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Iran Buries President Raisi in His Hometown. President, who died in a helicopter crash, was laid to rest at a holy shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad. RIP...

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British armoured vehicles arrived by train in Germany for Exercise Combined Resolve.

https://youtu.be/tbMplXVzzdc?si=baJGUsqPwXPb_NL5

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Here’s what’s on tap for the day: The growing risks of an Israel-Hezbollah war.

Russia tries to redraw map of Baltic Sea, fallout from the death of Iran’s president, and more.

Hezbollah Threat Looms Over Northern Israel
KFAR VRADIM, Israel—Standing on a hilltop in the small town of Kfar Vradim in Israel’s western Galilee region.

Sarit Zehavi, a former Israeli military intelligence analyst, gestures across verdant valley on the horizon some nine kilometers to north. Just beyond clusters of villages tdot the mountainous region—home to Jews, Arabs, Christians, and Druze lies Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. 

On the other side lies one of Israel’s most powerful foes: Hezbollah, the most heavily armed non-state actor in the world. Financed, equipped, and trained by Iran, group has a vast arsenal of rockets and missiles, including anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles, as well as advanced cyber-capabilities.

Since Hamas attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas’s ally Hezbollah has launched many hundreds of mortar, missile, and rocket attacks into Israel in near-daily clashes with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). 

The Israel responded with nearly 4,000 strikes of its own, mostly with artillery and missiles, between October 2023 to March of this year, according to Armed Conflict Location. Event Data Project, it is an often overlooked front that many fear still has potential to spiral into a catastrophic new war that could quickly engulf the region.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/23/isr...er-to-war/

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Casting Rafah strike as ‘massacre,’ Hamas urges Palestinians to ‘rise up and march’ IDF says it killed Hamas commanders in 'precise' action in line with international law * Tlaib: Pro-Palestinian voters will make Biden pay for defending 'genocidal maniac Netanyahu'

Lebanese reports say one dead in alleged Israeli drone strike on motorbike in southern Lebanon
Lebanese media reports say one person was killed in an alleged Israeli drone strike on a motorbike in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...MC4wLjAuMA..

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Yahya Sinwar and Dr. Yuval Bitton talking, seated 
Yahya Sinwar, left, and Dr. Yuval Bitton at Israel’s Beersheba prison complex, during negotiations for a prisoner swap that would lead to Mr. Sinwar’s 2011 release.

The Hamas Chief and the Israeli Who Saved His Life

In an Israeli prison infirmary, a Jewish dentist came to the aid of a desperately ill Hamas inmate. Years later, the prisoner became a mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack.

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Israel’s allies risk complicity in genocide if they block enforcement of ICJ’s Rafah order: Expert

It is imperative that any UN Security Council move related to compliance of ICJ order is not vetoed by states such as US and UK, says Zaki Sarraf of International Center of Justice for Palestinians.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/israel-s...rt/3229795

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"F-16 jets will be provided to Ukraine as soon as possible. Our aim is to be able to provide first aircraft before the end of this year, 2024.

Belgium has agreed to send 30 US-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine as long as they aren't flown within Russian territory.

"F-16 jets will be provided to Ukraine as soon as possible. Our aim is to be able to provide first aircraft before end of this year, 2024," Belgian PMi Alexander De Croo announced Tuesday while hosting Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. "Everything which is covered by this agreement is very clear. It for utilization by Ukraine Defense Forces on Ukraine['s] territory."

Zelenskyy is vocal about Ukraine's need for improved air defenses against Russia & to rebuild its air force, which been battered by two years of war. 30 F-16s are set to be delivered over next four years as part of a promised $1 billion aid package from Belgium, boosting Ukraine's future fleet to an estimated 85 F-16s

https://www.businessinsider.com/belgium-...ion-2024-5

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LIVE UPDATES, -- Israel’s war on Gaza live: No safe shelter as dozens killed in Rafah

30 May 2024 - Fierce street fighting and Israeli bombardment continue in Rafah a day after tanks rolled into the centre of the southern Gaza city sheltering hundreds of thousands of civilians. Israeli strikes have killed at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents.

Israel’s military says it seized control of entire length of Gaza’s border with Egypt known as Philadelphi Corridor signalling deepened ground invasion despite international condemnation.

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Iran Buries President Raisi in His Hometown. President, who died in a helicopter crash, was laid to rest at a holy shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad. RIP...

Mossad: Iran-backed criminal networks behind attacks on Israeli embassies in Europe

Swedish intelligence agency confirms that Tehran is using local organizations -- including the Foxtrot and Rumba crime rings -- to attack Israeli and Jewish targets

Iran is behind a string of terror attacks by criminal networks on Israeli embassies in Europe since October 7, the Mossad intelligence agency said in a rare statement on Thursday.

Sweden’s Säpo security service confirmed the report in a press conference later in the day, saying that Iran has been for several years carrying out activities inside the country that threaten security.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/mossad-ira...in-europe/

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Iran Buries President Raisi in His Hometown. President, who died in a helicopter crash, was laid to rest at a holy shrine in the northeastern city of Mashhad. RIP...

News from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, officials is saying...

U.S. F/A-18 fighter jets involved in the strikes launched from other U.S. warships in the region also participated. But Houthis saying to focused on Friday morning, only just one of the strikes, they said struck a building housing Hodeida Radio & civilian homes in the port city on the Red Sea. Their Al Masirah satellite news channel aired images of one bloodied man being carried down stairs and others in the hospital, receiving aid.

The Houthis described all those killed and hurt in Hodeida as civilians, something The Associated Press could not immediately confirm. Those rebel force that's held Yemen's capital, Sanaa, since 2014 includes fighters who often are not in uniform.

Other strikes hit outside of Sanaa near its airport and communication equipment in Taiz, the broadcaster said. Little other information was released on those sites — likely signaling that Houthi military sites had been struck.

“We confirm this brutal aggression against Yemen as punishment for its position in support of Gaza, in support of Israel to continue its crimes of genocide against the wounded, besieged and steadfast Gaza Strip,” Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam wrote on the social media platform X.

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Mossad: Iran-backed criminal networks behind attacks on Israeli embassies in Europe

Swedish intelligence agency confirms that Tehran is using local organizations -- including the Foxtrot and Rumba crime rings -- to attack Israeli and Jewish targets

Iran is behind a string of terror attacks by criminal networks on Israeli embassies in Europe since October 7, the Mossad intelligence agency said in a rare statement on Thursday.

Sweden’s Säpo security service confirmed the report in a press conference later in the day, saying that Iran has been for several years carrying out activities inside the country that threaten security.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/mossad-ira...in-europe/

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, officials said, they are directing and planning to warn the Houthis strikes were taken in self-defense in the face of an ongoing threat that the Houthis pose,” British PM Rishi Sunak said. “There's an ongoing threat Houthis pose.”


The U.S. and the U.K. have launched strikes against Houthis since January, the U.S. regularly carrying out its own in the time since as well. Abdul Malik al-Houthi, Houthis’ secretive supreme leader, offered an overall death toll for their latest strikes up to that point, 40 people killed and 35 others wounded. He did not offer a breakdown between civilian and combatant casualties at the time.

The Houthis have stepped up attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, demanding that Israel end the war in Gaza fight.

There saying, that they has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians there. The war began after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7. 

Where mass killing is happening inside, it is a massacre on about 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostage and they the Houthis is help Hamas-led militants, but U.S. said Hamas is a terrorists group link to Iran.

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Biden unveils Israeli proposal to end Gaza war
Joe Biden has urged Hamas to accept a new Israeli proposal to end the conflict in Gaza, saying that "it's time for this war to end".

The three-part proposal would begin with a 6week ceasefire in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) would withdraw from populated areas of Gaza.

There would also be a "surge" of humanitarian aid, as well as an exchange of some hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

The deal would eventually lead to a permanent "cessation of hostilities" and a major reconstruction plan for Gaza.

Hamas said it views the proposal "positively".
Speaking at the White House on Friday, Mr Biden said that the first phase of the proposed plan would include a "full and complete ceasefire", the withdrawal of IDF forces from populated areas and the exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

"This is truly a decisive moment," he said. "Hamas says it wants a ceasefire. This deal is an opportunity to prove whether they really mean it."
The ceasefire, he added, would allow more humanitarian aid to reach the beleaguered territory, with "600 trucks carrying aid into Gaza every single day".

The second phase would see all remaining living hostages returned, including male soldiers. The ceasefire would then become "the cessation of hostilities, permanently." Among those who have urged Hamas to agree to the proposal was UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, who said on X that the group "must accept this deal so we can see a stop in the fighting".

"We’ve long argued a stop in the fighting can be turned into a permanent peace if we are all prepared to take the right steps," Lord Cameron added. "Let’s seize this moment and bring this conflict to an end."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw8860gn1nwo

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He was born in the Soviet Union and launched an armoured vehicle company in Canada. Now he’s shipping vehicles to Ukraine for the war
Roman Shimonov’s company, Roshel, has produced smart armoured vehicles for the U.S. State Department, the Department of Homeland Security, the Ukrainian military, NASA, and is among four finalists for a major contract with the Canadian Armed Forces.

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Why Saudi Arabia Never Acquired The F-16.

(Jun 3, 2024) King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz at The King Faisal Air Academy
Saudi soldiers inspect F15SA fighter jets during

Boeing hopes Saudi Arabia will choose the F-15EX Eagle II over rival bids for Eurofighter Typhoons from the United Kingdom and Dassault Rafale multirole fighter jets from France. The American aerospace giant pointed to Riyadh’s decades-long interest in and experience operating the F-15, of which the kingdom possesses approximately 230. The three-way fighter competition is also a striking reminder that Saudi Arabia never acquired the F-16, peculiar for a region that operates the second, third, and fourth largest fleets of the venerable Viper.

A potential Saudi acquisition of the F-15EX is “one of the biggest things that we’re talking about right now,” the vice president of Boeing Defense, Space & Security confirmed in February. Boeing showed an F-15EX simulator to the U.S.. 

Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Michael Ratney, in April as part of an event it described, in a post on X, as showcasing “the deep collaboration, cutting-edge technology and mutual growth of” U.S.-Saudi relations.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauliddon/2...8e57f012b4

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Israel inks deal to buy 25 more F-35 fighter jets for $3 billion. Stealth aircraft to be delivered in batches of 3 to 5 starting in 2028, eventually bringing IAF's F-35I fleet to 75.

Stealth aircraft to be delivered in batches of 3 to 5 starting in 2028, eventual. Israel inks deal to buy 25 more F-35 fighter jets for $3 billion. Israeli F-35 fighter jets fly in formation during the military's Blue Flag exercise in October 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel’s Defense Ministry on Tuesday officially signed a deal with the United States to procure a third F-35 fighter jet squadron.

The ministry said a delegation to the US signed a letter of agreement for the $3 billion deal that included 25 advanced stealth fighters built by Lockheed Martin.

The planes would begin to be delivered starting in 2028, in batches of three to five per year, the ministry said. The aircraft would bring the Israeli Air Force’s F-35I fleet to 75 in the coming years. Only 39 of Israel’s original order of 50 F-35s have so far been delivered.

The deal totals some $3 billion, financed by US military aid to Israel, the ministry said.

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Israel steps up military offensive in Gaza as US presses for ceasefire. An Israeli soldier stands in a tank, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza border, in Israel.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-eas...024-06-05/

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IDF Northern Command chief: Military ready for potential war against Hezbollah

Soldier killed by terrorists trying to enter Israel from Rafah area * Reservist killed in Wednesday's Hezbollah drone attack * Spain to join South Africa’s ICJ case against Israel.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-june-6-2024/

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News from USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red Sea, officials is saying...

U.S. F/A-18 fighter jets involved in the strikes launched from other U.S. warships in the region also participated. But Houthis saying to focused on Friday morning, only just one of the strikes, they said struck a building housing Hodeida Radio & civilian homes in the port city on the Red Sea. Their Al Masirah satellite news channel aired images of one bloodied man being carried down stairs and others in the hospital, receiving aid.

The Houthis described all those killed and hurt in Hodeida as civilians, something The Associated Press could not immediately confirm. Those rebel force that's held Yemen's capital, Sanaa, since 2014 includes fighters who often are not in uniform.

Other strikes hit outside of Sanaa near its airport and communication equipment in Taiz, the broadcaster said. Little other information was released on those sites — likely signaling that Houthi military sites had been struck.

Houthi rebels commander said at least 16 killed, 35 others wounded in joint U.S.-British airstrikes in Yemen

Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others.

“We confirm this brutal aggression against Yemen rebelled group as punishment for its position in support of Gaza, in supporting of Israel to continue their crimes of genocide against the Hamas group, besieged and steadfast in Gaza Strip,” Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdulsalam wrote on in social media platform X.

https://apnews.com/article/yemen-war-us-...33f2376b20

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LIVE UPDATES, -- Israel’s war on Gaza live: No safe shelter as dozens killed in Rafah

30 May 2024 - Fierce street fighting and Israeli bombardment continue in Rafah a day after tanks rolled into the centre of the southern Gaza city sheltering hundreds of thousands of civilians. Israeli strikes have killed at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents.

Israel’s military says it seized control of entire length of Gaza’s border with Egypt known as Philadelphi Corridor signalling deepened ground invasion despite international condemnation.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu set to address US Congress on July 24th 2024. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli PMi Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, setting the stage for what is expected to be a contentious speech at a crucial moment for the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.


Congressional leaders confirmed the date of the address late Thursday after formally inviting Netanyahu to come speak before lawmakers last week. It is the most recent show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political divisions over Israel’s military assault on Hamas in Gaza.

“The existential challenges we face, including the growing partnership between Iran & their backer, Russia, and China, threaten the security, peace, and prosperity of our countries and of free people around the world,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, along with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries, said in the letter. 

“To build on our enduring relationship to highlight America’s solidarity with Israel, we invite you to share the Israeli govt’s vision for defending democracy, combatting terror, and establishing a just and lasting peace in the region.”

As Netanyahu’s appearance before a growingly divided Congress is sure to be contentious and met with plenty of protests both inside the Capitol from lawmakers and outside by pro-Palestinian protesters. And it will put on stark display the growing election-year divisions among Democrats over the prime minister’s prosecution of the monthslong war against Hamas group.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-netany...1fc742fe67

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How Iran Exports its Ideology.
We shall export our revolution to the whole world. Until the cry, ‘there is no god but God’ resounds over the whole world, there will be struggle. Iran has pursued a 2-pronged approach, encompassing hard & soft power strategies, in order to spread its brand of Islamic fundamentalist ideology throughout Middle East & beyond. In hard power, Iran offered financial, ideological, & material support for global terrorist proxies loyal to Iran’s.

Iran’s backing of terrorist movements has helped Iran. An analysis of Iran’s support for terrorist proxies can be found here, a timeline of Iran’s state sponsorship of terrorism in pursuit revolutionary goal.

https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com...-expansion

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Israeli News 12 broadcast footage of Argamani reunited with her father, smiling and embracing him. Video of Argamani's kidnapping, showing her shouting "Don't kill me!" as she was driven into Gaza on a motorbike, had circulated soon after she was taken on Oct 7.
CALL TO PRESIDENT

Gunmen took around 250 hostages back to Gaza on Oct 7, more than 100 of whom were released in exchange for about 240 Palestinians held in Israeli jails during a week-long truce in November. There are 116 hostages left in the coastal enclave, according to Israeli tallies, including at least 40 whom Israeli authorities have declared dead in absentia.

The spokesperson for Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said some hostages were killed during the rescue operation. Hamas had earlier said it still held a large number of hostages.
Attempts by the United States and regional countries to forge a deal that would release all remaining hostages in return for a ceasefire have repeatedly failed as Israel presses its assault in Gaza. Fresh airstrikes in the southern city of Rafah hit homes later on Saturday, residents and Hamas officials said.






Hamas' raid killed some 1,200 people, according to Israeli authorities, and Israel's subsequent bombardment and invasion of Gaza has killed at least 36,801 Palestinians, according to an updated tally by the territory's health ministry on Saturday.

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CALL TO PRESIDENT by Israeli News 12 broadcast footage of Argamani reunited with her father, smiling and embracing him. Video of Argamani's kidnapping, showing her shouting "Don't kill me!" as she was driven into Gaza on a motorbike, had circulated soon after she was taken on Oct 7. Gunmen took around 250 hostages back to Gaza on Oct 7.

Some 100 of whom were released in exchange for about 240 Palestinians held in Israeli jails during a week-long truce in November. There are 116 hostages left in the coastal enclave, according to Israeli tallies, including at least 40 whom Israeli authorities have declared dead in absentia.

Spokesperson for Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said some hostages were killed during the rescue operation. 

Hamas had earlier said it still held a large number of hostages. Attempts by US & regional countries to forge a deal would release all remaining hostages in return for a ceasefire have repeatedly failed as Israel presses its assault in Gaza. 

Fresh airstrikes in the southern city of Rafah hit homes later on Saturday, residents and Hamas officials said. Hamas' raid killed some 1,200 people, to Israeli authorities & Israel's subsequent bombardment and invasion of Gaza has killed at least 36,801 Palestinians, according to an updated tally by the territory's health gone bad.😭

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CALL TO PRESIDENT by Israeli News 12 broadcast footage of Argamani reunited with her father, smiling and embracing him. Video of Argamani's kidnapping, showing her shouting "Don't kill me!" as she was driven into Gaza on a motorbike, had circulated soon after she was taken on Oct 7. Gunmen took around 250 hostages back to Gaza on Oct 7.

Some 100 of whom were released in exchange for about 240 Palestinians held in Israeli jails during a week-long truce in November. There are 116 hostages left in the coastal enclave, according to Israeli tallies, including at least 40 whom Israeli authorities have declared dead in absentia.

Spokesperson for Hamas' armed al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Ubaida, said some hostages were killed during the rescue operation. 

Hamas had earlier said it still held a large number of hostages. Attempts by US & regional countries to forge a deal would release all remaining hostages in return for a ceasefire have repeatedly failed as Israel presses its assault in Gaza. 

Fresh airstrikes in the southern city of Rafah hit homes later on Saturday, residents and Hamas officials said. Hamas' raid killed some 1,200 people, to Israeli authorities & Israel's subsequent bombardment and invasion of Gaza has killed at least 36,801 Palestinians, according to an updated tally by the territory's health gone bad.😭

Israel named rescued hostages as


Noa Argamani, 26,
Almog Meir Jan, 22,
Andrey Kozlov, 27, and
Shlomi Ziv, 41.

They were taken to hospital for medical checks & were in good health, military said.

They were all kidnapped from the Nova music festival during the deadly raid by Hamas-led Palestinian militants on Israeli towns and villages near Gaza on Oct 7, which precipitated the devastating war.

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Israel named rescued hostages as


Noa Argamani, 26,
Almog Meir Jan, 22,
Andrey Kozlov, 27, and
Shlomi Ziv, 41.

They were taken to hospital for medical checks & were in good health, military said.

They were all kidnapped from the Nova music festival during the deadly raid by Hamas-led Palestinian militants on Israeli towns and villages near Gaza on Oct 7, which precipitated the devastating war.

Israel named rescued hostages as
Noa Argamani, 26,
Almog Meir Jan, 22,
Andrey Kozlov, 27, and
Shlomi Ziv, 41.

They were taken to hospital for medical checks & were in good health. They were all kidnapped from the Nova music festival during the deadly raid by Hamas-led Palestinian militants on Israeli towns and villages near Gaza on Oct 7, which precipitated the devastating war.

https://youtu.be/9wgUJZl5YqA?si=Z8sd5atFUUWdVRTe

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Israel named rescued hostages as
Noa Argamani, 26,
Almog Meir Jan, 22,
Andrey Kozlov, 27, and
Shlomi Ziv, 41.

They were taken to hospital for medical checks & were in good health, military said.

They were all kidnapped from the Nova music festival during the deadly raid by Hamas-led Palestinian militants on Israeli towns and villages near Gaza on Oct 7, which precipitated the devastating war.

US provided intelligence that helped Israel’s hostage rescue operation – report. Officials tell New York Times that US and UK analysts in Israel have been providing material from drone flights and cyberspace to help locate captives.

Citing unnamed American and Israeli officials briefed on the matter, The New York Times reported that a team of American officials in Israel helped the operation by “providing intelligence and other logistical support.” The Israel Defense Forces later Saturday released footage of all four hostages reuniting with members of their families at Ramat Gan’s Sheba Medical Center.

It was the third successful operation of its kind since October 7. The first was the rescue of soldier Ori Megidish in late October. In early December, the IDF attempted to rescue another hostage, but he was killed. And in February, hostages Fernando Marman, 61, and Louis Har, 70, were rescued from southern Gaza’s Rafah.

Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, had been abducted from the Supernova music festival near the Re’im kibbutz on the morning of October 7, when some 3,000 Hamas-led terrorists killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages in a murderous rampage in southern Israel.

In a daytime operation, Argamani was rescued from one site in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp on Saturday, while Meir Jan, Kozlov, and Ziv were rescued together from another nearby building.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-provide...on-report/

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US provided intelligence that helped Israel’s hostage rescue operation – report
Officials tell New York Times that US and UK analysts in Israel have been providing material from drone flights and cyberspace to help locate
US provided intelligence that helped Israel’s hostage rescue operation – report

Posters depicting portraits of rescued Israeli hostages Andrey Kozlov, 27, Noa Argamani, 26, Shlomi Ziv, 41, and Almog Meir Jan, 22, are plastered on a wall in Tel Aviv on June 8, 2024. Text underneath reads 'it's so good you came home.' (AFP)

Intelligence provided by the United States helped Israel carry out the successful mission to rescue four hostages from the Gaza Strip over the weekend, according to a Saturday report. Citing unnamed American & Israeli briefed on matter, New York Times reported a team of American officials in Israel helped operation by “providing intelligence & other logistical support.”

Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40, had been abducted from the Supernova music festival near the Re’im kibbutz on the morning of October 7, when some 3,000 Hamas-led terrorists killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages in a murderous rampage in southern Israel.

In a daytime operation, Argamani was rescued from one site in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp on Saturday, while Meir Jan, Kozlov, and Ziv were rescued together from another nearby building.

A senior Israeli defense official with details of hostage rescue efforts was quoted as saying that intelligence collecting and analysis teams from US & UK have been in Israel during war helping their counterparts to gather and process information about hostages. Israeli said the US & British teams did not take part in planning hostage rescue operations. However, Israeli & US officials said supplementary intelligence they provided was valuable.

Israeli hostages pictured rescue from Hamas captivity in Gaza on June 8, 2024. Fm left: Shlomi Ziv (IDF); Andrey Kozlov and Almog Meir Jan (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90), and Noa. Report, Pentagon & CIA have been supplying Israel with intelligence gleaned from drone flights over Gaza, intercepted communications, & other sources. Israeli said US & Britain have been able to provide intelligence from flights, as well as from cyberspace, Israel is not able to obtain by itself. US officials have said that the intelligence focuses on locating the hostages & senior Hamas leaders, report said, Washington believes that the best way to convince Israel to end war is by securing freedom for hostages, either killing or capturing Hamas’s leadership.

Jake Sullivan, the US national security adviser, in a hint at American assistance, said in a statement about the recent successful rescue: “The United States is supporting all efforts to secure the release of hostages still held by Hamas, including American citizens. This includes through ongoing negotiations or other means.”

He also stressed that a current proposal for a hostage release in return for a truce “would secure the release of all the remaining hostages together with security assurances for Israel and relief for the innocent civilians in Gaza.”

The hostages rescued Saturday, who had been in Hamas captivity for eight months, were all in good condition, according to initial medical assessments. They were taken by helicopters from the Strip to hospitals in Israel for further evaluation. The Israel Defense Forces later Saturday released footage of all four hostages reuniting with members of their families at Ramat Gan’s Sheba Medical Center.

It was 3rd successful operation of its kind since Oct 7. First was rescue of soldier Ori Megidish in late Oct. In early Dec, IDF attempted to rescue another hostage, but he was killed. in February, hostages Fernando Marman, 61, & Louis Har, 70, were rescued from southern Gaza’s Rafah.

All of hostages rescued by IDF from Gaza, including four on Saturday, were saved from buildings & not tunnels. Rescued hostage Almog Meir Jan raises his hands in celebration as he is escorted from IDF helicopter on arrival at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, June 8, 2024.

Following Saturday’s rescue, 116 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 still remain in Gaza, though dozens of them are thought to be dead. A weeklong truce in late November saw 105 civilians released from Hamas captivity and four hostages were released before that.

In all, seven hostages have been rescued by troops alive, and the bodies of 19 hostages have been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the military. IDF has confirmed the deaths of 41 of those still held by Hamas, citing new intelligence findings obtained by troops operating in Gaza. Shlomi Ziv embraces a soldier as he lands in Israel after being rescued from Hamas captivity, June 8, 2024. (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)

https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-provide...on-report/

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Shlomi Ziv (IDF); Andrey Kozlov and Almog Meir Jan (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90), and Noa. 

Report, Pentagon & CIA have been supplying Israel with intelligence gleaned from drone flights over Gaza, intercepted communications, & other sources.

Israeli said US & Britain is been able to provide intelligence from flights, as well as from cyberspace, Israel's not able to obtain by itself.

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Ukrainian Sea Drones Penetrate Russian Navy’s Remaining Sea of Azov Safe Haven
There used to be areas where warships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet could sail, that the Ukrainians couldn’t hit – but they are getting fewer.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34119