Hamas is stockpiling weapons outside of Gaza

One might have thought that the notion of "disarmament" could be taken seriously when applied to an organization whose very charter calls for the destruction of a sovereign state and the extermination of its Jewish inhabitants. Yet here we are, in the curious aftermath of a ceasefire brokered by Washington, confronting the predictable farce that is Hamas’s response to Phase Two of President Trump’s twenty-point plan for Gaza.

The plan, in its admirable clarity, insists that Hamas must disarm if the Strip is ever to be rebuilt and its people given even the slimmest chance of a future unburdened by perpetual war. Hamas, being Hamas, has no intention of complying unless the pressure becomes quite literally unbearable. And so, with the foresight of a criminal syndicate that has survived longer than anyone predicted, it has already begun spiriting away its arsenal to safer climes.

As the Jerusalem Post reported on November 16, citing Israeli public broadcaster KAN: "Hamas has started stockpiling weapons in African countries, Yemen, and other nations sympathetic to the terrorist organization… The report follows the implementation of the US-broked ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which stipulates the disarmament of the latter. According to Kan, the weapons are being stockpiled so that they can later be smuggled to locations, including the Gaza Strip, where Hamas can access them."

In plain English: Hamas has agreed to disarm in the same spirit that a snake agrees to become a vegetarian while quietly relocating the contents of the henhouse to a neighboring county. The destinations, one hardly needs reminding, are the usual suspects: Somalia, the lawless east of Libya under the Tripoli-based regime, the Houthi-ruled wastes of Yemen, and, let us not pretend otherwise, the indulgent salons of Qatar, the accommodating ports of Turkey, and, at the end of the supply chain, the arsenals of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 

A geography of fanaticism and failure, united by a single animating hatred.

Mossad, one presumes, is already mapping these ratlines across half the globe, though the task is rather like trying to count grains of sand in the Negev while the wind keeps blowing.

Meanwhile, the United Nations Security Council prepares to vote on yet another resolution, this one authorizing a multinational force to "demilitarize" Gaza, destroy its military infrastructure, and secure its borders, as if the paper on which such resolutions are written has ever restrained a single jihadist.

Hamas, for its part, has refused even to pretend it will surrender its weapons. And why should it? Since October 2023 it is believed to have recruited another twenty thousand young men eager to die for the cause. The organization is bloodied, certainly, but far from broken. Like some malevolent organism that regenerates faster than it can be cut, it has already ensured that whatever is confiscated in Gaza today can be replaced tomorrow from caches scattered across continents that have never met a terrorist they didn’t wish to support.

This is the reality of negotiating with millennial apocalypticism dressed up as "resistance." One does not disarm such people; one defeats them, or one waits for the next massacre. Everything else, the ceasefires, the resolutions, the earnest twenty-point plans, is merely the interval between atrocities. 

Hamas understands this perfectly. It is long past time the rest of us did too and it's also time to end Hamas' existence.

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IAF blows up Houthi leadership in a single strategic bombing

The Israeli Air Force [IAF] always seems to get a big bang for their shekel. They dropped a helluva surprise party on Houthi bigwigs in Sanaa, Yemen, last week, changing the Houthi prime minister's pronouns into 'was/ were.' The defense minister, and chief of the general staff were also eliminated in the airstrike as were the top ranking members of the government. All that's left are four low-ranking flunkies who probably wish they never joined the military.

This was a masterclass in seizing the moment. The Israelis caught wind of a rare Houthi pow-wow, where the top brass gathered to nod along to a rambling screed from their head honcho, Abdul Malik al-Houthi. One well-timed strike later, and boom—the Houthi org chart got a serious trim. Whispers on X suggest Israel pulled a slick bait-and-switch, luring the Houthi elite to one spot with a deception op straight out of a spy thriller. Think How Israel Lured Iran's Top Generals to Their Deaths Will Blow Your Mind—same vibe, different desert.

The body count? At least 10 Houthi heavyweights, including Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi, Defense Minister Major General Mohamed al-Atifi, and Chief of General Staff Major General Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari. The Houthis, true to form, are screaming “fake news!”—claiming it was all civilians, or if it happened, it was just a scratch. Sure, guys, tell it to the crater.This all kicked off after the Houthis got cocky last Friday, lobbing a cluster munition at Israel. Bad move. Israel had been brushing off their drone swarms like annoying flies, but cluster bombs aimed at cities? That’s a red line. By Sunday, Israel was back, hammering a military site near a presidential palace, a fuel depot, and two power stations in Yemen. Call it a message, delivered with a side of high explosives.

Codenamed “Drop of Luck,” the Thursday strike used standoff weapons—no warning, just instant chaos. Maximum surprise, minimum chit-chat.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz didn’t mince words: “As we warned the Houthis in Yemen: ‘After the plague of darkness comes the plague of death.’ Whoever raises a hand against Israel, their hand will be cut off.” Biblical, brutal, and on-brand.

Let’s not kid ourselves—this won’t make the Houthis pack up their missiles and go home. They’re too stubborn for that. But it sure as hell spikes their operating costs and turns their leaders’ lives into a high-stakes game of “where’s the next boom?” Exciting times in Sanaa.

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Israel warned Houthis twice this week to evacuate: they didn't but IDF held back, anyway

They're a great bunch of guys, once you get to know them

The Middle East is serving up another heaping helping of "what the flock is going on, David?" with a side of Houthi missile madness. 

Twice this week, Israel’s IDF played the responsible adult, warning Yemeni civilians to get out of Dodge after Houthi missile attacks sent Israelis scrambling for shelters. But then, in spite of the humanitarian warning, when the civilians didn't leave, Israel didn’t drop the hammer. 

BECAUSE ISRAEL IS THE GOOD GUY!

Sunday kicked off with Houthi missiles lighting up the sky, forcing Israelis to scramble and bunker down. The IDF, ever the good neighbor, told folks in Yemen to clear out of places like Ras Isa Port, Hodeidah Port, and Al-Salif Port so that they could summarily destroy them.

IDF Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee was crystal clear: “Due to the terrorist Houthi regime’s use of seaports for its terrorist activities, we urge all those present at these ports to evacuate and stay away from them for your safety until further notice.” But as mentioned, Israel didn't follow through with a strike because they don't intentionally kill civilians, like their enemies do.

Prime Minister Netanyahu's office and the military are zipping their lips tighter than a liberal at a Second Amendment rally. Sources are tossing out guesses like a Trump tee-shirt event. 

One theory: Israel’s trying to save a few shekels by not blowing up Houthi targets every time they act up. Another? They’re keeping the skies quiet to avoid embarrassing footage of explosions while President Trump swaggers through the Middle East. Optics, baby. My theory is that they don't want to kill un-Houthi-like Houthis.

Speaking of Trump, he’s out here making deals like it’s “The Art of the Deal: Yemen Edition.” On Tuesday, from the Oval Office, he announced a shiny new agreement with the Houthis. The gist? The U.S. stops bombing them, and they promise to quit playing pirate with trade routes. One small problem: according to an Israeli source, Trump didn’t bother ringing up Bibi Netanyahu before shaking hands with the terror crew. 

Meanwhile, the Houthis are still lobbing missiles at Israel, which get swatted out of the sky by Arrow interceptors and American THAAD systems. No direct hits, but one woman got banged up rushing to a shelter. 

And just to keep things spicy, Mahdi al-Mashat, the head of Yemen’s Houthi Supreme Political Council, declared last week that his terror squad’s gonna keep firing at Israel, ceasefire be damned, because of the Gaza situation. Bold move for a group that’s basically a speed-bump for U.S. and Israeli firepower.

So here we are, folks: Israel’s playing chess while the Houthis are chucking rocks, and Trump’s rewriting the rulebook without telling his allies. Just another day in the Middle East, where the only thing predictable is the chaos.

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President Trump opposes Israel's new Gaza operation

The bond between President Donald Trump and Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, once a bulwark of mutual resolve, now frays under the weight of diverging ambitions. A report from the often questionable NBC News, citing an array of voices—two U.S. officials, two Middle Eastern diplomats, and two others—reveals a rift that has widened in recent days, marked by sharp exchanges and clashing visions.

At the heart of this discord lies Israel’s audacious plan to launch a new ground offensive in Gaza, a move Trump reportedly deems a “wasted effort.” Evidently, the President doesn't believe that, left to their own devices, Gazans would happily coexist with the Israelis. But at no time in the past has this been realized.

The Israeli Security Cabinet, with unyielding unanimity, has endorsed a strategy to seize Gaza, evacuate civilians southward, and dismantle Hamas through a territorial stranglehold dubbed the “Rafah” approach. Yet Trump, according to sources, views this as a reckless gambit, one that threatens to reduce Gaza to rubble and undermine his own grand design: a rebuilt Gaza under American stewardship, as outlined in his February 4th resettlement plan. 

He pushes instead for a ceasefire, a pause to the carnage, while Netanyahu presses forward, undeterred, for the sake of Israel's future safety.

The tensions spill beyond Gaza. 

Netanyahu, blindsided by Trump’s abrupt halt to strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, finds himself at odds with a White House that seems to flirt with the notion of Iran retaining a civilian nuclear program—a prospect that chills Jerusalem to its core. 

Last week, Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer sought to bridge this chasm in a meeting with Trump, though the outcome remains uncertain.

Trump’s forthcoming journey to the Middle East, beginning with a Saudi-hosted summit, underscores the growing distance. Israel’s invitations for him to visit the Jewish state en route to Riyadh were rebuffed, a snub that speaks louder than diplomatic platitudes. Yet the National Security Council’s James Hewitt seeks to paper over the cracks, insisting, “Israel has had no better friend in its history than President Trump.” He pledges continued collaboration to free hostages, thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and bolster regional security. 

Fine words, but they ring hollow against the backdrop of this unraveling alliance.

Here we stand, witnessing a spectacle of two great leaders, once aligned in defiance, now pulling in opposite directions. One seeks to reshape Gaza in America’s image; the other to crush Hamas at any cost, because having them in power is suicidal to Israel.

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The stakes are not merely strategic but civilizational, and the world watches as the fault lines deepen.

Let's pray for Israel's total victory over Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and any group that would seek the annihilation of the Jewish people and total destruction of the Jewish State.

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Trump Declares Houthi Showdown Over: “They’ve Capitulated”: But Wait!

President Trump just dropped a bombshell from the White House, flanked by Canada’s PM Mark Carney. The US is hitting pause on its Yemen airstrikes against the Houthis, ‘cause apparently, the Iran-backed crew’s waving the white flag. Trump says they’re done, and Oman’s chiming in with a shiny new “ceasefire” to keep the Red Sea’s shipping lanes drama-free.

“[The Houthis] just don't want to fight, and we will honor that and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated,” Trump boasted in the Oval Office. Straight-up, he’s claiming the Houthis are tapping out, telling his administration they “don't want to fight anymore.” 

“They say they will not be blowing up ships anymore and that's what the purpose of what we were doing... so that's just news we just found out about that.”

This may have something to do with the fact that they are being handed their butts on a silver platter.

Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi didn’t waste time backing this up, posting that the deal’s a two-way street—nobody’s targeting anybody. “In the future, neither side will target the other, including American vessels, in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab Strait, ensuring freedom of navigation and the smooth flow of international commercial shipping,” he said. Oman’s been playing mediator, smoothing things out to de-escalate this mess.

Now, let’s rewind. The Houthis started this Red Sea chaos, lobbing missiles and drones at ships to show “solidarity” with Palestinians in Gaza, who’ve been under Israel’s bombardment since Hamas’s attack in October 2023. They sank two ships, nabbed another, killed four crew members, and scared off major shipping companies. We’re talking 15% of the world’s trade usually flows through that route—forced to detour around Africa. Brutal.

The US wasn’t messing around. Since March, they’ve hammered 1,000 Houthi targets. Trump’s kept the pedal down, but now he’s saying the Houthis are done playing pirate. “The Houthis have announced that they are not, or they announced to us at least, that they don't want to fight anymore... but, more importantly, we will take their word,” he said. Bold move, Don.

Meanwhile, the Houthis haven’t said squat about this supposed surrender. And they’re still chucking missiles at Israel—one landed near Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport on Sunday. Israel clapped back hard, leveling Yemen’s main airport in Sanaa on Tuesday, leaving it “completely destroyed,” per an AFP-quoted official. They also hit power plants, a cement factory, and port facilities in Hudaydah. Oh, and last month? The Houthis claimed a US strike killed 68 African migrants in a detention center. Heavy stuff.

So, is this ceasefire the real deal, or just another Middle East mirage? Trump’s betting on the former, but with the Houthis staying silent, I wouldn’t hold my breath.

WAIT!!

The surrender is off. There is no ceasefire as the Houthis do a U-turn faster than than JB Pritzker can wolf down a Big Mac with supersized fries and diet cola.

Sanaa airport, belonging to the Houthis, has been closed down permanently as it has been totally destroyed.

The reason the Houthis are not abiding by a ceasefire is because the Ayatollah has extended aid to them and has urged them to stop the mixed messages and stay united. He's sending them aid and need to stay in the fight.

The Houthis are making the US and Israel waste their missiles on such silly targets as their airport, rocket launchers and factories. They remind me of Monty Python's Black Knight.

So let's wait another half hour and see what's happening.

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Houthi missile interception failure due to technical error

A Houthi missile rocked the Ben-Gurion Airport area Sunday morning, and IDF sources, spilling the beans to The Jerusalem Post, pinned the failure to intercept it on a pesky technical error. No human screw-up, no fancy new Houthi toys—just a glitch in the system.

 
The military, quick to flex, boasted that since the war kicked off, the Israel Air Force has swatted down Houthi missiles with a 95%+ success rate, intercepting dozens like it’s no big deal.

 
The strike left a mark: three lightly wounded, per Magen David Adom. 

A 50-year-old man, a 54-year-old woman, and a 32-year-old woman—caught in the chaos, the latter hurt dashing to a shelter—got medical attention. The blast also tore up the access road to Terminal 3. First time a Houthi missile’s hit Ben-Gurion, but not the first to hit Israeli soil.

 
Defense Minister Israel Katz didn’t mince words, vowing, “Whoever harms us will be struck sevenfold in return.”

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Houthis fire missiles at northern Israel

In the early hours of Wednesday, the Iran-backed Houthi rebels of Yemen, with their characteristic audacity, fired a missile aimed at northern Israel, as the Israeli military grimly confirmed. This is no ordinary skirmish; it is a rare escalation from a group that has already choked the lifeblood of global trade with its blockade of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, all in the name of solidarity with the Palestinian cause—a cause stained by the blood of tens of thousands killed in Israel’s relentless war against another of Tehran’s proxies, Hamas, in Gaza.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), with their usual clinical precision, announced the attack via Telegram, noting that sirens wailed across Haifa, Krayot, and Western Galilee. “An interceptor was launched toward the missile, and the missile was most likely successfully intercepted,” they declared, betraying no hint of the chaos such an event might unleash.

This brazen act arrives against the backdrop of near-daily American strikes on the Houthis, a campaign unleashed by the Trump administration in mid-March to cripple their ability to menace U.S. vessels caught in their maritime stranglehold. 

The Houthis, undeterred, imposed this blockade in November 2023, barely a month after the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7, when Hamas’s savage surprise assault on Israel set the region ablaze. The Houthis, ever the loyal proxies of Iran, claim their blockade is a noble stand for the Palestinian people, whose Gaza homeland has been reduced to rubble by 18 months of unrelenting conflict.

A fleeting ceasefire in Gaza, secured in January, collapsed after a mere 42 days, and Israel has since resumed its merciless operations against Hamas in the shattered enclave. The Houthis’ missile, then, is not merely a projectile; it is a signal, a reminder that the Middle East remains a tinderbox, where the proxies of Tehran and the armies of Jerusalem clash with no end in sight.

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IDF evacuate and burn down hospital used as a "Hamas terrorist stronghold"

The FAFO ambulance waved at by Gazan terrorist

On Friday, Israeli soldiers evacuated patients and staff from a hospital in northern Gaza and set part of the facility on fire, explaining that it had been used as a "Hamas terrorist stronghold" throughout the conflict.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that the evacuation was conducted on Friday afternoon during an operation in the area of Kamal Adwan Hospital. The IDF troops "facilitated the secure evacuation of civilians, patients and medical personnel" before starting the operation.

"We will continue to make extensive efforts for patients to continue receiving care in other hospitals by facilitating the evacuation of patients from the Kamal Adwan Hospital, the ongoing transfer of supplies, food, and fuel to the area, and the restoration of operations of hospitals in the area, while maintaining ongoing communication with hospital officials," the statement reads.

Since their last "targeted operation" in October 2024, the IDF said the hospital "has once again become a key stronghold for terrorist organizations and continues to be used as a hideout for terrorist operatives" despite "repeated calls by the IDF to refrain from exploiting the hospital for military activities."

The IDF said only one building was set on fire, but representatives from the Gaza Health Ministry stated using taqiyya (google it) that multiple critical departments were burned after workers and patients were forcibly removed, according to The Associated Press.

The IDF argues that the evacuation was necessary due to "prior intelligence regarding the presence of terrorist infrastructure and operatives."

Before this operation, an Israeli official mentioned that patients would be moved to the nearby Indonesian hospital, where the food is much better and which had been cleared by the military a few days earlier.

In November 2023, the Israeli forces reported killing five Hamassholes during a raid on Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza's largest, alleging it was used by the terror group for military purposes. Israel had warned Gaza authorities the day before to halt military activities, which they did not.

A previous video from the IDF showed captured Hamasshole members admitting to using hospitals for refuge and ambulances for "anything important," like moving commanders. One terrorist indicated that Al-Shifa Hospital was used by militants to hide in the basement and named Yahya Sinwar, a Hamas leader and the architect of the October 7 attacks, as being present, according to The Washington Post.

IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari released audio of an intercepted call last year where a Gazan and a Hamas member discussed using ambulances for militant activities, leading Hagari to state that Hamas "exploits ambulances, hospitals, clinics, mosques and schools for terrorist purposes."

Additionally, IDF troops last year uncovered hidden networks, including weapons, operational plans, and tunnel entrances near childcare facilities after a prolonged firefight in an area controlled by Hamas.

The IDF has long claimed that Hamas uses tunnels beneath civilian areas for covert movements.

Meanwhile, missile sirens went off in several Israeli areas overnight Friday due to a projectile from Yemen's Houthi rebels, which was intercepted. Following Israeli strikes on Yemen's infrastructure, the Houthis pledged to continue attacks until Israel agrees to a ceasefire.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, controlled by Hamas, the conflict has resulted in over 45,400 deaths, including both fighters and civilians.

The war intensified after Hamas' attack on October 7, 2023, which killed around 1,200, mostly civilians, in Israel. Hamas took about 240 hostages, with nearly 100 still held. Israel's military response aims to free these hostages and dismantle Hamas, which has governed Gaza since 2007 and is designated a terrorist group by the United States.

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IAF hits Sana's, Hodeidah right smack dab in Houthi leader's "victory" speech

Fun Fact: Daniel Boone never wore a coonskin hat, but his breasts lactated from a rare medical condition.

In the middle of a 'victory' speech by Houthi leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, Israeli airstrikes hit Sana'a and Hodeidah on Thursday.

The strikes specifically targeted the main runway, control tower, and aircraft at Sana'a International Airport. Images broadcast by Sky News Arabia show the airport damaged by fire.

The IDF confirmed that they had targeted Houthi military infrastructure, including the Sana’a International Airport, the Hezyaz and Ras Kanatib power stations, and the ports of Al-Hudaydah, Salif, and Ras Kanatib on Yemen's western coast.

The targets were used to smuggle weapons from the Iranian regime into Yemen.

Reports indicated seven strikes in Sana'a and three in Hodeidah, with dozens of aircraft seen in the sky.

Al-Houthi was in the middle of a speech, railing against the "failure" of Tel Aviv to challenge Yemen and said Israel had failed to obtain intelligence in the country right before the strikes hit.

Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdel Salam called the attack a "crime against the Yemeni people."

Ramping up the attack

"The Houthi terrorist regime is a central part of the Iranian axis of terror, and their attacks on international shipping vessels and routes continue to destabilize the region and the wider world. The Houthi terrorist regime operates as an autonomous terrorist group while relying on Iranian cooperation and funding to carry out its attacks," the IDF said following the strikes.

"The IDF will not hesitate to operate at any distance against any threat to the State of Israel and its citizens."

These strikes followed persistent missile attacks on Tel Aviv, with one missile causing damage and injuring over 30 people.

Both the United States and Israel vowed to ramp up attacks on the Houthis, who began launching raids on trade flowing through the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea in "solidarity" with Hamas.

Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi has ordered the Air Force to begin upgrading its early detection and warning systems to prepare for possible attacks, like those from ballistic missiles or drones.

"The attacks against the Houthis will continue as long as necessary, and each time, they will pay a heavier price," an official added. "This is much more significant than the previous strikes."

According to the IDF, the Houthis have fired over 200 ballistic missiles and over 170 drones at Israel, with most being shot down by the US or Israel but 22 having penetrated.

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U.S, troops at Syrian base hit by deadly drone attack

Six Kurdish soldiers were killed late Sunday at a base in eastern Syria where U.S. troops are stationed. The drone attack targeted a training ground at al-Omar base in Syria's eastern province of Deir el-Zour, the U.S.-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said in a statement on Monday.

According to the statement, the attack struck an area where the forces' commando units were being trained. No U.S. troops were killed or injured in the attack, they said.

This was the first attack in Syria or Iraq since the Biden administration launched a perfunctory response over the weekend against Iran-backed militias. Assaults on U.S. troops and civilians in the region has been going on since the outbreak of the October 7 Israel-Hamasshole war.

The SDF initially blamed "Syrian regime-backed mercenaries" for Sunday's attack, but after investigating the attack, they accused "Iran-backed militias." These militias aren't too worried that the U.S. will do anything too untoward in response because Biden has mumbled it nearly clear that he doesn't want to start a war and that his son died in both Iraq and Normandy, in 2014 and 1918 respectively.

The Islamic Resistance, an oxymoronically named [they're not resisting anyone, they're initiating the conflict] umbrella group of all Iran-backed Iraqi militias, claimed responsibility for the Sunday attack and released a video they claim showed them launching the drone used in the attack.

U.S. Central Command forces said Sunday they conducted a "self-defense" strike against a Houthi land attack cruise missile at approximately 5:30 a.m. Sanaa time. CENTCOM forces have their hands tied because the Biden administration will not meet aggression with a powerful response.

[Symbolically, if the Houthis was the guy on the beach who kicks sand in the face of the U.S., the latter would respond immediately with, "Please cut that out. You kicked sand in my face."]

Later, at approximately 10:30 a.m., U.S. forces struck four anti-ship cruise missiles in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, which they determined "presented an imminent threat to U.S. Navy ships and merchant vessels" in the Red Sea. The anti-ship missiles died in complete agony and promised never to blow up our vessels again.

Sunday’s strikes also came a day after the U.S. and U.K. launched a wave of strikes against 36 Houthi targets, meant to degrade their capabilities and tell them in no uncertain terms, "Hey, there you go again, kicking sand in our faces."

Houthi rebels rolled their shoulders, grabbed their nutsacks and vowed "escalation" in reaction to the strikes, with a spokesman for the group vowing to continue its own attacks "no matter the sacrifices it costs us."

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Uh oh, the Houthis vow revenge and proportionate response after US, UK strike again in Yemen

Following the Sunday U.S. and U.K. airstrike in Yemen, the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists, aka Ansar Allah, have vowed 'escalation' hopefully in the form of a proportionate response, like that of President Biden, so that things don't get out of hand and cause a war.

Although the U.S. and U.K. sent fighter jets and B1 bombers to destroy Houthi targets, the terror group does not have the same air power and proportionate responses will be hard to accomplish. They do, however, have small, domestically-manufactured drones, they like to call "Qasef" drones. These little babies have been used by the Houthis [and the Blowfish] in attacks on targets in Saudi Arabia's military bases, airports, and oil facilities.

A Houthi spokes terrorist vowed to keep up the good fight and plans will remain in place to disrupt regional trade, "no matter the sacrifices it costs us." Because all good terrorists go to Jannah, collect 72 virgins and get to drink along the shores of rivers of wine.

"The US-British coalition’s bombing of a number of Yemeni provinces will not change our position, and we affirm that our military operations against Israel will continue until the crimes of genocide in Gaza are stopped and the siege on its residents is lifted, no matter the sacrifices it costs us," Houthi spokesman Mohammed al-Bukhaiti bravely tweeted.

"Our war is moral, and if we had not intervened to support the oppressed in Gaza, humanity would not have existed among humans. The American-British aggression against Yemen will not go unanswered, and we will meet escalation with escalation," he added.

Since the pond scum killed three of our soldiers in Jordan, tensions have been very high. It is believed that President Biden may have said something about an ongoing response but it was difficult to make out his words. He mumbled something about targeting Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria then attempted to find his way offstage.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, who is gay, also refused to rule out the possibility of carrying out strikes within Iran in the near future on Sunday because he doesn't want to start any trouble.

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah are also high and could lead to another front in Israel's current war against the Hamassholes that the latter started on October 7.  The Jewish State made it clear that if push came to shove, they would not hesitate to invade in order to protect themselves.

"We do not choose war as our first priority, but we are certainly prepared," IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said. "We will continue to act wherever Hezbollah is present, we will continue to act wherever it is required in the Middle East. What is true for Lebanon is true for Syria, and is true for other more distant places." 

He added: "The Holocaust was real, but the Jews aren't so easy to f*** with anymore."

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U.S. and U.K. strike against Houthis

A new round of airstrikes were launched by the United States and Britain against the Iranian-backed Houthi scumcrumpets in Yemen. This comes in response to over 30 attacks the Houthis carried out against cargo ships near the Arabian Peninsula over the course of several months.

While it isn't known what support Canada, Bahrain, Denmark and Austria may have provided, these countries supported the latest effort.

The Pentagon stupidly described the strikes as “proportionate and necessary." While hitting back is necessary, the idea of proportionality is stupid because that does nothing to end the fighting. If you get punched in the mouth and you punch the other guy back in the mouth, it's unlikely the fight will have ended. But if you kick his butt, it's likely he will stop hitting you in the mouth. This garbage of proportionate responses makes no sense at all. The only people who call for this are those who want the aggressor to win, or for the fight to continue.

“These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade, and the lives of innocent mariners, and are in response to a series of illegal, dangerous, and destabilizing Houthi actions since previous coalition strikes on January 11 and 22, 2024, including the January 27 attack which struck and set ablaze the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker M/V Marlin Luanda,” and blah, blah, blah, the statement said.

If we wanted to degrade the capabilities of the Houthis, we would destroy with shock and awe, and if a bunch of Houthis got their 72 virgins, that would lessen the number of terrorists trying to kill Americans.

The perfunctory strikes “specifically targeted sites associated with the Houthis’ deeply buried weapons storage facilities, missile systems and launchers, air defense systems, and radars.”

The impotent Biden administration said its sole goal was to “de-escalate tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea.” 

“Let us reiterate our warning to Houthi leadership: we will not hesitate to continue to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the world’s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats,” the statement concluded.

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BREAKING: US Navy destroys 6 Houthi anti-ship missiles in Yemen

The Iranian-backed Houthis fired a half dozen anti-ship missiles on Saturday evening in Yemen, Fox News reports. 

The anti-ship cruise missiles were identified in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen and were immediately identified as an imminent threat to U.S. Naval and merchant ships in the region, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).

The U.S. Navy responded with self-defense strikes and avoided damage.

"This action will protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S. Navy and merchant vessels," CENTCOM said.

The U.S. had carried out another self-defense strike on Thursday, targeting multiple projectiles that Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in Yemen were getting ready to launch. The U.S. has conducted more than 12 strikes against the Houthis since Jan. 11 after enduring multiple strikes against them without doing anything to dissuade them.

Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on October 7, Iranian-backed militant groups have struck U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria at least 166 times with rockets, missiles, and one-way attack drones, drawing about a mere half-dozen, slap-on-the-wrists, U.S. counterstrikes on militant facilities in both countries.

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BREAKING: Iran media: at least 103 killed, 141 injured in explosion near Gen Soleimani’s grave

Two explosions, we’ll call them “Badahbah” and “Badahbing,” went off near the grave of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed on former President Trump’s orders. The explosions in Kerman, Iran killed no less than 103 people and wounded around 141, according to Iranian reports on Wednesday.

Iranian officials stated the explosions went off during a ceremony honoring Soleimani on the fourth anniversary of the scumcrumpet’s death in 2020. He died in a drone strike ordered by Trump and “he died like a dog,” according to the former president.

"The blasts were caused by terrorist attacks," Iranian media quoted a local terrorist as saying, without accusing any specific party. "Several gas canisters exploded on the road leading to the cemetery."

The explosions occurred at a time when tensions are boiling up between the world's number one sponsor of terrorism, Iran, the U.S., and Israel. 

Iranian proxy terrorist groups attacked U.S. bases in Syria and Iraq over a hundred times since October. The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have continuously attacked trade ships in the Red Sea while Hezbollah, another Iran-backed band of Jew-hating terrorists, threatened Israel's northern border with drone attacks.

Big cheese Hamasshole, Saleh Arouri, was killed in an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, according to Hezbollah media. (Reuters)

Saleh Arouri: don't let that smile fool you--he's dead

While Israel did not claim responsibility for the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's administration noted its "surgical" nature, according to Fox News.

"Israel has not taken responsibility for this attack. But whoever did it must be clear that this was not an attack on the Lebanese state," Netanyahu adviser Ambassador Mark Regev told Fake News' MSNBC. "It was not even an attack on Hezbollah terrorist organization. Whoever did this did a surgical strike against the Hamas leadership."

However, nobody in the U.S. or Israel is crying over the news.

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DefSec Austin announces strategy regarding Houthis in Red Sea

U.S. Secretary of Defense (LOL) Lloyd Austin announced a new maritime task force on Monday slated to safeguard commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, proving that men can regrow their testicles under the right conditions.

Operation Prosperity Guardian includes the UK, Canada, eh, Bahrain, Italy, France, Norway, Netherlands, Spain and Seychelles.

“The recent escalation in reckless Houthi attacks originating from Yemen threatens the free flow of commerce, endangers innocent mariners, and violates international law,” Austin finally said in a statement. “The Red Sea is a critical waterway that has been essential to freedom of navigation and a major commercial corridor that facilitates international trade.”

Austin said the initiative is "under the under the umbrella of the Combined Maritime Forces and the leadership of its Task Force 153, which focuses on security in the Red Sea."

Since the Oct. 7 Hamassholes massacred over 1,200 innocent Israelis, mostly civilians, the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists and other terrorist groups, have been firing missiles at merchant vessels and attacking ships with drones as well. In some cases, the terrorist boarded ships and hijacked them.

Since the Houthi aggression, BP and Maersk have halted operations in the Red Sea and needed to take significantly longer routes, which increase costs and affect global trade.

Iran’s sleazy Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned the US that such a task force will face “extraordinary problems.” But in reality, he's just grabbing his crotch and pretending to be tough. Iran's navy is about as sophisticated as a Pez dispenser. 

“Nobody can make a move in a region where we have predominance,” Ashtiani reportedly told the Iranian Student News Agency.

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BREAKING: US Guided Missile Destroyer Shoots Down a Yemen Drone

USS Bahdahbah-bahdahbing!

The USS Thomas Hudner of the Sixth Fleet shot down a drone launched by Yemen on Wednesday in the Red Sea. The ship, a guided missile destroyer was patrolling in the Red Sea when it detected a drone launch and was tracking the drone as it headed straight for the ship with bad intentions. 

When first spotted it wasn't known who launched it, but it is confirmed that it was on course to strike the destroyer while underway. This is the first direct US Naval attack since the dogs of war were loosed. The Navy can't confirm if the drone was carrying a weapon of whether it was even capable of carrying or firing one, but the Captain of the destroyer wasn't about to wait and see.

This recent encounter comes roughly a month after another US destroyer shot down missiles and drones fired out of Yemen as well.

Meanwhile about 


Wednesday night, the Arleigh Burke-class Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer USS Carney engaged three cruise missiles and approximately eight drones launched by Iran-backed Houthi terrorists operating in Yemen. The missiles were all destroyed, as were the drones.

This incident also comes after the US lost an MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle off the coast of Yemen when it was shot down by the Iranian-back Houthi rebels. No American effort was made to recover the drone after it was shot down.


[...]the first US Reaper has been lost to hostile action.


A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down in western Yemen on Sunday, officials at U.S. Central Command confirmed to Military Times.

Multiple outlets reported on Sunday that Houthi rebels had claimed they shot down a drone. Images of the wreckage were posted by the rebel faction’s news agency SABA.

Houthi air defense systems brought down the drone in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, SABA claimed.

“We assess that an MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was shot down in western Yemen on Oct. 1, 2017. This incident is under investigation,” said Maj. Earl Brown, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command.

As noted, this marks the second time that American forces have intercepted and shot down missiles and or drones that have been launched out of Yemen. Israel has also shot down missiles out of Yemen when the Houthi rebel group launched a medium-range ballistic missile at an unknown target. Israel used their Arrow anti-ballistic missile defense system to shoot down the missile's re-entry vehicle while still in space.

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U.S. bombs weapons depot in Syria after Iran proxies shoot down drone off Yemen

United States warplanes struck a weapons dump used by Iran and its proxy terrorists in eastern Syria. The bombing came after Houthi forces, an Iran-backed terrorist force, shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone.

In a statement, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, [with the blessings of Rear Admiral Rachel Levine] said the strike was in response to more than three dozen attacks on American military sites across Iraq and Syria since Oct. 17.

“The President has no higher priority than the safety of U.S. personnel, and he directed today’s action to make clear that the United States will defend itself, its personnel, and its interests,” Austin said as Rear Admiral Levine pondered his pronouns. 

“The United States is fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and our facilities. We urge against any escalation. U.S. personnel will continue to conduct counter-ISIS missions in Iraq and Syria.”

Thus far, Iran has not responded militarily to the U.S. attack and is likely not to do so. 

Let's keep an eye on the ball, but not on Levine's.

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Iran sponsored terrorists storm US Embassy in Yemen: take hostages, seize equipment

Bloomberg News first reported on Tuesday that Iran-backed Houthi terrorists had taken  “at least 25 Yemenis working for the U.S.” into custody over the span of a few weeks, including “Yemenis working for the U.S. embassy and USAID.” 

[H/T The Daily Wire]

Meanwhile, President Biden's biggest accomplishment over the past few weeks was that he had crappped his pants and also farted "loud and long" in front of the Duchess of Cornwall.

On Thursday, The Free Beacon reported that, according to the Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI), a watchdog group that translates foreign media, the Houthis had seized equipment from the compound, thus keeping with the spirit of the Taliban who did the same in Afghanistan because we left it behind for them to seize it.

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The report states that Houthi rebels stormed the U.S. compound on Wednesday and seized  “large quantities of equipment and materials.”  The raid comes only five days after the rebels kidnapped Yemeni nationals who work for the U.S. embassy. 

“The alleged raid comes after the Houthis kidnapped three Yemeni nationals affiliated with the U.S. Embassy from one of the employee’s private residences in Sana’a on November 5,” according to MEMRI. No less than 22 other Yemenis were kidnapped by the Houthis in recent weeks, “most of whom worked on the security staff guarding the embassy grounds,” according to the report.

A State Department spokesperson said that the “majority” of hostages have been released, but that some embassy staff “continue to be detained without explanation.”

“We call on the Houthis to immediately vacate it and return all seized property,” the spokesman said weakly.  “The U.S. government will continue its diplomatic efforts to secure the release of our staff and the vacating of our compound, including through our international partners.”

Although the Trump administration designated the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), the impotent Biden/Brandon administration meekly reversed the terrorist designation to avoid insulting them and Iran, who sponsor their terrorism.

The Associated Press reported on February 5: 

“Biden’s administration is moving to revoke the designation of Yemen’s Houthis as a terrorist group, citing the need to mitigate one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. A State Department official confirmed the move Friday after members of Congress were notified of the administration’s plans. The official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the removal changed nothing about the Biden administration’s views of the Houthis, who have targeted civilians and kidnapped Americans.”

The Houthis have been trained and provided with military equipment and weapons by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, he Counter Terrorism Project reported. 

Do you miss Trump yet?

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Iran suicide attack on Saudi frigate maybe meant for US

An Iranian-backed suicide attack targeted a Saudi frigate off the coast of Yemen Monday, but it is believed by the Pentagon the attack was actually meant for an American warship.

It happened in the southern Red Sea and the perpetrators were Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. There were two sailors killed and three wounded by what was first believed to be a missile. However, new analysis of a video showing the attack indicates to American intelligence that it was actually a suicide bomber whose small boat rammed the side of the Saudi vessel.

In the video there is audio in which a voice narrating the attack shouts in Arabic, "Death to America, Death to Israel, Death to the Jews."

They always have to get the 'Jews' thing in--the Koran tells them they need to hate the Jews.

The attack occurred in the same area where U.S. Navy warships came under missile attack in October, near Bab al Mandab Strait which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. The U.S. destroyer shot down the incoming missiles, which was the first successful use in combat using the SM-2 missile.

The USS Nitze, an American destroyer, retaliated soon after launching Tomahawk missiles on October 13 at multiple Houthi radar sites in Yemen. 

Liberals, such as Chuck Schumer and Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren, are still upset with the name of our missile saying that 'Tomahawk' is a racist, anti-native American slur and has no place in the American military lexicon. 

They want to rename it "The Loud Phallic-looking Thing That Goes Boom!"

This latest incident follows one day after President Trump spoke with the Saudi king by phone to discuss the idea of setting up safe zones for refugees in Syria and Yemen.

U.S. defense officials are concerned about the latest attack but are confident American warships can blow the hell out of anything that comes close to a threat.

The US has supported Saudi-led airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen since 2015.

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