🚫 Many people wonder what effect defenses such as the Strela and SAM-7 carried on the shoulder have on Apache helicopters.

We have seen aircraft in other wars fall in front of these systems, even if they are old, so why cannot the resistance do that?

First, do not compare old Soviet helicopters with modern, developed Apache helicopters.

Which had response systems and smart systems inside it to deal with what was stronger than these systems, but were the Qassams working to bring it down?

Of course not.

The goal of these operations is to intercept and activate the alarms in the helicopter to force it to withdraw and leave the airspace. Even if it is intended to strike targets, activating and launching anti-missiles forces it to cancel its operations - Sources.

The government and Netanyahu are looking for us to kill us and return us as corpses. It is a cheap and preferred price for them.”

#Watch.. A message from the Zionist prisoner, Alexander Turbanov, who is detained by the Al-Quds Brigades.

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🔻A battery of the "Iron Dome" air defense system mistakenly shot down an IDF drone "Rochev Shamayim" in Western Galilee. The military has begun investigating the circumstances of the incident.

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The government and Netanyahu are looking for us to kill us and return us as corpses. It is a cheap and preferred price for them.”

A message from the Zionist prisoner, Alexander Turbanov, who is detained by the Al-Quds Brigades.

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Declassified UK:

Amid Britain’s ongoing complicity and support for Israel’s ‘plausible genocide’ in Gaza, up to 300 civil servants in the Foreign Office have formally raised concerns with ministers, seeking a change of course.

They are questioning ministers’ actions and policy in relation to Gaza and asking to see the legal advice they received that this is based on – advice that they have so far refused to publish, despite calls to do so from some in parliament.

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Today, the Government of Slovenia adopted the decision on the recognition of the independence and sovereignty of Palestine and submitted it to the National Assembly.

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Middle East Eye:

British doctors and organisations are part of an initiative called Project Pure Hope began efforts in January to bring four siblings and their cousin from Gaza as a "test case" to see what would happen.

Three of the siblings, whose parents were killed, had suffered traumatic amputations and required further medical treatment, which pediatric hospitals across Britain were prepared to provide.

Over £500,000 ($636,000) was raised, enough to cover their treatment, and arrangements were made for the children’s aunt and grandmother to accompany them, according to those involved.

The issue was visas.

“We made many, many attempts to try to get a visa for these children and, sadly, despite many good-hearted civil servants, when it got to the highest level, we just heard nothing back,” Kandiah told MEE.

Five months later, with British hospitals and medical professionals still at the ready, Kandiah and others say they are unaware of any legal pathways available to bring these children to the UK, nor have they heard of any Palestinian children seeking medical treatment being admitted.

They point to the care Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani campaigner for girl’s education, received at a Birmingham hospital after she was shot by a Taliban gunman and, more recently, Ukrainian children with cancer whom the National Health Service (NHS) brought to England in 2022 for treatment, along with their family members.

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Jacobin:

An anonymous BBC journalist says that BBC editors are afraid of reprimand from their bosses for reporting which displeases the Israeli government, leading to the BBC consistently holding back from reporting the full horrors of Israel’s war on Gaza.

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Arab American Institute 2024 election poll of Arab Americans in key states: Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, + Virginia.

KEY FINDINGS:
- Support for Biden at 18%
- 88% disapprove of Biden's handling of Gaza
- 80% view Gaza as important in determining their vote

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🔻Colonel Reserve Yitzhak Brik:

The army spreads illusions and throws ashes into the eyes of the public and does not tell the truth. We will not be able to overthrow Hamas, and since we are a small army unable to eliminate Hamas, we will certainly face a problem if we start an all-out war - you need to take a break - a break from the fighting


Entering Rafah is not only detrimental to us, but it is a tragic mistake. Rafah has kept us away from the world, kept us away from peace with Egypt, and this may lead to us losing our ability to return the prisoners forever.



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🔻"In the war, it worsened": A sharp rise in domestic violence cases.

Data from the Ministry of Welfare indicates a sharp increase in the number of referrals of women suffering from domestic violence in the first half year of the war - and the ministry estimates this is only the beginning.

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