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IDF Strikes Hamas Targets In Gaza Following “Historic” Gulf Normalization Deal

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IDF Strikes Hamas Targets In Gaza Following "Historic" Gulf Normalization Deal

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On September 16th, the IDF Air Force struck Hamas targets in Gaza including a weapons & explosives manufacturing factory and a military compound.

This happened in response to an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) report that 15 rockets had been fired towards Israel from Gaza.

Israel continues to blame Hamas for any attack from Gaza’s direction, regardless if the movement takes any responsibility for it. This time, however, Hamas did take responsibility for the launches.

 

The IDF confirmed in a statment that its fighter jets and helicopters hit Hamas targets and specifically facilities used for military training and the production of weapons.

“The Hamas terrorist organization is responsible for what happens in Gaza and what emanates from its territory, and will bear the consequences for acts of terrorism against Israeli citizens,” the IDF statement read.

These reported attacks came one day after EU Ambassadors in Israel were witness to a presumed Hamas “terror tunnel” and its destruction by the IDF.

The rockets were launched at southern Israeli cities just as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed agreements between Israel and two Gulf states, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, in the White House.

Following the rocket fire, Hamas released a statement saying that:

“The agreements between Israel and Bahrain and the UAE isn’t worth the ink spilled or the paper it was signed on. The Palestinian people are determined to continue the struggle to get all of their rights, and will treat these agreements as if they do not exist.”

Defense Minister Benny Gantz held a security consultation with military Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, after which he passed on instructions to the army and defense officials.

Gantz said that “on a historic evening of peace, we received a reminder from our enemies that we must always be strong and prepared to protect the residents of Israel in every place and at all times.”

Mustafa Barghouti, leader of the Palestine National Initiative and a member of the PLO Central Council said that the event in Washington was a mere performance meant to serve U.S. President Donald Trump and Netanyahu.

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Veritas Vincit

The sense of security in Israel is misplaced. The US-Israeli project of developing a ‘ring of fire’ (as described by various analysts) around Iran is actually increasing the probability of a broader regional conflagration. As the Israelis are seeking to change the status of the Al-Aqsa Mosque (as identified in the ‘normalisation’ agreements), it is logical a Holy War would be a component.

The regimes that have aligned with Israel have likely miscalculated as in a Holy War scenario, they will likely share the fate of Israel, these regimes already perceived by many of their citizens as having betrayed the broader Ummah.

In the context of ongoing acts of war by Israel against Syria (including theft of Syrian territory and resources), Israeli preparations for war against Hezbollah/Lebanon, US and Israel moves increasing the probability of a direct kinetic stage of conflict against Iran and broader developing situations/approaching conflicts (particularly situations in the Ukraine-Donbass/Crimea, Georgia-S Ossetia/Russia, Turkey-Greece, Armenia-Azerbaijan, Belarus/Russia-NATO and PRC-US/Taiwan) etc., it should be evident more profound levels of conflict are likely approaching.

tzatz

Holy War? al Aqsa ?

You’re a Muslim advocating Jihad … lol

The Arab/Muslims DECLARED a Holy War in 1948 … it’s never been rescinded … hello?

The Arab/Muslims have been unsuccessful against the Jews/Zionists/Israelis in the ‘40’s / ‘50’s / ‘60’s / 70’s / ‘80’s up to the present … pmsl

YOUR crew will continue to suffer shame and humiliation should they attack Israel … the gloves are off

YOU’RE a keyboard warrior ….

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Veritas Vincit

It is unfortunate that you do not understand what is unfolding. In time you will understand. The following, although lengthy, should provide clarification:

– “I hope all Israelis will listen carefully to what I say…… I now call first all Jews except the Zionists to detach their considerations from Zionist calculations who lead themselves to their final destruction. And I call on all those who came in occupied Palestine believing the promises that they would find the land of milk and honey to leave. I call them to leave Palestine and go back to the countries from which they came….. if Netanyahu launched a war in this region, there may be no more time for them to leave Palestine, and there will be no safe place for them in occupied Palestine…… the scale of the massacres committed by Israel against the Palestinian people and the peoples of the region….. all this will push the people of the region to render a capital verdict against them.” [Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah]

-‘The Coming Middle East Conflagration’, Michael Oren, The Atlantic, November 4, 2019

– ‘Assad: By war or peace, we will liberate the Golan’, Haaretz, 02/04/2009

– “The gathering holy war. Slowly, Israel is transforming a settler-colonial project against the Palestinians into a battle with the wider Islamic world. It is turning a territorial conflict into a holy war.” (How the Rule of the Rabbis Is Fueling a Holy War in Israel, by Jonathan Cook, Antiwar, February 23, 2019)

– ‘Hamas says Israeli violations at al-Aqsa will ignite all-out regional war’, PressTV, Oct 21, 2019, etc…….

The foundations of a regional conflagration are in place. With recognition of ongoing escalations/acts of aggression, limits of restraint are likely in time to be exceeded. Again, it is important to observe what is occurring. War is in an active phase and the direction of events have a logical outcome. At that time the crimes Israel has committed against regional populations will likely blowback on it. The blowback is likely to be as vicious as the atrocities Israel has committed (having set a precedent for such behavior). Indeed it can be said as they have sown so shall they reap. If I am wrong you have little cause for fear. If I am correct you will have cause for concern. In the meantime, you are welcome to believe whatever you want. The beliefs of individuals such as yourself have no relevance to what is unfolding.

Note: It is worth noting many Muslims believe what is occurring relates to Islamic prophecy: – “The Last Hour would not come until a person would pass by a grave and wish that he should have been the occupant of that grave because of this calamity…. The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them…. (Sahih Muslim Book 041, Hadith Number 6985). Time will reveal if such beliefs are correct. Recognising what is more broadly developing (refer information below), it is likely you will not have long to wait to find out if such prophecy relates to what is unfolding.

tzatz

Islamic gobble-di-gook … lol

I don’t believe a word written by fools …

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nah-uh-uh

“Palestinians” never exists; they’re just Arabized Canaanite clans.

Once Pamela Geller and company take over the UN, bye bye “Arab” League as de-Arabized Middle East is coming.

Veritas Vincit

p2. – “if data on Russia-NATO power balance at the Western direction is analyzed, as well as military activity build-up rate at our borders, scale of combat equipment deployment, if the grade of Russia’s demonization is estimated, one can say that preparation to a real war is taking place. [Such] acts are usually undertaken at the forefront of a war [and it is evident] the US is preparing for a [potential] nuclear conflict……” [Colonel General Leonid Ivashov, President of the International Centre of Geopolitical Analysis]

– “According to a report in China Military Online, escalations between the two superpowers will lead to the inevitable. “The problem is not whether the war will break out, but when,” the report said.” (New Arms Race: China, US Prepare for Missile Warfare, Sputnik, 24/08/2016)

– “The US military-intelligence complex is engaged in systematic preparations for World War III. As far as the Pentagon is concerned, a military conflict with China and/or Russia is inevitable, and this prospect has become the driving force of its tactical and strategic planning…. Each of the hearings presumed a major US conflict with another great power (sometimes unnamed, sometimes explicitly designated as China or Russia) within a relatively short time frame, years rather than decades.” (Washington prepares for World War III, WSWS, 5 November 2015)

– “Russia does not want war and does not intend to start a war. But today, Russia can see that the explosion of a global war is almost unavoidable and is prepared and will continue preparing. Russia does not want a war but is not afraid of a war. Those who get Russia involved in this process will learn the real meaning of pain”. [Vladimir Putin] (At the Threshold of a Third World War, Southfront, 12/09/2016),

Conclusion – “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe” [A. Einstein].

History is largely repeating, this time in a nuclear era. The pursuit of power and profit through the mechanism of war is unfolding on a global scale. The logic of those who seek global primacy (‘full spectrum dominance’/world domination) is to expand global military architecture, weaken/partition strategic opponents and engineer client states. Following successive wars of aggression (against Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc. conducted under pretexts that involved the manufacture of a casus belli to facilitate planned military ‘intervention’), confrontation with Iran, Venezuela, the DPRK, Russia, China, etc., is gradually progressing to more advanced stages.

Brinkmanship is evident and limits of restraint are being approached. As the U.S.-NATO-allied bloc continues in the direction of confrontation (including the build-up/deployment of military forces and missile architecture that at a certain stage will necessitate a more robust response from Russia and China), in time these limits will likely be exceeded. Indeed, when the many active and approaching wars progress to more advanced stages (as is gradually occurring) and become recognised as one, you will understand what is unfolding. In the meantime you are welcome to believe whatever you want. The beliefs of individuals such as yourself have no relevance.

Communicating with fools is a waste of time and I have no more time to waste on you.

nah-uh-uh

Wanna accept a Peabody?

Porc Halal

I thought israel is lockdowned…supposedly nothing goes in, nothing goes out of the country…:)))

tzatz

No one is asleep at the wheel …

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Paul

The only country in the world who knows how to protect itself.Like it or not southfront trolls but Israel is the strongest player in the middle east.

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