Five key challenges for Israel after latest Houthi missile attack - analysis

The attack on Israel on September 15 by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen is another example of how Israel is facing new threats during this long war that began on October 7.

In the wake of the attack, Hezbollah has carried out attacks on northern Israel, illustrating how Israel faces numerous threats on multiple fronts. It is worth considering now some of the challenges Israel faces.

Deterring enemies

The largest challenge for Israel today is finding a way to deter Israel’s multiple Iranian-backed adversaries. Hamas in Gaza, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Houthis, Hezbollah, Iraqi militias, and other groups are all attacking Israel.

Each of these groups is now not deterred from their attacks. Prior to October 7, it was believed that Hamas had been deterred. In addition, Hezbollah was largely deterred after 2006 from launching new attacks on Israel.

However, the deterrence has been rapidly eroded. While militias in Iraq might have been worried at one time about launching drone attacks on Israel, today, they brag about it. READ MORE

Blinken and Lammy: We support Israel, but it's important to avoid escalatory action

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Saturday expressed support for Israel’s security, while also warning against “escalatory action” which would undermine the prospects for peace.

A joint statement released by the Governments of the United Kingdom and United States following a meeting between Blinken and Lammy in London said that Lammy “expressed the United Kingdom’s clear support for the ongoing mediation efforts by the United States, Egypt, and Qatar to conclude the agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages.”

“Both the United Kingdom and United States underlined their support for Israel’s security and the importance of avoiding any escalatory action in the region which would undermine the prospect for peace and progress towards a two-state solution,” the statement said.

“In that regard, they affirmed their shared commitment to securing a political agreement for a lasting security solution along the Blue Line that will allow Israeli and Lebanese civilians on both sides to return to their homes with safety and security.”

The two also “discussed the humanitarian situation in Gaza and reiterated calls for all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and for Israel to facilitate the flow of aid, including ensuring the UN and humanitarian partners can deliver their operations safely. They welcomed the ongoing polio vaccination campaign and underlined the importance of cooperation from all parties with the WHO and health agencies to ensure that all children who need to be are vaccinated.”

The statement also noted Iran’s nuclear program and said that Blinken and Lammy “agreed that Iran’s nuclear program had never been more advanced and posed a clear threat to regional and global peace and security.”

The United States has been pushing an outline for a ceasefire and hostage release deal that President Joe Biden first laid out in May, but Hamas has continuously rejected every proposal that has been presented to it.

On Wednesday, Hamas once again said that its negotiators reiterated the group’s readiness to implement an "immediate" ceasefire with Israel in Gaza based on a previous US proposal without new conditions from any party.

Blinken on Tuesday downplayed pessimism over the prospects of a hostage release deal, saying that the US will present a new proposal for a deal “very soon”.

“On the ceasefire, here’s what I can tell you: More than 90 percent of the issues have been agreed, decided. So we’re down to a handful of issues – not even a handful of issues – that are hard but fully resolvable, in our judgment. And as we’ve said before, when you get down to the last 10 percent, the last 10 meters, those are, almost by definition, the hardest ground to cover. But we believe that these are fully resolvable,” Blinken told reporters.

“Right now, we’re working intensely with our Egyptian and Qatari counterparts to work together to bridge any remaining gaps. And in the coming time, very soon, we’ll put that before the parties and we’ll see what they say,” he added. Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

Netanyahu orders IDF to prepare for a broad campaign in Lebanon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a special discussion that he held last Thursday, "We are heading towards a broad campaign of one intensity or another."

Netanyahu's instruction was given during a security-strategic discussion with the participation of the heads of the defense establishment and ministers Yoav Gallant, Israel Katz, Bezalel Smotrich and Ron Dermer.

On Monday, the Cabinet is expected to meet to discuss the northern front.

The heads of the defense establishment also claimed during Thursday’s discussion that a diplomatic settlement alone will not bring the residents of the north back home. Channel 13 News quoted a senior associate of Netanyahu as stressing that no date has been set for the military move, but it is a matter of anywhere from weeks to a few months.

At the same time, defense officials believe that the expansion of the war in the north will require a reduction of the military presence in Gaza.

Amit Sofer, head of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council, said in response to the report, "After almost a year of fighting in the north, we hear for the first time that the Prime Minister wants to expand the attacks in Lebanon. We support any formula that will bring security to the north, bring back the residents and keep the terrorists away from the border line. I believe that only crushing the enemy will bring such quiet. Now we also want to see actions and not just words."

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's deputy, Naim Qassem, said on Saturday that "there is no plan to initiate a war, but the expansion of aggression on the part of Israel will be met with a response."

He added, "If there is a war - there will be enormous damage to Israel and Lebanon."

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said on Saturday that the IAF struck a military structure in which Hezbollah terrorists were operating and an additional military structure in the area of Blida in southern Lebanon.

Additionally, IDF artillery struck in the area of Ayta ash Shab in southern Lebanon.

Also on Saturday, the IAF struck a launcher from which projectiles were fired toward the Galilee area.

The IAF also struck the launcher from which projectiles were fired overnight toward the Upper Galilee area, alongside a Hezbollah military structure in the area of Kfar Remen in southern Lebanon. Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

Report: Russia sharing nuclear secrets with Iran

The US and UK are concerned that Russia is sharing nuclear secrets with Iran, as well as classified information which may aid Iran in achieving its nuclear goals, Bloomberg and the Guardian reported.

According to the report, the information is provided in exchange for Tehran's provision of ballistic missiles to Moscow, to be used in Russia's war against Ukraine.

On Friday, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met US President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. Following the two leaders' personal meeting, they held an expanded meeting attended by both countries' foreign policy teams. At the meetings, the sides discussed the Russia-Ukraine war, the Iranian threat, China, and the war between Israel and the Hamas terror group in Gaza.

Last week, France, Germany and the UK (E3) gave a joint statement to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors on Iran’s implementation of its nuclear commitments under the JCPoA.

In the statement, published on the UK government's website, E3 noted that, "In the reporting period, Iran has continued to enrich uranium far beyond its JCPoA commitments."

It noted that Iran "has been blatantly violating all JCPoA limits on both enrichment and accumulation of enriched uranium. Its stockpile of high enriched uranium up to 60 % has continued to grow significantly, without any credible civilian justification."

"Iran now has almost four IAEA significant quantities of high enriched uranium, which the IAEA defines as the approximate amount of nuclear material from which the possibility of manufacturing a nuclear explosive device cannot be excluded," the statement added.

"Over the last three months, Iran has also substantially expanded its overall production capacity by installing and operating new advanced centrifuges.

"For the first time in years, the DG also reported that Iran undertook some construction work at the Khondab Heavy Water Research Center, without communicating all the needed information to the Agency." Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

The unusual announcements the IDF dropped in Lebanon

Announcements were distributed Sunday morning in Lebanon, calling on residents of the village of Al Wazzani to evacuate northwards, towards the area of Khiam, and not to return to the area "until the end of the war."

The announcement called on the residents to evacuate before 4:00p.m. Sunday afternoon. The announcement, which was attributed by Lebanese to the IDF, also said that anyone found in the area after this time would be "considered a terrorist."

Two security sources spoke with military journalist Doron Kadosh, denying the distribution of the announcements and saying that no pamphlets calling for the evacuation of the civilian population in southern Lebanon were distributed.

Kadosh noted that after examination "there were indeed announcements distributed in the area of Al Wazzani in southern Lebanon." He added that many sources in the IDF were not familiar with the distribution of the pamphlets, and that there had been no organized instruction issued by the IDF spokesman in Arabic, as is accepted in Gaza.

He concluded that this was "a very strange event" and reported that it was an independent initiative by the Northern Command's 769th Regional Brigade, which was not approved by senior IDF command. The IDF is now investigating the incident.

Earlier on Sunday morning, approximately 40 projectiles were launched from Lebanese territory towards the Upper Galilee and northern Golan Heights. Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

Some of the rockets were intercepted, and the rest fell in open areas. No one was injured, but firefighters worked to extinguish multiple blazes which were sparked after missiles landed in open fields.

At the same time, an explosive drone was identified crossing into Israel near Metula. The drone, which was launched from Lebanese territory, did not cause damage to the town or its environs, and no one was injured.

The Hezbollah terror group took responsibility for the rocket launches towards an IDF base in the Golan Heights.

Netanyahu: The Houthis should know there is a heavy price for attacking us

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the ballistic missile attack launched by the Houthi terrorist organization on central Israel Sunday morning.

At the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting Netanyahu said, "We are in a multi-front campaign against Iran's axis of evil, which is striving for our destruction. This morning, the Houthis launched a surface-to-surface missile from Yemen at our territory. They should know that we exact a high price for any attempt to attack us. Whoever needs a reminder of this, is invited to visit the port of Hodeidah."

"Whoever attacks us will not evade our strike. Hamas is already learning this through our determined action, which will bring about its destruction and the release of all of our hostages," he stated.

Turning to the repeated attacks on northern Israel, Netanyahu said, "I have visited the north. I am attentive to the residents of the north. I speak with them and with the heads of local authorities in the north, I see their distress. I hear their anguish."

He vowed, "The current situation will not continue. This requires a change in the balance of forces on our northern border. We will do whatever is necessary to return our residents securely to their homes. I am committed to this. The Government is committed to this and we will not suffice with less than this."

"We will do this thanks to the heroism of our fighters and the unity among us, as a united people rising up against our enemies in order to ensure our future," Netanyahu said.

The IDF stated following the attack, "At 06:21 this morning (Sunday), a surface-to-surface missile was fired from Yemen toward Israeli territory. An initial inquiry indicates the missile most likely fragmented in mid-air."

"During the incident, several interception attempts were made by the Arrow and Iron Dome Aerial Defense Systems, and their results are under review. Sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol. The entire incident is under review.

"Fallen fragments of the interceptors were identified in open areas and at the Paatei Modi'in Railway Station. A fire erupted in an area adjacent to Kfar Daniel. Israel Fire and Rescue Services are currently operating at the scene to extinguish the fire," the IDF stated. Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

Houthis claim: 'We fired hypersonic missile at Israel'

Yahya Saria, spokesman for the military wing of the Houthi rebels group, announced that the Houthis were responsible for the ballistic missile attack on central Israel from Yemen on Sunday morning.

According to Saira, the missile was launched at Jaffa and has the capability of traveling 2048 kilometers in just 11 and a half minutes. He stated that the missle “forced more than two million Zionists to run to shelters for the first time in the enemy’s history"

He also claimed that "this is an action carried out as part of the fifth stage of the escalation of the Houthis against Israel" and vowed that more attacks would be carried out ahead of the anniversary of the Hamas massacre of October 7.

Sirens were heard on Sunday morning, around 6:35 a.m., in the Gush Dan region as a result of the missile attack from Yemen. This is the first time in four months alarms were activated in central Israel. Residents also reported hearing explosions.

Debris from the missile caused a fire in an open area in Mosha Kfar Daniel.

Magen David Adom reported that medics and paramedics provided medical treatment to five people who were lightly injured while on their way to a protected area and evacuated them to a hospital. The Education Ministry announced that there is no change in the directives of the Home Front Command and that studies in the entire central region will be held as usual. Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

Hezbollah's war with Israel has become existential, 'military source' says

Hezbollah's war against Israel, which the terror organization began on October 8 of last year, has evolved from supporting Hamas in Gaza to becoming an existential fight, a "military source" told the pro-Syrian Lebanese news outlet Ad-Diyar on Friday.

The shift reportedly comes as Hezbollah understands that Israel is pivoting its military weight from Gaza to the northern front.

Earlier this week, speaking to the IDF’s 9th Brigade after it concluded exercises in northern Israel in preparation for ground maneuvers in Lebanon, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said, “The center of gravity is shifting to the north. While we are wrapping up our missions in the South, an important task remains in the North: to restore security and allow residents to return to their homes."

Israel expresses readiness for Lebanon action

Gallant went on to emphasize that the rhetoric about the IDF entering Lebanon was more than just talk, saying that, as Israeli forces entered Gaza weeks after the October 7 massacre in southern Israel, “the same with happen [in the North].”

Further, Maariv on Saturday published an interview with Col. Itzik Alfasi, the commander of the 179th Armored Brigade, who stated that the brigade had, after honing its abilities in Gaza, had trained for and was ready for “the big event” in Lebanon. READ MORE

Watch: IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon

Following IDF identification, the IAF on Friday struck a Hezbollah military structure in which Hezbollah terrorists were operating in the area of Kaukaba in southern Lebanon, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.

Additionally, the IAF struck a weapons storage facility, a launcher from which projectiles were previously fired, and Hezbollah military structures in the areas of Majdal Zoun, Jibbain, and Blida in southern Lebanon.

Furthermore, IDF artillery struck in the areas of Labbouneh, Ramyeh, Ayta ash Shab, and Aalma El Chaeb in southern Lebanon.

Earlier on Friday, a suspicious aerial target was identified crossing from Lebanon and falling in the Western Galilee area. No injuries were reported.

Later, following hostile aircraft infiltration sirens that sounded at 2:47 p.m. in the area of Zar'it and Shomera, the IDF Aerial Defense Array successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial target that crossed from Lebanon.

No injuries were reported. WATCH

For the first time: Israel to add the north to the goals of the war

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will bring for Cabinet approval the addition of the goal of "returning the residents of the north to their homes safely" to the goals of the war, Channel 12 News reported on Friday evening.

A defense official said that it is necessary to prepare for a long war in the north that will exact a heavy price.

According to Friday’s report, the Prime Minister held a limited security consultation on Thursday night with Ministers Ron Dermer and Bezalel Smotrich, as well as with Shas chairman Aryeh Deri, and decided during that meeting to bring this addition to the goals of the war for a vote in the Cabinet.

The report stated that the situation in the north requires attention, and the defense establishment has been asking the political echelon for quite some time to define the issue in terms of the goals of the war.

Earlier this week, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant visited the northern border, where he received a briefing on the activities of the troops stationed there in stopping terrorists and protecting communities on the northern border, and on the exercise simulating combat in Lebanese territory.

Gallant told the soldiers, "I am impressed by the determination, professionalism, and the dedication to the mission that has been going on here for almost a year – both in the north and in the south. The center of gravity is moving north, we are about to complete our tasks in the south, but we have here a mission that has not been carried out, and that mission is to change the security situation and bring the residents back to their homes."

Early Friday morning, a barrage of approximately 20 projectiles was fired from Lebanon towards the city of Tzfat and the area.

Most of the projectiles were successfully intercepted, and the rest fell in open areas. No injuries were reported.

Israel Fire and Rescue Services operated in the area of the Biriya Forest, near Tzfat, to extinguish a fire that erupted due to a fall in the area. Seven crews of firefighters were able to extinguish the fire after several hours.

On Friday, following IDF identification, the IAF struck a Hezbollah military structure in which Hezbollah terrorists were operating in the area of Kaukaba in southern Lebanon, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.

Additionally, the IAF struck a weapons storage facility, a launcher from which projectiles were previously fired, and Hezbollah military structures in the areas of Majdal Zoun, Jibbain, and Blida in southern Lebanon.

Furthermore, IDF artillery struck in the areas of Labbouneh, Ramyeh, Ayta ash Shab, and Aalma El Chaeb in southern Lebanon. Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

Preparing For A Crash? Why Is Warren Buffett Selling Millions Of Shares?

Warren Buffett did not become a billionaire by being stupid.  According to Forbes, Buffett is worth more than 144 billion dollars, and that makes him one of the wealthiest men in the entire world.  He made his money in the stock market, and so why is he now pulling money out of the stock market at a feverish pace?  

Does he anticipate that a crash is coming?  Earlier this year, Buffett shocked the investing community when his company sold off half the Apple shares that it was holding...

Warren Buffett, the legendary investor known as the "Oracle of Omaha" (and "Fireball" by his father), is famous for his smart investment choices. So when it was revealed that his company, Berkshire Hathaway, sold half its Apple shares, many investors were puzzled, trying to understand what it meant.

The number of Apple shares that Berkshire Hathaway has dumped is absolutely astounding.

It is being reported that close to 500 million shares were sold during the first and second quarters combined...

In the first quarter of 2024, Berkshire Hathaway sold over 100 million Apple shares, and in the second quarter, they sold an additional 390 million shares.

More recently, Berkshire Hathaway has been selling off Bank of America shares...

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has trimmed its stake in Bank of America making the total sales since mid-July nearly $7 billion.

The conglomerate, run by one of the world's most revered investors, disclosed late on Thursday it sold 18.7 million shares of the second-largest U.S. bank between Sept. 3 and Sept. 5 to rake in roughly $760 million. READ MORE

Israel employing 'scorched earth' policy in Lebanon to paralyze Hezbollah - Arab sources

Israel is allegedly focusing its strikes on Lebanese areas that support Hezbollah but are not regularly involved with the terror group, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Nashra reported on Wednesday, citing anonymous security sources. Because of this, these areas do not receive aid or compensation from Hezbollah. The goal is to apply pressure and encourage internal opposition to the group within Lebanon.

"They cannot bear the burden of confronting Israel, neither financially nor logistically, as they struggle to find new housing and maintain daily life," the sources said.

According to the Lebanese newspaper, the IDF is targeting villages located further behind those near the border to increase pressure on the Lebanese government and fuel opposition to Hezbollah by destroying homes and displacing residents, thereby causing them to blame Hezbollah for supporting a decision made unilaterally in Gaza.

The Kuwaiti daily newspaper Al-Anba reported that a prominent source told the newspaper, "There is no doubt that we are facing a long war with no end in sight. It continues in Gaza despite the violent destruction and the growing number of massacres and casualties, with small local wars spreading to the West Bank to prevent any movement." READ MORE

Islamists score big in Jordanian election held in shadow of Gaza war

AMMAN — Jordan’s leading Islamist opposition party has won 31 out of 138 seats in the kingdom’s parliament, tripling its representation in legislative elections dominated by frustration over Israel’s war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza.

The Islamic Action Front (IAF), a political offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, came ahead of other parties and factions in the legislature after Tuesday’s vote, but was far from clinching a majority, according to official election results released on Wednesday.

The result is a historic win for the Islamists and their largest representation since the Muslim Brotherhood in 1989 gained 22 out of the 80 seats that existed then.

The IAF had 10 seats in the previous parliament elected in 2020 and 16 seats in the 2016 legislature.

The Islamists had sought to capitalize on growing anger over the ongoing war in Gaza among Jordanians, half of whom are of Palestinian origin. READ MORE

One of two US aircraft carriers in the Middle East heads home

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s rare move to keep two Navy aircraft carriers in the Middle East over the past several weeks has now ended, as the USS Theodore Roosevelt is heading home, according to US officials.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had ordered the Roosevelt to extend its deployment for a short time and remain in the region even after the USS Abraham Lincoln arrived, having been pushed to get to the area more quickly. The Biden administration beefed up the US military presence there to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies and to safeguard US troops.

US commanders in the Middle East have long argued that the presence of a US aircraft carrier and the warships accompanying it has been an effective deterrent in the region, particularly for Iran. Since the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip began last fall, there has been a persistent carrier presence in and around the region — and for short periods they have overlapped to have two of the carriers there at the same time.

Prior to last fall, however, it had been years since the US had committed that much warship power to the region.

The decision to bring the Roosevelt home comes as the war in Gaza has dragged on for 11 months, and international efforts to mediate a ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas terror group have repeatedly stalled as they accuse each other of making additional and unacceptable demands. READ MORE

David Friedman: Harris support for Palestinian state will only bring terror, misery

Former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman accused US Vice President Kamala Harris of pushing failed and destructive policy with her call for the creation of a Palestinian State during her debate with former President Donald Trump in Philadelphia this week.

During Tuesday night's debate, Harris stated, "I will always give Israel the ability to defend itself, in particular as it relates … to Iran and any threat that Iran and its proxies pose to Israel. But we must have a two-state solution where we can rebuild Gaza, where the Palestinians have security, self-determination and the dignity they so rightly deserve."

Amb. Friedman told Fox News Digital, "After Oct. 7th, the two-state became a dead letter. A Palestinian state between Israel and Jordan will destabilize both countries and bring only additional terror and misery."

He added, "Vice President Harris should stop parroting failed theories and trying to force a square peg into a round hole. She should empower Israel to reach a just and workable solution on its own and not interfere in matters where she is neither competent nor well-informed."

Foundation for Defense of Democracies Senior Fellow Jonathan Conricus concurred with Friedman, telling Fox, "The so-called two-state solution may have been possible to implement 31 years ago, but four straight Palestinian rejections of Israeli peace offers have made it clear that the current Palestinian leadership does not aspire to end the conflict and achieve peace. Palestinian rejectionism has also eroded the political support for the peace process in Israel, since it has become abundantly clear that the Palestinian leadership does not seek peace."

"Terror must not be awarded with statehood." Conricus added.

Last week, Former US Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, spoke to Newsmax after Attorney General Merrick Garland announced criminal charges against the leaders of Hamas over their roles in murdering American citizens during the October 7 attack against Israel.

Friedman wondered why it had taken so long for these charges to be announced.

“You know, I’ve been practicing law for 35 years. I could have written an indictment on Yahya Sinwar on October 8th. I mean, what did they find out afterwards that took so long to issue the indictment? And you know, what about Iran? Iran financed Hamas. Why isn't he indicting Iran? I can make the case that maybe they ought to be indicting people in the United States and the US government who turned on the funding of UNRWA. You know, President Trump turned it off because we saw UNRWA as a willing partner of Hamas. We turned off the money, and the United States government turned on that funding. And that also assisted and financed the Hamas terror attacks. So I got a lot of questions about this, both in terms of who he chose to indict and why now. It really just reeks of political opportunism,” said Friedman.

“Israel is fighting this, not America, but what America is doing is just really inept. You know, when you have a battle between good and evil, you got to pick a side. You can't start placating the voters in Dearborn, Michigan, and the rioters at Columbia and on the West Coast. You got to just pick a side,” said Friedman.

Friedman recently published a new book, "One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict," outlining his proposal for a solution to the century-long Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel National News - Arutz Sheva

Report: This is how Israel infiltrated Syria's missile production site

Israel succeeded in infiltrating a Syrian missile manufacturing facility, removing equipment and documents, and booby-trapping the facility, Greek researcher and analyst Eva J. Koulouriotis said, quoting a "security source."

According to the source, Israeli forces "succeeded in entering a facility for missile manufacturing in Syria, taking a haul, and escaping after they destroyed it," Koulouriotis wrote, noting that the facility is affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

Israel did not respond to the report.

According to Koulouriotis, Israeli special forces carried out the operation at the military facility, which is located six kilometers southwest of Masyaf in western Syria. She noted that the operation began with airstrikes, and afterwards the Israeli ground forces entered the facility.

"The raid lasted approximately one hour, during which the forces entered the facility, took documents and other important equipment, and at the end, booby-trapped it from within, with explosives, and escaped after it was destroyed," she added.

She stressed that the ballistic missiles and UAVs intended for both Hezbollah and the Syrian army are manufactured in the facility. WATCH

Sinwar's letter to Nasrallah

Lebanese media reported on a letter sent by Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar to Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah, thanking him for continuously attacking northern Israel since the massacre Hamas committed in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

Sinwar thanked Nasrallah for the condolences he expressed on the death of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and claimed that the current war will be remembered as "one of the most honorable historical battles of our people."

In addition, he thanked Nasrallah for its solidarity with Gaza "expressed in blessed actions on the front lines of the resistance axis. Hamas will continue to stand firm against Israel, and will remain loyal to the blood of the martyrs."

He further stated that Hamas will continue to adhere to the principle of resistance until the "expulsion of the occupation from our land and the establishment of a Palestinian state".

The letter states that "Sinwar reiterates his appreciation of the Algerian role in standing by the Palestinian people, and in defending their rights in international forums."

In the unusual statement, Hamas said that the message to the Algerian President was sent in the shadow of "the heroic war of the Palestinian people and their brave and firm resistance in the Battle of Al-Aqsa, despite the genocide and barbarity of the Zionist occupation."

Sinwar said in the statement that "the occupation is attacking our people in the West Bank, in Jerusalem and inside, in blatant violation and defiance of all international laws and conventions."

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Jordanian 2024 elections: Muslim Brotherhood triumphs - analysis

Jordan's peace agreement with Israel just got more fragile. According to Jeremiah 49:2, Zephaniah 2:8-9 and Ezekiel 25:14, this treaty will be voided out and the IDF will win a war against Jordan. (see slides below) 

Amid low turnout, the Muslim Brotherhood secured its most significant political win in the history of the Hashemite Kingdom.

The Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political party representing the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, is the main winner of the elections held in the kingdom yesterday, winning 31 seats out of the 138 seats in the country’s House of Representatives – with over 500,000 votes. This is a striking achievement for Islamists, who view themselves as an opposition party, who received ten seats in the 2020 elections, and who decided in past elections to boycott the political process altogether.

The elections took place following a notable reform in the voting mechanism, which for the first time allowed voters to choose their elected officials through two notes – one for their local representatives who competed for 97 of the 138 seats, and the other for the national district comprising the remaining 41 seats. According to reports from the kingdom, 36 registered parties ran for the elections on the national level, while only two ran for the local one. The Islamic Action Front’s achievement was divided between 17 seats on the national level and 14 seats on the local one.

Additionally, 27 women were elected for parliament, 18 of which were elected due to the country’s minimum quota for women in the house of representatives. Another change in these elections was the minimum age for candidates, which was lowered from 30 in the past elections to 25 this year. (Read More)

Israeli troops raided IRGC weapons facility in Syria, took equipment, documents

Israeli special forces carried out a raid on an Iranian weapons facility in the Masyaf area in Syria earlier this week, according to a number of unconfirmed reports on Wednesday widely reported by Hebrew media.

A series of previously reported alleged Israeli strikes hit military sites in central Syria late Sunday, killing at least 14 people, wounding 43, and sparking fires. Local Syrian media reported at the time that the strikes hit a scientific research center in Masyaf, which has long been associated with the manufacture of chemical weapons and precision missiles by the Syrian regime and Iranian forces.

However, the fresh reports were the first to claim that Israeli troops operated on the ground during the action at Masyaf, which lies about 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of Israel, though only about 30 kilometers (18 miles) from Syria’s western coastline. (Read More)

100 rockets from Lebanon batter north; IDF reservist injured by anti-tank missile

An Israeli reservist soldier was wounded in a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile attack from Lebanon on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces said.

It came as barrages of around 100 rockets from Lebanon pounded areas in the north of the country. The 39-year-old reservist, a member of Kibbutz Dan’s local security team, was taken to Rambam Hospital in Haifa after being hit by a missile in the community.

The medical center said he was conscious and suffering shrapnel injuries. He was taken for surgery and was listed in serious condition. Meanwhile, more than 60 rockets were launched from Lebanon at northern Israel in the space of around an hour Wednesday afternoon. Then in the early evening, another 40 were fired.

A barrage of some 30 rockets was fired from Lebanon at the Western Galilee, impacting open areas near the community of Abirim, the IDF said. Then, another barrage of 30 rockets was fired from Lebanon at the Galilee Panhandle area, impacting open areas near Kfar Szold. (Read More)

The Future of Global Governance: UN 2.0 And The Summit You Haven't Heard About

The UN wants much more control over global affairs, and "the Pact for the Future" which is scheduled to be adopted during "the Summit of the Future" that will be held on September 22nd and 23rd will go a long way toward making that a reality.  But even though "the Summit of the Future" is just days away, hardly anyone is talking about it and the mainstream media is almost entirely ignoring it.  

Enormous decisions that could dramatically affect the future of everyone on the entire planet are about to be made, and just about the entire population has absolutely no idea what is going on.

This is exactly how the globalists like it.  They don't want the general population to even be aware of their agenda as they relentlessly push it forward.

According to the official UN website, the idea for the Summit of the Future was "conceived at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic" four years ago...

In 2020, the UN turned 75 and marked the occasion by starting a global conversation about hopes and fears for the future.

This was the beginning of a process that would eventually lead, four years later, to the convening of the Summit of the Future, a major event this September, which will take place at UN Headquarters, just before the annual high-level debate of the General Assembly.

The Summit was conceived at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there was a perception at the UN that, rather than cooperating to face this global threat that affected all of us, countries and people pulled apart.

That all sounds very nice until you start digging into the details. READ MORE

IRGC chief: 'Nightmare of Iran's inevitable response shaking Israel day and night'

The authorities in Tehran continued to warn of a severe and widespread response following the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh on July 31, according to an Al-Arabiya report on Monday.

Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Hossein Salami stated that "the nightmare of Iran's inevitable response is shaking Israel day and night."

Salami added that Israeli leaders are in a state of imbalance and tension, anticipating an Iranian response that will be "painful and different from what you expected."

The Iranian regime emphasized that the retaliatory response would be precise and calculated but did not specify the timing or method of execution.

However, American officials suggested that Tehran may delay its response to allow international mediators, such as Egypt, Qatar, and the US, to continue negotiating a ceasefire in Gaza. READ MORE