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11 May, 4 tweets, 1 min read
This footage being shared from Tel Aviv is insane (it’s not mine so can’t verify it). Reports of 130 rockets being fired from #Gaza at Tel Aviv right now
Over 80 rockets were fired toward Tel Aviv from Gaza, the spokesperson for Israel’s police Mickey Rosenfeld just told me.
There were two hits, one hitting an empty bus in Holon and one on Rishon LeTsiyon, both south of Tel Aviv. “Security is at the highest alert” he said
After tonight’s unprecedented (out of war time, can I say that?) rocket barrage on Tel Aviv I cannot see how this will de-escalate any time soon. I am so very worried about the coming weeks.
One woman has been killed in the rocket barrage from Gaza on the Tel Aviv area, Israel’s police spox tells me. She was killed in Rishon LeTsiyon. He said over 80 rockets were fired and called it “unprecedented”

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11 May
Rocket fire has been almost constant in Ashkelon -third time diving for cover in 10 mins. But at least there is a warning siren and cover here. In Gaza families don’t have warnings or anywhere to hide and the death toll shows that. Civilians on both sides are terrified.
Meanwhile footage coming out of Gaza is horrific. Screaming children with missing limbs, crying for their parents. The video is too graphic to share.
#Gaza health ministry officials just told me latest death toll in #Gaza is still 26 dead and 122 injured. Among the dead are 9 children.
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Massive massive explosion just rocked #Lebanon. We are in the mountains and heard first explosion then the blast wave which literally pushed us fall to our knees. No idea. But there is massive mushroom cloud.
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My flat is completely destroyed. Not just windows blown in- like door and window frames ripped out. The cats are alive thank god.
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2. The #Israel airmen told me a culture of “destroy, destroy, destroy” rewards personnel for identifying fresh targets in #Gaza rather than checking the validity of 1000s already in the database, known as the “bank”. Sometimes the intelligence is over a year old. #Gaza
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#Netanyahu has been formally indicted on corruption charges, just hours before he is expected to join #Trump for the launch of the US Middle East "peace plan". Bibi dropped his bid for immunity after became clear the Israeli parliament would vote against it. What a day.
Here we go, it begins whitehouse.gov/live/
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The question is how did Baghdadi get to and survive in Barisha, #Idlib 20 mins from the border with Turkey, (with nearby Turkish bases) surrounded by rival Jihadi leaders with a $25 million price tag on his head? Or maybe that’s the point... he didn’t survive.
This is a potential location of the US raid on the Baghdadi compound, if you look at unconfirmed footage from the ground. It’s just south west of Barisha #Idlib #Syria
From what Ryan and others have geolocated, based on what may or may not be footage of the aftermath of US raid near Barisha #Idlib. This could be a potential location of the Baghdadi compound that was targeted. Again *nothing* is confirmed. Official announcement at 9am EST.
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