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The Lebanese resistance has released a conservative estimate of the total losses sustained by the Israelis since the beginning of their ground offensive in southern Lebanon.
According to the estimates, these figures have not accounted for Israeli losses at military bases, posts, barracks, settlements, or occupied Palestinian cities.
Israeli occupation forces have been confronted with dozens of daily operations, both within Lebanon's borders as well as simultaneous operations in the occupied territories.
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar threatens Iraq in a letter that claims it is responsible for any attacks against Israel from Iraqi soil
The threat, sent in the form of a letter to the United Nations, states that Israel will take action against the nation. The Israeli FM claims that this is in response to the daily drone attacks carried out by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq.
After serving 3 months in prison for shutting down a weapons factory, 2 Palestine Action activists are released
The two from a group known as the Thales 5 were sentenced to prison after shutting down a weapons factory in Glasgow that supplies the Israeli military. Three of the five activists are still behind bars.
Palestine Action strikes again
Direct action network Palestine Action has disabled vans belonging to PHS Group, the toxic waste disposers for Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer.
Missiles from southern Lebanon strike Tel Aviv
Video footage captures the moment when a building in Tel-Aviv, occupied Palestine, was struck by rockets fired from resistance forces in Lebanon.
“I don’t see a change of president in the U.S. as changing the outlook and the interests of the U.S. Government”
Mint Press News Senior Staff Writer- @alan.r.macleod joined Greg Stoker on State of Play to discuss the potential impact that U.S. President Elect Donald Trump will have on international and domestic policy.
Israel assassinates the head of Hezbollah's media department
In a deadly Israeli airstrike on Beirut's Ras al-Nabaa district, Mohammad Afif, the head of Hezbollah's media relations, was killed, along with four other members of the group's media office, sources confirmed.
The strike, which occurred on Sunday, hit a densely populated area where many people displaced from Beirut's southern suburbs had sought shelter. The Lebanese resistance group released a statement today mourning the loss of Afif and his colleagues.
The Lebanese Health Ministry reported that the attack also resulted in at least four others being killed, including a woman, and 14 others being injured, including two children.
An Israeli airstrike on Beirut has left Lebanese football player, Celine Haidar, in critical condition to the silence of FIFA
Haidar, who is part of Lebanon’s national female football team, was hit by shrapnel from an Israeli bomb dropped in the Shiyah area of the Lebanese Capital, Beirut. Despite the horrifying footage of her laying on the ground covered in blood, FIFA has refused to condemn this act of violence, leading to accusations of double-standards inherent in the football association.
Israel has killed at least 539 Palestinian athletes in Gaza.
This figure includes Palestine’s first Olympic runner, Majed Abu Maraheel, almost 300 footballers (including children), a number of sports officials, and referees, such as Hani Mesmeh, a FIFA international referee from Palestine.
Other athletes include Palestinian volleyball players Hassan Zuaiter and Ibrahim Qassi’a.
"This morning, in a spectacular operation, the police demolished dozens of houses in the Um al-Hiran in the Negev."
Itamar Ben Gvir, Israeli Minister of National Security, recently took to social media to boast about his government's ongoing demolition of Palestinian homes, following the recent destruction of a mosque and other buildings. He then went on to threaten native local Palestinians that any "illegal" homes would be demolished as well.
Joe Biden gives Ukraine the go ahead to use its weapons to strike deep inside Russia
This move not only signals that the Democratic Party administration is trying to dramatically escalate the war in Ukraine prior to Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, but also raises the potential for the use of nuclear weapons.
America’s commitment to arming allies like Israel and Ukraine has exposed cracks in its own military strategy, as endless wars leave the nation ill-prepared for future conflicts.
Read Robert's full news brief via the following link https://www.mintpressnews.com/high-cost-empire-us-weapons-shortages-fuels-concerns-over-military-readiness/288676/
Israeli Betar hooligans attack French football fans during a France-Israel match
The violent masked Israelis, some of whom were Israeli soldiers, were permitted to attack France supporters and were later escorted to safety by French police. When the Betar, JDL and other violent gangs of Israeli extremists used sticks and bottles to attack random bystanders, there were no condemnations from Western leaders.
Major explosion rocks Tel Aviv
Yesterday, a massive explosion has just rocked northern Tel Aviv, reportedly in the Gush Dan area near the Hakirya military base.
Initial reports suggest no air raid sirens were triggered, indicating that the missile or drone strike, likely launched by the resistance axis, went undetected.
Political prisoner Georges Abdallah is granted conditional release by France for the eleventh time, as Israeli pressure mounts to repeal the decision
Georges Abdallah was arrested in 1984 and convicted for conspiring to assassinate to diplomats, a case in which he has maintained his innocence. A member of the Lebanese Communist Party, Abdallah joined the Palestinian resistance in the 1970’s to oppose Israel’s brutality and has remained in jail in France for 40 years. Since 1999 he has had the right to appeal for conditional release, which he has now been granted for early December; given he leaves French territory. However, as occurred the last 10 times this decision was made, Paris’s National Counterterrorism Prosecutor is set to
appeal the decision under US-Israeli diplomatic pressure.
Israeli occupation forces destroy another mosque in occupied East Jerusalem
Under the pretext of building without a license, Israel has demolished al-Shayah mosque, situated in East Jerusalem, where Palestinians face the daily threat of house demolition and displacement.
A panicking Israeli running towards shelters in Tel Aviv is hit by a car and hospitalised
This happened as sirens rang, providing warning of incoming Hezbollah missiles, one of which hit a building in Tel Aviv and inflicted casualties there. Israeli settlers will frequently suffer panic attacks and even heart attacks after hearing sirens, some of which have gone off due to wrong diagnoses.
Hezbollah launched two bursts of rockets and missiles towards Tel Aviv
The munitions fired from southern Lebanon managed to bypass Israeli air defences and made a number of impacts, inflicting at least 8 casualties. One of the missiles fired hit a building in central Tel Aviv.
A rabid warmonger has won the election. No, not that one, the other one.
Donald Trump is returning to the White House. Trump has cultivated a reputation as being an anti-war president. But this could not be further from the truth.
In this post, MintPress looks back at some of the most dangerous, bellicose things Trump did during his first term in office.
Alexandra Szustakiewicz was arrested and charged with two counts of hate crime following her attack on a Palestinian family at a bakery in Chicago, USA.
Alexandra Szustakiewicz was seen in a video that circulated online, attempting to throw her coffee on a man as she attempted to hit him and his wife. She was restrained, leading to the eventual de-escalation of the situation.
Rajaa Awaida, a man from Khan Yunis, recounts his immense suffering, having lost both legs.
His family’s home was destroyed by a massive bomb dropped by the Israeli occupation, killing most of his family.
With Trump’s election signaling a potential shift in U.S. policy, Yemen’s Houthis mobilize for a violent response to looming American intervention, escalating tensions in the Red Sea.
Read the full investigation by Ahmed Abdulkareem via the following link: https://www.mintpressnews.com/yemen-mobilizes-for-war-anticipating-us-invasion-under-trump/288681/
"There is no greater act of love than standing uncompromising between all which you know and that destroys and all which could be rebuilt anew."
Nearly 100 days in jail, Fatema Zainab Rajwani faces accusations tied to her involvement with Palestine Action's campaign to shut down Elbit Systems, Israel's largest arms manufacturer.
On MintPress' Watchdog show, her mother reads a heartfelt poem that Fatema had written for Gaza during her time behind bars. The words brought the show's host, Lowkey, to tears.
Video footage shows Israeli occupation forces showcasing their destruction of villages in southern Lebanon.
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A Zionist woman attempts to assault a man and his wife for wearing Palestine clothing items
The woman appears to try and throw her coffee on a man, as she attempted to hit him and his wife. She is restrained, leading to the eventual de-escalation of the situation and threats to call the police.
A Palestinian child is left devastated and distressed after losing his mother, who was killed, and his father, who was detained by the Israeli military while the family fled their home in northern Gaza.
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A fan was denied entry to Wembley Stadium for the England vs. Republic of Ireland match because her bag displayed a Palestinian flag.
She was told she must dispose of the bag before being allowed to enter the stadium.
Vancouver police raided the home of Charlotte Kates, the head of Samidoun Palestinian prisoners solidarity group
Neighbours reported seeing an armoured vehicle and police forces dressed in full tactical gear, who allegedly smashed a window to gain access to the home. Samidoun was designated a terrorist organisation by the US and Canada in a joint action last month, ordered without releasing any evidence that leftist advocacy group had committed any actions amounting to terrorism.
The head of Israel’s domestic intelligence network, known as the Shin Bet, was present as French supporters were attacked by Israeli hooligans
While many French citizens chose to boycott the football match in their capital city, some supporters of France’s national team were ambushed by masked Israeli hooligans in the stands of their stadium. Present at the grounds was Ronen Bar, the head of the Shin Bet that is notorious for its brutal torture of Palestinians political prisoners. This has raised questions as to why someone involved in war crimes and not relevant to Israeli international security matters, was permitted to attend the game.
Trump vows to remove all delays on the arms to Israel
Donald Trump has vowed to immediately remove any barriers and delays affecting the delivery of military supplies and ammunition to Israel.
This pledge comes after ongoing discussions about a potential ceasefire, likely prompted by continued resistance from Hezbollah.
Sources suggest that once Trump assumes office, the timing of the ceasefire will be used to act swiftly and fulfill this promise.