Canuk having a love affair with/Middle East for as long as I can remember. Former Military & Defense Correspondent, Senior writer @Jerusalem_Post. Views=Mine.
Sep 24 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Major barrage on the Haifa area including Yokneam and surrounding towns
IDF CoS Hagari on Northern Arrows: Hezbollah must not be given a break” & the “Situation requires continued intensive action on all fronts.”
Lebanese Health Ministry: death toll is 558 people, including 50 children& 94 women, with 1835 others injured
Nov 24, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Convoy of Red Cross cars crossing the Rafiah crossing from Gaza with the hostages
Among the hostages released by Hamas in this first round include 9-yr old Ohad Mundar, his 55yr old mother Keren Mundar, and his 78yr old grandmother Ruti.
Sep 28, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Intense clashes between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in Jenin. Reports of at least two injured as troops use a pressure cooker method against a home.
Palestinians reporting at least 2 dead, including the brother of Raed Hazem who carried out the deadly shooting attack on Tel Aviv's Dizengoff street in April
May 11, 2022 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed this morning after being hit in the head by gunfire during clashes between IDF troops and armed Palestinians.
During armed clashes such as these, where both sides use live fire, its never clear who fired the bullet. Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants put out a statement earlier claiming to have used live fire and IEDs against IDF troops.
May 10, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
It's been 1 year since Operation Guardian of the Walls. What's changed? Not much. Religious incitement on the Temple Mount-still happening. Sheikh Jarrah-still an issue. West Bank tensions & attacks-they've increased in the past month & a half. Gaza tensions- still apparent.
BUT. Hamas has not fired any major barrage of rockets toward the Israeli homefront, especially toward the big cities. They want to keep the connection between Gaza and Jerusalem but do not want a significant IDF retaliation, despite what Sinwar is saying.
May 8, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
You know something’s happened when your phone gets over 300 messages in an hour and a half.
What happened: Border police officer injured at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, attacker shot. Infiltration into the settlement of Tekoa in the West Bank, armed Palestinian shot dead.
Apr 7, 2022 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Reports of gunfire heard in Tel Aviv, in several locations of Dizengoff Street in the center of the city.
At least four people injured. Attack took place near Ben Gurion blvd. Number of injuries likely to rise, Dizengoff is one of the main streets in the city with restaurants and bars every few meters
Mar 5, 2022 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
Israel’s PM Bennett has met with Russia’s Putin in the Kremlin to discuss the invasion of Ukraine.
That means Bennett, who is religious and keeps Shabbat, broke Shabbat for this meeting. But, Pikuach Nefesh trumps Shabbat
Nov 23, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz: Iran tried to smuggle weapons from Syria to Palestinian terrorists using UAVs
The attempted smuggling by UAV occurred in February 2018 and while the IDF had originally said the armed drone was on the way to carry out a sabotage attack, Gantz said “its destination was, to our understanding, terrorists in the West Bank.”
Nov 21, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City. 2 wounded, said to be Border Police Officers. Attacker killed
One border police officer said to have been shot in the head and critically wounded. Another was shot in the leg and moderately wounded.
May 18, 2021 • 21 tweets • 3 min read
Day 8 of fighting between Gaza and Israel, new thread. No large barrages on central Israel overnight and rocket fire on the south only around 5AM. Meanwhile strikes against Hamas continued, with the IDF again hitting their “metro” and several multi-barreled launchers
IDF spox Zilberman said the military hit 6 multi-barreled launchers ready to fire towards central Israel. A total of 65 launchers like this have been destroyed over the past 3 days
May 17, 2021 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
New day, new thread.
Slept in the bomb shelter overnight (again) but thankfully no rockets towards central Israel. But there were many towards Gaza border communities. Dozens of airstrikes in Gaza by the Israel Air Force as well
The IAF says it struck the "C" level of Hamas's "metro" network overnight
May 16, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Another mass casualty event in the Givat Zeev neighborhood of Jerusalem. This time on the holiday of Shavuot. Over 40 people injured after a stand collapsed at a synagogue. Reports that most of the injured are young men.
Over 60 injured, including 10 critically in the mass casualty event in Givat Zeev. Meanwhile incoming rocket sirens are sounding right now in southern Israel.
May 16, 2021 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
The bombings keep going, on both sides. So here’s another thread. We slept in our bomb shelter again last night. We didn’t hear the sirens but Hamas fired dozens of rockets towards central Israel, just like they warned.
The Israeli military has published the targets hit and central Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures killed during airstrikes
May 15, 2021 • 24 tweets • 4 min read
Another day,another thread. The IDF says 200 rockets have been fired from Gaza in the last 12 hours, many of them to Be'er Sheva and Ashdod. 30 of them exploded in Strip and over 100 were intercepted by the Iron Dome.
Israel also carried out several waves of airstrikes against Hamas targets in the Strip. Palestinian medics say eight children and two women were killed in the Shati refugee camp after their home collapsed in a strike.
May 12, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Hundreds of people have turned out for Sergent First Class Amit Ben Yigal's funeral. His girlfriend Osher could barely finish her eulogy she was crying so hard: “You said you would take care of yourself last night and where are you now? You are buried...where are you...”
His father Baruch: “You were supposed to bury me Amit. I wasn’t supposed to bury you. My father lies 20m from here, so does my mother. They will look after you. Until 630AM I was a happy man. My child you promised to take care of yourself...”
Feb 23, 2020 • 19 tweets • 9 min read
The second time in less than a week, #IDF troops have opened fire on #Palestinians near Khan Younis. This time a group was identified approaching the #Gaza border fence & placing an IED on it. Last week a PIJ sniper cell fired towards troops.
Two #Palestinians were killed, two others injured after trying to place IED on border fence
Nov 13, 2019 • 61 tweets • 19 min read
#BREAKING: Incoming rocket siren activated in Latrun and surrounding communities outside #Jerusalem
incoming rocket sirens activated in #Gaza border communities
Nov 12, 2018 • 27 tweets • 14 min read
#BREAKING: #Palestinian reports #IDF shelling of a #Hamas post in northern #Gaza
Update: Report of one person in severe condition after a bus in the southern community of Kfar Aza was hit by a mortar
Jul 13, 2018 • 41 tweets • 24 min read
#IDF officer moderately wounded after #Palestinians threw a grenade towards troops near in northern #GazaStrip during violent riots. IDF troops responded by firing towards Palestinians who threw the grenade. Local media say 15yr old Othman Rami Halas was killed by IDF fire
Unconfirmed reports of #Israel(i) airstrikes near al-Bureij refugee camp in the central #GazaStrip
