(31.10.2025, 00:11)Kongo Erich schrieb: Komm, das ist unter Deinem Niveau:
Vier englischsprachige "Quellen", die mehr oder weniger einer vom anderen abschreiben - und mehrere davon sehr regierungsnah, hast Du nichts besseres zu bieten als halboffiziöse regierungsnahe Grütze?

Zitat:RAF Typhoons scored multiple air-to-air kills over Middle East in recent months, says official

UK Royal Air Force (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 combat aircraft have scored multiple air-to-air kills on operations over the Middle East in recent months, an official confirmed on 6 November.

Speaking under the Chatham House Rule at the IQPC International Fighter Conference (IFC) 2025 in Rome, the official said that Typhoons had recorded four successful aerial engagements against unspecified aircraft since April 2024. “[During the RAF's] recent contribution to security in the Middle East, [in] the last 18 months Typhoons had four successful air-to-air engagements against difficult air targets,” he said.

No further details of the engagements were given, but given the location and the timeline they likely concern the downing of one-way attack (OWA) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that were launched against Israel on the night of 13–14 April 2024.

It was reported at the time that RAF aircraft had been involved in the multinational effort to counter this massed attack that saw approximately 170 OWA UAVs, 30 cruise missiles, and 120 ballistic missiles (according to the Israel Defense Forces) launched at Israel from the directions of Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen.

A UK documentary, Top Guns: Inside the RAF, screened in January credited the RAF that night with three OWA UAV kills. It is not clear if the fourth now revealed was from that event or not. The official did not identify any of the four targets, but they would likely be Iranian Shahed-136 OWA UAVs.

(09.11.2025, 10:53)Nightwatch schrieb: Es ist eine Schande, wie sich das politische Berlin hier im großen gemeinsamen Stillschweigen fein und feige weggeduckt hat. Vier Eurofighter nach Jordanien oder Zypern wären das mindeste gewesen um wenigstens einen symbolischen Beitrag im Sinne der (pre Merz noch bestehenden) Staatsräson zu leisten.
Und ein wenig Kampferfahrung in Sachen Drohnenabwehr hätte der Luftwaffe auch sehr gut getan.

Zitat: ‘Hero of Israel’: After 11 years in Hamas captivity, Lt. Hadar Goldin’s body brought home
Lamenting years of inaction by government, parents thank ‘IDF and no one else’ for long-awaited return, which becomes a symbol of national resilience and remembrance

Zitat:NEW REVELATION: The inner circle of Hamas secret partners, the canceled strikes - and the Israeli effort: not to eliminate terrorists who know where IDF Lt. Hadar Goldin's body is ver the past 11 years, the location of Hadar Goldin's burial has been one of the most closely guarded secrets in Hamas's military wing, even after October 7. The circle of secret partners who knew the location of Goldin's burial included only a single-digit number - fewer than 10 people in Hamas, including senior leadership members.
As the war continued, and senior military leadership of Hamas was eliminated - including Sinwar, Dief, and Rafah Brigade Commander Muhammad Shabana - the number of secret partners only shrank, and the estimate is that recently, only 5 people in Hamas knew exactly where Goldin was.
Throughout the entire war, the IDF deliberately avoided killing the terrorists who knew the secret about Goldin's location in Rafah. The IDF could have eliminated those figures, significant terrorists in the military wing, but preserved them, defining them as "assets" not to be harmed, because of the guarded secret that only they knew and could have taken to the grave.
During the war, the IDF had two different opportunities to eliminate Rafah Brigade Commander Muhammad Shabana - but because those "assets" who knew the secret information about Goldin were around him, the IDF twice refrained from killing the Rafah Brigade Commander - so as not to harm the chances of returning Goldin to Israel. In the end, Shabana was killed in a tunnel in Khan Yunis along with Muhammad Sinwar, but when those terrorists were not around him.
These details reveal another layer in the complex intelligence effort that accompanied the entire war for two years - not only avoiding harm to the hostages themselves, but also avoiding harm to the chances of returning the hostages, both living and fallen.

Zitat:British television channel to broadcast 'Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War,' by filmmaker Benjamin Zand, in which the testimonies refute many of the Israeli claims regarding the IDF's conduct during the war, including its use of human shields and the conduct of shooting at civilians at aid hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

Several of the soldiers reportedly asked to keep their identities hidden, while others agreed to appear alongside their full names.

In August 2024, Haaretz reported that Palestinians have been used by Israeli army units in the Gaza Strip as human shields for soldiers during operations. The Palestinians, whom the soldiers call shawish – an obscure Arabic word of Turkish origin meaning sergeant – were sent into buildings to conduct searches before Israeli soldiers entered the premises.

"Life and death isn't determined by procedures or opening fire regulations," he adds. "It's the conscience of the commander on the ground that decides."

Eli describes an incident in which a senior IDF officer ordered a tank to destroy a building in an area designated for civilians.

"A man was standing on the roof, hanging laundry, and the officer decided that he was a spotter," he added.

Zitat:"Now, it's not as if this man had binoculars or weapons," he said. "The closest military force was 600-700 meters away. So unless he had eagle eyes, how could he possibly be a spotter? And the tank fired a shell. The building half collapsed. And the result was many dead and wounded."

(10.11.2025, 21:34)Quintus Fabius schrieb: Das ist wirklich absurd. Wie kann ein Staat, der zu solcher Brillianz wie im Libanon gegen die Hisbollah ... fähig ist, ...

Zitat:13 Tote bei israelischem Angriff auf Flüchtlingslager in Libanon

Bei einem israelischen Angriff auf das größte Flüchtlingslager für Palästinenser in Libanon sind nach libanesischen Behördenangaben mindestens 13 Menschen getötet worden. Es habe weitere Verletzte bei dem Angriff auf Ain al-Hilwah bei der Küstenstadt Sidon gegeben, teilte das Gesundheitsministerium in Beirut mit.

Quellen innerhalb des von Palästinensern bewohnten Viertels meldeten, die Opferzahl könnte weit darüber liegen. Der Angriff habe den Rand des Lagers getroffen. Ein israelischer Armeesprecher teilte auf Arabisch mit, das Militär habe „terroristische Elemente“ angegriffen, die in einem „palästinensischen Trainingslager“ operiert hätten. Ersten Berichten zufolge könnte der Angriff eine Zusammenkunft von Anführern der islamistischen Hamas getroffen haben.

Ain al-Hilwah im Süden des Landes ist mit rund 80.000 Einwohnern das größte palästinensische Flüchtlingslager in Libanon. Die meisten Bewohner sind Flüchtlinge des ersten arabisch-israelischen Krieges im Jahr 1948 sowie deren Nachkommen. Andere palästinensische Bewohner wurden im libanesischen Bürgerkrieg (1975-1990) dorthin vertrieben. In den vergangenen Jahren kamen außerdem Palästinenser aus Syrien wegen des dortigen Bürgerkriegs hinzu.

(10.11.2025, 18:41)Nightwatch schrieb: ...
Diese Episode steht für mich stellvertretend für die völlige Überhöhung der Bedeutung sterblicher Überreste gefallener Soldaten und ihre vollständige Bergung in der israelischen Gesellschaft.
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