PakFactor
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I don't know how we will ever know all their names; many families and bloodlines have been wiped out.
Israel’s Genocide in Gaza | 2023- till present
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I don't know how we will ever know all their names; many families and bloodlines have been wiped out.
Al-Zakir
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Just make it happen. Send the baby killers to hell where they belong.
Exclusive: Esmail Qaani under guard and questioned as Iran probes Nasrallah killing
Head of Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force not wounded but swept up in major investigation into Iranian security breaches, sources tell Middle East Eye
By Suadad al-Salhy
Published date: 10 October 2024
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Esmail Qaani, the leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s elite Quds Force, is alive and unhurt but under guard and being questioned as Iran investigates major security breaches, multiple sources have told Middle East Eye.
Qaani has not been seen in public since Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a massive air strike on Beirut on 27 September, an event that rocked the anti-Israel Axis of Resistance alliance.
Since then, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has opened investigations into how Israel was able penetrate the Lebanese movement’s most senior leadership and identify where and when Nasrallah would be found.
Ten sources in Tehran, Beirut and Baghdad, including senior Shia figures and sources close to Hezbollah and in the IRGC, told MEE that even Qaani, one of Iran’s most senior generals, and his team are under lockdown as investigators seek answers.
Qaani became head of the Quds Force, the IRGC’s overseas unit, after the US killing of its previous leader, Qassem Soleimani, in January
Over the past two months, Israel has killed several top leaders in the Iranian-led Axis of Resistance, including the majority of Hezbollah’s military leadership.
Suspicions that senior Iranian commanders may have been compromised were compounded when Nasrallah’s presumed successor, Hashem Safieddine, was apparently killed in another powerful Israeli strike on a secret subterranean Hezbollah base on 4 October.
Safieddine is believed to have been killed at a meeting of Hezbollah’s Shura Council, which includes the party’s most senior leaders, sources said. Within minutes of arriving, he was hit by a strike so powerful that it demolished four large residential buildings.
The fate of Safieddine and his companions is still unconfirmed, as Israeli aircraft shoot at any rescue workers or Hezbollah members that try to reach the site.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Safieddine had been "taken out", but an Israeli military spokesperson later said he could not confirm that he had been killed.
Qaani arrived in Lebanon two days after the killing of Nasrallah, accompanied by several IRGC commanders and other figures “to assess the situation on the ground”, according to MEE's sources.
But after the attack on Safieddine all contact was lost with him for two days, they added.
Speculation has mounted online and in the media that Qaani was wounded or killed in Israel’s continuous bombardment of Beirut’s southern suburbs.
But a source in the IRGC and senior Iraqi officials told MEE that the Quds Force leader was not wounded and was not with Safieddine at the Shura Council meeting.
On Tuesday, Iraj Masjedi, deputy commander of the Quds Force and former Iranian ambassador to Baghdad, told reporters that Qaani is “in good health and is carrying out his daily duties”.
However, eight sources from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon said he is being detained while investigations continue.
“The Iranians have serious suspicions that the Israelis have infiltrated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, especially those working in the Lebanese arena, so everyone is currently under investigation,” the commander of an armed faction close to Iran told MEE.
“Nothing is certain at the moment. The investigations are still ongoing and all possibilities are open.”
Breach '100 percent Iranian'
Iran's investigations into the circumstances surrounding Nasrallah's death have also focused on the final movements of Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, a Quds Force commander who was killed alongside the Hezbollah leader.
Nilforoushan began overseeing operations in Syria and Lebanon after his predecessor, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, was killed in an Israeli strike on an Iranian consulate building in Damascus in April.
Two sources close to Hezbollah and Iraqi sources familiar with events told MEE that Nasrallah had been outside Beirut’s southern suburbs the night before his killing, but returned to the area to meet with Nilforoushan and several of the party’s leaders in their usual fortified operations room.
Nilforoushan, who had flown into Beirut that evening from Tehran, was taken directly from the plane to the operations room beneath the residential neighbourhood of Haret Hreik, the sources said. He arrived there before Nasrallah.
The strike that targeted the meeting took place shortly after Nasrallah entered the room, the sources said.
“The breach was 100 percent Iranian and there is no question about this part,” a source close to Hezbollah told MEE.
Iranian state media announced Nilforoushan’s death as a “martyr” who died alongside Nasrallah.
Sources close to Hezbollah told MEE that Qaani was in Lebanon and had been expected to attend the Shura Council meeting at Safieddine's invitation on the day of the air strike.
But Qaani apologised and backed out of the meeting shortly before it began, they said.
“Israel targeted the venue of this meeting with a raid that was bigger and harsher than the raid that targeted Nasrallah. Safieddine’s head was what was wanted, and no one else,” said a source close to Hezbollah.
“Qaani was invited to this meeting and under the current circumstances he should have been present.”
It is not clear where Qaani is now. Eight sources say he is in Tehran but another said he is still in Beirut.
Lebanese and Iraqi sources have described Qaani as being “under house arrest” and said he is currently being questioned by figures under the direct supervision of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The commander of an Iranian-backed armed faction told MEE that the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ political leader, in Tehran in July had heightened suspicions that Iran's security forces had been badly penetrated.
Haniyeh was killed in an explosion at a guest house secured by the IRGC during a visit to Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
“The Iranians are now trying to determine the extent of the breach and its source. The signs indicate that the source is the Revolutionary Guard, but it is not possible to be certain at this stage,” the commander said.
“All that can be said now is that the breach is very large and the losses it caused are much greater than anyone could have expected.”
Exclusive: Qaani under guard and questioned as Iran probes Nasrallah killing
Head of Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force not wounded but swept up in major investigation into Iranian security breaches, sources tell Middle East Eyewww.middleeasteye.net
Iranian sources claim diffrently :
Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani to receive top order from Leader: IRGC
Wednesday, 09 October 2024 10:52 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 09 October 2024 10:52 AM ]
An advisor to the chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Brigadier General Esmail Qaani is in good health and will receive Order of Fat'h (Conquest) from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in the coming days.
Brigadier General Ebrahim Jabari made the remarks on Wednesday, amid Western media speculations that the IRGC Quds Force commander might have been wounded, or even martyred, in a massive Israeli strike last week that was reported to have targeted senior Hezbollah official Hashem Safieddine in Beirut's densely populated southern neighborhood of Dahiyeh.
Qaani also sent a message to the 7th International Conference on Solidarity with Palestinian Children and Adolescents this week.
In a message published on Monday, the Quds Force commander extended his salutations to the participants of the event and offered his profound apologies for not being able to take part in the conference due to participation in another special meeting.
Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani to receive top order from Leader: IRGC
Advisor to IRGC chief commander says Brigadier General Esmail Qaani is in good health and he will receive Order of Fat
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The SC
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The Chinese force operating in Lebanon as part of the international mission UNIFIL issued a final warning to the Israeli army, which wants to involve the positions of international forces in the clash.
The Chinese officer addressed the Israeli army:
We are soldiers of death, you scoundrels, and your helplessness in front of the Lebanese does not mean taking refuge with international forces
The Chinese officer addressed the Israeli army:
We are soldiers of death, you scoundrels, and your helplessness in front of the Lebanese does not mean taking refuge with international forces
battalion25
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Absolutely well said. Iran is not buying any bluffs from the jewish state that needs someone else in order to survive.
clutch
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battalion25
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Israel has taken the most casualities in it´s history in Gaza and lost approx 50.000 forces only in Gaza.
Remember when few months ago Israel ran out of forces literally mid war. The reason for that is because Gaza is a nightmare urban labyrinth which explains the targetting of Civilians out of frustration as they have taken huge losses there and they have also made the mistake of giving Hamas endless recruits making it into a meatgrinder.
I always knew this was gonna turn into a massive meatgrinder. Hamas has claimed already in the first month of fighting to have killed 10.000 israeli forces in Gaza strip and since thru out the Gaza war it has increased leading to the pull out of Israeli forces and now they are back in Jabalya.
They have opted to stay in the corridor border because they won´t take casualities there but in any other area in Gaza it was simply to hot and they were taking ridicoulous amount of casualities which is why they stragetically pulled out from it
Remember when few months ago Israel ran out of forces literally mid war. The reason for that is because Gaza is a nightmare urban labyrinth which explains the targetting of Civilians out of frustration as they have taken huge losses there and they have also made the mistake of giving Hamas endless recruits making it into a meatgrinder.
I always knew this was gonna turn into a massive meatgrinder. Hamas has claimed already in the first month of fighting to have killed 10.000 israeli forces in Gaza strip and since thru out the Gaza war it has increased leading to the pull out of Israeli forces and now they are back in Jabalya.
They have opted to stay in the corridor border because they won´t take casualities there but in any other area in Gaza it was simply to hot and they were taking ridicoulous amount of casualities which is why they stragetically pulled out from it
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PakFactor
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Oh, la la, which war are you following, in which the Israelis took 50,000 casualties?
If that were to be the case, Netanyahu would have been hanged by now from a bridge in Tel Aviv.
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Eyewitnesses and journalists from Jabalia
A charred vehicle in the vicinity of the Civil Defense, west of Jabalia camp
Soldiers' screams were heard after a vehicle was targeted and completely ignited
Some soldiers tried to get out of the vehicle after it was targeted, and the resistance fighters completely finished them off
A charred vehicle in the vicinity of the Civil Defense, west of Jabalia camp
Soldiers' screams were heard after a vehicle was targeted and completely ignited
Some soldiers tried to get out of the vehicle after it was targeted, and the resistance fighters completely finished them off
The SC
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Some say 20 000 dead Israeli soldiers and at least double that wounded.. it is believable thinking of 1200 dead just on the 7th of October attack that lasted a day ..Oh, la la, which war are you following, in which the Israelis took 50,000 casualties?
If that were to be the case, Netanyahu would have been hanged by now from a bridge in Tel Aviv.
PakFactor
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That scenario was different on October 7th, as it was a sudden ambush attack on the Israelis. Currently, Israel has its guards up and levels everything in front before sending in forces for cleanup. It would not be easy to hide 50,000 losses in a country with a population of several small U.S. towns.
battalion25
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Oh, la la, which war are you following, in which the Israelis took 50,000 casualties?
If that were to be the case, Netanyahu would have been hanged by now from a bridge in Tel Aviv.
The same fuking war. Don´t tell me you believe the Casualities the Israelis are releasing
UKBengali
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The same fuking war. Don´t tell me you believe the Casualities the Israelis are releasing
It is almost impossible in a small settler entity like Occupied Palestine to try to hide that level of losses.
For one, settlers are cowards and would have stopped the genocide if that was the case.
Flotilla
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You can discard Turkey. A relevant part of their UAV technology and PGM munitions came from Israel. Their constant exports of oíl to Israel are another reason for not joining any muslim NATO. Moreover there are countries like Azerbaiyán that have already bases from IDF or Mossad and have Military assistance contracts at the same level than a treaty.
Maybe Pakistan, Jordania and Egypt can join, but the first si ne qua non requisite It is overthrow their puppet governments and that requires a really Revolution. US and Israel have built during years a wall of influences of same height and strenght than Gaza shameful wall... But like that wall was crossed the wall of israeli paid leaders can fall... Smotricht and Ben Gvir interviews can be taken by Egypt and Jordania nearly a war declaration, as they don't want to stop in the West Bank or Philadelphia corridor. Or Egypt and Jordania draws a red line or they will be the Next.
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