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Israel’s Genocide in Gaza | 2023- till present
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IDF soldiers kill 40 terrorists across Gaza, destroy Hamas infrastructure
The terrorists killed were members of the rocket division, the weapons division, and the intelligence division.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFSEPTEMBER 25, 2024 16:57Updated: SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 17:28
Upwards of 40 terrorists were killed during fighting across the Gaza Strip, the IDF reported Wednesday.
The terrorists killed were members of the rocket division, the weapons division, and the intelligence division.
In the north of the Gaza Strip, targeted raids were carried out in Beit Lahia to destroy Hamas infrastructure.
During the operation, the fighters located and destroyed three groups of launchers, 27 launchers in total.
In one of them, three were found loaded with rockets ready to be launched immediately.
Operations across the Gaza Strip
In the central Gaza Strip, IDF troops began several simultaneous operations on the outskirts of Nuseirat and Zeitoun to destroy Hamas infrastructure in the area.In addition, a number of important tunnel shafts and enemy observation outposts were located and destroyed.
In southern Gaza, IDF troops continued to operate in Rafah and along the Philadelphi corridor.
The soldiers killed terrorists who were operating from shafts based in city infrastructure, where they discovered significant weapons stashes.
IDF strikes 60 targets belonging to Hezbollah's intelligence directorate
IDF strikes Hezbollah intelligence network, delivering major blow to communications and coordination
By YONAH JEREMY BOBSEPTEMBER 25, 2024 16:00Updated: SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 16:27
The IDF on Wednesday announced that it had bombed Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters network in 60 different spots.
According to the IDF, this will immediately and directly impact Hezbollah's ability to collect intelligence, coordinate intelligence efforts, and its various tools for evaluating the broader battlefield picture.
A map of those areas attacked showed a huge number of targets in southern Lebanon, a few deep into the Bekaa Valley, a few in central Lebanon, and one on the western coast.
The simultaneous attack appeared focused on achieving a moment of shock and confusion across Lebanon.
Given the huge blow to Hezbollah's communications from the beeper and walkie-talkie explosions since the middle of last week, as well as the numerous top commanders killed since Friday of last week, bringing down Hezbollah's intelligence network could leave it substantially blind regarding the developing battlefield.
The future of Hezbollah
This could make it harder for Hezbollah to know what rockets can still be fired versus which have been destroyed, as well as make it harder to defend against a future potential IDF ground invasion.Raiden
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Israeli terror soldiers executed 40 Palestinian civilians who were living in shafts after the aparthied terror state destroyed their homes. This is more like the truth.
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This attack by Israel on Russia Naval Base (Syrian Port) is quite big development
The fact Russian Navy Destroyed all missiles as well
Big news in my opinion
What kind of Presence Russia has in Syria , I know they have been there since war in Syria to help foster peace
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They are talking about the religious extremism... finally.
Worth listening to
They are talking about the religious extremism... finally.
Worth listening to
'They slaughtered, raped and buried us alive': Syrians praise blows to Hezbollah
Many Syrians still remember atrocities committed by terror group in support of Assad during civil war; 'We would be just as happy if the devil himself killed them, it is the right of all those oppressed by Iran and its militias,' one Syrian remarks
Lior Ben Ari|09.23.24 | 16:11
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The war between Israel and Hezbollah has escalated to a new phase, and in neighboring Syria, there are many who are glad to see the repeated blows the Lebanese terror organization has taken in recent days.
Many Syrians, especially the Sunni population, have not forgotten Hezbollah's brutal role in their country's civil war, where it indiscriminately slaughtered their friends and families.
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Syrian refugee
As part of the Iranian-Shia so-called "axis of resistance," Hezbollah supported the regime of Syria's Alawite president, Bashar al-Assad, fighting alongside Shia and Alawite forces against the rebels. Fearing the loss of their critical foothold in Syria, Iran and Hezbollah, along with Russia, provided crucial assistance to Assad’s military, which ultimately led to the defeat of the rebels.
Hezbollah is blamed for numerous atrocities during the Syrian conflict. The group deployed forces to various parts of the country, and many of its commanders gained extensive combat experience, which may now be used in its fight against Israel.
In the wake of the recent blows to Hezbollah, the joy in Syria — particularly on social media — has been unmistakable, as those who suffered at the hands of Hezbollah relish its suffering.
Syrian journalist Hadi al-Abdallah posted a video on X explaining why some Syrians oppose Hezbollah, consider its members terrorist, and celebrate each Israeli strike against the group. In a video he shared on Thursday, he emphasized that it doesn’t matter who attacks Hezbollah: "Even if the devil himself came and killed Hezbollah’s thugs, we’d be just as happy."
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In the seven-minute clip, Abdallah shows footage from Hezbollah’s operations in Syria, recounting the group’s cruelty. As he presented one video, he said: "This footage shows Hezbollah fighters attacking the city of Zabadani in Syria’s Qalamoun region. Blind hatred. They attacked civilian homes and everyone in them—women, children, the elderly. All that mattered to them was that they were killing."
Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya network also published a video highlighting the celebratory reactions in Syria after last week’s explosions targeting Hezbollah communication devices in Lebanon. In one scene, a man is shown handing out sweets, saying, "This is to mark the deaths of some, or many, of Iran’s party members in Lebanon (Hezbollah)."
Another clip features a man saying, "The pagers exploded. What great news. We Syrians aren’t used to hearing such good news." The video also included reactions from Syrian users on X, many of whom oppose Hezbollah.
One user wrote, "My problem with Hezbollah is that they killed my brother and my cousins. They killed our neighbor's daughter, a baby less than a year old, while she was in her mother’s arms. They killed my people in Madaya. My problem with Hezbollah is that they destroyed my country."
Thousands of pagers belonging to Hezbollah operatives exploded simultaneously last week
Another Syrian user added, "Hezbollah participated in the killing of the Syrian people in the worst ways, including sieges and starvation. All the free people and those oppressed by Iran and its militias have the right to rejoice today."
Al Arabiya emphasized that Syrians described the pager explosions — one of the most significant blows to Hezbollah in its history — as "punishment for Hezbollah’s killing of children and raping of women."
Syrian journalist Qutaiba Yassin also shared his analysis of the events on X last Saturday, writing, "All three forces responsible for harming Syrians — Russia, Iran and Hezbollah — have fallen into a trap." He added, "Hezbollah today will never be the same. Hezbollah is now at the beginning of its end."
On Friday evening, as Hezbollah began releasing the names of its fighters killed in recent Israeli strikes and the targeted assassinations of senior Radwan Force commanders in Beirut's Dahieh, Syrians were quick to react to the official announcement of the death of a terrorist named Hussein Ali Ghandour. Various posts on X surfaced about Ghandour, who, according to a video published by Saudi network Al Hadath, was known as the "Butcher of Madaya" in Syria — responsible for starving Syrians and burying them alive.
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Israelis are not even making excuses for their butchery! They stopped PR many months ago; it has been Medieval for many months now.
@r3alist : Please don't drag me into that other thread about this conflict. In fact, I request the Mods to merge that thread into this and maybe change the title a bit: They are one and the same conflict! This one is mature--a continuation from the old PDF where already about 2000 pages covered the conflict. @Musings @Waz
Meengla, how do you manage to respect yourself for the stuff you write?
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Searching for inspiring wartime stories, a JNS reporter discovers all he needs to do is look around.Canaan Lidor
Sep. 25, 2024
As soon as the fighting with Hezbollah escalated, I began looking for inspiring people to report on. It’s part of the job for a journalist living in a warzone.
There’s the obvious heroism of the Israel Air Force personnel and that of Iron Dome crews working tirelessly to save lives. Then there’s the steadfastness of the residents of Safed and other northern cities who have stayed put despite frequent rocket fire. Yet I was looking for the everyday bravery that is often overlooked.
In our quiet neighborhood in northern Haifa, I went down to the municipal bomb shelter, which suddenly looked like an out-of-place cafe. The bunker’s sidewalk had people chatting into the night as they snacked on sunflower seeds at tables laden with food, drinks and ashtrays.
This scene began unfolding this week in Kiryat Haim following the municipality’s decision to open the normally closed bunkers amid an escalation in the fighting with Hezbollah. Its terrorists have targeted Haifa with rockets for the first time in years as Israel hunts them and their assets in hundreds of strikes in Lebanon.
At least one family has moved into the shelter for a few days. Like most Haifa homes, that of Moshe Aladi, 36, has no sheltered area. When warning sirens go off, Aladi and his wife can’t reach the bunker with their three small children within the 60-second safety buffer.
“So we decided to camp out here at night instead of waking them up each time there’s an alarm,” Aladi said outside the bunker where his children, aged 2-9, were sleeping. “It’s a temporary, minor inconvenience until the Israel Defense Forces finish them off and give them what they deserve up there,” he added, referring to Hezbollah.
Aladi’s mix of determination and caution is typical of the 500,000 people who live in Haifa and its environs, where rocket fire has so far wounded several people but killed none. Hundreds have been killed in Israeli strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to Lebanese media reports. As thousands flee Lebanese cities, Haifa has seen no significant population movement, the municipality has said.
View of the Northern Israeli city of Haifa, September 22, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90
The story of a family moving into a bomb shelter may be relatable, but it’s unrepresentative and not exactly the wartime tale I was looking for. The search continued amid rocket alarms—and logging my children into video conferences. Schools have largely shut down in northern Israel since Sunday in favor of Zoom learning and the scholastic excellence this method is famous for nurturing.
The escalation has done little to diminish everyday chores and complications. My father in the Netherlands needed help booking a plane ticket to Athens. The first rains in Haifa came with a leak in our roof.
Like Aladi, my wife and I also lack a rocket-proof space in the semi-detached that we bought here shortly after immigrating to Israel from the Netherlands in 2021 with our two children, 7 and 8.
Two of our neighbors have invited us to use the mobile shelters that they’d bought and placed in their yards earlier this year after Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas. Their hospitality, typical of how Israelis come together at times of crisis, is heartwarming. But if you, like me, find sharing an elevator awkward, try a small, stuffy shelter at 4 a.m. while wearing slippers and random clothing items.
A crane lowers a portable shelter onto the yard of the author’s neighbors in 2023. Photo by Canaan Lidor/JNS
And so we usually wait out the sirens in a windowless niche that also functions as our home office. We wrestle for the best spot with our 75-pound mutt, who got diarrhea just in time for the escalation. Forbidden from leaving the niche, the kids are easy prey to unwanted parental cuddling.
On Monday, I took my son out with me on a reporting assignment in the Kiryon, one of Israel’s largest and oldest malls, hours after a rocket landed about a mile away, damaging several homes and wounding three people. The place was deserted, but not for lack of interested would-be patrons.
Management had limited the mall’s capacity to 100, leading to long lines at the entrance. Security guards asked the crowd queued up to enter to disperse because congregating in the open was unsafe. “That’s right, so let us into McDonald’s already!” replied one man in Russian-accented Hebrew, prompting chuckles.
Locals wait to enter the sprawling Kiryon shopping mall, where security guards limited the maximum capacity to 100 following rocket fire from Lebanon on Kiryat Bialik, Israel on Sept. 22, 2024. Photo by Canaan Lidor/JNS
This imperviousness to terrorism, which has developed in the north over decades of living in Hezbollah’s crosshairs—including during the 2006 Second Lebanon War—is an important aspect of life here, I thought. But are fast food munchies the kind of valor under fire that I was looking for?
My dad called from the airport in Amsterdam, asking whether I had booked him a suitcase and whether he needed the receipt to check it in.
On Tuesday I made preparations to visit Safed, a northern city that is seeing far more rockets than Haifa. It’s remarkable, I reflected, that I get permission to run around in combat zones from my wife, a secular Jewish woman who was born in Amsterdam and moved with me to my native Israel three years ago on something of a whim.
Canaan and Iris Lidor with their children wait out a rocket warning siren in Haifa, Israel on Sept. 24, 2024. Photo by Canaan Lidor/JNS
Having despaired with regard to persuading me to return to the Netherlands with her and the kids for the duration of the war, she has accepted a situation she intensely dislikes and understands only superficially, as an outsider. Waiting out the sirens and loud thuds of inbound rockets that reverberate through the neighborhood, she resumes life’s routines, and her demanding job, with inspiring resilience. But one can’t profile one’s wife in a newspaper article.
A giant Israeli flag covers the hole left by a rocket that terrorists from Lebanon fired at Kiryat Bialik, Israel, on Sept. 22, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90
Meanwhile, the trip to Safed got postponed. I needed to travel south on Wednesday for the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas onslaught, in which some 1,200 Israelis were killed or murdered and 251 more were abducted, triggering the ongoing regional war that has just escalated in the north.
It’s an important story, but it won’t help me report on how Israelis are faring up north.
I saw that during one siren I had missed a call from my father. He was born in Poland and made aliyah to Israel when he was 10. In the 1990s, he left for the Netherlands. Recently, he returned, settling in Kibbutz Eilon near the border with Lebanon. He had to leave shortly before the escalation because his spouse in Amsterdam got sick.
The author’s father, Israel Lifshitz, in Amsterdam in 2021. Photo by Canaan Lidor
As in many families, my father, who’s 77, and I often argue over politics. A liberal secularist, he sometimes calls me, a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, a “fascist.” I retaliate as best I can without running afoul of the fifth commandment.
“I’m here, the bald eagle has landed,” texted my father, whose mother was a survivor of Auschwitz and who has fought in three wars as an Israeli soldier. From Athens, he flew to Israel. He’ll be sleeping at the home of his sister, my aunt, in Samaria for a night or two, he said.
Then he intends to travel back to Eilon, which is almost completely vacant but for a handful of reservists guarding it and even fewer stubborn old-timers like my dad. The remainers prefer Eilon’s frequent drone and rocket attacks to the state-funded accommodations they’re offered away from the border. Like the other stayers, my dad is critical of the evacuation of the north, in which some 60,000 moved out of border adjacent communities. He believes it’s a strategic error.
The author’s father, Israel, tends to the petting zoo of evacuated Kibbutz Eilon, Israel in 2023. Courtesy photo
“I’m too old to run,” he said of the prospect of leaving Eilon, “but too young to stay somewhere I don’t really want to be,” he added, referencing Europe. Then he asked me: “How about you? How’s the family, work? Did you find your inspiring wartime hero yet?”
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I’d appreciate it if people didn’t post whole articles instead of just highlighting the main points and leaving a link so we don’t have to scroll through all this nonsense.
He’s constantly doing it.
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CNN is reporting this now as well.
My intuition is this: the Israelis would not invade unless they know full well through intel where the Hezbollah assets are and communications lines hacked to give the full scope of the enemy's view of the battle map.
This conflict could be far more brutal for Hezbollah than the 2006 conflict.
But what do I know? I'm just a bloody civilian.
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