More footage of demolition of Khan Yunis, Gaza by IDF.

"The most expensive war - and Israel's goals have not yet met"

Israeli Yedioth Ahronot newspaper reports Israel has entered a routine of war, and is facing difficulties it has never faced before.

The cost of fighting has grown to nearly $60 billion, the hostages still do not see on the horizon the return to their homes in the south and north, and Israel is far from restoring the personal security that was lost when it was attacked.

Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich:

We need to establish a Jewish settlement in Gaza - if we are not there and there are 2 million Nazis there, we will wake up in 10 years to a new October 7.

Senior Hamas leader Osama Hamdan to Israeli Minister Smotrich:

Smotrich will soon return to his homeland Ukraine and I will soon return to my homeland Palestine.

Trump says Iran can achieve a nuclear bomb within 34 days.

Massive pro-Palestine march in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Russia has the upper hand in electronic warfare with Ukraine, FT reports.

Russia has increasingly deployed EW to push off-course Ukraine’s western-supplied, precision-guided munitions, such as HIMARS rockets and Excalibur artillery shells.

Moscow has also used its EW capabilities to mimic missile and drone launches in order to confuse Ukraine’s air defences and identify their locations.

Without EW protection, Ukrainian troops are easy prey for drone-guided artillery strikes, drones dropping bombs and kamikaze strikes by exploding unmanned aerial vehicles.

One Ukrainian soldier bemoaned the lack of EW protection for his unit, which was largely wiped out during weeks of intense bombardment on the eastern front, with Russian drones “hitting us like mosquitoes”.

“What radio-electronic warfare? . . . We had none. I don’t even want to recall those days in the trenches. Our boys were falling like flies,” Ukrainian soldier said.

Gen Valeriy Zaluzhny, commander-in chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, warned in November that EW was “the key to victory in the drone war” — and in breaking the deadlock along the frontline.

Germany to lift veto on Eurofighter sale to Saudi Arabia after their use against Houthi attacks

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock signals the ruling coalition in Berlin is prepared to lift a veto on selling Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets to Saudi Arabia.

Baerbock said during a visit to Jerusalem that the Saudi role in thwarting Yemen-based Houthi rebel attacks on Israel mean that Germany can no longer justify blocking Britain’s wish to supply the fighters.

She said it’s “an open secret” that the Saudi air force is deploying Eurofighters against the Houthis and that “this shows Riyadh’s efforts for a better future in the region.”

Israeli soldiers forcing semi-naked Palestinian civilians, including several children, to chant against Hamas in a desperate plea for their lives.

4 years ago, today.

Footage of Iranian tactical ballistic missile (TBM) strikes on American Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq following the assassination of IRGC General Qassem Soleimani after American strike in Baghdad on January 3, 2020.

While Germany has ceased its objections to the sale of Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia, NATO-member Türkiye remains blocked by Germany from purchasing Eurofighter Typhoons & by the United States from buying F-16Vs.

The rationale behind permitting the sale to Saudi Arabia, according to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, is that ''Saudi Arabia contributes to Israel's security by intercepting missiles fired at the country by Yemen’s Houthi rebels.''

Russian BMP-2 IFV, ignoring its predecessors, drives through a mine field. The result is obvious.

BBC Arabic gets humiliated by Yemen's Houthi official.

BBC Arabic:

Yemen is miles away from Gaza, so why get yourself involved?

Mohammed al-Houthi:

So, is Biden Netanyahu's neighbor? Does the French president live on the same floor? Does the British prime minister live in the same building with them?

Jawad al-Tawil, a senior member of Hezbollah's Radwan force, special operation forces unit of Hezbollah, was killed in his vehicle by IDF strike in southern Lebanon.

Turkish Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs are now a lifeline to strengthen the fight against the terrorism in Africa

Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs have been strategically provided to African nations in their crucial battle against terrorism, a menace that poses a significant threat to humanity.

These unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) have played a pivotal role in fostering peace and stability within Africa, enabling them to confront terrorism in all its diverse forms effectively.

Hardly a week passes without reports highlighting the new deliveries of Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs to various African nations.

Remember Stuxnet?

It was Dutch Engineer Erik van Sabben who planted the virus in Iran.

Erik van Sabben, who was recruited by the AIVD (Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service), played a crucial role in the sabotage action that paralyzed the Iranian nuclear program.

The then 36-year-old Van Sabben infiltrated the underground nuclear complex in the city of Natanz.

There he installed equipment infected with the highly sophisticated software, which reportedly cost more than a billion dollars to develop.

Two weeks after his mysterious departure from Iran, Van Sabben died in an accident in Sharjah, near Dubai. On January 16, 2009, he left the road with his motorcycle, overturned and broke his neck.

An anonymous MIVD (Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service) officer quoted suspects that Van Sabben "paid a high price".

The Dutch intelligence services knew that they were participating in sabotage of the Iranian nuclear program, but not that their agent was bringing in Stuxnet.

“The Americans have used us very hard,” says a Dutch intelligence source.

It is unclear whether the Dutchman Van Sabben knew what role he played in the operation.

Source: de Volkskrant

Photos of killed head of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force Wissam Hassan Tawil “Hajj Jawad”.

He had several pictures with killed IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani.

Exclusive footage obtained by Middle East Eye shows a Palestinian woman being shot by Israeli forces in the streets of Gaza City’s centre on 12 November, as she and others attempted to evacuate the area while holding white flags amid the intense Israeli assault on northern Gaza.

IDF destroyed al-Talal Mosque in Bnei Sahila in the east of Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza.

Russian tank absolutely destroyed by Ukrainian FPV drone strike.

Israeli military says it has begun a new and less intense phase of its invasion of Gaza.

IDF spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, said that the Israeli campaign had already started the transition to a campaign that would involve fewer ground troops and airstrikes.

“The war shifted a stage,” Admiral Hagari told The New York Times in an interview.

“But the transition will be with no ceremony,” he added.

“It’s not about dramatic announcements.”