Joe Truzman

There is strong evidence that Muhammad Darwish, who was labeled as a journalist/cameraman killed by Israel in late 2023, was also a member of Hamas and took part in the invasion of southern Israel on October 7.

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The IDF and Shin Bet said they struck a senior Hamas operative and other members of its military wing operating inside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis overnight on Thursday. They alleged Hamas used the complex to store weapons, run command rooms, interrogate and torture people, and shelter operatives. The military said it used precision munitions and aerial surveillance to reduce civilian harm. The statement did not identify those targeted or confirm whether they were killed.

An analysis I conducted of tonight's IDF strike, which reportedly occurred at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, reveals that one of the people killed in the attack was Murad Abu Zarifa. My analysis shows a high probability that he was involved in kidnapping an Israeli civilian on October 7. Watch for an official IDF statement to confirm the attack.

Palestinian media claims the Israeli military targeted an area inside Nasser Medical hospital in Khan Yunis. --- If true, I suspect it was likely an individual. Though the IDF targeted a Hamas command center at Nasser about a year ago.

More than two years after the Israeli military killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s cadres continue to chant “Labayka ya Nasrallah” in tribute to their late leader, even as his successor, Naim Qassem, prepares to deliver a scheduled address.

I have observed an interesting pattern among pro-Hezbollah accounrlts on Facebook in recent days. There has been an increase in posts memorializing dead Hezbollah fighters. It's not because they recently died. November 11 is Hezbollah's Martyrs' Day.

The same Kata’ib Hezbollah commander accused of orchestrating attacks on Jewish and Western targets across Europe earlier this year through the front group Ashab al-Yamin now faces charges alleging he helped direct a plot against U.S. military aircraft in Britain while held in an American prison.

In the last hour or so, Palestinian media reported an Israeli airstrike that struck a workshop in southern Gaza City.

Israel’s Defense Ministry says Director General Amir Baram is visiting Morocco to deepen defense ties, meeting senior defense, palace, and intelligence officials. According to the ministry, cooperation has expanded since the 2021 defense agreement, including throughout three years of war. It includes government-to-government arms deals, joint military training and Israeli support for Morocco’s domestic defense industry through joint ventures and offset agreements. Baram will also inaugurate the permanent premises of Israel’s Defense Attaché Office in Rabat, headed by Col. Sharon Itach. “Morocco is not just another defense partner,” Baram said, citing trust, Jewish heritage and historical ties.

Quite an entertaining press(?) figure of the anti-Houthi coalition in Yemen. Muhammad Juraid excitedly says that the Houthi terrorist militias were routed from an area in the Al Jawf Governorate in a post he published days ago. I look forward to seeing more of his reports.

Over the last few hours, multiple Yemeni news outlets reported that airstrikes targeted the Al-Mafzar gas station in the Jidr area and the Yemen Petroleum Company building on Southern 60th Street in Sanaa. Houthi-run Saba news agency blames Saudi aircraft. Belqees TV also reports the strikes, citing Houthi media.

With all the fake charities and scam artists taking advantage of aid in Gaza, I am not sure what to believe these days.

I wonder how many more so-called journalists will need to be exposed for their ties to Hamas or other Palestinian armed groups before major media organizations recognize that these factions have been pulling the wool over their eyes for years. This comes from a Hamas publication released earlier today.

The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen announced that it destroyed three Houthi facilities involved in ballistic missile production, including a factory manufacturing and assembling missile components, a chemical plant producing solid rocket fuel, and an electronics facility assembling electronic systems for ballistic missiles.

Israeli Defense Ministry director-general Amir Baram visited Morocco today and met defense-administration minister Abdeltif Loudyi and military chief Mohammed Berrid. According to TelQuel, citing a joint Moroccan statement, talks covered military equipment and technology purchases, developing Morocco’s defense-industrial base, cybersecurity, and training. Both sides reaffirmed plans to strengthen cooperation through their joint military commission. No new contract or signed agreement was announced. medi1news.com/fr/article/415…

There is a tragic irony in civilians in Gaza facing floods amid the devastation of a war Hamas launched under the name “Al-Aqsa Flood.” Too often, Hamas escapes scrutiny for its role in bringing Gaza and its people to this point.

How many decades has Iran spent meddling in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Gaza, the West Bank, Bahrain, and I can keep going, Mr. Araghchi. Please spare us the lectures about what Americans think while your government has spent decades fomenting chaos across the Middle East. If any country has been bamboozling others, it’s Iran.

Israel's Defense Ministry said Israel, Greece, and Cyprus agreed to deepen defense cooperation at a trilateral meeting in Athens today, exploring joint weapons development, production, and technology exchanges, along with a proposed defense industrial working group. They also pledged closer coordination on maritime security, terrorism, disaster response and protection of energy infrastructure and sea lanes. The three reaffirmed support for Cyprus’s sovereignty and rejected the Turkey–Libya maritime agreement, saying it infringes other states’ sovereign rights.