HOSTAGE UPDATE
The IDF recovered the bodies of six additional hostages from tunnels under Khan Younis: Yagev Buchshtab, 35, Alexander Dancyg, 76, Avraham Munder, 79, Yoram Metzger, 80, Nadav Popplewell, 51, and Haim Perry, 80.All six hostages were taken alive and killed in Hamas captivity. Hamas hid their bodies behind a fake wall inside its tunnel system.Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg from Chicago, the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a hostage kidnapped by terrorists and stolen to Gaza on October 7, 2023, spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. -------------------------
AFGHANISTAN
U.S., Philippines reach deal to assist Afghan allies Pakistan: Gunfight with militants near Afghan border kills 3 troops https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-gunfight-with-militants-near-afghan-border-kills-3-troops/7748558.html
Where Is the Taliban Regime Three Years In?
Where Is the Taliban Regime Three Years In? UAE accepts Taliban ambassador https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/uae-accepts-credentials-taliban-ambassador-major-diplomatic-coup-113022416CANADA
Toronto Sun Exposé Identifies Four Registered Canadian Charities With Possible Links To Islamist Terrorism: Where Is The Media Attention? https://honestreporting.ca/toronto-sun-expose-identifies-four-registered-canadian-charities-with-possible-links-to-islamist-terrorism-where-is-the-media-attention/
IRAN
The DNC protest groups are not organic grassroots coalitions. They're Iranian dupes. According to the Director of National Intelligence, the FBI, and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: "Iran seeks to stoke discord and undermine confidence in our democratic institutions. https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/joint-odni-fbi-and-cisa-statement-on-iranian-election-influence-effortsISRAEL
On Zoom with JUDC, America at a Crossroads: Dennis Ross believes Israelis can declare they've succeeded and can end the war very soon. There is reason to be helpful.LEBANON
Hezbollah launches barrages of rockets into northern Israel. Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists continue to attack Israeli communities with relentless rocket fire.
LIBYA
Since the US withdrawal, Libya is mostly not featured in the news; however, as this report makes clear, the conflicts are on the Mediterranean shore are important. It is mostly a conflict between regional powers UAE and Qatar, and also connected to the bloody civil war raging in Sudan between UAE-backed (RSF) and Qatari-backed (SAF) armed groups; also involved are the UN, Egypt and Turkey. The Americans mostly want stability. https://www.memri.org/reports/resistible-rise-saddam-haftar
PALESTINIANS/HAMAS/PA
Hamas rejects U.S.-backed deal...again and Hamas Vows More Terror Attacks After Attempted Suicide Bombing. After refusing to attend the U.S.-backed negotiations over a hostage deal and ceasefire, Hamas once again rejected a proposal put forth by the United States. Increased pressure on Hamas and its Iranian-backers is essential to reach a deal. Those who have been calling for a “ceasefire now” should be loudly and unequivocally condemning Hamas for blocking an agreement.Palestinian leadership has shed the polite diplomatic facade and embraced the genocidal jihadi mantra of the foundational Hamas Charter, in line with the desires of the Palestinian Arab public and radical jihadists around the world. On August 6, Hamas announced that Yahya Sinwar who is the group's military leader, will also assume the role of diplomatic leader. The move consolidated the diplomatic and terrorist faces of the organization. Just over a week later on August 15, President Abbas spoke to the government of Turkey in a large address. In his remarks, he made clear that the Palestinian Authority is not a secular party but a religious one, intent on "implement[ing] Islamic sharia law: victory or martyrdom." And then called the United States a "plague," something nefarious and detrimental to humankind which must be destroyed. NOTE: Since 1993, the United States has provided more than $7.6 billion in assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank and GazaU.N. women’s agency ignores Israeli women UN Headquarters marks the "International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to Victims of Terrorism with omission of Israeli victims of terrorism https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/un-exhibition-on-terror-victims-completely-ignores-israelis-says-israels-ambassador-rpu8nlcf see also https://palwatch.org/page/35399
USA
The US has ordered a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine to the Middle East and is expediting the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pentagon-chief-orders-submarine-middle-east-tells-aircraft-112765923MEDIA
Did you happen to notice that on or about August 18, just about every news sources started stating the figure of 40,000 casualties in Gaza without any attribution nor indication that it was NOT undisputable fact. Now, More Than 80 North American Media Outlets Correct AP's False Casualty Claims (CAMERA)Unmasked: The Pro-Hamas ‘Sources’ Used by International MediaAP Misreports on Houthis and Hamas (CAMERA)
New evidence from the IDF confirmed that 