Hamas militants emerge from rat-holes some 100m~ from IDF positions in al-Zaytoun and score multiple direct hits with tandem RPGs on IDF Merkava (11-1-23)
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Hamas militants emerge from rat-holes some 100m~ from IDF positions in al-Zaytoun and score multiple direct hits with tandem RPGs on IDF Merkava (11-1-23)
Israeli security forces kick anti-Zionist Jews supporting Palestinians in Jerusalem. Security forces arrived in the Jewish quarter to remove Palestinian flags, and those who resisted were beaten.
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“I also hear very much the passions expressed in this room and outside this room,” the secretary said, adding while the Biden administration is “determined” to see the sufferings of Gazans end, it is nonetheless “imperative” for the United States to “resolutely” stand up with allies and partners.
Austin, who spoke from the perspective of the Pentagon following Blinken’s speech, said that by submitting the urgent supplemental budget request, the administration is asking Congress to “help fund America’s national security needs, stand by our partners, and invest in our defense industrial base.”
At one point during the question-and-answer session with the senators, Blinken said now is not the time to enforce a ceasefire, for doing so would play into the hands of Hamas, enabling them to “potentially repeat” the attacks on innocent Israeli civilians on Oct. 7.
In the north, Israel struck Hezbollah posts, targeting areas where mortar shells had been fired toward Israeli communities or militants trying to launch rockets.
Also on Tuesday, the Israeli military said its aerial defence systems intercepted a surface-to-surface missile from the Red Sea and a drone near the southern city of Eilat. No injuries or damage were reported.
The Houthis, who control Yemen’s capital and much of northern Yemen, said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon that they targeted Eilat and an Israeli air base in the Negev desert with ballistic missiles and several drones.
They said Tuesday’s attack was their third operation against Israel since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began, without elaborating on the previous two attacks.