Meanwhile, hamas resumes firing rockets into Israel....

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Originally posted by sdy:
https://www.foxnews.com/world/...mail-submit=Continue

An Israeli airstrike on a Hamas compound in the Gazan city of Rafah has killed two top Hamas officials as well as dozens of civilians.

While the exact number of killed remains unclear at this time, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it struck a Hamas compound in Rafah in which "significant Hamas terrorists were operating."

The IDF, citing intelligence that it said indicated Hamas’ use of the area, said it carried out the strike "against legitimate targets under international law."

IDF sources told Fox News Digital the strike eliminated Yassin Rabia, the commander of Hamas’ leadership in Judea and Samaria, as well as Khaled Nagar, a senior official in Hamas’ Judea and Samaria wing.

The IDF said that both men had perpetrated numerous terrorist attacks in the early 2000s in which Israeli civilians and soldiers were killed.

The IDF acknowledged reports that "several civilians in the area were harmed" from the airstrike and a subsequent fire. It said the incident is "under review."

The airstrike was reported hours after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in what appeared to be the first long-range rocket attack from Gaza since January. Hamas' military wing claimed responsibility. Israel's military said eight projectiles crossed into Israel after being launched from Rafah and "a number" were intercepted and the launcher was destroyed.

So many better options than this but, they choose something vulnerable and not suitable.
Typical for this admin, they'll choose the wrong option, then that choice will be executed with every manor of micro-managing and politically correct over-sight.

US Military to remove temporary pier from Gaza coast to repair damages

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The U.S. military will remove the temporary pier that operated for less than two weeks off the coast of Gaza after suffering damages from rough seas and bad weather, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.

“Due to high sea states and a North African weather system, earlier today a portion of the Trident pier separated from the pier that is currently anchored into the coast of Gaza. The rebuilding and repairing of the pier will take at least over a week,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said. “Upon completion of the pier … the intention is to re-anchor the temporary pier to the coast of Gaza and resume humanitarian aid.”

In the next two days, the pier will be removed from its anchored position and towed back to the Israeli port city of Ashdod where U.S. Central Command forces will conduct repairs. The pier was fully functional as late as Saturday when heavy seas unmoored four U.S. Army vessels that were being used to ferry pallets of aid from commercial vessels to the pier, which was anchored into the beach and provided a long causeway for trucks to drive that aid onto the shore.

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Newsmax reported tonight (Rob Schmitt) that 16 containers have been unloaded before pier broke free, and only 5 made it to the UN warehouse. 11 were looted on the way (gee.. wonder who got the aid ). There wasn't a White House plan for securing shipments. Typical

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Originally posted by preten2b:
Newsmax reported tonight (Rob Schmitt) that 16 containers have been unloaded before pier broke free, and only 5 made it to the UN warehouse. 11 were looted on the way (gee.. wonder who got the aid ). There wasn't a White House plan for securing shipments. Typical

It's way, way worse than that...

General Ryder said that 569 metric tons of aid had made it onto Gaza’s shore, but that those supplies had yet to be parceled out by humanitarian organizations.

On a brighter note, there are no Hamas soldiers going to bed tonight with an empty belly.

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On a brighter note, there are no Hamas soldiers going to bed tonight with an empty belly.

Notice how the famine-angle has been noticeably absent in the news cycle....

"Operation Clusterfuck, Sir!"

IDF takes control of Gaza's entire land border

“Israel's military has seized control of a strategic buffer zone along Gaza's border with Egypt, in effect taking total command of the Palestinian enclave's perimeter as it continues its assault on the southern city of Rafah.

The IDF announced last night it had captured the Philadelphi Corridor, a narrow demilitarised zone that runs the 8.6-mile length of the Gaza side of the border with Egypt and includes the Rafah crossing.

Israel says the corridor is peppered with at least 20 tunnels that have funnelled weapons and other goods for Hamas - despite a years-long blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt - and now aims to locate and destroy all the shafts.

But taking the corridor could complicate Jerusalem's relations with Cairo, which are already strained after an Egyptian soldier was shot dead on Monday in a brief skirmish with IDF troops.

Egyptian media, quoting security sources, also dismissed Israel's claim that the Philadelphi Corridor was filled with Hamas tunnels. [Yeah, right. Not] …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/13475067

I've seen reports of outrage regarding the recent bombing of Rafah and the death of "civilians", and something struck me.

During the invasion of Normandy, some 20,000 Norman civilians died (14,000 as a direct result of allied bombing). Was there outrage then? Were there calls of genocide then? I think not. It was, simply put, the cost of doing business. A price that, while tragic, had to be paid to save the continent and ultimately the world. We have, for the past 20+ years, found ourselves in a similar predicament. We either stop the muslim hordes at all costs, or they'll take over the world. Simple as that.

The question is, why the concern and the love for islam when they are far more oppressive and brutal than Nazis ever were? Is it that much of a hatred for Jews, or that much of a love for islam?

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The question is, why the concern and the love for islam when they are far more oppressive and brutal than Nazis ever were? Is it that much of a hatred for Jews, or that much of a love for islam?

I think a lot of it, at least in the younger generation, is Team Blue blind loyalty plus a good dose of hating established American culture and decades of wishy washy moral backbone.

Generally, support for Israel and opposition to terrorist Muslim regimes has been strong with Republican administrations. If you're Team Blue you gotta hate on anything to do with Republicans.

Add to that several generations of pop culture denigrating anything traditionally an American value along with reversing perpetrators into victims.

It's a reflex with leftists.

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It's a reflex with leftists.

Yep.

Isreal = West
West = Bad white evil colonizers.

Gaza = Poor/Marginalized/Repressed people.

These stupid young imbeciles have simply replaced their Che Guevara T-shirts with Keffiyehs

https://www.breitbart.com/midd...-in-rafah-operation/

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operation in Rafah has exposed the existence of a secret overpass between Egypt and Gaza, which Hamas could use to import anything without international supervision, according to the Jerusalem Post.

[Egypt] enables an entire industry of smuggling tunnels from its territory to the territory of the Gaza Strip and, in practice, constitutes the organization’s “oxygen pipe” and a main source of illegal weapons, ammunition, and prohibited materials that enabled the establishment of “Deep Gaza.”

The highlight was the existence of an overpass between Egypt and Gaza – the Salah al-Din crossing that was used for the movement of goods from Egypt to the Gaza Strip without any Israeli or international supervision. It was not widely publicized and operated in addition to the famous Rafah crossing.

Apparently, the economy of the tunnels/goods/crossings and the industry that developed on Egyptian soil contributed quite a bit to the quiet that Egypt asked to preserve in the Sinai Peninsula, and hence the Egyptian interest in not eliminating it, as Egypt knew how to do in many other cases.

Egypt had opposed an Israeli operation in Rafah, as had the Biden administration. It is clear now that Egypt wanted to cover up its role in Hamas’s smuggling and importing of weapons. The Biden administration may also have wanted to preserve the image of Egypt as a U.S. ally.

Since attacking Rafah in early May, Israel has seized control of nearly the entire Philadelphi Corridor, as the road along the Egypt-Gaza border is called. In so doing, it has killed terrorists and destroyed tunnels and rocket launchers.

If there really was a bridge over the DMZ (or whatever it's called) why wouldn't it be seen by our satellites or Isreal's drones or recognizance planes?

Because. You know why. Just because.

As is often the case in translating information, "secret overpass" is likely the wrong term and more likely "secret passage" meaning tunnel system.

^^^ gotcha, but they've already found many of them, I misunderstood this to be something new and different.

I think it is a result of the uninformed (in media) running with that thought.

Basically Israel states they found a "secret passage leading to networked tunnels, and because it became "secret overpass", the media runs with it rather than getting clarification, because "BREAKING NEWS zOMG!!!!11111".

It's like buying fruit at the cheap store chain. Expect much of it to be garbage.

Crazy man, just nuts.


Queers 4 Palestine Philly Vs Philadelphia Pride Parade

https://x.com/IDF/status/17993...entral-gaza-n2640183

IDF Israel Defense Forces

Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40) were rescued in a special operation by the IDF, ISA and Israel Police from 2 separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat after being kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival.

They are in good medical condition and have been transferred to the 'Sheba' Tel-HaShomer Medical Center for further medical examinations.

We will continue to make every effort to bring the hostages home.

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According to The Jerusalem Post, Argamani was rescued from one of the two locations and Meir, Kozlov, and Ziv were rescued from the other.

According to IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, hundreds of soldiers participated in the rescue that included Israeli strikes "from the land, air, and sea."

"It was a complex and difficult operation," Hagari added, "under constant gunfire — but it was successful."

Notably, Saturday's operation demonstrated the importance of Israel's continued military campaign in Gaza not just to eliminate the military threat posed by Hamas but to rescue its hostages — and showed a ceasefire is not necessary to bring the hostages home.

It's also a clear repudiation of the Biden administration's repeated demand that Israel stand down. If the White House had gotten its way, these four Israelis would still be hostages of Hamas today. Instead, they're free and reunited with their loved ones.