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💢Watch: Israel‘s Secret Sales Pitch to Provide Surveillance Drones to the UAE

@MazMHussain with @8Sarmad

https://t.co/fcf4BjKqyI via @YouTube

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El-Sayed on Hasan Piker: To sit here and play gotcha politics with a dumb thing somebody said out of context…I want to be held accountable for what I say and what I do rather than this idea that we're so stuck in cancel culture that all of us agreed was a bad idea back in 2020 but we seem to want to bring it back.

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Interviewed by Channel 12.

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🚨 BOARD OF PEACE: “Actually, currently, they don’t have troops beyond the Yellow Line.”

Nickolay Mladenov, director general of the Gaza Board of Peace, told Israeli media that Israeli forces would begin a phased withdrawal only after all weapons in every sector of Gaza, including heavy, light, police and personal arms, are surrendered and “rendered unusable.”

Mladenov falsely claimed Israel has not moved beyond the agreed Yellow Line. The original demarcation left Israel controlling roughly 52% of Gaza. Israeli officials now say its forces control around 70%, after physically moving the yellow blocks and displacing about 18 percentage points more of Gaza during nearly 10 months of a supposed ceasefire, under the Trump-led Board’s watch.

During that period, Israeli forces have killed approximately 1,260 Palestinians, including hundreds of children.

Additional Details:

➤ “Nobody is required to do anything, last of all Israel,” before verified steps, he said. Each geographic sector in Gaza would be “fully decommissioned” before Israeli forces are asked to begin withdrawing, even to the original ceasefire line that covered 52% of Gaza. Currently, the Board wants Israel to stay at its 70% line.

➤ The plan covers police, personal, and factional weapons, heavy arms, production facilities and tunnels. Weapons would be stored and “rendered unusable.”

➤ Gaza’s transitional national committee would take over governance and disarmament, backed by an international security force.

➤ Israel would remain at the current advanced Yellow Line and be asked not to fire across it without a threat. It could respond to “imminent threats,” and the process would stop if commitments were unmet.

▪️Mladenov said:

“We would like them to stay at those positions and to make sure that they do not shoot across at people unless there is a real threat to the Israeli soldiers coming to them.”

“None of the plan that we are preparing limits Israel’s options to react to a threat if it’s imminent and if it’s really endangering its troops. Absolutely.”

➤ An American-led mechanism involving mediators, U.S. troops and the international force would verify compliance. Mladenov said Turkey and Qatar were critical to securing Hamas’s agreement.

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🇱🇧 Israeli forces carried out widespread attacks and demolitions across southern Lebanon on Sunday, according to journalist Courtney Bonneau.

🔸 Artillery fire struck Kfar Rumman, the Ali al-Taher ridge, al-Mansouri, the outskirts of Mayfadoun, Tallousa, Bani Hayyan and Wadi al-Slouqi.

🔸 Israeli forces demolished civilian homes and infrastructure in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, al-Mansouri, Hadatha and Sarbin.

🔸 Machine-gun fire swept Wadi al-Saluki, Hadatha and al-Mansouri.

🔸 Israeli forces also dropped incendiary devices to ignite fires in Ain al-Tineh, while tanks were filmed tearing up land in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah.⬇️

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The Israeli army today dropped incendiary devices to start fires in Ain al Tineh, and they’re pictured here ripping up the land with tanks in Zowtar Al Sharqia.

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BREAKING: Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei appointed former IRGC commander Mohsen Rezaei as one of his representatives to the Supreme National Security Council, replacing Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr.

In a decree published by his office, Khamenei cited Rezaei’s “valuable experience” and his role as a pioneer of Iran’s eight-year war with Iraq, known in Iran as the Sacred Defense. He thanked Zolghadr for his “round-the-clock efforts” and wished Rezaei success in the new position.

Rezaei will serve alongside Saeed Jalili as one of the Supreme Leader’s two direct representatives on the council.

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ISNA reports Major General Mohsen Rezaei has been appointed as the Supreme Leader’s representative to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

With this appointment, Rezaei and Saeed Jalili will serve as the two direct representatives of the Supreme Leader on the key national security body.

The high-level, compact body comprised of 12 permanent members functions under Article 176 of the Iranian Constitution to formulate defense and foreign policies, bringing together the top leaders of Iran’s civilian government, judiciary, and military apparatus.

Official Iranian state media has not confirmed the news and state-affiliated Tasnim News reported and then removed the news of the appointment.

One of these representatives traditionally serves as the SNSC Secretary, managing day-to-day strategic operations. The role is currently held by Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr.

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💢🇾🇪 Yemen’s Ansar Allah launches a major missile and drone assault on the Red Sea port of al-Mokha, reportedly killing 7

🔸Ansar Allah (Houthis) struck the government-held port of al-Mokha on Yemen’s western coast with ballistic missiles and drones on Sunday, in a sharp escalation of the country’s reignited civil war.

🔸The "National Resistance Forces," aligned with Yemen’s Saudi-backed government, claimed four troops and three civilians were killed and 15 wounded, with a pier, buildings, and stored food damaged.

🔸Ansarallah spokesman Yahya Saree said the operation hit “Saudi enemy” troops and weapons depots massing to attack Yemeni forces. Earlier today, Ansarallah also said it hit Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery with a drone; Saudi Arabia said a fire was put out with no injuries.

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More footage of a very large ammunition depot belonging to Saudi backed-forces that was destroyed on the western coast of Yemen. Al Masirah reports that more Saudi officers were killed and wounded.

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Iran has listed new terms for reopening the Strait of Hormuz as the Trump administration seeks more oil traffic without a deal.

➤ “Until several weeks ago, these demands were a prerequisite for a nuclear deal. Now, Iran is presenting them as conditions just for reopening the strait,” Axios reported.

➤ An unnamed U.S. official told Axios 8 million barrels exit the Gulf nightly through the southern lane in coordination with the U.S. military, far above Kpler’s 3 million barrels per day over the past week. Trump said oil sitting above $75 per barrel meant Americans are feeling less pain from the war.

➤ “The U.S. is going to try and get more oil out as long as there is no deal,” the official said.

➤ The official said Iran faces a “grim reality” when not at war and Trump claimed Iran’s economy was in “very bad shape,” lacking money to pay troops and had been further weakened by the U.S. naval blockade.

“It will work out. It always works out. It’s like a chess game,” Trump said of the confrontation.

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🇺🇸🇮🇷New: President Trump tells me he is "low keying it" on Iran and signals he's prepared to allow economic pressure on Iran to mount. My story on @axios
https://t.co/65O3dIYQ6S

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⭕️ “If it were up to me, I do not think that we should be aiding and abetting a genocide by either providing taxpayer-funded weaponry or selling it.”

➤ Democratic socialist Oliver Larkin, challenging Rep. Jared Moskowitz in Florida’s 25th District primary on August 18, challenged Fox News Sunday’s framing of the conflict in Israel and Palestine.

➤ Asked whether Israel has a right to exist, Larkin called its current system “religious supremacist” and said it should become a secular democracy with equal rights, and equal justice for all.

➤ He rejected distinctions between “offensive” and “defensive” weapons, and between U.S. military aid and sale of weapons, saying any military support violates the Leahy Laws, international law, and aids and abets Israel’s genocide and apartheid.

➤ Larkin said: “I understand that this is an issue that has not gotten its due diligence in media for a very long time. But I think that now what we are seeing, with the contribution of our taxpayer dollars and what they’re going toward, with not just the actions in Gaza, the genocide or the apartheid in the West Bank, but now with a million people in Lebanon forced to be refugees by Israeli occupation. And now we’re being dragged into this very unpopular war with Iran that, at Marco Rubio’s own admission, has been at the behest of Israel’s government.”

@OliverALarkin | @FoxNews

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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran is not currently negotiating with Washington, and negotiations could not resume until Washington ends its violations of the memorandum of understanding and compensates Iran for the commitments it breached.

🔹 He said the two sides continue exchanging messages through intermediaries seeking to revive talks.

🔹 “This is not called negotiation. It is an exchange of messages,” Araghchi said.

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Life under Israeli occupation in a non-Shiite southern Lebanon village:

[Nada Homsi @NadaOHomsi]

Israel has let a handful of Sunni, Christian, and Druze villages in south Lebanon stay populated — while depopulating and destroying dozens of Shia villages in the same 7km strip it calls a ‘security zone.’

We visited one of the only villages under Israeli occupation that is still accessible: Kfarshouba

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ISNA reports Major General Mohsen Rezaei has been appointed as the Supreme Leader’s representative to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

With this appointment, Rezaei and Saeed Jalili will serve as the two direct representatives of the Supreme Leader on the key national security body.

The high-level, compact body comprised of 12 permanent members functions under Article 176 of the Iranian Constitution to formulate defense and foreign policies, bringing together the top leaders of Iran’s civilian government, judiciary, and military apparatus.

Official Iranian state media has not confirmed the news and state-affiliated Tasnim News reported and then removed the news of the appointment.

One of these representatives traditionally serves as the SNSC Secretary, managing day-to-day strategic operations. The role is currently held by Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr.

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💢 U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper drone crashes near Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti on Sunday.

▪️The U.S. Embassy in Djibouti posted a security notice early Sunday confirming it was tracking a military aircraft experiencing in-flight emergencies. Open-source intelligence and regional media confirmed the drone crashed shortly after taking off.

▪️The crash occurred near Chabelley Airfield, a heavily restricted desert base located southwest of Djibouti City that serves as the central hub for American unmanned intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) flights across the Horn of Africa and the southern Red Sea.

▪️The cause is currently under investigation. Regional observers have raised speculation regarding potential Ansarallah involvement due to recent maritime tensions near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but the U.S. military has yet to declare whether the downing was caused by a mechanical failure or hostile action.

[Egypt's Intel Observer @EGYOSINT]

🇺🇸🇩🇯 About 2hrs ago, the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti warned of an aircraft in distress in Djiboutian airspace, advising people to avoid the area around Chabelley Airfield.

The aircraft was likely a USTRANSCOM-chartered Boeing 767-300 N640GT, which made at least one low-altitude turn before landing.

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🟢 Senior Hamas official Basem Naim said the movement remains committed to the 15-point Gaza roadmap agreed with representatives of the U.S.-led Board of Peace in Cairo, urging Washington to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to obstruct its implementation for domestic political and electoral reasons.

🔹 “We are committed to the roadmap that was reached with representatives of the Board of Peace in Cairo a few days ago, and our agreement, despite all the challenges, reflects our concern for the interests of our Palestinian people,” Naim said.

🔹 “We expect the mediators and the American guarantor to pressure Netanyahu and his government to adhere to the roadmap and not obstruct the process for internal political and electoral reasons.”

🔹Hamas earlier in a statement renewed its commitment to the agreed roadmap, saying it must deliver a complete ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal, reopened crossings, humanitarian aid and shelter materials, reconstruction, and empower Gaza’s national committee to begin its work, calling for a clear timetable for implementation.

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🔴 The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said Netanyahu’s rejection of the Gaza roadmap shows Israel is maneuvering to sabotage the agreement, evade its obligations and “complete its war of genocide, ethnic cleansing and displacement.”

🔹 The PFLP called on mediators to honor their commitments and pressure Washington to compel Israel to implement the agreement in full.

🔹 It warned that partial measures could be presented as Phase Two while cementing Gaza’s division and isolation, leaving more than two million Palestinians confined to less than one-third of the territory.

🔹 The PFLP said Palestinian flexibility was intended to secure the agreement and end civilian suffering, not extract further concessions. Implementation, it said, must be reciprocal.

🔹 It accused Board of Peace Gaza rep. Nickolay Mladenov of aligning with Netanyahu’s political interests and called for a unified Arab and Islamic response to efforts to “liquidate” the Palestinian cause and impose further displacement.

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🟢 Hamas said Sunday it remains committed to the 15-point Gaza roadmap agreed with mediators and the U.S.-led Board of Peace, placing its position in direct contrast with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s public rejection of the plan.

🔹 Hamas renewed its commitment to “serious and responsible engagement” in implementing the roadmap and called for a clear timetable.

🔹 It said the priorities were a complete ceasefire, an end to Israeli attacks, completion of Israel’s withdrawal, reopening the crossings and allowing in aid and shelter materials.

🔹 The movement also called for reconstruction to begin and for Gaza’s national committee to assume its responsibilities.

🔹 Hamas urged mediators, guarantors and the Board of Peace to enforce compliance by all parties and prevent violations that could obstruct or undermine the ceasefire agreement.

Hamas said it would keep engaging “positively and responsibly.”

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🚨 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly defied President Trump and the U.S.-led Board of Peace on Sunday, explicitly rejecting its 15-point Gaza roadmap minutes after praising Trump as a “great friend.”

The rebuke came despite sweeping U.S. support for Israel’s ongoing nearly 3-year long genocide in Gaza.

🔹 “Israel rejects the 15-point document,” Netanyahu declared. Israeli forces would not withdraw until Hamas was stripped of “the heavy weapons, the less heavy weapons, all the weapons,” he said, demanding “real disarmament.”

🔹 He said Israeli forces would continue military “operations” in Gaza against what Israel labels “threats” to its forces and civilians. Israel has continued to murder Palestinians in strikes on families across Gaza killing ~1260 Palestinians, some half of them women, children, and elderly, since agreeing to a ceasefire last October.

🔹 Netanyahu said Israel was negotiating with Washington, but only some U.S. proposals were acceptable. Israel would defy its closest allies when necessary, he added.

🔹 Netanyahu once again vowed no Palestinian state would be established in Gaza or the occupied West Bank while he remains prime minister, dismissing the alternatives as “Fatahstan” or “Hamasstan.”

[ראש ממשלת ישראל @IsraeliPM_heb]

ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו בפתח ישיבת הממשלה:
"בוודאי שמתם לב לנקודה מעניינת - איראן תוקפת את כל המדינות באזור, אפילו מחוץ לאזור, אבל יש מדינה אחת שהיא לא תוקפת - את מדינת ישראל. עד כה היא לא תקפה, יכול להיות שתתקוף, אבל למה עברו שבועות ארוכים והיא לא תוקפת אותנו? משום שהיא יודעת איזה מכה עצימה אנחנו ננחית עליה אם היא תעשה את זה.

אני אומר את זה כי לאחרונה, ביומיים האחרונים, אנחנו מוצפים בגל שמועות על חולשה ישראלית ועל נסיגות ישראליות בכל החזיתות. הדבר הכי משעשע הוא שההתקפות הללו באות מאנשים שהטיפו לסגת מכל רצועת עזה, לא להיכנס בכלל ללבנון ולא להכות באיראן. אז אני מבקש לעבור אתכם בקצרה חזית חזית.

קודם כל איראן - אני מאוד מעריך את הנשיא טראמפ. הוא גדול ידידינו בבית הלבן. אני מאוד מעריך את השותפות ההיסטורית עם ארצות הברית נגד הניסיונות של איראן להתחמש בנשק גרעיני. ואני רוצה להדגיש שוב: עם הסכם או בלי הסכם, כל עוד אני ראש ממשלה לאיראן לא יהיה נשק גרעיני. כי הקיום של המדינה היקרה שלנו, המדינה של כולנו, הקיום של ישראל, אינו עומד למשא ומתן.

לגבי לבנון - גם בלבנון אנחנו שומעים כל מיני שמועות. אני רוצה להבהיר: בימים האחרונים ישראל פעלה בעוצמה בלבנון, חיסלה מחבלים, כולל ברכס עלי טאהר. אני לא יכול לפרט את זה. אנחנו בתוך פעילות חשובה מאוד. אנחנו עובדים בשום שכל ובתבונה. גם בנחישות וגם בתבונה עם צבא ההגנה לישראל ומחסלים איומים.

באשר לרצועת עזה - קודם כל אני רוצה להבהיר את הדבר העיקרי: כל עוד אני ראש ממשלה, לא תקום מדינה פלסטינית - לא בעזה ולא ביו"ש. לא ׳פת"חסטן׳ ולא ׳חמאסטן׳.

באשר לדברים ספציפיים שעולים בחדשות לאחרונה, אני רוצה לדייק כאן: ישראל שוללת את מסמך 15 הנקודות.
שמעתי שאומרים: ׳לא אמרתם׳. אז הנה אני אומר עוד פעם: ישראל שוללת את מסמך 15 הנקודות. צה"ל לא יבצע נסיגה כלשהי עד פירוק החמאס מנשקו. וכשאני אומר פירוק החמאס מנשקו, זה אומר הנשק הכבד, הנשק הפחות כבד, כל הנשק. ואנחנו מדברים על פירוק אמיתי, לא פירוק פיקטיבי. עכשיו אנחנו מדברים עם האמריקאים על הנושא הזה. יש להם רעיונות, חלק מהם מקובלים עלינו וחלק לא מקובלים עלינו, ואנחנו יודעים לעמוד מול הדברים האלה. הוכחנו את זה בעבר ואנחנו מוכיחים את זה גם היום. בנוסף, צה"ל ימשיך לסכל את האיומים נגד כוחותינו ונגד אזרחינו.

הקיום של ישראל והביטחון של כל אזרחי ישראל אינו עומד למשא ומתן. אנחנו עומדים איתן על האינטרסים הללו. אנחנו עושים את זה לא במשרדי פרסום, אנחנו עושים את זה באמת בשטח. אנחנו הוכחנו את זה כל הזמן כשנכנסנו לרפיח, ולציר פילדלפי, כשנכנסנו ללבנון וחיסלנו שם את נסראללה ואת מאגר הרקטות, כשתקפנו את איראן פעמיים. בניגוד לכל אלה שמטיפים לנו, אנחנו עושים את מה שצריך לעשות למען ביטחון ישראל ואנחנו יכולים ויודעים לעמוד על שלנו גם מול הידידים הטובים ביותר שלנו כשצריך."

וידאו: רועי אברהם / לע״מ
סאונד: יחזקאל קנדיל / לע״מ

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected suggestions of Israeli retreat in the region, arguing at the opening of Sunday’s cabinet meeting that Israel was continuing the fight and holding firm on every front.

🔹 Iran: Netanyahu said Tehran has avoided attacking Israel for weeks because it fears a “devastating blow.” He praised Trump and vowed Iran would never obtain nuclear weapons, “with an agreement or without an agreement.”

🔹 Lebanon: He said Israel was conducting a major operation, including attacks in the Ali Taher ridge, but declined to provide details.

🔹 Gaza and the West Bank: Netanyahu ruled out a Palestinian state in either territory, rejected the U.S.-backed 15-point Board of Peace Gaza roadmap and said Israeli forces would not withdraw until Hamas was fully disarmed of heavy and light weapons. He said Israel was discussing the U.S. proposal and alternatives but would defy even its closest allies when it deems necessary, citing its operations in Rafah, the Philadelphi Corridor and Lebanon, as well as two rounds of strikes on Iran.

[ראש ממשלת ישראל @IsraeliPM_heb]

ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו בפתח ישיבת הממשלה:
"בוודאי שמתם לב לנקודה מעניינת - איראן תוקפת את כל המדינות באזור, אפילו מחוץ לאזור, אבל יש מדינה אחת שהיא לא תוקפת - את מדינת ישראל. עד כה היא לא תקפה, יכול להיות שתתקוף, אבל למה עברו שבועות ארוכים והיא לא תוקפת אותנו? משום שהיא יודעת איזה מכה עצימה אנחנו ננחית עליה אם היא תעשה את זה.

אני אומר את זה כי לאחרונה, ביומיים האחרונים, אנחנו מוצפים בגל שמועות על חולשה ישראלית ועל נסיגות ישראליות בכל החזיתות. הדבר הכי משעשע הוא שההתקפות הללו באות מאנשים שהטיפו לסגת מכל רצועת עזה, לא להיכנס בכלל ללבנון ולא להכות באיראן. אז אני מבקש לעבור אתכם בקצרה חזית חזית.

קודם כל איראן - אני מאוד מעריך את הנשיא טראמפ. הוא גדול ידידינו בבית הלבן. אני מאוד מעריך את השותפות ההיסטורית עם ארצות הברית נגד הניסיונות של איראן להתחמש בנשק גרעיני. ואני רוצה להדגיש שוב: עם הסכם או בלי הסכם, כל עוד אני ראש ממשלה לאיראן לא יהיה נשק גרעיני. כי הקיום של המדינה היקרה שלנו, המדינה של כולנו, הקיום של ישראל, אינו עומד למשא ומתן.

לגבי לבנון - גם בלבנון אנחנו שומעים כל מיני שמועות. אני רוצה להבהיר: בימים האחרונים ישראל פעלה בעוצמה בלבנון, חיסלה מחבלים, כולל ברכס עלי טאהר. אני לא יכול לפרט את זה. אנחנו בתוך פעילות חשובה מאוד. אנחנו עובדים בשום שכל ובתבונה. גם בנחישות וגם בתבונה עם צבא ההגנה לישראל ומחסלים איומים.

באשר לרצועת עזה - קודם כל אני רוצה להבהיר את הדבר העיקרי: כל עוד אני ראש ממשלה, לא תקום מדינה פלסטינית - לא בעזה ולא ביו"ש. לא ׳פת"חסטן׳ ולא ׳חמאסטן׳.

באשר לדברים ספציפיים שעולים בחדשות לאחרונה, אני רוצה לדייק כאן: ישראל שוללת את מסמך 15 הנקודות.
שמעתי שאומרים: ׳לא אמרתם׳. אז הנה אני אומר עוד פעם: ישראל שוללת את מסמך 15 הנקודות. צה"ל לא יבצע נסיגה כלשהי עד פירוק החמאס מנשקו. וכשאני אומר פירוק החמאס מנשקו, זה אומר הנשק הכבד, הנשק הפחות כבד, כל הנשק. ואנחנו מדברים על פירוק אמיתי, לא פירוק פיקטיבי. עכשיו אנחנו מדברים עם האמריקאים על הנושא הזה. יש להם רעיונות, חלק מהם מקובלים עלינו וחלק לא מקובלים עלינו, ואנחנו יודעים לעמוד מול הדברים האלה. הוכחנו את זה בעבר ואנחנו מוכיחים את זה גם היום. בנוסף, צה"ל ימשיך לסכל את האיומים נגד כוחותינו ונגד אזרחינו.

הקיום של ישראל והביטחון של כל אזרחי ישראל אינו עומד למשא ומתן. אנחנו עומדים איתן על האינטרסים הללו. אנחנו עושים את זה לא במשרדי פרסום, אנחנו עושים את זה באמת בשטח. אנחנו הוכחנו את זה כל הזמן כשנכנסנו לרפיח, ולציר פילדלפי, כשנכנסנו ללבנון וחיסלנו שם את נסראללה ואת מאגר הרקטות, כשתקפנו את איראן פעמיים. בניגוד לכל אלה שמטיפים לנו, אנחנו עושים את מה שצריך לעשות למען ביטחון ישראל ואנחנו יכולים ויודעים לעמוד על שלנו גם מול הידידים הטובים ביותר שלנו כשצריך."

וידאו: רועי אברהם / לע״מ
סאונד: יחזקאל קנדיל / לע״מ

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🇺🇸 Vice President JD Vance stressed that the U.S. conflict with Iran is still “in the middle of the game,” with Washington using military, economic and diplomatic pressure to force long-term changes from Tehran, on Fox News.

🔹 Vance said the administration’s immediate priority is maximizing oil and gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and “getting as much oil and gas out of the Middle East” so Americans receive lower energy prices.

🔹 He said Washington expects Gulf exports to return to prewar levels once the strait reopens under a new agreement. Iran has told the U.S. it will neither impose tolls nor fire on commercial vessels, he said.

🔹 Iran, Oman and Gulf states have spent the past week negotiating safe shipping routes, according to Vance, and “some progress” had been made. He claimed Iranian mines remain a major obstacle in the strait and would need to be removed under the agreement.

🔹 Vance also claimed the U.S. had destroyed Iran’s nuclear program and conventional military and sharply reduced its asymmetric capabilities.

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Israel’s policy in southern Lebanon is overtly sectarian. Kfarshouba, a predominantly Sunni village, was spared from destruction only on condition that residents don’t shelter any displaced people from neighboring Shiite villages, The National reports.

Israel has destroyed at least 60 villages across the predominantly Shiite south, forcibly displacing hundreds of thousands and blocking their return.

Israeli forces destroyed the electricity pole powering Kfarshouba’s water pump, then repeatedly blocked repairs, forcing the municipality to spend $500 daily on diesel. Despite coordinating through UNIFIL, two workers who tried to deliver fuel were handcuffed, blindfolded, interrogated for hours and forced to walk home at night.

Three laborers abducted while harvesting in May remain missing. During another raid, soldiers struck the special-needs son of an elected official and warned his family: “You can stay. But don’t let anyone come here. Otherwise we’ll have to destroy the village and empty it.”

🔗 Video + full story linked below.

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“Our village has turned into a prison.”

Raids, arbitrary detentions and constant fear now mark the daily lives of thousands of Lebanese under Israeli occupation.
While the Israeli army has razed Shia villages to the ground, it has allowed a handful of Christian and Sunni villages to remain inside the area it occupies, under strict rules that legal experts say violate international law.
We visited one of these villages, Kfarchouba.

Read our report here with @NadaOHomsi
https://t.co/bAXsUDCuyB