unit and was set to take over the organization after its leader, Asaad Abu Sharia, was killed in a strike earlier this month, according to the military.
"Al-Agha, along with other senior members of the terror group, led the abduction, murder, holding in captivity and burial of Israeli civilians" during the October 7, 2023, onslaught, the military continued.
He was specifically responsible for the burial of Haggai and Judih Weinstein, Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from al-Agha’s home in Khan Younis this month, said the IDF.
Al-Agha was also involved in "directing terror activity under Iranian guidance" in the West Bank and Israel, and recruiting terror operatives, as well as carrying out attacks on troops in Gaza.
In a separate statement later Friday, the IDF also announced that it had killed the chief of Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... ’s finances and an aide to former deputy military wing chief Marwan Issa in an airstrike in central Gaza this week.
Ibrahim Abu-Shamala was struck on Tuesday.
The IDF said "Abu-Shamala served as the financial chief of the military wing of the Hamas terror organization" and was an aide to Issa until he was killed in a strike in March 2024.
"As part of his role, he planned and oversaw the military wing’s budget during the war and implemented it by transferring and smuggling terrorist funding worth millions of dollars into the Gaza Strip for the military wing," the IDF said.
"With these funds, Abu Shumala contributed to Hamas’s rearming and enabled the distribution of salaries to the Hamas organization’s terrorists, providing meaningful support for Hamas’ ongoing terrorist activity throughout the war," it added.
This past week, amid the conflict with Iran, the IDF said it struck some 300 "terror targets" in Gaza, including operatives, buildings used by terror groups, weapon depots, and missile and sniper posts.
Also Friday, a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip hit an open area near the border community of Be’eri, resulting in no injuries.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio wondered: Where the hell was Chumbaloni? And where was his $600?... health officials in the Hamas-controlled enclave claimed Israeli forces killed at least 44 people on Friday, including at least 25 who had gathered near an aid distribution center south of Netzarim in central Gaza.
Gazook outlets in the territory reported that IDF gunfire also injured dozens more, in the latest in a string of deadly incidents involving aid seekers in the Paleostinian territory.
The reports did not specify whether the incident occurred near a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution center, the US- and Israel-backed aid distribution body, although there is one in the area. Aid trucks from other organizations including the UN also move through the area.
Commenting on the incident, the Israel Defense Forces said troops fired warning shots at suspected holy warriors who advanced in a crowd toward them. Israeli aircraft then fired a missile and "eliminated the suspects," it said in a statement.
The military said it was aware that people other than the suspected holy warriors were hurt and it was conducting a review. GHF said the incident did not occur at or near its distribution location.
On Thursday, 95 humanitarian aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced. The trucks underwent an inspection by Israeli authorities before entering Gaza via the Kerem Shalom and Zikim crossings.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said that on Friday it distributed 31,680 boxes of food — amounting to 33 truckloads — at three different sites in Rafah, Khan Younis and central Gaza. According to GHF, the boxes contain enough food for 5.5 people for 3.5 days, but the contents are dry food products that need to be prepared elsewhere in war-ravaged Gaza, where community kitchens and cooking supplies are limited
The World Food Program says roughly 300 trucks a day are needed to serve Gaza’s population, which IDF officials acknowledged was on the brink of starvation before it resumed allowing aid in last month.
Since Israel resumed allowing in aid, 1,879 trucks have entered the Strip.
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[IsraelTimes] Three in Haifa, including a teenager, seriously injured; footage indicates Iran shot cluster bomb at Beersheba, daycare hit but no injuries reported from impacts in center, south
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... fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israel on Friday afternoon, setting off alarms across the country and sending some 10 million people running to bomb shelters. One woman had a heart attack and died in a shelter in the northern city of Karmiel, while a missile impacted in Haifa, wounding at least 23 people, three of them seriously.
The three seriously maimed in Haifa included a 16-year-old boy who sustained shrapnel wounds to his upper body, and two men, aged 54 and 40, who sustained wounds to their lower bodies, according to the Magen David Adom ambulance service.
The other 20 maimed sustained light injuries, MDA said, adding that all the maimed were taken to hospitals.
The woman who died in Karmiel was identified as Yelena Sadowski, 51. Sadowski collapsed while running to the shelter amid the missile sirens. Medics who arrived at the scene were forced to declare her dead.
Haifa mayor Yona Yahav told news hounds at the scene that the barrage hit "two strategic areas" in the city, without elaborating.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said the missile barrage hit the al-Jarina Mosque in Haifa’s Wadi Nisnas neighborhood.
"The missile attack injured Moslemholy mans who were in the mosque," wrote Sa’ar, adding footage from the scene. "The Iranian regime is targeting Moslem, Christian and Jewish civilians, as well as civilian sites. These are war crimes."
The Israel Defense Forces estimated that the attack included some 25 missiles.
Shockwaves from the missile knocked out stained glass windows and caused infrastructure damage at the Al Jarina Grand Mosque, built in 1775 and extended in 1901.
The low, thick-walled stone building near Haifa’s port usually attracts up to 200 people for Friday prayers, but just 15 turned up because of a Home Front prohibition on large gatherings, according to Wakf representative Khalid Dagash.
He said prayers had ended by the time the missile fell and nobody was left in the building.
One person whose identity he didn’t know was lightly injured outside, he said.
The building was undergoing renovation, said Dagash, adding that he feared government compensation would not be enough to repair the damage.
Windows were also blown out at the even older Masjid al-Saghir, built in 1761. No other damage was visible from the cordon outside.
CLUSTER BOMB ON A DAYCARE CENTER
Footage from Beersheba showed Iran likely targeted the city with a cluster bomb.
Videos and photos showed several impacts of small munitions at multiple locations in the southern city, indicating that a ballistic missile carrying a cluster bomb warhead was used in the attack.
One of the small munitions hit a daycare. Two homes in Beersheba also sustained damage, but no one was hurt, police and medics said.
One of the impacts caused significant damage to the Colel Chabad Daycare Center in Beersheba, the organization said.
"Miraculously, no children or staff were physically harmed, as the strike occurred Friday afternoon outside the center’s regular operating time. However,
a woman is only as old as she admits... the destruction of classrooms and play areas has deeply impacted dozens of local families who rely on the center for stability, safety and childcare," Colel Chabad said.
Israel’s fire service said it was putting out a fire that broke out at an impact site in Beersheba.
The apparent targeting of Beersheba with a cluster bomb came after the IDF Home Front Command on Thursday confirmed that Iran had launched at least one ballistic missile carrying a cluster bomb warhead at central Israel.
According to the military, the missile’s warhead opened up while descending, at an altitude of around 7 kilometers (4.3 miles), spreading about 20 smaller munitions with roughly 2.5 kilograms (5.5 pounds) of explosives, in a radius of some 8 kilometers (5 miles). Neither Israel nor Iran is a signatory to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans the weapons.
Missile fragments were also reported in central Israel. No injuries were caused.
NEW SHELTERS
The Israeli government on Friday approved a Defense Ministry and Home Front Command plan to renovate 500 public bomb shelters and deploy 1,000 mobile roadside shelters across the country, with an estimated cost of 100 million NIS.
"In light of the security situation, the government approved via a phone vote a plan to accelerate home front defense," the Defense Ministry said.
The ministry said the 500 public shelters that will be refurbished are mostly in central Israel, which has been repeatedly targeted by Iran in the past week.
The 1,000 roadside shelters will be placed "in sensitive areas nationwide," it added.
Despite the holdup, several locales in the Gush Dan area have already received portable shelters from the Home Front Command, including Bnei Brak and Ramat Hasharon.
An Iranian ballistic missile struck Beersheba in southern Israel on Friday morning, lightly wounding seven people and causing substantial damage to homes, as Israel and Iran continued their exchange of fire. The southern city’s Soroka Hospital, which was hit by an Iranian strike a day earlier, said it had received seven casualties, all lightly injured.
The missile struck a road near several apartment blocks, creating a large crater and setting several cars on fire. Firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the blaze. The shockwave from the impact ripped apart the adjacent apartment building’s balconies and blew out the windows in other surrounding structures, sending glass shards and chunks of debris flying.
Residents of the damaged buildings, the vast majority of whom were sheltering in their bomb safe rooms, were evacuated by police, Magen David Adom medics, and Home Front Command search and rescue soldiers.
MDA said it treated five people who were slightly hurt by the shockwave, blunt trauma, smoke inhalation, as well as acute anxiety. They were taken to Soroka hospital, along with others in the city who were hurt after falling while running to shelters.
Speaking to reporters at the scene, Beersheba Mayor Ruvik Danilovich said, “The self-discipline of the residents who immediately entered safe spaces saved lives.”
“There’s major damage, but people acted according to Home Front Command guidelines and saved themselves. Our challenge is to gather the residents and find a solution for them. We’ve prepared for this,” he said.
One missile was fired from Iran in the attack, which was not intercepted by air defenses, an Israel Defense Forces official told The Times of Israel. The IDF reported striking other primed ballistic missile launchers in Iran, foiling a larger attack.
“The Iranians planned this morning a larger barrage at Beersheba. Before the launch, we identified preparations of three primed launchers… we destroyed them,” IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said in a press conference.
Defrin said the Israeli Air Force’s continued strikes on Iran “reduce the harm to the home front.”
Earlier in the night, around 3 a.m., the Israel Air Force said it intercepted three Iranian drones that had triggered sirens in the Dead Sea. Another drone was intercepted over Haifa shortly after midnight, the military said.
TEHRAN STRIKES CONTINUE
The military said on Friday that the IAF had carried out a wave of strikes overnight, targeting dozens of Iranian military facilities and a nuclear research site. More than 60 fighter jets were involved in the strikes, dropping 120 munitions, according to a statement by the military, which added that the targets included “several industrial missile production sites” in Tehran, which had served as “the industrial core of Iran’s Defense Ministry.”
“Among the targets were military industrial sites producing missile components and facilities for manufacturing raw materials used in casting missile engines,” the IDF said.
The strikes also hit the “headquarters of the SPND nuclear project,” the statement added, referring to a site that had already been targeted since the current conflict with Iran began.
“SPND serves as a hub for research and development of advanced technologies and weaponry for the Iranian regime’s military capabilities. It was established in 2011 by Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the founder of Iran’s nuclear weapons program,” the statement said.
Another site that was struck had been used to manufacture a “component essential to the regime’s nuclear weapons program.”
The military said that on Friday morning, the IAF struck three ballistic missile launchers primed for an attack on Israel, along with an Iranian military commander who was operating at the launch site in Iran, and issued footage of the strikes.
The strikes, according to the IDF, took place shortly before the missile attack on Beersheba and had foiled a larger attack on the southern city. It issued footage of the strikes.
Earlier in the night, the IDF issued an evacuation warning for Iranian civilians in the Sefidrood Industrial Park and the village of Kalash Taleshan in the country’s northwest. The warning was issued ahead of what the IDF said is a continuation of its strikes on Iranian military infrastructure across the country, but no strikes in the area have so far been reported.
With Iran’s internet being shut off to the outside world, it is unclear just how many people in Iran would be able to see the message.
Additionally, on Friday, the military said IAF fighter jets in recent days struck several Iranian air defense batteries in Isfahan and Tehran, as part of efforts to expand its air supremacy in Iran. The military said the strikes hit the surface-to-air missile launchers and radars, “that were intended to target IDF aircraft and prevent their operations.”
IAF fighter jets and drones “continue to operate freely over Iran, striking military targets of the Iranian regime in western and central Iran,” the IDF said, adding that it will “continue working to expand aerial freedom of action in Iranian skies and to achieve air superiority.”
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Not prominently mentioned are the economic costs to Israel of their recent activity. Those include:
* Maersk stopping port calls at Haifa
* Primary refinery no longer in operation
* Reserve troops not in the workforce
* Tourism shut down (and residents restricted from leaving - although boat trips to Cyprus are suddently quite popular)
That's in addition to ongoing costs to fund the direct strikes. Just as they are running through their ADA stocks, they are rapidly increasing the cycles on their aircraft (pushing A/B/C/D checks) closer and accruing incremental fatigue to their EW systems.
So the bottom line is it's a slugfest. Can Israel continue to absorb the current level of damage longer than Iran? Keeping in mind the Israeli's have a limited goal of regime change in Iran whilst the Iranians have the goal of survival as a nation (different thresholds of pain acceptable).
…eradicating the Jewish Entity. At least that’s why they started this round of fighting, just like they planned, financed, and trained the last several premature eruptions from Gaza. But they never planned on feeling any real pain for it, being as they knew themselves to be The Favoured of Allah. Possibly they don’t think that anymore.
Cogent points. Some of that was in this article, or one of the others today, but I trimmed it because there’s an awful lot of text there. Thank you for covering my lack, Clem+Elmish4239. :-)
"Some time ago, the Israel Defense Forces detected missiles fired from Iran towards Israeli territory. Defense systems are working to eliminate the threat," the military clarified on the Telegram channel.
It is noted that an air raid alert was declared in a number of areas of the Jewish state. The population was advised to take shelter from a rocket attack in protected areas.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, a former Israeli intelligence officer admitted in an interview with NBC News that the Iron Dome air defense system is unable to intercept Iran's high-speed missiles. Despite the losses in the Islamic Republic's leadership after the Israeli attacks, Iran still has significant stockpiles of missiles, the source noted.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council said the military would stop launching missile strikes once Israel was punished and compensated for the damage it had suffered.
More from regnum.ru Israeli Air Force Launches Series of Strikes on Tehran Targets Overnight
[Regnum] At night, the Israeli Air Force carried out a series of strikes on a nuclear research center and dozens of military facilities in the capital of Iran. This was reported on June 20 by the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
“Dozens of targets were hit, including military missile production facilities and the SPND headquarters, which is engaged in research and development of Iranian nuclear weapons,” the IDF Telegram channel clarified.
More than 60 fighters were involved in the bombing, dropping about 120 munitions.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 20, the Israeli army recorded the launch of missiles from Iran. Air defense systems intercepted them. An air raid alarm was declared in a number of areas of the Jewish state. The population was advised to take shelter from the missile attack in protected areas.
Attacks on nuclear facilities are extremely dangerous and could lead to an irreversible catastrophe similar to Chernobyl, warned Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev in connection with the escalation of the Iranian-Israeli conflict.
Even more from regnum.ru Iran warns Qatar of possible strikes, media reports
Iranian authorities have warned Qatar of possible strikes on American military bases in the Persian Gulf. This is reported by The Washington Post (WP).
"Iranian officials warned Qatar this week that US bases in the Persian Gulf would be legitimate targets in response to an American attack," the publication said.
In particular, the strikes could target the US Air Force base Al Udeid, located 20 km from Doha, Qatar. The US Navy base in Bahrain and military facilities in Kuwait could also be targeted.
The publication also clarified that the targets could be US embassies and diplomatic missions in the region.
[IsraelTimes] Israel on Friday launched a fresh wave of strikes on Iran and appeared to continue its campaign against Iran’s nuclear program, with reports emerging from Tehran that an IDF drone targeted and killed an Iranian nuclear scientist who had been holed up in a safe house.
The strike came as Defense Minister Israel Katz said that he instructed the IDF to "intensify strikes on regime targets in Tehran" to "destabilize" the Iranian regime.
An Iranian news website said a drone had struck an apartment in a residential building in central Tehran on Friday, but did not give details.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the scientist who was attacked specialized in weaponry and was being kept in a hiding spot outside of his home. An official speaking to the Journal refused to provide the scientist’s name.
The Israel Defense Forces have not yet commented on the reported strike, but the military has already confirmed the liquidation of 10 Iranian nuclear scientists who were killed during the opening attack of Israel’s campaign against 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... in "Operation Narnia."
The air campaign also saw some 25 Israeli fighter jets destroy on Friday morning some 35 missile launchers and storage sites in Iran’s Tabriz and Kermanshah, the military said. The IDF issued evacuation orders to local residents the previous night.
The IDF also said on Friday that air force strikes in Tehran earlier in the week struck Iran’s "Internal Security headquarters" and the headquarters of Iran’s "special internal security unit," which are part of Iran’s armed forces.
Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s also reached into the city of Rasht on the Caspian Sea early Friday, Iranian media reported. The Israeli military had warned the public to flee the area around Rasht’s Industrial City, southwest of the city’s downtown. But with Iran’s internet shut off to the outside world, it’s unclear just how many people could see the message.
Moreover, the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency said on Friday in a post on X that it has information that key buildings at Iran’s Arak heavy water research site in Khondab were damaged in Israeli strikes, including the distillation unit.
The information is an update on an assessment from Thursday, in which the IAEA said the reactor had been hit, but there were no radiological effects.
Iran did not immediately acknowledge the losses, and has not discussed the damage done so far to its military in the weeklong war.
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