[SUDANTRIBUNE] The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced Monday the takeover of a Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ese army base east of the Hantoub Bridge, as escalating festivities continued near Wad Madani, the capital of al-Jazeera State.
The RSF launched a large-scale military operation in al-Jazeera State on December 15, and their forces have advanced to within 15 kilometres of the state headquarters. On Sunday the army said they repulsed the attack but the paramilitary forces attacked again on Monday morning.
In a statement, an RSF spokesperson declared, "Our forces have successfully captured the 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division headquarters in Wad Madani, along with the Central Reserve Camp and the entrance to the Hantoub Bridge from the east."
However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... photos released by the RSF show they captured a training centre of the Sudanese army but not the premises of the 1st Division in Wed Madani.
The statement further asserted that the RSF had downed a civilian MiG military aircraft.
Video footage released by the RSF showed their troops patrolling inside the military headquarters in the eastern part of the town.
According to eyewitnesses, the festivities erupted early Monday morning after the RSF reinforced their presence in eastern Madani with a large contingent of troops and armoured vehicles.
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[AFRICANEWS] South African Gerco van Deventer who was kidnapped in Libya in November 2017 is now free. NGO Gift of the Givers made the announcement on Sunday (Dec. 17).
The longest held South African hostage in captivity was sold to al-Qaeda in Mali in 2018 after his abduction.
In a lengthy news release, the organization detailed the process that led to the unconditional liberation of the forty-seven-year-old paramedic who is reportedly in Algeria.
Gift of the Givers said that at the request of the van Deventer's family, the organization "got involved in 2018, contacted JNIM (Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Moslemin)".
JNIM is the local branch of al-Qaeda in the Sahel, a subset of Al Qaeda in North Africa.
The initial request for Gerco's release "was 3 million USD, and over a period of time we negotiated the amount down to 500k USD," the NGO writes.
"The family could not afford the ransom, there was no benefactor, the company that Gerco had just commenced work for could not assist."
Negotiations stalled and eventually with Covid-19 went cold completely until January 2023.
In Ramadan, the month of fasting for Moslems, of this year, Gift of the Givers "requested unconditional, ransom free release" of the paramedic.
"Letters from religious leaders were forwarded to support [their] request."
"Then came the Morocco Earthquake, we offered assistance, but it was not required, however, it drew a response from the captors who have links with Morocco, and through the intermediaries we received an indirect message of appreciation. We used that moment to request unconditional release once again. Then with our intervention in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... , one of the chief intermediaries in Mali with whom we have a relationship since 2015 requested the video messages from the family, the public and the private ones. The request came on 16 November, several hours after Gift of the Givers office head in Gaza, Ahmed Abbasi,
...in Gaza? And Mr. van Deventer was being held by Al Qaeda in Mali? Fascinating,,,
was directly targeted and murdered by Israeli Occupation Forces [...]," the organization recounted on a Facebook post.
"On 5 December we received a call from someone in Mauritania who said they are working on the release" and eventually on December 26, one of the group's "very trusted intermediaries" told them "that Gerco had been released into Algeria."
The organization Gift of the Givers says no ransom was paid.
On December 18, at approximately 9:00 (Sanaa time), there were two Houthi militant attacks against commercial shipping in the Southern Red Sea.
The chemical/oil tanker motor vessel SWAN ATLANTIC was attacked by a one-way attack drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile launched… pic.twitter.com/mPK4g8FN0t
...and an anti-ship ballistic missile launched from a Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. The Cayman Islands flagged SWAN ATLANTIC reported impact on the vessel and requested assistance, the USS CARNEY (CCG 64), the closest U.S. warship, responded to assess damage.
At approximately the same time, the bulk cargo ship M/V CLARA reported an explosion in the water near their location. This attack is separate from the attack on the M/V SWAN ATLANTIC. There was no request for support or report of damage.
There were no injuries reported during either incident.
Latest Red Sea update:
67 container ships have been diverted around the Cape of Good Hope
75 container ships are delayed and awaiting orders
Shipping firms avoid Red Sea as Houthi attacks increase.
Below are companies that are considering or have decided to pause shipping via the Red Sea:
- Oil major BP - French shipping group CMA CGM - Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor - Belgian oil tanker firm Euronav - Taiwanese… pic.twitter.com/E47nVVzKUi
[Politico] The Pentagon has in recent days moved the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group from the Persian Gulf into the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Yemen, to support a potential U.S. response to attacks, said one of the officials, both of whom were granted anonymity to speak about sensitive plans. The military has also provided options to commanders to strike the Houthis, the official said.
The Biden administration has been reluctant to respond militarily against the Houthi attacks on commercial shipping in recent weeks for fear of provoking Iran, which backs Hamas and Hezbollah in Yemen as well as the Houthis. Previously, the Pentagon had recommended the administration not do so.
=========== might kill a civilian or twenty, might get a few more leftist protesters mad
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They mock you because of your timidity you display elsewhere. In such case, you can not use 'proportional' application of force. They'll just continue the 'taunting'.
UAE seeks military action against Yemen’s Houthis and wants the US to re-designate the Houthis as “terrorists”.
US efforts to counter Yemen’s Houthi rebels as they attack ships in one of the world’s most important waterways are hitting a major roadblock because of disagreements… pic.twitter.com/tWO4aOEA1y
... hitting a major roadblock because of disagreements among Washington’s Arab allies, Bloomberg reports.
Two of the most crucial actors involved in Yemen’s long-running civil war, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, support competing factions against the Houthis and favor differing ways of dealing with them.
The UAE is pushing for military action and wants the US to re-designate the Houthis as “terrorists,” according to a Yemeni official backed by Abu Dhabi.
Riyadh, in contrast, supports a more measured approach, fearing that any belligerence will provoke the Houthis to become even more aggressive, according to a member of the Saudi team negotiating with Houthis.
That could imperil a fragile truce in Yemen’s war and scupper Saudi Arabia’s attempt to reach a permanent cease-fire deal with the rebels, the person said.
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[GEO.TV] In a bid to curb the escalating missile and drone assaults by Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in the Red Sea, the United States has announced the formation of a 10-nation alliance aimed at safeguarding ships traveling this vital maritime route.
Joining forces with Britannia, La Belle France, Bahrain, Italia, and others, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin highlighted the need for unified action against the non-state actors posing a threat to the freedom of navigation principle.
The Houthis have intensified their attacks on various vessels in the Red Sea, endangering a critical passageway that caters to nearly 12 percent of global trade. This surge in hostile activities has propelled concerns and necessitated a collaborative security approach.
Secretary Austin articulated that the coalition's primary objective revolves around ensuring unhindered navigation for all nations while fortifying regional security and prosperity. This multinational effort enlists the participation of the United States, United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, La Belle France, Italia, Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles, and Spain.
However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... amidst these developments, the recent incident involving the Swan Atlantic, owned by Norway's Inventor Chemical Tankers, unveiled the complexities of the situation. The ship, carrying biofuel feedstock from La Belle France to Reunion Island, had no affiliation with Israel and was managed by a Singaporean entity. Fortunately, the Indian crew remained unharmed, and the vessel sustained minimal damage.
The repercussions of these attacks have reverberated across the global maritime industry. Major entities like British oil giant BP and Taiwan's Evergreen have suspended their Red Sea transits and Israeli cargo shipments, respectively. Additionally, Frontline, a prominent tanker company, declared rerouting ships and strict scrutiny over new business, opting for the longer and fuel-intensive South Africa's Cape of Good Hope route.
The Russian take, courtesy of badanov:
US announces the start of an operation in the Red Sea after Houthi attacks on ships Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Will be held in the Red Sea Operation Guardian of Prosperity following Houthi attacks on merchant ships. This was announced by Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin.
According to him, the operation will take place under the auspices of the United Maritime Forces. Its goal is to ensure safe navigation in the Red Sea after “reckless attacks by the Houthis from Yemen,” the US Secretary of Defense added.
“The operation will bring together several countries, including the UK, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles and Spain, to jointly address security challenges in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to ensure freedom shipping for all countries and strengthening regional security,” Austin said.
The recent Houthi attacks require a “collective response,” which is why Operation Prosperity Guardian will be launched, the Pentagon chief concluded.
As reported by IA Regnum, in early December, in the Red Sea, the Houthis attacked the American warship USS Carney with missiles and drones. According to the UK-based maritime security company Ambrey,a bulk carrier was damaged in a drone strike near the northern Yemeni port of Hodeidah.
Off the coast of Yemen on December 14Houthis attacked a container ship of the Danish company Maersk in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, heading to Israel.
The United States announced its intention to convene a coalition due to the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. It is expected that this will help respond to emerging threats.
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Likely first bonding moment for signees of the Abraham Accords.
#2
Forming alliances? Mother may I?
Quick look like you are doing something, anything. Other than absolute overwhelming application of force the clearly and unequivocally says - you messed with the wrong people.
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Do the Saudis even have a navy, Grom? They already took a shot at the Houthis on land, demanding infantry or some such from Egypt, to very little effect.
]NYPost] Convenient, that
The head of a Gaza hospital has admitted to being a senior Hamas commander — and detailed how the terror group transformed the medical site into an operational hub that once housed a kidnapped Israeli soldier.
Ahmad Kahlot, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabaliya, made his taped confession to the Israeli security service Shin Bet after his arrest during last week’s raid on the facility in northern Gaza.
In a video of his interrogation released on X on Tuesday, Kahlot, dressed in an Israeli jail uniform and seated in front of Israel’s flag, said he joined Hamas in 2010 and held a rank equivalent to a brigadier general.
Kahlot revealed that about 16 hospital staffers, including doctors, nurses, paramedics and clerks, were also members of Hamas’ notorious military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
According to the hospital chief, the medical facility under his care had been turned into an elaborate military hub where up to 100 Hamas terrorists had been holed up for days before moving to a different location.
Some of the group’s leaders even had offices with private phone lines inside the hospital, Kahlot said.
"There is a designated space for interrogations, internal security and special security," he revealed.
Asked by the Shin Bet interrogator why Hamas’ top brass chose the hospital as its bolthole, Kahlot said, "Because from their perspective, the hospital is a safe place. They won’t be harmed inside the hospital."
Kahlot also revealed that Hamas had once brought a kidnapped Israeli soldier to the hospital and used its own private ambulance service to transport the bodies of hostages tied to its Oct. 7 massacre. He did not name the soldier or say what happened to him later.
But the Hamas chief had some choice words for other leaders of his terror organization — blasting them as "cowards.
"They left us out in the open while they have gone into hiding," he said. "The people are the ones who got screwed.
"They sacrificed us, unfortunately," the hospital director added in a dejected tone of other bosses.
[IsraelTimes] The Hamas ...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... -run Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Health Ministry says at least 110 Paleostinians have been killed since the previous day in Israeli strikes on a northern part of the Strip.
In a brief statement, the ministry said "there were 50 deaders in occupation strikes on houses in Jabaliya," bringing to 110 the number of deaths in the area since Sunday.
The numbers cannot be confirmed or verified. Jabaliya has been the scene of some of the heaviest fighting in recent days.
Israel has long asked civilians to leave the area, where Hamas has a stronghold.
[IsraelTimes] A trove of secret documents reportedly seized by Israeli troops in the Gazook city of Khan Younis points to evidence that Paleostinian Lions of Islam were studying the identities of senior Israeli officers some eight years ago, even as the Strip struggled to recover from a devastating war the year before.
Channel 13 news airs pictures of some of the documents, which are marked "restricted" and date from 2015, according to the report. The papers include pictures purporting to show military and intelligence officers members of the Israel Defense Forces general staff, as well as then-army chief Gadi Eisenkot and then-defense minister Avigdor Liberman.
Other papers contain information about the IDF’s organizational structure.
The army said Sunday that troops had raided the offices of the commander of Hamas ...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... ’s Khan Younis battalion and the vacation homes of several senior Hamas commanders, including the terror group’s Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... leader, Yahya Sinwar. Troops also raided an outpost belonging to the terror group’s Deir al-Balah battalion, seizing intelligence materials.
Israel fought a major war against Hamas in 2014 during which Hamas-led Lions of Islam carried out several small-scale infiltrations into Israel via tunnels dug beneath the Gaza border. A short time after the war, the army said there was evidence that Hamas had been planning a much larger incursion via the tunnels, on a scale that may have rivaled October 7 attacks.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says that since the beginning of the war in the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip on October 7, the Israel Air Force’s air traffic control has identified and thwarted more than 100 aerial threats, including drones and cruise missiles.
The threats were downed using fighter jets and other air defenses, it says.
The IDF publishes footage showing some of the interceptions.
The Hezbollah terror group has launched several explosive-laden drones at Israel from Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , and at least one from Syria.
The Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... have fired several cruise missiles, drones, and ballistic missiles at Israel.
In Gaza, Hamas ...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... has also carried out a number of drone attacks.
The numbers are in addition to thousands of rockets fired from Gaza.
[IsraelTimes] A woman has been injured in a shooting attack in the West Bank, officials and medics say.
The Binyamin local council says shots were fired at two Israeli vehicles near the Ateret Binyamin settlement. It says the attackers fled toward Ramallah.
The Magen David Adom rescue service says its medics are treating a woman injured with a gunshot wound who managed to reach Jerusalem. It says the woman is conscious.
Magen David Adom medics say that a man and a six-week-old baby were also in the vehicle hit by gunfire in a West Bank shooting attack, but were unharmed.
A 27-year-old woman was wounded in the terror attack and taken to hospital in stable condition with a gunshot wound, MDA says.
The IDF says it has launched a manhunt for the Palestinian terrorist who opened fire at an Israeli vehicle in the West Bank earlier, wounding a young woman.
The attack was carried out near the Palestinian city of Rawabi and Israeli settlement of Ateret.
[IsraelTimes] The IDF says troops arrested the Palestinian suspect who stabbed and moderately wounded a reservist at a gas station near the West Bank’s Rantis checkpoint earlier.
According to the IDF, the assailant fled after the stabbing, and was detained a short while later by troops in the nearby town of Rantis.
The reservist was taken to hospital for further treatment.
Security camera footage from the gas station shows the reservist at the counter when the assailant runs up from behind and stabs him. The attacker then flees, with the soldier appearing to chase after him.
#1
Magen David Adom medics say that a man and a six-week-old baby were also in the vehicle hit by gunfire in a West Bank shooting attack, but were unharmed.
"We passed through Atarot, and trucks were causing a traffic jam. Suddenly, my wife tells me, 'They're shooting at us,' Yishai, on leave from the fighting in Gaza said. "A car overtook us, pulled from the left, and someone with a long weapon shot at me. I returned fire from the driver's seat. My baby was in the back, my wife was covered in blood. I wanted to make sure I killed the terrorist but it was more crucial to safeguard my child's life in the car," he said
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Some photos thwart the width=, height= settings. I'm no expert, I have no idea what is happening in those cases. I just know it's important to preview photo postings. I still mess up sometimes...
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[IsraelTimes] Two more soldiers killed in fighting, bringing ground op corpse count to 129; military says forces are in control of Beit Hanoun, notching up achievements in Shejaiya
IDF troops continued their intense battles against Hamas ...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... in the heart of Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... on Monday, as Israel allowed the expansion of the amount and types of humanitarian aid entering the Strip.
The military said it had taken full control of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, arresting Hamas button men as its forces advanced in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City.
Two IDF soldiers were killed Monday fighting in Gaza, the military announced, bringing the toll of troops slain during its ground offensive against Hamas to 129.
The soldiers were named as Cpt. Yarin Gahali, 22, a platoon commander in the Givati Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, from Rehovot; and Cpt. (res.) Netanel Silberg, 33, a team commander in the Combat Engineering Corps’ Yahalom unit, from Na’ama.
Gahali was killed in southern Gaza, while Silberg was killed in the Strip’s north.
Earlier Monday, the IDF announced the deaths of five other soldiers.
The military said Monday that troops in its 252nd Reserve Division had completed operations against Hamas in the Beit Hanoun area of northern Gaza, and handed over responsibility of the region to the Gaza Division, indicating the military has firm control of that sector.
Soldiers eliminated "many terrorists" during the operation in the city, destroyed their weapons depots, rocket launchers, underground command centers, and "significant" tunnels," the IDF said, capturing all of the Beit Hanoun battalion’s main compounds and strongholds.
Soldiers also uncovered the Beit Hanoun battalion’s main tunnel in the area, which according to the IDF was located deep within civilian infrastructure, between the Beit Hanoun city hall, a mosque, a soccer court, and a daycare center.
Also Monday, the IDF announced that it had arrested a member of Hamas’s elite Nukhba forces and another terrorist who participated in the October 7 massacre in Israel, at a school in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood.
The pair, along with several other Hamas members, were captured during a raid on the school on Friday, during which troops of the 401st Armored Brigade killed "many" more operatives, according to the IDF. Those who were caught by the soldiers were questioned by the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504.
As intense fighting continued in both north and south Gaza, Israel has moved to boost humanitarian aid convoys into the Strip and also allow in commercial goods, the White House said Monday. Israel has downplayed such moves at home, where they are seen as largely unpopular, while seeming to acquiesce to pressure from the US and other countries to do so.
The IDF said Monday that it had killed some 600 Hamas operatives in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City in the past two weeks, as troops in its Golani Infantry Brigade engaged in "intense fighting" with the Hamas battalion based there.
The Golani troops have also located and destroyed more than 10 tunnel shafts in the neighborhood, the IDF said, and seized weapons and intelligence materials found in the homes of Hamas operatives and located and destroyed dozens of rocket launchers.
The commander of the Golani Brigade, Col. Yair Palai, said his forces "will do everything so that the residents of the [Israeli border communities] and the south can return to their homes, and so that Hamas does not rule Gaza anymore."
"This neighborhood was and still is an established stronghold of the Hamas terror organization, and this is a problem that needs to be uprooted," he added.
Also Monday, troops of Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion captured Paleostine Square in Shejaiya, and destroyed a Hamas monument there commemorating a deadly attack on an armored personnel carrier during the 2014 Gaza War.
"We are here, the 13th Battalion, at the place where the terrorist organization Hamas erected a statue glorifying the disaster that happened to the battalion in [Operation] Protective Edge. We are sending a clear message to Hamas: Wherever such a statue is erected, we will come and destroy it," said the new commander of the 13th Battalion, Lt. Col. Yuval Mazuz, in remarks provided by the IDF.
Mazuz replaced Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg, who was killed in action last week.
In the 2014 war, seven Golani soldiers were killed when their APC was hit in fighting in Shejaiya. The remains of one of the seven, Sgt. Oron Shaul, were captured by Hamas and are still in its possession.
After the deadly incident, Hamas erected a monument of a large fist punching through an APC, holding three dog-tags, one of which has the name of Shaul.
The IDF said Golani’s 13th Battalion and troops of the 188th Armored Brigade captured the square — from which Hamas also paraded released hostages several weeks ago — and destroyed the monument.
On the home front, Israel worked toward returning life to normal, as Hamas rocket fire from the Strip has decreased dramatically in recent weeks. On Monday, the IDF Home Front Command announced that the southern coastal city of Ashkelon — which was heavily battered by rockets in the first months of the war — and the surrounding Lachish area can resume in-person schooling, work, and other activities.
Despite growing international pressure on Israel to agree to a ceasefire in Gaza, government and military officials have repeatedly stated that they intend to continue fighting until the operation’s goals are achieved, namely the elimination of Hamas and the return of all the hostages.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Monday in comments to Austin that Israel is committed to "achieve total victory against Hamas."
The Israel National Cyber Directorate accused on Monday Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... and Hezbollah of a cyber attack last month against Ziv Medical Center in the northern Israeli city of Safed.
The hack was partially successful, the INCD said.
Hospitals in northern Israel have reportedly received more than 1500 injured soldiers and civilians as Israel and Hezbollah shot it out along the border nearly every day since the war on Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... began on October 8.
On Monday, nearly 70% of Iran's gas stations went out of service following possible cyberattacks. Israeli media blamed the problem on an attack by a hacker group dubbed "Gonjeshke Darande" or predatory sparrow, a group reportedly linked to Israel.
A past attack on Iranian gas stations claimed by the group was attributed to Israel by two unnamed US defense officials, according to The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... .
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Hezbollah says it is responsible for targeting and achieving hits on two Iron Dome platforms in northern Israel earlier today. The report is not credible.
Planes are still flying over Daraa Governorate. Air strikes targeted the outskirts of the town of Al-Mataaiya, east of #Daraa. pic.twitter.com/asmkeLzf1n
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) struck the infrastructure of the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah in Lebanon. The IDF press service reported this on December 18 on the Telegram channel by IA Regnum.
“An IDF fighter struck the Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon,”, the Israeli army said in a statement.
In addition, the IDF reported a strike on a Lebanese movement cell attempting to launch an anti-tank missile.
Earlier IA Regnum reported that The United States reprimanded Israel for the fact that the Israeli military has carried out over 30 attacks on the Lebanese army since the escalation of the Middle East conflict.
As explained in the United States, the target of some IDF attacks was Hezbollah targets, but it is difficult to say about the targets of others, since they could be a consequence of insufficient restraint on the part of the IDF.
The IDF press service announced on December 8 and 5 that the Israeli military had opened fire towards Lebanon in response to launches recorded from the Lebanese side. It was noted that the Israeli military also carried out strikes on several targets of the Hezbollah movement.
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...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
