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God Bless and Protect our Troops.
Israel - Palestinian militants launch massive attack, 7 Oct 2023 #12
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But some still doubt and disbelieve the authentication of photos and video.
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A Bombardier E-11A equipped with the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) and operated by the 430th Expeditionary Electronic Communications Squadron of the U.S. Air Force has just entered Iraqi Airspace and appears to be heading towards Baghdad; this Platform is used to Coordination Communications with Operations with Ground Forces.
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E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) Aircraft
E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) Aircraft serves as a high-altitude communication relay platform.
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E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) Aircraft, USA
The E-11A aircraft is known as ‘Wi-Fi in the sky’ due to its ability to serve as a low earth satellite.Type
Battlefield airborne communications node (BACN) aircraftLength
99ft 5in (30.3m)Wingspan
94ft (28.7m)Height
25ft 6in (7.8m)Engine
Rolls-Royce BR710A2-20 turbofans—-
“The E-11A aircraft is a modified Bombardier Global Express 6000/BD700-1A10 business jet used by the US Air Force (USAF) to support battlefield communications for forward-deployed forces.
It is equipped with battlefield airborne communications node (BACN) payload to provide extended aerial command and control capabilities to aerial assets and ground-based troops.
The aircraft is operated by the USAF’s 430th Expeditionary Electronic Communications Squadron, which is responsible for providing communication coverage to ground and air forces in active combat zones.”
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An influencer? IDK who thinks he is an influencer. No one I know. You will find many many different opinions among Israelis and Jews worldwide as to how this should be handled. Like any other event in the world. People have an opinion. His opinion means nothing and is irrelevant in terms of IDF or government actions. He is not an official, never was. IMONote: Pollard was born and raised in Galveston, Texas. He worked for Naval Intelligence Command (CNIC) and passed US classified info to Israel. He was arrested by the United States in 1987. He has since renounced his US citizenship. He's considered an "influencer" in Israel.
Ex-spy Pollard: Israel should have imprisoned some hostage families ‘to silence them’
Pollard, served decades in US prison for espionage before being released during former US president Barack Obama’s tenure and later being allowed to move to Israel by then-president Donald Trump.
He advocates for Israel to go on with the war without any deal, even at the cost of killing many Israeli hostages.
Jonathan Pollard Was One of the Most Damaging Spies in US History
Much of the intelligence Jonathan Pollard provided to Israel may have ended up in the Soviet Union.www.military.com
This from your link, translated by google:
המרגל הבכיין שבגד במדינה שלו יוצא נגד משפחות החטופים? מי ראה את זה בא.
The whiny spy who betrayed his country goes against the families of the abductees? Who saw this coming.
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Red Cross and Red Crescent say they will participate in transfer of hostages to Israel via Egypt
The Red Cross and Red Crescent have announced they will participate in the transfer of the hostages held in Gaza back to Israel. According to their announcement, the hostages will cross into Egypt via the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza, and will then be moved to Israel with the assistance of the Red Cross.- Joined
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GO GET THEM !!!!
Praying for our troops, as they spend this Thanksgiving Day defending freedom for ALL !!!!
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Thank you for this! I didn't know. Appreciate it!
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“I was talking to a hostage negotiator this morning,” asks host Kay Burley. “He made the comparison between the 50 hostages that Hamas has promised to release, as opposed to the 150 prisoners that are Palestinians that Israel has released. And he made the comparison between the numbers and the fact that ‘Does Israel not think that Palestinian lives are not valued as highly as Israeli lives?’”
At the end of the question, government spokesperson Eylon Levy raises his eyebrows in shock and remains silent for a moment.
“That is an astonishing accusation. If we could release one prisoner for every one hostage, we would obviously do that,” he replies. “We’re operating in horrific circumstances. We’re not choosing to release these prisoners who have blood on their hands. We are talking about people who have been convicted of stabbing and shooting attacks.”
“Notice the question of proportionality doesn’t interest Palestinian supporters when they’re able to get more of their prisoners out. But really, it is outrageous to suggest that the fact that we are willing to release prisoners who are convicted of terrorism offenses, more of them than we are getting our own innocent children back, somehow suggests that we don’t care about Palestinian lives? Really, that’s a disgusting accusation.”
Levy’s eyebrow raise has since become an online meme.
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Israeli gov’t spokesman’s reply to UK host’s question about hostage deal goes viral
[...]“I was talking to a hostage negotiator this morning,” asks host Kay Burley. “He made the comparison between the 50 hostages that Hamas has promised to release, as opposed to the 150 prisoners that are Palestinians that Israel has released. And he made the comparison between the numbers and the fact that ‘Does Israel not think that Palestinian lives are not valued as highly as Israeli lives?’”
At the end of the question, government spokesperson Eylon Levy raises his eyebrows in shock and remains silent for a moment.
“That is an astonishing accusation. If we could release one prisoner for every one hostage, we would obviously do that,” he replies. “We’re operating in horrific circumstances. We’re not choosing to release these prisoners who have blood on their hands. We are talking about people who have been convicted of stabbing and shooting attacks.”
“Notice the question of proportionality doesn’t interest Palestinian supporters when they’re able to get more of their prisoners out. But really, it is outrageous to suggest that the fact that we are willing to release prisoners who are convicted of terrorism offenses, more of them than we are getting our own innocent children back, somehow suggests that we don’t care about Palestinian lives? Really, that’s a disgusting accusation.”
Levy’s eyebrow raise has since become an online meme.
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Oh no! I figured civilians would have just handed them off....
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We'll see.... They sure wouldn't help those poor innocent babies being held hostage and as human shields. Moo
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Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to troops of the Navy's Shayetet 13 commando unit, November 23, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
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“What is required of you in this respite is to organize, get ready, investigate, resupply arms, and get ready to continue,” he tells the forces.
“There will be a continuation, because we need to complete the victory and create the impetus for the next groups of hostages, who will only come back as a result of pressure,” he says.
Even after the period of intense fighting ends, he says, “there will be many operations in which Shayetet 13 will have something to do, until there is no military threat from the Gaza Strip, and we will have freedom of action to do what we want at any given moment.”
Gallant: After ‘short’ truce, intense fighting will resume for at least 2 more months
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks to troops of the Navy's Shayetet 13 commando unit, November 23, 2023. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
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“What is required of you in this respite is to organize, get ready, investigate, resupply arms, and get ready to continue,” he tells the forces.
“There will be a continuation, because we need to complete the victory and create the impetus for the next groups of hostages, who will only come back as a result of pressure,” he says.
Even after the period of intense fighting ends, he says, “there will be many operations in which Shayetet 13 will have something to do, until there is no military threat from the Gaza Strip, and we will have freedom of action to do what we want at any given moment.”
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I wonder if RC is going to assist with the return of prisoners released by Israel?
Are they going to be giving them a ride back to Gaza and the West Bank?
Hum...
Are they going to be giving them a ride back to Gaza and the West Bank?
Hum...
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Having been previously tasked, trained and secondary dutied with the responsibilities of UN GENAD qualified (a UN requirement for NATO militaries by the UN) as part of my duties within the entity at Para 17, subpara H, in the below link, I am absolutely disgusted with their silence.
What for UNSCR 1325 an @UN Women if not for this?
CDS Directive for Integrating UNSCR 1325 and Related Resolutions into CAF Planning and Operations - Canada.ca
Chief of Defence Staff directive for Canadian Armed Forces planning and operations
A Global Review of the Development of Military Gender Advisor Capabilities
A military Gender Advisor (GENAD) capability is increasingly a feature of armed forces, military deployments and peace operations around the world. Tasked with the implementation of the United Nations (UN) Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda, the GENAD capability strengthens organisations and...
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Their silence is deafening IMO.
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5m ago / 10:03 AM PST
"Egyptian authorities have informed the Embassy of the possibility of their return to the Gaza Strip tomorrow," the statement said.
"Egyptian authorities confirmed that the return of the remaining stranded people in Cairo and the rest of the governorates of the Arab Republic of Egypt will be allowed voluntarily from Saturday," it added.
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Stranded Palestinians might be able to return to Gaza tomorrow, embassy says
Citizens stranded in Egypt might be able to return to Gaza tomorrow, the Palestinian Embassy in Egypt said in a statement on Facebook today."Egyptian authorities have informed the Embassy of the possibility of their return to the Gaza Strip tomorrow," the statement said.
"Egyptian authorities confirmed that the return of the remaining stranded people in Cairo and the rest of the governorates of the Arab Republic of Egypt will be allowed voluntarily from Saturday," it added.
Hostage release and Gaza truce to start Friday, Qatar says
Follow NBC News' coverage for live updates about the Israel-Hamas war: Hostage deal and Gaza truce to start Friday; Al-Shifa hospital director arrested.
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“We push ourselves not to get too excited, because we know that the Hamas is playing with our minds, psychological games,” Eyal Mor, 61, told NBC News today, before the announcement that 13 women and children held hostage in Gaza are due to be released tomorrow.
Four members of Mor's family were kidnapped from their home in Kibutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, but “until they are here we don’t let ourselves be happy,” he said.
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The last time Tagit Tzin, 49, saw her two young nieces, 15-year old Dafna and 8-year old Ella Elyakim, was in a hostage photograph, sitting on a floral-patterned mattress in an otherwise nondescript room. She said it looked as if Dafna had been crying.
“I just want to see them to see them standing by them own legs and breathing by them own and then I will be relaxed,” she said.
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Hostage families hopeful but trying not to be overly optimistic
[...]“We push ourselves not to get too excited, because we know that the Hamas is playing with our minds, psychological games,” Eyal Mor, 61, told NBC News today, before the announcement that 13 women and children held hostage in Gaza are due to be released tomorrow.
Four members of Mor's family were kidnapped from their home in Kibutz Nir Oz on Oct. 7, but “until they are here we don’t let ourselves be happy,” he said.
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The last time Tagit Tzin, 49, saw her two young nieces, 15-year old Dafna and 8-year old Ella Elyakim, was in a hostage photograph, sitting on a floral-patterned mattress in an otherwise nondescript room. She said it looked as if Dafna had been crying.
“I just want to see them to see them standing by them own legs and breathing by them own and then I will be relaxed,” she said.
Hostage release and Gaza truce to start Friday, Qatar says
Follow NBC News' coverage for live updates about the Israel-Hamas war: Hostage deal and Gaza truce to start Friday; Al-Shifa hospital director arrested.
www.nbcnews.com
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Bringing forward some recent ref/background on Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq:
Drones target Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase, no casualties, damage - sources
Two armed drones targeted Iraq’s Ain al-Asad airbase, which hosts U.S forces and other international forces in western Iraq, a security source and a government source told Reuters on Tuesday.
“….the latest in a series of attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria, as tensions soar over the Israel-Hamas war.
U.S. and coalition troops have been attacked at least 23 times by rockets and drones in Iraq and Syria from October 17 to 30, according to the U.S. Defense Department website citing a senior U.S. defense official.
There has been an increase in attacks on U.S. forces since the conflict in Israel broke out on Oct. 7 and Iraqi armed groups aligned with Iran threatened to target U.S. interests with missiles and drones if Washington intervened to support Israel against Hamas in Gaza.”
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“A group called the "Islamic resistance in Iraq" has endorsed Tuesday's attack.
On Monday, four Katyusha rockets were fired at Iraq's Ain al-Asad air base, an attack also claimed by the same group.
Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq have consistently demanded the expulsion of American troops after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad killed senior Iranian general Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in 2020. The militia groups since then resorted to rocket attacks on U.S. forces in the country and the embassy in Baghdad.”
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Sad, IDF has to protect Gazans from their own government.
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The post has been vacant for almost a year following the resignation of the previous ambassador, former Yesh Atid minister Yael German, over her opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government.
Zarka, who is a professional appointment rather than a political one, has previously taken part in negotiations between Western powers and Iran, and is an expert on Iran affairs.
The appointment must be approved by the government.
Israel taps expert on Iran as new ambassador to France, almost a year after envoy quit
The Foreign Ministry’s deputy director for strategic affairs, Joshua Zarka, is appointed as Israel’s new ambassador to France.The post has been vacant for almost a year following the resignation of the previous ambassador, former Yesh Atid minister Yael German, over her opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-right government.
Zarka, who is a professional appointment rather than a political one, has previously taken part in negotiations between Western powers and Iran, and is an expert on Iran affairs.
The appointment must be approved by the government.
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