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I'm not surprised yet still disappointed.

https://x.com/zeteo_news/status/1840873984553783449

State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller: We've never wanted to see a diplomatic resolution with Hamas.

@prem_thakker : Well, what about the ceasefire?

Miller: I wish that Hamas would come to the table.

Al Mayadeen: German police conduct raid on homes of pro palestine activist

5 pro palestine activist were raided and police took all phones and laptops, because they allegedly had "banned symbols".

Brooklyn is the Mossad HQ of America.

So before the lovely October surprise there was a interesting video by Justin Podur. In it he talks about how he doubts that Hezbollah was "compromised." (and other things)

isisrael had to drop 85 bunker buster bombs to get Nasrallah. They didn't "know" where he was they played wack a mole till they were pretty sure they got him. He wasn't "in hiding" he was in his bunker in his city. The only reason they even knew roughly where the bunker was is because Nasrallah was having a meeting with other top Hezbollah guys and a IRGC rep. The only reason isisrael knew who to watch was because Hezbollah sacrificed their opsec to go fight in Syria.

It wasn't a failure or a betrayal from within. Nasrallah died because he was fighting a world spanning empire and it took every trick empire had and even then they could only do it by killing 1000 people wounding 6000 and displacing a million.

AJ Arabic reporting that the Jaffa shooting was carried out after a man stabbed an IOF soldier and took his gun

The invasion is officially on according to resistance media.

"The attack was defeated and ineffective."

Goddamn it

The zionists just dropped dirty bombs on Beirut.

Al-Akhbar

Head of Lebanese Medical Social Gathering: Israel bombed the southern suburbs of Beirut using banned bombs with uranium warheads designed to penetrate deep fortifications, causing significant destruction and releasing toxic gases.

New banger for the occasion

Politico reports that the White House privately supported the invasion of Lebanon, despite opposition from the Pentagon, State Department, and intelligence community
Rabid Zionist dogs

In other news, feds have still not been able to get into Eric Adams' phone. Apparently he changed the password right before they took it and then "forgot" it

Joy and Awe

Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces, Muhammad Baqeri: 'In this operation, we targeted the Mossad base in Tel Aviv, the Nevatim Airbase in the Negev, the Hatzerim Base, the IDF's radar array, and the gathering places of Israeli tanks'

Genocide Joe is making some masterful plays

President Joe Biden’s response to whether he supported Israel striking Iran’s oil facilities has sent crude oil prices surging by 8.5%. Energy and Big Oil stocks also shot up, with Chevron (a new BDS target) a major beneficiary.

President Biden said, “We’re discussing that. I think that would be a little... Anyway.”

https://nitter.poast.org/DropSiteNews/status/1841905302205301135

Lebanon's National News Agency has reported that internationally banned white phosphorus bombs were deployed in the recent Israeli strike on #Beirut.

White phosphorus is notorious for its devastating effects on human flesh, as it is highly soluble in tissue and can inflict deadly thermal and chemical burns that reach deep into the bones.

Victims of white phosphorus exposure endure excruciating pain and may suffer long-term damage to internal organs. Even inhaling the vapor can lead to severe inflammation of the trachea, making the use of such weapons a grave violation of international law and human rights.

Source

God the whiplash from Israel announcing their invasion into Lebanon and Iran launching missile strikes the next fucking day is something else.

Footage shows moments when Iranian missiles hit a military base in Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv.

Holy shit what a pounding

Apparently, the IOF is resorting to using warships and drone to bomb people because their planes got wrecked:

https://twitter.com/sameh_asker/status/1841886792443642189?mx=1

Israel, after the beating it got from Iran, is bombing Lebanon and Syria with warships and drones for the first time.

It is clear that the air force was damaged yesterday and today.

Hours ago, photos of some of the damage to the Nevatim base appeared, and the company that leaked the photos allowed them to be published in news agencies and satellite channels, and Maariv talked about them.

This is a small part of what happened at the base, and what happened at the Hatzerim and Tel Nof airports has not yet been published, which indicates that what happened at Israel's airports is an unprecedented military disaster in the history of the entity.

The blood of Nasrallah and Haniyeh is very precious. It seems that their price will not stop at destroying airports next time. In my opinion, if the leaders of Israel knew the price paid for assassinating the two men, they would not have taken that step...

I'll still never forget seeing someone on twitter post those paragliding videos for the first time, then the next day seeing the fence being bulldozed.

Tropical Storm Milton is expected to make landfall in Florida as a major Category 3 hurricane, NHC says. Storm surge expected to be significant.

Sorry Jack, help's not in the budget this year.

Ansarallah remote controlled boat bomb hitting a ship, from the perspective of the ship

Sick boat, Ansarallah have got style in spades

Hezbollah is launching rockets at Haifa for the first time. And it seems like they fucked up a bunch of settlers:
https://xcancel.com/BIG__Brother7/status/1843035275460829315

Enemy Media: A large number of ambulances are in the city of Haifa after the fall of several rockets.

just incredible spins

Israeli air defenses are proving to be utterly useless against Iranian missiles — and most or all of the ballistic strikes have been older generation Iranian missiles. They will save the newer ones for subsequent strikes against US bases if the US gets involved.

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan: "There will be serious consequences for Iran as a result of this attack and we will work with Israel to make sure that happens."

IDF announces it will respond to Iranian missile attack tonight, and the result will be “seen by the entire Middle East”

Im hearing the 100 things Sheinbaum wants to do during her presidency, and she just mention that she wants México to join the semiconductors race and that México will not only built them but will also start making them from zero using the litium on the north.

So that another country that is planning to compete with Taiwan's semiconductor industry

Everyone who said that they would convert to Shia Islam if Iran responded better start breaking out the Quran

Lenin please come back.

happy International Paragliding Day to all who celebrate 🥰

Israel Defense Forces tells Ireland and Unifil to remove peacekeepers from Lebanese border outpost Irish Times, Oct 4 2024

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has told Ireland to remove its peacekeepers from an outpost on the border with Lebanon as its invasion of the country continues.

Sources confirmed the request was made to the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) and individual countries contributing troops, including Ireland. Israel has been told the troops will remain in place.

edit: this part is probably also worth highlighting

There is one Irish outpost on the Lebanese-Israeli border, which is known as the Blue Line. This outpost, designated post 6-52, is manned by a single Irish platoon who are responsible for observing the border and reporting on incursions.

IOF boots have been instructed to not get owned:
https://xcancel.com/IbnRiad/status/1841546932117786714

⚡️ Enemy media: the army has given instructions to its forces operating in southern Lebanon to avoid getting kidnapping by the elite Radwan forces.

There's a photo at the link.

Spoiler - The NYT is allergic to the word "hypersonic" so they replaced it with "capable of flying at extremely fast speeds". I didn't even make that up.

Israel is already using the Gaza playbook in Lebanon. They're destroying the healthcare system and killing paramedics.

Israeli strikes force closure of Lebanon's Marjayoun hospital after attack kills four paramedics - report

The entire staff of Marjayoun public hospital in south Lebanon were evacuated on Friday morning after an Israeli drone strike killed four paramedics, putting the hospital out of service, Lebanon’s national news agency reported. The hospital was one of the major medical providers in south Lebanon, particularly as Israel’s intensified aerial campaign which started on 23 September displaced many medical staff from the region.

“They hit right next to us, so we had to flee. The area is very dangerous and there is no one on the roads and I am driving alone,” Shoshana Mazraani, the head of the emergency services at Marjayoun public hospital, said while fleeing. Israel also carried out a strike on the Islamic health organisation’s center in Khirbet Selem, causing injuries on Friday afternoon, according to Lebanon’s national news agency.

An additional member of the ambulance service was killed and one injured while carrying out rescue services in the southern suburbs of Beirut, which was intensely bombed the night prior, according to Hezbollah-affiliated media. Lebanon’s prime minister Najib Mikati had a series of diplomatic meetings on Friday in order to pressure Israel to safely allow rescue and relief teams to transfer victims of airstrikes.

At least 102 Lebanese paramedics have been killed since the beginning of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah a year prior.

🇮🇷 Iran's Mission to the United Nations: — Iran’s legal, rational, and legitimate response to the terrorist acts of the zionist regime—which involved targeting Iranian nationals and interests and infringing upon the national sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran—has been duly carried out. Should the zionist regime dare to respond or commit further acts of malevolence, a subsequent and crushing response will ensue. Regional states and the zionists’ supporters are advised to part ways with the regime

🇮🇶 Iraqi Resistance Coordination Committee: — In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

If the Americans intervene in any hostile action against the Islamic Republic or if the zionist enemy uses Iraqi airspace to carry out any bombing operations on its territory, then all American bases and interests in Iraq and the region will be our target, (and there will be no escape).

https://t.me/PalestineResist/60144

Russian telegram:

Iranian agency ShafaqNA: More than 20 F-35 aircraft of the Israeli Air Force were hit during the missile strike of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the territory of the Jewish state.

More from Telegram:

Iranian media claim that 20 F-35 fighters were destroyed by hypersonic missiles during strikes on Israeli air bases.

It was also claimed that a concentration of Israeli armored vehicles in the Gaza Strip was destroyed (the IDF likes to display its equipment in large groups).

Iran emphasizes that it specifically targeted IDF military facilities and gas platforms, so there will not be a large number of civilian casualties.

Aside from the fact of strikes on air bases, it is currently difficult to assess the extent of the actual damage. It will be interesting to see satellite images of the facilities if some Western company publishes them.

Iran will naturally exaggerate the effectiveness of the strikes. Israel, on the contrary, will understate and emphasize the work of the air defense. At the same time, the parties will continue to exchange threats of new strikes.

More:

Iran informed the US and Russia of its intentions before striking Israel. No civilian targets were hit.

lol Jimmy Carter lived to see his PeAcE PrOcEsS go to absolute shit

wake up babe new just dropped
Always nice to see that Hamas is still operational, especially a year after October 7th

The ISISreal terror machine is doing massive bombings in Beirut once again

Unconfirmed reports suggest airstrike occurred near a Total gas station on Airport Road in Beirut. TotalEnergies, a French multinational, operates these stations. Earlier, Israeli PM Netanyahu condemned French President Macron for backing an arms embargo on Israel.

Lmao attacking TotalEnergies. Retaliation for Macron calling for for arms embargo? Bet France will do fuck all.

https://nitter.poast.org/DropSiteNews/status/1842687186690564191

US politicians move to revoke tax-exempt status of rights groups criticising Israel

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and a group of 100 rights and legal organisations have sent a letter to US House Speaker Mike Johnson and another official to condemn their pressure on the Internal Revenue Service.

They claim that the authorities have been pushing to illegally revoke the tax-exempt status of 15 US-based Muslim, Arab, Jewish and progressive groups “to punish criticism of the Israeli government”.

“We will continue to fight these politically motivated attacks, and we stand ready to defend any organisation targeted by their McCarthyistic tactics,” the group said.

Israel warns rescue workers against going to strike-hit areas - Lebanon Civil Defence 16:55 BST

Israel has threatened to strike Lebanese search and rescue teams if they go to the southern suburbs of Beirut to help those trapped under the rubble, according to Lebanon’s Civil Defence.

Following Israel’s massive strike on a residential neighbourhood in Dahieh overnight, the Civil Defence – administered by the Ministry of Interior - received a call saying any teams heading to the area within 72 hours of the attack will be struck, they told the BBC.

Lebanon’s national news agency said the Prime Minister Najib Mikati has made several calls to foreign officials asking them to pressure Israel to allow search and rescue teams to do their work.

Israel has hit rescue teams and health workers across south Lebanon and in Beirut, killing and wounding dozens. Yesterday the Lebanese minister of health said Israel had killed 97 health and search and rescue workers so far and injured 188.

The majority of those killed are from the Islamic Health Organisation - linked to Hezbollah - which has been offering health services to the displaced and conducting search-and-rescue operations.

Teams from the Lebanese Red Cross, the Lebanese Civil Defence, the Islamic Risala Scout Association, and the Amel Association international, have also been struck by Israel, according to the Lebanese minister.

The BBC has asked the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for comment.

• https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c39l7lv9pevt?post=asset%3A51f016ad-1375-457c-b310-228fe7b98927#post

This is tragic. There's apparently a lot of people who are in denial that Nasrallah was martyred to the point where the Deputy Chairman of Hezbollah's Political Council has to go out of his way to say that he personally saw Nasrallah's body:
https://xcancel.com/Saraa_Hajj/status/1843089218282938503

Traffic through the Suez Canal has fallen from around 2,000 transits per month before November 2023 to around 800 in August,

Greece-based Conbulk Shipmanagement Corporation stopped Red Sea voyages after its vessel MV Groton was attacked twice in August.

Torben Kolln, managing director of German-based container shipping group Leonhardt & Blumberg, said the Red Sea and wider Gulf of Aden was a "no go" area for their fleet.

An executive at a third shipping company, which has also received a letter, said they decided to end business with Israel in order to be able to continue to use the Red Sea route.

The Houthis have not stopped all traffic and the majority of Chinese and Russian-owned ships - which they do not see as affiliated with Israel - are able to sail through unhindered with lower insurance costs.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/houthis-warn-shipowners-new-phase-red-sea-campaign-prepare-be-attacked-2024-10-03/

colonies of a settler flock together

Speaking to reporters in Melbourne, the PM said the government was "very concerned" but it was a "good thing" the defence of Israel, supported by the US, ensured there was no loss of civilian life.

"There's been too much loss of life in that region," he says.

"Israel, of course, has a right to defend itself. What we have called for consistently is for a de-escalation in the region. Along with our friends in the United States and others.

"There's been too much loss of life in that region," he says.
"Israel, of course, has a right to defend itself.

What the world witnessed yesterday is the culmination of a project that started over 40 years ago. Since before the Islamic Revolution defeated the puppet shah and liberated Iran, the cause of liberating Palestine and of annihilating the zionist entity has been a central tenant of the Islamic Revolution and Khomeinist thought.

People have made the bizarre mistake of conflating the months-old Pezeshkian administration with the entire military/political apparatus of the state and it's institutions. There are clearly significant internal contradictions between the Liberals and the Revolutionaries. Thankfully Sayyed Ali Khamenei and the Supreme National Security Council get the final say.

Anti-Iran propaganda comes in many flavors, we should never entertain any of them. No world leader is more dedicated to liberating Palestine than Sayyed Khamenei.

The ability and opportunity to strike precisely and with absolute dominance against the enemy and have the political and military clout to not get immediately wiped off the map is something that the IRGC has been planning for longer than most of people here have been alive. Waiting a few weeks or months is nothing compared to decades. The Islamic Republic has offered up many tens of thousands of martyrs from Zionist terror including the 93 people martyred in January this year, and the legendary martyr rocket scientist Hassan Moghaddam who is one of a long list of scientists assasinated by the enemy. This doesn't even include the sanctions or the martyrs from the Sacred Defense. So, saying that the Islamic Republic has no stake in this fight is completely ignorant.

As analyst Julia Kassem wrote:

Without honestly understanding the risks and the capacity of state powers, who have their own structures of executing war decisions and own populations to take into account, vis-a-vis paramilitary/resistance groups, both in their foundational strengths as well as in their limitations, some of those that cheered the operations today will go back to parroting the same false narratives of Iran's military leadership being "all talk/no action" tomorrow.

if you go to the harris-walz merch store and begin scrolling down you can actually see the right-wing shift in the democratic party. all the lgbt stuff, like the kamala pride stickers, are hangovers from the old biden merch store. any of the bi and trans flag stuff that the biden store would sell is nowhere in sight. even the 'control guns not girls' is a biden antique. apart from a few reproductive rights items, the new harris-waltz stuff doesn't convey anything resembling a political message or vision. they're instead offering the most uninspiring campaign logo imaginable, a merch line with the slogan 'yes she can', another with 'when we fight we win', and some camo stuff that feels like its made to appeal to conservative voters. it's all very dull and visually unappealing.

for comparison, this is what the biden-harris merch store looked like in november 2020:

I have so much respect for Yemeni people, they just don't care about impact on (domestic) trade or whatever like most other countries. They do what's right.

https://x.com/Seamus_Malek/status/1842298285341684089