Despite 200 Missiles Israel Sees ‘No Escalation’

The north of occupied Palestine is in a flare up with the Israeli army and Hezbollah in battle and intense exchange of fire. The war drums are beating on the Israel-Lebanese border once again.

The latest skirmishes are the result of the assassination of military commander Mohammad Naimah Nasser according to Hezbollah source speaking to Al Jazeera.

It’s reported that Israeli soldiers have been injured following a double attack by Hezbollah involving drones and rockets launched in northern Israel and which created multiple fires including blazes in the occupied Golan Heights.

The fires were the result of an unprecedented barrage of drones and rockets launched from southern Lebanon that struck the Galilee and the Golan Heights with sirens going off non-stop for 40 minutes.

Reports also show over 100 rockets were fired towards the Israeli-occupied territories within the span of few minutes with explosions heard after a major drone attack with 25 drones falling on Israeli settlements.

Officials in the Israeli army are still playing the fire incidents down saying there is “no indication of a major escalation” according to Israel’s Channel 12 despite the killing of one Israeli soldier and the wounding of others in the Golan Heights.

There are reported fires in Nahariya in northern Israel with Hezbollah missiles targeting the 91st division in the Israeli Ilayit headquarters. It is reported that trains have stopped running between Haifa and Nahariya due to the dangerous security situation.

Rockets also landed in a commercial center in Accre with reports of a direct hit after sirens went off in the town as well as the Haifa Bay.

Hezbollah latter stated that it fired more that 200 missiles of various types on the Galilee and the occupied Golan Heights and these were as a direct result of the Israeli aggression on Gaza.

The rockets and fires created a wave of evacuations from northern Israel through army helicopters. There was an onslaught on the Yarden Barracks and Biet Hamqass in which a a soldier was killed and three others wounded as a result of a direct hit on a military vehicle.

Israeli settlers are reported to be vey angry with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ““because he left us to our fate and he is the most failed prime minister in the history of Israel.”  

“It was the rainiest day [Thursday]. Dozens of fires broke out in thousands of acres of forests and open areas. There are forests that were completely burned and it will take 10 to 15 years to restore them.” Director of the Upper Galilee and Golan region regarding the fires that broke out Thursday in the north due to launch rockets from Lebanon:

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Itzhak Brik  Says Netanyahu is Lying on Gaza

Reserve Israeli general Itzhak Brik is a tireless critic of the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. He says “what is happening in Gaza is a big disgrace. We are losing a lot, and [Netanyahu] throws dust in the eyes,” the Quds News Network quotes him saying.

“The IDF realizes that Hamas cannot be defeated and soldiers are being sent to their deaths. Herzi Helevi wants to stay in his position until the end of his term; he is deceptive,” he adds.

“…officers, brigade commanders, and soldiers talk to me daily from the field, informing me of what is happening every minute. Yesterday, an officer spoke to me and said, ‘Brik, keep going strong with what you are doing.’ He is in Rafah now and told me that I am truthful in every word I say,” Brik told Israel’s Channel 7.

In reference to statements made by government about the war he said “they deceive the public and don’t tell the truth…we are not winning.  We do not confront Hamas, they don’t even stand in front of us.

All the statements that the army killed 100 here, and 200 there are incorrect. The [Hamas] fighters are underground; they come out, launch rockets and return. They are blowing up houses and using explosives against us and we are being killed,” the retired General said.

“There is no such closure of the tunnels that reach Sinai. These tunnels which they call Hames’s oxygen tubes have been used to transport weapons and combat equipment and the army claims to have controlled the Philadelphi Route and closed the tunnels is not true.

To close these tunnels, a canal 9km long and 50 meters deep must be dug because these tunnels are located 50 meters underground and all weapons and equipment come through them. The army does not intend to dig a canal 9km long and 50 meters deep,” he says.

Are they deceiving us? The army chief of staff said that the army is close to victory in Rafah, the Channel 7 interviewer interjects.

“They are clearly deceiving the public and lying to them,” Brik says.

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Houthis Attack Haifa Port

The Yemeni Houthis, Tuesday, said it attacked a “vital” target in Haifa in north Israel with cruise missiles.  

The news of the attack which is thought to be on the Haifa Port is trending on the social media with different images.

News of the attack was confirmed by Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree, who said it was carried out in a joint military operation with the Iraqi Islamic resistance movement.

He added the operation targeted “a vital location in Haifa with several cruise missiles and successfully achieved it objectives.”

The Israelis are yet to comment on the Houthi statement according to Anadolu.

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Israeli Military Generals Demand CEASEFIRE in Gaza

Could the Israeli army be turning against the government of Benjamin Netanyahu?

Latest report led by the New York Times show that Israeli military generals want a truce in Gaza.

They 30 generals are the most senior of the generals and are part of the “General Staff Forum” and include Chief of Staff “Herzi Halevi and commanders of the army, air force, navy and military intelligence.”  

They have shocked the government and said, Tuesday, they would want a ceasefire even if it keeps Hamas in power.

They argue its’ for the best because they can then start consolidating for the next war with Hezbollah on the Israel-Lebanese border.  Many fear that the simmering clashes between Hezbollah fighters and the Israeli army could flare up into a full-scale regional war which nobody wants, but they are ready for nevertheless.  

 The top generals story is going viral on the social media who are quoting bits of the story of the NYT with one pointing out the  “Israel’s military leadership wants a ceasefire with Hamas in case a bigger war breaks out in Lebanon, security officials say. It has also concluded that a truce would be the swiftest way to free hostages.”

Eyal Hulata, an ex-national security advisor, and is in regular contact with army officials says the “military is in full support of a hostage deal and a ceasefire. They believe that they can always go back and engage Hamas militarily in the future.”

Besides that, call emanates from the fact that many believe the Israeli army has problems in hardware and procurement. They are reporting low on munitions supplies, less spare-parts and low energy. This is plus the fact that Israeli soldiers are fatigued and the low morale among its ranks after daily fighting in a war that never seems to end in Gaza.

The New York Times report is being taken by many websites like RT which states that six current and security officials who sought anonymity said the generals want time to rest their troops and stockpile ammunition ready for possible war breaking out with Hezbollah. Plus, they don’t believe what Netanyahu says that only total victory over Hamas would bring the 120 captive hostages back to their homes.

Dr Andreas Kreig, professor of politics at Kings College London, says the move by the Israeli generals is creating an “unprecedented levels of dissent in Israel’s military from the government.”

The move by the Israeli generals is widening the rift between the military and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who opposes any truce and wants continuation of the war on Gaza that will somehow see the end of Hamas and its military wing despite the soaring deaths, wounds, permanent injuries and psychological problem among Israeli soldiers that require psychiatric treatment.  

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Israeli Soldiers Blow up a Mosque Second Time

A video clip is currently circulating of Israeli soldiers preparing to blow up a mosque that has already been blown up back in February 2024.

The clip shows Israeli soldiers frolicking in the mosque with one saying “as you can see, guys, a neighborhood in Gaza, I am going to blow the shit out of it! Guys, this is what it looks after its going to blow up! Truth, truth.”

The mosque that was already destroyed was in Khan Younis, the second largest city in Gaza which Israel occupied and bombed beginning last December till April.

The Israeli army has already blown up more that 800 mosques since their war on the Gaza Strip according to the government Media Office in Gaza City. It stated that 600 of these mosques are now fully destroyed.

Attacking mosques and then vandalizing them, destroying and desecrating them has become a favorite past-time for Israeli soldiers in this Israeli war on Gaza.

In one case Israeli soldiers recorded themselves using a destroyed mosque in Rafah as a kitchen after invading the southern city. The footage shows the mosque wall were vandalized with graffiti including insults at Prophet Muhammad whilst the area surrounded by Israeli tanks and trucks according to the Palestine Information Center.

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