Canuk having a love affair with/Middle East for as long as I can remember. Former Military & Defense Correspondent, Senior writer
@Jerusalem_Post
. Views=Mine.
Israeli intelligence firm
@ImageSatIntl
has detected an “irregular presence” of Russian TU-160 & TU-95 strategic bombers deployed to Olenya Airbase. The base, on the Kola Peninsula, houses a significant number of military hardware, including tactical & strategic nuclear weapons
These women are still being held by Hamas as captives in Gaza. More than 2 months later
@ICRC
has still not checked on them. What is Hamas doing to them??
Bring Them Home Now!
Iran has launched dozens of drones towards Israel. It will take around 9 hours before they reach Israel and can be intercepted by various air defense systems and fighter jets (American/Israeli). Israeli F-35s have already downed drones, but this is likely only the beginning
Ridiculous. Actually, ridiculous doesn't cover what
@Twitter
did to
@AlinejadMasih
. They leave
@khamenei_ir
's account active despite his murderous tweets, but Alinejad posts a picture of a girl who was murdered by the regime for showing her hair & she gets her account disabled?
Family goes on a hiking trip in the Golan and finds abandoned and open tanks full of ammunition. The tanks, which were there as part of an
#IDF
drill were left with no one watching them. No Beuno.
Four women will be getting their wings in two days. One will be a fighter pilot and the other three will be combat navigators. They will join the other 66 women who have finished the elite Israel Air Force pilot’s course. Fly high ladies!! 💪🏻💪🏻
Senior Hamas official uses a 2014 photo from Syria after an Assad regime attack claiming that “this is what American aircraft do to our people.” Unreal.
I’ve tweeted this before, I’m far from a religious person.And I do consider myself to be able to see both sides of the conflict. But come on. What is happening in Jerusalem and Al Aqsa is ridiculous. Jews are NOT “storming” Al Aqsa. Palestinians are not innocent here either. كفى!
There is a building under construction across the street from mine. The workers are all Israeli-Arabs from the triangle and a few West Bank Palestinians. Every morning I’m greeted with a big smile, this morning I was greeted by “we are so sorry”
A Lebanese citizen in
#Ukraine
with a group of Arab Israelis told me he's not getting help to escape. So an Israeli official now said in response: "We have no problem helping Lebanese or any other Arab citizens as well. He can join the Israeli bus"
I hate to have to remind everyone, with all the awful images coming out of Gaza, had Hamas not invaded Israel and brutally slaughtered close to 1,000 innocent civilians in the most barbaric way, the Israeli military would not be striking Gaza.
It’s that simple.
Historic: The Commander of the UAE's Airforce Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Nasser Mohammed al-Alawi has landed in Israel for the first time as a guest of IAF Chief Maj.-Gen. Amikam Norkin. He received an honor guard led by Norkin at Palmachim air force base
A 96yr old Holocaust survivor was killed in Ukraine’s Charkiv after being hit by a bullet. He survived the Nazis only to be killed in a pointless Russian war.
Stiftg. Gedenkstätten Buchenwald u. Mittelbau-Dora
Four women graduated from the Israel Air Force pilot’s course today. One of them will be a fighter pilot, the first time in 4.5yrs. A total of 62 women have completed the course, 4 of them fighter pilots, 24 navigators, 12 helicopter pilots, 7 transport pilots.
We got married just in time! We beat the
#Corona
lockdown announced by Netanyahu tonight. It was a tiny ceremony to which my family from abroad zoomed in to watch. But love conquers everything. Even global pandemics.
Extremely violent protests across
#Israel
by the
#Ethiopian
community following the death of a teenager by an off-duty police officer in
#Haifa
on Sunday.
Heartbreaking message from a mother to the world. Like you have helped me, please share her story now. She is suffering from severe brain cancer and would like to see her daughter one more time before it's too late.
#FreeNoa
For those who say that the Taliban of the 90s are different than the Taliban of today. Other than now being in control of all the arms that the US have the ANDSF, they are the same. Women will loose everything. Every. Single. Thing.
42 years ago, millions of Iranian women experienced the lies that this Taliban spokesperson (left) told the media today about women rights. Khomeini (right) claimed all would be ok. But since then, Iranian women can't go out without hijab, ride bikes or sing. We lost everything
91-year-old Holocaust surivor Naomi Perlman died of wounds she sustained after a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip made a direct impact on her home in Ashkelon during the May fighting. Her Indian caregiver Soumaya Santoush died in the attack. Perlman will be buried later today.
BREAKING: Large Explosion reported at a Petrochemical plant in S.
#Iran
this morning. At least one dead.
Third such mysterious incident in Iran in less than 5 days:
So after the Palestinian Authority returned the vaccines given to them by Israel, some 700,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine will immediately be transferred to South Korea
Everyone is talking about Gaza, but what about the war on Israel’s northern border? There have been non-stop rocket & drone sirens all day in communities along the Lebanese border. Some 250,000 Israeli civilians have been internally displaced since Oct 7. Where are the protests?
עוד יום של קרב בצפון: אזעקות בלי הפסקה.
7:15 קרית שמונה מטולה והאזור
7:22 קרית שמונה מטולה
7:22 כפר בלום
7:38 שאר יישוב מטולה והאזור
7:56 משרב וקרית שמונה
13:57 יפתח ורמות נפתלי
14:31 ראש הנקרה
15:54 דישון
17:13 מתת סאסא
17:28 משגב עם וקרית שמונה
17:47 אביבים יראון ברעם
18:00
The inaccuracy of this tweet is exhausting. What “gunfire exchange”?? Kay was an unarmed civilian walking to work as a tour guide at the holiest spot in Judaism when he was shot multiple times, including in the head by Abu Shkhaidm.
The attack was carried out by 42-year-old Fadi Abu Shkhaidm from Shufat Refugee Camp. He fatally shot a settler from South Africa (pictured below) in a gunfire exchange, and wounded 3 others.
Amazing pictures by
@israelphoto
of German and Israeli fighter jets over Jerusalem today. IAF and Luftwaffe Chiefs Maj.-Gen Amikam Norkin and Lt. Gen. Ingo Gerhartz both participated in the flight. It was the first time German planes flew over the capital since WWI
@MarkRuffalo
Hey
@MarkRuffalo
, you are more than invited to come and see what is happening for yourself instead of relying on biased reports. Trust me, it's a heck of a lot more complicated than you think. It's not black and white here, it's several shades of grey.
#BREAKING
:
#IDF
confirms it killed Bahaa Abu al-Ata tonight in a surgical strike. Military says it is expecting a strong response by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, including rocket fire towards central
#Israel
Be as pro-Palestinian as you want. No one should threaten anyone. But you can't claim innocence when you dox a good number of Jewish institutions and share their locations. The "Mapping Project" by
@BDSBoston
is putting lives at risk.
Two American journalists went to film refugees leaving Irpin when they were shot at after crossing a checkpoint. The NYT journalist (I will not tweet the name) was shot in the neck and killed. His colleague was shot as well but evacuated to hospital.
IDF Chief Kochavi ( who never goes on tv) we hit over 500 targets in Gaza and tens of terrorists. We will continue to strike and we won’t spare one tunnel. Hamas will pay a price, heavier than they ever have before.
Just 1 day after a deadly Hamas attack in Jerusalem, Israel’s Shin Bet, IDF & Police announce that they broke up a 50 person Hamas cell planning terror attacks in the West Bank & Israel proper, including kidnappings and suicide bombings.
Never forget Israel didn’t start this war. Hamas broke a ceasefire that day.
Hamas invaded Israel. Killed, raped and kidnapped innocent Israelis. And now they call for a ceasefire. Don’t let them blind you from the truth.
Never forget.
Awful news. ESPN now reporting that
#KobeBryant
& his daughter Gianna were on their way to a basketball game with two other people when the helicopter crashed.
For the first time in Israel's history, 15 female tank fighters will be deployed to the border with Egypt. It is the next step in the IDF's program to see if women can serve in the Armored corps
The head of the CIA William Burns is expected to land in Israel tomorrow to meet with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, the head of the Mossad David Barnea and other senior officials from the defense & intelligence establishments. Subject of the visit: Iran
IDF Spokesman Hagari says that the military has recovered and brought back the bodies of 3 Israeli hostages that were found in Hamas tunnels in Gaza. They were identified as Shani Louk, Amit Bouskila & Itzhak Gelerenter. May they now rest in peace
Day 2 of Breaking Dawn: IDF says over 160 rockets were launched from Gaza, 30 landed in Gaza. 130 crossed into Israel, with 60 missiles intercepted and the rest landed in open areas. No Israeli injuries.
Congratulations to
@AP
for winning a Pictures of the Year award. How does it feel to do so on the back of Palestinian photojournalists who infiltrated Israel on Oct. 7 and took photos like the one below of Shani Louk's dead body in a Hamas pickup?
Was
@RJI
bothered about that
Today I went to the border between
#Israel
&
#Lebanon
to visit the largest
#Hezbollah
cross-border attack tunnel. Dug from the village of Ramiyeh towards the communities of Zarit and Shetula,this tunnel went down the equivalent of 22 stories & stretched over a km. It was insane.
Combined with the drones, that can be used to swarm Israeli air defenses, Iran might then launched cruise missiles that take around 2 hours followed by ballistic missiles that would strike a target in 12 minutes.
For the North Americans waking up: Hamas attacked Israel this morning, infiltrating into the country to butcher and kidnap civilians and troops into Gaza. There are too many videos & photos that I will not post. If anyone asks if we are ok, I have a simple answer: No. We are not
#Israel
’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz has offered assistance to
#Turkey
following earthquake in
#Izmir
. Gantz has instructed the
#IDF
to prepare for emergency assistance & to immediately send a search & rescue delegation to area and set up a field hospital to treat the wounded
(Reuters) - Sweden will send military aid to Ukraine, including anti-tank weapons, helmets and body armour, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Sunday.
"Sweden is now proposing direct support for Ukraine's armed forces.
Day 2 of Operation Breaking Dawn Thread Begins
580 rockets launched
450-470 crossed into Israel
120 fell in Gaza, including the one that killed civilians in Jabalia
200 interceptions at a 97% interception rate.
Chief of Staff from 9 countries, including Morocco, Finland, India and Canada will be in Israel next week for an IDF conference on operational innovation.
IDF shot down 3 UAVs launched by Hezbollah toward Israel’s economic waters over the Mediterranean Sea. One was shot down by a F-16 & two others were downed by the naval Barak 8 on the INS Eilat, marking the first time the system was used against aerial threats.
At least 7 people injured in a shooting attack in Jerusalem’s Old City toward a bus. Of the 2 seriously injured is a 35 yr old woman in the late stages of pregnancy. Five others are moderately injured
Another glass ceiling is about to be smashed. 20 years after the first woman flew as a combat pilot in
#Israel
's Air Force, the first woman will soon take to the skies as the country's first female F-35 pilot. Fly High!!✈️
Another two
#F35s
are on the way to
#Israel
. When they land the
#IAF
will have 18 of these stealth fighters. Another two are expected to land by the end of the year, giving the IAF a total of 20 F-35s.