— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 NEW: Sirens in Haifa for the first time since the war

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— 🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Interceptions in Haifa

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸/🇱🇧 BREAKING: Israeli Officials have notified the Biden administration and U.S. Defense Officials that a large military campaign in Southern Lebanon is imminent, if an agreement with Hezbollah regarding UNSC Resolution 1701 is not reached

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🚨| Preliminary reports of explosions in Haifa Bay — 2 explosions were heard.

— I don't usually share criticisms, especially in times of war, as this would only aid the enemy.

But the Iranian military establishment must understand, that if we keep responding to these DIRECT Israeli attacks by attacking INDIRECT Israeli targets, things will only get worse.

So far, while they assassinate our senior commanders in Damascus, we bomb a Mossad base in Erbil. Well, honestly speaking, that's not enough.

There must be a high-stakes deterrence equation. You hit one of our commanders, we hit one of yours. I think Iran sometimes underestimates its own resolve.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇮🇶 BREAKING: The U.S Ayn Al-Assad base in Iraq has come under attack, at least 20 rockets reportedly launched

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 Ayn Al-Assad under attack

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶/🇮🇷 BREAKING: At least a dozen rockets have impacted the U.S. Ayn Al-Assad base, smoke can be seen rising

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— This is the largest attack on a U.S. base since the beginning of the war.

Most likely, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq is behind it, and will claim responsibility.

⚡️🇵🇸🇪🇬 Lt.Col Eli Dekel (ret.), former head of the field research branch in the IDF, on a recent interview on 103FM, had some interesting things to state, explaining the Egyptian interest in the current Gaza war and where it conflicts with Israeli interests.

Here are the following interesting bits he had to state.

1) The Arab Republic of Egypt has a great interest in preserving the capabilities of Hamas in the Gaza Strip - this is contrary to all diplomatic reports published by Israel and the U.S in where it states that Egypt wishes for the PLO to take over.

2) Egypt, in a strategy of attritional warfare, is willing to support any organization that is against Israel, including the PLO and Hamas and various other organizations, which has been taking place since 1956, and has never really ceased.

3) Egypt has no interest in developing the Gaza Strip beyond the capabilities of basic survival necessity without solving the Palestinian question - even the former president of Egypt, Morsi, had no such intentions

4) In the Lieutenant Colonel’s opinion, and based on his service as the head of an entire branch of the IDF which specialized in the studies of the capabilities of enemy forces and their culture, Egypt is seriously considering the possibility of open conflict with Israel.

5) Eli states that the Armed Forces of Egypt have started, over the last year, has dug over 60 bunkers, strategic reserves, ammunition dumps, fuel depots, and the likes, in Sinai and the west bank of the Suez Canal, the disposition of these installations and the closeness they have towards the Israeli border would insure a swift deployment of field armies, and for their resupply - Lt.Col Eli also states that Egypt has practically violated the remaining articles of Camp David by building the bunkers, fortresses, tunnels, and so on, and that the diplomatic wish-wash reports were simply made not to panic the Israeli population.

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— 🇮🇱/🇾🇪 NEW: According to an exclusive Yemeni source, Ansarullah is considering implementing a plan they call the 'Al-Aqsa Triangle', by closing all three of the Middle East's major waterways: Bab Al-Mandab, Strait of Hormuz, and the Suez Canal – Via @Ymawryy on Twitter

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 NEW: A large portion of Ayn Al-Assad base was severely damaged, with reports of several injuries

Iraqi sources say that the attack was carried out with a barrage of approximately 40 BM-21 'Grad' 122mm rockets.

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 BREAKING: Injuries among U.S. military personnel after rocket barrage on Ayn Al-Assad - Reuters

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— 🇺🇸/🇮🇶 NEW: U.S. Officials confirm that two soldiers were injured and suffered 'traumatic brain injuries' after today's attack

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🇮🇶 ❌️ 🇺🇸 A statement issued by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq:

In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful

“Permission is given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and indeed, God is Able to grant them victory.”

In continuation of our approach to resisting the American occupation forces in Iraq and the region, and in response to the Zionist entity’s massacres against our people in Gaza, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq attacked the occupied Ain al-Asad base in western Iraq with a missile salvo, and the Islamic Resistance confirms its continued destruction of enemy strongholds.

(And victory is only from God. Indeed, God is Mighty, All-Wise)

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Saturday 8 - Rajab - 1445 AH