Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah....
Israel has abandoned its goals of freeing the captives in Gaza, instead seeking to establish a long-term presence with its Rafah ground offensive and pursue top Palestinian leaders, Israeli military officers have told Middle East Eye....
The IDF launched a new pinpoint operation in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun just before Passover began yesterday. The raid is being carried out by the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion, alongside other forces under the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade....
Although it would explain why Israel is suddenly arranging to get dozens of jets from the US in the last month or so.
Forgive what feels like a nitpick, but we should take a moment for wider historical scorn. WaPo at the end of March:
Last week, the State Department authorized the transfer of 25 F-35A fighter jets and engines worth roughly $2.5 billion, U.S. officials said. The case was approved by Congress in 2008, so the department was not required to provide a new notification to lawmakers.
Biden owns the fuckup, but it comes after all the shit Israel put the administrations of Dubya, Obama, and Individual 1 through, and after all the atrocities upon the Great March of Return and the other surges of conflict. The planes could fill another allies’ order, the MIC could get their warbucks, and Joey could have kicked the can down the road, but here we are.
It’s also incredibly significant for future missile attack that all their radars turned on and all those intercept assets are revealed and clocked and analyzed. Assuming a video going around portrays what it claims, Hezbollah even zeroed in and missiled an Iron Dome launcher site during the attack.
Counterbattery in general is fucking hard. If the proxy can pull that shit off, you had better expect the state actor to take even greater advantage.
Israel has reportedly deployed extra artillery and armoured personnel carriers to the Gaza Strip periphery, suggesting that the military is preparing for its long-threatened ground offensive on Rafah, the only place of relative safety for at least 1.4 million displaced Palestinian civilians....
Somewhat contradictory of the massed artillery and APC plan in the first sentence is this fever dream further down the page:
…Amos Harel, a military and defence analyst and writer for Israeli daily Haaretz.
“Biden has been telling Bibi that he can’t invade Rafah, so it may be that we see a smaller incursion over a limited time period in which Israel hits the Hamas battalions hard and then withdraws”…
Where did they dig up this dinosaur? There are plenty of delusional fools in the Israeli war apparatus but this Napoleonic battalion crack he’s smoking is incredible. Israel’s SOF raiders have been getting absolutely rinsed by the locals since minute one of October 7th, and adding massed artillery or a reaction force in APC’s won’t turn that tide against hit and run guerrillas with short firing exposures and tunnel systems.
The use of “APC’s” without specifying the Namer is also a bad omen. If they try to roll around Rafah in M113s it’s gonna be a big sticky mess of laffy taffy
And what if she wants to peg a Glock? Barrel maintenance is srs bsns, and crying patriotic tears while you do it is how you know you’re in a well regulated militia
Important legal context: the origin of this Geneva ban is not only that gas weapons are atrocious, but that your foe might doesn’t know what gas has been fired and may reply to CS with gnarlier chemical weapons. The treaty also names the issue that the offending forces may, inadvertently or perfidiously, not know or mix up what gas they’re sending downrange.
This is a big fuckin’ deal in the current conflict. Russia uses a near-identical gas grenade for both CS and nerve gas, in Soviet era crates and stockpiles handled by the hard-luck HIMARS catchers in their logistics chain. If they fuck that up or a pissed off Buryat conscript wants vengeance via sabotage, a whiff of bad-boy gas on the wrong wind could make things extremely spicy.
My favorite games are Omori, Disco Elysium and Outer Wilds. I cried for hours at the end of those games, and I think the common point in them is high-quality emotional writing and stellar OST (music really affect me) and my attachment to the characters....
And you better believe the manosphere psycho who keeps that grout perfectly clean is going to be shining up the chrome of an engraved Gadsden snek on whatever the revolver equivalent of a submarine chronometer is. Matte black means you can’t stare into the eyes of your reflection on the gun while you jerk off.
‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms (www.theguardian.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah....
Israel abandoning captives to hunt Hamas leaders, say military officers (www.middleeasteye.net)
Israel has abandoned its goals of freeing the captives in Gaza, instead seeking to establish a long-term presence with its Rafah ground offensive and pursue top Palestinian leaders, Israeli military officers have told Middle East Eye....
Tel Aviv Pride Parade won’t be held this year, will be replaced with assembly for hostages (lemmy.world)
timesofisrael.com/…/tel-aviv-pride-parade-wont-be…
Trump slurs words, struggles to gain crowd enthusiasm as he takes to campaign trail (www.salon.com)
Climate change blamed for worst wine harvest in 62 years (www.euronews.com)
A new report shows where has wine production dried up the most in Europe....
IDF says Netzah Yehuda Battalion carrying out new pinpoint operation in north Gaza’s Beit Hanoun (www.timesofisrael.com)
The IDF launched a new pinpoint operation in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun just before Passover began yesterday. The raid is being carried out by the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion, alongside other forces under the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade....
Souls like (lemmy.world)
Israeli missile has struck Iran, US officials say - BBC News (www.bbc.com)
An Israeli missile has hit Iran, two US officials have told the BBC’s US partner CBS News....
Israel reportedly deploys extra weapons for assumed Rafah offensive (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has reportedly deployed extra artillery and armoured personnel carriers to the Gaza Strip periphery, suggesting that the military is preparing for its long-threatened ground offensive on Rafah, the only place of relative safety for at least 1.4 million displaced Palestinian civilians....
Kari Lake tells supporters they can ‘strap on a Glock’ ahead of November election (thehill.com)
Arizona State Senator Leads Prayer In Tongues On Floor Before Abortion Ruling (www.huffpost.com)
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These elbows are not as good as macaroni elbows (files.catbox.moe)
Scaramucci calls Trump ‘most un-American presidential nominee in US history’ (thehill.com)
Several indie studios tease the "iii initiative", including Darkest Dungeon/Slay the Spire/Vampire Survivors devs (iii-initiative.com)
What could this be?...
Looking for emotional game recommendations
My favorite games are Omori, Disco Elysium and Outer Wilds. I cried for hours at the end of those games, and I think the common point in them is high-quality emotional writing and stellar OST (music really affect me) and my attachment to the characters....
Biden announces U.S. will airdrop food aid into Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)
The average American shower (lemmy.world)
Court rules Gabe Newell must appear in person to testify in Steam anti-trust lawsuit (www.pcgamer.com)