US to move second aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean as Gaza tensions grow

Israel war on Gaza updates: No deal means captives in ‘coffins’, says Hamas. Hamas’s armed wing says Premier Netanyahu’s reliance on army raids – instead of a truce deal – means more Israeli captives will “be returned to their families in coffins”.

Hamas’ brutal new tactics signal new phase in war and hostage crisis. 

As the terrorists announcement that militants guarding Israeli hostages in the buildings and tunnels of Gaza had “new instructions” to kill them. As Israeli troops closed in, Hamas signaled opening of a chilling new chapter in already brutal war.

Seizing on a spasm of public outrage in Israel at PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s inability to bring home remaining hostages, Hamas released a comic book-style image of a kneeling figure threatened with a gun, followed by a video of Eden Yerushalmi, 24, a bartender at Nova music festival & one of six hostages who Israel says were shot at close range in Hamas captivity last week b4 Israeli forces could reach them.

In a cruel twist of timing – the funerals of the slain hostages had taken place on Sunday and Monday – Hamas said it would drip-feed footage of what it described as the “final messages” of the remaining five. It released a second video on Tuesday, featuring Ori Danino, a 25-year-old who was abducted from the Nova music festival on October 7. Danino had helped other festival-goers escape the horror. It was not clear when footage was filmed – nor whether it was intended that the videos would be used in this way.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/03/middleeas...index.html
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Austin's statement at the US House Armed Services Committee hearing, as reported by European Pravda details. Although the hearing focused primarily on Austin's hospitalisation at the beginning of the year, about which he did not notify either the White House or Congress in advance, the congressmen also asked several questions about how much US military Israel assistance requires. Source: The Associated Press; The Times of Israel and Haaretz.

he Israeli military said that about 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants were found on Israeli territory after establishing control over the border.
Quote from the Associated Press: "Israel’s military said about 1,500 bodies of Hamas militants were found in Israeli territory as, as it said, it had largely gained control in the country’s south and ‘restored full control’ over the border on 4th day of fighting following an unprecedented surprise attack."
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(30-08-2024, 10:32 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Israel kills islamic jihad commander in a gunbattle in west Bank 30/08/2024 news 
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Israel war on Gaza updates: No deal means captives in ‘coffins’, says Hamas. Hamas’s armed wing says Premier Netanyahu’s reliance on army raids – instead of a truce deal – means more Israeli captives will “be returned to their families in coffins”.
https://www.youtube.com/live/EmNvj_J87Qc...P6vRWklQqN
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(06-09-2024, 09:23 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Israel war on Gaza updates: No deal means captives in ‘coffins’, says Hamas. Hamas’s armed wing says Premier Netanyahu’s reliance on army raids – instead of a truce deal – means more Israeli captives will “be returned to their families in coffins”. Hamas’ brutal new tactics signal new phase in war and hostage crisis. Terrorists announcement that militants guarding Israeli hostages in the buildings & tunnels of Gaza had “new instructions” to kill them. Israeli troops closed in, Hamas signaled opening of a chilling new chapter in already brutal war. Seizing on a spasm of public outrage in Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s inability to bring home remaining hostages, Hamas released a comic book-style image of a kneeling
threatened with a gun, followed by a video of Ede Yerushalmia bartender at Nova music festival & 1 of 6 hostages. Israel says were shot at close range in Hamas captivity last week b4 Israeli forces could reach them.

A cruel twist of timing – funerals of the slain hostages had taken place Sunday & Monday – Hamas said it would drip-feed footage of what it described as the “final messages” of the remaining five. It released a second video on Tuesday, featuring Ori Danino, a 25-year-old who was abducted from Nova music festival on October 7. Danino had helped other festival-goers escape horror. It was not clear when footage was filmed – nor whether it was intended that the videos would be used in this way.

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Four senior intelligence officers believed involved in Oct. 7 failures recently promoted — report.

Four senior intelligence officers who are believed to have been involved in the failures that led to Hamas’s October 7 onslaught were recently promoted, Army Radio reports. The 4 lieutenant colonels, are heads of depts in IDF Southern Command’s intelligence, & part of their roles was to provide an intelligence picture of Gaza.

Army Radio says that the head of the terrorism department in the Southern Command intelligence was promoted to be the intelligence officer of the West Bank division; the head of the digital dept & the deputy to the head of the Southern Command intelligence was promoted to be a senior officer in a classified intelligence unit; the head of the targets department was promoted to head a unit in the Military Intelligence Directorate headquarters that handles terror funds; and the head of the so-called field department was promoted to a senior position in Unit 9900, the IDF’s visual intelligence unit.

Report comes days after it was revealed that the former commander of the Southern Command intelligence, who was removed from his role in March over an illicit relationship with a subordinate, was not fired from the military but instead sent to be the IDF’s representative in the National Cyber Directorate.
The IDF has not yet commented on the report.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...ed-report/
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In recording, father of murdered hostage slams PM for engaging in ‘petty politics’. Elhanan Danino tells Netanyahu Oct. 7 'happened be'cos of division & schisms,' urges premier to 'think about where your Jewish values are'.

Israel allegedly strikes Syria area believed to house Iran forces; 14 killed, 43 hurtSeries of attacks spark fires, damage highway in Masyaf area near Hama, where Tehran is thought to be helping manufacture precision missiles, chemical weapons; no comment from IDF. A series of alleged Israeli strikes hit military sites in central Syria Sunday, killing least 14 people, wounding 43 & sparking fires, Syrian state media claimed.

State news agency SANA reported that Syrian air defenses “confronted an aggression that targeted several points in the central region,” damaging a highway in the Hama province and sparking fires that firefighting teams were battling to control early Monday.
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Slain hostages struggled with their killers in final moments, IDF probe said to Find six abductees reportedly had trouble breathing while held by Hamas in unventilated, narrow, dark tunnel where they couldn’t stand upright, had no toilet and got very little food

9 September 2024. This combination of six undated photos shows hostages, from top left, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, bottom left, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, & Carmel Gat
(The Hostages Families Forum via AP)

Several of six Israeli hostages who were executed by their Hamas captors in Gaza some 10 days ago had attempted to fight off their killers, their families have reportedly been told by the Israel Defense Forces.

IDF Spokesman Daniel Hagari has briefed some of the families of the six — Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov and Carmel Gat — on the difficult conditions in which they had been held and on their courage in their final moments, according to Channel 12 & Channel 13.

Hagari, who reportedly met with families over the past day or so, shared what Channel 12 news described as initial findings army’s investigation into the incident, detailing the harsh conditions in six were held, showing the families evidence from inside the tunnel where they were killed.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/slain-host...d-to-find/
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Two soldiers were killed and several were wounded after an Israeli Air Force helicopter crashed in the southern Gaza Strip last night, in what the military describes as an accident.

According to an initial IAF probe, a UH-60 Black Hawk from the 123rd Squadron had flown to Rafah with a Unit 669 medical team to evacuate a seriously wounded combat engineer during fighting in the area.

During the final landing stage inside an IDF encampment in Rafah at around 12:30 a.m., the helicopter impacted the ground instead of touching down correctly. According to the probe, the helicopter was not hit by enemy fire, and the crash occurred moments before the aircraft was supposed to land, meaning it did not fall from a significant height.
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(10-09-2024, 03:10 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Hagari, who reportedly met with families over the past day or so, shared what Channel 12 news described as initial findings army’s investigation into the incident, detailing the harsh conditions in six were held, showing the families evidence from inside the tunnel where they were killed.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/slain-host...d-to-find/

Slain hostages struggled with their killers in final moments, IDF probe said to Find six abductees reportedly had trouble breathing while held by Hamas in unventilated, narrow, dark tunnel where they couldn’t stand upright, had no toilet and got very little food

9 September: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, & Carmel Gat. Several of six Israeli hostages who were executed by their Hamas captors in Gaza some 2weeks ago had attempted to fight off their killers, IDF said six — Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov and Carmel Gat — on the difficult conditions which they had been held & on their courage in their final moments, according to Channel 12 & Channel 13. crying
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Iranian proxy Hezbollah on Sep 11 unleashed massive rocket strikes on Israel from Lebanon. After 60 rocket attacks in just 1 hour, about 40 more Hezbollah rockets pounded Israel. Israel witnessed around 100+ rocket attacks in a day amid drums of a full-scale war. Watch this video for all the details.
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Four Islamic State group leaders were killed in a joint US-Iraqi raid in western Iraq last month, including the head of the jihadist organization’s operations in the country, CENTCOM says.
“This operation targeted ISIS leaders and served to disrupt and degrade ISIS’ ability to plan, organize, and conduct attacks against Iraqi civilians,” CENTCOM says in a statement on X.
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PM said to warn Israel faces ‘large-scale confrontation’ with Hezbollah in near future
Gallant cautions that operation in Lebanon could harm chance of freeing Gaza hostages, report claims; Hezbollah second-in-command says war will cause 'large losses on both sides'
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(27-06-2024, 11:12 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Hezbollah’s ‘axis of resistance’ allies waiting in reserve to fight Israel. Analysts believe that an expanded conflict could encourage foreign fighters to support Hezbollah and fight Israel.
Hezbollah’s ‘axis of resistance’ allies waiting in reserve to fight Israel

(People walk past posters of former Hamas leader Ahmad Yassin, former chief of Iranian Quds Force Qassem Suleimani, Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Houthi leader Mahdi al-Mashat at the Sabeen Square in Sanaa, Yemen).

Most closely watched border in Middle East lies between Israel / Lebanon, 8 months of tit-for-tat attacks, a possible Israeli land assault on its northern neighbour. Israeli repeatedly threatened to intensify attacks, they’re necessary to defeat Hezbollah & return 90,000 Israelis evacuated from their homes in the north since fighting started in early October.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/26...ght-israel

Hezbollah’s ‘axis of resistance’ allies waiting in reserve to fight Israel (People walk past posters of former Hamas leader Ahmad Yassin, former chief of Iranian Quds Force Qassem Suleimani, Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Houthi leader Mahdi al-Mashat at the Sabeen Square in Sanaa, Yemen).

Burning oil tanker is safely towed away from Yemen after rebel attacks. 
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Salvagers successfully towed a Greek-flagged oil tanker ablaze for weeks attacks by Houthi rebels to (ship is in safe area without any oil spill, a Euro Union naval mission said Monday.
Sounion reached waters away from Yemen as the Houthis meanwhile claimed that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone, with video circulating online showing, appeared to be a surface-to-air missile strike & flaming wreckage strewn across ground. The two events show the challenges still looming for world as it months long campaign by rebels over the Israel-Hamas war raging in Gaza Strip. Rebels allowed Sounion to be moved, they continue to threaten ships moving through Red Sea, a waterway once saw $1 trillion in goods move through it a year.
https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-...3cad720851
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(17-09-2024, 09:43 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Hezbollah’s ‘axis of resistance’ allies waiting in reserve to fight Israel (People walk past posters of former Hamas leader Ahmad Yassin, former chief of Iranian Quds Force Qassem Suleimani, Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Houthi leader Mahdi al-Mashat at the Sabeen Square in Sanaa, Yemen).

Burning oil tanker is safely towed away from Yemen after rebel attacks. 
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Salvagers successfully towed a Greek-flagged oil tanker ablaze for weeks attacks by Houthi rebels to (ship is in safe area without any oil spill, a Euro Union naval mission said Monday.
Sounion reached waters away from Yemen as the Houthis meanwhile claimed that they shot down another American-made MQ-9 Reaper drone, with video circulating online showing, appeared to be a surface-to-air missile strike & flaming wreckage strewn across ground. The two events show the challenges still looming for world as it months long campaign by rebels over the Israel-Hamas war raging in Gaza Strip. Rebels allowed Sounion to be moved, they continue to threaten ships moving through Red Sea, a waterway once saw $1 trillion in goods move through it a year.
https://apnews.com/article/yemen-houthi-...3cad720851

From Yemen launch to partial interception: IDF says 'enemies don't have a hypersonic missile'


Missile launched by Yemen was tracked by Israel's Arrow system, despite being intercepted, it was not destroyed, scattering debris in center of country; Israel considers its response denies Houthis claim it fired a hypersonic missile

A ground-to-ground missile launched by Houthis in Yemen was immediately tracked by the Arrow missile defense system’s radar.  An initial IDF investigation reveals intercept was initiated culminating in one of the interceptors striking the target, albeit without completely destroying it. This has become the focal point of the IDF's ongoing inquiry.
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1yhnsetr
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Live Update From the Liveblog of Wednesday,
September 18, 2024

Iran sends ‘rescue teams, eye surgeons’ to Lebanon after Hezbollah pager blasts today,
The Iranian Red Crescent says it has dispatched “rescue teams and eye surgeons” to Lebanon to treat the wounded after yesterday’s detonation of pagers used by Hezbollah. At least nine people were killed and thousands were injured when pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded yesterday in a coordinated attack widely attributed to Israel.

Among the injured was Iran’s envoy to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, with Iranian media reporting he suffered injuries “to the hand and the face.” The New York Times reported he had lost one eye and his second was severely injured. According to the outlet, the pagers beeped for a number of seconds before exploding, meaning that users raised them toward their faces to read the message before the blasts.

More from today’s Liveblog:....Meeting Blinken, Egypt’s Sissi pledges to increase efforts toward hostage-ceasefire deal.

Lebanese health minister: Death toll from Hezbollah pager blasts rises to 12, including 2 children. 
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Walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon day after deadly pager attack
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(19-09-2024, 12:31 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon day after deadly pager attack
  • Twin attacks: Walkie-talkies detonated in Lebanon, killing at least 20 people and wounding 450 in a fresh attack targeting Hezbollah, a day after pager blasts killed at least 12 people, including children, and injured thousands across the country.
  • New era of war: Israel, which refused to comment on the explosions, was behind the attacks, CNN has learned. Israel’s defense minister said a “new era” of war was beginning and “the center of gravity is moving north,” referencing the Lebanon border.
  • Why now? Israel launched the pager attacks after it believed the plan had been discovered by Hezbollah, according to an Israeli security source.
  • US was notified: Israel told the US of its plans for an operation in Lebanon but did not provide the details, according to three sources.
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post 逃兵 again  Big Grin


anyway Irn in past 2-3 months let kakia do the fighting, own self relax and easy
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Lebanon rocked by deadly walkie-talkie and pager attacks. Cross-border attacks: Israel and Hezbollah engaged in cross-border strikes Thursday as Lebanon reels from deadly back-to-back attacks targeting the electronic devices of the Iran-backed militant group’s members that left dozens dead and thousands of people injured.

Action to continue: Israeli military action against Hezbollah will continue, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vowed Thursday. “Our goal is to ensure the safe return of Israel’s northern communities to their homes,” he said while meeting with military commanders.

Hezbollah chief speaks: The group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah condemned the stealth attacks targeting pagers and walkie-talkies, saying Israel “crossed all the red lines” and hinting at possible retaliation. Israel has not claimed responsibility.
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Tehran unveils new drone, missile, claims Israel deterred by its power.

Iran unveiled a new ballistic missile and an upgraded one-way attack drone at a military parade on Saturday, state media said, amid soaring regional tensions and allegations of arming Russia. New Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attended the annual parade in Tehran, commemorating the 1980-88 war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.“ Today, our defensive and deterrent capabilities have grown so much that no demon even thinks about any aggression towards our dear Iran,” he says.

"With unity & cohesion among Islamic countrier, we can put in its place the bloodthirsty, genocidal usurper Israel, which shows no mercy to anyone, women or children, old or young.” comments come as Israel has stepped up its fight against Iran’s main proxy, the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon.I ran stands accused by Western governments of supplying both drones and missiles to Russia for use in its war with Ukraine, a charge it has repeatedly denied. The solid-fuel Jihad missile was designed and manufactured by the aerospace arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and has an operational range of 1,000 kilometers (more than 600 miles), state news agency IRNA said. The Shahed-136B drone is an upgraded version of the Shahed-136, with new features and an operational range of more than 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles), it adds.
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Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an ‘open-ended battle of reckoning’ with Israel.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebano...7fe9ec5be7
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Zelensky to present 'victory plan' to Biden, Harris & Trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y30244467o
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Live Updates
Israel strikes Hezbollah targets as conflict intensifies
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Israel attacks Lebanon live: Hezbollah, Israel trade new attacks. Tens of thousands of people flee southern Lebanon with little idea where to find safety as intense Israeli bombardment across Lebanon kills at least 569 people, including 50 children, according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry. At least 41,467 people have been killed, 95,921 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. In Israel, number of those killed in Hamas-led attacks on October 7 was at least 1,139, while more than 200 people were taken captive.

Netanyahu has decided to postpone his trip to New York for UN General Assembly, will be meeting ministers & security and military establishment officials for consultations likely on how to continue the conflict in the north. One report says Israel has asked US to warn Iran not to interfere as it carries on and warned Iran to be prepared for any attacks if it does.
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To the Iran. Coming War. We has three (3) options; all may lead to a broader Middle East war... Sick Rotfl (Bigeyes) Bomb Bomb
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/dange...-destroyed
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Israel prepares for possible Lebanon ground incursion as Hezbollah conflict escalates
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(01-09-2024, 03:10 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:  Ukraine Pushing Slowly West In Russia Towards Key Kursk City. Town of Glushkovo is last bastion for an estimated 3,000 Russian troops trapped south of the Seim River in Kursk. Though rapid momentum of early days of its Kursk invasion has slowed considerably after 25 days, Ukraine is still on offensive in several areas there. One of the big efforts is a push toward city of Glushkovo.

Ukrainian forces are less than seven miles from that city, latest map from DeepState, a Ukrainian open-source intelligence organization that has proven reliable in the past. Glushkovo is the last main bastion of defense for an estimated 3,000 troops trapped south of the Seim River, which runs through Glushkovo.“ The situation in the Glushkovo district remains difficult,” the Kremlin-connected Rybar Telegram channel stated Saturday.

“Ukrainian continue to strike at the defensive lines & supply routes of the Russian Armed Forces, & are also preparing for a possible offensive in the area.”

Ukraine can either attack the city directly or try to cut it off and bypass it from the south. As part of that effort, Ukraine has continued its whack-a-mole approach toward the pontoon bridges Russia is building to temporarily replace the spans destroyed by Ukraine, video shows a strike by an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket, or HIMARS on one such crossing.

Ukrainian Air Force released showing crews loading Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range precision-guided bombs, or JDAM-ERs onto a MiG-29 Fulcrum, amunitions blow up portions of bridges over Seim River. JDAM-ER & Frenchguided bombs, both range of dozens of miles, have been key to severing Russia’s river crossings.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/ukrain...kursk-city

This is latset failed Russia 200 tons (boom) Bomb
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Israel attacks Lebanon: Israeli bombings kill more than 700 in Lebanon. Israel dismisses global calls for a ceasefire with Hezbollah and continues a bombing campaign that has killed more than 700 people in Lebanon since Monday.
The White House says the US-led international call for a ceasefire in Lebanon was “coordinated” with Israel, despite Israel rejecting the proposal.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Washington will continue backing Israel as Tel Aviv secures a new $8.7bn US military assistance package, and dismissed “red lines” in Israel’s assaults on Gaza and Lebanon.
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Abbas slams US’s diplomatic support for Israel’s war on Gaza in UN speech. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza after Israel’s war is over.

We saw death’: In Lebanon, people flee for their lives as Israel attacks. People around the country speak of their fear, their tension and their yearning for home.
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Abbas slams US’s diplomatic support for Israel’s war on Gaza in UN speech. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian Authority should govern Gaza after Israel’s war is over.
We saw death’: In Lebanon, people flee for their lives as Israel attacks. People around the country speak of their fear, their tension and their yearning for home.

Israel distances itself from U.S.-French proposal to halt Hezbollah conflict. What is behind Iran's restraint?. Though it is Hezbollah's military and financial backbone, Iran has remained remarkably quiet in light of the escalation in Lebanon. What's behind Tehran's apparent restraint?
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