please follow these tweets from last six hours or so. Rapid developments in Lebanon.

This article is free: https://ejmagnier.com/2023/10/09/gazas-new-challenges-the-drone-onslaught-that-awaits-israel/

There’s a lot of fake news, so take care. Such as “Israeli warning to Hezbollah: IDF will destroy Damascus, target Syrian President Assad if Hezbollah joins war; US warships will support Israel in war. Message relayed via France” etc.. fog of war is becoming heavy and I will reduce detailed reports. Even that 1,600-year-old church bombing is now said to be fake!
💠@ejmalrai:
#BreakingNews: #Hezbollah bombed an Israeli military Barracks with precision missiles following the death of 5 of its members by Israeli bombing to their positions in the south of #Lebanon.
29m
#BreakingNews:
#Hezbollah bombed Avivim and Branit Military Barracks, the centre of command and control of the Gallilea brigade.
If #Israel wants to avoid a war, Netanyahu will say that no casualties have been registered.
Hezbollah responded against a military target. If #Israel hits a civilian target, the response will be similar.
Oct 9, 2023 · 6:57 PM UTC

💠@ejmalrai:
We are on day 3. Many things can still happen, and if @Natanyahu doesn’t stop now, many surprises will hit him very hard, and he will end up, sooner or later, negotiating. Whatever happens, this is the end of Netanyahu’s political future, and he will go to jail afterwards.
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Israel is on a state of alert on the borders with #Lebanon because it expects an intervention following the massacre that Israel plans to carry out after being blessed by the most hypocritical Western communities.

This is just the beginning. #Palestine won’t be alone.
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Why #Israel announced 300 Israeli killed? And then 400, 500, 600, 700 within a few hours on the same day?

Two reasons:
They are still incapable of collecting enough information.
They are discovering more bodies and don’t have the full picture yet
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Israeli army, the Gaza brigade, positioned outside Gaza has been attacked, destroyed & officers killed or taken prisoners. The intelligence unit 8000 in the brigade has been paralised. This is why the Israeli don’t have the full picture, the drones are not collecting enough info.
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#Israel ordered the evacuation of all 50 settlements within 40km in the “envelop of Gaza” because there is still fighting with the Palestinian militants in the area. Israel sent a contradictory instructions for the settlers to remain in-house due to the ongoing clashed
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Israel asked for the #US army intelligence and armament support. So far, #Israel bombed #Gaza with 1000 tons of explosives, and we are just at the beginning. The US will provide Israel with enough bombs to destroy Gaza. #Ukraine would have to wait for the moment.
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The Palestinians used to fight with stones and receive Israeli bullets day after day without international support. Today, the Palestinians have precision missiles, & drones & are no longer on defence but take the initiative. #Israel will never taste the flavour of victory ever.”
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#Hezbollah militant Hosam Mohammad Ibrahim was killed this afternoon by an Israeli bombing in the south of #Lebanon. Hezbollah announced the killing officially. Israel knows what that means now. The Israeli northern front commander wanted to flex his muscles to prove he was different from the southern commander on the Gaza front.
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#Hezbollah militant Hosam Mohammad Ibrahim was killed this afternoon by an Israeli bombing in the south of #Lebanon. Hezbollah announced the killing officially. Israel knows what that means now. The Israeli northern front commander wanted to flex his muscles to prove he was different from the southern commander on the Gaza front.

➡️ as others in addition to Magnier note, key Israeli leaders were targetted and neutralized in the first moments, especially the intelligence guys. This informs part of the chaos and success of subsequent phases.

Does any one remember the SMO? Is it still going on? Goodness.
The ground operation into Gaza could begin tonight. They do not have much time, given global uproar. They gathered about 300k troops.

💠@DDGeopolitics:
🇮🇱🇱🇧☠️One Hezbollah member has been killed in Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, Reuters reported. One Hezbollah member was killed in Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon on Monday, two sources close to Hezbollah and a security source in Lebanon said.
🇮🇱🇱🇧 Hezbollah statement:
💬 “In the name of God, with great pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance mourns the martyr Mujahid Hossam Muhammad Ibrahim, “Hussam Aitaroun”, from the southern town of Aitaroun, who rose to heaven as a result of the Zionist aggression against southern Lebanon this afternoon.”
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇱🇧 Lebanese Hezbollah publishes a video with the message: “And now the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark, and it rose above the earth.” (Genesis chapter 7). [this is also play on words – the name of the Palestinian op is “Al Aqsa Flood.” Also may signify they will raise the stakes as they enter the war…]
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🇱🇧 Ambulances departing from Beirut towards the south of Lebanon and Israeli border, video from Sidon.
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🇱🇧 The Minister of Education in Lebanon has decided to suspend classes on Tuesday in both public and private schools located in the southern region due to worsening security conditions.
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BREAKING! Al-Qassam Brigades Spokesman Abu Obaida: “Any targeting of our people in their homes will be met with deep regret, and we will respond with the execution of a hostage, broadcasting it in both audio and visuals.”
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A used condom proclaims a new Axis of Evil, consisting of Iran, Russia and China.

💠@Themediterraneanman:
⚡️🇵🇸 Al Qassam spokesperson Abu Obedia : we will talk to the enemy with the language he knows – violence, and we decided to put an end to the terrorism of the Zionist fascist entity towards our nation. Any targeting of our people without warning, we will respond to by killing a hostage of the enemy’s civilians. [they appear to mean the stopped “knock on the roof” used in past, to give civilians time to evacuate buildings]
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Just watched it live and translated it, sheesh, executing one hostage for every attack without warning – that’s a deep quagmire for Netanyahu.
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⚡️🇵🇸 Several airstrikes are ongoing in Gaza.
I don’t think Israel cares anymore.
Who baited who, I don’t know.

💠@Bellum Acta: 
Israel continues to attack the outskirts of Aita Al-Shaab, south Lebanon.
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Hours ago, Israeli media reported waves of Gunfire and explosions reported on the Lebanon border. According to Lebanese observers, it was an infiltration from the Lebanese side of the border done by Hamas and PIJ fighters present in Lebanon
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A mosque in Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem was hit. This mosque is called Kadyrov’s mosque because it was built by Ramzan Kadyrov in honor of his father in 2014.
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the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius, largest in Gaza and built at 425 AD, the third oldest church on earth, was bombed and destroyed.
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just terrible slaughter of civilians and infrastructure! “most of the buildings hit are civilian houses, with no correlation with fighting nor with underground bunkers. Entire neighborhoods are now being razed of the map and turned into rubble by the IDF raids, indiscriminately, as it was expected to happen.”
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: We have reports of Israel bombing health facilities, residential towers and a mosque in Gaza. This is unacceptable

💠@Slavyangrad:
[Well Pepe wasted time writing a fine article, and we in reading and commentating!]:
🌍 World logistics will suffer another heavy blow, and the importance of Russia as a future major logistics hub is growing exponentially.

🗣️ Saudi Arabia has decided to stop negotiations with Israel.

The “EU-Israel-Saudi Arabia-India” transportation corridor has come to an end.

The role of the railroad connection between Europe and Asia, which our country is now actively expanding, the “North-South” [INSTC] corridor, where India, Iran, Russia and, on a residual principle, the Gulf Monarchies rule, the New Silk Road, part of which also goes through Russia, and the NSR, through which the historic delivery of cargo to Kaliningrad took place on the third day, only grows with every such news.

Four conclusions follow from this:

1. Russia acquires a huge geopolitical weight in the world logistic connection, which is not controlled by the West, than it nullifies British and American military bases, which today control the main routes of world trade and thus hold the world economy hostage. We are becoming a real alternative to the current geopolitical arrangement.

2. Geopolitical pressure on us will increase, as we are becoming too important and practically non-alternative country for most of the world producers, who are tired of Anglo-Saxon dictate.

3. Even more cargo will go through us, on which our country will earn huge money and increase its geopolitical power.

4. There will be too many interested parties from major world powers that have a vested interest in Russia’s security. Consequently, our anti-Western camp will only grow stronger every year. Big trade (and big money) loves the safe movement of goods.

💠MKB: “India’s stance on Gaza is unsustainable,” and unprecedented since Gandhi opposed the creation of Israel on Palestinian homelands. The Modi admin continues to lose allies on all sides.

An Open Genocide is in motion in Gaza! Such horrifying scenes condemn all with power who sit by. This now looks like it will really expand.

💠DEVELOPMENTS:

🔸️ @Slavyangrad:
❗️ Israel will be forced to send ground troops into Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu said in a conversation with Joe Biden. Apparently, there will be an IDF ground operation and a big war in Gaza. Interestingly, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken previously deleted his tweet in which he called for a ceasefire.

🔸️ @Themediterraneanman: 
⚡️🇵🇸 The Israeli Air Force is monitoring and striking several groups of militants that have entered the country through the Lebanon border. There is also rocket fire directed towards Jerusalem that was launched from the West Bank, and American B-52 bombers have arrived in Israel for an unknown purpose, most likely as a show of support. The situation is escalating by the hour.

🔸️ @DDGeopolitics:
Hamas aims to achieve the release of all Palestinian prisoners in Israel and a change in the authorities in Israel, which the movement considers “fascist.” Earlier, Hamas’ hostage-taking among civilians received great attention. The movement admits that it captured “a large number of Israelis” but calls it “captivity.”
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Iran’s Foreign Ministry has promised a response to any actions against the country in connection with the escalation in Palestine

The ministry commented on the threats related to the alleged support of the Palestinian movement Hamas in the attack on Israel. Iran will respond to any actions against the Islamic Republic in connection with the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This was stated by the official representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanani Chafi.

“Anyone who threatens Iran should know that any stupid actions against Iran will be met with a destructive response,” the diplomat said, commenting on threats against Tehran related to Iran’s alleged support of the Palestinian Hamas movement in an attack on Israel. “Raising questions about Iran’s role is aimed at distracting public attention and justifying its possible actions,” he added.

Answering a question from journalists about whether Iran is seeking a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, Kanani Chafi said that “it is the Palestinian people who make the decision about the current situation.” “We do not make decisions for any party in the region, including the Palestinians,” he stressed. The representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry clarified that Tehran’s efforts are aimed at ensuring that Islamic countries support the Palestinian people.
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The situation in Israel is developing along the path of escalation, there is a risk of involving third countries -Dmitry Peskov
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The EU convenes an emergency meeting of Foreign Ministers on Israel on October 10, It will be held on October 10 in Oman… where Borrel will be on a visit, some of the ministers “will connect via videoconference.”
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Watch this video. Exhibit A of fascism at work.
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Israel-Palestine Conflict As of 13:00 on October 9, 2023 – @Rybar SitRep

In the Gaza Strip, clashes between remaining Palestinian fighters on Israeli territory and the Israel Defense Forces continue. The IDF claims to have regained control of all the populated areas surrounding the enclave and is conducting clearance operations.

The Israeli military and political leadership has announced plans to completely dismantle Hamas and is negotiating with opposition groups to form a unified emergency government to legitimize their actions against these factions.

➡️Northern Front:

– In the last few hours, sporadic fighting has occurred in Zikim and Sderot, with paratroopers from the “Tzanchanim” brigade arriving in the area. Sha’ar HaNegev witnessed skirmishes with scattered groups of militants, resulting in at least four Israeli soldiers killed.

– IDF fighters intercepted fighters near Kfar-Aza kibbutz, preventing them from entering the populated area. Battles near the settlement are ongoing.

➡️Eastern Front:

– Clashes are ongoing in the populated areas of Alumim and Nirim. Periodic reports from the IDF confirm the elimination of one or two fighters.

– Small groups of Palestinian fighters on motorcycles are moving between small settlements, attempting to create a sense of a broad presence along the frontlines.

However, the mass presence of Palestinians in Israel’s border cities appears to be gradually diminishing.

➡️Intensive Shelling:

– Since yesterday evening, the Israeli Air Force has been launching massive strikes on targets within the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian side accuses Israelis of indiscriminate attacks and civilian casualties.

– In response, Hamas fired a salvo towards Ashkelon and other cities, including Jerusalem, Rishon LeZion, and Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.

– The interception of rockets by the Israeli Iron Dome system is facing increasing challenges. After the third day of salvos, reports suggest that more rockets are getting through, resulting in casualties. Simultaneously, there are rumors of an impending missile defense system shortage in Israel, prompting a request for anti-aircraft missiles from the United States.

➡️West Bank:

On the West Bank, the situation has somewhat calmed down after extensive protests and clashes during the day. However, Israeli security operations and Palestinian attacks persist.

– A shootout occurred in Dotan and Harmish in the morning, while Nablus witnessed rallies and confrontations, including the use of firearms. In the northern areas near Tulkarm and Nitzanei Oz, protests and clashes continue, although full-scale street battles have not yet erupted.

Given the events of the past day, it is conceivable that Arab youth will once again take to the streets of West Bank cities as night falls.”

[there is the expected beatback, as they lack armor, planes, and numbers. But to what?? To be genocided like fish in a barrel in Gaza? This is a major provocation against all humanity. ~40% of the putative 6M holocausted in WW2 live atm in Gaza and are being treated on same trajectory. Let us see what global players do.]
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➡️ Images from Gaza immediately after a new Israeli strike
➡️”Horrible scenes from Gaza as Israel launches a Massive Air Campaign on the city. Pro-Palestinian analyst say they have never seen such indiscriminate and wides scale airstrikes, at least not at this scale.”  [After failure in 404 and the South China Sea, the Iran suicide Op may be going live. Atrocity on this scale is done to lure in enemies and get them to throw the first punch.]
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Air Raid alarm in Galilee (bordering Lebanon)
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➡️ Germany has halted the disbursement of previously approved funds for humanitarian projects in Palestinian territories in light of the Hamas movement’s attack on Israel. This information was conveyed during a briefing by a representative of the Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of the Federal Republic of Germany.

➡️ Earlier today it was announced that Vienna is also suspending funding for aid to Palestinians in response to Hamas’ actions. This statement was made by Austria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexander Schallenberg, during an interview on the ORF television channel.
[all this is most helpful. They expose thoroughly themselves as partisan and will be treated accordingly in the global commons. As with the SMO, they make their beds.]
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Israeli Ministry of Energy has ordered an immediate cut of water supply to the Gaza Strip
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If anyone is wondering why so little sympathy for Israel in Russia…
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For those into tactics and operations (not my area of interest):

“Hamas fighters broke the pattern. @Rybar Analysis of the events on October 7th, and how Palestinian fighters managed to break through so effectively.

“Kataib Izz ad-Din al-Qassam” group, today published a video of the attack on the Fajjah base south of Gaza City was published. The base is located less than 1 km from the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, and they were approaching it on foot at dawn on October 7th.

The video shows many bodies gathered in one place: judging by the fact that their clothing is not disheveled and there are no signs of dragging, a simple conclusion can be drawn. Israeli soldiers, in the early morning, heard the siren sounds indicating a rocket threat, gathered around the corner of the building, waiting for a rocket attack.

There, Palestinians who entered the base on foot at the same time as the siren and the rocket alarm was going off opened fire on them at close range. If there were sirens installed at the base that started sounding the rocket threat, the sounds of the shooting were simply not heard by the duty shift.

Rybar Opinion: “We are witnessing a rather simple but effective tactic: The fighters exploited the ingrained habits of Israeli soldiers from years of rocket alerts and attacks. And they simply broke the pattern.”
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[Thank you Palestine; you are helping build multipolarity too, at tremendous sacrifice as usual] Amidst Gaza Conflict, Growing Support for Palestinians Across the Middle East – NYT

“The ripples spreading from Gaza underscored what many officials, scholars and citizens in the region have been saying for years: The Palestinian cause is still a deeply felt rallying cry that shapes the contours of the Middle East, and Israel’s position in the region will remain unstable as long as its conflict with the Palestinians continues.

Diplomatic “normalization” agreements between Israel and Arab governments — even with the powerhouse of Saudi Arabia, where American officials have been pushing recently for normalization — will do little to change that, many regional analysts say.”
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Yep. Empire can’t have it both ways. KSA is fleeing the lepers. Saudis need to survive their civilians and maintain an international reputation too. Welcome to Multipolarity fellas. Cancer: got your primary passports up-to-date? Get in the airport queue!
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[It was typical Zionist BS after all. This smells like Ukies working on optical victories any where to bolster morale] Hezbollah fighters denied involvement in the incident on the border with Israel. The representative of the military information service of the Shiite party called the reports about the fighting of fighters of the South Lebanese resistance and the Israeli enemy “complete fiction.” The armed wing of the Shiite Hezbollah party denied any involvement in the shootout on the border, which was reported by the Israeli side. This was stated by a representative of the military information service of the Shiite party to the Elnashra news portal.

“What was reported is a complete fiction, there is no fighting between the fighters of the South Lebanese resistance and the Israeli enemy,” a Hezbollah spokesman said.
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IDF members collaborated with Hamas, sources tell Iran’s Tasnim news agency. Iran’s Tasnim says they’ve been told by sources inside Palestine that a part of the IDF cooperated with Hamas during the operation and that’s what caught the Israelis by surprise, leading to severe losses. [Dope and beautiful blond Ukrainian gals cost a lot! And no occupation trooper can be depended on during Decadence. USA taught the region well too. Buy loyalty, then divide & ruin]
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🇰🇵🇵🇸❌🇮🇱🇺🇸 North Korean Foreign Ministry:

💬 “Without the U.S. backing and patronizing, Israel could not have committed the flagrant crime aimed at permanent occupation of Palestinian territory for the past decades, in utter defiance of the protest and denunciation of the international community.

The reality shows that the U.S. is indeed the accomplice that should be placed under the International Court of Justice investigation together with Israel, for its connivance at and encouragement of Israeli act of territory annexation.”

[God Bless Chairman Rocketman]
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🔴 For the first time since 2006, the Israeli army deploys tanks on its public roads between settlements. There’re significant amounts of Israeli armour pooling in the Galilee, in order to push back any possible Hezbollah assault. The front with Lebanon is much more critical than Gaza’s.

🔸️ @Sputnik Africa:  
❗️Israeli helicopters began delivering strikes on Lebanese territory, Israel’s army stated

🔸️ @Africa Intel:
🇲🇷🇮🇱 Dozens of Mauritian pilgrims are stranded in Bethlehem following the latest conflict between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel, the foreign ministry said. The group include 36 members, mainly from the Catholic parish of St-Hélène in the second biggest city of Curepipe. Father Gérard Mongelard, who is accompanying them, said the parishioners are doing well and are currently staying in a hotel in Bethlehem. They were due to take a flight on Sunday evening to Turkey, from where they were to return home. However, many airlines cancelled flights in the wake of the Hamas military offensive on Israel. [So many govs are trying to extract their civilians, from every continent. Another reason to leave airport alone.]

💠 Misc.:

🔸️ @IntelRepublic: 🇮🇱🇱🇧 SITUATION “NOT SO GOOD” for Israelis in North of country as onlooker films smoke and gunfire near border town of Adamit after Israeli forces claim “suspicious group” enters country from Lebanon. Unnamed Hezbollah member states “Israel is vulnerable and its military superiority has ended. It is no longer an invincible force. Israel can be defeated”.
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🇵🇸 SOOT-COVERED BODY lies slack on ground as Palestinians rush to help people trapped under rubble after Israel targets refugee camp in North of Gaza Strip (left vid). Blasts that shake very earth as Israeli strikes target STUDENTS at Islamic University of Gaza (right vid) – sounds of baby’s cries echo in background (00:17) with man filming fearing for his family’s safety.

Israeli PM Netanyahu claims Hamas’s actions will “CHANGE THE MIDDLE EAST” as he kills HUNDREDS of Palestinians in strikes. [what caricature bastards. It is too much for even a B movie villain. These guys will collapse what remains of western respect, prestige and obedience worldwide.]
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🇪🇺 While Israel kills HUNDREDS in strikes on Gaza Strip, EU freezes over $700 MILLION in aid for Palestinians, with European Commissioner Varhelyi (right pic) claiming “terror and brutality” against Israel means there can’t be “business as usual”.
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🇱🇧🇮🇱 FLAG STILL STANDS after Israeli strike reportedly targets observation post in South Lebanon, with shells fired into Israel and Israeli forces responding while black smoke pours and gunfire echoes across country’s Northern border. Israel facing pressure on all fronts as it continues campaign of destruction against Palestinians in Gaza Strip.
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⚡️Rocket rains down on Jerusalem as air raid sirens blare (left vid), while right vid shows ruined fences and cars in aftermath of strike. Hamas states it fired rocket in response to Israel’s bombing of civilians in Gaza Strip – reports of at least 7 injured in Jerusalem strike.

So – it is a race to the bottom. Internet is widely down in Gaza, but somehow they will get out the essential videos and imagery. That will provide all the grist needed for the mill. And in new development, the era of drones (for both ISR and assault) and missiles and sabotage groups has entailed high costs on settlers and Israeli troops. The tunnel fortifications underneath much of Gaza (and with outlets to Egypt) provide Korea-like resiliency and unacceptable costs for the occupation. And there are 4 Billion upset muslims and christians and several hundred thousand missiles pointed at the lunatics. But will the crazed care? Do the Ukies under USUK guidance and chocolate rations care? Let’s see what unfolds. But massive bloodletting appears in motion for both sides.

Heartwarming: Our comrades from the People’s Democracy Party in Seoul this morning.  ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!’

From Yemen to Palestine, drone technology is proving to be perfect for adaptation to asymmetrical warfare.
The imperialists may live to be sorry they invented such things …

💠DEVELOPMENTS:  

🔸️ @Bellum Acta:
🇱🇧🇮🇷❌🇮🇱❗️ — 📰 Wall Street Journal quoting an Iranian official: If Iran proper is attacked, it will send its fighters from Syria to attack Israel
🇱🇧🇮🇷❌🇮🇱❗️ — 📰 Wall Street Journal quoting an Iranian official: If Iran is attacked, there will be strikes on the Zionist Regime from Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq in scales never seen before
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🇵🇸📞🇶🇦🇮🇱 — Hamas leadership informed the King of Qatar and his government that they are not opposed to a prisoner exchange deal that includes the release of all Palestinian female prisoners held in Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of all kidnapped women — both civilians and Off-duty IDF female soldiers — taken during the clashes and held by them in Gaza strip
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🇧🇷🇮🇱🛫⚠️ — A thousand Brazilians in Israel and Palestine have requested to return to Brazil
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[when correlation of forces and means were dramatically different, Palestinians still held out in 2014:] 🪖🇵🇸🇮🇱 2021 demonstrates that already 2 years ago Gaza’s tunnels and fortifications were developed enough to render Israeli airstrikes largely tactically ineffective. And Hamas and co. didn’t really have any hostages then.

For reference (map immediately above), this is the furthest Israel got in 2014. Using, as referenced above, using ~15k tank shells and 35k artillery shells, against Hamas and co. that were cut off from Iranian funding and had a much less developed tunnel network than they do now.
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🇳🇵🇮🇱⚰️ — 📰 Republica Nepal: The government has decided to keep an aircraft ready and coordinate with the Israeli side to bring back the bodies of [10] Nepali citizens who were killed in the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict to the country at the earliest possible.

🔸️ @Slavyangrad:

Not yet tied to a very successful and well-planned Hamas operation? So, wondering. [Yes, I wonder too. Gen Armageddon was in Algiers recently. Ignore the boilerplate coming from Russian authorities’ mouths. Watch their eyes and hands and the movements of certain hard men.]
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Continuing rocket arrivals at Ben Gurion International Airport, largest airport of region. Scroll down to next video for on-ground effects too. I am not sure this is smart though. Sun Tzu says to provide an escape route for fleeing enemies with backs to the Sea.
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The resistance is striking [Israeli] oil depots now..
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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Official casualty figures announced by the Israeli and Gaza authorities:

🇮🇱 According to Israel:
+800 dead
+2400 wounded

🇵🇸 According to Gaza:
+510 dead
+2750 wounded‌‌
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[there appears total war on both sides! Palestinians now attack Israeli power plants after their sole electricity from Israel to Gaza was cut]:

Boris “Colonel Cassad” Rozhin:

A power plant in Ashkelon is on fire.
The power plant in Ashdod was also damaged after the shelling.
After Gaza began to be cut off from all communications, Hamas no longer had much sense in avoiding attacks on infrastructure. At the same time, the Iron Dome did not protect these infrastructure facilities.
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⭕️ Al-Mayadin reporter quoted Lebanese security sources: Despite the reports, no rockets were fired from Lebanon. [there are attempts by UAE (British media controlled) to fire up a regional war; they falsely claimed 12 rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel, since rebutted by Lebanon]

🔸️ Themediterraneanman:
⚡️🇪🇬 Relating to the post about the Second [Egyptian] Field Army mobilizing, cancelling leave, and being ordered into a combat ready state. Recently, there was no other activity besides that, and the activity of the Airforce was limited, however, I’ve now just been informed that several inspections of the active air fleet are now underway in several airbases, the most important one being in Helwan.
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⚡️🇨🇳 China has condemned the Turkish occupation force’s targeting civilians in Syria and Kurdish-controlled regions.
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⚡️🇱🇧 Three IDF soldiers were injured in a shootout near the Lebanese border as of now.

🔸️ @Arab_Africa:
🇲🇦🇵🇸 A demonstrator in Morocco addressed his own government: “This is your Israel, which you are going to rely on militarily. Do you think he can protect us? We see that he was unable to protect himself! Reconsider your decision (on normalizing relations with Israel) before it’s too late, return to Allah and support your people (Palestinian Arabs).” @marocrus
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🇱🇾 In the capital of Libya, Tripoli, every evening the al-Emad complex is illuminated in the colors of the Palestinian flag.

💠 Misc.:  

Hubris: the Disintegration is live. Note the US Senate’s panicked reversal on F-16s, Abrams tanks and even critical funding to 404. Let’s see if the neocons acquiesce. Viciousness ahead, get popcorn ready.

Cairo Tower, Egypt

So much shocking videos and imagery of leveled Gaza. They appear to focus on high rises (a single one housed 100 apartments) and houses of worship. They admitted to 800 bombing sorties in 24 hour period.. I suppose every home is a command center of resistance leaders.

💠DEVELOPMENTS:  

🔸️ @Slavyangrad: 
[Israeli] forces storm Aqabat Jabr camp in Jericho and clashes erupt with resistance fighters
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🤔 Biden, in the midst of the conflict in Israel… threw a party. “The President and the First Lady decided to throw a barbecue party for the residence staff and their families.” [well, it IS interactive and social, like fiddling while Rome burns. Nero likely entertained the captive servants too.] 

🔸️ Themediterraneanman: 
⚡️🇪🇬❗️ The Egyptian Second Field Army has recalled all soldiers on leave, cancelled other leaves, and is undergoing a complete state of readiness.
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[Still fierce fighting outside Gaza]⚡️🇵🇸 Severe clashes reported between Palestinians and Israelis in the Beeri Settlement.
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[Hamas highlighted the wanton bombing killed several Israeli POWs in Gaza] ⚡️🇵🇸 Abu Ubaida: The occupation’s bombing tonight and today on the Gaza Strip led to the killing of 4 enemy prisoners and the martyrdom of their captors, among the Qassam Mujahideen.

🔸️ @Strategika51:
No water, no food, no fuel or electricity, we return to the worst moments of the poliorcetics of the Middle Ages. Israel wants to starve all the inhabitants of Gaza to death.
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The most decorated naval officer in Israeli history was killed in a firefight today 08/10/2023.
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A Polish Air Force Hercules C130E cargo plane landed in Israel today, ostensibly to repatriate dual nationals but in reality transporting officers who were seconded to NATO’s General Operations Command in Ukraine and headquartered is near Warsaw.

🔸️ @DDGeopolitics:  
[Israeli] army spokesman: We dropped more than 1,000 tons of explosive materials.

🔸️ @Sputnik Africa:
❗️ Kremlin alarmed over escalation of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, situation potentially may escalate further
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❗️Israel’s Defense Minister orders a complete blockade of Gaza, cutting the supplies of food and energy
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🇷🇺 Crisis Management Centre of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with Russian foreign missions in the Middle East region, are working on evacuation measures for Russian citizens and compatriots.
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❗️ Kremlin’s latest statements on the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict:

🔺 There is a high risk of third-party involvement in the escalation;
🔺 Negotiation processes should be pursued as a means of avoiding solutions by force;
🔺 The situation in Gaza is cause for grave concern, and Russia is worried about the fate of its citizens there;
🔺 It’s too soon to discuss the relations between Moscow and Hamas. The situation must first move out of the violent stage;
🔺 Kremlin considers obvious that Israel will study sources of arms supplies to region in light of reports claiming Hamas received weapons from Kiev;
🔺 Israel has all the necessary infrastructure to find out where Hamas got its weapons from;
🔺 Russia maintains communication with Palestinian authorities, as many Russian citizens live there;
🔺 President Putin has no plans to make contacts with leadership of Israel and Palestine so far, but if necessary, such contacts can be quickly organized.
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❗️ Latest statements by Russian FM Sergey Lavrov during the press conference with Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit:

🔺 US trying to monopolize mediation efforts in the Israeli-Palestinian peace settlement;
🔺 There can be only one initiative on a peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – the decisions that were adopted in the United Nations organization;
🔺 Israel and Palestine should cease hostilities. The idea of mediating the conflict should be resolved in peaceful circumstances;
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🤔 Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system is widely regarded as one of the best in the world. That said, it apparently failed to completely negate the Palestinian rocket barrage on Saturday

📌 Commenting on this failure, Russian military historian Yuri Knutov pointed out that while Iron Dome is a very advanced and sophisticated air defense system, it has drawbacks that can be exploited by any enemy.
▪️ А single Iron Dome battery can protect a relatively small area (about 150 square kilometers).
▪️ Iron Dome is extremely effective only when dealing with a small number of incoming targets all of which approach from the same direction.
▪️ А single Iron Dome interceptor missile costs at least $20,000 while Palestinian jury-rigged rockets – the threat Iron Dome systems usually have to deal with – cost only about $2,000-$3,000 apiece.

💠 Misc.:

🔸️ @Brian Berletic’s New Atlas: 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦 “Because the US has been pumping what few interceptors it has left into Ukraine following a critical shortage that developed due to the Saudi-Yemen conflict, Israel is going to find meager amounts of munitions coming from the US. The US and its proxies have started wars around the globe they’re not capable of ending (at least through military superiority).

Any protracted conflict with Palestine and/or Hezbollah will require large amounts of artillery, tank rounds, and aerial munitions. In 2006 Israel actually ran out of certain munitions fighting Hezbollah and required the US to rush additional supplies amid the fighting. Shortages may have contributed to early cessation of fighting by Israel. I can’t imagine the situation will be any better today than 2006…

🔸️ @Medvedev (rough machine translation):

“Well, NATO friends, have you finished your game?
Weapons transferred to the neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine are actively used in Israel.
Further, it, like the weapons left by the fugitive Americans in Afghanistan, will be used uncontrollably in all hot spots.

After all, before, the corrupt Ukrainian authorities traded everything they received. They stole gas and oil, food, materials. They stole everything that was bad.

It will only get worse. Expect missiles, tanks, and soon planes from Kiev on the black market.”

There is a lot of media noise about Hamas’ origins as vehicle of US/Israeli intel. And?? The Nigerien Junta leaders were trained in the School of the Americas! So many cultivated proxies have escaped the leash lately. Hamas’ rapprochement with Syria and incorporation into the Resistance Arc indicates significant change. Would Iran have given such support, intel, tech and so on to an imperial proxy?? The Syrian war changed a lot of hearts, except the Qataris, Turks, and Kurds…

💠DEVELOPMENTS:  

🔸️ @Slavyangrad: 
The “Iron Dome” is behaving like the old Soviet S300s in the hands of the Ukies: a menace to civilians! Western air defense is really being exposed lately
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“Oil price rose 3% on news from Israel.” [Oil is starting to catch up with news of prolonged fighting, which can easily draw in Iran. If the crazies attack Iran and she closes Hormuz… $3-500/barrel]
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According to the United Nations report, 123,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip were forced to leave their homes due to the recent war.
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“The United States will send an additional 20-25 F-35 and F-15 fighter jets to the Middle East, CNN reports. The purpose of the transfer of fighters is to prevent “Iranian aggression” and the escalation of hostilities beyond Israel’s borders, the TV channel notes. CNN did not specify when exactly the fighter jets would arrive in the region.” [Ah, this is good news. The truth is usually inverted, so they appear to be climbing down. What good is 25 more flying turkeys?? This is media-support, as with Ukies. They already have several hundred platforms, not including the 75-90 on the carrier. And kudos Bonesy!]
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Yediot Aharonot: The number of Israelis killed reaches 1000 people and the number of kidnapped people reaches more than 150. [true numbers are much higher on both sides, going by so many videos and accounts.]

🔸️ @themediterraneanman:
⚡️🇵🇸 Severe airstrikes are being incurred upon Gaza for the second day in a row. [I note air defense work over Israel too — they are being kept busy. How many missiles does Hamas have?! The top demand from US was more interceptor missiles for Iron Dome & Patriots. If it doesn’t go nuclear, China should be looking at calm seas for years!] 

🔸️@Strategika51: 
[commanders of special units appear to have been particularly targeted, exacerbating if not the main cause of the chaos we have seen]: “We can no longer list all the leaders of Israeli special units killed in recent days. They number in the dozens. It appears there is a missing item. “Something” is annihilating the special forces of the Israeli ground and air forces and reducing the special forces of the police.”

OTHER FRONTS:

💠 More of the terrible 404 Idée fixe: GUR special forces tried to seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant three times, the Russian army repelled all attacks, Budanov admitted. Three wasteful waves.. This is all the more dangerous as they have lost essential media attention and work hard to regain it.

💠 Turks-Kurds in N Syria: They are really going at it. Kurds being bombed. Footage of Kurds shelling back the Turkish army positions. A lovely well-matched couple, no? Again, Empire is in zugzwang here. Two odious vassals fighting, weakening each other, and benefiting Syria.

💠 Niger: US is about to declare it a coup and cut ties with the Junta. They exhausted threats and are about to leave. Perhaps the deal with Nuland was for France to take all the heat and media glare, and the US would slink out at midnight. TBD. The Chicago court is about to reveal Tinubu’s fake college certificate, so there is ongoing payback for Nigeria refusing to use its troops in Niger.

💠 The Energy-less: “Earlier this week, the German government announced it will bring several coal plants back online in an effort to save gas and avoid power supply shortfalls this winter.” 😊😘 Still too proud to take Putin’s offer and request the surviving Nordstream pipeline be opened..

💠 Transcaucasia: last week, Erdogan and the Azeri President skipped the EU summit in Grenada, Spain. There was planned “mediation” with Armenia. Now the Azeri Prez says “France is to blame for any new conflict with Armenia.” It is getting really interesting. From trying to get Russians and Azeris to fight, the EU has ended up alienating Baku and Turkey. 😂This could draw in Turkey into the Russia-China camp, and solidify the South Caucasus / INSTC / BRI Middle Corridor, etc.. The point is the dishonest Europeans are scaring Azeris into closer coordination with the Russians and thus to stabilize the region, regardless of Armenian treachery. Again, the opposite of the intended effect of detonating the south of Russia. Macron is becoming as useful as Trudeau!

This new war in West Asia may be jumping from the Russian Fire into the Iranian Pot, but it does have one benefit for Empire: it consolidates and corrals the vassals. Of ALL pretty stripes! An unmitigated debacle with respect to the majority Rest of Humanity, but if it keeps the crazies afloat a few more months, why not?? Chips collected over 500 years are being cashed anyway… The crazed Passion, even as the last embers flicker.

💠DEVELOPMENTS:

🔸️ @themediterraneanman:
“⚡️🇪🇬🇵🇸 The Israeli government asks all Israelis present in the Sinai to leave Sinai immediately.”

🔸️  @Strategika51:
⬆️⚠️🔞 Video with violent content
Palestinian fighters who stormed an Israeli military base authenticate Israeli military losses. One of the fighters who wanted to put his boot on the face of a corpse of an Israeli soldier is prevented from doing so by the fighter filming the video who tells him to be dignified and show the world that we are righteous. The other replies “but they are child murderers! They are child murderers!”

Never has a confrontation with Palestinian factions resulted in such Israeli military losses.
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Incredible but true: Israeli combat aircraft are bombing Israeli territory for the first time and not the Gaza Strip in an attempt to dislodge Palestinian fighters from captured settlements and military bases.
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“On 07/10/2023, four Israeli Apache Ah-64 attack helicopters attempted to approach the Gaza Strip but firing from Strela and Igla surface-to-air missiles forced them to turn back.
No Israeli attack helicopter has been able to approach the strip for several years and it appears that this situation will not change any time soon.
Only combat planes continue to fly over Gaza and even then, they launch most of their air-to-ground missiles from a good distance.” [the fear factor is such, that troops refuse to report for duty or go to the Lebanese border… and these lunatics think they can send ground troops into Gaza?! LOL. It is a bluff being called.]
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“Seven Israeli soldiers killed on the Lebanese border by “friendly fire”. A unit whose elements were anxious and panicked opened fire on elements of another unit believing they were dealing with Hezbollah.” [ahem… maybe crazies need to bring over some Azov and Right Sektor boys, to “encourage” from behind the resolute march towards Bandera, err the Olde Penis god]

🔸️ @DDGeopolitics:
“Hamas’ military wing said it fired a salvo of rockets towards Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport.” [reports of Iron Domes popping off in panic; also Patriots on Lebanese border… Got Enough Missiles Uncle Sam? Remember this is only the softening-up first waves…]
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“The Al-Qassam Brigades bombed the Zionist Ben Gurion Airport with a missile barrage in response to the continuing crimes and targeting of civilian homes in Gaza Strip”, was stated in their Telegram channel.”
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“🇺🇳🇵🇸🇮🇱 The UN Security Council, following a closed meeting, did not adopt any statement regarding the situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone. As the Russian representative, Mr. Nebenzya told reporters, he called for a ceasefire and a shift towards substantive negotiations during the Security Council session.

Malta’s representative, Vanessa Fraizer, in turn, mentioned that none of the countries had proposed a draft statement. She also noted that all Security Council members condemned the Hamas attack on Israel.”