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No (obvious) tats. No metal studs. Nice smile. I like.
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IIRC, she made a donation to San Francisco Medical Center in the late '70s. Got a giggle from the fact that it was for the Pulmonary Function Clinic....
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Confucius hiss, "Miss Russell rack
Eglegious tattoos, blic-a-blac
In her barbarous face,
And genteel Chinese grace...
But have whole Analects in her creavage!"
"And emergency cash in her ear."
Pedicab fare, I guess.
It seem that while we weren’t working, the Afghan Digest went from daily to irregularly weekly reports. Here are a few highlights — go to the link to read the rest.
The Afghan Digest archive can be explored here, for those who don’t want to wait for me to get around to working up another post in a few weeks or months — or you can work up a post yourself, dear Reader, and then we all can enjoy the result. ;-)
SECURITY AND CONFLICT
House to House Searches Kabul – Beginning on Monday, various sources confirmed that the Taliban conducted house-to-house searches in Kabul's PD 4, PD 11, and PD 17. The Taliban stated that they were looking for ISKP members, criminals, and narcotics. Locals reported that the Taliban prevented any filming during the searches. The areas selected suggest the searches may be targeting individuals suspected of sympathizing with resistance fighters.
House to House Searches in Nimroz – This week, the Taliban began conducting house-to-house searches in several provinces, including Nimroz, which has sparked strong reactions from residents. In Khang district, protests erupted after Taliban forces entered a home occupied solely by women and children, leading to the detention of at least 50 protesters, some of whom were reportedly beaten. The Taliban claimed these searches aimed to target drug dealers.
Taliban Fire on Protestors in Ghor – On Saturday, in Feroz Koh, Ghor province, at least six people were injured when Taliban forces opened fire on protesters who were opposing body searches conducted on local women. Demonstrators had gathered to demand an end to these invasive searches, highlighting mounting public anger over the Taliban’s treatment of women. Witnesses described a tense atmosphere as the Taliban used firearms to disperse the crowd, underscoring the growing unrest with their restrictive policies and prompting similar protests across Afghanistan.
IS Attack in Ghor – On October 20, Taliban forces clashed with ISIS fighters in the Nurkoh area of Ghor province. The fighting, which lasted several hours, involved both light and heavy weaponry. The Taliban later claimed they attacked an ISIS hideout, killing two members, although they did not disclose any of their own casualties. Photos circulated online of Engineer Saifullah, a Taliban fighter killed in the clash. Taliban officials allege that ISIS in Ghor operates from Balochistan, Pakistan, where it recruits and trains fighters. ISIS activity has increased in central and western Afghanistan, complicating Taliban efforts to maintain security and targeting civilians in areas beyond Taliban control.
Explosion in Pamir Cinema Market – On Wednesday, an explosion occurred around 2:00 p.m. local time in the Pamir Cinema area of Kabul, targeting the crowded Lailami Market, known for selling second-hand clothes. The blast killed one child and injured 11 people, including a three-year-old girl, a four-year-old boy, a sixteen-year-old boy, two women, and six men, one of whom is in critical condition. The attack struck one of Kabul's most densely populated and impoverished neighborhoods. No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
Further Bans on Women's Voices – Taliban minister Khalid Hanafi recently declared it forbidden for adult women in Afghanistan to let their voices be heard by other adult women, specifically prohibiting them from reciting the Quran or performing the Takbir aloud. This new directive, which is part of broader restrictions on women’s rights, mandates full-body covering, including the face. Hanafi’s comments have sparked significant backlash from Afghan women, who are advocating for their rights against what many see as increasingly oppressive Taliban policies. It remains unclear how this extreme directive will be enforced or if it is an official policy.
Political Analyst Detained – On October 19, Jawed Momand, a university professor and political analyst, was detained by Taliban intelligence agents in Kabul's Karte Naw district. The Taliban have not provided any statement regarding his detention.
Women Prevented from Riding Buses Without Masks – The Taliban’s vice and virtue police in Kabul have barred women and girls from boarding city buses if they are not wearing masks, according to multiple local sources.
Retirees Protest unpaid Pensions – On Saturday, retirees in Kabul protested three years of unpaid pensions, blocking the street leading to the Ministry of Finance. The Taliban dissolved the pension system and cut retiree salaries, exacerbating economic hardships for many. During the protest, one retiree was arrested, underscoring the widespread discontent amid ongoing financial struggles.
Floggings – On Monday, a man and a woman were flogged in Logar province, with similar punishments meted out in Bamiyan the same day. On Wednesday, 17 people were flogged in Khost, followed by the flogging of one man in Kabul on Thursday and one individual in Faryab on Sunday.
INTERNAL POLITICS
Acting Minister Of Education Statement on Jihadi Madrassas – The Taliban's acting minister for higher education, Neda Mohammad Nadim, emphasized the role of jihadi madrasas in maintaining the jihadist mindset in Afghanistan. In the past 40 days, 16 new madrasas have been established across 10 provinces at a cost of 54 million Afghanis. Afghanistan now has 21,000 madrasas, surpassing the 18,000 schools in the country. Critics, including Afghan citizens and international observers, express concerns that this increase could promote extremism and radicalization, further destabilizing the nation.
Dissent on Banning Living Images – TTaliban officials in Kabul, including Acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, Acting Defense Minister Yaqoob Mujahid, and three Acting Deputy Prime Ministers, oppose Mullah Hibatullah’s ban on broadcasting images of living beings. They argue that the law undermines the Taliban's interests, particularly in media and diplomacy. The Haqqani network, which manages propaganda centers, also criticizes the restrictions. Despite Mullah Hibatullah’s orders, enforcement has been inconsistent, with some officials permitting audio recordings and defying full implementation.
Saleh Statement on Doha Process – On Friday, former Vice President Amrullah Saleh claimed that the Doha process, backed by NATO, effectively constituted a coup against Afghanistan’s Republic. He argued that it was a carefully orchestrated effort to sideline Ashraf Ghani and destabilize the government. Saleh asserted that many Afghan political leaders supported anti-republicanism, viewing it as a means of securing personal gain, under the assumption that the U.S. would integrate the Taliban into the government. Instead, he contended, this strategy resulted in national disgrace and authoritarian rule.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
NYT Publishes Interview with Haqqani – On Thursday, the New York Times published an interview with Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban's acting interior minister and a wanted terrorist. In the interview, Haqqani portrays himself as a dissident within the Taliban and attempts to present himself as a diplomat. He has a $10 million bounty on his head from the U.S. for orchestrating terrorist attacks against international forces, Afghan officials, and civilians.
CSTO Approves Plan to Strengthen Afghan-Tajik Border – On Saturday, Imangali Tasmagambetov, secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), announced plans to enhance Tajikistan's border security with Afghanistan at an upcoming CSTO meeting in Astana. The draft plan has been reviewed and agreed upon by CSTO member states. The organization has expressed ongoing concerns about the potential spread of extremism from Afghanistan to Central Asia over the past three years. Representatives from over 40 countries recently warned that rising extremism and radical teachings could lead to catastrophic consequences.
OCHA report on Projects in Afghanistan – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that in September 2024, 83 humanitarian projects were temporarily suspended due to 173 incidents, 98% of which were attributed to Taliban interference. This marks a 66% increase from last year. The incidents involved disruptions to operations, violence against staff, and movement restrictions. The Taliban also imposed illegal taxes, seized aid, delayed document processing, and enforced strict regulations on female staff, threatening the safety of humanitarian workers.
Afghan Consulate in Germany to Close – On Thursday, Germany requested that Afghanistan’s ambassador in Berlin and its consul in Bonn step down, refusing to accept Taliban-appointed representatives. However, technical staff will continue to provide consular services at the embassy and consulate, according to a diplomatic source. The German government maintains its position against recognizing Taliban officials.
BRICS Statement on Afghanistan – At the Kazan summit on Thursday, BRICS leaders, including those from China and Russia, urged the Taliban to lift the ban on girls' and women's education. They emphasized the need to respect the fundamental rights of Afghan citizens, including women and ethnic groups, and called for immediate humanitarian aid. The leaders also stressed the importance of taking action against terrorism in Afghanistan and highlighted the role of regional platforms in addressing the country’s challenges. BRICS reaffirmed its support for a peaceful, independent Afghanistan.
Afghan Representative Speaks at UN – On Wednesday, Nasir Ahmad Faiq, Afghanistan's acting representative to the UN, urged the international community to take decisive action regarding Afghanistan’s crisis. Speaking to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, he emphasized the Taliban’s oppressive policies, particularly gender apartheid, and called for its criminalization under international law. Faiq highlighted the Taliban’s focus on extremism in education and the erosion of fundamental rights, especially for women and girls.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
Ban on Living Images and TV Station Shutdowns – Television stations in Badghis province have ceased operations following a Taliban directive banning live images, according to the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC). Both state-run and private TV stations are now limited to written and audio content. The ban, enforced under the "Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice" law, extends to other provinces, posing a significant threat to press freedom. On Thursday, sources reported that the Taliban have expanded the ban on broadcasting images of living beings to at least 10 provinces, including Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan, Kunar, Khost, Takhar, Badghis, Panjshir, and Laghman.
400 Books Banned in Kabul – The Taliban have banned 400 books in libraries across Kabul, mandating their removal if they conflict with Taliban principles, according to local librarians. The ban targets works related to Shia Islam, democracy, political freedoms, civil rights, art, and prominent figures such as Ahmad Shah Massoud. Librarians report that the Taliban have already begun collecting these titles and promoting works deemed acceptable by the regime. Booksellers fear financial losses and potential crackdowns as enforcement is expected to intensify starting in November.
MISCELLANEOUS
Report on Afghan Migration – Between July and September 2024, 786,769 Afghan citizens left Afghanistan while 973,696 returned, according to the IOM. The report, Mobility Dynamics at Afghanistan’s Borders, highlights migration driven by economic opportunities, healthcare access, family visits, and safety concerns. Nearly six million Afghans now reside in Iran and Pakistan, with 3.75 million in Iran and 2.05 million in Pakistan, making Afghans the world’s largest refugee population, surpassing Syrians. The full report can be accessed here
Lack of Electricity at Mes Aynak – Afghanistan’s Aynak copper mine faces setbacks due to unreliable electricity, according to the Chinese company Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC). During a recent meeting, MCC emphasized that insufficient power could hinder progress on the project, despite a $2.5 billion investment agreement. Persistent delays, mainly due to security concerns, have stalled significant work on the mine, which holds one of the world’s largest untapped copper reserves.
[JPost] US defense officials told Saudi news site Al Arabiya that the strikes had targeted Houthi weapons facilities holding advanced conventional weapons.
The United States and Britain launched raids on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, the Amran governorate, and other areas, Al Masirah TV, the main television news outlet run by the Houthi movement, reported on Sunday.
US defense officials told Saudi news site Al Arabiya that the strikes had targeted Houthi weapons facilities holding advanced conventional weapons. The weapons had been used to target ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Houthi media and residents said about nine raids had targeted Sanaa, its suburbs, and the Amran governorate.
"Eyewitnesses said they heard intense flying, along with explosions in different parts of the capital Sanaa," Houthi-run media Al Masirah said.
Iran-aligned Houthi terrorists have launched attacks on international shipping near Yemen since November last year in solidarity with the Palestinians in Israel's war with Hamas.
The attacks have drawn US and British retaliatory strikes and disrupted global trade as ship owners reroute vessels away from the Red Sea and Suez Canal to sail the longer route around the southern tip of Africa.
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[KavkazUzel] A court in Maykop has extended the detention of a native of Tajikistan, who is accused of preparing a terrorist attack on a church, by two months.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported , on July 12, a court in Maykop arrested a native of Tajikistan, Idris Idibekov, in connection with the case of preparing an attack on a church.
A native of one of the Central Asian countries was preparing an attack on an Orthodox church in Maykop and the murder of clergy and security guards. An incendiary mixture and a flag of a terrorist organization were confiscated from the detainee, the FSB reported. In a video recording published by the agency, during interrogation, he said that after watching videos of supporters of the "Islamic State", he planned to stab a guard and set the building on fire.
What a lovely example of humanity, to be sure.
A court in Maykop arrested a native of Tajikistan, Idris Idibekov, for two months. According to the investigation, he had an accomplice from among local residents.
The Maykop City Court extended the detention of a native of Tajikistan, who is also a Russian citizen, who, according to investigators, planned to attack and set fire to the Holy Dormition Cathedral and kill clergy and security guards, RIA Novosti reported on November 8.
Previously, the man was arrested until September 10, then his arrest was extended until November 11. This time, the period of detention has been extended by two months, until January 11, 2025, writes Gazeta.ru.
[IsraelTimes] Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar welcomes a decision by Berlin’s Regional Court this week to convict an Iranian national and graphic designer for incitement for writing “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” on her Instagram.
Following the October 7 massacre by the Hamas terror group, the 42-year-old woman expressed identification with Hamas along with the slogan on her social media account, media reports say.
The court said she had made use of terror and unconstitutional symbols. She was fined 1,300 euros and her phone was confiscated, the reports say.
Sa’ar writes on X that “the new antisemitism based on denying the right of the Jewish state to exist must be uprooted.”
Unless Germany plans to punish every person who posts something like that, I don’t see how it will have an impact.
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The only thing more detestable than anti Semitism is censoring people who have detestable beliefs.
If the Germans can silence her, they can and will silence anyone that the government finds objectionable. We came very close here in the US and if Harris had won we'd see more people thrown in prison for exercising their First Amendment rights.
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^ Agreed. Bad precedent. Mock and cancel her, publicly, but keep the State out of it.
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The "precedent rule" doesn't apply here - if only because her kind (Nazis, leftists, Muslims etc...) don't need precedents, just power. The "golden rule" is what applies here.
Meet the 11 anti-Israel agitators arrested after occupying a University of Minnesota building
[CampusReform] 11 anti-Israel protesters were arrested on Oct. 21 after they occupied a campus building at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. The protest was led by Students for a Democratic Society, with Students for Justice in Palestine also involved in the protest. According to Alpha News, a safety alert was issued after protesters entered Morrill Hall and began damaging property.
“He is a traitor to America. He is a traitor to the Jewish people. Shame on him! This is what the Democratic Party has become.”
According to the report, Columbia trustees ridiculed the committee for reviewing their oversight of the violence and prejudice on campus and texted about how they hoped Democrats would take control of Congress after Shafik’s discussion with Schumer. University leadership then felt emboldened to avoid any kind of meeting with Republicans after Schumer and his staff indicated that a forum with the political party wasn’t necessary, the report states.
As the new school year started last month, Columbia was slammed by more anti-Israel protesters, who defaced an Alma Mater statue on college grounds with red paint.
The Republican-led House Education panel also found that Ivy League university leaders made “an intentional decision” to cut language condemning Hamas’ massacre of more than 1,200 civilians as “violence” and references to their Israeli hostages from any official statements following the brutal attack.
“We denounce this act of terror,” reads an earlier draft of the statement that was jettisoned, according to the report. The report also found several schools withheld support from Jewish students.
It’s cynically done by people who do not live Jewishly. Sukkot has always been celebrated at home, in private Jewish spaces like synagogue and community center grounds. During the Temple period Jews went up to Jerusalem to offer the mandated sacrifices, but that ended nearly two millennia ago.
Jews Against Zionism NYU has also expressed vocal support for Within Our Lifetime, a radical pro-Palestinian group that advocates Israel’s destruction and whose protest targets — including Brooklyn’s “OY/YO” sculpture and an exhibit commemorating the victims of the Nova festival massacre — have led mainstream Jewish groups and a range of politicians across the political spectrum to charge it with antisemitism.
There were other signs of intra-Jewish unrest on campuses, including Harvard Hillel’s suspension of its chapter of the liberal pro-Israel group J Street U after the latter group initiated a Yom Kippur-themed flyer protest campaign.
The sukkahs were met with a range of reactions, mostly in opposition, from universities on edge about stoking further campus tensions around Israel. In many cases, the sukkahs were classified as unauthorized structures and removed by university administrators, who cited new public protest rules solidified in the aftermath of this spring’s pro-Palestinian encampment movement.
Such responses at times turned aggressive: Rutgers University, for example, brought a bulldozer to the site of its students’ anti-Zionist sukkah.
Betar US, a right-wing pro-Israel group that traces its roots to pre-state Zionist activist Zeev Jabotinsky, told the student paper they “happily and proudly” disrupted the sukkah. On Instagram, Betar referred to it and similar Gaza solidarity sukkahs as a “Jihaddi [sic] Sukkah” and referred to its participants as “thugs” and “terrorists.”
As we read during the Passover Seder, answering the question what makes the night when we celebrate the exodus of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt different from all other nights of the year:
The wicked son says: "What is this service to you?" Since he excluded himself from the whole you should exclude him from the whole. Say to him, "'because of what God did for me'—me and not you, if you had been there, you would not have been redeemed."
Across the country, around two dozen anti-Zionist Jewish groups, most aligned with Jewish Voice for Peace, constructed theirown Gaza solidarity sukkahs in a similar spirit to the Passover seders and Shabbat services they held in encampments this spring.
All offensive public performances of rituals they do not live.
[EuroNews] A day with a "y" in Pakistain
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in troubled Baluchistan province on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, officials said.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in troubled southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff, and wounding about 62 others, some critically, officials said.
The attack happened when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to the garrison city of Rawalpindi from Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, according to Hamza Shafqaat, a senior government administrator.
When asked about a security breach that led to the bombing, Shafqaat told reporters that "it is usually very difficult to stop such suicide attacks."
However, Shahid Nawaz, who is in charge of security at Quetta’s train station, insisted there was no breach as the attacker was disguised as a passenger and blew himself up among people at the station.
TV footage showed the steel structure of the platform’s roof blown apart and a destroyed tea stall. Luggage was strewn everywhere. Most of the victims were taken to a state-owned hospital and some to a military one.
Wasim Baig, a spokesman for the health department and police said over a dozen soldiers and six railway employees were among the dead at the station, where a walk-through gate has been installed to check whether anyone is carrying explosives. Still, there are multiple other entrances to the station without such security.
A separatist group, the Baluchistan Liberation Army, claimed the attack in a statement, saying a suicide bomber targeted troops present at the railway station. The outlawed BLA has long waged an insurgency seeking independence from Islamabad.
A senior superintendent of police operations, Muhammad Baloch, said separatists frequently attacked soft targets.
"When their people are arrested, they also attack in retaliation. We all have to fight this war. We are resilient. Our teams are here and trying to save as many lives as we can."
Police said some of the critically wounded passengers had died in the hospital, raising the death toll.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif denounced the bombing in a statement, saying those who orchestrated the attack "will pay a very heavy price for it," adding that security forces were determined to eliminate "the menace of terrorism."
Saturday's assault came a little over a week after a powerful bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded near a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in the province, killing nine people, including five children who were nearby.
In August, the BLA carried out multiple coordinated attacks on passengers buses, police and security forces across Baluchistan, killing more than 50 people, mostly civilians.
Oil- and mineral-rich Baluchistan is Pakistan’s largest but also least populated province. It is a hub for the country’s ethnic Baloch minority whose members say they face discrimination and exploitation by the central government. Along with separatist groups, Islamic militants also operate in the province.
The BLA mostly targets security forces and foreigners, especially Chinese nationals who are in Pakistan as part of Beijing’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative, which is working on major infrastructure projects. The group often demands the halt of all Chinese-funded projects and for workers to leave Pakistan to avoid further attacks.
Last month, the BLA claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that targeted a convoy with Chinese nationals outside Karachi airport, killing two. Beijing has asked Pakistan to ensure the safety of its citizens working in Baluchistan and other parts of the country.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it has expanded its ongoing ground operation in the northern Gaza Strip to the town of Beit Lahiya.
The Kfir Brigade began operations in Beit Lahiya in the past day, after the IDF says it had prior intelligence, and evidence on the ground, of Hamas members operating there.
Some 3,000 Palestinians are estimated to be residing in Beit Lahiya. The IDF says it is enabling the civilian population to safely evacuate the town as the troops operate against Hamas.
One soldier with the Kfir Brigade’s Nahshon Battalion was seriously wounded during the fighting yesterday.
Meanwhile, in northern Gaza’s Jabalia, the military says some 50 terror operatives were killed in the past day.
[IsraelTimes] Police say border cops shot a suspect who attempted to carry out a ramming attack in a West Bank town outside of Jerusalem.
According to police, the suspect accelerated his vehicle toward officers in Anata, who opened fire and “neutralized” him after he ignored their calls to stop.
No police were injured. There is no immediate word on the suspect’s condition.
[IsraelTimes] Authorities in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip say Israel struck a school-turned-shelter run by the United Nations in Gaza City, killing 14 people and wounding dozens of others.
The Israeli military does not immediately respond to a request for comment on the attack that hit a UNRWA facility in the Shati refugee camp, just west of Gaza City along the Mediterranean coast.
In recent months, Israel has conducted dozens of airstrikes on schools across the embattled enclave, structures where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by fighting have sought refuge. Israel says Hamas fighters use schools and other protected humanitarian sites as cover, turning Palestinian civilians and aid workers into human shields.
Shortly after the strike, the Israeli army ordered the evacuation of Shati camp among other neighborhoods west of Gaza City, spreading panic among Palestinians who in recent days had sought refuge in those areas from Israel’s renewed offensive against Hamas further north.
Meanwhile, the army says it will allow 300 truckloads of humanitarian aid supplied by the United Arab Emirates to enter the Strip in the coming days.
That’s less than the 350 trucks per day that the United States has said it wants to see enter the war-ravaged territory.
COGAT, the military body in charge of civilian affairs in Gaza, says the aid was brought in by sea and unloaded at the Israeli port of Ashdod, just north of Gaza. It says the shipment, which includes food, water, medical equipment, shelter and hygiene supplies, will be inspected before being trucked into Gaza, though it does not specify a date.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says troops demolished two large tunnel systems and killed several Hamas operatives, including two who participated in the October 7 onslaught, during a recent operation in the southern Gaza Strip.
The operation was carried out by the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade, along with the Desert Reconnaissance Unit, commonly known as the Bedouin Reconnaissance Unit.
According to the IDF, the operation began with airstrikes on Hamas anti-tank missile positions, booby-trapped buildings, and observation posts in southern Gaza.
The military says combat engineers, along with members of the Shin Bet, uncovered two Hamas tunnels in the area, which the IDF describes as attack tunnels. Together, the tunnels were over two kilometers in length. They did not cross into Israeli territory.
The tunnels featured around 10 exit shafts, some of which were booby-trapped with explosives, the IDF says. The soldiers also found weapons inside the tunnels.
During the operation, the troops exchanged fire with several gunmen who emerged from the tunnel system. The IDF says some of the Hamas operatives were killed by the ground forces and others in airstrikes.
According to the IDF, two of the Hamas operatives killed in the operation participated in the October 7 onslaught. They are named as Baha Abu Qarshin, a Hamas Nukhba Force commander, and Muhammad Ibrahim Sateri, a member of Hamas.
[IsraelTimes] Hezbollah fired over 40 rockets at Israel on Saturday, according to the Israel Defense Forces, as the military and Lebanese terror group continued to trade cross-border strikes.
In the afternoon, eight rockets were fired at the center of the Galilee with one impacting the area of Even Menachem, while the rest of the rockets were either intercepted or hit open areas. No injuries were reported as a result of that barrage.
Overnight Saturday, Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah command rooms, weapons manufacturing sites, and other infrastructure in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the IDF said, adding that the sites were located "in the heart of a civilian population."
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[IsraelTimes] No injuries reported in barrages on Israel; Lebanon reports death toll in Friday’s strikes in Tyre rises to seven, including two children
Hezbollah fired over 40 rockets at Israel on Saturday, according to the Israel Defense Forces, as the military and Lebanese terror group continued to trade cross-border strikes.
In the afternoon, eight rockets were fired at the center of the Galilee with one impacting the area of Even Menachem, while the rest of the rockets were either intercepted or hit open areas. No injuries were reported as a result of that barrage.
Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and nearby towns on Saturday afternoon due to fears of a drone attack, but the military later said they were false alarms.
A barrage earlier in the afternoon saw 25 rockets fired at the Galilee and Haifa Bay area, with the IDF saying some were intercepted while the rest landed in open areas. Five rockets were fired at the area on Saturday morning with the same result.
Also in the afternoon, five rockets were launched at the Western Galilee, all of which were either intercepted or fell in open areas.
The IDF also intercepted a drone launched from Iraq overnight. The drone, which the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance® group took responsibility for, was shot down before crossing into Israeli airspace, but it still activated sirens in several towns in the southern Golan Heights.
Another drone launched from 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... was also intercepted overnight in the Western Galilee, causing sirens to go off there as well.
IAF POUNDS LEBANON, SYRIA
Overnight Saturday, Israeli fighter jets struck Hezbollah command rooms, weapons manufacturing sites, and other infrastructure in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the IDF said, adding that the sites were located "in the heart of a civilian population."
The military, which issued evacuation warnings to civilians in the area before the strikes, accused Hezbollah of using the local population as human shields.
In Syria, several soldiers were maimed overnight in what appeared to be an Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... in the Aleppo and Idlib area, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported. There was no comment from the IDF on the strike.
Meanwhile,
...back at the alley, Slats grabbed for his rosco... the corpse count from Israeli air strikes in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Friday rose to seven people including two maiden of tender yearss, Lebanon’s health ministry said.
The ministry also said that 46 people were maimed in the attack, adding that rescuers were still searching for missing people under the rubble and that body parts had been found and will be "identified with DNA testing."
The IDF said it struck several Hezbollah command rooms where operatives had gathered.
ALPINISTS FINISH WEEK-LONG OPERATION
The IDF’s elite reserve Alpinist Unit, under the 810th "Mountains" Regional Brigade, concluded a week-long operation this week on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov and on the outskirts of the town of Shebaa, the IDF said.
The reservists located Hezbollah tunnels, rocket launchers and weapon depots amid the operation in the area, according to the IDF.
Since October 8, Hezbollah-led forces have attacked Israeli communities and military posts along the border on a near-daily basis, with the group saying it is doing so to support 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... amid the war there.
Some 60,000 residents were evacuated from northern towns on the Lebanon border shortly after Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... ’s October 7 onslaught, amid fears Hezbollah would carry out a similar attack and due to increasing rocket and missile fire by the terror group.
The attacks on northern Israel since October 2023 have resulted in the deaths of 41 civilians. In addition, 62 IDF soldiers and reservists have died in cross-border skirmishes and in the ensuing ground operation launched in southern Lebanon in late September. Two soldiers have been killed in a drone attack from Iraq, and there have also been several attacks from Syria, without any injuries.
The IDF estimates that some 3,000 Hezbollah operatives have been killed in the conflict. Around 100 members of other terror groups, along with hundreds of civilians, have also been reported killed in Lebanon. Hezbollah has named 516 members who have been killed by Israel amid the fighting, mostly in Lebanon but some also in Syria. These numbers have not been consistently updated since Israel began a new offensive against Hezbollah in September.
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[Regnum] Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed two militant bases in the Syrian province of Homs. This was reported on November 9 by Captain First Rank Oleg Ignasyuk, Deputy Head of the Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides (CROS) in the Syrian Arab Republic.
“Over the past 24 hours, Russian Aerospace Forces strikes destroyed two militant bases in the area of the Palmyra settlement in Homs province,” he said during a briefing.
According to him, an additional Russian military police post will be deployed in the Golan Heights area as part of monitoring the situation on the line of separation between Israeli and Syrian troops.
Protecting the border from Syrian or other infiltration, or acting as a tripwire to protect everyone from the IDF?
Over the past 24 hours, the Center for Strategic and Inter-Agency Cooperation recorded three attacks on positions of Syrian government troops by terrorist groups in the provinces of Idlib and Aleppo. Three Syrian servicemen were injured as a result of three improvised explosive devices dropped from unmanned aerial vehicles near the settlement of Urum al-Sughra.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on October 28, Ignasyuk reported that a Boeing P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft of the so-called international coalition led by the United States of America came dangerously close to a Su-35 fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces over the waters of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. He noted that the collision was avoided thanks to the timely actions taken by the Russian pilot, who demonstrated high professionalism.
On October 20, the deputy head of the Center for the Prevention of Crusades reported that the Jabhat al-Nusra group is preparing a provocation in Syria with the staging of the use of toxic substances in the area of populated areas in the southern part of the Idlib de-escalation zone in order to accuse Syrian government forces of allegedly carrying out indiscriminate strikes and using toxic substances against the population.
Earlier, Ignasyuk reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces had struck nine militant bases in the Idlib de-escalation zone. As a result of the strikes, a militant training facility and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
