SG Talk

(24-04-2024, 06:09 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Israel’s war on Gaza live: ‘Evacuate now you’re in a dangerous combat zone’. Or else the fears are rising for tens of thousands of civilians in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya as Israeli troops attack the city “with extreme force” order Palestinians to immediately flee. 

Where in US universities....Four students on why they’re protesting against war in Gaza: ‘Injustice should not be accepted’
Students demonstrating and hunger-striking face arrests and hospitalization – but they think they can make a difference

Student protesters are demanding universities divest from Israel. What does that mean? (Will is work...)   

Turkey’s First Aircraft Carrier Weighs 60,000 Tons, Carries 50 Fighter Jets and UCAV
Recently, the Design Project Office (DPO) at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard, responsible for designing Turkey's first aircraft carrier, shared new details about the vessel, further advancing Turkey's ambition to become a regional maritime power.

DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) — Earlier this year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the Mediterranean nation has initiated efforts to construct an aircraft carrier, further advancing its ambition to become a regional maritime power.

Recently, the Design Project Office (DPO) at Istanbul Naval Shipyard, responsible for the design of Turkey’s first aircraft carrier, released new details about the vessel.

According to the DPO, the construction of Turkey’s inaugural aircraft carrier will be completed entirely using domestic resources and expertise, without foreign assistance.

https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/turke...-and-ucav/

(27-04-2024, 05:18 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Turkey’s First Aircraft Carrier Weighs 60,000 Tons, Carries 50 Fighter Jets and UCAV
Recently, the Design Project Office (DPO) at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard, responsible for designing Turkey's first aircraft carrier, shared new details about the vessel, further advancing Turkey's ambition to become a regional maritime power.

DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) — Earlier this year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the Mediterranean nation has initiated efforts to construct an aircraft carrier, further advancing its ambition to become a regional maritime power.

Recently, the Design Project Office (DPO) at Istanbul Naval Shipyard, responsible for the design of Turkey’s first aircraft carrier, released new details about the vessel.

According to the DPO, the construction of Turkey’s inaugural aircraft carrier will be completed entirely using domestic resources and expertise, without foreign assistance.

https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/turke...-and-ucav/

This initiative underscores the country’s capability to undertake major naval projects independently. The carrier will feature three runways, with two designated for takeoffs and one for landings.

Turkiye Graphic Rendering of Turkey’s First Aircraft Carrier. Initially, it will not include a catapult system; instead, the DPO plans to equip it with a modular ramp systey.

However, in the long term, Turkish engineers aim to develop a domestic catapult system to replace the initial modular ramp.

Turkey’s first aircraft carrier will accommodate up to 50 combat aircraft, with 20 stationed on the deck and 30 housed within the hangar. Carrier is expected to deploy various aircraft including the “Hurjet” light combat aircraft and the “Anka-3” unmanned fighter developed by Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI).

Additionally, it will carry the “Kizilelma” unmanned fighter and the “Bayraktar TB-3” armed drone developed by Baykar Technology. Preliminary reports suggest that Turkey plans to develop a naval variant of the fifth-generation fighter aircraft “KAAN,” which will eventually serve aboard the carrier, although these details are still in the early stages.

Turkey’s First Aircraft Carrier. Turkish defense media have indicated the number of aircraft the carrier can transport will increase as the project progresses. Currently, the carrier is set to be equipped with a MIDLAS 32-Cell VLS (Vertical Launching System) for air defense missiles and four Gökdeniz Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS) for self-defense.

In terms of technical specifications, the carrier will measure 285 meters in length and is expected to weigh around 60,000 tons, making it a medium-sized vessel compared to the British HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales.

In contrast, US aircraft carriers weigh up to 100,000 tons. The Turkish carrier will be powered by a Combined Gas Turbine and Gas Turbine (COGAG) engine, enabling it to reach speeds of 25 knots.

Anadolu: The TCG Anadolu is now the largest vessel in the Turkish Navy, weighing 27,000 tons.

USS Gerald R.Ford weighs more than 100,000 tonnes

Following successful development and commissioning of its largest warship and drone carrier, TCG Anadolu, Turkey has decided to begin designing its own aircraft carrier. For several years, President Erdogan has expressed his vision for Turkey to build its own aircraft carriers to fulfill its strategic needs in the region.

This decision to start the design work on a domestic aircraft carrier was made following a meeting of the country’s Executive Committee on Defense Industry last January. — DSA

(15-10-2023, 02:25 PM)cityhantam Wrote: [ -> ]Total = 11

But most are queuing up for major service and maintenance.

Summary: 
Despite the affordability of retired U.S. Navy aircraft carriers—sold for as little as one cent

—the USS Kitty Hawk and USS John F. Kennedy were scrapped rather than preserved as museum ships.

The Istanbul’s mayor says Hamas is a ‘terrorist group’. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu said is “terrorist group” caused killing on Israel on October 7, a sharp contrast to Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan.

“Of course, Hamas carried out all the killing & attack into Israel. We all deeply regret,” Imamoglu told CNN on Sunday. “In our eyes, any organisation that carries out terrorist acts and kills thousand en masse is a terrorist organisation.”

Comments come in contradiction to Erdogan’s recent stance linked Hamas with the Turkish revolutionary forces in the 1920s. Erdogan also hosted Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh earlier this nth &  reiterated Turkey’s support for Palestine including Hamas & its sanctions on Israel.

(17-01-2024, 09:21 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Strikes came after Houthis launched a new round of attacks in shipping lanes critical for global trade over damaging a US-owned commercial ship Monday after attempting to hit an American warship. 

Identifying Houthi targets is proving to be challenging for US forces. American and other Western intelligence agencies have not spent significant time or resources in recent years collecting data on the location of Houthi air defenses, command hubs,...

US analysts have been rushing to catch up and catalog potential Houthi targets every day, the officials said. American forces are bracing for much larger retaliatory attacks from the Houthis
https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us-st...me-2851855

For the first time since last October, Red Sea finds itself devoid of or there's on aircraft carrier or an amphibious readiness group, putting the strategic waters in an unusual situation?....


Houthi leader Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi recently highlighted US withdrawal of US ships from Red Sea in a post to Telegram. 

He emphasized that US naval presence had diminished considerably and many of its warships had spread across the Red Sea.

https://www.deccanherald.com/world/us-st...me-2851855

Officials part of hostage deal talks deny report Israeli delegation visited Cairo, truce talks with Hamas deny a report that an Israeli delegation briefly visited Cairo Tuesday, news Hebrew media outlets.

Report by London-based New Arab claimed a delegation visited briefly on Tuesday to receive answers from Hamas on a proposal for a deal.

Hamas delegation leaves Cairo, will respond to truce offer — Egyptian TV said. The top diplomats of US, UK urge terror group to accept ‘generous’ Israeli proposal * Israeli said ICC warrants can spark ‘antisemitism’ may blow up hostage deal
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-a...st_popular&utm_source=website&utm_medium=article_end&utm_content=1

UNCLEAR WHETHER ISRAEL WILL STILL NEGOTIATE AFTER REPEATED COMPROMISES

Hamas indicates it will snub latest hostage deal offer, but says talks to continue
Lebanon-based Osama Hamdan says mediators' latest proposal is 'negative,' warns Rafah op would collapse talks, as terror group said readying to submit amended outline of its own

Hamas on Wednesday night appeared poised to reject the latest hostage deal proposal crafted by mediators and green-lit by Israel. Osama Hamdan, a Hamas official based in Lebanon, told the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar TV, “Our position on the current negotiating paper is negative.”
https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-indi...-continue/

Middle East crisis live: Rebuilding Gaza will cost $30bn to $40bn, UN says as scale of destruction is ‘huge and unprecedented’ – as it happened, less then US61 bil aid to Ukraine, is less then 2/3 to built Gaza.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...ar-lebanon

Israel said to give Hamas week ultimatum to choose between hostage deal or Rafah.

Hamas has one week to agree to hostage deal on table or it will launch its long-pledged offensive in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, Wall Street Journal reports.

Report doesn’t specify when the ultimatum was given, but cites Egyptian officials speaking today, meaning Hamas would have until next Friday to agree to the deal.

On the other hand, PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been threatening to enter Rafah for months, claiming repeatedly during that period that an invasion was imminent.

The Journal says Hamas’s political leadership abroad was handed latest proposal green-lit by Israel last weekend and is expected to arrive in Cairo in the coming days to discuss it further. However, the terror group’s preeminent leaders in Gaza — namely Yahya Sinwar — have yet to respond to the proposal, and it was unclear whether they’ve even seen it, as they hide in tunnels underneath Gaza.

Hamas’s leadership abroad has offered mixed signals regarding the latest offer, and unnamed Egyptian officials tell WSJ that the terror group is chafing at what it says is the proposal’s vague details regarding the length of the truce. Hamas wants a long-term ceasefire bolstered by US guarantees that Israel will respect its terms and fears the current proposal will allow Israel to resume fighting within a short period of time.

According to the report, the offer would include a first phase lasting up to 40 days in which up to 33 Israeli hostages would be released. Around this time, the sides would begin negotiations for a more permanent ceasefire. The second phase would last for at least six weeks and see the sides agree to a larger hostage release and commit to a further pause in fighting that could last up to a year.

WSJ says Hamas and Israel also remain at odds on the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza, though the US has said Israel has agreed to the unrestricted return of Gaza civilians to areas cleared by the IDF. As for swapping Israeli hostages for Palestinian security prisoners, the sides have been largely in line with one another.

WSJ says Hamas will likely respond to the latest proposal with an updated offer of its own, rather than rejecting it outright.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...-invasion/

Israeli airstrikes are reported in southern Gaza’s Rafah, following a Hamas rocket attack on the Kerem Shalom area which wounded several Israelis. The DF confirms overnight strike killing head of Hamas ’emergency committee’ in central Gaza.

Emergency committee is a Hamas body tasked to maintain public order & civil control in Strip’s Gaza municipalities. Israel  IDF said, in addition to being head of emergency committee (Central Camps,) was also an operative in Hamas military wing, which is responsible for rocket fire from Maghazi area.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...v2-xOGVSqa

Middle East crisis live: Hamas condemns Israeli order to evacuate Rafah as a ‘dangerous escalation’

Israel’s military has called for people evacuate eastern neighbourhoods of Rafah and head to what it claimed was an ‘expanded humanitarian zone’ in southern Gaza

(14-04-2024, 10:10 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]



Ukraine Begins Construction of First US-Design Nuclear Reactors
The new reactors, located in the western part of the country, would be a significant step for Kyiv to shift away from Russian nuclear technology and ensure future energy autonomy and stability.

by Kyiv Post | April 13, 2024,

About 60, F-16 Fighters Supplied to Ukraine by the U.S.A. via NATO will use latest, for a start, will use French precision-guined AASM Hammer bombs. It is a free felling unguided bomb and it can reach 70 K/m away.

https://youtu.be/u1HVNUVC1B4?si=8veS_vvnc38524f4

Attempted against U.S. and other targets abroad. Soleimani was personally sanctioned by UN & the European Union.
He has had deen designated as a terrorist by United States in 2005. By Trump. So U.S.A. military killed off Soleimani in a targeted drone strike on 3 January 2020 in Baghdad, Iraq. The Iranian govt officials publicly mourned Soleimani's death.

Attempted against U.S. and other like Israel targets abroad by Iran. He is designated as a terrorist by the United States in 2005. By Trump. So U.S.A. military killed off Soleimani in a targeted drone strike on 3 January 2020 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iranian govt officials publicly mourne for him.

(08-05-2024, 07:59 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Attempted against U.S. and other targets abroad. Soleimani was personally sanctioned by UN & the European Union.
He has had deen designated as a terrorist by United States in 2005. By Trump. So U.S.A. military killed off Soleimani in a targeted drone strike on 3 January 2020 in Baghdad, Iraq. The Iranian govt officials publicly mourned Soleimani's death.

Attempted against U.S. and other like Israel targets abroad by Iran. He is designated as a terrorist by the United States in 2005. By Trump. So U.S.A. military killed off Soleimani in a targeted drone strike on 3 January 2020 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iranian govt officials publicly mourne for him.

Two Israeli reservists have been killed in a drone attack by the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah, the Israeli army said on Tuesday.

The two 31-year-old soldiers were killed on Monday in an incident on Israel's northern border, the army said. Drone loaded with explosives had hit a building in the town of Metulla. According to media reports, the army was unable to intercept the unmanned aerial vehicle. Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attack.

According to Lebanese reports, four civilians - a couple and their two sons - were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on Sunday. 

The attack took place in the village of Mais al-Jabal near the common border. Two other people were injured. The house that was attacked was badly damaged.

Since the beginning of the Gaza war seven months ago, there have been repeated military confrontations between Israel's army and the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon on the border, with multiple casualties on both sides.

The mutual shelling has already caused severe destruction in villages on both sides of the border. About 150,000 people have either been evacuated or have left the combat zone.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-two-re...51612.html

IDF says it carried out strikes on more than 50 terror sites in Rafah area. 

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a press conference says the Air Force carried out strikes against more than 50 sites belonging to terror groups in the Rafah area of southern Gaza today.

(08-05-2024, 09:50 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]IDF says it carried out strikes on more than 50 terror sites in Rafah area. 

IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a press conference says the Air Force carried out strikes against more than 50 sites belonging to terror groups in the Rafah area of southern Gaza today.

The Jerusalem  BREAKING NEWS

IDF destroys launchers in the Rafah region responsible for an earlier attack on the Gaza envelope

On Tuesday, approximately 12 launches were identified originating from the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip towards the Eshkol region. Air defense fighters successfully intercepted five launches, while the rest fell in open areas with no casualties.

Less than an hour later, an Air Force aircraft targeted the launching site used for the launches towards Israeli territory, under the guidance of the 215th Fire Division, and destroyed it.

Additionally, on Tuesday, six launches were identified crossing from the southern Gaza Strip to the Kerem Shalom area. There were no casualties.

Terrorist organization fire prevented the entry of humanitarian aid vehicles to the Strip. The IDF will continue to operate to enable the security conditions for the opening of Kerem Shalom crossing.

https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-800354

Israel’s war on Gaza live: More than 100,000 Palestinians flee Rafah. As Israeli forces have expanded military operations, targeting residential towers and public facilities across Rafah with F-16 aircraft and attack drones.

Some 110,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah, according to the UNRWA, since Israel began advancing troops towards the east of Rafah and intensifying attacks on the city

Lebanese Christian leader says Hezbollah’s fighting with Israel has harmed Lebanon.

MAARAB, Lebanon (AP) — The leader of a main Christian political party in Lebanon blasted the Shiite militant group Hezbollah for opening a front with Israel to back up its ally Hamas, saying it has harmed Lebanon without making a dent in Israel’s crushing offensive in the Gaza Strip.

In an interview with Associated Press on Tuesday night, Samir Geagea of Lebanese Forces Party said Hezbollah should withdraw from areas along border from Israel & Lebanese army should deploy in all points where militants of the Iran-backed group have taken positions.

His comments came as Western diplomats try to broker a de-escalation the border conflict amid fears of wider war. Hezbollah began launching rockets toward Israeli military posts on Oct. 8, day after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel in a surprise attack that sparked the crushing war in Gaza.

The near-daily violence has mostly been confined to the area along the border, and international mediators have been scrambling to prevent an all-out war. The fighting has killed 12 soldiers and 10 civilians in Israel. More than 350 people have been killed in Lebanon including 273 Hezbollah fighters and more than 50 civilians.

Lebanese Christian leader says Hezbollah’s fighting with Israel has harmed Lebanon.
“No one has the right to control the fate of a country and people on its own,” Geagea said in his heavily guarded headquarters in the mountain village of Maarab. “

Hezbollah's not govt of Lebanon.

There is a govt in Lebanon in which Hezbollah is represented.” In addition to its military arm, Hezbollah is a political party.The party has largest bloc in Lebanon’s 128-member parliament, has angled to position himself as the leader of the opposition against Hezbollah.

Hezbollah officials have said that by opening front along Israel’s northern border, the militant group has reduced the pressure on Gaza by keeping several Israeli army divisions on alert in the north rather than taking part in the month long offensive in the enclave.

“All the damage that could have happened in Gaza ... happened benefit in ops in south pointing to the death toll and massive destruction in Lebanon’s border villages war against has killed more than many caused wide destruction and displaced hundreds of thousands to city along border. 

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Tuesday to launch an offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah despite international calls for restraint. Hezbollah aims ongoing fighting to benefit oni main backer, Iran, by giving it a presence along Israel’s border and called for withdraw from border areas & Lebanese army deploy in accordance with a U.N. Security Council resolution that ended the 34-day Israel-Hezbollah war in 2006.

Geagea also discussed the campaign by his party to repatriate Syrian refugees who fled war into Lebanon. Those calls intensified after a Syrian gang blamed for last mth’s killing of Lebanese Forces official Pascal Suleiman, allegedly in a carjacking gone wrong, although many initially suspected political motives.

Lebanon, with a total population of around 6 million, hosts what U.N. refugee agency says are nearly 785,000 U.N.-registered Syrian refugees, of 90% rely on aid to survive. Lebanese estimate there may be 1.5 mil or 2 mil, of whom only around 300,000 have legal residency. Syria is not safe for mass returns, many Syrians who have gone back — voluntarily or not — have been detained and tortured.

Geagea, whose party is adamantly opposed to govt of President Bashar Assad in Syria, insisted only a small percentage of Syrians in Lebanon are true political refugees and that those who are could go to opposition-controlled areas of Syria.

Lebanese politician suggested his country should follow in steps of Western countries like Britain, which passed controversial legislation last week to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda. “Lebanon we should tell them, guys, go back to your country. Syria exists,” said Geagea, who headed the largest Christian militia during Lebanon’s 1975-90 civil war.

https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-samir...1f715d883f

(06-05-2024, 09:28 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Middle East crisis live: Hamas condemns Israeli order to evacuate Rafah as a ‘dangerous escalation’

Israel’s military has called for people evacuate eastern neighbourhoods of Rafah and head to what it claimed was an ‘expanded humanitarian zone’ in southern Gaza

Renewed fighting in north Gaza’s Jabaliya; 3 lightly hurt in Ashkelon rocket strike
Israel comes 5th in Eurovision, apparently getting top points in audience vote from multiple nations

 * Biden: There’d be a truce ‘tomorrow’ if Hamas frees the hostages * Israel readying for Memorial Day.

https://crm.timesofisrael.com/sign-up?_g...TcuMC4wLjA.

(12-05-2024, 04:38 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Renewed fighting in north Gaza’s Jabaliya; 3 lightly hurt in Ashkelon rocket strike

Israel comes 5th in Eurovision, apparently getting top points in audience vote from multiple nations

 * Biden: There’d be a truce ‘tomorrow’ if Hamas frees the hostages * Israel readying for Memorial Day.

https://crm.timesofisrael.com/sign-up?_g...TcuMC4wLjA.

US said offering intel on Hamas leaders’ whereabouts if Israel drops major Rafah op

Biden admin reportedly also says it can give info on locations of secret tunnels in Gaza used by terror group as incentive not to enter Gaza's southernmost city

Israel's military on Saturday ordered the immediate evacuation of several more neighborhoods in Rafah, where it has been stepping up operations ahead of an anticipated ground offensive. About 300,000 people have already fled the southern Gazan city.


The Israel Defense Forces said it has "intensified" activity in Zeitoun in central Gaza as well. The military also ordered residents and displaced Palestinians in areas of northern Gaza to leave as it carries out strikes there. Families fleeing the area said "there is no safe place" for them to go.
The southern crossings to the Gaza Strip have not seen aid in three days, according to the UN’s World Food Programme on Friday. 

Egypt said Saturday it will not coordinate on the entry of aid from the Rafah crossing, citing security concerns.
The Biden administration said Friday it is "reasonable to assess" that US weapons have been used by Israeli forces in Gaza in ways that are inconsistent with international humanitarian law — but the highly anticipated report stopped short of officially saying Israel violated the law.

The Washington Post quoted four unnamed sources as saying that the United States “is offering Israel...

4 rockets fired at Kerem Shalom from Rafah; one intercepted, others hit open areas. Four rockets were launched from southern Gaza’s Rafah at the border community of Kerem Shalom, the military says.

One of the rockets was intercepted by the Iron Dome, while the other three hit open areas, the IDF says.

There are no injuries in the attack, in recent days, Hamas has repeatedly attacked the Kerem Shalom area and the nearby border crossing.

IDF says rocket barrage fired from Lebanon toward Mount Hermon; no injuries or damage. Launched from Lebanon at the Mount Hermon area, the military says.

According to the IDF, the rockets struck open areas, causing no damage or injuries.

The barrage set off sirens in the Druze town of Majdal Shams.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...or-damage/

Britain's Typhoon Eurofighter Nightmare Has Begun. Eurofighter Typhoon, 4th-generation workhorse of Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF), faces uncertain future in an era increasingly dominated by stealth technology. Although it excels in quick reaction alerts & air policing, Typhoon's non-stealth design may limit its relevance against advanced adversaries.

Summary: The Eurofighter Typhoon, a fourth-generation workhorse of Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF), faces an uncertain future in an era increasingly dominated by stealth technology. Although it excels in quick reaction alerts and air policing, the Typhoon's non-stealth design may limit its relevance against advanced adversaries.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/b...gun-210265

A US Navy aircraft carrier is rearmed and back in the Red Sea amid a Houthi missile crisis with no end in sight. Two US Navy warships on the front lines of the Houthi battle are back in the Red Sea.
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and USS Gravely made a recent port visit in Greece. A Navy spokesperson confirmed that the two ships were resupplied and rearmed there.

The US Navy aircraft carrier that spent months battling the Houthis in the Red Sea is rearmed and back in the waterway after a short break. The warship's return comes as American intelligence officials warn the conflict may go on for a while.

The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Gravely are back in the Red Sea to continue their maritime security mission after a recent port visit in Souda Bay, Greece, a Navy spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider on Tuesday.

US Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, located on the Mediterranean island of Crete, is a decades-old forward-operating station where American and NATO vessels can receive maintenance, cargo, food, fuel, supplies, and ammunition.

During the brief port visit, the two ships were resupplied and rearmed while their sailors enjoyed some relaxing downtime, the spokesperson said. It marked their first stop since their ongoing deployment began in mid-October.

USNI News first reported on Monday that the Eisenhower was back in the Red Sea. Since it first arrived in region, a high-tempo combat environment, the Navy's Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group — consists of, the Gravely, and several other warships — has defended shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden from relentless Houthi missile and drone attacks.

Rear Adm. Marc Miguez, commander of carrier strike group, said sailors "have worked tirelessly for 6 mths straight to keep us operating on station in most challenging, dynamic combat environment the Navy has seen in decades." Navy expanded nearly $1 bil in missiles to counter Houthi threats. Beyond intercepting attacks in air, US forces have conducted strikes in Yemen, hammering the Iran-backed rebels b4 they have a chance to launch their weapons.

IDF kills top Islamic Jihad commander in Rafah amid wave of Gaza airstrikes, battles. The Israeli Air Force struck more than 70 targets across the Gaza Strip in the past day, the military says, as ground forces operate in Rafah, Jabaliya, and the Netzarim Corridor.

According to IDF, targets included weapon depots, infrastructure, and buildings belonging to terror groups, as well as operatives. One of the airstrikes in Rafah hit a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative, who the IDF says was head of logistics for the terror group in the city in southern Gaza. “As part of his role, he was responsible for preparing the enemy for the IDF maneuver in Rafah,” the military says.

In eastern Rafah, the military says troops of the Givati Brigade spotted and killed an RPG-wielding operative in a building near them. Givati troops raided several sites in the area, locating weapons, the IDF adds. Also in eastern Rafah, the Egoz commando unit located a rocket launcher at a building used by terror groups, the IDF says.

Meanwhile in Jabaliya in the Strip’s north, the IDF says the Paratroopers Brigade killed several gunmen during several engagements; the 7th Armored Brigade located a primed rocket launcher and killed several more gunmen in battles; and the 460th Armored Brigade located several tunnel shafts and killed an RPG-wielding operative.

In the Strip’s center, the 99th Division continued to battle gunmen in the Netzarim Corridor area, including by calling in airstrikes, the IDF says. In one incident in central Gaza, troops of the 414th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit spotted a cell that had fired RPGs at troops and directed a drone to strike and kill the operatives, the army adds.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_e...s-battles/

US must say 'No’ to suspending weapons to Israel - opinion

"The Palestinians and Hamas, over the years, have turned whining into nationalism and are unable, at this stage, to stop the continued military advance in Rafah."


The spread of the conflict with Hezbollah is very disturbing to US President Joe Biden.

The US polls predict his defeat in the elections against Donald Trump.

https://m.jpost.com/opinion/article-801459

(19-05-2024, 04:34 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]US must say 'No’ to suspending weapons to Israel - opinion

"The Palestinians and Hamas, over the years, have turned whining into nationalism and are unable, at this stage, to stop the continued military advance in Rafah." The spread of the conflict with Hezbollah is very disturbing to US President Joe Biden.

The US polls predict his defeat in the elections against Donald Trump.

https://m.jpost.com/opinion/article-801459

IDF strike kills Senior Lebanese Islamist terror commander in Lebanon. (MAY 17, 2024)

The IDF eliminated a senior commander of the Islamic Group (Jamaa Islamiya) terrorist group in Lebanon, according to a statement on Friday.

IDF strikes killed Shurahbil Ali Alsayed in the area of Majdal Anjar in southern Lebanon.

https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/articl...e_vignette

(19-05-2024, 05:53 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]IDF strike kills Senior Lebanese Islamist terror commander in Lebanon. (MAY 17, 2024)

The IDF eliminated a senior commander of the Islamic Group (Jamaa Islamiya) terrorist group in Lebanon, according to a statement on Friday.

IDF strikes killed Shurahbil Ali Alsayed in the area of Majdal Anjar in southern Lebanon.

https://m.jpost.com/breaking-news/articl...e_vignette

Then in morning Jerusalem  BREAKING NEWS.

May 19: Iran’s neighbors offer to help find crash site as world waits for word on Raisi’s fate

While IDF announces death of soldier wounded in Gaza earlier this week 

* Biden says he’s working on two-state solution and not three stage, hours after PM rejected Palestinian state from Saudi come a nomal special normalization aid packaging.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-may-19-2024/amp/