From: The Guardian November 3, 2024
Israeli first of its kind naval raid

Israel abducts alleged Hezbollah official in unprecedented sea raid
Commandos land in northern Lebanon in highly unusual operation to capture supposed militant group member

The Israeli military abducted who it said was a senior Hezbollah official in an unprecedented operation on Saturday morning during which Israeli commandos landed on the shores of Batroun, northern Lebanon, captured the alleged official and escaped via speedboat.

In a statement, an Israeli military official said its forces captured a “senior operative of Hezbollah” and transferred him to its territory to be investigated by military intelligence.

The media outlet Axios cited Israeli sources as saying the captured man – Imad Amhaz – was responsible for Hezbollah’s naval operations.

Lebanon’s caretaker minister of transport, Ali Hamie, said that Amhaz was a civilian boat captain, while Hezbollah did not comment on allegations that he belonged to the organisation

The Israeli naval raid was a first of its kind, with Israeli soldiers landing in north Lebanon – an area unaffiliated with Hezbollah and almost 100 miles from the Lebanon-Israel border.

“An unidentified military force carried out a landing operation on the beach of Batroun, and moved … to a chalet near the beach, where it kidnapped the citizen Imad Amhaz and … left by speedboats to the open sea,” Lebanon’s National News Agency reported.

explosives-laden ship MV Kathrin

From: TradeWinds November 1, 2024
Israeli explosives-laden ship finally manages to unload after three-month perambulation

German cargo ship Kathrin manages to unload cargo in Egypt
A German-managed cargo ship is unloading a controversial cargo of explosives allegedly destined for Israel.

The 8,000-dwt Kathrin (built 2010) arrived off Alexandria, Egypt, on 28 October, AIS data shows.

There has been no signal from the ship for nearly four days, but the port's website says the Egyptian Maritime Consultant Office (EMCO) was responsible for receiving it and “unloading” its “military” cargo

From: Reuters October 30, 2024
German lawyers ask court to block ship allegedly carrying explosives to Israeli company

Human rights lawyers have filed a court appeal in Berlin seeking to block a 150-metric-ton shipment of military-grade explosives aboard German cargo ship MV Kathrin which they say is to be delivered to Israel's biggest defence contractor.

Elbit Systems declined to comment.

Iran mocks Israel’s ‘weak’ attacks as hardliners call for reprisal
The Guardian by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor 27 October 2024

Older article but....
Now, one thing that I learned from The Godfather was to try to think as the Iranians around me think
Now on that basis, anything's possible

• Israeli attack on Iran deadly or “minimal”?

Extracts:
Political elite under pressure from variety of sources, with US urging Iran to step back from the brink

The Iranian government has belittled the scale and effectiveness of the Israeli attack on its military sites but hardliners in the parliament insisted the strikes breached Iranian red lines and required a swift response, preferably at a time when Israel is already enmeshed in Lebanon and Gaza

The internal Iranian debate on how to respond to the long-awaited Israeli attack turns on, whether
1. to treat Israel’s breach of Iranian national sovereignty as too grave to be ignored or instead
2. to heed the advice coming from the region and from the US to acknowledge the relatively limited nature of the attack
3. and to step back from the brink by not launching reprisals

In making its decision, the Iranian political elite will have to weigh conflicting political, diplomatic and military pressures

But the initial tone from the government was one of patriotic pride at the performance of the air defences, rather than calls for immediate retribution Some even claimed that the air defences proved better than Israel’s Iron Dome.

In what amounted to a holding statement, the foreign ministry condemned the attack, adding:
The Iranian government spokesperson, Fatemeh Mohajerani, said
But an internal political debate has already started on how to respond which is likely to replicate differences inside the political elite that have been evident ever since Iran surprisingly elected the reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as president, partly on a ticket to improve relations with the west

Iran mocks Israel’s ‘weak’ attacks as hardliners call for reprisal
The Guardian by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor 27 October 2024

Older article but....

• mountain of the Israelis gave birth to a mouse

Extracts:
Political elite under pressure from variety of sources

Amir-Hossein Sabeti, the ultra-conservative MP for Tehran, said on X:

• Operation True Promise 3

On social media there were calls for Operation True Promise 3 a reference to the code name given to Iran’s first two attacks on Israel

• Nobody wants another war

By contrast, the former Tehran University professor Sadegh Zibakalam said:
Many ridiculed Israel’s attack as weak, after the preceding week’s threats to attack Iran’s oil and nuclear sites

Ebrahim Rezaei, a member of the parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, wrote in the first minutes after the attack on X:
Hesamoddin Ashena, an adviser to Iran’s former president Hassan Rouhani, wrote:
Some of the big military and political players in Iran have yet to make statements

Iran mocks Israel’s ‘weak’ attacks as hardliners call for reprisal
The Guardian by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor 27 October 2024

Older article but....

• Diplomatic advice

Extracts:
Political elite under pressure from variety of sources

Diplomatically, the Iranian foreign ministry will also be listening to the advice from the region, especially from Saudi Arabia, with which it is trying to rebuild ties

Iran will be pleased with the messages of solidarity from across the Gulf including Oman, Riyadh, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, signs that the country’s recent diplomatic push in the region has paid dividends

Such public displays of solidarity are not automatic between Iran and its Arab neighbours

Oman’s foreign minister, Badr Albusaidi, reflected widespread sentiment, saying:
The Jordanian army stressed that it had not allowed Israel to use its airspace

Some of this Arab support however is likely to be contingent on Iran not escalating the crisis

• It was noticeable that neither Saudi nor the UAE named Israel in their condemnatory statements

Hardliners in Tehran in turn will be asking,
On the military side, daybreak allowed Iran and open source experts to survey the scale of the damage, including the death of two Iranian army soldiers, even if the government ordered Iranians not to upload pictures

Hamas now accepts Israel killed Muhammad Deif
The Times of Israel 03 November 2024

Extracts:

• Hamas now accepts Israel killed Muhammad Deif, has arrested 2 people

Tests of mangled remains produced inconclusive results but after months without word from military chief, terror group now acknowledges Deif did not survive, Asharq al-Awsat reports

Finally acknowledging terror leader Muhammad Deif was killed in a July 2024 airstrike in Gaza, Hamas has interrogated two people on suspicion that they led Israel to him, Asharq al-Awsat reported Saturday

Hamas sources cited by the London-based, Saudi-owned newspaper said Hamas’s leadership had taken time to confirm the matter as communication with the shadowy terror chief had been limited prior to the July 13 strike But it concluded that Deif was dead after not hearing from him for some time

Israel had targeted Deif and Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade chief Rafa’a Salameh in the airstrike on a Hamas compound that killed dozens in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis

The IDF confirmed Salameh’s death a day later and Deif’s on August 1
Hamas has so far officially denied the killing of Deif, who led the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the terror group’s military wing

Asharq al-Awsat said one of the men arrested over Deif’s killing was one of Deif’s couriers as was previously reported by Al Arabiya, which said the terror group suspected, he had tipped off Israeli security forces. The paper said that the results of the investigation have not been disclosed

Deif who was 58 had commanded the Brigades for over two decades and had long been one of the terror figures most wanted by Israel

It was Israel’s eighth attempt to eliminate Deif who was key to Hamas’s transformation from a small terror group into a paramilitary force

Deif managed to evade and survive multiple attempts on his life between 2001 and 2021 though Deif was seriously injured in two of them and his ability to frustrate Israel’s formidable security apparatuses for so long had made him something of a mythical figure for Palestinians as well as Israelis

Deif along with Hamas’s Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar, was an architect of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 massacre in southern Israel when thousands of terrorists broke through the border and killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians while taking 251 people hostage to Gaza

Deif had topped Israel’s most-wanted list since 1995 for his involvement in the planning and execution of a large number of terror attacks, including many bus bombings in the 1990s and early 2000s

Israel breaks up another Iran spy ring
Reuters by Jonathan Saul 31 October 2024

Extracts:

• Israel breaks up another Iran spy ring, security services say

Israeli security forces have broken up a suspected spy ring inside Israel that was working on behalf of Iranian intelligence - the latest such espionage group in weeks to be announced, the Shin Bet and police said on Thursday

In the new incident, an Israeli couple from the town of Lod near Tel Aviv were arrested for gathering intelligence about national infrastructure and security sites including the Mossad spy agency headquarters as well as surveillance of a female academic, the Shin Bet security service and the police said

The ring was part of efforts by Iran to recruit people who had originated in the Caucasus region. a Shin Bet source said,
The investigation showed that one of the couple was tasked with tracking an academic target at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) think tank whom the Iranians wanted to be physically harmed, a joint statement by the police and Shin Bet added

The suspect was separately asked by the Iranians to look for an assassin for a separate mission
Another person, whose origin was Azerbaijan, was also recruited by one of the couple for specific tasks, the statement said

The INSS said,INSS director, reserve major general Tamir Hayman, added,
Iran's foreign ministry was not immediately available for comment

The prosecutor's office of Israel's central district will serve a severe indictment against the suspects on Thursday, the statement said

Israel's security forces said earlier this month they had broken up two separate spy rings on behalf of Iran, in Jerusalem and the north of Israel

Israel has a history of intelligence operations in Iran, allegedly including the assassination in July 2024 of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the Palestinian group Hamas in a Tehran state guesthouse Israel has made no claim of responsibility for that killing

*Reporting by Jonathan Saul in Jerusalem, additional reporting by Parisa Hafezi in Dubai, Editing by William Maclean

Israel’s claim of military superiority has “fallen into pieces”
Al Jazeera 27 October 2024

in fairness, Israel is fighting terrorists in 7 fronted guerilla warfare terror

War correspondent Elijah Magnier describes why,
Extracts:
Giving the extensive US, UK support in intelligence, precision bombing to Israelis that is illustrating the high level of Western commitment and how they are fully partner in this war

There are two main points that emerge here
1. Firstly the Israeli vulnerability and
2. Secondly the ethic of not only Israel but the US and UK

The Israeli vulnerability because the narrative of Israel as the strongest army in the Middle East has fallen into pieces because due to the available data, Israel is not fighting alone

Israel seems incapable of fighting non-state actors, in a very small area and requires the support of superpower like the US and NATO in terms of intelligence gathering, men, air support, interception, task forces, surveillance, ammunition supplies

And with all these reconnaissance missions, it shows that only 20 percent was carried out by Israel while 80 percent by the Israeli allies which reflect the scale of intelligence gathering and sharing

And that takes me [Magnier] to the second point which are the ethics

US President Joe Biden said that there are too many civilian casualties which means
1. either the intelligence are wrong and
2. they are failing to distinguish between combatants and non-combatants or
3. everybody here has a serious question in the operational ethics and effectiveness of their operation
4. and joining the Israelis in their crime and crimes against humanity

All of Israel's current fighting enemies are supported and funded by Iran and probably other terrorist-supporting countries. Wall Street Journal says Israel has gravely reduced (but not erased) the fighting capabilities of Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis, and has exposed Iran's defensive vulnerabilities--which the much larger Western powers have been unable to do.

Iraqi officials meet NATO, French commanders to strengthen security cooperation and training

https://thenewregion.com/posts/1077...ngthen-security-cooperation-and-training

The Netherlands took command of NATO Mission Iraq in May. It seems they also act as intermediaries between Israel and Iran.

Capture of Hezbollah operative-Claim German Navy coordinated with Israel
The Times of Israel 03 November 2024

• Hezbollah operative “significant source of knowledge”

Wearing Lebanese uniforms, some 20 Israeli commandos took part in Friday raid

Hezbollah-affiliated media says special forces were likely in area for reconnaissance before nabbing alleged terror operative, reiterates claim German Navy coordinated with Israel

According to the Al-Akhbar report: operatives from the Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit were disguised as Lebanese security forces during the unusual raid in Batroun, south of Tripoli, some 140 kilometers (87 miles) north of Israel’s maritime border with Lebanon.

While the Israeli military has attacked northern Lebanon via airstrikes, its ground forces have been operating only in the country’s south

Al-Akhbar report:
The report also said,
The Hezbollah-affiliated outlet cast doubt on the Israel Defense Forces’ assertion that Amhaz is a “significant source of knowledge” in the terror group’s naval force

Al-Akhbar report on Sunday also reiterated earlier accusations in Lebanese media that the German Navy operating within UN peacekeeping forces in the area had assisted with the Israeli raid

UNIFIL the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, denied involvement in the operation, with an unnamed deputy spokesperson telling the Saudi channel Asharq News on Saturday
After warning for nearly a year that Israel would not tolerate the ongoing Hezbollah attacks, Israel launched a major operation against Hezbollah in September 2024 eliminating much of its leadership and crippling some of its fighting capabilities

In October 2024 Israel launched a ground offensive in Lebanon’s south to clear the border area of terror infrastructure, Israel said was to be used, in an October 7, 2023 style attack on Israeli northern communities

Sure thing but these terrorists with their bottomless support and funds by Iran and probably other terrorist-supporting countries and the numerous nations hostile to Israel “reorganize its ranks” come back bigger and more lethal

• Israel At War - Day 396

1. Hamas still fighting and still has the Israeli hostages -- How many are alive
2. Hezbollah still firing drones, missiles, rockets etc. causing death and destruction
3. Houthis still attacking the ships
4. Iran and the terrorists exposed Israel's defensive vulnerabilities
5. Israel still fighting on 7 fronts -- no wins
6. terrorists fighting capabilities may have been reduced but... still “undefeated” “unconquered” ongoing terror

My take, for what it is worth!

It also shows -- Ref: various posts: among others,

• how reliant Israel is, on US military support [and Israel's allies]
• Israel's need for US defence assistance amid the expanding war
• Israel's need for Washington's help, to close gaps in Israel's protective shields and air defence systems eg: THAAD
  THAAD apparently “in place” but not operative yet

Israel is not doing itself any favours All for taking out the terrorists but.... among others,

• wholesale carpet-bombing -- Every life is equally precious whether Israeli, Palestinian, Lebanese or
  Israel repeatedly says, it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and stresses that the terrirists use civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including homes, hospitals, schools and mosques
• seeming disdain for non-Israeli lives
  The horrors and immeasurable suffering of the innocent civilians cannot be discounted.... not to mention the Thousands killed Millions displaced

Key aspects of the Israeli-Arab conflict include,
1. the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip
2. the status of Jerusalem
3. Israeli settlements
4. borders
5. security
6. water rights
7. the permit regime
8. Palestinian freedom of movement
9. and the Palestinian right of return

Houthis to target Israel-associated maritime assets
Skynews.com.au 04 November 2024

Extracts:
Yemen's Houthi Armed Forces claim,
The announcement is in response to alleged intelligence information which revealed Israeli shipping groups were selling their assets to other companies

The Houthis say they will maintain the maritime blockade until aggression in Gaza and Lebanon is stopped

How is terrorists Houthis still existing let alone still attacking ships for more than a year....
Houthis should have been neutralised by the combined forces of Israel, US, UK, NATO long ago -- Nipped in the bud. Frankly....

US warns Iran against Israel attack
The Australian 04 November 2024

Extracts:
1. US warns Iran against Israel attack
2. Tehran says ceasefire would help

The Biden administration warns it won’t restrain Israel if Iran attacks again

Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian says,

Iran warns of a nuclear retaliation against Israel
Skynews.com.au 04 November 2024

Extracts:

• ‘Concerning escalation’: Iran warns of a nuclear retaliation against Israel

Australia Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Executive Manager Joel Burnie says,

Iran slams ‘destabilizing presence’ as US sends B-52 bombers to region
The Times of Israel 04 November 2024

Extracts:

• US sends B-52 bombers to region

Tehran says it won’t be deterred, vows ‘definite and decisive’ response to Israeli airstrikes but expresses support for ceasefire efforts in Gaza and Lebanon

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday criticized what he called the United States’ “destabilizing presence” after the deployment of B-52 bombers in the regionsaid Baghaei at a news conference in response to a question about the deployment, adding,
The US military announced on Saturday the deployment of heavy B-52 bombers to the Middle East as a warning to Iran which has vowed to respond to Israeli strikes on its military sites on October 26, 2024

Weeks earlier, the Islamic Republic launched some 200 ballistic missiles at Israel on October 1, 2024 sending most of the population rushing to bomb shelters and safe rooms

The assault — Iran’s second direct attack on Israel, after a drone and missile strike in April 2024 — caused relatively minor damage to military bases and some residential areas in Israel and killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank

Iran said its October 1 attack came in retaliation for the killing of Tehran-backed terror leaders and an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander

*Associated Press and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report

Iran slams ‘destabilizing presence’ as US sends B-52 bombers to region
The Times of Israel 04 November 2024

Extracts:

• Israel’s airstrikes on Iran 26 October 2024

At least four soldiers were killed in Israel’s airstrikes which also caused “limited damage” to a few radar systems, officials said at the time Iranian media also reported that a civilian had been killed

Efforts by Iran to downplay the attack faltered as satellite photos and multiple reports in global media showed Israel’s strikes,
1. crippled Iran’s ballistic missile production
2. destroyed at least a dozen solid fuel mixers
3. and disabled crucial air defenses protecting major energy installations

where Israel is at war with the Iran-backed Hamas and Hezbollah terror groups, respectively

On Monday, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said,
During the news conference, Baghaei said,
Citing a recent speech by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah -- Ali Khamenei, Baghaei said,

• Iran has long threatened Israel with destruction and called to wipe out the Jewish state

Iran, which directly attacked Israel with missiles and drones for the first time in April has been dealing with its own problems at home,
1. as its economy struggles under the weight of international sanctions
2. and it has faced years of widespread, multiple protests

*Associated Press and Times of Israel staff contributed to this report

Israel’s use of air-launched ballistic missiles against Iran sparks market interest
The Times of Israel by Reuters and ToI Staff 04 November 2024

Extracts:

• Israel’s air-launched ballistic missiles against Iran

Weapon’s speed and moving launch point make it more resistant to air defenses than its ground-based counterparts and the cruise missiles used by most major powers, experts say

Israel’s effective use of air-launched ballistic missiles in its response to Iran’s latest missile attack is expected to pique interest elsewhere in acquiring the weapons which most major powers have avoided in favor of cruise missiles and glide bombs

The Israel Defense Forces IDF said its October 26 raid knocked out Iranian missile factories and air defenses in three waves of strikes, in retaliation for Iran’s massive barrage of ballistic missiles that sent millions of Israelis into bomb shelters on October 1

Based on satellite imagery, researchers said targets of the Israeli strike included buildings once used in Iran’s nuclear program

Tehran defends such targets with “a huge variety” of anti-aircraft systems, said Justin Bronk, an airpower and technology expert at London’s Royal United Services Institute

Cruise missiles are easier targets for dense, integrated air defenses than ballistic missiles are but ballistic missiles are often fired from known launch points and most cannot change course in flight

Israel’s use of air-launched ballistic missiles against Iran sparks market interest
The Times of Israel by Reuters and ToI Staff 04 November 2024

Extracts:

• ALBM vs ALCM

Experts say high-speed, highly accurate air-launched ballistic missiles (ALBM) such as the Israel Aerospace Industries’ Rampage, get around problems facing ground-based ballistic missiles and air-launched cruise missiles (ALCM) — weapons that use small wings to fly great distances and maintain altitude

Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California said,
Ground-launched ballistic missiles — which Iran used to attack Israel twice this year and which both Ukraine and Russia have used since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 — are common in the arsenals of many countries So, too, are cruise missiles

Because ALBMs are carried by aircraft, their launch points are flexible, helping strike planners

Uzi Rubin, a senior researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, one of the architects of Israel’s missile defenses,
The weapons are not invulnerable to air defenses
In Ukraine, Lockheed Martin PAC-3 missiles have repeatedly intercepted Russia’s Khinzhals

Israel’s use of air-launched ballistic missiles against Iran sparks market interest
The Times of Israel by Reuters and ToI Staff 04 November 2024

Extracts:

• ALBM vs ALCM

Experts say high-speed, highly accurate air-launched ballistic missiles (ALBM) such as the Israel Aerospace Industries’ Rampage, get around problems facing ground-based ballistic missiles and air-launched cruise missiles (ALCM) — weapons that use small wings to fly great distances and maintain altitude

Many countries, including the United States and Britain, experimented with ALBMs during the Cold War
Only Israel, Russia and China are known to field the weapons now

The US tested a hypersonic ALBM the Lockheed Martin AGM-183 but it received no funding for the 2025 fiscal year because it has a large arsenal of cruise missiles and other types of long-range strike weapons, Washington has otherwise shown little interest in ALBMs

A US Air Force official, speaking on condition of anonymity said,
a senior US defense technical analyst who declined to be identified because the matter is sensitive, said,
In tests, the missile was able to strike a small target on land representing the center of mass of a destroyer, the analyst said
Publicly, the SM-6 is not meant for air-to-ground strikes

a defense industry executive said, on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter,

Haaretz November 4, 2024
Egypt Blasted for 'Collusion' in Arming Israel, Allowing IDF Warship Pass Through Suez Canal

Palestinians on social media have accused Egypt of being a 'partner in genocide' after footage of an Israeli warship in the Suez Canal went viral, while a German ship said to be delivering explosives to an Israel defense contractor docked in Alexandria.

A German ship reportedly carrying military-grade explosives is at the center of a legal dispute after human rights lawyers filed an emergency appeal in Berlin to prevent the cargo from reaching Israel's largest defense contractor.

The vessel, MV Kathrin, is said to be transporting 150 metric tons of RDX explosives intended for Elbit Systems.

US, UK bomb Houthi sites in Yemen, January 12 amid surge in Red Sea ship attacks

These regular raids, by the joint forces included attacks on underground weapons and missile storage facilities, air defence systems, radars and a helicopter

However, the Houthis responded with defiance and have so far failed to halt the attacks, which have upset global trade and raised shipping rates.

As at October 28 the Houthis have targeted more than 90 merchant vessels with missiles and drones since the war in Gaza started in October last year.

From: The Guardian November 5, 2024
Leaks from Netanyahu’s office may have compromised a peace deal, an Israeli court finds

A breakdown in peace negotiations may have been caused by leaked and falsified documents involving a close aide to the prime minister, an Israeli court has said

The leaking of the documents – to Britain’s Jewish Chronicle and Germany’s tabloid Bild – came at a crucial time for hostage negotiations

PM Netanyahu's spokesman Eli Feldstein suspected of leaking intel that may have hurt hostage efforts
Former Ben Gvir aide and IDF spokesperson reportedly worked closely with Prime Minister’s Office despite failing security clearance; identities of 3 other suspects still under wraps.

From: The Times of Israel November 6, 2024
Netanyahu fires Gallant 'crisis of trust'

Shifting tone, US official says Gallant firing ‘concerning,’ questions PM’s motives

After initially avoiding criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the Biden administration shifts to questioning the premier’s motives.

“We have real questions about the reasons for Gallant’s firing and about what is driving the decision,” a US official tells The Times of Israel.

Critics in Israel accuse Netanyahu of firing Gallant for narrow political considerations related to coalition politicking rather than putting the nation’s security first. Netanyahu claims Gallant was insubordinate.

Three hours ago, a White House National Security Council spokesperson sufficed with a statement hailing Gallant and pledging to work with his successor.

But the US official speaking to The Times of Israel now is less diplomatic.
“The surprising decision to fire Defense Minister Gallant is concerning, especially in the middle of two wars and as Israel prepares to defend against a potential attack from Iran,” the official says.

Over the past year, Biden officials speaking to The Times of Israel on condition of anonymity have shared their belief that some of Netanyahu’s key decisions relating to the prosecution of the war against Hamas have been motivated by his reliance on the support of far-right coalition partners in order to remain in power.

From: news.com.au November 7, 2024
Israel's Netanyahu discusses 'Iranian threat' with Trump

Netanyahu's office said in a statement the Israeli premier "congratulated Trump on his election victory, and the two agreed to work together for Israel's security.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed the "Iranian threat" in a call with US president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday as the wars in Gaza and Lebanon show no sign of easing.

Hurry up!

From: news.com.au November 7, 2024
militants and weapons
Iran-backed Hezbollah said tens of thousands of its militants were ready to fight Israel
Its leader warned that nowhere in Israel would be "off-limits" to attacks.

Hezbollah announced Wednesday it had Iran-made Fatah 110 missiles, a weapon with a 300-kilometre range that military expert Riad Kahwaji described as the group's "most accurate".

slew of missile and drone attacks
Hezbollah claimed a slew of missile and drone attacks on Wednesday, including two that targeted naval bases near the Israeli city of Haifa and two near Tel Aviv.

Israel's military also said a missile was fired into southern Israel from central Gaza

Earlier, Hezbollah said it targeted a military base near Israel's main airport close to commercial hub Tel Aviv, but Israel's Airports Authority said operations were not disrupted.

Reports say, 18-year-old Sivan Sadeh of Kibbutz Kfar Masaryk was working in the kibbutz fields when Hezbollah fired a salvo of some 25 rockets at the area and was killed

From: Al Jazeera November 6, 2024
The governor of Lebanon’s Baalbek-Hermel says, Israeli strikes killed, at least 38 people and wounded 54 today.

In a televised speech marking 40 days since his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah was killed in a strike, new Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said: "We have tens of thousands of trained resistance combatants" ready to fight.

"What will stop this... war is the battlefield" he said, citing fighting in south Lebanon and Hezbollah attacks on Israel.

Israel is "betting on prolonging the war so it becomes a war of attrition... We are ready," Qassem said in his second speech since being named Hezbollah secretary-general last week.

Israeli first of its kind naval raid
Qassem demanded explanations from the Lebanese army after Israeli commandos seized a man from north Lebanon on Saturday who they said was a senior Hezbollah operative.

He said the operation was "a great offence to Lebanon" and a "violation" of its sovereignty.

From: Al Jazeera November 6, 2024
Egypt joins Turkey’s call to UN for arms embargo on Israel

Egypt has joined a call led by Turkey and backed by dozens of countries, urging the UN to halt arms deliveries to Israel.

A Foreign Ministry statement on Tuesday said Egypt joined the call as part of “international efforts to pressure Israel to cease its continuous violations of international law and international humanitarian law”.

It also aims to stop “Israeli violations” against Palestinians and protect civilians, the statement read.

Israel’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon on Monday accused Turkey of “malice,” after Ankara submitted a letter signed by 52 countries calling for a halt in arms deliveries to Israel.

How about,
1. arms embargo and halt arms deliveries to the terrorists
2. pressure the terrorists to cease its continuous violations of international law and international humanitarian law”.
3. terrorists to stop their “terror violations” against Israel and protect civilians