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... school-turned-shelter in Gaza early Saturday, killing at least 80 people and wounding nearly 50 others, Palestinian health authorities said

Updated: AUGUST 11, 2024

- IDF strikes senior Hamas commander Walid al-Sousi in Gaza | Al-Sousi was head of Hamas's General Security Apparatus in the Southern Gaza Strip, involved in managing intelligence and crushing resistance to the regime

- IDF determines 20 terrorists killed in strike on Hamas HQ embedded in school, disputes Hamas claim that 100 civilians killed | US 'deeply concerned' about Israeli strike | EU says horrified by images from school

|------- Hamas' grip weakens as IDF and Shin Bet are closing in on Yahya Sinwar | Criticism, frustration, and anger against Hamas are growing among Palestinians in Gaza

... Hamas... is managing to evade the security apparatus and get its hands on millions of shekels. (NIS)

Hamas has robbed banks across the Gaza Strip. The largest sum, however, hundreds of millions of NIS, was stolen from the safes of the Palestine Bank in the Rimal neighborhood, which is considered the most affluent area of Gaza City.

... The safe in Yahya Sinwar's hideout, which IDF soldiers reached, was left wide open, as were hideouts of other senior Hamas officials and their families. This provided a trove of information on Hamas' operations and a glimpse into the vast sums of money circulating in the hands of Hamas' leadership.

Among them was Dr. Osama Nofal, the recently assassinated director-general of the Economy Ministry, who was killed in an attack in Khan Yunis and was a key figure within the organization.

... Sinwar's financial resources remain substantial, largely due to several strategies pushed by Hamas. These tactics go beyond the well-known bank robberies, which Palestinians estimate at around NIS 600 million.

Hamas imposes taxes on the private sector and international organizations, both directly and indirectly, on all goods entering the Gaza Strip. This taxation scheme is a significant source of revenue for the organization.

This week, UNRWA representatives in southern Gaza received threatening calls from Hamas operatives. They were told that if they did not route the trucks carrying goods through Deir al-Balah - where Hamas seizes control of the shipments and distributes them to those with influence on the street - the trucks, along with the drivers and goods, would be set on fire.
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- Nine UNRWA staff members were involved in attack on Israel, UN says | U.N. fires 9 more staffers over involvement in Oct. 7 attack on Israel

- Gaza death toll since Oct. 7 reaches 39,790, Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says

- Since October 7, 689 IDF soldiers have been killed, and 4,303 have been wounded, the IDF reported Saturday ... Since entering Gaza on October 27, 329 soldiers were killed, and 2,199 were wounded

- Islamic Republic of Iran to honor any Hamas-backed Gaza deal, but still plans to "punish" Israel
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- Iran gives ominous high explosive missile warning

- US fighter jets reach Middle East armed with warning for Iran

- Israel official says "full readiness" for big escalation by Iran, Hezbollah

- Iranian president Pezeshkian asks supreme leader to refrain from attacking Israel, warning Khamenei of the potential attack's effects on his presidency
Pezeshkian cautioned that an Israeli retaliatory attack could cripple Iran's economy, infrastructure, and even lead to the country's collapse.
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Flipping the script is a bitch, eh!?

|------ Iran to deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia - Aug 11, 2024

Hundreds of the satellite-guided Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system weapons are expected for imminent delivery to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract on Dec. 13, 2023 in Tehran for the Fath-360 (BM-120) and Ababil, another ballistic missile system built by Iran's government-owned AIO.

Dozens of Russian military personnel visited Iran since to learn how to operate the Fath-360 system, which has a maximum range of 120km and a warhead of 150 kg.

Moscow has an array of its own longer range ballistic missiles, but the supply of Fath-360s could allow Russia to use more of its arsenal for targets beyond the front line.

A spokesman for the U.S. NSC said the U.S. and NATO allies and G7 partners "are prepared to deliver a swift and severe response if Iran were to move forward with such transfers."

It "would represent a dramatic escalation in Iran's support for Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. The White House has repeatedly warned of the deepening security partnership between Russia and Iran since the outset of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine."

Iran's permanent mission to UN said that the Islamic Republic had forged a long-term strategic partnership with Russia in various areas, including military cooperation.

"Nevertheless, from an ethical standpoint, Iran refrains from transferring any weapons, including missiles, that could potentially be used in the conflict with Ukraine until it is over. Iran and Russia engage in the mutual purchase of parts and military equipment. How each country uses this equipment is entirely their decision. Iran did not sell weapons to Russia for use in the Ukraine war."

About 400 Iranian ballistic missiles had been delivered since February, including Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar.
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It's all one / same war. And spoken "warnings," calls to "de-escalate" and "red lines" clearly don't work.
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#11 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-08-12 03:52 PM
Holy shht. You're just full of propaganda to justify nearly a straight year of murdering Palestinians.

"Propaganda" from Reuters, AP, UPI and Newsweek? OK.

I'm not sure if anyone reads all your carp.

Don't worry, no one reads my 'carp' except Effeteposer, but he is required and gets paid Russian Rubles to do that, so he can 'respond.'

But thankfully it's easy to identify and ignore.

I do make it easy to identify - ignore safely.
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#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-08-12 06:23 PM | Reply
You really have to hate Palestinians.

Read just a little about what Hamas does to Palestinians, at the tiniest hint of the "resistance" to their "highest authority in Gaza" and you will understand who really hates Palestinians. Or you can ignore it as "propaganda," as anything that doesn't fit your already made mindset.

No, the best thing for innocent Palestinians would be a riddance of their terrorist rulers and abusers (which most "pro-Palestinians / anti-Israel" keep ignoring), under whatever names these groups of terrorist thugs operate : Hamas, PIJ / Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, PFLP, DFLP etc. (14 of them had a nice friendly "strategic" meeting in Moscow recently, and all get some funding and orders from Islamic Republic or Iran) that have been using Palestinians - in the words of Yahia Sinwar and recently departed multi-billionaire Ismail Haniyeh - as "sacrifices" in propaganda campaign against Israel.

BTW, the recent UN's report has (as gingerly as they could) backed away from their own baseless claim that Israel is responsible for "starvation of 1.1 million Palestinians in Gaza" due to "lack of evidence..." yet still trying to insinuate that blame falls on Israel for "the high risk of starvation of 495,000 Palestinians in Gaza" which shouldn't be surprising from what I posted in #1:

"This week, UNRWA representatives in southern Gaza received threatening calls from Hamas operatives. They were told that if they did not route the trucks carrying goods through Deir al-Balah - where Hamas seizes control of the shipments and distributes them to those with influence on the street - the trucks, along with the drivers and goods, would be set on fire."

Mainstream press must have missed this.

Nothing better will happen for Palestinians until Hamas and the like are destroyed and Iran and the UN will stop financing (via US and EU) and helping these cabals, because most Arab countries (except Algeria) stopped giving money and have given up on "Palestinians" as long as their undemocratic leaderships are Iran-funded brutal "nihilistic criminal enterprises," and want to have formal peace, travel and trade with Israel.

I provided numerous excerpts from Arab leaders and Palestinian human rights activists to that effect - if you ignored it as propaganda before, you know where can find them... if you care.

If you still don't understand that these thugs are deliberately using and embedding themselves in the most vulnerable civilian structures, like schools, hospitals, mosques, then watch today's (and almost every day's) briefings by State Dept and Pentagon - they discussed the facts (or in your words, "propaganda from familiar names") which you could've read here in my posts yesterday. You want to dismiss them as "propagandists," too?

Not the actual propaganda that you can see and search for on TV and elsewhere every day, which focus almost exclusively on videos of Palestinian women and children (aka Sinwar / "sacrifices") from al-Jazeera "journalists" and count of "civilians" that is provided by Hamas-run "Ministry of Health" in Gaza, the "sacrifices" that are designed to tug at your heartstrings.

I don't expect people to change their mind based on facts they don't want to see or dismiss as "propaganda" as long as the only thing they see and want to see / hear is about "Israeli monsters" deliberately targeting and killing innocent Palestinian women and children - they are, "sacrifices" by design by their "highest authority" in Gaza, just like Putin's mobiks used as "meat waves" in Ukraine.

I am done with this thread.
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