The death toll from a series of Israeli airstrikes against multiple military installations and buildings in Syria’s central province of Hama has risen to 14, as the Tel Aviv regime continues its acts of aggression on Syria concurrent with its bloody war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. | Syria’s official news agency SANA, citing the Director of Masyaf National Hospital Dr. Faisal Haidar, reported that at least 14 people were killed as a result of overnight Israeli air strikes on a number of sites in the vicinity of Masyaf, located approximately 40 kilometers (24 miles) west of the provincial capital city of Hama. He added that at least 43 people were also wounded in the strikes, including six in critical condition. The update raises the toll of five dead and 19 wounded reported earlier.

Shiite movement Ansar Allah (the Houthis) ruling northern Yemen s shot down US reconnaissance drone MQ-9 Reaper in northwestern Yemen, which was carrying out reconnaissance over Marib province, the eighth since last fall, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria said on Saturday.

💬 "An American MQ-9 drone was shot down while carrying out enemy missions in the skies over Marib province. This drone was the eighth aircraft of this type shot down during the battle and holy jihad in support of Gaza," Saria told Al-Masirah broadcaster.

Earlier, Ansar Allah leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi threatened to expand operations against Israel and Western countries supporting it on land. He stressed that "enemies will be caught off guard on land just as they were caught off guard at sea with the help of new technologies that will help to harm them." Al-Houthi also said that the response to the Israeli bombing of the port of Hodeidah in western Yemen is approaching.

The Iranian foreign minister has warned that the continuation of Israel’s crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank is causing a “dangerous crisis” in West Asia. | In an X post on Monday, Abbas Araqchi said Israel’s Western supporters bear responsibility for their failure to end “criminal provocations” by the occupying regime in the region.

💬 “By persisting in Gaza genocide and now dispatching its killing machine to West Bank, Israel's pushing region to brink of dangerous crisis,” he said. “If Bibi's Western enablers fail to curb these criminal provocations, they'll share responsibility for consequences—and be held accountable,” he added, referring to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel launched a genocidal war on the besieged Gaza on October 7, 2023 after the Hamas resistance group carried out a surprise operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people. So far, however, the Tel Aviv regime has failed to achieve any of its declared objectives in the Gaza Strip despite killing at least 40,786 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 94,224 others.

■ Iran urges ‘swift, effective’ measures to end Israeli atrocities in Gaza (PressTV)

The French Ministry of Defense reacted to some news about the UAE freezing the implementation of the contract of purchasing 80 fighter jets from this country. | The statement of the French Ministry of Defense said that the claims published on social networks about the UAE's opposition to the purchase of 80 fighter jets due to the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France are baseless. [...] "The United Arab Emirates is considering the possibility of a complete blockade of military-technical cooperation with France after being detained in Paris of Telegram founder Pavel Durov," Avia.pro reported with reference to the media. The media also report that after Durov's arrest, the UAE has already frozen the implementation of the contract for the purchase of 80 fighters from France, the portal noted.

■ Kremlin monitoring developments surrounding Telegram CEO Durov's arrest, charges brought against him (Anadolu)
■ Serbia inks 'Rafale' deal with France while dodging Western pressure for Russia ties (Drago Bosnic)

Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance conducted multiple operations on Saturday, striking several Israeli occupation sites and intensifying strikes on spy equipment with rockets and attack drones. | First Operation: The initial statement reported that at 08:30 on Saturday morning, August 24, 2024, the Islamic Resistance fighters directly struck a gathering of Zionist soldiers at the Harmon Israeli site using an attack drone. Second Operation: The second statement reported that, at 12:00 pm., Hezbollah’s fighters targeted the Al-Raheb Israeli occupation site, with artillery shells achieving a direct hit. Third Operation: According to the third statement, at 12:15 pm, the group’s fighters targeted the spy equipment at the Al-Raheb site with a suicide bomber and hit it directly. Fourth Operation: At 10:15 a.m., Hezbollah fighters targeted Zionist soldiers deployed around the Misgav Am Israeli occupation site with appropriate weapons, scoring a direct hit. Fifth Operation: Aerial Attack - The fifth statement declared that in response to the Israeli enemy’s attacks on steadfast southern villages and peaceful homes, Islamic Resistance fighters launched an aerial attack on Saturday using an explosive-laden drone. The attack targeted the newly established command headquarters of the Western Brigade, located south of the Ya’ara Israeli settlement, precisely hitting the positions of its officers and soldiers. Sixth Operation: The sixth statement indicated that at 2:10 p.m., the group’s fighters targeted a deployment of enemy soldiers around the Hadab Yaroun site with artillery shells, achieving a direct hit. Seventh Operation: According to the seventh statement, at 4:45 p.m., Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Al-Ramtha Israeli site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills with rockets, scoring a direct hit. Hezbollah’s military media eighth statement reported that at 4:40 p.m. on Saturday, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Zibdin Israeli occupation site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with rockets, achieving a direct hit. At 5:15 p.m., the group’s fighters carried out their ninth operation of the day by directly targeting a deployment of enemy soldiers at the Bayad Blida Israeli site with appropriate weapons. The tenth statement declared that at 5:25 p.m., the fighters targeted a gathering of Zionist soldiers in the vicinity of the Hanita Israeli site with artillery shells. The eleventhth statement for the day reported that at 7:10 p.m. on Saturday, Hezbollah fighters targeted a military intelligence unit and war force near the Al-Raheb Israeli site with rockets, achieving a direct hit.

■ Ex-minister of military affairs: Israel lost war in north to Hezbollah (PressTV)
■ Hezbollah: Mission Complete, Sayyed Nasrallah to Refute Israeli Claims in Later Speech (Mehr News)
■ Hezbollah drone hits Israeli warship, leaves casualties (Mehr News)
■ Lebanon’s Hezbollah paralyzes Ben Gurion airport (Mehr News)
■ 10 foreign airlines cancel flights to Israel amid cross-border escalation with Hezbollah (Anadolu)
■ Au moins trois morts dans des frappes israéliennes sur le Liban-Sud | Notre direct (L'Orient-Le Jour)
■ Israel launches massive strikes on southern Lebanon (Anadolu)
■ The Zionist Entity Was Never Prepared For A War Of Attrition (Robert Inlakesh)

● Overnight Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 37 Palestinians, mostly in south and central Gaza. Medical sources say at least 32 of those killed have arrived at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
● Israel’s military issues fresh orders for residents to evacuate neighbourhoods in northern Gaza amid intense Israeli attacks in the north, centre and south of the Palestinian territory.
● White House says talks in Cairo to reach Gaza ceasefire have been “constructive”, but all sides must come together to implement proposed deal as US delegation plans to meet with mediators again on Sunday to try and close negotiation gaps.
● A 10-month-old baby in Gaza is now paralysed due to polio – the first case in the enclave in more than 25 years – the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has confirmed.
● UN official says Palestinian children are “paying the heaviest price” as Gaza faces critical humanitarian aid shortages and spike in malnutrition.
● At least 40,265 people have been killed and 93,144 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 were taken captive.

■ Live blog: Overnight Israeli attacks in Gaza kills 14, including children (TRT World)
■ IOF bombard Gaza, kill 11 Palestinians after striking their home (Al Mayadeen)
■ Seven civilians injured in Israeli aggression on Syria (Al Mayadeen)

Lebanon's Hezbollah says it carried out a strike on the Meron military base, targeting Israel's spying devices. | In a brief statement, the resistance group said it destroyed espionage equipment inside the headquarters of the air surveillance unit and the air operations command at the base on Friday morning. ● The operation, it said, came in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and their resistance fighters, and in response to Israeli strikes on the towns and villages in southern Lebanon. ● Additionally, the Lebanese resistance fighters shelled the Israeli al-Malikiyah military site and precisely struck the designated targets. ● The Lebanese health ministry announced on Thursday that 564 deaths and 1,848 injuries had been recorded from last October to August 20 as a result of Israeli raids and shelling of southern Lebanon. ● The ministry said in a report that 84 percent of the injuries were males, and 93 percent of them were Lebanese nationals, adding that 53 percent of the injuries were under the age of 44.

■ Yemen army targets Israel-linked ships in Red Sea, Gulf of Aden (PressTV)

A reconnaissance drone belonging to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has infiltrated the northern part of the occupied territories, filming the private villa of the Israeli regime's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. | According to the Israel Hayom daily newspaper, the Israeli regime’s defense systems issued a warning message on the presence of a drone near Netanyahu’s private residence in Caesarea, located 37 km south of Haifa on the Mediterranean coast, on Sunday. ● The newspaper further speculated that the drone had been launched from Lebanon and had managed to take footage of Netanyahu's place of residence. Israeli fighter jets were dispatched to the area but were unable to detect the exact location of the suspected drone, it added. ● The Israeli military claimed that the warning may have been a false alarm, adding that the radar and defense systems sometimes issue such warnings due to an error. However, it did not completely rule out the possibility of a small drone launched by Hezbollah.

BEIRUT: Around 10 people were killed, including two children, and five were wounded by an Israeli strike on a residential building in the city of Nabatieh city in south Lebanon, state news agency NNA said on Saturday. | The victims were all Syrian citizens, NNA said, adding that a final toll of the strike would be announced after DNA tests were conducted to determine the identity of the victims. The Israeli military said the airstrike targeted a weapons depot used by Hezbollah. The strike came after ceasefire talks between Hamas and Israel in Doha paused on Friday with negotiators due to meet again next week.

■ Israeli strike on the south of Lebanon kills 10 (Gulf Times)
■ Israel Attacks ‘Civilian Area’ In Southern Lebanon, Woman And Two Children Among 10 Killed (Outlook India)

Nicholas Brumfield | On July 20, after an unprecedented Houthi drone strike killed a civilian in Tel Aviv the day before, Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Houthi-held Hodeidah Port on Yemen’s Red Sea coast. | Beyond reportedly killing at least nine people and injuring dozens more, the aerial bombardment destroyed several pieces of vital infrastructure—including a major fuel storage site. While much of the international coverage of the incident has focused on the context of the wider regional dynamics of the Gaza war, the destruction of such infrastructure also stands to have significant economic, political, and potentially even military impacts within Yemen.

Mary Manley | The US is continuing to stock the Middle East with military arsenal including additional US destroyers. Israel, which has waged a war in the Gaza Strip that has killed tens of thousands since October, has provoked Iran with attacks in April as well as recently. Iran has said it plans to retaliate, while the US has failed to put out the flames. | On Monday, James Carey, the host of the Left is Dead podcast joined Sputnik's The Critical Hour to discuss these recent developments in the Middle East.

💬 “Striking the capital of Beirut, which is technically a US ally, and then, just stepping away from it. [As in], 'oh, please don't respond to this'. That's an absurd request, right? And I think the Iranian response earlier this year when the drone strike was launched, basically to mildly penetrate the Iron Dome, to show that they could do it. I think, in my opinion, that Iran could penetrate the Iron Dome, if they chose to,” Carey explained. ● “Israel's getting a free hand to strike, like I said, American allies like Lebanon. These are countries that are allegedly allied with the US, whether Hezbollah operates in them or not, or whether Iran is looking to strike or not. But the obvious aggression has come from Israel. So that's why I think it's very absurd to see it framed this way,” he added.

US ground troops began trickling into Syria in November 2015, two months after Russia kicked off an air campaign targeting foreign-backed terrorists attempting to topple the Syrian government. Washington initially claimed that the deployments were meant to help fight terror. In practice, they have amounted to an illegal occupation. | Syria’s Foreign Ministry has reiterated its call on the US to end its “blatant violation of [Syria’s] sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity,” end its support for the separatist Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militias, and “immediately withdraw” its troops. ● In a statement provided to local media on Saturday, Damascus slammed Washington for its use of the SDF as a “cheap tool to implement its anti-Syrian schemes,” and accused the predominantly Kurdish militia, which occupies eastern Syria alongside US forces, of carrying out “criminal attacks on local residents in Deir ez-Zor, Hasakah and Qamishli, in addition to other villages in the eastern and northeastern regions,” leading to numerous casualties among civilians, including women and children.

💬 “Syria calls on the United States to stop these practices, withdraw immediately from Syrian territory, and respect the will of the Syrians, who reject the presence and role of such separatist militias. Syria also stresses the will of its people to liberate their land and preserve their sovereignty, which will be achieved no matter how great the sacrifice, and that the terrorism and crimes of these militias will not weaken their resolve.”

■ US Base at CONOCO Oil Field and Mission Support Service (MSS) Euphrates ON FIRE in Syria (07/28/24)
■ Major US Military Bases in Eastern Syria Attacked by Missiles, Drones (04/22/24)
■ US Wants ‘Another Kosovo’ in Syria’s Northwest, Keep Control of Oil, Wheat in Northeast (04/04/24)
■ The US Bombs Syria...Again (03/26/24)
■ Missiles strike US-occupied base in eastern Syria: Report (02/16/24)
■ US base in Syria comes under drone attack from Iranian-backed groups (02/05/24)
■ US hits 85 targets in Syria and Iraq (02/03/24)
■ Explosions rock the US largest base in Syria (02/02/24)
■ Drones destroy illegal US “Kharab al-Jir” base in eastern Syria (01/09/24)
■ China [correctly] accuses US of oil theft (01/19/23)
■ China Criticizes the U.S. Over Syria, Urges Washington to Stop Stealing the Oil (09/23/22)
■ Studying Outcrops and Landforms... (11/17/22)

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Georgia nuclear submarine to be deployed to the Middle East and the deployment of the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier to the region to be accelerated, the Pentagon said on Sunday following Austin’s conversation with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

💬 "Secretary Austin has ordered the USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN Carrier Strike Group, equipped with F-35C fighters, to accelerate its transit to the Central Command area of responsibility, adding to the capabilities already provided by the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT Carrier Strike Group. Additionally, the Secretary has ordered the USS Georgia (SSGN 729) guided missile submarine to the Central Command region," the Pentagon said.

During the phone call, the parties discussed efforts to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza and measures to protect Israel. In particular, Austin emphasized the US readiness to take all necessary steps to protect its Middle Eastern ally.

■ US sends reinforcements to ‘defend Israel’ (04/13/24)

The United Kingdom, France, and Germany issue a joint statement calling on Iran to refrain from attacking the Israeli occupation after the latter violated its sovereignty. | The leaders of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement in which they expressed their support for ongoing diplomatic efforts led by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States to secure a ceasefire and release the captives in Gaza, in light of the ongoing genocide. [...] Moreover, they went on to call on Iran and its allies, likely the Ansar Allah movement in Yemen and the Hezbollah Resistance movement in Lebanon, to refrain from taking any actions that would "further escalate regional tensions and jeopardize the opportunity to agree a ceasefire and the release of hostages." The statement held them responsible "for actions that jeopardize this opportunity for peace and stability" while completely disregarding the actions of the Israeli occupation that forced the hand of Iran and its allies to respond to it, to begin with.

■ US president’s terse warning to Iran about possible Israel attack: ‘Don’t’ (Dawn)

The country of Yemen, run by a group called Ansar Allah, and populated with a tribe called "Houthis" has shot down ANOTHER U.S. MQ-9 "Reaper Drone." | The $32 Million drone is the seventh or eighth shot down over Yemen this year alone.

Iran or its proxies in Syria have, for the first time, shot down a US Military Spy Balloon over the Al-Omar Oil Field. | The balloon was aloft to protect the (unauthorized) US military base at the oil field; a base which the Syrian Government has repeatedly told the US it cannot have and must close and leave. These platforms allow persistent high altitude surveillance around US bases in hostile territory. Its loss will limit the US militaries ability to identify and respond to threats nearby. This shoot-down of a US Military Surveillance Balloon is a first for Iran or its proxies.

■ Syria President Flies to Moscow - Second Time in One Week (Hal Turner)

Air raid sirens went off in 15 Israeli settlements, the Al Mayadeen TV channel reported | Armed formations of Lebanon’s Shiite group Hezbollah have launched a massive rocket attack on Israeli settlements in the Upper Galilee, the Al Mayadeen TV channel reported. According to it, the Shiite fighters fired more than 50 rockets from multiple rocket launchers. Air raid sirens went off in 15 Israeli settlements.

The Genocide Continues: Yesterday at least 15 displaced civilians were massacred in an lsraeli airstrike by the lsraeli occupation on a school in Al-Shuja'iyya neighborhood, Northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/MSZr2hiwch

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) August 1, 2024

Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah says the fighting has entered “a new phase” after Israel’s assassination of its top military commander Fouad Shukr and Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, Press TV reported. | In a speech broadcast at the funeral of Hezbollah Shukr on Thursday, the Hezbollah chief said Israel has “crossed red lines” in the assassinations and that it must expect “rage and revenge on all the fronts supporting Gaza.” Nasrallah said he had ordered Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon to curb operations on Wednesday and Thursday but that they would resume with higher intensity on Friday. A number of countries had asked Hezbollah to retaliate in an “acceptable” way or not at all. But he said it would be “impossible” for the group not to respond, he added.

👉 "The Window is Now Open" - Breakout of Kinetic War Expected "Any moment TODAY" (Hal Turner)
■ Ismail Haniyeh killing: Netanyahu's only goal is to set the region on fire (David Hearst)

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev suggested that a full-scale war in the Middle East is the only way to a shaky peace in the region.

💬 "The knot in the Middle East is tightening. I regret the loss of innocent lives. They are just hostages of a disgusting state - the United States. Meanwhile, it is clear to everyone that a full-scale war is the only way to a shaky peace in the region," Medvedev wrote on Telegram Twitter.

On Wednesday, Palestinian movement Hamas reported the death of its political leader Ismail Haniyeh as a result of an Israeli strike on his residence in Tehran, where he had arrived to participate in the inauguration of Iran's new president.

■ War is only way to peace in Middle East – former Russian president (RT.com)
■ Israeli Gov’t Opening Bomb Shelters in Country, Fearing Response From Lebanon - Reports (Sputnik News)
■ Austin Pledges the US Will Defend Israel If It Faces Attack After Latest Escalations (Antiwar.com)
■ Iran will strike Israel – NYT (RT.com)

👉 Pentagon Tells Me Israel to Be ATTACKED by Iran within Next 72 Hours (Hal Turner) | Tonight, there is also word from Intel Sources that a warning and threatening message sent by France from (its Embassy) in Tel Aviv, through the Lebanese government, to Hezbollah, that any response that extends deep into Israel will be met with a violent and crushing response against the party’s targets in the southern suburbs, Baalbek, and vital facilities in the capital Beirut. [...] [Syria:] Intel has confirmed that a Senior Hezbollah Official has asked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's brother, Maher al-Assad, to prepare the elite Syrian 4th Armored Division for the reopening of the Golan front and an extensive war. The Golan can be re-opened because Israel has repeatedly bombed Syria over the past two years, thereby voiding the ceasefire for the Golan Heights, which Israel took from Syria.

Eight reservists have been accused of sodomizing a prisoner with a broomstick | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) arrested eight reservists on Monday as part of a probe into alleged torture of a Palestinian captive, prompting rioters, including several lawmakers, to break into a military base demanding their release. One argued that nothing was off-limits when it came to dealing with Hamas. ● Ten soldiers were originally caught up in the investigation. Two were released early on Wednesday, while eight were ordered to remain in custody through Sunday. According to the IDF, they have been accused of aggravated sodomy, causing bodily harm, abuse, and conduct unbecoming of a soldier. ● The arrest of the reservists on Monday interrupted a meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee, as a MP of the ruling Likud party, Hanoch Milwidsky, tried to walk out in protest.

💬 “To insert a stick in a person’s rectum, is that legitimate?” asked Ahmad Tibi, an Israeli-Arab lawmaker.
💬 “Yes!” Milwidsky shouted back. “If he is a Nukhba [Hamas unit], everything is legitimate to do! Everything!”

■ IDF Soldiers 'Claim They Raped Palestinian Detainee in Self-Defense' (InfoLib)
■ Israeli Lawmakers Debate Whether It's Okay to Rape Palestinian Prisoners (InfoLib)
■ State Department Won’t Call Israeli Rape of Palestinian Prisoners a War Crime (Antiwar.com)
■ Israel guilty of 'extermination, torture, sexual violence' in Gaza: UN probe (06/13/24)
■ Schism in 'Israel': Detained soldiers accused of rape called 'heroes' (07/30/24)

The IDF has confirmed a targeted attack on a Hezbollah commander | A building in Beirut, Lebanon has been destroyed in what Israel said was a targeted attack on a Hezbollah commander. The strike has raised concerns of a wider war in the region. ● Lebanese media reported the explosion in the Beirut neighborhood of Haret Hreik on Tuesday evening, while Israeli outlets identified the targeted area as Dahieh. It was unclear whether airplanes or drones were involved. ● At least one person has died and ten have been injured, according to RT Arabic.

■ Two martyred in Israeli aggression on Southern Suburb of Beirut (Al Mayadeen)

Western countries intensified their warnings and contacts with Lebanese and Israeli officials to prevent the eruption of a broader conflict in Lebanon in wake of the Majdal Shams attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that left 12 youths dead. | Hezbollah has refused to offer any assurances, reiterating that it will “respond to any Israeli strike”. Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli officials said on Monday according to Reuters. Two other Israeli officials said Israel was preparing for the possibility of a few days of fighting following Saturday's rocket strike at a sports field in a Druze town that it blamed on the Iranian-backed Hezbollah. Hezbollah has denied its involvement in the attack.

■ Iran's new president warns Israel against attacking Lebanon (Naharnet/Agence France Presse)

Two MQ-9 Reaper drones recently came dangerously close to a Russian Su-24M strike fighter in the skies over Syria, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria.

💬 “On July 27, two coalition MQ-9 Reaper reconnaissance and combat drones perilously approached Su-24 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces during a scheduled flight over Syria. This encounter happened at an altitude of about 6,500 meters near the settlement of Al Sukhnah in the Homs Governorate,” the Center explained.

In addition, two pairs of U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters and A-10 attack jets reportedly violated Syrian airspace in the Al Tanf area eight times on the same day. Reaper drones have repeatedly flown close to Russian fighters over Syrian airspace, with one such episode involving a Russian Su-35 fighter occurring in the second week of July. An MQ-9 was reported to have closely approached a Su-35 on June 27, 15 days ago—a day marked by 12 sustained violations of Syrian airspace by Western combat aircraft.

Following Erdogan's threat of military intervention in Palestine, Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Israel Katz threatened the Turkish President with the same fate as Saddam Hussein. | Katz took to X to threaten Erdogan with a similar fate to that of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who was executed in 2006, if he moved forward with his threat to intervene in Palestine. "Erdogan follows in the footsteps of Saddam Hussein and threatens to attack Israel. Just let him remember what happened there and how it ended." Katz wrote.

■ Israeli Foreign Minister Compares Erdogan to Hussein, Commenting on Readiness to 'Enter' Israel (Sputnik News)
■ 'End of genocidal Netanyahu will be like Hitler’s': Turkish Foreign Ministry (Anadolu)

The Majdal Shams strike resulted in the tragic loss of 12 lives, all natives of the occupied Golan. What insights can we recover from the evidence gathered following yesterday's incident? | Israeli regime authorities claimed on Saturday afternoon that Hezbollah launched a rocket at the occupied town of Majdal Shams, killing twelve civilians, including 10 children, in the process. ● The Israeli military command even specified the type of rocket artillery shell used in the alleged attack, which it claimed was the Falaq-1 rocket. ● On the other hand, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah fully denied any involvement and responsibility for a deadly strike on the village in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan. ● A brief analysis of the impact site and the video capturing the moment of the strike dismantles the Israeli narrative, bolstering Hezbollah's account.

■ Israeli defense system responsible for Majdal Shams blast: Eyewitnesses (IRNA)
■ Is Hezbollah behind Majdal Shams strike? (Naharnet/Agence France Presse)
■ Damascus Condemns Deadly Majdal Shams Strike, Holds Israel Responsible (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Israel and the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah are on the brink of a full-blown war | Several NATO members including the US have issued travel warnings for Lebanon, urging their citizens to immediately leave the country in the face of a potential full-blown war between Israel and the pro-Palestinian armed group Hezbollah. ● Tensions rapidly escalated on Saturday when a rocket strike killed 12 children in the Druze city of Majdan Shams, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the projectile was an Iranian-made Falaq-1 rocket fired by Hezbollah from southern Lebanon. The militants, however, denied any involvement in the strike. ● The US Embassy released a travel notice on Saturday, urging Americans to “strongly reconsider travel to Lebanon.”

■ US, France issue travel advisories for Lebanon amid regional tensions (07/28/24)

Tension further escalates after Israeli army presents government with scenarios for possible attack on Lebanese group Hezbollah | The US, UK and France Sunday issued a security alert for their citizens, advising them not to travel to Lebanon, citing potential disruptions in air travel due to heightened regional tensions. The US Embassy in Lebanon advised its citizens traveling to or from Lebanon to "monitor their flight status closely" as changes could occur with little notice. It also emphasized the need for travelers to "make alternate plans" if necessary. In addition, the embassy underscored the "complex and rapidly changing" security environment in Lebanon, urging its citizens to see the current travel advisory, which recommends reconsidering travel to the country.

■ Erdogan says Turkey might enter Israel to help Palestinians (The Staits Times)
■ Erdogan threatens military intervention in Palestine (Albawaba)
■ Iran sternly warns Israel against ‘adventurism’ in Lebanon as tensions flare after Golan Heights incident (PressTV)

Two US military bases in Eastern Syria are on fire right now after being hit with rockets and drones!! The Base at Al-Omar, near the CONOCO Oil Field, and Mission Support Service (MSS) Euphrates are burning. | U.S. Aircraft and Helicopters can be heard over the City of Deir ez-Zor in Eastern Syria, following the Targeting of American Troops at both the U.S-Coalition Base in the Al-Omar Oil Fields and MSS Euphrates in the Conoco Gas Field earlier. Rockets and Drones fired by locals who demand the US leave Syria, which the US is NOT authorized to be in, are being blamed. That blame is being labeled "Iran-proxies." Hal Turner Comment: But the simple truth is that the United States entered Syria without permission and without UN Security COuncil Resolution, and has been STEALING Syrian Oil for years. The Syrians are tired of it and have repeatedly told the US to leave. The US won't leave and won't stop stealing the Syrian oil. Now, they're paying for it in blood. It's a shame the US chose this course of action. Our troops should be at home. Here, in our own country.

The airstrikes came after Israel accused Hezbollah of killing 12 civilians in the Golan Heights | The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that it carried out airstrikes against multiple targets in southern Lebanon. This came after Israeli officials vowed to retaliate after 12 people were killed when a rocket hit a football field in the occupied Golan Heights. ● The attacks were reported by multiple news outlets in the early hours of Sunday. According to Al Jazeera, explosions were heard in the coastal city of Tyre and several villages along the Israel-Lebanon border. ● Later, the IDF said in the statement that its air force struck a series of "Hezbollah terror targets” overnight, “both deep inside Lebanese territory and in southern Lebanon, including weapons caches and terrorist infrastructure in the areas of Chabriha, Borj El Chmali, and Beqaa, Kfarkela, Rab El Thalathine, Khiam, and Tayr Harfa.”

■ Hezbollah Denies Israeli Allegations of Targeting Majdal Shams (Al Manar TV)
■ Iran sternly warns Israel against ‘adventurism’ in Lebanon as tensions flare after Golan Heights incident (PressTV)
■ Israel strikes Lebanon as Western diplomats warn of escalation (PressTV)
■ Lebanon Condemns Attacks on Civilians in Golan as US Fears Wider Conflict (Sputnik News)
■ "Missile" Hits Golan Heights - 11+ DEAD Israelis! War Cabinet Convening; Invasion of Lebanon Begins tonight?