[FoxNews] Federal and local authorities involved in the seizure said there were 61 bundles of methamphetamine in the three vehicles
Federal and local authorities in San Diego arrested three men in the U.S. illegally – two from Mexico and one from El Salvador – after they allegedly transported nearly 8,000 pounds of methamphetamine worth more than $5 million earlier this week.
The incident took place on Monday around 7 p.m. during a joint narcotics investigation in the South Bay region, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday evening.
SDCSO detectives and U.S. Border Patrol agents observed three vehicles they believed were being loaded with bundles of drugs. A federal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of California said the vehicles were being loaded in a parking lot on Otay Mesa Road.
Two of those vehicles were driven toward a motel in San Ysidro, while the third vehicle went to a motel in Chula Vista, the sheriff's office said. All three drivers were ultimately arrested.
They were identified by the Justice Department as 27-year-old Erick Omar Arriola, of El Salvador, and Mexican nationals Eugenio Lizama, 35, and Baltazar Rodriguez Reyes, 49.
Arriola is a felon convicted of driving under the influence, battery of a spouse and false imprisonment, the DOJ said.
When authorities searched their vehicles, they found a total of 61 bundles of methamphetamine, weighing more than 7,700 pounds and valued at around $5.5 million.
"It was one of the biggest seizures of methamphetamine in 2025 in the Southern District of California, and the most significant so far by the new Homeland Security Task Force San Diego, which was recently established by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security at the request of President Trump," the DOJ said.
[MyRGV] A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement contract employee was sentenced to nearly two years in prison Wednesday for using a charter bus to transport 39 people in the country illegally.
Nancy Fernandez Luna, born in 1989, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to transport people illegally in the country on Dec. 6.
She was arrested on Oct. 4 after being found with the people at the Falfurrias checkpoint
…a city and the county seat of Brooks County, Texas, founded by rancher Edward Cunningham Lasater in 1904. It is known for its butter industry, oil and gas reserves, and a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint that attracts migrants and migrant deaths...
in an All Valley Charters Prevost bus.
At the checkpoint, Fernandez told Border Patrol agents that she was a government contract employee for MVM, a government contract transport company, according to a criminal complaint.
During the inspection, she told agents she works with ICE and escorts people without documentation north. She provided her ICE personal identification verification contracting card as proof of her authority, the complaint said.
During a secondary inspection, Fernandez claimed she was transporting juveniles who were all COVID positive. As the agents contacted the Central Processing Center regarding the validity of the bus, the bus departed.
"Agents conducted a traffic stop on the bus and instructed it to return to secondary inspection," the complaint stated.
Agents requested the manifest and found inconsistencies such as not all of its passengers being juveniles. The Central Processing Center, meanwhile, advised Border Patrol they had no transport buses currently operating.
The driver of the bus, Juan Torres Ayala, born in 1982, told investigators that he knew all 39 people were in the country illegally and said he was going to be paid $1,800 for the trip. Torres also said he picked up the bus rental and knew Fernandez’s manifest was fraudulent.
He previously pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 16 months in prison. Fernandez was sentenced to a total of 21 months and was ordered to self-surrender to the U.S. Marshals in McAllen on July 11 at 2 p.m., court records show.
[GEO.TV] A judge at New York Southern District court has ruled that the US govt didn't breach its plea bargain agreement with the Pak national, former gold trader Muhammad Asif Hafeez, in the high-profile drugs case in which he and four others are implicated including Bollywood star Mamta Kulkarni's husband Vicky Goswami.
Hafeez had filed a petition at the United States New York Southern District court arguing that the US govt was breaching the plea agreement terms with him; that he should be given only about 10 years jail term and that the government's proposed at least 276 months' imprisonment — around 23 years — would be a breach and therefore the court should rule against the government.
But Judge Victor Marrero of the court has ruled that "the Court finds that the Government did not breach the Plea Agreement, and, accordingly, orders the Defendant to adhere to the Plea Agreement's stipulated offense level and sentencing range under the United States Sentencing Guidelines" and that advocating for a sentence of at least 276 months' imprisonment for Hafeez would be proportionate to the offence level and category.
On November 18, 2024, Hafeez pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to manufacture, distribute, and unlawfully import heroin into the United States and one count of conspiracy to manufacture, distribute and unlawfully import methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States. His lawyers said he had no choice under the harsh US conditions but to plead guilty.
According to the allegations contained in indictments charging Hafeez, from 2013 through the date of his London arrest in 2017, conspired with his co-defendants, Baktash Akasha Abdalla, Ibrahim Akasha Abdalla, Gulam Hussein, and Vijaygiri Anandgiri Goswami to import heroin into the US.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army on Wednesday denied a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing it of using unguided bombs in early February Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on residential and commercial areas of Nyala, South Darfur State.
Brigadier General Nabil Abdallah, the army's spokesperson, stated that HRW's claims of bombing civilians were ''untrue and detached from reality.'' He called the report part of ''an international conspiracy targeting Sudan and its people,'' criticizing the watchdog for ignoring ''atrocities and violations committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) against civilians.''
Abdallah added, ''We affirm that the militia — the RSF — is directly and systematically targeting public facilities, including health institutions, water sources, and electricity, before the eyes of the international community without any significant action.''
HRW, in its report, asserted that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) killed ''scores of civilians'' in these attacks. It deemed them ''indiscriminate'' and ''apparent war crimes.'' The report specified the use of unguided air-dropped bombs, like OFAB-250 and FAB-series general-purpose bombs. These weapons have wide-area effects and limited accuracy, making them unsuitable for targeting military objectives in populated areas.
The watchdog detailed repeated army attacks on Nyala, home to over 800,000 people, since the RSF took control in October 2023. These assaults were indiscriminate, with bombs hitting areas not designated as military targets.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] At least 20 people have been killed and 17 others maimed over the past two days by artillery shelling from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Abu Shouk camp for displaced persons in North Darfur state, an emergency group and a camp official said.
The camp, located north of El Fasher city, has faced daily indiscriminate shelling and drone attacks from the RSF, causing numerous civilian casualties, according to local reports.
Fourteen people died on Wednesday from artillery shells fired by the RSF towards the Nivasha area within Abu Shouk camp, according to a statement from the Abu Shouk Emergency Room, received by Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... Tribune.
On Thursday, six more people were killed and 17 injured as the RSF continued targeting areas heavily populated by civilians, a media official at the Abu Shouk camp said.
Many residents of Abu Shouk camp and El Fasher city have dug underground shelters for protection from artillery and drone attacks. However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome... a significant number of civilians continue to die daily due to the indiscriminate shelling.
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[SUDANTRIBUNE] Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... 's army said on Thursday that a dronezap by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) killed at least five civilians in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state, and accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of supplying the drones.
The RSF has recently intensified its aerial attacks on El Obeid, according to the army. It said recent shelling had struck the city's central prison, the Military Medical Corps Hospital, the private al-Daman Hospital, the Zenobia Hotel, and a judicial authority building.
The army spokesperson said in a statement that ''one of the strategic drones, with which the UAE supplies the Dagalo militia, targeted sites within the city of El Obeid.'' The statement referred to the RSF as the ''Dagalo militia''.
The spokesperson stated that the drones hit the Grand Market, the industrial area, and other civilian facilities, leading to the death of five civilians and injuring others.
The army's statement condemned what it called ''criminal behaviour'' and ''continuous violations'' by the RSF. It accused the RSF, which it termed ''the notorious militia'', ''of attacks against citizens and civilian objects, with direct funding from the United Arab Emirates— without accountability.''
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[Breitbart] U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested a Russian national accused of working with Al Qaeda.
The arrested occurred on May 23 in Philadelphia and the 39-year-old man, originally born in Tajikistan, was a fugitive overseas, per Fox News.
“Arresting individuals linked to terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda reaffirms our unwavering commitment to safeguard the homeland,” ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia Field Office Director Brian McShane said in a statement. “Through close collaboration with our outstanding partners at the FBI, we have taken decisive action to make our communities safer and prevent potential threats to the American people.”
The man was originally detained at the the San Ysidro Pedestrian West point of entry in March 2023 and “charged as an inadmissible alien under the Immigration and Nationality Act because he didn’t have an immigrant visa,” according to ICE agents.
“He was served a notice to appear before an immigration judge and paroled into the United States,” the agents said.
“It is alleged that he is or was a member of Al-Qaeda,” they added. “After his arrest, this individual was detained in ICE custody, where he will remain pending removal from the U.S.”
According to reporter Bill Melugin of Fox News, agents said that “Tajikistan authorities declared him a fugitive and suspected member of the terrorist organization last month,” which makes it “unlikely the Biden admin knew about his background.”
“But it highlights the extreme national security concerns associated with the Biden admin’s open border policies to mass catch and release millions of foreign nationals who arrived at the border during their tenure,” said Melugin.
[IsraelTimes] Troops advance slowly in southern Gaza city, day after bodies of slain hostages Gadi Haggai and Judih Weinstein were recovered and brought home for burial
After recovering the bodies of slain hostages Gadi Haggai and Judih Weinstein in Khan Younis on Wednesday night, Israeli forces continued to push deeper into the city in the southern 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, intensifying operations aimed at reaching its center.
Now entering its 20th month, the war has left Khan Younis in ruins — a shattered landscape almost unrecognizable from what it once was. The Israel Defense Forces last operated deep in Khan Younis with ground troops in April 2024.
The devastation served as a stark reminder of the toll exacted by Israel’s offensive in Gaza, launched in response to Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... ’s brutal October 7, 2023, invasion, during which 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage.
Despite the widespread destruction already inflicted across the Strip, military officials told news hounds during a Thursday tour of Khan Younis that there is still a long road ahead to reach full operational success.
Commander of the Kfir Brigade’s Shimshon Battalion, Lt. Col. Yud — identified only by his first Hebrew initial due to security concerns — reaffirmed the war’s primary goals: the return of the hostages and the dismantling of Hamas. These objectives, he said, are what justify the IDF’s continued presence in Gaza.
"That’s all that interests us," he said.
The Kfir Brigade has been operating in southern Khan Younis for the past three weeks, working in close coordination with the Israeli Air Force, combat engineers from the elite Yahalom unit, and other forces. Their mission: to reach the city’s center and establish operational control.
Progress, however, has been slow and grueling. The city is laced with terror infrastructure, including a sprawling tunnel network and buildings rigged with explosives, military officials said. Every step forward requires methodical clearing, turning each advance into a battle not only against Hamas button men, but against the terrain itself.
In one case, military officials spoke of a residential building flagged by troops as suspicious in recent days due to a surveillance camera at the entrance, a bolted door, and telltale signs of guerrilla tactics — including a hole in the wall designed to allow a gunman to fire from within.
Upon inspection, the structure was found to be booby-trapped and was subsequently demolished by Israeli forces.
Traces of terror activity remain scattered among the ruins. In the rubble of one demolished home, several unused rockets lay in a heap — a grim monument to the arsenal hidden in plain sight and the constant threat posed to Israeli communities just across the border.
Despite the intensity of the fighting, Yud said morale among his troops remains high.
"We can see the kibbutzim across the border — we know well why we’re here," he said, referring to nearby communities like Nir Yitzhak and Sufa, where some residents have already returned after being evacuated in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 attack.
Also, just across the border lies Nir Oz, the kibbutz from which Haggai and Weinstein were kidnapped that fateful morning.
Yud said the recovery of their bodies the night before added "more drive to keep on fighting," amid his unit’s third week of operations in the Strip.
The extended deployments in Gaza are not without strain. Troops typically serve two weeks inside Gaza, followed by four days out — a rotation that offers brief relief but continues to weigh heavily on soldiers and their families.
In most standing army units, including the Shimshon Battalion, phones are not allowed inside the Strip, limiting communication to a single weekly call, typically on Fridays before Shabbat. To maintain a semblance of connection, certain commanders run shared WhatsApp groups with families, offering sparse but critical updates — a digital lifeline for those waiting anxiously for their loved ones at home.
The duration of the IDF’s presence in Gaza remains uncertain. Last Sunday, the military announced plans to establish control over 75% of the territory within two months — a move that signals the intention to maintain a long-term presence aimed at dismantling Hamas’s capabilities.
"I know that there are still hostages, I know well what [Hamas] did on October 7 — therefore we don’t know how much longer we’ll stay [in Gaza]," Yud added.
[GEO.TV] There was an unpredictable attack and a group of journalists inside the al-Ahli Hospital were hit as they were setting up makeshift tents to protect themselves from the heat. This is the eighth time the hospital has been hit, reported Al Jazeera.
Three of the journalists were reported killed on the spot, and pieces of flesh were left scattered on what once was a manicured garden at the medical facility. Good for the grass, and ants. IDF says it hit Islamic Jihad command center near Gaza hospital
[IsraelTimes] The IDF confirms carrying out an airstrike at the Al-Ma’amadani Hospital in Gaza City, saying it targeted a Palestinian Islamic Jihad command center in the medical center’s courtyard.
According to the Hamas-controlled health ministry in Gaza, the strike hit a press compound and killed three people. Reports named one victim as Ismail Badr, a cameraman for the Palestine Today channel, which is affiliated with Islamic Jihad. A second journalist named Suleiman Hajaj was also killed, according to reports.
The IDF says the compound was used by Islamic Jihad operatives to plan and carry out attacks on troops and Israeli civilians.
The military says it took steps to minimize civilian harm, including by using a precision munition, aerial surveillance, and other intelligence.
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[GEO.TV] 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 civil defence agency said Israeli attacks killed at least 37 people on Thursday, as a US-backed aid group reported it had resumed operations after a one-day hiatus.
Gaza civil defence official Mohammed al-Mughayyir said that "37 people have been martyred in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip", reporting attacks up and down the length of the territory.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment.
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[Jfeed] ...Israeli authorities have been supplying light arms to the militia led by Yasser Abu Shabab in Rafah. The weapons include Kalashnikov rifles and other firearms seized from Hamas operatives during IDF raids.
... Abu Shabab's militia [a fairly large clan], which has recently assumed a central role in securing humanitarian corridors operated by international NGOs, is now considered by Israel a critical partner on the ground.
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🚨 BREAKING A new armed group in Gaza, led by Yasser Abu Shabab, is shaking what’s left of Hamas.
🔻 Hamas tried to kill him near Kerem Shalom — failed. His brother was killed. 🔻 His 300-men force now secures food aid zones.
Security cabinet wasn’t informed of plan to start arming Abu Shabab group, which was created in Rafah last year and has its roots in looting aid trucks.
The group in question, which is sometimes described as a militia and sometimes as a criminal gang, is led by Yasser Abu Shabab, a member of a large clan in southern Gaza. It has been linked in the past to smuggling operations with Egyptian Jihadist groups, but it was not immediately clear why Liberman branded it as linked to the Islamic State.
His gang has been documented in recent days operating in an area near the Kerem Shalom border crossing under Israeli military control.
In the footage, which was published online by Abu Shabab, members of the group can be seen wearing military-style uniforms with the Palestinian flag and the words “Counter-Terrorism Mechanism” emblazoned on them.
In a conversation with Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper earlier this week, anonymous Hamas sources shared more information about the group, which they admitted has been a thorn in their side.
According to the sources, the militia comprises some 300 people, of whom Abu Shabab personally recruited around 50. They alleged that the remaining 250 members were recruited through the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence service.
The Hamas sources did not offer proof of Abu Shabab’s alleged ties to the Ramallah-based PA, and Al-Akhbar did not verify any of the terror group’s claims.
The group emerged in Rafah in May 2024, following the IDF invasion of the Strip’s southernmost city, the Hamas sources said. They told Al-Akhbar that the Al-Qassam Brigades have “already started carrying out direct assassinations” against members of Abu Shabab’s gang, and that its continued existence has fast become a “central issue” for the terror group.
According to the sources, some members of the group belong to an extremist Salafi faction that had run-ins with Hamas prior to the war as well.
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[Regnum]. Israeli military forces have found and returned the bodies of two hostages during an operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
"During the operation of the General Security Service and the Israel Defense Forces in the Gaza Strip, the bodies of two hostages, Gadi Hagai and Judy Weinstein, were returned to Israel," Netanyahu said.
Elsewhere spelt Gadi Haggai and Judih Weinstein, due to the vagaries of transliteration between three alphabets.
The bodies were found in the Khan Yunis area, the IDF said. The prisoners were killed on October 7, 2023, and their bodies were taken to the Gaza Strip. The deceased were a married couple.
They were an elderly married couple, out for their daily constitutional. Such brave, brave Lions of Islam to murder them and take their bodies hostage.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict escalated in October 2023. On May 18 of this year, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a large-scale ground operation, Gideon's Chariots, in the northern and southern areas of the Gaza Strip.
[AnNahar] The Health ministry said that one person was injured Thursday in an Israeli strike that targeted a car in the southern town of Bourj Qalaway.
Also on Thursday, Israeli artillery shelled the southern town of Yaroun and the outskirts of al-Wazzani.
[IsraelTimes] Military slams ‘blatant violation’ of November ceasefire, accuses terror group of preparing for future war; 2nd evacuation warning issued for two sites in southern town of Ain Qana
The Israel Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes on several buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday evening that it said were used by Hezbollah to manufacture drones, and in a separate instance, also issued evacuation warnings for two areas in a southern Leb ...home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade.... town.
The strikes in Beirut hit several underground drone manufacturing facilities belonging to Hezbollah’s aerial forces, also know as Unit 127, according to the military.
Ahead of the strikes, which began shortly after 10 p.m., the IDF said it had "identified that Hezbollah’s aerial unit is working to produce many thousands of UAVs, under the guidance and funding of Iranian terror officials."
This was happening, the military said, "despite the understandings between Israel and Lebanon" as laid out in a November ceasefire agreement that halted more than a year of fighting along Israel’s northern border.
"This activity is a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The Hezbollah terror organization creates challenges for the Lebanese state and thus impairs the implementation of the understandings," the IDF asserted.
In a later statement, the IDF said Hezbollah’s aerial forces launched over 1,000 explosive and surveillance drones at Israel during the war last year, and was currently working, despite the ceasefire deal, to strengthen its capabilities.
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צה”ל תקף בדאחייה ובדרום לבנון אתרים תת-קרקעיים לייצור ואחסון כטב”מים וסדנה לייצור רחפנים
לפני זמן קצר, צה"ל תקף באופן ממוקד באמצעות מטוסי קרב, אתרי ייצור ומחסני כטב"מים בשימוש היחידה האווירית של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה (127), בדאחייה שבביירות ובדרום לבנון.
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The IDF attacked underground sites for the production and storage of UAVs and a drone production workshop in Dahiyeh and southern Lebanon.
A short time ago, the IDF carried out a targeted attack using fighter jets, production sites, and UAV warehouses used by the Hezbollah terrorist organization's air unit (127), in Dahiyya in Beirut and southern Lebanon.
Throughout the fighting, the air unit carried out more than 1,000 explosive and collection drone strikes against the territory of the State of Israel.
Despite the understandings of the agreement between Israel and Lebanon, the organization's aerial unit continues to engage in terrorism and is strengthening its capabilities. The unit is working to produce many thousands of drones under the direction and funding of Iranian terrorist elements, as part of Iran's efforts to harm the State of Israel.
Over the years, Iran has been funding and directing terrorist elements in the project, in collaboration with Hezbollah. Hezbollah terrorists come to Iran and are trained for the purpose of self-production of drones in Lebanon.
The IDF has recognized that Hezbollah terrorists have continued to do so even since the understandings came into effect, and is determined to act against terrorists who are trained in Iran for terrorist purposes.
The IDF also attacked a workshop in southern Lebanon for the production of drones used for attack, intelligence gathering, and improving the surveillance capabilities of the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
Prior to the attack, steps were taken to reduce the likelihood of harming civilians, including the use of precision weapons, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence. The infrastructure that was attacked was located in the heart of a civilian population. This is another example of the terrorist organization Hezbollah’s cynical use of Lebanese civilians as human shields.
The activity at these sites constitutes a blatant violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The IDF is prepared for defense and attack, will continue to act to eliminate any threat to the State of Israel and its citizens, and will prevent any attempt to reestablish the terrorist organization Hezbollah.
"The unit was working to manufacture many thousands of drones under the direction and funding of Iranian terror officials, as part of Iran’s efforts to harm Israel," the IDF said.
"Over the years, 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 funded and directed terrorist attacks through this project, in coordination with Hezbollah. Hezbollah gunnies travel to Iran for training in production systems, which supports the group’s ability to independently manufacture UAVs inside Lebanon," the military continued.
"The IDF has identified that Hezbollah gunnies have been continuing this activity even since the understandings came into effect, and the IDF is determined to take action against gunnies trained in Iran for terrorist attacks."
As it generally does before strikes in Beirut, the military issued an evacuation warning for civilians in the vicinity of the targeted buildings.
"You are located near facilities belonging to the terrorist organization Hezbollah," the IDF’s Arabic-language front man, Col. Avichay Adraee, said on X.
"For your safety and the safety of your families, you are required to evacuate these buildings immediately and move away from them at a distance of no less than 300 meters," said Adraee.
The post was accompanied by maps showing the locations of the soon-to-be targeted buildings.
A video circulating on social media following the evacuation warning showed heavy traffic in Dahiyeh, Beirut, as thousands of people tried to hurriedly leave the area.
AFP photographers reported massive numbers of people trying to flee the area, and Lebanese media reported that it was nearly emptied of inhabitants and had been sealed off.
Defense Minister Israel Katz confirmed ahead of the strikes that, along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he had "instructed the IDF this evening to strike and destroy buildings used by the terrorist organization Hezbollah to manufacture and store drones in the heart of the Dahiyeh district of Beirut."
"We will continue to enforce the terms of the ceasefire without any compromises, and we will not allow any party to make threats against the northern communities and all citizens of Israel," said Katz.
He stressed that Israel holds the Lebanese government "directly responsible for preventing violations of the ceasefire and all terrorist activity against the State of Israel."
Following the strikes in Beirut, the IDF issued a new evacuation warning for two areas in the southern Lebanese town of Ain Qana, and warned that it would soon strike Hezbollah assets in the vicinity.
Adraee again published maps showing the locations of several buildings that the military intended to target.
"You are located near facilities belonging to Hezbollah," he said, calling on civilians to evacuate at least 500 meters from the areas for their safety.
Lebanese media reported a series of strikes in Ain Qana following the warning, which according to the IDF targeted a Hezbollah workshop used to build drones for attacks and surveillance.
Israel has continued to carry out targeted strikes on Hezbollah operatives and infrastructure since it signed a ceasefire with Lebanon in late November, alleging violations of the truce agreement.
According to the IDF, over 180 Hezbollah operatives have been killed in that time.
The ceasefire agreement brought to an end more than a year of fighting with the Iran-backed Hezbollah, including two months of open war in southern Lebanon late last year.
Hezbollah began attacking military outposts and communities in northern Israel unprovoked on October 8, 2023, in a show of support for fellow Iranian proxy Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... 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... after its assault on southern Israel a day earlier.
Under the terms of the ceasefire, Hezbollah was required to withdraw its fighters north of the Litani and dismantle all military infrastructure in southern Lebanon.
Since then, the Lebanese state has been working methodically to dismantle the terror group’s infrastructure in the south of the country, and is estimated to have seized the majority of the terror group’s weapons stockpile in the same area.
Earlier on Thursday, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said that the Lebanese Armed Forces had dismantled "more than 500 military positions and arms depots" belonging to Hezbollah in the south of the country."
In a televised address marking 100 days in office, Salam said his government was pressing ahead with reforms demanded by the international community.
"The state continues its action... to restore its authority over the entire national territory... and to have a monopoly on arms," he said.
"The Lebanese army is continuing its deployment and has so far dismantled more than 500 military positions and arms depots south of the Litani River" about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Israeli border, Salam said.
The Lebanese premier also criticized Israel for maintaining troops at five locations within southern Lebanon, rather than fully withdrawing as the ceasefire had demanded.
"There can be no security or stability while Israel’s daily violations persist, parts of our land remain occupied and our prisoners are not freed," he said.
[IsraelTimes] A short while ago, explosions were reported at a munitions depot at an air defense base near the Syrian city of Hama.
The reports are not confirmed by official Syrian media or authorities.
The cause of the blast is not immediately clear.
Inshallah?
#شام|| انفجارات عنيفة قرب بلدة الربيعة بريف حماة، ناتجة عن انفجار صواريخ ضمن مستودع للذخيرة في منطقة عسكرية سابقة لأسباب مجهولة، ولا أنباء عن حجم الأضرار حتى اللحظة. pic.twitter.com/lVkMggCYqb
Reports of an unusual explosion in Syria: 'An Israeli drone attacked'
[Ynet] After two rockets were launched into the Golan Heights Tuesday, and after Israel attacked in response in its northeastern neighbor's territory, Syria is now reporting an explosion at a missile depot in the Hama area - and 4 deaths. Qatari report: 'Israel attacked with a drone'
Syrian media reported a significant explosion on Thursday at a former military site near the village of al-Rabiya in rural Hama, where a missile storage facility was reportedly located. According to Syrian radio station Sham FM, “the cause of the explosion remains unknown, and no information has yet been received regarding the extent of the damage.”
Qatari outlet Al-Araby and the Iraq-based Sabrin News agency, affiliated with pro-Iranian militias, claimed the blast was the result of an Israeli drone strike. Other reports indicated that four people were killed in the incident.
Additional unconfirmed reports in Syrian media claimed that Israel also targeted a Syrian air defense battalion west of Hama airport, near the villages of Matnin and al-Rabiya. According to those accounts, two individuals were killed and three others wounded. Another report alleged that the IDF carried out artillery fire toward Daraa in southern Syria. However, the IDF said it was “not currently aware of any fire toward Syria.”
The Syrian news outlet SyriaTV confirmed the death toll in Hama as four, but noted conflicting reports regarding the cause of the explosion. Saudi-owned Al-Hadath claimed that drone activity was heard in the area shortly before the missile depot detonated.
Or it could have been poor missile storage techniques, which coupled with the heat or a poorly timed cigarette, spontaneously went off. A much smaller version of the Port of Beirut explosion — it’s a serious risk everywhere but Israel in that part of the world, I understand…
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