🇮🇱🇵🇸 Exactly two years ago, the Palestinians decided for the first time to launch a counter-attack to the brutal bombardment of Gaza and the West Bank in previous years in the conflict that has lasted since 1948, when Israel, with the help of the US, UK and others, occupied a large area of Palestine, expelled Palestinians from their homes, crowded two million of them into Gaza and enclosed them with a high fence and declared the occupied territory as their state called Israel.
The major Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank before the October 7th with over 100 deats:
-Gaza Bombings
1. Operation Cast Lead
December 2008 – January 2009
Large-scale air and ground offensive; involved extensive airstrikes on Gaza City and surrounding areas.
1,400 (including ~1,000 civilians)
2. Operation Pillar of Defense
November 2012
Airstrike campaign began with the assassination of a Hamas military leader via drone strike.
170 killed.
3. Operation Protective Edge
July – August 2014
Intense aerial bombardment and ground invasion targeted tunnels and militant sites, causing widespread destruction in Gaza.
2,200 (including ~1,500 civilians)
4. Great March of Return Airstrikes
March 2018 – December 2019
Series of airstrikes amid border protests; included bombings of Hamas targets following incendiary devices and demonstrations.
200+ (cumulative from protests and strikes)
5. Operation Black Belt (Guardian of the Walls)
May 2021
11-day airstrike operation against Hamas and Islamic Jihad in response to Jerusalem tensions; over 1,500 strikes hit Gaza.260 (including 130 civilians)
7. 2023–Ongoing Gaza War (Operation Swords of Iron)
October 2023 – Present (as of October 2025)
Massive aerial campaign extensive bombings across Gaza, including Rafah and northern areas, with ground operations.
~100.000 deaths of whom ~60.000 children under 16.
Major incidents with significant casualties include:
1. Operation Defensive Shield
March – April 2002
Widespread military incursion during the Second Intifada; included airstrikes on Palestinian Authority buildings and militant hideouts in Jenin, Nablus, and Bethlehem.
500 (including ~400 in Jenin camp clashes and strikes)
2. Gaza-West Bank Escalation Airstrikes
August 2022
Series of drone strikes and airstrikes in Jenin and Nablus targeting Palestinian militants amid rising violence; part of broader raids.
10 (immediate from strikes; part of ~150 total in 2022 West Bank operations)
3. Jenin Camp Airstrikes
January 2023
Targeted drone strikes during a major raid on Jenin refugee camp. 10 (in the initial strikes; raid total ~7)
4. Nablus and Jenin Operations
July – August 2023
Airstrikes and raids; included bombings in Jenin and drone strikes in Nur Shams camp.
12 (from airstrikes; part of ~200 total West Bank deaths in 2023)
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Ukrainian forces have begun training and testing exoskeletons for battlefield use. Soldiers from the 147th Separate Artillery Brigade are using them in the Pokrovsk sector for both logistics and frontline operations. The goal is to reduce physical strain, especially when loading heavy artillery shells into howitzers without automatic loaders. Artillery crews can handle up to 1200 kg of ammunition per day, and early tests show that exoskeletons help them work faster and with less fatigue Above all, by improving the conditions for those soldiers on the front lines who handle such heavy loads, plus the stress of work. Seeking to reduce overall fatigue in the troops
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🇮🇷🇮🇱 - 14 wounded in Iranian missile strike in central Israel, according to Israeli media.
🇬🇧🇮🇶 - A drone struck British Castrol oil warehouses in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, causing extensive damage.
🇮🇷🇮🇱 - Iran launched 9 missiles towards Israel this morning alone, with at least 3 of them being cluster missiles.
🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Over the past 12 hours, Hezbollah launched counterattacks in Khiam and Qantara, in the Nabatieh direction, southeast Lebanon. Hezbollah recaptured northern Khiam, with fighting ongoing for the south of the town. Hezbollah units also re-entered Qantara; frontline sources reported clashes in the center of the town last night.
🇱🇧🇮🇱 - 48 IDF soldiers have been wounded in clashes with Hezbollah over the last 24 hours in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli Army.
🇱🇧🇮🇱 - "The Israeli army is barely catching its breath in southern Lebanon, and its resources are less than in the previous round of fighting," - Haaretz....
🇺🇸 Blue Owl Capital just disclosed that investors tried to pull 40.7% of one fund and 21.9% of another in a single quarter, and both funds gave the same answer, you can only have 5% back, and everyone else waits in line.
This is a bank run, not a normal withdrawal.
Wall Street spent the last decade selling millions of investors on something called semi-liquid private credit, higher yields, steady income and the promise you could get your money back every quarter if you needed it. What they buried in the fine print was what happens when too many people try to leave at the same time.
Analysts who have covered private credit for decades say nothing on this scale has ever been reported before at any major private credit manager.
These funds do not hold stocks you can sell on a Tuesday afternoon, they hold private loans to mid sized companies that cannot be liquidated quickly without destroying the price for every investor still trapped inside.
This product was originally designed for ...
🇺🇸 President Trump wants to switch to war economy in 2027 with massive increase in military spending and massive cuts to healthcare and other domestic agencies
Once a deficit hawk — he said in 2016 that he thought he could balance the budget in five years — Trump ended his first term with $7.8 trillion in added debt. His 2027 proposal is expected to give an update on 10-year deficit projections currently estimated at around $16 trillion.
The GOP's message for the Midterms will be focused on the "need" for a massive defense build up while the Democrats' message will be focused on affordability.
The fiscal 2027 budget will be the first time Trump puts his second-term governing agenda into one comprehensive document — with the numbers to back it up. The budget he released last year lacked detailed line-by-line spending targets and the economic assumptions necessary to project the long-term cost of his proposals.
Investors in US Treasuries will be looking to see if the debt and ...