⭕️ “We operate a sub-army of slaves.”

That is how a former Israeli soldier described the systematic use of Palestinian civilians as human shields by Israeli forces in Gaza, in a harrowing anonymous op-ed published by Haaretz.

According to the soldier, who served nine months in Gaza, Israeli troops are using human shields “at least six times a day” under an informal practice known as the “mosquito protocol.”

Palestinians—often elderly men or young boys—are forced to enter homes and tunnels ahead of soldiers to check for traps or fighters.

“Almost every platoon keeps a ‘shawish,’” he wrote, using the term for these forced human scouts.

The author said the practice has become normalized across the Israeli military, with commanders openly endorsing it. Though safer alternatives like drones or dogs had been used earlier, the military prioritized speed over protection:

“We forced Palestinians to act as human shields not because it was safer for IDF troops, but because it was faster.”

Despite mounting evidence and internal awareness, military authorities have only opened six investigations—an effort the soldier calls a “cover-up.”

“This procedure is a crime—even the army now admits that. It happens daily and is much more common than the public is being told.”

❗️US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with bombings and renewed secondary tariffs if Tehran does not reach a nuclear agreement with Washington.

“If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing,” Trump told NBC News.

“But there’s a chance that if they don’t make a deal, that I will do secondary tariffs on them like I did four years ago.”

BREAKING | Israel commits massacre in its targeting of the Al-Tayef family home on Mashtaha Street in Shujaiya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

At least 5 Palestinians, among them children, were killed and several wounded.

❗️Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri:

"Netanyahu’s statements that the goal of the war is to implement the Trump plan for displacement confirm unequivocally that we are facing an American-Zionist scheme linked to a displacement project. In the face of this diabolical plan that combines massacres and starvation, everyone who can bear arms anywhere in the world must act. Spare no bomb, a bullet, a knife, or a stone. Let everyone break their silence — we are all complicit if American and Zionist occupation interests remain safe while Gaza is being slaughtered and starved."

⭕️ “We operate a sub-army of slaves.”

That is how a former Israeli soldier described the systematic use of Palestinian civilians as human shields by Israeli forces in Gaza, in a harrowing anonymous op-ed published by Haaretz.

According to the soldier, who served nine months in Gaza, Israeli troops are using human shields “at least six times a day” under an informal practice known as the “mosquito protocol.”

Palestinians—often elderly men or young boys—are forced to enter homes and tunnels ahead of soldiers to check for traps or fighters.

“Almost every platoon keeps a ‘shawish,’” he wrote, using the term for these forced human scouts.

The author said the practice has become normalized across the Israeli military, with commanders openly endorsing it. Though safer alternatives like drones or dogs had been used earlier, the military prioritized speed over protection:

“We forced Palestinians to act as human shields not because it was safer for IDF troops, but because it was faster.”

Despite mounting evidence and internal awareness, military authorities have only opened six investigations—an effort the soldier calls a “cover-up.”

“This procedure is a crime—even the army now admits that. It happens daily and is much more common than the public is being told.”

New York Times Fantasy Tale of Ukraine's Almost Great Victory Over Russia https://sonar21.com/new-york-times-fantasy-tale-of-ukraines-almost-great-victory-over-russia/

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇪🇬 NEW: Israel, with diplomatic backing from the United States, has officially asked Egypt to dismantle its military infrastructure in the Sinai Peninsula

The Israelis state that the Egyptian militarization of the Sinai constitutes a 'major breach' of the 1979 Camp David Accords.

Israeli officials state that Egypt has continued to build up forces on the peninsula, and that the current situation is 'unacceptable'.

@Middle_East_Spectator

The US sees a peaceful settlement in Ukraine through achieving a complete ceasefire and negotiations between Moscow and Kiev without introducing temporary governance in the country - State Department

➖"We work with the understanding that the negotiations will require Russia and Ukraine to make tough decisions and compromises. And we are working with Russia and Ukraine, and we intend to continue our work to bring them to the negotiating table," State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said at a briefing.

@Slavyangrad