— 🇮🇷 NEW: Special forces of the Iranian Army and the IRGC have arrived in the helicopter's crash area to conduct night time searches.

May they stay safe on this harsh journey

News by @Middle_East_Spectator

🇪🇺 European Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič:

"Upon an Iranian request for assistance we are activating the European Union's Copernicus EMS rapid response satellite mapping service, in view of the helicopter accident carrying the President of Iran and its Foreign Minister."

Photo by @CIG_telegram

🇸🇦 Saudi Foreign Ministry on Iran:

- We are following with great concern the news on the media regarding the helicopter carrying the Iranian President and the accompanying delegation.

- We pray to God Almighty to protect His Excellency and his companions and to surround them with his care and care.

-  We affirm that the Kingdom stands by the sisterly Islamic Republic of Iran in these difficult circumstances and its readiness to provide any assistance that the Iranian services need.

Former commander of the IDF's Gaza Division (2001-2003) and Operations Directorate (2003-2005), Israel Ziv:

“We should probably go for a comprehensive deal, not talk about a victory that is unfortunately a bad one, we would all like a victory but we don't have a plan on how to really bring it [...]. Probably whoever will rule Gaza is some kind of coalition. Unfortunately, Hamas will be a part of it.”

🇮🇷 Satellite 3D image of the crash site of President Raisi's helicopter.

⋯ The Turkish Ministry of Defense says it has provided, at Iran’s request, an Akinci UAV (Akıncı) and a Cougar-type helicopter with a night vision system to search for the helicopter carrying President Raisi.

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📷 Israeli attacks on Kafrkila, Odaiseh, and Al-Balat mountain.

❗️ Russia is sending 2 airplanes, a helicopter and 50 professional mountain rescuers. They will leave for Tabriz within this hour.

Update: 47 specialists, high-clearance equipment, and a BO-105 helicopter are being loaded and departing from Moscow.

⋯ Currently, Turkey's Akıncı UAV has entered Iran's airspace and is moving towards the crash site of the president's helicopter.

⋯ “Azerbaijan is ready to send 2 ⁠helicopters with 40 rescuers”.

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⋯ Turkey's Akıncı UAV is surveying the crash site... Tens of thousands of people are following it on Flightradar24.

Six Iranian UAVs are reportedly also on the site.

📹 Reportedly, footage from the Turkish drone identifying a source of heat suspected to be the wreckage of the Iranian helicopter

Fars news reports that the images of the Turkish drone have been evaluated and rescue teams are expected to reach the location within half an hour.

🚨 Officially, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, East Azarbaijan Gov. Malek Rahmati, the representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader to East Azerbaijan Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem, & IRGC officer Mehdi Mousavi, have ascended to martyrdom as a result of a helicopter crash.

🌷 A total of 9 individuals have been martyred, including unidentified crew members.

📷 Two Israeli airstrikes targeted Naqoura village, followed by a drone strike near the civil defence crew that arrived on site.

Two houses were destroyed.

An additional attack targeted Mays al-Jabal village.

🌷 Hezbollah issued the following statement on the martyrdom of Sayyed Ibrahim Raisi, the late president of Iran

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful

“Those who, when a calamity befalls them, say, ‘Indeed, to Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return.’ Those are upon them blessings from their Lord and mercy, and those are the ones who are guided.”

On the occasion of the painful incident that led to the martyrdom of His Eminence Ayatollah Sayyed Ibrahim Raisi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the testimony of our dear brother Dr. Hussein Amir Abdullahian, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic and the representative of His Eminence Imam Khamenei in Azerbaijan Province, Ayatollah Mr. Muhammad Ali Al Hashem and to the rest of the distinguished brothers, Hezbullah extends its deepest condolences and feelings of sympathy for their loss. ‏

Condolences, first of all to Al-Mahdi, the owner of the age and time, peace be upon him, and to His Eminence the Grand Ayatollah, the Imam and Leader, Sayyed Ali Khamenei, may his shadow last, and to our great scholars, and to the officials of the Islamic Republic, and to the patient and dear Iranian people, and especially to their honorable and struggling families, as well as to the Muslims and free people. the world. ‏

We have known His Eminence the martyr president closely for a long time. He was to us a big brother, a strong supporter, and a staunch defender of our issues and the nation’s issues, most notably Jerusalem and Palestine, and a protector of the resistance movements and their mujahideen in all the positions of responsibility he held.

He was also a loyal and honest servant of the dear people of Iran. The lofty system of the Islamic Republic, was a loyal support to His Eminence the Leader. He was also a great hope for all the persecuted and oppressed.

...Likewise, the dear brother, the martyr, Dr. Hussein Amir Abdullahian, was in all positions of responsibility, most recently in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the present, active and sacrificing minister, the flag-bearer in all political and diplomatic forums in the world, a lover of the resistance movements and a devotee of their victory and support. ‏

We ask God Almighty to cover these great martyrs with His vast mercy, and to bestow upon them His goodness and closeness, and to grant us all the protection, safety, and long life of His Eminence the Dear Imam, and to grant the Islamic Republic, its leaders, and its people to overcome this ordeal with beautiful patience and firm determination.

To continue the path of the late great Imam Khomeini and all the martyrs. ‏

🇮🇷/🇱🇧 Late president Ibrahim Raisi during one of his visits to south Lebanon to a secret position by Hezbullah.

He came here before his presidency on a friendly visit to Hezbullah, and met its leadership.

🌷 Hezbullah mourns the martyrdom of Abbass Mahdi Mahdi, born in 1997 in Al-Naqoura, on the path to Jerusalem and I defense of south Lebanon.

He was martyred in an attack on his home village, Al-Naqoura.

📃 The Int'l Criminal Court (ICC) files arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, Sinwar, Deif and Haniyeh

Prosecutor Khan alleges these crimes

⬥ against Sinwar, Deif & Haniyeh:

- Extermination as a crime against humanity (CaH);
- Murder as CaH and a war crime (WC);
- Taking hostages as WC;
- Rape and other acts of sexual violence as CaH and also WC in the context of captivity;
- Torture & - Other inhumane acts, as CaH in the context of captivity;
- Cruel treatment & - Outrages upon personal dignity, as WC in the context of captivity.

⬥ against Netanyahu & Gallant:

- Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare as WC;
- Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health, or cruel treatment as WC;
- Wilful killing, or Murder as WC;
- Intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population as WC;
- Extermination and/or murder, including in the context of deaths caused by starvation, as CaH;
- Persecution as CaH;
- Other inhumane acts as CaH.

📝 Lebanon is not a signatory to the ICC.

The ICC has begun filing applications for arrest warrants for Hamas’ leaders (Sinwar and Deif, but also Ismail Haniyah which is strange since he’s not in Gaza nor involved in the October 7 attacks)

The reason for this lists the common Israeli hasbara that Hamas used rape, mass slaughter of civilians, hostage taking, “cruel treatment of the hostages”, “outrages on personal dignity”, torture. etc.

The ICC also plans to have warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister yoav gallant. The reason given includes using starvation as a tool of war and willfully causing suffering and killing civilians.

No mention of torture, rape, white phosphorus, kidnapping (6000 Palestinians kidnapped by Israel), etc.

All in all, this is unprecedented in that no Israeli leader has ever been issued an arrest warrant by the ICC, which would imply the international community would have to comply (except for the U.S. of course). At the same it’s exactly what you’d expect, they’d peddle all the lies against Hamas, and apply the bear minimum to Israel.

You can read more about the decision on the ICC’s website linked below

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state

📑 Hezbullah mourned today four additional members martyred in two separate Israeli airstrikes on Al-Naqoura and Mays Al-Jabal

🌷Milad Adnan Al-Hujari, 1993, Baalbek (Beqaa)
🌷Mohammad Abass Abbass, 1997, Bareesh
🌷Hussein Ali Ali Hassan, 1989, Bednayal (Beqaa)
🌷Raif AbdulNabi Mlejeh, 1957, Al-Naqoura