[IsraelTimes] German prosecutors say they have charged a 25-year-old man with plotting a deadly Islamist attack on a Jewish institution.
The German suspect, who was arrested in May and who was not named, was allegedly ready to die and planned to release a video blaming Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s support for Israel for the attack.
Two co-accused, men aged 18 and 25, have been charged with aiding and abetting the murder plot targeting a Jewish institution in either Frankfurt or Heidelberg.
Prosecutors say the main suspect flew to Turkey in April with the intention of crossing to Syria to join Islamist fighters, but then abandoned the plan and returned to Germany. Back home, the man from the Heilbronn area in southwest Germany allegedly exchanged ideas with the 18-year-old, a dual German-Turkish citizen, about what was meant to be a deadly attack.
“The motive was hatred of people of the Jewish faith,” prosecutors in Stuttgart say.
When police moved to arrest the main suspect in May, he allegedly attacked them with knives and was shot in the arm and leg. He was charged in September with attempted manslaughter.
The third suspect, also a 25-year-old German from around Heilbronn, is accused of driving the main suspect to the airport for the Turkey flight and of being aware of his plans.
It’s been a while since we checked out India — it looks like it’s business as usual in Jammu.
[OneIndia] A terrorist hiding in a village in the Akhnoor sector of the Jammu region was killed during a fresh shootout that erupted on Tuesday morning as security forces launched their final assault against faceless myrmidons holed up in the area, officials said.
So far, two forces of Evil have been killed and efforts are on to neutralize their third associate still hiding in the forest area near the Assan temple in Jogwan village, they said.
One of the three forces of Evil who fired at an army ambulance that was part of a convoy moving near the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday morning was killed by the evening in an operation launched by the special forces and NSG commandos. After a night-long lull, the security forces pushed for a final assault against the holed-up forces of Evil around 7 am in the Bhattal Area of Khour, leading to a fresh shootout, officials said.
A couple of deafening explosions followed by intense firing continued for over an hour before the second terrorist was killed, the officials said, adding intermittent exchange of fire was going on with the third trapped ultra.
A four-year-old valiant Army dog, Phantom, died after being hit by a bullet during the operation. In a first, the Army has also pressed its four BMP-II infantry combat vehicles for surveillance and strengthening the cordon around the attack site, while helicopters and drones were also deployed to locate the hiding terrorists.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says that fighter jets struck Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror operatives in the Khan Younis humanitarian zone.
According to an IDF statement, the military used precision munitions and other measures to reduce civilian casualties. The statement also says terror groups are “systematically using” civilians and civilian infrastructure such as the humanitarian zone “to plan and carry out terror.”
The comments were among several expressions of alarm by the Biden administration regarding the humanitarian situation in the northern 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, as a 30-day deadline for Israel to address such issues or risk continued US security assistance nears its halfway mark.
The IDF issued a statement saying it was aware of reports about the Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... and was looking into the matter. The army did not deny being behind the strike but did caution against trusting the unverified death count provided by Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... authorities.
The Beit Lahiya area was given an evacuation order earlier this month, as the IDF launched a new offensive in the northern Gaza city. The military is also operating in nearby Jabalia and Beit Hanoun, as it seeks to quash a resurgence of Hamas activity in those areas.
Miller said Tuesday that over a year since the October 7 atrocities, Israel has succeeded in decimating Hamas’s leadership and military capabilities so that the terror group can no longer carry out another such attack, but doing so "came at great cost to civilians in Gaza."
"It is critically important... that Israel... find a way to end this campaign in a way that brings the hostages home and in a way that ensures their security, and not just continuing endless perpetual conflict," Miller said.
He clarified that the US was not calling for Israel to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza in a manner that would leave a power vacuum, as that would allow Hamas to regain control over the Strip.
Instead, the Biden administration has pushed for the Paleostinian Authority to replace Hamas in the post-war management of Gaza. Nearly half a dozen Arab countries have offered to assist in securing the Strip after the war if Israel agrees to allow the PA to gain a foothold in the enclave.
But the idea has been flatly rejected by Netanyahu, who likens the PA to Hamas, very little progress on so-called "day after" planning for over a year.
Also Tuesday, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield expressed her horror over reports from humanitarian agencies that no food assistance has reached the northern Gaza cities of Jabalia and Beit Lahiya in nearly a month.
"The United States has made clear to Prime Minister Netanyahu that one year into this conflict, Israel must address the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza; that the United States rejects any Israeli efforts to starve Paleostinians in Jabalia, or anywhere else," she said in her remarks to UN Security Council session on the war in Gaza.
The US envoy didn’t go as far as to accuse Israel of intentionally starving Paleostinians, but her decision to raise the issue appeared to underscore the administration was taking the allegations seriously.
"Israel’s words must be matched by action on the ground," Thomas-Greenfield continued. "Right now, that is not happening. This must change immediately."
While recognizing Hamas’s use of civilian infrastructure, Thomas-Greenfield said the US was also demanding that Israel publicly address the "harrowing reports" that the IDF was arresting medical staff at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.
"The US has stated clearly that Israel must allow food, medicine, and other supplies into all of Gaza — especially the north, and especially as winter sets in — and protect the workers distributing it," said the ambassador, appearing to reference an October 13 letter to Israel in which the US warned that continued supply of offensive weapons is at risk if Jerusalem doesn’t take a series of significant steps to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza within 30 days.
The letter noted that the implementation of Knesset legislation banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and severely hampering its work in Gaza and the West Bank risked Israel’s compliance with US law, which bars the transfer of offensive weapons to countries that block the delivery of humanitarian aid.
The two pieces of Knesset legislation were passed on Monday, drawing immediate fury from Washington, which urged Jerusalem to freeze the laws that are set to be implemented in 90 days.
Netanyahu declared that Israel is prepared to work with the international community to ensure that aid can still reach Gazook civilians, but a US official speaking to The Times of Israel on Monday called the offer "disingenuous," saying that Jerusalem should’ve had a plan in place for how to replace the services UNRWA provides before outlawing it.
While Israel has worked to gradually limit UNRWA’s role in the delivery of humanitarian aid, in favor of the World Food Program, UNICEF and other agencies, UNRWA is still heavily involved in the Strip’s humanitarian operation, running shelters, clinics and warehouses.
An IDF official says the target of yesterday’s attack on a five-story building which Gaza health officials said caused scores of deaths was a spotter with binoculars in the building, and that the intent was not to destroy the structure.
The military official agrees to provide details only on condition of anonymity, citing military protocol and the ongoing investigation into the incident.
The official says the building was not known to be a shelter for civilians, and that it collapsed as a result of the strike on the spotter.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry claimed yesterday that at least 70 people were killed in the first of two strikes on the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, asserting that more than half of the victims were women and children. The ministry’s casualty tolls do not differentiate between civilians and terror operatives.
The official says there are discrepancies between the numbers of victims reported by authorities in Gaza and what Israeli intelligence indicates, and that the victims included known terror operatives.
Oh yeah — that.
The official does not provide detailed evidence to support that assertion.
The army has repeatedly said it targets military targets and terror operatives, accusing Hamas of operating among civilians and using them as human shields. It has highlighted numerous steps it takes to mitigate harm to civilians, while acknowledging that errors have occurred.
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[IsraelTimes] Police and the Shin Bet say they recently arrested an Umm al-Fahm
…home of the militant Northern Branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in Israel…
resident on suspicion of planning a terror attack on behalf of ISIS.
According to an investigation, Abed al-Rahman Mahajna pledged allegiance to the terror organization and its leader multiple times in recent months and was involved in the rioting that took place amid unrest across the country in May 2021, during the Gaza operation Guardian of the Walls.
Police found in Mahajna’s possession documents detailing explosives preparation and a will expressing his desire to die as a martyr.
The Haifa District Attorney’s Office filed charges against him today.
“This case joins a series of arrests made against Israeli citizens who planned to carry out terrorist activities in Israel,” a senior Shin Bet source says. “The trend of Israeli citizens being involved in terrorism and espionage is extremely grave, and the defense establishment will act with a firm hand against those involved.”
🔴 ELIMINATED: Deputy Commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces, Mustafa Ahmad Shahdi.
Shahdi advanced numerous terrorist attacks against Israel and oversaw attacks against IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon. He was also previously responsible for the Radwan Forces' operations during… pic.twitter.com/dAErJzAeQX
… He was also previously responsible for the Radwan Forces' operations during combat in Syria in 2012-2017.
Eliminating Shahdi is part of the effort to degrade Hezbollah’s Radwan Forces' capabilities to direct and execute terrorist activities against IDF troops and communities in the northern border, in particular the "Conquer the Galilee" plan.
#1
Given the IDF's success rate of pairing up Hamas Leaders with 72 Virgins. Who will be left to negotiate the release of the remaining Oct 7th hostages?
The IDF has warned residents of Baalbek and nearby areas in northeastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of airstrikes on Hezbollah sites. Col. Avichay Adraee shared a map on X, urging civilians to leave via marked routes, emphasizing the intent to avoid civilian harm. pic.twitter.com/GQ70a5feKC
Residents of Baalbek are rushing out of their homes after the IDF ordered Lebanon’s main eastern city and its outskirts evacuated for the first time in more than a month of war.
The Israeli army urged residents of Baalbek and surrounding villages to leave immediately, warning it is preparing attacks on Hezbollah targets.
The main roads out of the city are jammed with vehicles as civilians flee in panic.
Civil defense vehicles drive around the city urging everyone to leave immediately over loudspeaker.
“The city is almost empty,” the correspondent says about an hour after the evacuation warning.
#1
It's honourable that Israel warns civilians to flee
but won't the Islamists also just flee? then you'll only be bombing the infrastructure?
They have been great at precision targeting the organisational heads with walkie-talkies and so forth I guess that means the bombing is just for the buildings?
#2
My question, too, Anon1. But the IDF have been killing enough Hezbollah senior and midlevel officers that clearly they aren’t escaping despite the warning. Maybe they’re refusing to leave out of pride?
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.COM.LB] Media reports indicated that Israeli occupation forces had withdrawn from the areas they had advanced to in various villages and towns on the southern border with occupied Paleostine, especially Houla, Markaba, Mays al-Jabal, Blida, and Odaisseh. "Honest they did. We seen 'em!"
The Israeli occupation army withdrew its vehicles from the Lebanese areas it had entered as part of its ground offensive that began nearly a month ago.
UNews Press Agency quoted media reports as saying that the Israeli army redeployed its forces inside the Israeli settlements, 5 to 10 km away from the Lebanese border, on Monday, attributing the move to fears that the resistance will target the Israeli forces with concentrated rocket barrages and combat drones, which will inflict heavy losses on them. Uh huh
The Islamic Resistance® drones conducted an aerial scan of the front edge areas in southern Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently 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... , confirming the withdrawal of Israeli forces behind the border. The aerial photos showed the Israeli army closing some of the gaps it had opened in order to infiltrate through them into Lebanese areas.
The Zionist occupation forces failed to impose its control on the Lebanese towns it had invaded because of Hezbollah attacks on its officers, soldiers, tanks and vehicles.
The Islamic Resistance® Operations Room had issued a summary of the latest developments of the confrontation with the Zionist enemy, affirming that 90 Zionist soldiers have been killed and 750 others have been injured in the ground battle.
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#1
What makes Arabs* such a pain in the ass is their inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality.
*And leftists - they're such good friends because of extensive psychological similarities.
#2
As Israel is determined to create secuity for its North, now Israel can go about leveling all settlements south of the Litani River, which was its plan in the first place.
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When a military exits from an area, it is refered to as "leaving". That's not "leaving never to return", it's just "leaving".
(Sometimes the rats have to be coaxed out of their holes before you nail them.)
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I think Almanar may either be just making stuff up or else they are confused by the replacement of all infantry units by combination infantry/armored unit.
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[GEO.TV] Lebanese state media said Tuesday that Israeli tanks have rolled into the outskirts of the village of Khiam, their deepest incursion yet into south Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently 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... in the ground operation launched last month.
The official National News Agency reported the entry of "a large number of tanks belonging to the Israeli occupation army" into the eastern outskirts of Khiam, some six kilometres (nearly four miles) from the border with Israel.
Hezbollah, for its part, said it targeted Israeli troops south and southwest of Khiam on Tuesday with rocket and artillery fire.
Hezbollah claimed to destroy two tanks using guided missiles and to have targeted Israeli troops south and southwest of Khiam with rockets and artillery. Lebanon’s National News Agency says Israeli forces carried out a series of air attacks on Khiam today and launched a large-scale sweep “using heavy and medium weaponry.”
There was no immediate comment from the IDF on any operations in that area.
Earlier today, the IDF said it demolished an underground Hezbollah command center and another bunker where explosives were stored underneath a village in southern Lebanon.
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Video of the surrender, the soldiers speaking in Arabic with Hebrew subtitles, can be seen at both links.
[NYPOST] A Hezbollah commander and his operatives were caught in nothing but their underwear when Israeli troops barged into their underground command center in southern Leb ...an Iranian satrapy until recently 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... earlier this month, officials said.
New footage from the October raid shows Hassan Aqil Jawad, the leader of Hezbollah's forces in Ayta ash Shab, being confronted by armed Israel Defense Force soldiers inside the dark tunnel, the Times of Israel reported.
The surprised terrorist leader, who was only wearing underwear at the time of the raid, can be seen slowly walking down a dark corridor before raising his hands and surrendering to the Jewish soldiers.
Jawad then drops to the ground and proceeds to slowly crawl toward the IDF troops before they take him into custody.
Jawad and several of his other operatives hiding in the compound — who were also detained in their underwear — were brought back to Israel for interrogation.
The commander of Hezbollah’s forces in southern Lebanon’s Ayta ash-Shab was captured by troops of the Golani Brigade some two weeks ago, the IDF announces.
According to the military, Golani troops, with prior intelligence, located a tunnel shaft in a Hezbollah command center in Ayta ash-Shab, where several operatives were holed up.
Among them was the commander of the Hezbollah forces in the village, Hassan Aqil Jawad.
The operatives surrendered to the troops, and they were detained and questioned by field interrogators of the Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504.
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#1
Hassans mother always advised never going to bed in dirty underwear... now he knows why.
Pretty sure getting world wide coverage of surrendering to the IDF in your underwear is a quick way to get taken off the future leadership promotion lists.
Not accusing Israel, for a change. How gracious of them to admit other possibilities.
[IsraelTimes] The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says its Naqoura headquarters were hit by a rocket, setting a vehicle workshop on fire. In a post on X, UNIFIL points a finger at Hezbollah “or an affiliated group” as the likely attacker, as the rocket was fired from the north.
“We remind Hizbullah and all actors of their obligations to ensure the safety and security of UN personnel and property,” says UNIFIL. “Any deliberate attack on them is a grave violation of international humanitarian law and of Resolution 1701.”
UNIFIL has accused the IDF of injuring its forces on several occasions. Israel has called for peacekeepers to withdraw from the battle zones until Israel’s ground campaign against Hezbollah is over.
The peacekeeping force says it has opened an investigation into today’s rocket fire.
No UNIFIL peacekeepers were seriously hurt, but some suffered minor injuries, says UNIFIL. Earlier, Austria said that eight of its troops were lightly wounded in the impact.
Earlier today, a report was received regarding damage caused to UNIFIL’s Headquarters in the area of Naqoura, southern Lebanon. An examination determined that Hezbollah launched a rocket from the Hallousiyyeh El Faouqa area which hit the @UNIFIL_ Headquarters.
… UNIFIL reported a number of casualties resulting from the rocket impact on its headquarters.
The Hezbollah terrorist organization continues to systematically violate international law, endangering both Israeli civilians and international organizations operating in the region.
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..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
...an Iranian satrapy until recently 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...
...an Iranian satrapy until recently 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...
...an Iranian satrapy until recently 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...
