We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸/🇱🇧 12th day of the war, October 18th, status update and major events:
– Many airstrikes on Gaza throughout the entire day, still a huge lack of food, water, medicine and electricity.
– Israel and the US now officially claim that the Al-Ahli hospital massacre was the result of a misfired PIJ rocket, not an Israeli airstrike.
– Sporadic rocket attacks by Hamas and PIJ on cities such as Ashkelon, Ashdod and Tel Aviv.
– Biden visited Israel, and announced that an agreement was reached to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah crossing. He also discussed the details of a possible Gaza invasion with Netanyahu.
– Israel set up field hospitals near Lebanon, and Defense Minister Gallant said that the IDF needs to be ready for any scenario in the north.
– Throughout the entire day, a large amount of Hezbollah attacks on the IDF in settlements near the Lebanese border. Hezbollah carried out even more attacks than yesterday. They used ATGMs on Israeli tanks, launched mortars against IDF outposts, and disabled surveillance equipment by shooting with snipers and small arms.
– Furthermore, Hezbollah announced that 3 of their fighters had been killed, making the total amount of fighters killed 13.
– The Israeli army shelled South Lebanon with artillery in response to these attacks, and the Israeli air force carried out strikes on Hezbollah targets.
– Israeli public broadcaster Kann says that all preparations for an Israeli ground offensive into Gaza are complete.
– Israel's war cabinet held a meeting to make a final decision regarding the plans for a possible ground offensive into Gaza.
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WOW 🚨 The Republican Party is protecting Ilhan Omar from accountability
Rep Nancy Mace “I tried to subpoena her immigration records, her brother husband's immigration records, and IT WAS REPUBLICANS that killed my motion”
It’s a Uniparty. One Big Club.
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2029691279555305592?s=20
Iran War & Fuel Rationing – are “Energy Lockdowns” on the way?
The war in Iran is having the impact that most people with any sense knew it would have: The price of oil is going up, and the supply of oil is going down.
Of course, whether or not the latter of these is actually true we will never know, and it’s beside the point. Oil companies will natural take the slightest excuse to price gouge and contrive scarcity for the basest of profit motives.
It also serves a political motive as well, since we know the global political machinery is –
against free travel…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/03/16/iran-fuel-rationing-are-energy-lockdowns-on-the-way/
That means that of the 2.1mn tonnes of urea — the world’s most widely used nitrogen fertiliser — that would normally have been loaded for export over the past two weeks, about half has been disrupted.
At the same time, more than 1.1mn tonnes of fertiliser and fertiliser inputs, including 570,000 tonnes of urea, is currently stuck in the Gulf, either being loaded or already on ships, according to Kpler data.
Nitrogen fertilisers, which underpin about half of global food production, are made from ammonia using natural gas, which has soared in price since the war began last month.
The shortages have begun during the northern hemisphere’s planting season, leading industry executives to warn of lower harvests for staples such as rice.
If the disruption continues, “this will be much worse than 2022”, said Veronica Nigh, senior economist at The Fertilizer Institute, a US-based trade group. “The longer the conflict goes on, the more dire the situation will become.”
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With reference to the University of Kent meningitis outbreak. All exams being conducted atm are to be taken online. Campus is open as usual. Outbreak was traced to a canterbury nightclub called club chemistry , popular with students in which 2 students (1- UKC student, 1- Faversham college student) have sadly died.
