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Israeli fighter pilots returning from air defense missions during the 12-day war with Iran were routinely authorized to unload their leftover munitions on the Gaza Strip, according to a 2 July report by Maariv.
The move, initially a pilot-led initiative to โassistโ Israeli ground forces in Khan Yunis and northern Gaza, was quickly expanded by Air Force Commander Tomer Bar into a daily operational policy across all squadrons.
The report outlines how, during the operation, pilots assigned to intercept missiles and drones launched from Iran were equipped not only with air-to-air missiles but also with air-to-surface munitions.
After completing their Iran-related missions, pilots contacted Gaza operation control rooms and offered to drop remaining bombs on designated targets in the enclave.
Air Force officials embraced the initiative. Within hours, the ad hoc proposal became standard practice, with squadrons instructed to coordinate with ground units before landing and to strike Gaza โHamas targetsโ on their return.
Military officials described the program as a โforce multiplierโ that allowed the air force to expand bombing raids in Gaza without additional resources.
โInstead of bouncing planes off the ground for an attack policy, planes that were already in the air carried out the missions,โ an Israeli Air Force source told Maariv. โIt saved a great deal of resources and increased the Air Forceโs capabilities.โ
The result was what the report describes as โwaves of powerful air strikesโ on the strip, far removed from the Iranian front. According to the Israeli army, dozens of fighter jets participated daily, each releasing surplus munitions over the besieged enclave before landing.
While presented as a resource-efficient strategy, the practice effectively turned Gaza into a secondary front in a war that had no operational connection to the territory.
The attacks were directed based on instructions from Israeli ground forces already operating in Khan Yunis and northern Gaza, amplifying the daily bombardment of areas already under siege.
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Israeli officials described the move as a resource-saving measure, but the result was intensified bombing of Gaza by jets returning from unrelated missionsthecradle.co
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A slider, a milestone and a heartfelt thank you: Kershaw's 3,000th strikeout
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News story this AM on the local broadcast, Independence Day cookouts are more expensive this year. How much? โAlmost 2% for a group of 10โ. But this amount was not stated until the very end. They spent the time saying how much the price burgers/beef or brats have have gone up.
So NOW they want to tell us how inflation is affecting us. But under 4 years of Biden when inflation was running much higher (forgive me, Iโm too lazy to go look up the amount) it was never talked about.
Dr. Marwan Sultan, director of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, his wife, and their five children were killed when Israeli forces shelled their home in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of southern Gaza.Iran Press
#environment #climate #geopolitics #imperialism #war
Imagine. Cutting military spending worldwide would be even better.
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This study investigates the association between speakers' personal attributes, such as political stance or military experience, and their variable pronunciations of Iraq/Iran, as elicited through a rapid anonymous survey. For both target items, speakers' choice of variant appears to be associated not with political affiliation but with two other factors: ability to speak a second language and military service. English speakers who report being able to speak a foreign language are more likely to employ a variant more aligned with the source language, [irษ:k]/[irษ:n], while those with a record of military service tend toward the Americanized variants, [ajrรฆk]/ [ajrรฆn]. These results suggest that while specific variants might index political attitude in contexts where the construction of a particular political identity is desirable, in the absence of such a context, speakers' choice of variant is governed primarily by experiential factors.
#linguistics #pronunciation #Iraq #Iran #Americans
โฒ Laurel Stvan - 2025-06-21 02:44:58 GMT
Some of my colleagues wrote a paper on this pronunciation variation with Iraq :read.dukeupress.edu/american-sโฆ
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Maybe just suggest something you know he likes and have all the ingredients for. I must admit I hate it when people ask what i want, I've been living alone long enough that I just go make stuff that I'm hungry for.
I'd make a terrible wife
I spoil him. Even his sisters tell him that.
I canโt repeat their language or insults they tell their ex husbands. But can tell you why no husband.
My motherโs in laws dying wish was for me to take care of him. I agreed. I married the favorite. Plus I have the blessing of his parents both. So that is that.
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ยซ Mes amis Lorsque lโon est persuadรฉ dโรชtre trรจs compรฉtent, on stagne dans son apprentissage, car on ne voit pas lโintรฉrรชt dโapprofondir. Demandons-nous alors : ยซ Et si je ne savais pas tout ? Et si je jouais la carte de lโhumilitรฉ ? ยป Lโhumilitรฉ fait apprendre. Lorsque lโon se lance dans lโapprentissage, il se peut que lโon se croie douรฉ au dรฉpart, jusquโร ce quโon dรฉcouvre quโil existe une infinitรฉ de choses ร apprendre ! Nous nโen finissons jamais. Nous tombons dans la vallรฉe de lโhumilitรฉ : je sais que je ne sais pas tout, que je peux toujours progresser. Cโest ainsi que je progresse.
Lorsque lโon est persuadรฉ dโรชtre incompรฉtent, on se bloque aussi, car on considรจre que cโest peine perdue. Demandons-nous : ยซ Et si jโen savais plus que je ne croyais ? Et si je pouvais progresser ?
ยปRรฉflรฉchissez ร ces biais cognitifs, afin de vous entraรฎner ร accueillir de nouvelles pensรฉes, une nouvelle vision du monde et des choses. Chaque fois que vous รชtes persuadรฉ dโavoir raison sur un sujet, osez une remise en question. ยป
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Judie (6), a little Palestinian girl who was #MurderedbyIsrael.
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Yazan Imad Al-Fajam (12), a Palestinian boy who was #MurderedbyIsrael.
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An investigation by The Guardian revealed that the Israeli military used a powerful 500-pound bomb, likely an MK-82, in its attack on Al-Baqa cafรฉ by the #Gaza seaside.
This bomb, caused a massive explosion and scattered shrapnel over a wide area, leaving a large crater at the site. The use of such a weapon may amount to a war crime.
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Siwar Al Ghareeb, a little Palestinian girl who was #MurderedbyIsrael.
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Ahmed Saleh (16), a Palestinian teenager who was #MurderedbyIsrael.
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A traumatized Palestinian boy who luckily survived an Israeli attack but lost loved ones.
In light of Parliament's open embrace of fascism earlier today: here's how to join #PalestineAction
๐คขDurian, la fruta fรฉtida que triunfa en Asia.
El durian es tan maloliente que su consumo estรก prohibido en interiores, pero la popularidad de esta fruta, considerada un superalimento, no deja de aumentar en China y en el resto de Asia.
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How did I miss @pluralistic@mamot.fr in #Manchester yesterday! ๐www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-with-cory-doctorow-tickets-1308451968059
Looking out for PICKS AND SHOVELS to read in audiobook form.
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The author will discuss his latest novel, Picks And Shovels, and the 'enshittification' of our modern digital ageEventbrite
On July 22, 2025, the US President sent more than 100 American aircraft to bomb Iran, which is a few thousand kilometres away from the Unites States. Thisะัั ะฐะผะผะตะด ะะผะตั (New Eastern Outlook)
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Elon Musk vient-il de tourner le dos dรฉfinitivement aux รtats-Unis ?
Alors que Tesla coupe ses partenariats fรฉdรฉraux, que SpaceX est exclu des contrats militaires, et que Starlink se dรฉploie dans les pays des BRICS sans lโaval de Washington, une nouvelle รจre commence.Le 5 juin 2025, Musk accuse Trump dโingratitudeโฆ et commence ร transfรฉrer ses technologies vers la Chine, le Brรฉsil, lโInde et lโAfrique du Sud.Tesla alimente dรฉsormais le rรฉseau รฉnergรฉtique chinois. Starlink รฉchappe au contrรดle du Pentagone. Et lโinfluence amรฉricaine vacille.**
Washington a-t-elle perdu le dernier technologue quโelle ne pouvait pas se permettre de perdre ? Ou Musk vient-il dโouvrir une brรจche que dโautres suivront ?
Dans cette vidรฉo, on dรฉcrypte les dรฉcisions radicales de Musk, les rรฉactions internationales, et ce que cela rรฉvรจle du nouvel ordre technologique mondial.
Elon Musk vient-il de tourner le dos dรฉfinitivement aux รtats-Unis ?Alors que Tesla coupe ses partenariats fรฉdรฉraux, que SpaceX est exclu des contrats milita...YouTube
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The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java province's Banyuwangi port on its way to Bali late on Wednesday, the agency said on Thursday.The Jakarta Post
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Mads Gilbert, an emergency medicine doctor who has spent extensive time working in Gaza, says the Gaza Health Foundation (GHF) distribution centres are part of the Israeli occupation forces and the Israeli government plan to ethnically cleanse and to fulfil their goal of genocide in Gaza.
โThe distribution organisation is aimed at using food as bait to attract starving people, to terrorise them and to kill them. The shooting of people in food lines is a war crime.โ
: Minimalist glue code offers surprising lifeline for stubborn display setupsLiam Proven (The Register)
We, the undersigned, call on the UK Home Secretary to urgently proscribe the โIsrael Defence Forces (IDF)โ as a terrorist organisation, under the Terrorism Act 2000. We believe their actions meet this definition and that they pose a threat to the safety and security of innocent civillians.
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitionsโฆ
The "IDF" has repeatedly carried out large-scale, deliberate acts of violence against civilians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, in order to pursue political and territorial goals.38 Degrees
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Zionist lobbyists in California are pushing a bill AB 715 that aims to put classrooms under the control of Israeli military thought police
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California AB715 2025-2026 AB 715 as amended Zbur Educational equity discrimination antisemitism prevention 1 ย Existing law states the policy of the State of California is to afford all persons in public schools regardless of their disability gender โฆtrackbill.com
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I was at a conference about Palestine shortly before he was killed. None of the Israelis I spoke to were willing to publicly name these horrors, says financial and political analyst Ahmed NajarAhmed Najar (The Guardian)
In this State of Play livestream, Greg Stoker exposes how Israeli forces are attacking starving Gazans at food drops, spiking flour with opioids, and deploying ISIS-linked gangs to guard convoysโunder the guise of humanitarian aid.Greg Stoker (MintPress News)
cross-posted from: lemmy.abnormalbeings.space/posโฆ
Text version: fedihost.co/blog/slug/nothing-โฆ
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Israel limits entry of baby formula in Gaza as infants die of hunger
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While waiting to enter Gaza on a medical aid mission, an American doctor watched Israeli security forces confiscate the cans of powdered baby formula packed in his luggage. The vital product is desperately lacking in the Palestinian enclave, where about 50 children have died of hunger since March.
#StarvingGaza #BabyFormula #KillingChildren #Sadism #Cruelty #WarCrimes #Israel
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Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territories, has called on countries to impose a full arms embargo as well as cut off trade and financial ties with Israel, which she alleged is waging a genocidal campaign in Gaza.
โIsrael is responsible for one of the cruellest genocides in modern history,โ Albanese said in a speech to the UN Human Rights Council.
The case was confirmed in an unvaccinated child in central Wyoming.MARY KEKATOS (Yahoo News)
Un biais cognitif, cโest comme un piรจge dans notre tรชte.
Cโest quand notre cerveau fait une erreur sans quโon sโen rende compte. Il croit quโil pense bien, mais en fait, il se trompe un peu. Cโest comme porter des lunettes qui changent un peu la rรฉalitรฉ : on voit les choses dโune faรงon spรฉciale, mais pas toujours juste
๐ง 1. Biais de confirmation
Cโest quand tu penses quโune chose est vraie, et tu cherches seulement ce qui te donne raison.
๐ Exemple :
Tu dis : โLe jus de pomme, cโest le meilleur !โ
Alors tu รฉcoutes seulement les copains qui disent โOui, moi aussi jโadore !โ
Mais tu ignores ceux qui prรฉfรจrent le jus dโorange.
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๐ง 2. Effet de groupe (ou biais de conformitรฉ)
Cโest quand tu fais comme tout le monde, mรชme si ce nโest pas ce que tu veux vraiment.
๐ Exemple :
Tu veux dessiner un chien, mais tous les autres dessinent des chats.
Alors tu dessines un chat aussi, juste pour รชtre comme eux.
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๐ญ 3. Biais dโancrage
Cโest quand la premiรจre chose quโon te dit influence ce que tu crois, mรชme si ce nโest pas logique.
๐ Exemple :
On te dit : โCe bonbon coรปte 10 dinars !โ
Puis on te dit : โMais je te le fais ร 5 dinars, cโest une super affaire !โ
Tu crois que cโest pas cherโฆ alors quโun bonbon de 5 dinars, cโest dรฉjร beaucoup !
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๐ง En rรฉsumรฉ :
Les biais cognitifs, ce sont des faรงons bizarres ou trompeuses de penser.
Ils arrivent ร tout le monde, mรชme aux grands !
Mais quand on les connaรฎt, on peut mieux rรฉflรฉchir.
For Rida Abu Hadayed, summer adds a new layer of misery to a daily struggle to survive in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
With temperatures exceeding 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit), daybreak begins with the cries of Hadayedโs seven children sweltering inside the displaced familyโs cramped nylon tent. Outside, the humidity is unbearable.
A family of six was completely wiped out in an Israeli strike that targeted a tent in the so-called โsafe zoneโ of al-Mawasi in southern Gaza. last night. Seven others were also killed in the same attack.
Local sources reported that the Israeli strike targeted a makeshift tent in a displacement camp, where clusters of tents sheltering already displaced families also caught fire.
In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese said: โThe situation in the occupied Palestinian territory is apocalyptic.โ
โIsrael is responsible for one of the cruellest genocides in modern history,โ she added, in a speech that was met with a burst of applause from the Geneva council.
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GENEVA: A UN expert on Thursday called on states to impose an arms embargo and cut off trade and financial ties with Israel, which she alleged is waging a โgenocidal campaignโ in Gaza.Reuters (Arabnews)
Amnesty International issued a report Thursday claiming a controversial Israeli- and U.S.-backed system to distribute aid in Gaza uses starvation tactics against Palestinians to continue to commit genocide in the Gaza Strip.
The U.K.-based human rights group condemned Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which the U.S. and Israel have backed to take over aid distribution in Gaza from a network led by the United Nations.
At least 15 Palestinians were killed earlier on Thursday in an Israeli attack targeting a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City. The victims include children who were burned to death.
Medical sources reported that 11 people were killed in the Israeli attack on the Mustafa Hafez School in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in western Gaza City.
Local sources reported the bombing caused a fire at the school, burning people alive.
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Gaza (Quds News Network)- At least 15 Palestinians were killed earlier on Thursday in an Israeli attack targeting a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza City. The victims include children whoEditing Team (Quds News Network)
but if you keep thinking that, then you gradually let the bureaucracies do everything
which is how we got into this mess in the first place
Ukraine's president arrives in Denmark for talks with key European backers
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GHETTO Fatigue On Carnival Cruises Explodes And Woman Gets Carried Off A Boat! - YouTube
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The administration of US President Donald Trump has approved a $510 million arms deal to the Israeli entity, including more than 7,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kits.ABNA English
Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq to hand over weapons in first step toward disarmament
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Frustrated by Day 2โs failures, Lee planned a massive assault on the Union center, led by Longstreet, with Pickettโs fresh division, while Ewell renewed attacks on Culpโs Hill and Stuartโs cavalry probed the Union lines to the rear. Both commanders braced for a decisive confrontation under the sweltering July heat.
At 4:00 AM, Union XII Corps, under Brig. Gen. George S. Greene, launched a counterattack to reclaim Culpโs Hill trenches lost to Johnsonโs Confederates on July 2nd.
After hours of mounted and dismounted fighting, and about 500 casualties, Stuartโs advance was halted. Securing Meadeโs rear and foiling the Confederate flanking maneuver.
Late on July 3, Union cavalry under Brig. Gen. Elon Farnsworth, part of Kilpatrickโs division, launched a doomed charge against Longstreetโs right flank south of Big Round Top. Ordered to disrupt Confederate lines, Farnsworthโs 300 troopers faced Lawโs infantry and artillery across rocky terrain.
The artillery duel, one of the warโs largest, set the stage for Leeโs climactic assault, as both sides braced for the decisive moment, Pickettโs Charge.
At 3:00 PM, 12,500 ConfederatesโPickettโs, Pettigrewโs, and Trimbleโs divisionsโemerged from Seminary Ridge for Pickettโs Charge. Advancing a mile across open fields, they faced a storm of Union artillery from Cemetery Ridge, led by Lt. Alonzo Cushingโs battery.
Leeโs army, with 28,000 losses, would retreat the next day, July 4th. Meade, with 23,000 casualties, did not pursue, sparking debate. Critics, including Lincoln, argued he missed a chance to crush Lee. Defenders cite Meadeโs exhausted troops, low supplies, and Leeโs still-formidable army, arguing caution preserved the victory.
Gettysburg shifted the warโs tide, but Meadeโs restraint, praised by some and scorned by others, left the Confederacyโs in tact dragging the war on for two more years.
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