Image is of a Hezbollah missile attack on a military camp west of Jenin.


The situation between Hezbollah and Israel is rapidly escalating, with massive bombing campaigns on southern Lebanon by Israel predominantly on civilians (as the tunnels in South Lebanon are mostly unreachable to the Zionists, just like in Gaza), while Hezbollah and its allies respond with missile attacks predominantly on Israeli military facilities. Israel is spreading an evacuation order to the residents of southern Lebanese villages while also bombing their routes of escape and civilian infrastructure, similar to a terror tactic used widely in Gaza.

Northern Israel is currently under military censorship to hide their losses, so we get very little information other than what the Resistance provides and what videos and images get through the censors.

I don’t know if Israel will dare a ground incursion soon, but it seems fairly likely in the coming days or weeks.


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The bulletins site is here!
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Last week’s thread is here.

Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel’s destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia’s youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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    Говорит Шестиугольный Медведь!

    Сообщение Совинформбюро!

    Hi!

    I’m here to publish the list of proposals, made both by the mod team in internal discussions and from proposals made by users last week, to be voted on by the news heads.

    The process will be quite simple. Below this comment will be a series of comments from me.

    They will follow the format of…

    <Proposal Comment>

    • geordi-yes YES VOTE

    • geordi-no NO VOTE

    If you agree with the proposal, upvote the comment with geordi-yes YES VOTE. If you disagree with the proposal, upvote the comment with geordi-no NO VOTE.

    The voting margin to pass a proposal as approved shall be with a minimum floor of 36 upvotes, based on the rounded rough average of megathread upvotes of popular comments divided in half. Should a proposal be passed but prove to be controversial by also receiving a no vote of at least 26 votes, the proposal shall be tabled and reworked for presentation at a future megathread should the need arise.

    Additionally, the floor will still be open to new proposals with a caveat that the minimum floor for acceptance for deliberation by the council of news mods shall be 31 upvotes. This is just in case someone is struck by the lightning of inspiration and wants to bring up an idea to shape the comm in a better direction.

    The polls are now open.

    Semper post, news hogs.

    Edit: P.S, I know some of the proposals are kinda scuffed looking, if they pass I’ll format them so they look like the others on the rule sidebar. chalk it up to my laziness lol

    Edit 2: P.P.S Pig poop balls.

    The voting period shall last until the megathread is locked.

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    Bit Idea for Hezbollah

    State that there is currently no leadership and therefor no Decicion making Majority on Cease Fire Negotiation or Further Escalation can be made , until further Notice Hezbollah will follow Nasrallahs last Orders “to not let the evacuated Return to Galilea”, You Expect the Consolidation of a New Leadership in 6 to 12 Months or so.

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    There has been, for lack of a better term, some doomer vs resistance bloomer discourse as of late when it comes to “Israel” vs. the wider rrsidtance formation, particularly Hezbollah.

    Bad taste “owns” on either side ar, wu h as they are, not particularly productive, though I understand the catharsis they bring when horrors are visited by our enemies. But I am curious about how individuals and external formations (like your own organizations) arrive at conclusions and what analytical frameworks they bring. I am personally curious about having more correct views but would also like to self-crit my own biases and make my own orgs better.

    How do you all find and digest information about Gaza, Lebanon, and the wider movement to oppose “Israeli” settlers and their American backers? Of course I personally ally absorb a mix of mainstream and primary sources, comparing e.g. Reuters to direct Hezbollah and PFLP statements. But how do you personally synthesize this information? Do you do it alone or as a group in your org?

    And more importan, how do you concretely assist the resistance? I underst6 I’d this is not safely communicable, but I appreciate any help in providing direction.

    Personally, I feel impotent as my audience, via my orgs, are liberal laymen and I try to get them to be less genocidal and to join orgs that are pro-Palestinian. This has direct results by I feel like it is less than, for example, just funnelimg funds to the PFLP. I would prefer to do the latter but I also assume it I’d already highly illegal and would be shut off immedia if I tried it.

    I also assume that anyone helping the resistance cannot tell me how to directly assist. Buy I appreciate any hints or direction.

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    i recommend not reading this if you struggle with depression and/or self harm thoughts

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    apologies if this seems insane but i’m honestly somewhat jealous of doomers. ig this is just conjecture based off of my own life but if i was a doomer idk if i would be alive anymore. is having a little bit of enjoyment in your own life really worth it if you think the world is doomed? i struggle a lot with mental health and one of 2 people who will keep me alive in the worst circumstances in pretty much dead (dementia), so if the other person dies i think I will likely follow somewhat soon. But ig other people in better situations might not feel the same. so like what keeps doomers going? apologies if this offends you but out of anyone i’d like to hear from you @[email protected] because ur the only person on the news mega I dont think ive seen you say a single positive thing in the time ive seen you (or at least your current username) posting:::

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    in reports you see that “israeli planes can be heard in the sky”, is that normal for modern fighter jets flying bombing missions or are they being arrogant and flying planes closer than they need to in order to help inspire terror?

  • A recap of events from the Palestine/Lebanon front that occurred during the past 24 hours.

    Lebanese Hezbollah resistance forces conducted Fadi-3 rocket strikes on the Zionists’ Ramat David airbase and a missile strike on a target near Zionist-occupied Jerusalem (al-Quds).

    Islamic Resistance in Iraq forces conducted drone and missile strikes on the southern Zionist port city of Eilat; the northern Kiryat Shmona settlement; two military sites in the Zionist-occupied Golan Heights; and the illegal US occupation base in the Conoco gas field in Syria’s northeastern Deir ez-Zor province. The Iraqi resistance movements also stated their readiness for open war with the Zionists and US imperialists in response to yesterday’s assassination of Lebanese resistance leader Hassan Nasrallah.

    The Yemeni Armed Forces conducted a Palestine-2 ballistic missile strike on Tel Aviv’s “Ben Gurion Airport” during Zionist dictator Benjamin Netanyahu’s plane landing.

    The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned yesterday’s Zionist assassination of Hassan Nasrallah and stated that Israel is responsible for the subsequent escalation. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated, “The world must not forget that the order was given from the United States. The Americans will never be able to absolve themselves of responsibility.” Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani stated that the assassination was, “a crime that shows the Zionist entity has crossed all red lines.”

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    It isn’t wise to fall into the stupidity that is the Great Man Theory, even more so since we’re leftists and we uphold other ideals. We seek to build movements from the ground up, leaders are important for articulation but our collective fates are NOT tied to them. The same goes for Nasrallah, he was indeed a great leader and very important for Hezbollah in it’s resistance against the genocidal entity. His death is a heavy blow but the movement will continue because it has a great and noble goal – the liberation of their land from the zionist occupier. He himself spoke about this, he himself was aware that he will die sooner or later, and he made it clear that the fight must go on despite this. Now, the man is a martyr, he’s in a position where he can’t be killed nor touched.

    Let us not forget also that movements like Hezbollah have a different approach to death itself. A dead palestinian or a dead lebanese is a martyr, not something to hide or be ashamed of. People who die are mourned, cried but also celebrated, remembered, elevated to greatness even. That’s a key difference between the arab resistance movements and the genocidal entity that is “Israel”, one is not afraid to die, the other hides behind military hardware and will take the first plane out of Tel Aviv as Ansar Allah fires a missile or two. One proudly announces their dead as martyrs, vows to keep fighting for them, meanwhile “Israel” hides behind censorship and will never release their death toll in Gaza and the northern front, they’re ashamed of their dead.

    Leave the Great Man Theory for losers like the fascists, liberals and monarchists, those who will tie their fates to individuals. Mourn the death of a great leader, but go on. The path ahead is full of problems and obstacles, but one shall never lose track of the ultimate goal: the elimination of the genocidal entity that will mark an important victory in our greater anti-colonial, anti-imperialist and therefore anti-capitalist struggle.

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    so here’s a question, is there somewhere it was articulated specifically, by Iran/Hezbollah/Hamas leadership, that this ‘boil the frog’ attrition is their coordinated strategy? And that this strategy was reached because they’re nervous about the zionist nuclear arsenal?

    this is my read of the predominant interpretation from the news mega posters, but is this something sourced from actors in the conflict or just what people here think is going on?

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    I only now checked the news today by accident, death to Israel. I feel completely sickened. Nasrallah was a greater man than any Israeli can ever be.

    This is so blatantly an act of war. Lebanon is at war whether it is announced by either side or not. What will still be standing by the time troops begin moving? Maybe the whole nation will be treated like Gaza but the rubble will grind down the Israelis, but by god the death toll of that. They are losing more and more equivalents to North Vietnam or the like, a place that is secure and safe for planning operations.

    The death of a leader is not game over, but if Israel can keep decapitating these organizations, an orderly and planned out resistance becomes more and more difficult.

    I keep thinking of Finkelstein’s story about his mother testifying against that female concentration camp guard and them walking out of the court and seeing the woman just walking around and his mother says “GET HER, THEY THINK WE ARE SHEEP” and him doing unspecified actions. Make them pay, they think you are sheep

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    Missile from Lebanon hits IOF target near Quds, drones swarm Nahariya

    A missile fired from Lebanon impacted a target in the occupied West Bank where fires broke out on Saturday night.

    An hour after the missile attack, sirens sounded in the coastal city settlement of Nahariya, where unidentified aerial objects were detected flying over the area.

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    The Israeli occupation’s military command said that at least one missile was launched from Lebanon and impacted a settlement in the occupied West Bank, near occupied al-Quds, late on Saturday night.

    Circulated footage showed a missile impacting its Israeli target after sirens sounded in multiple illegal Israeli settlements near al-Quds, including Ma’ale Adumim, at 10:05 pm (local time).

    Later, more footage emerged of the site of the impact, where Israeli authorities had gathered to assess the damage and where a large fire had erupted.

    Since then, the Israeli military command has been warily silent about the long-range attack from Lebanon.

    Israeli military assets have come under several attacks by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah in the past few days, however, this marks the first instance where a missile has been fired at the area.

    Moreover, Israeli media reported that a building in the suburbs of occupied al-Quds was damaged and that settlements in the area suffered from a power outage. Other outlets reported that the missile impacted an Israeli base in Ma’ale Adumim.

    Al Mayadeen’s correspondent said the missile impacted near an Israeli colonial outpost, Mitzpe Hagit, near Ma’ale Admumim.

    Drones swarm Nahariya

    An hour after the missile attack, sirens sounded in the coastal city settlement of Nahariya, where unidentified aerial objects were detected flying over the area.

    Explosions were heard in the city, however, the Israeli military command has yet to comment on the matter.

    These attacks come after the Israeli regime launched a wide-scale aggression on Lebanon killing hundreds of civilians in the past week.

    The Israeli regime’s aggression also saw the carpet bombing of a neighborhood in the suburb of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, where Hezbollah and Resistance leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, was martyred alongside several of his comrades.

    Hezbollah launched eight operations in defense of Lebanon and in support of the Palestinian people on Saturday, including a rocket attack on the Qatsrin settlement in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan.


    Iraqi Resistance attacks vital Israeli target in Tel Aviv with drones

    The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says the latest operation was in support of the Palestinian and Lebanese people.

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    The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it attacked on Saturday morning a vital target in Tel Aviv (occupied Yafa) using drones.

    In a statement, the Iraqi Resistance indicated that the latest operation was “in continuation of our path in resisting the occupation, in support of our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity against civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.”

    A video released by the group’s military media showed that the operation was dedicated to Hezbollah’s commander Ibrahim Aqil (Hajj Abdul-Qader), who was martyred last week in an Israeli aggression that targeted the Southern Suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

    In the early hours of Saturday, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq carried out a drone attack against a vital Israeli target in the occupied Syrian Golan.

    Additionally, two other operations were conducted by the Iraqi Resistance against Israeli targets, one military in northern occupied Palestine and another vital target in the southern part of the occupied Palestinian territories.

    The Resistance also announced that it had attacked a vital target in the northern occupied territories for the third time during the early morning hours.


    Israeli Media: ‘Israel’ under attack from Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq

    Israeli media reports indicate that the Israeli occupation is facing a ‘coordinated and wide-ranging’ attack from multiple fronts, causing damage across different areas of occupied Palestine.

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    Israeli media reported that the occupation entity is facing what it described as an “attack from Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq.” This was accompanied by reports of explosions heard in Eilat, located in the south of occupied Palestine, without the activation of alarm sirens.

    In parallel, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced its operation on a “vital target in the occupied Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat), using drone strikes.”

    Additionally, Israeli media noted the outbreak of “four large fires in four settlements east of al-Quds due to rocket fire from Lebanon,” along with the activation of sirens in Nahariya and its surroundings amid fears of drone infiltration.

    In turn, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that drones were launched from Lebanon toward occupied Palestine, resulting in multiple explosions in various areas following the deployment of swarms of drones.

    The correspondent also mentioned explosions in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, followed by fires after drones fell in the area.

    The Israeli occupation forces also confirmed detecting missiles launched from Lebanon toward occupied East al-Quds, where sirens sounded in nearby settlements on Saturday.

    Israeli media, moreover, reported damage to a building in the suburbs of al-Quds, power outages affecting part of the area, and the outbreak of a fire.

    Iraqi Resistance attacks vital Israeli target in Tel Aviv with drones

    The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it attacked on Saturday morning a vital target in Tel Aviv (occupied Yafa) using drones.

    In a statement, the Iraqi Resistance indicated that the latest operation was “in continuation of our path in resisting the occupation, in support of our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity against civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.”

    A video released by the group’s military media showed that the operation was dedicated to Hezbollah’s commander Ibrahim Aqil (Hajj Abdul-Qader), who was martyred last week in an Israeli aggression that targeted the Southern Suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.