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^ good question.
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Tennessee's laws are not Texas's. You can't defend property with lethal force in Tennessee. So nobody wanted the legal trouble of smoking these guys. Now had they gone to deep Appalachia, it wouldn't have made the news cause they'd just...go away.
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Under current Tennessee law (see generally Tennessee Code Annotated Sec. 39-11-614 for example), a civilian is not allowed to use deadly force to a) protect personal property, b) to stop a trespass on real property, c) to terminate an attempted theft of property, or d) to make a citizen’s arrest.
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Asheville NC fell victim to the defund Police movement. Police were reduced from 'protectors of society' to post-event investigators of felony incidents.
Now inlaws say neighborhoods are posted, "you will be shot" and everybody on night patrol is carrying.
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For the Tennessee city folk, that's how Tennessee law works....for other parts, you just vanished and nobody saw you. You might get found in one of those 200' sink holds in a few decades but....
[KhaamaPress] Authorities confirmed on Monday, September 30, that the Bibi Amina High School, located in Paranda, Bazarak, Panjshir province, was torched at around 9 p.m. the previous night.
Officials further stated that the fire department arrived promptly after the incident and extinguished the fire.
Police have arrested two individuals accused of setting fire to a girls’ school in Panjshir province. The suspects have confessed to the crime, and their case is now under legal review.
Their case will be processed through the legal system.
The motive behind the arson and the identities of those involved remain unclear.
A similar incident had occurred in Panjshir province previously, indicating a worrying trend.
Since 2021, girls in Afghanistan have been banned from attending school beyond the sixth grade, deepening the country’s educational and humanitarian crisis. The ban has left millions of girls without access to education, worsening poverty and hopelessness in the nation.
This policy has drawn widespread condemnation from the international community, with many calling it a violation of basic human rights. Amid dire poverty, the denial of education only exacerbates the country’s suffering, leaving a generation of girls without prospects for a better future.
[ToloNews] Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, announced the arrests of perpetrators behind the recent attacks in Kabul and Bamyan.
Mujahid, in a statement, said that these attacks were carried out by individuals affiliated with the ISIS-Khorasan branch, and they had received training in Mastung, Balochistan.
The spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate said: "The special units and Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate have arrested important members of the insurgent group who had attacked the employees of the Directorate of Supervision and Prosecution of Decrees and Orders, and were also involved in several other attacks in Kabul and the attack on foreign tourists in Bamyan province."
On May 17th, an armed attack targeted civilians and foreign nationals in Bamyan, resulting in the death of six people, including three Spanish citizens and three civilians, and injuring seven others, including three locals and four foreign nationals.
Furthermore, on September 2nd, a suicide bomber attacked the employees of the Directorate of Supervision and Prosecution of Decrees and Orders, killing six people and injuring thirteen others.
Zabihullah Mujahid also added that from the hideout of the Kabul attack planner, including both light and heavy military equipment, a Tajikistani national was arrested, who intended to carry out a suicide attack.
Mujahid stressed that after conducting these operations, the leaders and remaining members of the ISIS-Khorasan branch, with the assistance of some intelligence agencies, have been transferred to Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
"It is evident that 95 percent of the attacks that take place in Afghanistan are planned in Pakistan, and those crimes are then carried out in Afghanistan," said Aziz Stanekzai, a military analyst.
"It is the responsibility of neighboring countries not to allow terrorist groups to destabilize both Afghanistan and other trans-regional countries. In this regard, there needs to be an international consensus, especially in the fight against terrorism," said Zalmai Afghan Yar, another military analyst.
The spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate further mentioned that ISIS, using new centers in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, conducts attacks in Afghanistan and other countries, targeting religious, political, and clerical figures.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid stated in a press release that, during a series of operations in Kabul and Nangarhar, those responsible for attacks on Afghanistan judiciary employees and foreign tourists in Bamiyan were apprehended.
Mujahid further explained that investigations revealed that the attackers targeting employees of the “Prosecution and Monitoring of Orders” directorate had entered Afghanistan from a training camp of ISIS-Khorasan in Mastung, Balochistan.
He added that in separate operations in Kabul and Faryab, two ISIS members were killed, and several others were arrested.
[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 Monday denied accusations by the United Arab Emirates that its forces bombed the residence of the UAE ambassador in the capital, Khartoum.
The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday accused the Sudanese army of targeting and bombing the ambassador's residence with aircraft. It said it would submit a protest note to the United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... and regional organizations.
The accusations mark an escalation in tensions between Abu Dhabi and Khartoum. Sudanese military leaders have accused the UAE of fuelling the conflict by providing military support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
''The Sudanese Armed Forces condemn and deny the accusation by the United Arab Emirates of bombing the residence of its ambassador in Khartoum,'' an army spokesperson said in a statement on Monday morning.
The army does not target diplomatic missions, U.N. or aid organizations, nor use them as military bases or loot them, the spokesperson said, adding that the ''Terrorist militia of the Daglo rebels'' was responsible for such acts. The statement further said these rebels are supported by countries known to the world.
The military front man said it targets only locations where the militia is present, which it said was its right to defend the Sudanese state.
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[IsraelTimes] Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed Monday that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone over the country, with videos purportedly showing a surface-to-air missile striking it. The US military did not immediately acknowledge losing any aircraft.
The Houthi-run broadcaster Al-Masirah claimed shooting down the MQ-9, hours after video footage circulated online showing the purported missile striking the aircraft over Yemen’s Saada province. A single image online also appeared to show wreckage of the drone, with pieces resembling that of an MQ-9.
The US military did not respond to a request for comment from The Associated Press.
General Atomics Reapers, which cost around $30 million apiece, can fly at altitudes up to 50,000 feet (15,240 meters) and have an endurance of up to 24 hours before needing to land. The aircraft have been flown by both the US military and the CIA over Yemen for years.
Since Houthis seized the country’s north and its capital of Sanaa in 2014, the US military has seen Reapers shot down in Yemen in 2017, 2019, 2023, and 2024. The US military acknowledged the Houthis shot down two MQ-9s in September.
The Joint Maritime Information Center, overseen by the US Navy, acknowledged the last attack on a merchant ship by the Houthis came on September 2, but the rebels remain a threat.
“Despite a drop in attacks against merchant vessels over the last two weeks, the Houthis have shown ability and willingness to target US Navy assets and coalition partners,” the center said. The Houthis claimed an attack targeted American warships last week.
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[KavkazUzel] The court sentenced Imam Gadzhimuradov, a native of the village of Novogagatli, to three years in prison, finding him guilty of attempting to travel to Syria to join the militants of the Islamic State*.
According to investigators, in January 2023, 26-year-old Imam Gadzhimuradov, a native of the village of Novogagatli in the Khasavyurt district of Dagestan, checked in at the airport for a flight to the territory controlled by the Islamic State, an international terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court. A border control officer later told the investigator that Gadzhimuradov's appearance and behavior indicated his possible involvement with terrorists.
Gadzhimuradov was detained at the airport. He later told the investigator that at the last moment he refused to board the flight and decided to return home. He specified that he planned to go to Syria.
The Southern District Military Court found Gadzhimuradov guilty of attempting to participate in an illegal armed group and sentenced him to three years in prison. Gadzhimuradov's defense appealed the sentence, but the Supreme Court of Russia upheld it, according to the case file published on the court's website.
There were no comments from representatives of Imam Gadzhimuradov.
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[Regnum] Federal Security Service officers prevented a series of terrorist attacks against law enforcement officers in Ingushetia. This was reported on September 30 by the Public Relations Center (PRC) of the FSB of Russia.
Also, according to the department, the criminals were planning a series of acts of sabotage at energy facilities.
The illegal activities of eight local residents, citizens of the Russian Federation, were stopped by security forces as a result of measures taken in the cities of Magas and Nazran.
“During the arrest, one criminal offered armed resistance and received injuries incompatible with life; the rest were arrested,” the department clarified.
The security forces conducted searches at the addresses of the detainees and in equipped hiding places and caches. In them they found a homemade explosive device with a capacity of about 10 kg in TNT equivalent, a grenade launcher, machine guns, pistols, grenades with fuses, as well as more than 8,500 cartridges of various calibers.
Investigators opened criminal cases against the suspects under articles of the Russian Criminal Code on preparation for sabotage, illegal arms trafficking, and illegal manufacture of explosive devices.
Probably the Kataib Hezbollah militia, working on Iran’s payroll and direction.
[IsraelTimes] Multiple Katyusha rockets were fired near Baghdad International Airport, two Iraqi military officials told Reuters early on Tuesday, but a US official disputes reports that its military forces were targeted in the incident.
“All military personnel are accounted for and military forces were not targeted as had been reported,” the US defense official tells Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Two Iraqi security sources say an initial investigation showed three rockets were fired, including one that landed near buildings used by Iraqi counter-terrorism forces, causing damages and fire to some vehicles but no casualties.
The sources had previously said at least two Katyusha rockets were also fired at a military base hosting US forces and that air defenses intercepted the rockets.
But the US official says Washington was aware of reports of an attack instead on the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Complex, which is a Department of State facility.
The US Department of State is assessing the damage caused by the attack, according to a spokesperson, who says there were no casualties.
Iraq, a rare regional partner of both the United States and Iran, hosts 2,500 US troops and also has Iran-backed armed factions linked to its security forces.
Iran-aligned armed groups in Iraq have repeatedly attacked US troops in the Middle East since the Gaza war began.
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq said it had carried out new operations against Israeli targets in the occupied Paleostinian territories in retaliation for the Tel Aviv regime's devastating war 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 an 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... and its bloody onslaught against Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the 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. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
The umbrella group for Iraq's resistance factions said in statements issued on Sunday night that it had targeted a vital target in the occupied port city of Eilat using drones.
''In continuation of our approach to resisting the occupation, and in support of our people in Paleostine and Lebanon, and in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity against civilians, including children, women and the elderly, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance® in Iraq today, Sunday 29-09-2024, attacked a vital target in Umm al-Rashrash ''Eilat'' in our occupied lands, using drones,'' one statement said.
The group added that a squadron of drones also struck two other targets in the occupied territories.
Iraq's Islamic resistance said the third operation hit Israeli targets with missiles.
The group stressed that it will continue its anti-Israel operations in support of Paleostinian people in Gaza and Lebanon.
Also on Sunday morning, fighters from the Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups also launched two dronezaps against strategic targets in the southern part of the Israeli-occupied territories.
The Islamic Resistance®grabbed credit for the early Sunday morning attack on the port city of Eilat.
The group noted that it will continue to target and destroy important installations across the occupied lands.
Hours after the drone attack, the Islamic Resistance® announced another strike, saying that it had used unmanned aerial vehicles to hit a vital target in the same Israeli-occupied area.
The Islamic Resistance® in Iraq has been launching attacks on Israeli targets ever since the occupying regime started the genocidal war on Gaza in early October.
The resistance has also been hitting American military bases in Iraq and neighboring Syria in retaliation for Washington's support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza
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"Iran’s attack is a severe and dangerous escalation. There will be consequences...We will respond wherever, whenever and however we choose, in accordance with the directive of the government of Israel."
Iranian report: 5 dead, 12 wounded IRGC forces from the Yanbarkaf unit in the explosion of a Segil missile before firing (therefore the launch) at Mallard.
Also: A Palestinian from Gaza living in Jericho was the only reported death in the IRGC attack.
The Islamic Regime only…
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Breaking: In an unusual video, Netanyahu prepares the people of Israel for challenging days ahead. Sources close to him point to the next major objective: Tehran’s nuclear facilities—Netanyahu’s lifelong mission. Prime Minister, we stand with you. Agree? Comment with the 🇮🇱 flag. pic.twitter.com/miYYnCRIbE
The article headline links to the Jerusalem Post’s Breaking News section. Here’s what they have up as of 4:30 p.m. ET:
Biden says consequences for Iran remain to be seen after Israel attack
By REUTERS 10/01/2024 11:16 PM
Israel 'proved its defense capabilites, we'll strike back' - IDF chief
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF 10/01/2024 10:38 PM
Wardens crack down on prisoners who expressed joy during Iran attack
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF 10/01/2024 10:31 PM
US calls on every nation to join it in condemning Iran's attack on Israe
By REUTERS 10/01/2024 10:24 PM
US Navy shoots down Iranian missiles, Jordan allows use of airspace
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF 10/01/2024 10:18 PM
IDF shoots at suspects moving toward forces in central Gaza
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF 10/01/2024 09:47 PM
Israel's FM reports incident in Sweden embassy, police probe
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF 10/01/2024 09:44 PM
Hamas praises Iranian missile strikes
By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF 10/01/2024 09:38 PM
Britain's Starmer speaks with Israeli PM, Jordan's king, Sky News report
By REUTERS 10/01/2024 09:10 PM
IDF closes military areas in Northern Israel
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF 10/01/2024 09:09 PM
Germany condemns Iranian missile attack on Israel, urges immediate halt
By REUTERS 10/01/2024 08:55 PM
Lebanon's airspace closed for two hours, transport minister says
By REUTERS 10/01/2024 08:52 PM
UN chief condemns broadening of Middle East conflict: 'This must stop'
By REUTERS 10/01/2024 08:43 PM
Israel's airspace has reopened
By MAARIV 10/01/2024 08:43 PM
Khamenei remains in secure location after missiles fired at Israel
By REUTERS 10/01/2024 08:38 PM
For reference, a bunch of Israeli news sites, plus the Daily Mail:
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Interesting timing. Right when Iran has visitors at Bandar Abbas.
BIG: India and Iran to conduct joint naval drills in the Persian Gulf; Indian Naval fleet docks at Bandar Abbas
The Indian Naval fleet comprising INS Tir (A86) and INS Shardul (L16), accompanied by ICG OPV, Veera arrived at the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas port on… pic.twitter.com/G0m8upDjWR
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I don't think Israel will use nukes, I do think they're going to make sure Iran is hurting for a long time after this.
And it would be hilarious if Iran's leader exploded on the toilet. That would be the perfect cap to the pager, walkie talkie explosions. Or rig his favorite goat to explode during 'fun' time.
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Bloody Hell! I take one little nap and the world explodes!
Thank you, Frank G, for being on top of this for us, and the rest of you bring us all the information as it happens. Rantburg is the most useful team project anywhere.
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#20 I believe those are DEFCON settings, advancing one level.
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Rex Mundi - The videos being posted of an Israeli base being creamed by Iranian missiles are BACKWARDS videos. Those are anti-missiles shot from the ground hitting the incoming Iranian missiles. Musk verified it with experts and AI. BACKWARDS VIDEO...
Ch 14 reported that the U.S. and Iran are negotiating the scope of the strike so that the U.S. will be able to compel Israel not to retaliate. Get it? The Biden-Harris administration is reportedly telling a U.S. enemy what level of assault against a U.S. ally is acceptable.
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Thanks 3dc - saw the comments. That's now the running line for videos showing cars lined up for gas in Tehran.
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Update on the Jaffa shooting from the Jerusalem Post: It was criminal, not jihadis, even though both gunmen are from Hebron — some hotshot criminal lives nearby, and there have been shootings there almost every day.. Both gunmen were shot dead by a combination of the city security patrol and armed citizens, which I find pretty impressive. Seven dead plus the two miscreants, and lots of wounded.
Security forces initially believed the incident was criminal because there has been a criminal shooting in the area nearly every day recently due to a well-known criminal living nearby, according to Maariv
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Thank you, Grom — that’s exactly it.. For some reason the Jerusalem Post crashes frequently for me, making it difficult to pull together a proper post before it’s all erased and I have to start over. They actual write better articles than the Times of Israel, but I’m not clever enough to either fix or work around the problem.
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Note" The last time the US went to DEFCON 2 according to unclassified reporting was the Cuban Missile Crisis.
WIKI Cite:"
Readiness condition Exercise term Description Readiness
DEFCON 1 COCKED PISTOL Nuclear war is imminent or has already begun-Maximum readiness. Immediate response.
DEFCON 2 FAST PACE Next step to nuclear war-Armed forces ready to deploy and engage in less than six hours
DEFCON 3 ROUND HOUSE Increase in force readiness above that required for normal readiness Air Force ready to mobilize in 15 minutes
DEFCON 4 DOUBLE TAKE Increased intelligence watch and strengthened security measures Above normal readiness
DEFCON 5 FADE OUT Lowest state of readiness Normal readiness "
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In reference to certain upstream posts...
People, when you are making your tinfoil hat, put the shiny side out. I cannot stress this enough. Shiny Side Out. Otherwise, you are just concentrating the rays.
[IsraelTimes] At least 11 Palestinians were killed, including women and children, in an Israeli strike on a house in Nuseirat camp in central Gaza Strip, Gaza medics tell Reuters after midnight on Tuesday. There is no immediate comment from the IDF, which says it takes steps to avoid casualties to civilians while Hamas embeds its fighters among them.
[IsraelTimes] An IDF soldier with the Yiftah Brigade’s 8108th Battalion was seriously wounded earlier today during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip, the military says. According to an initial IDF probe, the soldier was hit by anti-tank fire. He was taken to a hospital in Israel for treatment.
[IsraelTimes] Iran working to recruit Israeli citizens online, security agency says, noting recent arrest of Ashkelon man tasked with killing top official; public urged to stay vigilant
The Shin Bet security agency warned in a statement Monday that Iran has increasingly been attempting to carry out assassinations in Israel, and that some were foiled in very advanced stages, with details not yet made public.
“In recent weeks, the Shin Bet has detected a significant rise in Iran’s efforts to advance assassinations against targets in Israel,” the agency said, adding that Iran has been attempting to recruit Israeli civilians to harm senior officials in the country.
The agency noted the recent arrest of Moti Maman, a 73-year-old Israeli man from the coastal city of Ashkelon, who was smuggled into Iran twice and was tasked with helping to assassinate the prime minister, defense minister, or the head of the Shin Bet.
The agency said Iran has also attempted to recruit Israelis online. The Iranian operatives locate Israeli targets on social media, including channels relating to cryptocurrency, finance, and job searching, the Shin Bet said. The Iranian operatives offer individuals a high salary to carry out various tasks, including “placing money or phones in various areas in Israel, distributing flyers, painting graffiti, and even setting fire to cars and physically harming people,” according to the Shin Bet.
The Shin Bet in recent months has announced a series of alleged Iranian plots, in which Iran tried to trick Israelis online into carrying out missions for Tehran, including a scheme uncovered in January in which Israelis were allegedly recruited to gather intelligence on high-profile figures.
It was also announced earlier this month that Hezbollah, the Iranian terror proxy in Lebanon, had sought to assassinate former defense minister and IDF chief of staff Moshe Ya’alon in a bomb attack in Tel Aviv’s Yarkon Park last September that did not cause any injuries.
The announcement of that Hezbollah plot came shortly before the terror group came under waves of attack, as operatives’ pagers and other communications devices exploded, in an assault widely blamed on Israel. This was followed by weeks of intensive strikes that largely wiped out Hezbollah’s leadership, including chief Hassan Nasrallah in a massive airstrike Friday in a suburb of Beirut.
The Shin Bet said Monday that it “asks the public to pay increased attention and take extra caution in any case where suspicion arises… especially when the sums involved are large and are not suited to the nature of the requested tasks, or… if the requested tasks are unusual.” It asked to report any such suspicious activity to authorities.
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Israeli officials frustrated by leaked IDF ground operation plans against Hezbollah leaked to the media by Biden himself and by Biden Admin officials.
[Rudaw] At least two civilians were killed and three injured on Monday in artillery strikes carried out by the Syrian army on the northwestern Idlib province, the last remaining rebel bastion in the area, a war monitor reported.
“Two civilians were killed and three others were injured as a result of artillery shelling by regime forces targeting homes in the city of Sarmin, east of Idlib city,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based war monitor.
Half of Idlib province, as well as parts of Aleppo, Hama, and Latakia provinces, are the last rebel-held bastions in the country after President Bashar al-Assad seized back swathes of territory over the course of the brutal Syrian civil war, which erupted in 2011.
Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, is the prominent force among dozens of different rebel factions operating in the rebel-held northwest. It controls large swathes of Idlib and parts of Aleppo, Hama, and Latakia provinces.
It has been internationally recognized as a terrorist organization.
A ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey has been in place in northwest Syria since March 2020, but the area has witnessed a recent flare-up in violence.
Over 13 million Syrians have been displaced since the start of the civil war, more than six million of which are refugees who have fled the war-torn country, according to a report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
[IsraelTimes] Incursion aimed at removing terror group’s infrastructure along Blue Line; US official tells ToI: We understand desire for limited op, but are concerned about mission creep
The military launched limited raids into southern Lebanon late on Monday night against Hezbollah forces and infrastructure positioned along Israel’s northern border, hours after the security cabinet was said to have approved plans for the newest phase of the war against the Lebanese terror group, in a move that the US appeared to express its support for.
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, the IDF said that a “targeted and limited” incursion had begun several hours earlier, and was focused on Hezbollah targets and infrastructure in a number of Lebanese villages along the border that posed an immediate threat to Israeli towns on the other side of the Blue Line.
Ground troops operating inside southern Lebanon were being assisted by air and artillery forces, the military said, adding that the operation was based on plans drawn up by the IDF’s General Staff and Northern Command.
Confirmation that Israeli troops were operating on the Lebanese side of the border came several hours after various conflicting reports emerged on social media and in some Arabic media outlets as to whether some troops had already crossed the border. Lebanese troops had further added to speculation when they pulled back about five kilometers (three miles) from positions along the border late on Monday, apparently opting to stay on the sidelines, as it has historically done in major conflicts with Israel.
Ahead of the IDF’s announcement, an Israeli official told the Times of Israel that their US counterparts had been informed that the goal of the limited operation was to remove Hezbollah positions along Israel’s northern border, thus creating the conditions for a diplomatic agreement under which the terror group’s forces would be pushed back beyond the Litani River, in line with UN Security Council resolution.
In an apparent attempt to waylay US concerns about the incursion, two Israeli officials told the Axios news site that the operation would be limited in both time and scope and was not intended to occupy southern Lebanon. While the US had voiced concern earlier on Monday that even a limited incursion could spread further and turn into something else once it was already underway, the Biden administration appeared to express its support for the raids by way of a call between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
“We agreed on the necessity of dismantling attack infrastructure along the border to ensure that Lebanese Hezbollah cannot conduct October 7-style attacks on Israel’s northern communities,” Austin said in the Pentagon’s readout of the call. During the call, the pair discussed Israel’s latest military operations, and Austin “made it clear that the United States supports Israel’s right to defend itself.”
While he seemed to voice support for the IDF operation, Austin nevertheless stressed that the incursion was not an end in of itself.
“I reaffirmed that a diplomatic resolution is required to ensure that civilians can return safely to their homes on both sides of the border,” he said in the readout.
The US defense official also “made clear that the United States is well-postured to defend US personnel, partners, and allies in the face of threats from Iran and Iran-backed terrorist organizations and determined to prevent any actor from exploiting tensions or expanding the conflict,” the readout continued. It added that Austin “reiterated the serious consequences for Iran in the event Iran chooses to launch a direct military attack against Israel.”
Echoing this line of thinking, another US official pointed to how Israel framed its 1982 invasion into Lebanon as a “limited” incursion, and how it had turned into an 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon.
The start of the IDF’s ground offensive came some two weeks into intensified fighting with Hezbollah, and after Operation Northern Arrows was launched earlier in September to meet the recently declared war goal of bringing residents of Israel’s north back to their homes following their evacuation last October under heavy rocket fire from the Lebanese terror group.
Earlier in September, thousands of Hezbollah’s communication devices exploded, reportedly taking some 1,500 fighters out of action, in an attack widely blamed on Israel.
Israel then engaged in days of targeted attacks, wiping out most of Hezbollah’s leadership in repeated strikes, culminating in the IDF killing longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Friday, when fighter jets dropped massive bunker-buster bombs on the group’s underground headquarters, located beneath residential buildings in a suburb of Beirut.
In its statement on Tuesday morning, the military stressed that it was “continuing to operate to achieve the goals of the war and is doing everything necessary to defend the citizens of Israel and return the citizens of northern Israel to their homes.”
Throughout the period of intensified fighting, the IDF had warned that it could conduct a limited ground offensive into Lebanon, leading the country’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to make an apparent last-ditch effort on Monday to stave off the possibility by declaring that the Lebanese government was ready to fully implement a 2006 UN Security Council resolution that had aimed to end Hezbollah’s armed presence south of the Litani River. He did not, however, say that he had reached an agreement with Hezbollah on the matter, and it was not clear how he proposed to implement UN Resolution 1701 — which declares that Hezbollah is barred from maintaining a military presence south of the Litani — without use of force against the terror group that effectively controls southern Lebanon.
In the hours leading up to the limited raids, several European countries began pulling their diplomats and citizens out of Lebanon. Germany sent a military plane to evacuate diplomats’ relatives and others, while Bulgaria sent a government jet to get the first group of its citizens out.
The UK said that it had chartered a commercial flight for its nationals who wished to evacuate Lebanon, expected to depart from Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport on Wednesday, with further flights dependant on demand. Canada said that it had reserved 800 seats on commercial flights for citizens who wished to evacuate. About 45,000 Canadians are currently in Lebanon, and the next flight was scheduled to depart on Tuesday.
At the same time as the IDF announced it had begun operating inside Lebanon, Syrian state media reported that the country’s air defenses had intercepted “hostile targets” over the vicinity of Damascus, following an explosion that was heard in the capital. The state television channel later said that one of its anchors had been killed in what it said was three rounds of allegedly Israeli strikes in the area of the capital. Identifying the anchor as Sadaa Ahmad, the channel said he was “martyred in the Israeli aggression on the capital Damascus.” Citing a military source, the state media outlet said two others had also been killed, and nine people were wounded. There was no immediate comment from the IDF, which rarely comments on reports of airstrikes inside Syria.
Sirens warning of incoming Hezbollah rocket fire continued to blare periodically across northern Israel on Monday night and into the early hours of Tuesday, as did reports of Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon and in Beirut. Three rockets were launched from Lebanon toward the Israeli town of Shtula shortly before midnight, setting off sirens in the border community. The rockets all landed in open areas, and the attack was claimed by Hezbollah. Sirens were also triggered in the Upper Galilee town of Misgav Am and the surrounding area shortly after, although there were again no reports of damage or injuries. The IDF later said that ten rockets had been fired from Lebanon, some of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system while others had landed in open areas.
The Israeli Air Force, meanwhile, intercepted an unmanned aircraft over the Mediterranean Sea, dozens of kilometers west of Israel’s central coast.
Shortly before midnight, the IDF warned civilians to flee three sites in Beirut’s southern suburb, a Hezbollah stronghold known as Dahiyeh, before it commenced strikes in the area, and Lebanese media outlets reported that large explosions could be heard across Beirut. Speaking to AFP on the condition of anonymity, a Lebanese security official said that Israel had conducted at least “six or seven strikes” in the southern Beirut suburbs. It was not immediately clear what the targets were, or what damage had been caused.
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In a more general update, the Lebanese health ministry said that over the past 24 hours, at least 95 people had been killed and 172 wounded in Israeli strikes on the country’s southern regions, the eastern Bekaa Valley and Beirut.
In southern Lebanon, Lebanese media and a Palestinian source said that Israel had launched a strike on a building in the Ain El-Hilweh Palestinian camp near Sidon. It marked the first strike on the overcrowded camp, the largest of Lebanon’s several Palestinian camps since cross-border hostilities broke out nearly a year ago. The strike had targeted Mounir Maqdah, commander of the Lebanese branch of the Palestinian Fatah movement’s military wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, according to two Palestinian security officials. Maqdah’s fate was not immediately clear.
IDF says chief of Hezbollah’s medium-range rocket unit killed in Saturday strike
[IsraelTimes] The commander of Hezbollah’s medium-range rockets unit was killed in an airstrike on Saturday in the Lebanese capital of Beirut, the military announces. Eid Hassan Nashar was a “veteran commander” in Hezbollah and was a “central source of knowledge in the field of rockets,” the IDF says. He previously served as the head of the surface-to-surface missile unit, and the deputy of the Badr regional unit, according to the military.
Most of Hezbollah’s leadership, including the commander of its rocket and missile division, Ibrahim Qubaisi, have been killed by Israel in recent weeks. Other top commanders in the division have also been killed.
The IDF says it also struck caches of medium-range rockets, which can reach up to 200 kilometers, in recent airstrikes in Lebanon.
Hezbollah’s tunnel network is cumulatively several hundred kilometers long, Tal Beeri, an expert on underground warfare, told The Times of Israel in January.
Hezbollah has also tunneled directly into Israel, but those tactical tunnels were exposed and destroyed by the IDF in the January 2019 Operation Northern Shield, according to Beeri.
Israeli strike near Syria-Lebanon border injures seven pro-Iran militants: Monitor
[Rudaw] At least seven pro-Iran militants were injured in an Israeli strike in the countryside of Damascus, near the Syria-Lebanon border, a war monitor reported on Monday, amid soaring regional tensions against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war.
“Seven elements, most of them non-Syrians, were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a border crossing on the Syrian-Lebanese border in Rif Dimashq from the Syrian side,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based war monitor.
The strike targeted a border crossing that is experiencing heavy traffic, with tens of thousands of Lebanese citizens making their way to Syria to flee simmering tensions between Israel and Lebanon.
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Why Saudi Arabia remains quiet:
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"The head of Hezbollah has found someone he hates even more than Israelis. If there were any doubt as to just how toxic sectarian politics has become in the Middle East, the latest statement from the leader of the Iran-backed Lebanese Shia holy warrior group Hezbollah should clear things right up.
Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of a group that has been fighting Israel for decades, declared on Tuesday that "Wahhabism is more evil than Israel," Leb’s Al Akhbar newspaper reported.
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Diplomacy works when:
1) Both sides agree to the same thing.
2) Both sides KEEP the agreement.
When either of those fails, the "agreement" is just a bunch of words without meaning, and diplomacy itself is meaningless. When that happens, the only recourse is sufficient might for one side or the other to enforce the "agreement".
With Lebanon, what Israel should do is conquer southern Lebanon, open it ONLY to Christian Lebanese, kick the UN out of the way, and stomp Arab Lebanon every time they rise up to do any damage to either southern Lebanon or Israel. No member of the United Nations (which have only monetary interest in anything in the Middle East) should be allowed into Israel, Gaza, or Lebanon without being in risk of his/her life.
It won't bring peace, but it WILL cut down the number of murders.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced on Monday that the corpse count from the Israeli aggression on the Ain al-Delb area in the city of Sidon in southern Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the 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. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... has risen to 45, with 70 maimed.
The ministry's statement confirmed that the process of removing the rubble of the building continues in search of missing persons.
The Israeli occupation committed a massacre by bombing an entire residential building housing displaced Lebanese in the Ain al-Delb area on Sunday.
Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Bugs Moroni was holding Slats from behind while his brother Greasy Thumb was pounding his face into paste... the Lebanese army reported today that a Lebanese soldier died as a result of his wounds sustained when an Israeli drone targeted a cycle of violence near the Umrah-Wazzani checkpoint of the army.
The Lebanese National News Agency also reported that an artillery shell fell this afternoon near the water tank of the village of Sarda in the Marjayoun District, southern Lebanon.
According to the Lebanese media, an Israeli drone launched three raids on the intersection of the towns of Khiam and Wazzani and the outskirts of the Sarda orchards, which resulted in the killing of two people and the injuring of others.
Hours ago, the Islamic Resistance® Movement ''Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... '' mourned its leader in Lebanon, and a member of the movement's leadership abroad, Fatah Sharif ''Abu al-Amin,'' who was killed along with his wife, son, and daughter in an Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... targeted their house in al-Bass camp in southern Lebanon.
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...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the 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. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
