@NTarnopolsky @BahmanKalbasi 1).
„Prior to entering office Ben-Gvir (@itamarbengvir) was known to have a portrait in his living room of Israeli-American mass murderer Baruch Goldstein (1956–1994),
@NTarnopolsky @BahmanKalbasi @itamarbengvir 2).
who massacred 29 Palestinian Muslim worshipers and wounded 125 others in Hebron, in the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre;
@NTarnopolsky @BahmanKalbasi @itamarbengvir 3).
he removed the portrait in preparation for the 2020 Israeli legislative election in hope of being allowed to run on the unified right list headed by @naftalibennett.”
@tombateman @Shayan86 1).
The Balochistan Human Rights Documentation Network, a regional rights group, said it verified the names and ages of 57 victims, including 50 students and seven teachers. The students were between the ages of six and 12, the group said.
@tombateman @Shayan86 2).
Satellite images captured by Planet Labs before and after the strike show that the school was one of several structures on the compound that were hit, which could have contributed to the higher toll cited by officials.
@tombateman @Shayan86 3).
The images suggest the base was the intended target but raise questions over whether the school was misidentified or accidentally struck.
@vcdgf555 @Shayan86 @GeoConfirmed 1).
„[...] the Qatari Ministry of Defence announced overnight that its air defence forces successfully intercepted a drone attack targeting the Al Udeid Air Base in Doha that hosts U.S. assets.
@vcdgf555 @Shayan86 @GeoConfirmed 2).
Reporting from the Qatari capital, Doha, Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi said, »At around 4am here in Doha (01:00 GMT), residents heard another barrage of loud explosions. Those were interceptions of drones coming in from Iran.
@vcdgf555 @Shayan86 @GeoConfirmed 3).
The Interior Ministry confirmed that the Al Udeid Air Base was the target«.”
@lukedepulford @juanMmunozc 1).
„[...] Chinese defense trading company and a Belarusian partner have signed import-export contracts under which China will supply manufacturing equipment to produce key components for rocket ammunitions. Preparations for construction have already begun.
@lukedepulford @juanMmunozc 2).
Under the contracts, the facility to be built in Belarus will house a production line for warhead components for 122-millimeter rocket ammunitions that have been widely used by Russian forces in Ukraine.
@lukedepulford @juanMmunozc 3).
The plan initially envisions output equivalent to 120,000 rounds a year, with operations slated to begin in the second half of 2026.
@MirekSzponar 1).
Operation „Kutschera” by combat-sabotage unit of the Kedyw [1] Home Army (AK) [2] Headquarters0 „Pegaz” [3], under the command of Bronisław Pietraszewicz (1922–1944) [4] [5], was carried out on Feb. 1, 1944 at Ujazdów Avenue in Warsaw.
@MirekSzponar 2).
As a result of this action, a successful assassination attempt was carried out on the leader of the ϟϟ and the police in the Warsaw district of the General Government, ϟϟ-brigadeführer Franz Kutschera (1904–1944) [6].
@NTarnopolsky 1).
„ @IsraeliPM Benjamin @netanyahu is working to transfer responsibility for the task force responsible for combating crime in Israel's Arab society from his office to that of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir [1], Haaretz learned on Thursday.
@NTarnopolsky @IsraeliPM @netanyahu 2).
According to a source familiar with the matter, Netanyahu does not want »the responsibility for the horrific number of murders in Arab society to stick to him«.”
Feb. 5, 2026
@NTarnopolsky @IsraeliPM @netanyahu 3).
Endnote:
[1] „Ben-Gvir and Smotrich: The extremist duo who rose to power in Israel”
1).
„Operation Hawkeye Strike”, named after two U.S. soldiers killed on Dec. 13, 2025, by an ISIS terrorist in Syria, was so named because they were from the state of Iowa known as the „Hawkeye State” [1].
2).
„The soldiers were identified as 25-year-old Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar of Des Moines, Iowa, and 29-year-old Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard of Marshalltown, Iowa [2] [3].
3).
Both were members of the Iowa National Guard, which began deploying roughly 1,800 troops to the Middle East earlier this year as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the US mission to defeat ISIS. Three other Iowa National Guard members were injured in the attack.”