Nadene Goldfoot
"Israeli airstrikes hit multiple Hezbollah-linked sites deep inside Lebanon, including the eastern city of Baalbek, last night. The strikes targeted weapons storage facilities and newly established Hezbollah outposts. US Deputy Special Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus said at a Friday press conference in Beirut that the Trump administration wants February 18 to be the date that Israel completes its withdrawal from southern Lebanon."
Our best friend is now showing his muscles and what he expects. Our IDF has the next 11 days to complete the job. I remember how such information was considered a secret.
The Israeli engaging of Southern Lebanon for defense purposes lasted for eighteen years, from 1982 until 2000. In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon in response to attacks from southern Lebanon by Palestinian militants. In London on June 3, 1982, Palestinian assailants shot Shlomo Argov, Israel's ambassador to the United Kingdom. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) invaded Lebanon on June 6. The
The IDF has established a special command to address potential threats in Judea/Samaria the (West Bank). The newly designated force, which includes multiple reserve brigades from the Home Front Command, will be tasked with defending border communities stretching from the northernmost tip of the Judea/Samaria (West Bank), through the Sharon area and down to Hebron.
Marwan Abdel Karim Ali Issa 1965 – 10 March 2024) was a Palestinian militant who was the deputy commander of Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades. Issa was born in the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip in 1965. He died at age 59.
Armed Hamas terrorists, along with thousands of Gazans, participated today in a funeral service for Marwan Issa, a senior member of the Hamas who was killed by an Israeli airstrike last March, that was held in the El Bureij refugee camp in the center of the Strip. Issa was one of the founders of Hamas, one of the top 3 Hamas leaders in Gaza and one of the architects of Oct. 7.
Israel is awaiting the names of the 3 hostages scheduled to be released tomorrow under the terms of the ceasefire agreement. Israel has urged mediators to prioritize the release of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons, whom Hamas claimed were killed in November 2023, a claim Israel says is unverified. "Shiri Bibas, 33, her husband Yarden, 35, and her two young sons, Ariel, 5 and Kfir, 2, are on the list of the 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of Israel and Hamas hostage-for-ceasefire agreement. Hamas, however, claimed in November 2023 that Shiri and the children had been killed. Yarden is presumed to be alive.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi launched Joint Task Force October 7 (JTF 10-7) to seek justice for victims of the October 7 Hamas attack, disrupt Hamas-linked financial networks and address rising antisemitic crimes in the United States. According to a Justice Department memorandum released Thursday, JTF 10-7 will pursue criminal charges, including capital crimes, against those responsible for the attack, assist victims and hostage families, investigate U.S.-based Hamas supporters and funders and collaborate with federal agencies and Israel to counter the terror group.
The FBI will provide agents, analysts and linguists with expertise in counterterrorism to staff the task force and the Treasury Department and IRS will collaborate with JTF 10-7 to track and disrupt Hamas’ funding sources, including financial institutions suspected of laundering money for the group.
The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that Netanyahu gave a golden pager as a gift to President Trump during their meeting at the White House on Tuesday. The golden pager displayed text that read: “Press with both hands,” and was given to Trump on a trophy-style display with a placard saying: “To President Donald J. Trump, our greatest friend and greatest ally. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
Somehow, the gift was written as "morbid" for USA readers. Was this to remind people of the earlier pagers? I guess that would be pretty morbid. The Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday confirmed reports that Benjamin Netanyahu gave a golden pager as a gift to US President Donald Trump during their meeting at the White House on Tuesday, a reference to the clandestine operation that decimated the Hezbollah terror group.
The gift “symbolizes the Prime Minister’s decision that led to a turning point in the war and the starting point for breaking the will of the terrorist organization Hezbollah,” Netanyahu’s office said. The operation “expresses the power, technological superiority and cunning of Israel against its enemies,” according to the PMO. The golden pager displayed text that read: “Press with both hands,” and was given to Trump on a trophy-style display with a placard saying: “To President Donald J. Trump, our greatest friend and greatest ally. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.” “That was a great operation,” Trump responded, according to Channel 12 news.
Resource:
israelAM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bondi
https://www.jns.org/bibas-family-fears-for-lives-of-hostages-shiri-yarden-ariel-and-baby-kfir/
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