HOSTAGE UPDATE
It's been 584 days too many. Hamas released the last living American hostage held in Gaza, Edan Alexander! It appears the deal to release Edan was reached without the participation of the Israelis, “without conditions or anything in exchange.” He was tortured, held in a cage with his hands and legs tied up. He was not given food for most of his captivity until the last couple of months before his release. On Saturday, Hamas released a video featuring hostages Elkana Bohbot and Yosef Haim Ohana to toy with the families of the hostages.
In response to a terrorist attack in Kashmir, India has struck deep into the terror hideouts of Omar Sheikh, Masood Azhar Abdul Rauf Azhar, the Jaish e Mohammed, the Laaskhar e Taayba, and many more terrorist hideouts in Pakistan. As a result, Abdul Rauf Azhar was killed. He was one of the key conspirators in the brutal kidnapping torture and beheading of the late Daniel Pearl in 2002. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/how-operation-sindoor-brought-justice-for-beheaded-american-journalist-daniel-pearl/articleshow/120998633.cms
The United Nations Security Council issued its typical condemnation about the attack, even for the highly contested Kashmir region. It called the attack “terrorism” and for the perpetrators and their supporters to “be held accountable and brought to justice.” It urged all countries to “combat [the scourge] by all means” while also expressing condolences to the “Governments of India and Nepal” who suffered in the attack. None of those sentiments were shared by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on October 7, 2023
Credible reports indicate that the 6 B-2 stealth bombers and the 4 B-52s the Trump Administration had positioned at Diego Garcia have departed, and are on their way back to the U.S. This signals the removal of the immediate option to deliver the bunker buster bombs needed to destroy the buried nuclear facilities in Iran
Read this report: THE TOP 7 LIES ABOUT ISRAEL & IDF OPERATIONS IN GAZA & THE TRUTH THEY OBSCURE https://www.ilfngo.org/top-7-lies-about-idf-in-gaza-report
Why Mossad and Shin Bet Veterans Are Now Calling to End the War in Gaza
https://tinyurl.com/22fx8bvs
Israel planning major expansion of Gaza operations if Hamas continues to refuse to release hostages. Reports on I24 News: Israelis believe recent actions by the US administration demonstrate failures of the Netanyahu administration foreign policy.
LEBANON
With USA support, the Lebanese army has retaken the Beirut airport from Hezbollah and is actively attempting to limit Hezbollah influence in the port. https://allisrael.com/lebanese-gov-t-lands-blow-against-hezbollah-by-firing-airport-staff-suspected-of-smuggling
>PA's damning reports about Hamas are made for political purposes, these internal Palestinian revelations nevertheless demonstrate how Hamas is robbing, abusing, and exploiting its own people, and even PA officials and journalists are being forced to speak in code just to survive long enough to report it. https://palwatch.org/page/37143
>Israel will again allow humanitarian aid to come into Gaza in coming weeks. The goal is to provide aid to the civilian population without allowing Hamas to confiscate it, as it had been doing – then selling it on the black market and utilizing the profits to fight the war. Hamas apparently has sufficient stockpiles of food to provide for their own,
Qatar isn’t helping hostage talks https://www.timesofisrael.com/official-israel-wont-accept-5-year-gaza-truce-qatar-isnt-helping-hostage-talks/
SWITZERLAND
Swiss Parliament has banned Hamas and Hezbollah for 5 yrs
>Syria’s Clandestine Chemical Arsenal: The Complete Dossier https://www.meforum.org/mef-reports/syrias-clandestine-chemical-arsenal-the-complete-dossier
https://www.timesofisrael.com/body-of-soldier-zvi-feldman-missing-for-43-years-recovered-by-mossad-and-idf/
Israeli singer Dudu Tassa and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood’s UK shows next month have been cancelled under pressure from the BDS movement. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJbHBfEPx86/?igsh=MWFsbHRoaHEzZzRh
>The Wall Street Journal yesterday revealed that ICC prosecutor Karim Khan issued arrest warrants for Israeli officials to protect himself from sexual assault allegations and silence his accuser. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/icc-netanyahu-prosecutor-sexual-assault-israel-gaza-d9bedee3
>WitKoff meets hostage families, criticizes Israel for prolonging war - Whatever happened to 'all hell will break lose'? Many believe that if Hamas remains standing, it will embolden jihadis and jihadis-supporters across the world. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-853583
To prevent civilian casualties in Yemen, before striking a cement factory and multiple airports, Israel sent evacuation announcements, including taking over Yemeni television to broadcast videos about the evacuation in Arabic! Note: Cement is used for warheads and building tunnels. The US and Israel carried out coordinated attacks on the Houthis following the Yemen-based group’s ballistic missile attack on Ben Gurion Airport. Until the Trump Administration’s deal with the Houthis, the US had been bombing the Houthis almost daily since March 15 (at cost > billion dollars) - some 1,000 American sorties over Yemen. The primary American concern is the Houthi disruption of vital shipping routes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden that have effectively reduced sea traffic there by over 50%, costing billions. By late April, the Americans had been joined by the British.https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-852579
*SUNY Chancellor Proposes Resolution to Ensure Title VI Compliance
Pulitzer Prize goes to Gazan poet/ reporter who denied Bibas family murder
https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/article-853038
Terrorists are not journalists. https://www.camera.org/article/camera-op-ed-terrorists-arent-journalists/
https://honestreporting.com/exposed-ap-sells-pictures-by-photojournalist-identified-as-hamas-terrorist-kissed-by-sinwar/
Open Letter to 2024-2025 Pulitzer Prize Board over decision to award a Pulitzer Prize in Commentary to Mosab Abu Toha, a terrorist supporter
https://www.jwi.org/pulitzer-letter
Washington Post’s Pulitzer finalist for Gaza coverage slams Israel’s military conduct in one-sided acceptance speech https://jewishinsider.com/2025/05/washington-post-louisa-loveluck-pulitzer-prize-gaza-war-journalist/
