And another one bites the dust

The late, not great, Alireza Tangsiri

There have been loads of eliminations by the IDF of senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, Basij leaders, nuclear scientists, heads of the air force, ballistic missile scientists, government spokesmen, and many others. 

Well now, the long list recently got longer by one additional scumcrumpet with the announcement by Israel that it had removed IRGC naval commander, Alireza Tangsiri, from the game of life. Tangsiri was the guy who organized the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and now he is with his virgin Capra aegagrus hircuses.

The IAF strike killed Tangsiri in Bandar Abbas, adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz. The IDF and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed it after an Israeli official informed The Jerusalem Post earlier on Thursday.

Israeli defense sources have confirmed to the New York Post that the strike that killed Tangsiri took place early Thursday morning at 3 a.m. local time. The sources said that a number of Tangsiri’s top naval aides were killed in the same attack.

In a video statement issued on Thursday, the prime minister said Tangsiri had “a great deal of blood on his hands” and was the person “who led the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.” . . . Tangsiri was widely seen as taking an increasingly aggressive stance in recent weeks on Iran’s actions in the Gulf, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz, but now his stance is forever prone.

Last week he threatened retaliation against US facilities in the region, warning civilians and workers to stay away. 

“Our list of targets is updated. Oil facilities associated with America are now on par with American bases and will come under fire with full force,” Tangsiri said at the time, before being blown into fish chum.

Scary stuff, no? Too bad that Admiral Tangsiri couldn’t be around to see how even more of his ships, now amounting to more than 100, and among them 92 percent of Iran’s largest warships, are now at the bottom of the Persian Gulf.

After Israel’s first main attack on Iran on October 26, 2024, when the IDF destroyed almost all of Iran’s air defenses, the Iranians promised a terrible revenge. Like the Monty Python Black Knight's call for retaliation, it never came. 

Then the Iranian regime rolled their shoulders, grabbed their crotches and threatened that if Israel launches any further attack on their country they would “wipe Israel off the face of the earth forever.” All bluster.

Why wait for another attack by Israel? Wasn’t that 12-day aggression by the Jewish state enough to justify an Iranian response that would end the Jewish state’s existence? If Iran was so all-powerful, why did it refrain from responding to that Israeli attack? 

The IRGC has its excuse: according to its version of events, Iran delivered a terrific blow against Israel in that war and has no need to respond further unless of course the Israelis were foolish enough to attack Iran again. Then Iran would not only repeat its previous “victory” but would wipe Israel “off the face of the Earth.” 

Yet another attack came and Am Yisrael Chai, baby. 

And now Alireza Tangsiri, author of yet more threats on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is dead.

Alireza Tangsiri did his best for his home team, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was the naval mastermind who carried out the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, directed maritime attacks on civilian structures and military targets in the Gulf Arab states, and supported the Houthis with intelligence that will be wasted on that group of cretins.

Who’s next on the IDF’s To-Do List?

The crown prince of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, has his own sources of information inside Iran. Many Iranians are fed up with the regime and have been for decades.

They have seen the hundreds of billions of dollars invested in the nuclear program go up in smoke. The tens of billions of dollars that Iran has spent on supporting its proxies with weaponry and money, especially Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, have similarly evanesced as a result of Israeli attack.

Finally, the crushing blow delivered by the IDF to Iran, and then the further damage done by the American bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan, have so demoralized many members of the IRGC that some of them now want out. Also, not getting paid for their terrorism doesn't help the morale very much either.

They can no longer support a regime that has destroyed the country’s economy, with more than 30 percent of Iranians now living below the poverty line, that crushes peaceful dissent, and has misspent hundreds of billions of dollars both on failing proxies (Hamas, Hezbollah) and on a nuclear program that has just been demolished.

They sense the regime is crumbling and want to get out while there is still time.

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Hezbollah terrorists killed, 2 IDF troops slightly wounded in close quarter combat

Two IDF soldiers were lightly wounded on Thursday during a close-quarters engagement in southern Lebanon during which the troops killed a Hezbollah terrorist, the IDF said.

The engagement came amid a “targeted ground operation” conducted by the 162nd Division to bolster the military’s forward position in the country, the IDF added.

Soldiers in the area also located "numerous weapons, including rifles, vests, grenades, and additional weapons," the IDF said.

Meanwhile, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Thursday that there was no end in sight to the war between Hezbollah and Israel.

Katz to Hezbollah chief Qassem: You will 'not live to see' Israel’s full response

Amid the operations, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem that he would not live to see the extent of the “very heavy price” the group would pay for its earlier attacks on Israel during Passover, saying he would be “at the bottom of hell” alongside slain members of Iran and its proxy network.

Katz’s comments came following a Thursday situational assessment with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and other top military officials at “the pit,” the IDF’s command center beneath the Kiyra military compound. IDF soldiers are seen operating in southern Lebanon, April 1, 2026.Earlier that morning, military sources said that the IDF had begun demolishing homes in southern Lebanese villages located along the border with Israel.

According to the sources, the houses targeted by the military were used by the Hezbollah terrorist group as bases to launch anti-tank fire and conduct reconnaissance of Israeli forces.The demolitions were being carried out in accordance with orders issued by Defense Minister Israel Katz, who last week instructed the IDF to begin destroying homes and bridges south of the Litani River.

"We have ordered an acceleration in the destruction of Lebanese homes in contact-line villages to neutralize threats to Israeli communities, in accordance with the model of Beit Hanun and Rafah in Gaza," Katz said at the time, adding that the military will continue to allow residents of southern Lebanon to evacuate northward.

IDF in Southern Lebanon April 1, 2026

IDF captures Hezbollah terrorists, sources observe 'low morale' among fightersEarlier, IDF divisions continued their ground incursion into southern Lebanon overnight on Wednesday, maneuvering deeper into Lebanese territory, security sources said.

Several Hezbollah fighters were detained as prisoners of war after surrendering to Israeli forces in the past 24 hours, sources added, saying they were transferred over for interrogation.IDF sources observed "low morale" among the terrorists who were captured, most from the capital, Beirut. Other fighters were said to have managed to flee north of the Litani River.Furthermore, the fighters were said to have employed heavy guerrilla warfare, using the demolished homes as hiding spots between rounds of fire aimed at Israeli troops.

Last week, defense sources told The Jerusalem Post that Israel plans to keep “effective control” of southern Lebanon even for an indefinite period after the current war ends, presuming that Hezbollah will not yet have disarmed.

IDF kills over 40 Hezbollah terrorists in last 24 hours

Later on Thursday, the IDF said that it had killed over 40 Hezbollah terrorists and struck dozens of terror infrastructure sites through air, naval, and ground operations in Lebanon.

"In the past 24 hours, the Israeli Air Force struck dozens of headquarters, weapons storage facilities, launch sites, and anti-tank missile positions. The Israeli Navy also conducted a precise strike targeting a Hezbollah weapons storage facility in southern Lebanon," the military said.

Additionally, ground operations included an offensive from the 91st Division, which killed a Hezbollah terrorist cell in southern Lebanon, soldiers from the 36th Division engaging and killing three Hezbollah terrorists on motorcycles, the 146th Division dismantling over 180 terror infrastructure sites, and the 162nd Division locating numerous weapons.

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IDF strikes Hamas and Hezbollah

In Gaza, Hamas still refuses to disarm, exactly as required under the Second Phase of the Trump Plan. And in Lebanon, Hezbollah hasn't turned over its weapons to the Lebanese Army, despite being obligated to do so under the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. 

Sounds dangerous to Israel, if you think about it.

As a result, Israel has kept up its attacks on Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, both to preempt strikes and to respond to them. More on the IDF's relentless campaign against these two terror groups can be found here: “After warning civilians of strikes, IDF conducts attacks on Hezbollah, Hamas targets in Lebanon,” by Sam Halpern and James Genn, Jerusalem Post, January 5, 2026:

After warning of imminent attacks on Hezbollah infrastructure on Monday, the IDF began striking Hezbollah and Hamas terror targets in Lebanon, the military said.

The IDF said the strikes, which were carried out north of the Litani River, stopped attempts to rebuild terrorist infrastructure in the area.

The attack comprised four strikes, and two subterranean Hezbollah structures were among the infrastructure targeted, the army said.

The initial announcement warning of the strikes, made by IDF Arabic-language spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee on X, identified locations in the towns of Kfar Hatta and Ain Al-Tinah as the targets.

Adraee said action would be taken in response to attempts by Hezbollah to reestablish its activities in the area. It did not mention that Hamas targets were among those that would be hit.

Adraee's post on X included maps of the imminent strike sites, with the target zones shaded in red.

"We urge the residents of the buildings marked in red in the attached maps and the buildings adjacent to them: You are located near buildings used by Hezbollah, and for your safety, you are required to evacuate them immediately and stay away from them by a distance of at least 300 meters," he said.

"Remaining in the area of the marked buildings puts you in danger."…As usual, the IDF warns civilians before striking, sometimes with leaflets, text messages, or robocalls. In this case, they posted maps on social media pinpointing exactly what locations they would hit north of the Litani River in Lebanon. They always try to minimize civilian casualties, while Hamas and Hezbollah do everything they can to maximize them.

This Israeli action in Lebanon follows Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar meeting with the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis, in Jerusalem on Sunday to discuss regional security and Lebanon’s future.

"I reiterated the importance of Hezbollah’s disarmament for both Israel's security and Lebanon’s future," Sa'ar said.

"Efforts have been made in this regard by the Lebanese government and the Lebanese Armed Forces, but they are far from sufficient, among other things, in light of Hezbollah's efforts to rearm and rebuild, with Iranian support."…

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Until recently, the Lebanese Armed Forces were too weak to confront Hezbollah, but two major developments flipped the script. First, Hezbollah is far weaker than ever before, courtesy of the IDF, which took out the group's charismatic leader Hassan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine, eliminated 4,000 Hezbollah members, severely wounded 3,800 others with those infamous and wonderful exploding pagers, and destroyed 80% of their rocket and missile arsenal. Second, the Lebanese Armed Forces have received hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of weapons from the Americans in the past year.

The moral here is simple: In the ranks of the ever-vigilant IDF, whether they're hitting Hezbollah in Lebanon or Hamas in Gaza, there's no rest for the weary. Or as the Good Book puts it: He that watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. It's a lesson these terrorists just can't seem to grasp.

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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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Hamas given 24 hours to withdraw from Yellow Line in Gaza

In the arid theater of Gaza, where the sands still whisper the ghosts of the October 7th massacre, the IDF has drawn a line in the dust, not with mere words, but with the unyielding geometry of a "Yellow Line." Hamas, that perennial architect of its own immolation, was granted a fleeting 24 hours to slink back from this demarcation, lest the consequences descend like a biblical reckoning. As one US official confided to The Jerusalem Post, with the crisp finality of a diplomat who has seen too many olive branches snapped: "That 24-hour window expired at 8 p.m. local time, at which point Israel will enforce the ceasefire and engage Hamas targets behind the yellow line."

The mediators, those tireless Egypt and Qatar, ever the reluctant midwives to uneasy truces—had conveyed the ultimatum with the urgency of a ticking chronometer. "Mediators informed Hamas to withdraw from behind the Yellow Line before Thursday evening, otherwise the IDF would strike," another US voice relayed that same night, underscoring the fragility of pacts forged in the shadow of jihadist intransigence. And so it was: "Last night, Hamas was notified through Egypt and Qatar that they had 24 hours to evacuate their terrorists from the area behind the yellow line currently being held by the IDF," the source elaborated, before driving home the inexorable logic. "That 24-hour window expired at 8 p.m. local time, at which point Israel will enforce the ceasefire and engage Hamas targets behind the yellow line. This guidance was issued with approval from the United States, Egypt, and Qatar," the source stressed, a rare note of multilateral harmony in a discord that usually plays out to the tune of Katyusha rockets.

Yet amid this tactical chessboard, the human calculus remains a festering wound. Two years on from the savagery that razed Kibbutz Be'eri, where the echoes of slaughter still haunt the rebuilt porches and bullet-pocked walls, the hostages linger as spectral bargaining chips. Red Cross vehicles, those white-flagged chariots of mercy, ferried some of the living captives through the central Gaza Strip on October 13, 2025, but the dead? Hamas, true to its macabre choreography, has dribbled out their remains like reluctant alms, flouting the ceasefire's early stipulations for a single, dignified release. Israeli officials, their patience frayed to the consistency of worn kevlar, accuse the group of deliberate procrastination, a stalling tactic as cynical as it is cruel.

"There is little pressure on the organization from the mediators to release more hostages, and some of the bodies are located in places that will make a swift return difficult," one Israeli official confided to the outlet, his words laced with the quiet fury of the bereaved. "We still have leverage to apply pressure on the organization to return the hostages, and there are two more hostages we believe they can return immediately. Still, there is concern that we may see another situation where days go by without any bodies being returned." It is a tableau of exquisite torment: the living shielded by the leverage of the dead, while the mediators avert their gaze, lest the blood on the scales prove too indelible.

And when Hamas, predictably, tested the truce with fresh provocations, the IDF's response was not one of hand-wringing but of calibrated retribution. On Wednesday, before the ceasefire's iron grip tightened anew, Israeli forces dismantled dozens of terrorists, human instruments of an ideology that devours its own. Nor were the strikes confined to flesh; they cratered observation posts, a weapons production site, rocket and mortar launch positions, and those subterranean veins of malice known as underground tunnels. In Gaza's labyrinth, where every shadow conceals a fuse, such precision is not vengeance but the bare minimum of self-preservation, a reminder that lines drawn in yellow may yet turn crimson if crossed once more.

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Sardar Ammar: Iran's Plot-Twisting Bond Villain, Now Mossad's Most-Wanted Punchline

Sleeps with one eye open

Oh, Iran. Always auditioning for the role of Global Bad Guy in the never-ending spy thriller that's our world. They've been cooking up these half-baked murder schemes against Israelis and Jews like it's a twisted episode of Chopped, but with more keffiyehs and fewer decent knives. 

And Mossad are the guys who are the Gordon Ramsay of counterterrorism, spotting the flops from a mile away and shutting 'em down before dessert. But now, the curtain's pulled back on the greasy chef himself: Sardar Ammar, some big-shot commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Israel just slapped his mugshot on every wanted poster from here to Tehran. If you're scoring at home, that's code for "sleep with one eye open, buddy."

More about Ammar can be found here: "Mossad names 'Sardar Ammar' as architect of Iranian plots in Australia, Greece, and Germany," by Amichai Stein, Jerusalem Post, October 26, 2025:

Israel's Mossad on Sunday publicly identified a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) figure it says oversaw multiple foiled attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets worldwide in 2024–2025 and pointed to fresh diplomatic fallout, including Australia’s expulsion of Iran’s ambassador and Germany’s summoning of Tehran’s envoy. 

In a statement released via the Prime Minister's Office on behalf of the Mossad, the agency said it was "exposing for the first time" a network under Sardar Ammar, a senior IRGC commander operating under Esmail Qaani, the commander of the Quds Force, which it said directed attempts in Australia, Greece, and Germany. The Mossad described the modus operandi as "terror without Iranian fingerprints, high compartmentalization, recruitment of foreigners, use of criminals, and covert communications," adding that "thanks to intensive activity with partners in Israel and abroad, dozens of attack tracks were thwarted, saving many lives."The agency said Ammar’s mechanism "was directly responsible for the attempted attacks revealed in Greece, Australia, and Germany over the past year," alleging it sought to strike "Israeli and Jewish targets in Israel and abroad" but was repeatedly exposed, leading to "a wave of arrests."…

All those plots were epic fails, every one. 

Australia, Greece, Germany, pick a continent, Iran botched it. Mossad sniffed 'em out like a bloodhound on espresso, tipped off the locals, and boom: perps in cuffs faster than you can say "extradition treaty." Down Under, it got so bad Canberra basically told Iran's ambassador to pack his hummus and go home, severing ties like a bad blind date. Over in Germany, they hauled the Iranian envoy in for a stern "talk," you know, the kind where you get the hairy eyeball and a not-so-subtle "don't make us do this again." 

Oh, and that Danish stooge spying on Berlin's Jewish spots for the IRGC  is probably explaining himself to a very unamused judge right now.

For all his globe-trotting scheming, Sardar Ammar's hit rate is lower than whale poop. Zero successes. A big fat goose egg on the terror scoreboard. And now his name, face, and whole rap sheet are out there, courtesy of Mossad's "hey world, this guy's the problem" press release. After all that sneaky bull pucks, hiring lowlifes, ghosting communications like a flaky Tinder match, does anyone seriously think Israel's allow him a personal Netflix account and chill in some safe house forever? I doubt it. He's got a one-way ticket to the great plot twist in the sky. Or, as the ayatollahs might put it, "Allahu Akbar... wait, what was that shadow?" 

Tick-tock, Sardar. Your sequel's getting canceled.

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Hamas is sabotaging hostage deal negotiations to pressure Israeli public

The sordid spectacle of hostage negotiations in Doha has descended into a grim charade, with Hamas once again revealing its true face as a malevolent saboteur of peace. Israel, in good faith, has accepted a Qatari-proposed deal rooted in the Witkoff outline, a framework that, while imperfect, offers a glimmer of hope for the release of captives languishing in Gaza’s hellish confines. Yet Hamas, with its customary cynicism, has slammed the door shut. 

A senior official from the Prime Minister’s Office laid bare the terrorist group’s tactics: "Hamas rejected the Qatari proposal, is creating obstacles, refuses to compromise, and accompanies the talks with psychological warfare aimed at sabotaging the negotiations."

Let's pause to consider the grotesque irony. While families of the hostages,  those anguished souls whose loved ones are held by Hamas’s barbaric grip, protest outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, Hamas plays its cruel game of brinkmanship. On July 7, 2025, these families stood in the sweltering heat, their cries for justice captured by Erik Marmor’s lens, a haunting tableau of human suffering. Yet Hamas, unmoved, persists in its intransigence, wielding psychological torment as a weapon to fracture Israeli resolve.

Israel, by contrast, has shown a willingness to bend, however reluctantly, in the name of progress. 

The senior official in Netanyahu’s office was clear: "Israel has shown willingness for flexibility in the negotiations, while Hamas remains steadfast in its refusal, holding positions that do not allow the mediators to advance an agreement." 

Talks in Doha, held even through the Sabbath with mediators from Egypt and Qatar, have been met with Hamas’s stonewalling. The group’s rejection of Israel’s updated proposal, offered late on Wednesday, with concessions on IDF deployments from the Morag Corridor to the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border, underscores its contempt for any meaningful resolution.

Palestinian officials, speaking to the anti-Israel BBC, have the gall to claim that the talks teeter on collapse because of Israel’s supposed bad faith. They accuse Netanyahu of sending a delegation to Doha without decision-making authority, a move they allege is a stalling tactic as he prepares to visit Washington. One can almost hear the sanctimonious tutting from Ramallah. 

Yet the reality is stark: Hamas’s demands unfettered aid flows through UN agencies, a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces, and "genuine guarantees" for a permanent ceasefire, are not merely sticking points but deliberate roadblocks. They insist on controlling the distribution of aid, rejecting Israel’s proposal to channel it through the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. 

The result is a stalemate, as one source told The Jerusalem Post on Thursday: "We thought things would move faster due to American and Qatari pressure. At least a few more days of negotiations will be needed."

The deal itself, as it stands, is a painful compromise for Israel. It offers the release of 10 living hostages and the remains of 18 others over a 60-day ceasefire, in exchange for an agreed-upon number of Palestinian prisoners, released without fanfare or public ceremonies. Fifty hostages remain in Gaza. Twenty of them are probably still alive, 30 reduced to mere remains. Each day of delay is a fresh wound for their families, a fact Hamas exploits with chilling precision.

Hamas’s strategy is as clear as it is depraved: to wring concessions from Israel while offering nothing but defiance in return. Their "psychological warfare," as the PMO official rightly termed it, is designed not to secure peace but to deepen division, to inflame tensions, to hold the Israeli public hostage to their caprice. 

And yet, the world’s outrage remains curiously muted. Where are the thundering editorials, the impassioned UN resolutions, the global protests decrying Hamas’s cruelty? The silence is deafening, and it speaks volumes about the moral bankruptcy of those who claim to champion justice.

Israel, for its part, presses on, navigating a treacherous path between principle and pragmatism. The deployment of IDF troops during the proposed ceasefire remains a point of contention, as does the broader question of security in a region where trust is a luxury long extinguished. 

Hamas’s rejection of Israel’s second proposal, which offered increased flexibility on troop presence, only confirms what many have long known: this is not a group interested in peace, but one addicted to the perpetuation of conflict. As the talks falter, the world watches, and the hostages wait. The question is not whether Hamas will compromise, but whether the international community will ever hold them to account for their monstrous intransigence.

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IDF hits over 100 terror targets with precision

Where moral clarity is often obscured by the fog of relativism, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have undertaken resolute action, striking with precision, yes, pin point precision, against the machinery of terror in both Lebanon and Gaza. The IDF’s operations, as reported, are not the indiscriminate flailings of a belligerent state but the calculated dismantling of a network designed to sow chaos and death. 

Over 100 terror targets in Gaza alone comprised of terrorists, booby-trapped structures, weapons caches, anti-tank missile posts, tunnels, and other sites, have been neutralized in a single day.

This is the painstaking uprooting of an infrastructure that thrives on the destruction of innocence.

In southern Lebanon, the IDF’s mission is equally unambiguous: to prevent Hezbollah, that proxy of Tehran’s malign ambitions, from re-establishing its grip. The military’s confirmation on Wednesday speaks of “killing terrorists and destroying Hezbollah infrastructure” with surgical intent. A compound on the Jabal Blat ridge, bristling with weapons and poised as a firing position, was dismantled. 

In the Lavona area, soldiers uncovered a multi-barrel launcher, machine guns, explosives, and an underground arsenal—each discovery a testament to Hezbollah’s ceaseless preparations for violence. 

The IDF’s elimination of Hussein Ali Muzhir, a commander in Hezbollah’s Badr Unit, underscores the stakes. Muzhir, who orchestrated rocket attacks on Israel and sought to rebuild Hezbollah’s artillery in defiance of a ceasefire, was not a misunderstood militant but a violator of peace itself. As the military noted, his actions “violated the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.”

Meanwhile, in Gaza, the IDF’s operations against Hamas and other terror groups continue with relentless focus. Soldiers in northern Gaza have killed terrorists, dismantled explosive caches hidden in civilian structures, and struck a Hamas weapons facility. These are not abstract victories but concrete steps to shield a nation under siege. Yet, as the Jerusalem Post reports, Israel’s resolve is tested not only by rockets but by diplomatic pressures, with the approval of 22 West Bank settlements amid calls for a Palestinian state adding fuel to an already volatile discourse.

“Over 100 targets struck across Gaza in past day,” the IDF declares, and each strike is a rejoinder to those who would equate self-defense with aggression. In a region where tunnels snake beneath the earth and explosives lurk in civilian guise, the IDF’s actions are not merely tactical but existential. To borrow a phrase from the military itself, these operations target “booby-trapped structures, weapons storage facilities, anti-tank missile launch posts, tunnels, and other sites.” The repetition of this grim litany is no accident; it is the reality of a nation compelled to act when others merely posture. As the IDF soldiers operate across Gaza on July 9, 2025, their work is not just a military necessity but a moral imperative in a world too often indifferent to the cost of inaction.

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Israel considers new Gaza offensive as hostage talks weaken

According to a report from Walla cited by The Jerusalem Post, the Israeli military is mulling over what could be the largest civilian displacement in Gaza since the war kicked off. That’s no small potatoes, and it’s got big implications for both the battlefield and the diplomatic chessboard. 

The Post’s Amir Bohbot lays it out: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to huddle with Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir today, Sunday, to hash out what’s next in Gaza, including “potential steps to embark on a wider military operation differing from previous offenses.”

What’s driving this? 

The IDF’s got a ticking clock on hostage negotiations. If those talks don’t break through soon, the military’s gearing up for a broader operation. But here’s where it gets messy: inside the IDF, there’s a split. Some brass want to double down and keep pounding Hamas, while others argue the main goals are already in the bag: Hamas’s military infrastructure is toast, senior commanders (minus Gaza City Brigade Commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who’s still on the Shin Bet’s hit list) are gone, tunnels and weapons systems are wrecked, and Israel’s grabbed over half of Gaza’s territory. Oh, and they’ve choked off major smuggling routes from Sinai and the Mediterranean. Not exactly a bad day’s work.

But the hawks in the room aren’t quite ready to pop the champagne. They’re pushing for a full-scale ground maneuver, which would mean a massive civilian evacuation. 

Military sources told Walla that plans are in the works to move Gazans out of key areas, and here’s the kicker: with Hamas at its weakest since seizing Gaza in 2007, “a mass evacuation could turn public sentiment in Gaza against the group’s leadership.” That’s a bold play, but it’s not without risks. 

Urban warfare in Gaza’s tunnel-riddled, fortified neighborhoods would be a meat grinder, with “significant IDF casualties” expected, military officials said. And this wouldn’t be a small operation, with five fully manned divisions and a fresh wave of reserve call-ups under Tzav 8. 

The IDF’s calculus is shaped by recent history, too. A senior defense official, reflecting on Israel’s 12-day clash with Iran, put it bluntly: “The operation in Iran taught Hamas that one must also know when to end fighting.” Hamas, battered and bruised, is reportedly shifting from bullets to backroom diplomacy. But with Israel green-lighting 22 new West Bank settlements amid this Gaza fight and global chatter about a Palestinian state, the pressure’s on. 

Is this the moment to go all-in, or is it time to declare victory and pivot? Netanyahu’s got a tough call ahead, and the world’s watching.

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Hamas unhappy with ceasefire proposal because it favors Israel's right to exist

Hamas is spitting mad, and they’re not shy about it. A source tight with the group told The Jerusalem Post that Hamas sees the latest ceasefire and hostage deal from US envoy Steve Witkoff as a blatant pro-Israel tilt, more lopsided than anything they’ve seen before. “Screwed over” is how they feel, with one insider griping to the Post that the US is peddling a proposal that doesn’t even pretend to guarantee an end to the war. 

No wonder they’re not buying Witkoff’s pitch at face value, Hamas is demanding tweaks, and they’re not whispering it.

The deal’s got some meat: 10 living hostages and the bodies of 18 would be freed, with 125 Palestinian lifers and 1,111 post-October 7 prisoners walking out of Israeli jails, according to Saudi outlet Al-Hadath. Gaza would also get a beefed-up aid flow. But here’s the problem: Hamas has to cough up all hostages in a week, leaving them with zero leverage. Personally, they should be made to release all the hostages immediately, but that isn't going to happen.

A source close to Hamas told Walla that Witkoff rolled over for most of Ron Dermer’s demands in a Tuesday sit-down, making the deal smell like an Israeli wish list.

Worse, there’s no ironclad US promise that the 60-day ceasefire will stick or morph into something permanent, which is always had done historically. Hamas has even promised to attack Israel again and again, until it's destroyed [and therefore all the Jews would be killed. And they try to say that it's Israel, not Hamas, who's employing genocide].

The source fumed to Walla: no clause says the truce holds if talks drag past 60 days, and Israel could pull a March rerun, breaking it unilaterally.

Hamas’ leadership isn’t playing coy. “The Hamas Movement’s leadership has received the new Witkoff proposal from the mediators and is reviewing it responsibly to serve the interests of our people, provide them relief, and achieve a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip,” they said in a statement. 

But Basem Naim, a Hamas political bureau heavy, wasn’t so diplomatic. “The agreement that Israel agreed to does not meet our demands,” he told Reuters, adding that they’re “responsibly considering” their next move. Translation: they’re not signing this anytime soon.

Now, Al-Hadath’s report is stirring the pot, claiming Hamas is on the verge of agreeing to the 60-day ceasefire for those hostages. That’s in direct conflict with what sources are telling the Post and Walla. A senior Israeli official threw more shade, saying, “Contrary to reports, the Witkoff agreement proposed in recent days did not determine the new deployment line of the IDF, nor the manner in which aid would be distributed within the framework of a ceasefire.” So, what’s the real deal? Nobody’s saying.

The proposal itself? It’s got two rounds of hostage releases—10 living, 18 dead—plus that 60-day truce, extendable if both sides play nice. The IDF would pull back from parts of Gaza, and the UN would step in to handle aid distribution, a source told the Post. Sounds tidy, but Hamas isn’t biting. They’re digging in, convinced Witkoff’s deal is a trap dressed up as a lifeline.

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Most Israelis fear this, poll finds

The Jewish people of Israel, battered yet unbowed, have spoken with unmistakable clarity. A survey by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA), conducted by Lazar Research on May 5-6, reveals a nation resolute in its rejection of any deal that would permit the barbarous Hamas to cling to power in Gaza. 

The poll, encompassing 702 souls—Jews and Arabs, aged 18 and older—paints a portrait of a people forged anew in the crucible of the October 7 massacre, that unspeakable Hamas-led atrocity which unleashed this war.

The findings, unveiled ahead of The Jerusalem Post Annual New York Conference, are a rebuke to the naive and the deluded. A commanding 66% of Israelis stand firm against the chimera of a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines, a figure unmoved since prior polls. 

Among Jewish respondents, this opposition surges to a formidable 78%, with a mere 1% offering unconditional assent to such a state. One need not be a prophet to discern why: 70% of all respondents, and a staggering 81% of Jews, live in dread of a second October 7 erupting from the West Bank. 

Contrast this with the 53% of Arab respondents who, curiously, profess no such fear.

The poll’s starkest revelation is the near-universal loathing for Hamas’s continued existence. An overwhelming 85% reject the notion of Hamas retaining a military presence in Gaza; 81% recoil at the prospect of its involvement in civilian governance. Support for Hamas in any form languishes at a pitiful 7-8%. 

This is a people who have seen the face of evil and will not abide its persistence. Even the return of evacuated Israelis to their border communities near Gaza, a homecoming one might assume instinctive, meets fierce resistance if Hamas endures. Sixty-three percent oppose such returns, with only 11% in favor.

Should Hamas persist as a military force, opposition climbs to 67%, and support dwindles to a mere 8%, evidently by suicidal Israelis,

The Palestinian Authority, often peddled as a moderate alternative, fares little better. Opposition to its role in Gaza’s post-war governance has softened, from 60% in March to 50%; yet support remains a tepid 25%. 

A growing number of respondents, adrift in political uncertainty, confess indecision. But on one point, clarity reigns: 71% of Israelis, and 82% of Jewish Israelis, endorse the Trump peace plan, a framework that dares to grapple with reality rather than indulge in fantasy.

And then we have Iran, the malevolent puppeteer looming over this tragedy. 

Sixty percent of Israelis back a military strike on its nuclear facilities—a sentiment unchanged since March. Of these, 37% prefer coordination with the United States, while 23% would see Israel act alone, undeterred by American hesitance. Israel knows that it must act preemptively in these situations in order to maintain its existence.

Dan Diker, president of the JCFA, captures the moment with precision: “The findings reflect a new security reality for Israeli society and continued public opposition to a Palestinian state that supports terrorism, even under the condition of normalization with Saudi Arabia.” He adds, “The survey also shows that the Israeli public is not willing to accept continued Hamas rule in Gaza, even when faced with the dilemma of a hostage deal with Hamas. The public understands that Israel’s security and existential threats require decisive leadership.”

Here is a nation transformed, not by choice, but by necessity. The illusions of compromise with those who seek its destruction have been shattered and reality has set in. 

Israel stands, as ever, at the edge of the abyss, yet its people refuse to blink. They demand leadership equal to their courage, and they will not settle for less.

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Israeli security arrest 10 bombing terror suspects after car chase

A suspicious vehicle was traveling from Jerusalem toward central Israel and was then pursued by police until it was stopped near the Kassam interchange on Route 6 on Monday. [H/T Jerusalem Post]

They arrested the driver and nine passengers near the Ben Shemen interchange after it was reported to them that these men were planning a terror bombing attack.

At this time, a police bomb technician is currently conducting a search of the vehicle to determine if explosives are present.

It was cleared for publication last night that the police and Shin Bet thwarted a combined attack planned by a resident of East Jerusalem during Ramadan.

Over the past month, Shin Bet and the Jerusalem District Central Unit launched an investigation into the suspect, an Arab man in his 20s from the Shuafat refugee camp. He is suspected of planning various types of attacks, including planting a pipe bomb in several locations across the city or executing a combined attack involving both running over and stabbing civilians or security forces. 

Detectives from the Jerusalem District arrest the suspect with assistance from Shin Bet. He was interrogated and it was learned that he was planning to place explosives on the Jerusalem light rail, on a bus, or in a restaurant in the southern part of the city, because this is his religious duty--kill Jews wherever you find them. 

He had already made significant progress on these plans, including learning how to make explosives. At one point, he purchased pipes, matchboxes, firecrackers, and other materials to construct pipe bombs and is one of the lucky few who hasn't blown off fingers or a hand. 

Further investigation revealed that the Jew hater, after watching American-made Roadrunner cartoons, had shifted his focus to carrying out a combined attack involving running over and stabbing and then running away.

To implement this plan, he began taking driving lessons and purchased large knives. Just days before Ramadan, he decided to carry out the attack at a bus station at a central intersection in Jerusalem. Along with his driving lessons, this loser also planned to purchase a car.

You cannot make this stuff up.

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Israel demands Hamas release hostages or prepare for the worst

Picture this: a sun-scorched slab of Middle Eastern madness called Gaza, where the air smells like gunpowder and desperation, and the only thing moving faster than a Hamas rocket is Israel’s latest playbook to turn the screws. The Jerusalem Post dropped the scoop on March 8, 2025, like a Molotov cocktail into a quiet newsstand, and The Wall Street Journal picked up the shrapnel, reporting that Israel’s got a “maximum pressure” plan to make Hamas squeal—or else. It’s a step-by-step descent into chaos, and it’s got more phases than a prog-rock album.

Step one? Starve ‘em out. Israel’s already slammed the brakes on goods and supplies rolling into Gaza, turning the strip into a giant pressure cooker with no release valve. Next up, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich—think of him as the guy who’d cut the power to your grandma’s bingo hall just to win a bet—wants to flip the switch on electricity and water. 

Cabinet’s been chewing on that one like it’s the last falafel in Tel Aviv.

But wait, there’s more! If Hamas doesn’t cough up the hostages, Israel’s ready to escalate like a caffeinated schizophrenic on a booze-filled bender. 

Targeted airstrikes? Check. Special forces raids to pluck Hamas honchos from their spider holes? Double check. Then comes the real kicker: forcing Gazans who trickled back north during the ceasefire to pack up and hoof it south again. And if that doesn’t work? Full-on reentry, baby—Israeli troops storming Gaza with more boots on the ground than a Black Friday sale at a bootleg DVD stand. 

The goal? Hold the turf, reoccupy chunks of the strip, and smash Hamas’s military toys into dust. Sources say it’d be the biggest op yet, a blockbuster sequel to every prior dust-up.

“There’s a determination to go back in and finish Hamas no matter what happens,” barked Michael Makovsky, ex-Pentagon hotshot and current bigwig at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, to The Wall Street Journal. He’s betting Israel’s bringing the big guns this time—think less “surgical strike,” more “sledgehammer symphony.”

Across the pond, Donald Trump’s back in the game, tossing red meat to his base and warnings to Hamas like a reality TV host hyping the season finale. “If [Hamas] didn’t release all the remaining hostages in Gaza immediately, ‘you are DEAD!’” he bellowed on social media Wednesday, probably in ALL CAPS with a side of Diet Coke. His Middle East sidekick, Steve Witkoff, nodded along, hinting at a U.S.-Israel tag-team smackdown if Hamas doesn’t play ball.

Negotiations? Dead as a doornail. Israel wants its hostages back—59 still unaccounted for, at least 24 alive by their count—but Hamas is digging in its heels, demanding a permanent ceasefire. Israel’s like, “Nah, fam, you disarm and step off the throne first.” Hamas says, “Not a chance, infidel.” Israel’s dangling a one-month ceasefire extension like a carrot on a stick, but the clock’s ticking—Saturday’s the drop-dead date. No deal? Escalation city, population: everybody.

Trump and Witkoff are itching for war, while Israel’s military eggheads claim they’re locked and loaded—ammo stockpiles topped off, Biden’s leash loosened, and Hezbollah’s ceasefire up north freeing up troops. They’ve already smoked 20,000 Hamas fighters, torched their tunnels, and trashed their weapons labs. But Hamas keeps recruiting—like roaches after a nuke—thousands of fresh-faced kids ready to die for the cause.

Yaakov Amidror, a former Israeli security guru, told The Wall Street Journal it’s all or nothing: reoccupy Gaza or kiss the “kill Hamas” dream goodbye. Six months to a year, he figures, to grind ‘em down. Meanwhile, analyst Tahani Mustafa from the International Crisis Group says Hamas is tougher than a $2 steak, still pulling recruits from Gaza’s angry youth despite the carnage.

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If Israel goes all-in, they’ll have to rip out Hamas’s tunnel network—think Viet Cong meets Mad Max, but with worse plumbing. Analysts warn it’ll be a messy, destructive slog, and without a postwar plan, Israel could end up babysitting an insurgency forever. The hostages? Still the wild card. Public opinion’s split like a cheap pair of pants—most Israelis want ‘em home, but they’re cool with bombing the snot out of Gaza if talks tank.

So here we are, teetering on the edge of a full-scale fireworks show, with Trump screaming, Hamas digging, and Israel ready to unleash hell. It’s a geopolitical car chase, and nobody’s wearing a seatbelt.

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Kiryat Shmona Yeshiva students donate blood during shortage

Students from the Kiryat Shmona Hesder Yeshiva made their way back to the city on Wednesday to participate in a blood donation drive due to a critical shortage of blood.

[H/T Jerusalem Post]

This initiative came after Magen David Adom (MDA) declared a severe shortage of type-O blood.

Working in collaboration with MDA's blood services, the students organized and participated in a drive where they donated around 70 units of blood, which could potentially save around 210 lives, according to MDA.

These students have been consistent donors, participating in blood drives every three months, even before the war began. When the conflict started, they were relocated to Nehalim in central Israel but continued their tradition of blood donation there.

"In these days that we returned north, it was important for us to hold a blood donation in order to maintain this important life-saving tradition and, of course, to help all the sick and injured who need blood," said Yedidia Kellerman, a first-year student and MDA volunteer.

Beyond donating blood, many of these students have also been involved in rebuilding efforts and providing assistance to residents who couldn't evacuate.

MDA highlighted that these students have also volunteered to aid in MDA's rapid response services and medical units in the vicinity.

Why type-O blood?

Type O-negative is known as the universal donor; it's compatible with all blood types, but can only be received by O-negative individuals. In emergencies where a patient's blood type is unknown, O-negative blood is vital for safe transfusions.

MDA issued a public appeal for O-negative blood donations, stating, "There is no substitute for blood, and every unit of blood can help save the lives of three sick or injured people who need blood transfusions. MDA's blood services are calling on the public, with an emphasis on those with type O blood, to come to the donation points and donate blood."

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Fair weather wife Asma Assad divorces Bashar Assad now that he's deposed

Tammy Wynette must be looking down from heaven at former Syrian first lady, Asma Assad, and frowning at her for not standing by her man, Bashar Assad just because he is no longer in power and can no longer kill Syrian civilians at will.

Asma, whose name sounds like a pulmonary disorder, is hoping to return to her native England now that she has filed for divorce from her chinless hubby. However, Britain's foreign affairs chief says that she is a person no grata in the UK

The former first lady of Syria is divorcing Bashar Assad, the recently deposed president of the Arab republic, according to reports by Arab and Turkish media outlets.

Asma, 49, has been living in Moscow with the no longer loving couple's three children the past month, after the anti-regime rebels made inroads against loyalist forces in northern Syria. 

Bashar joined Asma after running from Damascus as the rebels seized control of the city on December 8. They planned to use Bashar's head as a Christmas stocking stuffer, but he was smart enough to make book out of Dodge.

Born to Sunni Syrian expatriates living in London, Asma married Bashar, an Alawite Shi’ite, in 2000, shortly after he succeeded his father, Hafez Assad, as president of Syria. The Assadholes ruled over Syria for around fifty years, ruling with an iron fist.

Having retained her British citizenship, Mrs. Assad has filed for divorce and is seeking to return to the UK but alas, she is as welcome there as a case of the creeping crud.

According to a report by The Jerusalem Post, Asma submitted a request with a Russian court to allow her to take her children out of the country. As asylum-seekers, her travel, even within Russia, is limited and Moscow has reportedly frozen Assad's assets, which are estimated to be about $2 billion.

Other members of the Assad family have sought asylum and are currently under house arrest while their applications are processed.

Even if Asma gets the go-ahead to leave Moscow, it's uncertain whether the UK will let her back in. British Foreign Secretary David Lammy stated in a speech to Parliament on December 10, right after the Assad regime fell, that Asma "is not welcome here in the UK."

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed rumors on Monday that Asma had filed for divorce and also denied claims that Moscow had seized the family's assets, saying these reports "do not correspond to reality."

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IDF destroys shaft where terrorists embedded themselves in Jabalaya

The Israel Defense Forces destroyed an underground shaft where a group of terrorists were embedded. The shaft was located in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said on Tuesday. 

[H/T Jerusalem Post]

On Tuesday, the IDF confirmed that in October, Staff-Sergeant-Major (res.) Ori Moshe Borenstein, Major (res.) Netanel Hershkovitz, and Staff-Sergeant-Major (res.) Tzvi Matityahu Marantz were killed during an incident while they were engaged in operations in the same area.

And now with president-elect Trump getting ready to take the reins on January 20, the terrorists may just be terrified enough to surrender.

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Houtis get "IDF'd"

Oil storage tanks get IDF'd

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck Yemen's Houthis on Sunday with the mother of all counter-strikes they've received since the war began. The strike was even more massive than the one in July which struck Hodeidah. 

[H/T The Jerusalem Post.]

Dozens of Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft struck 1,118 miles from Israeli territory after the Houthis recently launched three ballistic missiles at Tel Aviv and central Israel, including one on Saturday.

The IAF targeted power plants and a seaport used to import oil and transfer Iranian weapons to the terrorist organization, as well as military supplies.

According to  Al Mayadeen, a Hezbollah-affiliated outlet, the targets of the strikes were oil reserves in Ras Issa and also the port of Hodeidah. This was also confirmed by the IDF.

The Houthi-run Al Masirah announced that the Civil Defense has begun working to put out the fire at the current power station, which was caused by the strikes. In a statement on their X account, spokesperson for the Houthis, Mohammad Abdul Salam said, “The American-backed Zionist aggression is condemned, denounced and rejected and cannot affect the will of the Yemeni people. What the Yemeni people confirm in their million weekly demonstrations is that they will not abandon Gaza and Lebanon.”

They were pulling our collective legs when they said 'Zionist aggression.'

Commanding Officer of the Israeli Air Force Tomer said in a statement, "Anyone who tries to harm the civilians of the State of Israel – we will reach them.” And they can phone that in.

Al Masirah reported that the Yemeni Oil Company issued a statement reassuring citizens that all necessary precautions had been taken, stressing that the supply in all areas under their control was completely stable. They said this to promote calm in the crisis that they initiated by attacking Israel supply shipping.

Additionally, Al Mayadeen reported that Hodeidah's electricity station and airport have both been targeted by IDF strikes. These targets were selected by Israeli intelligence and based on where Iran has been sending weapons to the Houthis, mixing civilian and military locations that were used to attack Israel.

Remember, the Houthis didn't just start attacking Israel this past month, but have been doing so throughout the past year. They have launched tons of ballistic missiles and drones at Eilat. In July, a Houthi launched drone killed a civilian in Tel Aviv, while certain US Democrats cry for the terrorists.

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Hostage rescue location info came from Shin Bet interrogation

The bodies of five Israeli hostages from Gaza on Thursday was made possible by the intelligence obtained by Shin Bet interrogations of terrorists, said former Shin Bet officer, Yossi Amrosi on Friday morning. The operation recovered the bodies of three civilians and two IDF soldiers who were kidnapped from Khan Yunis and taken hostage on October 7, the Jerusalem Post reports.

Amrosi said that "this was an operation that arose from intelligence deriving from Shin Bet investigations, carried out by investigators at detention facilities. In this war, there are a high number of detainees, and for the Shin Bet, it's like an intelligence treasure trove."

He went on to say that Shin Bet was able to gather the information "very quickly" into  "high-quality intelligence that would help the IDF soldiers in the field." The interrogations by the investigators led them to the exact location of the five bodies. "There is no doubt that these interrogations bring high-quality data," adding that seven hostages have been rescued alive as a result, referring to the separate rescues on June 8th, February 12th, and October 30th.

Khan Yunis

"Terrorists who two days ago were fighting you in the field and are now suddenly brought to the facilities, and the interrogators must use many methods and tricks to make them speak. It is very satisfying. You are an investigator of a Gazan terrorist, so of course, the first thing you will ask him is what he knows about the hostages." Amrosi said.

He also noted that "the moment the IDF told the population to leave that area [Khan Yunis], everyone left, including the terrorists, leaving the bodies unattended. Therefore, I strongly believe that the IDF is determined."

"We will continue the work and will not give up until we reach all the hostages, both the living and the dead," he promised.

Who would have believed on October 8th that this war would still be going on? However, many now believe that the fate of the hostages still in captivity looks very grim.

As far as the deceased Israelis now recovered, may their memory be a blessing to us all and may G-d protect the IDF and Israelis under attack.

Am Yisrael Chai!

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