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Open-Source Intel, Analysis & Breaking News. Orthodox Jewish Zionist. Ex-IDF & Shadow Warrior. Proud American & Patriot Since 1990. #2A Supporter. 🇺🇸🇮🇱
Jun 17 9 tweets 2 min read
⭕️🧵WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE US AND ISRAEL? A new axis of evil has just formed before our eyes: Iran, Qatar, Pakistan, and Turkey. Shockingly, Trump now fully supports them and considers them allies. Israel's security concerns are no longer a priority for Trump; he cares little for Israel. Let’s examine the fronts Israel is fighting on, along with my predictions for each: 📌 Iran: Israel will return to covert warfare, fighting the regime from within and continuing to damage its terror infrastructure, eliminating key IRGC figures, and seeking to destabilize the leadership. The Mossad will assume a leading role, operating beyond the use of IDF jets.
Jun 17 4 tweets 2 min read
⭕️ 🧵Many good people correctly point out that we defeated Iran militarily. I agree, but what was the point? All we did was kick the can down the road—while not only giving Iran a huge amount of money, but also handing them the most powerful weapon they could have dreamed of: control over the Strait of Hormuz. A thread. 👇 📌 Before the war started, the Strait of Hormuz was open. Iran was economically broken—the sanctions were crippling the regime from within. Protests were increasing and threatened the regime’s survival. Their nuclear program had been set back at least 5–7 years. Both the US and Israel were closely monitoring enriched uranium 24/7 after it was bombed, and any attempt by Iran to recover it (which is complicated, even for Iran) would have been met with a strike.
Jun 12 11 tweets 2 min read
⭕🧵 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqhchi is giving an interview on Iranian television about the emerging deal with the US, here is what he said: 📌 The best time to end a war is when we have the upper hand. We are indeed winning on the battlefield. We have stood for 40 days against what is considered the world's superpower. An agreement and an end to the war will anchor this victory.
Jun 8 6 tweets 1 min read
⭕️🧵Full details from last night's marathon of talks and consultations between Bibi and Trump and senior US leadership: In Israel, there was a desire to carry out a more "significant" attack in terms of the targets to be hit. Among other things, last night there was a discussion with the US leadership about the possibility of attacking energy facilities—the US message was unequivocal: NO 📌 As is known, PM Netanyahu spoke last night with President Trump, but not only him; there was a marathon of talks held last night by PM Netanyahu, including with Secretary of State Rubio and Secretary of War Hegeseth, where they went into the details and targets to be attacked.
Apr 5 13 tweets 2 min read
🧵REVEALED - THE IDF'S PLAN FOR LEBANON: Earlier today, IDF Radio revealed the detailed plan that the IDF has come up with for a new security zone in Southern Lebanon. This will likely shape the region for the coming years so let's dive in. The core of this plan is the COMPLETE destruction of the first line of villages along the Lebanon-Israel border and the creation of a *depopulated* “security zone” where Lebanese residents would not be allowed to return.
Mar 19 5 tweets 1 min read
⭕️🧵Senior IDF Air Force official: During 18 days of fighting, air activity was carried out equivalent in scope to a "whole year of operational activity." A Thread. 📌 Air Force pilots conducted more than 8,500 strikes across Iran in less than three weeks, using over 12,000 bombs. About 3,600 munitions were dropped in Tehran alone.
Mar 9 10 tweets 1 min read
⭕ 🧵How the IDF Air Force destroyed Quds Force transport aircraft fleet in Iran. New details reveal a major strike targeting the logistical air network used by Iran’s Quds Force to supply proxies across the Middle East. 📌 On Saturday, Israeli Air Force fighter jets — guided by precise intelligence from the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate (AMAN) — struck Tehran airport, targeting the Quds Force’s air transport infrastructure.
Mar 6 19 tweets 3 min read
⭕️🧵From Amit Segal: New details from the operation Epic Fury. The first "asset" used in the operation was not a military convoy or an armored car, but an unwashed Hyundai i10, still bearing scuffs from the parking lot. That detail captures the spirit of the deception operation that preceded the strike. 📌 In the hours before the attack, Israel executed a carefully planned deception. All senior IDF General Staff officers returned home for Shabbat dinner. Why? Because in Israel, neighbors watch the parking lot. If a general’s car is parked outside, it signals: Nothing is happening tonight.
Mar 6 9 tweets 2 min read
⭕️🧵From Israel Hayom: "The Israeli strike that surprised the US: 'We knew they were good - we didn't know how good. ' Senior U.S. officials are reportedly expressing unusually high praise for Israel’s military performance in the current war, according to informed sources. The appreciation comes directly from the President and senior members of the administration. 📌 Sources say the praise stems from two main factors:
• The extremely high level of performance by Israel’s Air Force and intelligence services
• The fact that Israel delivered on the expectations set by PM Netanyahu in talks with Trump before the war.
Mar 3 6 tweets 2 min read
⭕️🧵THE US & ISRAEL’S GROUND PLAN FOR IRAN: With the WSJ report that President Trump is open to arming militias in Iran to start acting as “ground forces” and begin an armed rebellion against the remnants of the regime, here’s what I think the plan is. 📌 The conditions on the ground that Israel and the promised to create for the Iranian people to rise up will start in Kurdistan. Reports earlier this week said that Trump had spoken to Iraqi Kurdish leaders about “sensitive” matters that could not be disclosed. With this new report about specifically arming Iranian Kurdish groups, I believe we will first see action there.
Mar 2 9 tweets 1 min read
⭕️🧵MUST READ: Inside Israel’s Long Game on Iran’s Supreme Leader. The Financial Times takes you inside years of Israeli intelligence planning focused on Iran’s top leadership—including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. 📌According to the report, Israeli intelligence reportedly built detailed “patterns of life” on senior Iranian officials—tracking routines, security layers, movement corridors, and communications over extended periods.
Feb 16 7 tweets 2 min read
⭕️🧵In a few hours, the second round of negotiations between the US and Iran will begin. Here is a guide explaining how a “Turkish Bazaar”—or, more accurately, a Middle Eastern bazaar—works and how to avoid its pitfalls. By the way, 'bāzār' is a Persian word, meaning "place of prices." 📌 The item you are selling: Most of the time, the item you want to sell is not even worth a fraction of the price you’re asking for, but you make it seem like it’s the best thing since sliced bread. You also play the game of claiming “these items are not for sale” to increase their perceived value.
Jan 25 10 tweets 3 min read
🚨🧵From Israel Hayom: Israeli frustration with Witkoff: Pushing for a non-military solution to Iran—despite the evidence A senior Israeli official confirms that Witkoff is the mediator with Iran: "Witkoff brought Trump a WhatsApp message from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and added a written promise from President Massoud Pazakhsian in order to convince him to postpone the attack."
Jan 25 14 tweets 2 min read
🧵An Iran expert is warning that Tehran’s response to US or Israeli strikes may go far beyond missiles and UAVs and could include ground invasion plans and activation of sleeper terror cells, potentially inside Israel and the United States. Join me as we break it down 👇 The warning comes from Dr. Yossi Mansharof of the Misgav Institute, who has closely tracked Iranian regime messaging for years. His assessment was published in a position paper obtained by Israel Hayom.
Jan 25 4 tweets 1 min read
🚨 🧵An Iranian activist associated with the opposition with testimony depicting the situation in Iran, as of yesterday, based on conversations with family members and acquaintances living in Iran: Many are attacked at night in their homes. For example, two nights ago in the Funk area (Chahardavari—Tehran), gunshots were heard. The forces searched for wounded who fled and hid in friends' homes. If a chase occurs, they shoot directly at unprotected civilians. Last night, also in Shiraz (Vasal area), during a night raid on the home of one of the protesters, he was thrown out of the window and killed on the spot.
Jan 21 5 tweets 1 min read
🚨 🧵 An Iranian opposition activist reports based on his sources about the general situation in Iran as of last night: A new wave of protests has begun in Marvdasht (Fars Province) and Kuhdasht (Lorestan Province), led by the families of the protesters who were killed. 📌 Throughout Iran, a situation resembling martial law prevails; Iranian security forces (Revolutionary Guards, Basij, and suppression forces) alongside non-Iranian forces (the Afghan Fatemiyoun Brigade and the Iraqi Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi) roam the streets, demonstrating power and instilling fear.
Jan 15 6 tweets 1 min read
🧵⭕️Why the US & Israel are not striking IranYET: Many people keep asking when/if the US and Israel will strike Iran given the massive confusion in the media. The short answer is that because neither side is ready, and half-measures would fail. Let's dive into it 👇 Toppling a regime like Iran’s will not be accomplished with one night of airstrikes from the US. It requires sustained pressure, air superiority, broad missile defense, and logistics. These things take time to prepare for and put into place.
Dec 25, 2025 9 tweets 2 min read
🚨🧵Newly released transcripts reveal interesting private conversations between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President George Bush on Iran’s nuclear program from 2001–2008. Let's dive in to what they said At their first meeting in 2001, Putin surprised Bush when he said: “There’s no doubt Iran wants nuclear weapons.”
He said Russian experts were alarmed by Iranian scientists asking sensitive, weapons-related questions, even though Russia maintained cooperation with Tehran.
Dec 17, 2025 4 tweets 1 min read
⭕️🧵From the Washington Post: This is how Israel destroyed the Iranian nuclear program. A Washington Post investigation reveals that during Operation “With the Wolf,” Israel systematically targeted the scientists leading the Iranian nuclear program, alongside attacks on facilities and infrastructure. 📌 In Israel, it was assessed that striking the facilities alone would not be enough to cause long-term paralysis of the program, so it was decided to also act against senior engineers and physicists involved in developing nuclear capabilities. For this purpose, a broad list of nuclear scientists was compiled and later narrowed to a small number of key scientists, each of whom had a detailed intelligence profile built over the years.
Nov 19, 2025 10 tweets 4 min read
⭕️🧵JUST IN MUST READ: Israel Prime Minister's Office on behalf of the Mossad for Intelligence and Special Operations: "The Hamas Octopus" – exposed the terror infrastructures built by the Hamas leadership in the heart of Europe Image
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A determined struggle to thwart attacks worldwide: Close cooperation between Mossad and intelligence and law enforcement agencies in Europe has led to the seizure of weapons caches and arrests of terror operatives on the continent
Nov 10, 2025 6 tweets 2 min read
⭕️🧵NEW REVELATION: The inner circle of Hamas secret partners, the canceled strikes - and the Israeli effort: not to eliminate terrorists who know where IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin's body is Over the past 11 years, the location of Hadar Goldin's burial has been one of the most closely guarded secrets in Hamas's military wing, even after October 7. The circle of secret partners who knew the location of Goldin's burial included only a single-digit number - fewer than 10 people in Hamas, including senior leadership members.