The latest map of US Navy (and some French/British) assets deployed in the Middle East | August 25th, courtesy of MenchOsint

[RT]

⚡️ Reuters, citing a Hezbollah leader:

The response to the killing of Fouad Shukr was delayed for political reasons, the most important of which was the ceasefire talks in Gaza.

[G&T]

⚡️ CBS quoting a US official: US forces did not participate in the preemptive Israeli strike on Hezbollah in Lebanon

[G&T]

The moment an occupation terrorists was transferred to the "Soroka" hospital, after being injured in a resistance operation.

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Israel backtracks from the claim that:

- They attacked long range missles and rockets
- That Hezbullah aimed at Tel Aviv

Netanyahu confirms the above and says all rockets were short range, and claims that drones were heading towards Israeli strategic targets, including in central Israel.

This confirms Hezbullah's statement that rockets were used to open the path for drones.

Israel's new assessment also states that Hezbullah didn't plan to to attack Tel Aviv, but rather at most the Mossad HQ and Unit 8200.

So far Hezbullah's attacks were on bases near the border, previously attacked, with mo reports of any impacts in this or damage to any strategic Israeli asset. It's also unclear of the retaliation was concluded, and of so, how effective was it for a chief of staff's murder and an attack on Beirut.

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The United States urgently took care of reducing the vulnerability of its most sensitive Achilles heel: underwater cable communication lines.

Every communication is tied to transcontinental communication lines, passing along the bottom of the oceans and transmitted over fiber–optic channels, then tied to cloud storage and distributed computing systems, intelligence data exchange and force management, stock quotes, banking transactions in trillions of dollars daily, 5G.

The 600 cables used by the US are the world's information superhighways and provide high-speed connections. Underwater cables have much greater bandwidth and are more efficient, economical and reliable than satellites.

Submarine cables are built, owned, operated and maintained mainly by private sector companies. Approximately 98% of the world's submarine cables are manufactured and installed by four private companies: These are the American company SubCom, the French Alcatel Submarine Networks, the Japanese Nippon Electric Company and the Chinese HMN Technologies.

They can be vulnerable to various factors. Potential hazards to cables range from anchoring and fishing equipment to extreme events such as earthquakes. Repairs cost huge sums, including, in addition to the cost of materials, the rental of specialized vessels and payment to telecom operators for redirecting traffic through bypass channels.

The US is taking all actions to oust operators from other countries from the PCLS market. Thus, the United States has successfully ousted HMN Technologies from the Southeast Asia - Middle East - Western Europe 6 (SMW6) underwater fiber optic cable system, which connects Singapore with France.

Continental Russia has a much lower vulnerability and at the same time has all the means to destroy PCLS – mainly with the help of the GUGI of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation – the Main Directorate of Deep–Sea Research - a formation unique in world practice, capable of operating at almost any depth for military purposes.

[RT]

❤️ Martyr Omar Al-Qassem Forces:

Our fighters were able to detonate a highly explosive device in a Zionist tank that penetrated the vicinity of Al-Furqan School, east of Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, which led to a direct hit and the deaths and injuries of its crew.

[G&T]

⚡️A number of wounded occupation soldiers were evacuated to the Israeli Soroka Hospital.

[G&T]