‘Avalanche’ of exits to include defense minister, IDF commander, Shin Bet chief, sources tell ⁦SpyTalk: Intelligence for Thinking People⁩ spytalk.co/p/exclusive-is…

'Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes.' --A new UN statement news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

Nearly 300 bodies found in mass grave outside Gaza's Nasser hospital, according to civil defence workers. Some found with hands and feet tied - 'there were signs of field executions'. edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/mid…

New satellite imagery suggests #Israel hit a #Russia -made S-300 radar system stationed at #Isfahan 's airport/airbase -- normally used to defend the #Natanz nuclear facility.

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I’d be shocked if it’s that low, but then again the conflict isn’t over and State uses backward looking data.

The UN describes the reports of mass grave in Gaza as “extremely troubling” and calls for a “credible” investigation into the sites where the grave is located. middleeastmonitor.com/20240422-un-ca…

AFRICA AND COMMODITIES: China bails out the junta ruling Niger, with an oil-for-cash loan deal worth ~$400 million. Niger is about to become an oil exporter thanks to an oil pipeline built by China via neighboring Benin.

#Africa #Niger #OOTT bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

#Iran 's proxies in #Iraq have targeted U.S. troops twice in 24hrs -- once at Ain al-Asad ( #Anbar , # #Iraq ) & once at RLZ base (NE #Syria ).

As I said last week, signals have been clear in recent days that a re-activation of attacks on U.S. 'soft targets' was coming.

say it is isn't so! HS Arge (IMO 9925745), 1 of 19 Hennesea Holdings tankers sanctioned by US for breaching Russia G7 oil price cap shows signs of entering an even darker market: Iranian oil shpments. these are classic AIS tracks 4 such trades but lets give benefit of doubt 1st!

Regardless of how you feel about the protests, this seems undeniable.

This is the casual genocidal rhetoric that’s becoming very routine in Israel

This is NOT a rare moment of regional support for Israel

Opposition to Iran's Axis of Resistance doesn't translate into binary support for Israel

Wanting Iran's attack to fail is a self-interested objective to prevent regional flare-up foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/17/isr…

Meeting between Baerbock and Netanyahu became difficult, as did Cameron's with Katz. Baerbock reportedly recommended that Israel stop circulating the photos of life supposedly returning to normal in the Palestinian enclave “as they don’t portray the real situation in Gaza. There

So how about that everything is fine it will deescalate narrative?

Tonight something went BOOM in Musayyib district, east of Jurf as Sakr, within the walls of the old FOB Kalsu perimeter. Here's Kalsu -the stopping and transhipping point where Highway 8 (ASR Jackson) and Expressway 1 (MSR Tampa South) ran close together.

Here's a wider shot of the Kalsu-Jurf area. Note the March 2020 US airstrike locations I've pinpointed. This is exactly where the Iranian advanced conventional weapons storage and testing sites are located, within Kataib Hezbollah's security zone south of Jurf.

Israel blowing up a base run by #Iran -backed militias in Iraq shortly after signaling 'de-escalation' by firing a few missiles directly into Iranian territory should tell you all you need to know about the new environment.

So my initial gut feeling was correct, it was not UAVs. The IAF carried out a standoff attack from Syrian airspace with Sparrow, likely Blue Sparrow, air-launched ballistic missiles released from F-15Is.

Booster wreckage was recovered in Iraq 👇🏻

Not so quick: #Israel has been freely targeting #IRGC in #Syria since 2013, by my count killing dozens of its officers (not to mention AoR deaths and material losses).

The real question is: Has #Iran 's new red line rolled back Israeli freedom of action in Syria and elsewhere?

For those interested in an assessment of Iran’s military capabilities, IISS News got you covered.