Israel vs Palestine/Lebanon/Iran/Yemen/Syria: a New Middle East War

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MintPress News

🚨A Lebanese Man Returns To His Home To Find A Destroyed Israeli Vehicle

Hezbollah took it out with an FPV drone while Israel attempted to advance into Hadatha, in southern Lebanon.

https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2066990545759834256

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MintPress News

Israel Erases Bedouin Villages In Naqab Judaization Drive

Despite the residents having Israeli citizenship, their villages are left “unrecognised” by the government & hence allows a legal loophole to destroy their homes, attempting to force them from the area to make way for Jewish only settlements.

https://x.com/MintPressNews/status/2066992616328384538

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Mohamad Safa

When I was 6 years old, Israel dropped bombs disguised as toys on us in Lebanon.

New report reveals that Israel left behind bombs disguised as toys in Gaza.

Today, a cluster bomb shaped like a small football found in South Lebanon.

But keep talking about Israel not targeting children.

https://x.com/mhdksafa/status/2066988693206749527

Middle East Observer

⚡️ ⭕️ Lebanon: Journalist Rasha El Zein, quoting a source:
A very serious warning, especially for children... The enemy has thrown bombs disguised as toys in the South, and this ball is one of them.

https://x.com/ME_Observer_/status/2066974514324312183

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Quds News Network

The Australian Government has committed to an independent investigation into reports of assault, sexual abuse, and torture involving Gaza Flotilla humanitarian activists, following a meeting in Canberra between survivors and senior officials, including Foreign Minister Penny Wong, the AFP, and DFAT representatives.

The probe concerns the treatment of Australian citizens abducted by Israeli forces while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, with eleven returning home testifying physical abuse, mistreatment, and sexual assault.

Survivor Juliet Lamont said after the meeting: “We came here seeking justice for survivors of Israel’s abuse of Australian citizens.”

https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2067030861850272226

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Quds News Network

Israeli occupation forces were deployed to back armed extremist settlers after they attacked Palestinians and their properties in the town of Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2067041808660447344

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Quds News Network

Israeli occupation forces storm Palestinian homes in the city of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank

https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2067047162085548055

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Dr.mostafa project🇵🇸𓂆

How will you go on with your day when you hear about a father in Gaza, trapped beneath the rubble, begging rescuers not to save him?

Not because he had lost hope in life, but because he could hear the final breaths of his daughters beneath the debris. Their tiny hands were still holding his in the darkness, as if calling for him one last time. He was the father who had always been their safe haven, yet this time he was powerless to pull them from the dust and shattered concrete.

Only his head was visible above the ruins. He looked into the eyes of the rescuers with a gaze exhausted by fear and helplessness and said:

"Leave me... my daughters are here... I do not want to come out alone."

What heart can endure such a scene? What language can possibly describe the pain of a father who realizes he is losing his daughters one by one, while holding their hands until they grow cold, unable to offer rescue, comfort, or even one final embrace?

How will your day continue after hearing this story? How will you sit peacefully at your table, or smile at something trivial, knowing that somewhere there is a father whose last wish was not to survive alone?

And the question that continues to haunt the conscience of humanity remains:

How much pain must the world witness before it hears the cry of a single father in Gaza?

#SaveHumanity
#ChildrenOfWar
#HumanConscience
#Gaza

https://x.com/MostafaBNaim1/status/2066850497051439354

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Posted by Rizotto (here)
Isn't that USA taxpayers' $$$ funding these terrorists? Yes, terrorists. Let's call them for what they are.

Yes, of course.

I just veer towards less use of the word since it has been sullied by American rhetoric.

There's not many derogatory terms that would not be appropriate here, but, it is best to disperse them amongst a cloud of more meaningful statements.

For instance, the relative calm I was talking about is on the part of HZB, while the ZOF has violated the ceasefire 84 times in just two days since the announcement. You could describe these in very many ways, none of which are fit for retention by the human race.

Well, instead of watching it die by a thousand cuts, how about a million?

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Looking beyond the finances of this thing, this is a relatively sorry analysis of the American arsenal, extracted from a longer article with further concerns.


Volume used took a big bite out of "readiness" or levels they want to maintain.

That's for a Really Big War, i. e., theoretically, China, this is the stuff that's supposed to be aimed against it. Cumulatively, it has demonstrated failure, despite an unprecedented batch being used in a short time.

In terms of finance, it could be argued, well, all the defense manufacturers are going to "surge" and step up the production, and this will be good for the economy, that is, pouring tax money into these weapon systems that don't work.

Well, the American public will fall for that, it's hard not to see the next five years as a higher expenditure to get us back to where we were.


This is approximately how much was dumped. Stealth cruise missiles:

At the outset of the war of aggression launched on February 28, the United States held a JASSM-ER inventory of approximately 2,300 missiles. According to Bloomberg, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter, US forces consumed more than 1,000 JASSM-ERs in the first four weeks of the campaign alone.

The New York Times, drawing on Department of War sources, placed total JASSM-ER expenditure over the full campaign at approximately 1,100 missiles. An additional 47 were fired in a separate operation to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

Of a prewar JASSM-ER inventory of 2,300, approximately 425 remain available for the rest of the world, roughly 18 percent of the prewar total. In the shorter-range baseline JASSM variant, approximately two-thirds of total stocks across both versions were committed to the Iran campaign, according to Bloomberg.

Tomahawks:

The Washington Post reported that US naval assets fired more than 850 Tomahawks in the first month of the third imposed war. The Wall Street Journal subsequently updated that figure to more than 1,000 over the full pre-ceasefire campaign period.

CSIS's analysis of the first six days alone identified 319 TLAMs expended, representing approximately 10 percent of the prewar inventory in less than a week.

The prewar Tomahawk inventory stood at approximately 3,200 missiles. The expenditure of over 1,000, therefore, represents roughly 31 percent of the prewar total consumed in 40 days, more than ten times the annual procurement rate.

Workhorse interceptors:

The New York Times reported that over 1,200 Patriot interceptors were fired during the aggression. CSIS estimates that Patriot usage, combined with the ongoing supply of interceptors to Ukraine, has left prewar PAC-3 inventory at critically reduced levels.

The Army's FY 2027 budget requests 3,203 Patriot missiles, a procurement figure that reflects the scale of the shortfall, but CSIS projects these will not begin delivery until May 2029, with full replenishment of prewar levels taking three or more years from the present.

Current Patriot production stands at approximately 650 interceptors per year, with roughly half going to allied orders.

High end defenses:

CSIS estimates that between 52 and 81 percent of the prewar THAAD interceptor inventory was expended in the recent war and related offensives, building on roughly 150 THAAD interceptors already consumed during the 12-day war in June 2025.

There have been no new deliveries of THAAD interceptors since August 2023. Deliveries are not scheduled to resume until April 2027 at the earliest.


Only 13 AN/TPY-2 radars have been delivered to the United States in total. The loss or degradation of even two or three of these systems represents a qualitative capability gap that cannot be papered over by procurement requests. The US has also maintained only eight THAAD batteries in total, a number that was considered inadequate for simultaneous deployment in multiple theaters even before the war on Iran consumed the interceptors from those batteries at a rate far exceeding production capacity to replace them.

That's what was blown through in a few weeks to achieve defeat.

It's unimaginable what China can come up with in the next five years while the US goes backwards.

Much like the strategic oil reserve, pumped out during Covid and refilled by you, now you will do the favor of refilling again.

But that's probably exactly what they will do is spend trillions re-living the early 2020s.

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Do not forget Gaza.

"USA and Israel are the leading cause of deaths in the present day world world."
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2144410072769229
(Click on above link to view video)

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Mohamad Safa

This’s not a military vehicle, this is an ambulance that Israel deliberately targeted in Lebanon.

Israel deliberately targeted 162 ambulances, killing 130+ paramedics and first responders, and injuring 400+ in 100 days, since March 2—an average of 2 killed every day for almost 100 days.

This violates international humanitarian law and a war crime under the Rome Statute, but international law clearly doesn't apply to Israel

https://x.com/mhdksafa/status/2067168432408199604

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Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
Dr.mostafa project🇵🇸𓂆

How will you go on with your day when you hear about a father in Gaza, trapped beneath the rubble, begging rescuers not to save him?

Not because he had lost hope in life, but because he could hear the final breaths of his daughters beneath the debris. Their tiny hands were still holding his in the darkness, as if calling for him one last time. He was the father who had always been their safe haven, yet this time he was powerless to pull them from the dust and shattered concrete.

Only his head was visible above the ruins. He looked into the eyes of the rescuers with a gaze exhausted by fear and helplessness and said:

"Leave me... my daughters are here... I do not want to come out alone."

What heart can endure such a scene? What language can possibly describe the pain of a father who realizes he is losing his daughters one by one, while holding their hands until they grow cold, unable to offer rescue, comfort, or even one final embrace?

How will your day continue after hearing this story? How will you sit peacefully at your table, or smile at something trivial, knowing that somewhere there is a father whose last wish was not to survive alone?

And the question that continues to haunt the conscience of humanity remains:

How much pain must the world witness before it hears the cry of a single father in Gaza?

#SaveHumanity
#ChildrenOfWar
#HumanConscience
#Gaza

https://x.com/MostafaBNaim1/status/2066850497051439354

Emelia🌙
@Em21brave
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How will you continue your day after hearing that a father in Gaza, trapped beneath the rubble, begged rescuers not to save him?

Not because he had lost hope in life, but because he could hear his daughters’ final breaths beneath the debris. Their tiny hands were holding his in the darkness, as if pleading with him one last time. He was the father who had always been their safe refuge, yet this time he was powerless to pull them from the dust and shattered concrete.

Only his head was visible above the wreckage. He looked into the eyes of the rescuers, his own eyes exhausted by fear and helplessness, and said:
“Leave me… my daughters are here… I do not want to come out alone.”

What heart can bear such a scene? What language can describe the agony of a father who realizes he is losing his daughters one by one, while still holding their hands until they grow cold, unable to offer rescue or even one final embrace?

How will your day go on after knowing this story? How will you sit at your table in peace, or laugh at something trivial, knowing that somewhere there was a father whose last wish was not to survive alone?

And the question that continues to haunt the human conscience remains:

How much pain must the world witness before it finally hears the cry of a single father there?

Emelia🌙
@Em21brave


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12h
How will you continue your day after hearing that a father in Gaza, trapped beneath the rubble, begged rescuers not to save him?

Not because he had lost hope in life, but because he could hear his daughters’ final breaths beneath the debris. Their tiny hands were holding his in the darkness, as if pleading with him one last time. He was the father who had always been their safe refuge, yet this time he was powerless to pull them from the dust and shattered concrete.

Only his head was visible above the wreckage. He looked into the eyes of the rescuers, his own eyes exhausted by fear and helplessness, and said:
“Leave me… my daughters are here… I do not want to come out alone.”

What heart can bear such a scene? What language can describe the agony of a father who realizes he is losing his daughters one by one, while still holding their hands until they grow cold, unable to offer rescue or even one final embrace?

How will your day go on after knowing this story? How will you sit at your table in peace, or laugh at something trivial, knowing that somewhere there was a father whose last wish was not to survive alone?

And the question that continues to haunt the human conscience remains:

How much pain must the world witness before it finally hears the cry of a single father there?

https://x.com/Em21brave/status/2067102470875271202

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The Cradle

Rights group warns of escalating abuse against Palestinian women prisoners
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Around 90 Palestinian women held in Israel's Damon Prison, including three pregnant detainees, two minors, and three cancer patients, are being subjected to worsening abuse and deteriorating conditions, according to the Palestinian Center for the Defense of Prisoners.

The group said Israeli prison authorities have turned repression into a daily policy through repeated raids, beatings, strip searches, humiliating photography, and the use of stun grenades and police dogs.

Severe overcrowding has forced some prisoners to sleep on the floor, while shortages of clothing, basic necessities, and food have left many hungry.

The center also warned that pregnant and sick detainees face particularly grave risks amid ongoing medical neglect and the absence of adequate healthcare

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2067176428026597714

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The Cradle

Ben-Gvir replaces prison inspectors with families of killed Israelis to increase pressure on Palestinian detainees
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has replaced professional prison inspectors with relatives of Israelis killed during the genocide in Gaza, aiming to systematically worsen the detention conditions of Palestinian prisoners. Israel's Channel 12 reported on Wednesday that Ben-Gvir slashed the number of official inspectors to fewer than 20, bypassing 'qualified' personnel to install partisan monitors responsible for overseeing the treatment and living conditions of Palestinian detainees.

The highly controversial move drew sharp condemnation from within Israel's security establishment and political circles. Former senior officials from the Israel Prison Service and domestic political sources described it as an illegal decision that will severely damage Israel's international relations, warning that utilizing non-professional bodies driven by personal grievances could trigger intense global scrutiny and dangerously escalate tensions inside the prison system.

The policy shift coincides with the death of Palestinian prisoner Imad Sarhan on Saturday at Gilboa Prison due to severe medical neglect, raising the total number of Palestinian deaths in Israeli captivity to 104 since October 2023. Human rights organizations report that roughly 9,500 Palestinian detainees, including women and children, currently face systemic starvation, torture, and medical deprivation across the Israeli prison system.

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2067210145587954121

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Mohamad Safa

Israel poisoned the land in Lebanon, just as it did with the water wells in Palestine, violating the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Israel sprayed toxic and carcinogenic chemicals all over Lebanese agricultural land, resulting in catastrophic levels of cancer-linked chemical in the soil, concentrations reached 22,750 mcg/g, that’s 11,000 times above the safe levels of 0.5/2 mcg/g.

Poisoning and destroying agricultural lands during an armed conflict is a war crime and an act of genocide.

https://x.com/mhdksafa/status/2067276590174622107

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Eva Karene Bartlett

The Cradle reported on June 8, "The Israeli military shut down all border corridors into the Gaza Strip on 8 June and suspended the entry of humanitarian aid as a form of collective punishment over Iranian strikes that responded to Israeli violations in Lebanon.

The Israeli Coordinator of the Occupation Activities in the Palestinian Territories (COGAT) confirmed the closure will remain in place while Israeli authorities assess the ongoing “security situation.”

COGAT has claimed that the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza exceeds the population’s nutritional needs.

Since March, Palestinian officials have reported that Israel is currently allowing only about 10 percent of the territory’s actual needs to enter, with just 640 aid trucks arriving out of the 6,000 required to sustain the population’s minimum nutritional needs..."

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Back in the 2000s, after Israel imposed a draconian siege/blockade on Gaza, prohibiting the entry of most things, including (for a period), livestock, seeds, fertilizers...the same COGAT which incorrectly and dishonestly deems Gaza is receiving more humanitarian aid that it needs...was behind a 2008 document (planned near-starvation of Palestinians in Gaza) which throttled aid allowed into Gaza.

https://gisha.org/UserFiles/File/pub...-paper-eng.pdf

https://haaretz.com/2012-10-17/ty-ar...f-e3f755550000

https://ingaza.wordpress.com/2014/01...stine-in-gaza/

https://x.com/EvaKBartlett/status/2067118653355462803

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DD Geopolitics

🇾🇪 UKMTO: A vessel was attacked 105 nautical miles northeast of Aden.

Two armed skiffs approached within 4 meters and opened fire with an unknown number of armed personnel. The vessel deployed its security team and returned fire. The suspect skiffs have disengaged and are now over 4 nautical miles away.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2067292246790352944

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Quds News Network

Carrying bats, extremist colonial Israeli settlers storm the town of Beit Imrin near Nablus, vandalize Palestinian property, set agricultural lands on fire, and threaten Palestinians.

https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2067302950066602079

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Quds News Network

After a year and a half of forceful displacement caused by Israeli military attacks, this is what the displaced residents of Tulkarm camp were able to retrieve from their homes.

Many returned to find only a few remaining belongings, as most of their possessions had been stolen, damaged, or left behind during invasions by Israeli forces.

https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2067298830454780412

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Quds News Network

Displaced people were resting on the beach in the Mawasi Khan Younis when an Israeli airstrike hit cafe customers, killing at least two people and injuring several others. This is how the scene appeared at the moment of the attack.

https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2067289923707601126