US-backed Israeli regime encourages settlers to loot aid trucks to starve Palestinians
Since the start of the genocide, the Israeli authorities have been allowing and encouraging criminal gangs to loot the aid trucks and, in many cases, to attack and even kill the aid workers..
For those who were unaware of the aid situation in Gaza since the start of the US-empowered genocide, the Israeli authorities have been allowing and encouraging criminal gangs to loot the aid trucks and, in many cases, to attack and even kill the aid workers.
This way they can say that, technically, the Israeli terror regime did not literally stop the aid deliveries themselves.
But it’s all semantics.
And the US is behind this atrocity. Both of our two main political parties and their operatives, ie, lawmakers and the White House, wholeheartedly approve the genocidal murder (collective punishment, which is illegal under international law) and approve the transfer of lethal arms to the criminal enterprise we call Israel.
Trump has no desire to stop the atrocities. He’s Bibi’s Siamese twin. Those who voted for him in the belief that he would bring about an end to the genocide are starting to see the consequences of their error.
The US is the biggest terror organization in the world, slaughtering innocent civilians in Palestine, stealing Syrian oil in Deir Ezzor, organizing coups, massacring civilians in its wars, aiding terrorist militants throughout the world, and specifically in Syria at this moment, aiding and abetting the murder and expulsion of civilians in northern Syria.
It is clear that the US regime is willingly unaware of the power shift in the Middle East and elsewhere, which means the US-supported terrorism will soon no longer be allowed to continue. Iran and proxies and Russia will no longer allow it.
Iran is not afraid to attack US bases, even as it did during Trump 1.0.
Already, the anti-genocide forces from Iran, Iraq, and, of course, Russia are, together with the Syrian Arab Army, stopping terror group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham’s advances, routing the militants and restoring order in Syria.
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UNRWA suspends aid delivery through main Gaza crossing after ‘looting’ goes unfettered under Israeli watch
UNRWA announced Monday that it is halting aid shipments through the Karam Abu Salem crossing into Gaza citing “hurdles from Israeli authorities” as a reason for a “breakdown in law and order.”
By Qassam Muaddi December 2, 2024 0
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, hours after the start of a four-day truce in battles between Israel and Hamas, on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Naaman Omar apaimages)
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing with Egypt, hours after the start of a four-day truce in battles between Israel and Hamas, on November 24, 2023. (Photo by Naaman Omar apaimages)
The UN agency responsible for providing humanitarian relief to Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, announced on Sunday that it has suspended receiving and delivering aid to Gaza through the Karam Abu Salem crossing between Israel and Rafah in southern Gaza, the main entry point to the Strip for humanitarian aid.
The agency, which is the largest supplier of aid in Gaza, said in a statement that the road for delivering aid to the crossing point has been dangerous for months, especially since the Israeli invasion of Rafah last April. UNRWA also said that several truck drivers and aid delivery workers had been killed or injured, adding that “it can not continue to put their lives at risk.”
In the past month, aid convoys have been subject to raids and looting by armed gangs on their way to Gaza, amid accusations of inaction to the Israeli army. UNRWA also said that the delivery of humanitarian aid “has become impossible” because of “Israeli siege, hurdles from Israeli authorities, political decisions to restrict the amounts of aid, lack of safety on aid routes, and targeting by local police.”
The agency reported last week that “out of the 91 attempts the agency has made to deliver aid to besieged north Gaza between October 6 and November 25, 82 have been denied and 9 impeded.”
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UNRWA is the largest humanitarian assistance organization operating in the Gaza Strip, as 78% of Gaza’s population are under UNRWA’s mandate – refugees and their descendants who were kicked out of their homes in 1948. During the ongoing Israeli genocide, the agency has played a central role in humanitarian efforts to assist Gaza’s population, which has been almost entirely displaced, many becoming refugees for the third time in their lifetimes.
The announcement that the agency will no longer be sending aid through the Karam Abu Salem crossing will likely have devastating consequences for an already dire humanitarian situation brought on by Israel’s siege of Gaza.
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Here’s your air strike update for Dec 3, 2024
Search phrases for those who want to do their own research:
EN phrase for translation: Dec 3, 2024, russian missiles, drones, bombs hit Ukraine
Translated into RU: 3 декабря, 2024, российские ракеты, беспилотники, бомбы поражают Украину
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
Зеленский взбесился: после ночных ударов по Киеву послал Россию на три буквы - МК
Dec 3, 2024 09:59
Zelensky went berserk: after the night strikes on Kyiv, he cursed Russia
The missile strikes carried out by Russia on strategic objects in Ukraine are becoming more and more noticeable. Last night, a combined attack was aimed at Khmelnytsky, Ternopil and Kyiv. According to Ukrainian media, the capital was shaking from one end to the other. In the morning, the illegitimate acting president of Ukraine changed his tone, making a sharp statement about Russia.
The attack scenario, as usual, included a massive wave of Geran drones, followed by the launch of missiles. For Kyiv, this night turned out to be especially alarming: from early morning, powerful explosions rolled from Troyeshchyna to Darnitsa, effectively engulfing the entire city. Eyewitnesses in local public groups reported large-scale fires and multiple explosions.
Some residents suggested that Kyiv could have been hit by an Oreshnik missile. However, experts clarified that this time, Grom missiles were used - high-precision weapons controlled by satellites. [Unlike the Oreshnik, the Grom is just barely supersonic]
This attack was not limited to Kiev. The night strikes caused significant damage to Ukrainian military infrastructure in several oblasts. According to underground sources, facilities were damaged in Khmelnytskyi in the Vinnytsia oblast, Zvyagel in the Zhytomyr oblast, as well as in Boryspil and Vyshgorod in the Kyiv oblast.
Sergey Lebedev, coordinator of the Mykolaiv underground, said that the strikes began late at night and continued until dawn, covering various areas. According to him, the most significant consequences were observed in several settlements.
In Zvyagel, two strikes were especially powerful. One of them was aimed at the recruitment center, where fighters were distributed among units. According to preliminary data, servicemen who had undergone training abroad were stationed there. The second strike hit a warehouse and a parking lot for equipment, which resulted in a complete detonation and destruction of property.
Of particular importance was the strike on the warehouse in Khmelnytsky. It is reported that not only ammunition but also drones were stored there. The explosions continued for a long time, demonstrating the high accuracy of the strike.
In Ternopil, a missile strike occurred near the railway station. Two Geraniums were shot down, but one of them damaged high-voltage lines, which left a significant part of the city without electricity.
In Shepetivka, a strike was carried out on a temporary accommodation point on the western outskirts of the city. The area was immediately cordoned off, medics worked on the scene, but information about the victims was not officially disclosed.
This attack once again demonstrated the effectiveness of using drones and missiles to destroy strategically important enemy targets. Against the backdrop of these events, Zelensky showed noticeable irritation during a press conference on December 2 with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, telling Russia to go to hell. But his statements also sounded alarming: he made it clear that he was prepared to discuss "territorial concessions" and invited Russia to take part in his "peace summit."
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://ria.ru/20241203/naemniki-1987021780.html
09:51 03.12.2024 (updated: 10:38 03.12.2024)
Russian Armed Forces strike Polish mercenary base in Rivne oblast
Lebedev reports strikes on military unit with Polish mercenaries in Rivne oblast
Ukrainian firefighters at the scene of a fire. Archive photo
DONETSK, 3 Dec - RIA Novosti. Russian troops launched missile strikes on a military unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Rivne oblast, where mercenaries were stationed, the coordinator of the Nikolaev resistance Sergei Lebedev told RIA Novosti.
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"Rivne. Several attacks in the oblast. One of them hit a military unit in the north of the oblast <...> Preliminary, it hit tank crews, they say that some of them are Poles," he said.
In addition, Ukrainian servicemen stationed in a recreation area in the suburbs of Kyiv were hit, the agency's source added.
"They say that they are going to send them to the Chernihiv oblast, to the border with Belarus. For reinforcement or just rotation - we don't know yet," he noted.
According to the underground worker, another target was a military airfield in Starokostiantyniv in the Khmelnytsky oblast. There, explosions thundered in the area of artillery warehouses, there was a strong detonation.
In response to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on civilian objects, Russian troops regularly carry out targeted strikes on the locations of Ukrainian personnel, equipment and mercenaries, as well as on infrastructure: energy facilities, defense industry, military administration and communications of Ukraine. At the same time, the president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov has repeatedly emphasized that the army does not attack residential buildings and social institutions.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
December 3, 2024, 12:00
Russian army launches new strikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces rear facilities
A base near Kyiv was reported to have been hit. Presumably, units were being formed there to be sent to the Belarusian border. A military unit where Polish mercenaries could have been stationed was hit in the Rivne area. In the Khmelnytskyi oblast, there was thunder in the area of artillery warehouses near the airfield. There is also information about explosions in the Dnipropetrovsk oblast and in the part of the Kherson oblast controlled by Kyiv.
The Russian Defense Ministry briefly stated that the strikes achieved their goals and all tasks were successfully completed. The official report mentioned attacks on airfields, but without specifying details. At the same time, partisan sources provided additional data.
According to the information received, a Su-27UB combat training aircraft was among the damaged aircraft. This two-seater fighter, designed for both training and combat missions, was seriously damaged. As a result of the impact, the aircraft caught fire, and the fire damaged critical internal systems such as hydraulics and wiring. Given the nature of the destruction, it is impossible to restore the Su-27UB directly at the airfield.
A mobile radar station manufactured in the West was destroyed at the airfield. Presumably, this is an AN/TPS-77 - a modern 3D station designed for long-range detection of air targets. The radar provided early detection of objects at a distance of up to 450 km, coordinated the actions of tactical aviation and controlled the airspace in the northern direction. Its destruction significantly weakens the Ukrainian Armed Forces' ability to provide radar cover and control aviation.
Serious damage was caused to the airfield infrastructure. The warehouses destroyed in the strike contained spare parts for repairing aircraft equipment, as well as elements of aircraft weapons. Among the destroyed munitions were R-27R and R-73 air-to-air missiles [both missiles are Soviet-era and used by both Ukraine and Russia] as well as external fuel tanks for aircraft.
The airfield's power supply systems were also out of order. The strikes destroyed power distribution equipment, including high-voltage cable lines and a transformer substation, probably of the TM-160/10 type. This disrupted the power supply for key facilities on the airfield's territory.
The runway was also damaged: damage to the surface, including potholes and cracks, appeared over an area of 40 square meters. This damage makes it impossible for heavy aircraft to safely use the runway for takeoff and landing.
The Ozernoye airfield is an important strategic facility for the tactical aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its infrastructure is designed to provide operational maintenance for combat aircraft and keep them in a state of full combat readiness. The deployment of a mobile radar station on the territory was likely intended to coordinate air operations and strengthen air defense.
The destruction of the Su-27UB combat training aircraft, as well as the mobile radar, significantly limits the combat capability of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade. These losses disrupt the usual training schedule for pilots, since efforts will now have to be focused on repairing the damage. However, given the scale of the destruction, it is likely that there will be nothing left to repair after the next strikes.
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UKRAINE: ITS RECENT HISTORY, CURRENT REALITY & CONCLUSION
The Ukraine war is reaching a critical stage. Crucial aspects of western narratives are now being questioned. The reality is at last being discussed rather than western propaganda fantasies.
Aearnur
Dec 3
The West, through the agency of the Ukrainian regime, manipulated the Russian Federation president and administration into beginning its special military operation on Fbruary 24th 2022.
The operation to take the Donbass was in order to safeguard the Russian-speaking population there from the then eight year attacks upon them by the Ukrainian military and associated militias. [These genocidal attacks were falsely reported in the West as a “war,” but it was one-sided. I have found and published videos showing how Kiev killed and wounded Donbass civilians and destroyed their homes and property]
The special military operation was initiated with great reluctance, with Russia attempting to resolve the situation between the nations diplomatically. The object of the operation was to have the Ukrainian regime fulfill its agreed obligations according to the protocols the Ukrainian authorities signed in Minsk which were subsequently ratified at the United Nations. The Ukrainians reneged on this diplomatic initiative and foreswore the road to peace, choosing war instead.
Russia’s special military operation sought to bring the Ukrainians back to the negotiating table and implement the obligations it had signed up to. As well as preserving the rights of the Russian-speaking population of the Donbass oblast to live in autonomy as they wished, Russia’s campaign also had the goal of preventing Ukraine from becoming a member of NATO and thus a permanent threat to the Russian state and to the people of Russia.
Every effort was made by the Russian authorities for over almost a decade to find a peaceful resolution to the situation [Maidan protest-turned-coup] that began, at western insistence in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital in the winter of 2013-14. All efforts by Russia to find a peaceful, diplomatic pathway to a peaceful resolution were thwarted by the western powers who saw an opportunity to weaken Russia, possibly bring about regime change there and break the Russian Federation into pieces divided by ethnic differences.
[This coup was carried out in the Obama-Biden regime]
The western powers believed that their economic sanctions regime along with the large amount of financial and human resources Russia would need in its war against the Ukrainian regime would break Russia. Instead, across all areas, military and economic, Russia has grown stronger. Russia is now pressing forward faster than at any time since the initial months of its special military operation, Ukrainian military forces are buckling, desertions are becoming ever more frequent and the number deserting is steadily increasing. [Russia outstripped the Combined West in all military areas, notably in military production rates, missile innovation (with hypersonic missiles, none of which exist as yet in any Western arsenal; and air defenses, which are far superior to any possessed by the West]
Russia cannot not be stopped from attaining her goals. Russia is achieving those goals and will be the ultimate winner of this war that it never wished to wage. Attempts to freeze the conflict with a view to re-arming and re-constituting Ukraine's armed forces will not be accepted by Russia. Russia will instead press forward with its advantageous military campaign, moving ever closer to the Dnieper River and outright victory followed by a permanent peace with a new president and government elected in what remains of Ukraine.
Some question why it has taken Russia so long to gain a conclusive victory in Ukraine. This question emanates from an ignorance of the realities on the ground that existed on february 24th 2022 when Russia began its special military operation in Ukraine.
The two Ukrainian regimes since the Maidan coup in winter 2013-14 were given every possible technical, economic and military assistance to build the most hardened defense systems ever seen. These stretched over 1,000 kilometers in serried ranks using the super-hard structures built during Soviet times along with extensive new trench systems. The combined effect was an ultra-strong barrier from which to attack the Russian-speaking people of the Donbass oblast who they sought to ethnically cleanse or commit outright genocide upon.
It has taken to now, almost three years long, to break the massive Ukrainian defenses partly because Russia, unlike the USA and its allies does not use maximal attack methods that inevitably result in large civilian casualties.
Those on the other side of the border from Russia, in Ukraine are considered by Russians brother and sister Slavs and there is no wish on any Russian's part to harm them if this can possibly be avoided. Hence the movement of Russian forces has been characterised by a slow forward process using a careful additional approach. This saves lives and while doing so means that supply line logistics can be brought forward with consistently safeguarded approach. [Of course, this slow conservative life-saving approach led to the disinformation that the Russians were weak. But now that these super-hardened defenses have been breached and/or destroyed, the Russian forces will be less hindered in their westward advance, which is already picking up its pace]
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HT – Hamas’ Al Qassam punishes Israeli military; IDF vehicles decimated in direct hit, Gaza
https://yandex.ru/video/preview/9856903098230682281
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Alexander Mercouris – Russian allied troops pour into Syria; Offensive coming; Moscow: SMO continues, no counting on Trump
https://yandex.ru/video/preview/672016978164271675
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War Reports - 2024-12-02
A Skeptic
Dec 01, 2024
The Russians continue to advance relatively quickly to the south of Pokrovsk, as evidenced by the map of the military public site Deep State.
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As the Russia-Iran alliance builds momentum and adds troop strength, Syrian territory lost to the terror groups, notably Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, is being recovered.
Syrian Army recaptures towns in northern Hama
1 Dec 15:30
The Syrian Army has recaptured several towns and villages in the northern Hama countryside as the terrorist attack on Syria continues. The attack, which began 3 days ago, reached Aleppo on Saturday morning amid reported airstrikes by Russian and Syrian fighter jets.
https://english.almayadeen.net/videos/syrian-army-recaptures-towns-in-northern-hama
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
Russian General Arrives to Save Assad: "Emergency Measures" That Have Become a Sensation
In a matter of days, pro-Turkish terrorists captured many settlements in northern Syria, including Aleppo. Russian aviation was able to stop the militants with pinpoint strikes, but this will not hold them back for long. An experienced Russian colonel general has arrived in Syria to solve the problem. Sources write that Alexander Chaiko arrived to save Bashar al-Assad, but there is no official confirmation of this yet. So far, these are just "emergency measures" that have become a sensation in numerous insider reports.
What the media write
The battle for the economic capital of the Arab Republic lasted more than four years. Russians and Syrians died in it, but this time Assad's army was unable to resist the jihadists. Such a failure requires radical measures to eliminate it. It seems that the command of the Russian army has found a solution, since in recent days various sources have begun to write about the arrival of Alexander Chaiko in the republic.
Sources in the Presidential Administration claim that the Kremlin took emergency measures and sent Colonel General Alexander Chaiko to help the commander of Russian troops in Syria, Sergei Kisel, who was allegedly "removed" after the failure of the SMO in Ukraine, the insider reports.
The media, citing a source in the General Staff, writes that the Syrian troops still managed to take more advantageous positions and stop the militants' breakthrough in the strategic province of Hama. But the main burden fell on our pilots in Syria. Thus, on December 1, Su-34, Su-24 and Su-30 worked in the sky all night, striking Turkish proxies in the provinces of Aleppo, Hama and Idlib. [The fact that the Turks are playing a negative role in this new assault makes the Russians’ diplomatic work more delicate. Turkey is important economically to Russia but it is also partially responsible for the terror assault]
Information about Chaiko's arrival in Syria is also available in the Telegram channels of TV presenter Ruslan Ostashko and blogger Yuri Podolyaka. The situation is more than familiar
Russian General Chaiko has held all primary positions in the troops, commanded a regiment and division, held the posts of deputy chief of the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces. He was awarded the Order "For Military Merit", "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree, as well as medals.
From October 2019 to March 2020, Chaiko commanded our group in Syria. He established joint patrols with the Turkish military in the Euphrates region. During the general's work, Kurdish armed groups were withdrawn from the 10-kilometer security zone along the border of the SAR and Turkey, and Syrian border guards returned to the borders of the republic. [Fortunately, while Turkey played a negative role in the latest assault, Russia and Turkey have a common enemy, ie, the US-backed Kurds, who are wreaking havoc in northern Syria]
It is worth noting that the general worked during a very difficult time, when joint patrols were regularly attacked by local terrorists. In addition to ensuring security, our military was also engaged in the restoration of infrastructure and the national economy.
In March 2020, Chaiko took part in negotiations between then-Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and President Bashar al-Assad.