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Houthis announce 3-phase strikes in Iran’s support; IRGC warns US universities | Janta Ka Reporter
Janta Ka Reporter
Mar 28, 2026

In a significant escalation in the Middle East conflict involving Iran, Yemen’s Ansarallah fighters also known as the Houthis have launched a second wave of strikes on Israeli cities in support of the Islamic Republic. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have faced huge protests at home for their military adventurism against Iran. Elsewhere, the IRGC has now vowed to launch retaliatory strikes on American universities in the Gulf region. Rifat Jawaid analyses the impact of the sudden expansion of the conflict.



Transcript

Donald Trump and his Israeli war criminal boss Benjamin Netanyahu today faced more setbacks at multiple fronts.
First, Iran has now issued a chilling warning describing the American universities and other educational institutions in the Gulf region as
legitimate targets after the Americans and Israeli terrorists bombed many Iranian educational institutions. Then
Yemen and Sarah fighters also known as the Houthis launched a second wave of cruise missile and drone attacks on the
settler colony in support of Iran. And then there have been massive countrywide no kings protest against Trump. This
would be the broad focus of my video today. Also in my video, more evidence of Trump's predatory behavior towards a
Fox News presenter. So please stay tuned. There have been multiple setbacks for Trump and his terrorist Israeli boss
Netanyahu in their illegal war against Iran. Both faced massive protests in their own backyards. Hundreds of
thousands, in fact, millions of people in the US took to the streets to voice their disgust against Trump for dragging
the US into an illegal war. Trump is not the first US president to illegally attack a Muslim country. But he is the
first occupant of the White House to invade a sovereign country despite having won the election on the promise that he would never drag his country's
military into an illegal war. More and more Americans are finally waking up to the reality that Trump was acting like an Israeli slave. Even Bernie Sanders,
who had supported the Israeli genocide in Gaza in the immediate aftermath of the th of October attacks, told a
gathering today that Trump had illegally attacked Iran.
One month ago, Trump and his partner,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, started a war with Iran.
This war is unconstitutional.
Trump did not seek or receive authorization from Congress. This war is
a violation of international law. One sovereign nation cannot simply go about
attacking another sovereign nation for any reason it chooses.
Even in the settler colony, terrorist Netanyahu ordered his bunch of terrorists to launch a crackdown on
those who had taken to the streets to protest against the Iran war. No, these Israelis haven't suddenly developed
compassion for human suffering. They are simply sick of going into bunkers every few hours to avoid Iranian onslaught.
And today when they decided to hold a public protest, they learned about the brutality of their own people firsthand.
And if this wasn't enough, the illegal settler colony created on the stolen land of Palestinians faced a second wave
of cruise, missile, and drone attacks from the Houthis. The Houthis had earlier targeted several Israeli cities
with missiles and drones after they decided to formally join the conflict in support of Iran. Here's what the Houthi
military spokesperson Dr. said in his latest statement.

the Houthi's involvement has suddenly added a significant twist to the conflict. I had told you in my last video that the Houthis may potentially renew their blockade of the Red Sea.
Listen to this Alazer reporter who is based in Dubai confirming my assertion.
Well, this is yet another example of what many Gulf states have been warning about since well before this war began that the longer it goes on, once it
begins, the longer it goes on, it will only become more expansive and more complex. And the Gulf states have gone
up against the Houthis before and this will certainly be something that will be raising the alarm. Uh in the in
Yemen civil war began in The Saudiled US and Westernbacked intervention into Yemen saw them
embroiled in the civil war in a fight they did not have to get into that lasted for years and cost Saudi Arabia,
the UAE a lot in terms of blood and treasure. They extricated themselves from that, but not without it exacting a cost. And the Houthis, a much weaker
force, went up against a coalition of eight or more, backed by the US, backed by the UK, backed by every major weapons manufacturer in the world, air strikes
happening constantly, and they fought them to a stalemate. That conflict remains unresolved, but closed for now.
There is very real reason to believe that Saudi Arabia will be taking this as a major alarm bell, not wanting to restart another conflict on its southern
border. And we have seen what the Houthis have been capable of in the past in in uh in in in support of Gaza uh saying in in in support of of
Palestinians, they have led attacks on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea in the Babal Mandabub Straight to great effect. We've seen those images of
helicopters landing on cargo vessels coming them of the Houthis blowing up uh oil tankers and cargo vessels in
those waters. That's been going on for some time. again it abated but it could restart again and that's what this conflict uh or the Houthis entering this
conflict it represents enormous risk not just to the region but to the global economy now we have to remind people that they have successfully launched
missiles at Israel in the past they've targeted the airport in Tel Aviv they've targeted uh airports in Dubai and Abu
Dhabi as well during the course of of the civil war of that Saudiled intervention that I mentioned not to the scale that we've seen since Iran began
retaliating attacks on the GCC, but still of enormous concern that this conflict is expanding, of enormous concern to the GCC that there is yet
another paradigm shift in the security on the peninsula and in the region.
Another Al Jazzer reporter from Yemen says that the Houthis have embarked on a three-phase war strategy. Watch this bit
very carefully. This is designed to hurt the settler colony, not just militarily,
but also economically. Well, I spoke with a military expert who tells me that the Houthi's position in this war will
consist of three phases. The first phase is to launch continuous attacks against Israeli military positions until Israel
stops its military role in the attacks against Iran. That's the first phase.
The second phase will consist of imposing a naval blockade on all Israeli linked ships attempting to cross
Bab al Mandeb. As you know, all imported goods into the port of Elat goes through Babel Mendde. In fact, % of Israel's
trade and all imported uh uh goods crossed Babel Mandep and crossed through to the Red Sea. Israel racked up a total
of $million in debt because of the Ansar Alahi's military attacks from
to They also were effective in ultimately uh announcing the closure of the port of Eilat and also the port of
Haifa all because of the Houth's military attacks against all uh Israeli linked vessels and all uh Israeli linked
companies attempting to cross Babel Mendab. Uh the second phase as I mentioned is imposing a naval blockade on all Israeli uh maritime assets. The
third phase will consist of attacking US military bases if the US gets involved.
So if the US decides to engage in military operations with Israel against Alahi positions, against any attacks
here in Yemen, then that's when the Yemeni group will begin targeting US military bases in Saudi Arabia, in Oman,
and across the region.
Meanwhile, Iran's IRGC have issued a chilling warning to the US by threatening to bomb American universities and other educational institutions in the Gulf region,
describing them as legitimate targets.
Now, this is a huge escalation given that there are many prominent American institutions across the Arab world. For
example, Qatar alone has at least six major American university branch campuses in education city DHA including Carnegie Melton Georgetown,
Northwestern, Texas&M, Virginia Commonwealth and Whale Cornell Medicine.
Similarly, the UAE host at least four major American institutions including the American University in Dubai,
American University in the Emirates,
American University of Rasal Kha and the American University of Sharah alongside New York University Abu Dhabi. No wonder
even those who pared the American and Israeli lines before they launched military aggression against Iran are now
doing a U turn to declare that Trump had miscalculated Iran's military capabilities. Mind you, these were the
same people who said Iran only had missiles and it will be just a child's play for Americans and settler colony to
go and occupy Iran. There's been a miscalculation without question. If you talk to anybody who has a sober analysis of this war, they will tell you,
including military people who don't want to be quoted, that um there was an overestimate estimation by the White
House and Central Command as to how quickly Iran was going to crumble. Um they thought that with this shock and awe of this overwhelming military
superiority that the US and Israel undoubtedly have over Iran that the regime would collapse or capitulate. And it's done neither. And every day that it
survives despite losing so many key people, despite losing so much weaponry,
despite so many hits, it's still standing. And that's making it very defiant. And if you talk to anybody, any military commander, they will say,
"Look, it's not about how many sites you hit, how many missiles you destroy, how many commanders you assassinate. It's about the net effect that you achieve."
And Gulf Arab states, and I'm speaking to you here from Qatar, Gulf Arab states, they look at where we were a month ago. Their ships carrying their
oil and gas were able to pass freely through the Straight of Hormuz without being threatened by Iran. There were no drones and missiles flying across the
Gulf at them and life was sweet. Somehow it's all gone very wrong. There have been reports of US Marines trying to
land on one of the Iranian islands in the region. In fact, one video claimed their capture by Iranian soldiers, but I
haven't been able to confirm that claim and therefore decided to not broadcast that video. You see the internet is
replete with many AI videos by such claims and counter claims. I spend hours every day on confirming the authenticity
of every single claim before deciding to include in my video. As I said, I'm ever so mindful of the fact that whilst it takes years to build your reputation,
the same can be destroyed within if not careful in your due diligence.
But coming back to the Americans plans to occupy Iranian islands through ground invasion. This military planning is
fraught with heavy risks. This is where they can face massive loss of human lives. Iranians are literally waiting
for them to indulge in this reckless adventurism.
Remember what sayyabasaraki Iranian foreign minister had told an American TV presenter not too long ago? Boots on the
ground in Iran. Are are you afraid of a US invasion in your country? No, we are waiting for them.
You you are waiting for the US military to invade the ground troops. Yes.
Now listen to BBC's veteran Middle East expert Jeremy Bowen.
They've got um two Marine expeditionary units on their way. Marines on both plus attack aircraft, helicopters.
I mean they're quite small but quite formidable. Uh, one of them is nearly there. The other one is coming from California. It's going to take a bit
longer. There are supposedly about paratroopers from the nd Airborne on the way. They are lightly armed. Their
their job is basically to go and and hold something until the guys with the heavy equipment can emerge, can come.
Um, and now they're talking and there's this report in the Wall Street Journal of more troops on their way. I have to say this doesn't mean that
they're tooling up for an invasion of Iran when they invaded Iraq in I
think the number was and that is a country a quarter of the size of Iran. So they're not going to be doing that. But going for an island,
maybe not Car Island, the oil export terminal, but some of the other islands near the entrance to the Gulf. K Island is up near the top. uh and there's some
islands around the entrance to the Gulf which may be a base for trying to control who goes in and who goes out.
But you know, one thing that has been quite clear in all of this in the last month is that while the Americans appear to be uh making things up, making things
up as they go along sometimes, President Trump, because he does oscillate wildly in the things that he says, the Iranians appear to have a plan. So they will know
that the Americans are thinking about this cuz look, we're talking about it.
It's no secret. Uh and so they will have a plan to try and make it as painful as possible for the Americans if they do
that. For example, launching drones that can be launched from uh hundreds and hundreds of kilometers away from those
islands and they could make it difficult for the Americans at the very least. I will leave you with this broadcast of
Fox News where one of its presenters tried to conduct a phone interview of the deranged occupant of the White
House. Watch this interview to truly understand just how sick and deluded this man is. This is the man that
Americans have chosen as their president.
Been able to see or hear from any of the Iranian people. And I imagine that is because their internet is shut down. And
I think there is some general worry about them. Obviously, their government treats them terribly and killed tens of thousands of them in January. Do you
again I like Kaylee, I would never ask you to tell us something that is classified, but do you have any insight as to how they are doing? Do they have drinking water?
Do they have food? It's right. I do. It's upsetting.
I do. But first, you remember when we had lunch years ago in the base of Trump Tower when it was a brand new building?
A long time ago. Yes. long time ago and you haven't changed. You have not changed.
Now, I'm not allowed to say this. It's the end of my political career, but you may be even better looking. Okay? So, I don't know what you That's it from me. Thank you very much
for your support of this platform and our journalism. If you haven't subscribed to my channel, please do so because that's one of the many ways you
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Pro-Israel extremist arrested in plot to kill Nerdeen Kiswani — She speaks out
The Electronic Intifada
Mar 28. 2026

On 27 March, Nerdeen Kiswani published a shocking post on Twitter/X:

She wrote: "Late last night, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force informed me that a plot against my life that was 'about to' take place, and that agents had conducted an operation in Hoboken, New Jersey, related to this plot."

Kiswani is the founder of Within Our Lifetime and is one of the most prominent advocates for Palestinian rights in the United States.

The New York Times reported that police and federal officials arrested 26-year-old Alexander Heifler and that eight molotov cocktails were found in his apartment.

Kiswani speaks to Ali Abunimah, executive director, on the assassination plot against her.



Transcript

Hello, I'm Ali Abunimah and you're with the electronic interfer podcast. On March th, Nadine Kiswani posted a shocking
tweet on Twitter X. She wrote, "Late last night, the FBI joint terrorism task force informed me that a plot against my
life was about to take place and that agents had conducted an operation in Hoboka, New Jersey related to this
plot." Kiswani is the founder of Within Our Lifetime and is one of the most prominent advocates for Palestinian rights in the United States. The New
York Times reported that police and federal officials arrested -year-old Alexander Heftler and that eight Molotov cocktails were found in his apartment.
citing police a police official. The newspaper added that Heffler was a member of the JDL Brotherhood, which
was inspired by the Jewish Defense League, a pro-Israel group designated by the FBI as a terrorist organization.
Prosecutors say that Heer was planning to flee the United States after carrying out the attack on Kiswani. According to
Twitter X user Halal Flow, JDL posted this so-called emergency broadcast less than two weeks ago. Let's
watch a clip of it featuring a person that Halfflow identifies as group member Elazer Ben Abraham.
The Muslims want to kill us. The Muslims hate us. There's no compromise. There's no appeasement. There's no negotiating.
There's no making deals, okay? Don't be afraid of them.
Don't trust them. Don't be friends with them. Have nothing to do with them. In fact, we should be gathering intelligence against them, spying on
them, following them, finding where out where they live, finding out where they work, and stalking them at their mosques, protesting at their mosques,
harassing them, and giving them no peace. No peace for the Muslims.
Giving them no peace. No peace for the Muslims. Even before the news of this plot broke,
Nadine Kiswani had already filed a lawsuit against several Jewish extremists for stalking and harassing her. We will talk about that and much
more with Nadine Kiswani who joins me now.
Thank you so much um Ali and the whole team at electronic and tifada not just for covering this story you know um
after the fact but also uh leading up to it you know I felt like I've been screaming into the void about these people and about the inevitable that
this was going to happen and um so much mainstream media never covers this you know until it's too late until something big like this happens but you know you
guys have been doing the work for so long um you know to hold them all accountable so I just wanted to to start off with uh a thank you and I'm so glad to be uh here with you today.
Thank you so much Nadine and on behalf of myself and all of us at the electronic and I'm sure everyone watching we're so glad that this plot was uncovered and that that you're safe.
What can you tell us about how you learned about it and what exactly you were told?
Um so I got a call around p.m. I was sitting with my husband and and my son. um he's almost months old and um
I just get a no- caller ID number uh late at night. I don't answer um because I assume it's a Zionist harassing me or
some you know other strange thing. Um and the calls won't stop. They keep repeating. Um then I get a call from my sister that my father's receiving these
calls. Now my brother's receiving these calls, different family members. Um, and then finally my brother picks up and um,
you know, the the person on the other side says that he's an FBI agent. Don't worry, you know, no one's in trouble.
Um, but you know, you're I have something to tell you regarding Nerdine safety. That's what he says. Um, you know, after he confirms that he's my
brother, but he tells him that he can't tell him what's going on. He can only speak to me uh, directly. So, I call up
my lawyers um who are representing me on the BetAar lawsuit and uh we call the FBI together who tell me um that uh
there was an eminent threat about to take place on my life. Um and uh you know they apprehended the the suspect.
He was arrested um and you know that they don't think that I'm in danger anymore. You know I tried to ask for more information about the nature of the
threat, who the person was. Um, they wouldn't tell me anything, uh, except for the one thing we got out of them was that the arrest was made in Hoboken, uh,
New Jersey. So, uh, you know, I really, you know, didn't have much to go off of.
Um, they basically told me they're not allowed to tell me anything, but that I would find out about it in the news tomorrow. It's going to be a big story,
which, you know, raised alarm bells in my head. And also the fact that, um, the the person who called me was an FBI agent, so it wasn't a local issue. It's
federal. um and that he was a member of the joint terrorism task for force. So, you know, alarm bells go off in my head, FBI terrorism.
Um and yeah, the the the very little information that the arrest was made in Hoboken um you know, did make it uh a
little um easier to look into the citizen app, different posts online about activity, counterterrorism activity happening in Hoboken. And one
of the first things I see the night before, you know, before I'm told anything, um, is that somebody with a yarmaka was arrested. And, you know, I already could had a feeling. I had a gut
feeling and and I was right, um, about where this was going.
That's absolutely bone chilling, especially as as you mentioned, you have a young child and,
you know, the very idea of your home being firebombed or worse. And I'm thinking of how the settlers in the West
Bank uh routinely firebomb the homes of Palestinians there. And it seems like
they wanted to bring that type of violence to you in New York.
I'm kind of surprised that the FBI was working to protect you. Were you surprised by that?
I mean, you know, I've been talking about this for so long. I've been documenting all of the threats,
intimidation, harassment against me by different Zionist groups. And this specific group, the JDL have uh
explicitly on Twitter say that say things to me like me and my disgusting child um should not be living in the US
um should not exist in the US and that uh you know, my time is coming. They're always watching. And so, um, you know, I
think any law enforcement agency after repeated warnings from, you know, all of the social media posts I've made, um,
the the ongoing lawsuit I have against Betar, um, would just look incompetent to be honest if they couldn't anticipate
something like this. So, you know, I I I really think they would have to look the other way um and and really uh just, you
know, look ridiculous for them not to do, you know, anything about it um at all. But, you know, you are right that,
you know, often times federal law enforcement has looked away before,
whether it's, you know, with the fire bombing of of Alex A's um offices um by the JDL, by the same uh group that this group is an offshoot of, uh you know,
they looked away and the perpetrators were were never brought to justice. So,
um you know, it really could have went you know, any other way. I just think um in this in this climate um and you know
my outspokenenness online uh is really one of the things that that protected me here.
Well, we're very glad about that. But you know, as we'll discuss the the danger is is definitely ongoing because
these groups are still out there. But Nardine, what was striking to me about the New York Times article reporting
about this incident is that it seemed to me that it spent more time re regurgitating attacks on you and your activism than it
did talking about the organized campaign of hatred and violent incitement that you have faced for years.
Talk about what that has been like. You did mention a little bit how your family, other family members get this
harassment, but talk about what it has been like to be Nerdin Kiswani these last couple of years.
Yeah. I mean, I think, you know, for so many people who look at this headline and think that it's surprising to me,
it's not because this did not come out of nowhere. It was a materialization of years of organized hatred and public
incitement. Um, I've just felt like I've been screaming into the void void,
begging people, begging elected officials, people in power, um, to to look at us, really look at us and understand that, you know, we're humans,
too. We're people, too. And we shouldn't have to face worrying about, you know,
our children, uh, being killed, our families being killed, um, and and being doxed, threat, threatened, stalked,
harassed. exactly what you know the the the person in the uh video clip that you played uh was basically instructing you
know Zionists to do um simply because you know we don't believe that other children should be bombed and firebombed. You know, I I look at my son
and I think about Ali Dwabet um the the Palestinian um infant in in the West Bank who was um burned to death um that
you know settlers brag about and and enjoy talking about you know how how they uh I think they use a term like barbecue him before. So I mean I know
that that's what they want to do to us and it's not um an extrapolation. It's not an exaggeration. It's not an
anti-semitic blood liel conspiracy theory to say that they literally target, you know, our children um and
our women in particular. And so, you know, I this coordinated harassment um is something that really needed to to be
reckoned with. Um, because it doesn't just happen to me, it's h it happens to to everyone, but in particular as a
visible Palestinian organizer in the belly of the base in New York City, you know, as someone who who wears um hijab
as well and who's outspoken as I am, you know, outside of just a liberal framework, but really a liberatory framework when it comes to Palestine, it
really makes me a prime target for groups like Betar and align actors who have worked to make me a symbol to
attack in order to intimidate the broader Palestine movement. They want to use me um as a message. And I've never,
you know, been naive about that. Um that the goal isn't just to personally target me, but to send the message that Palestinians who organize, speak, and
resist will be terrorized um into silence. And you know what's striking about mainstream coverage, like you
mentioned with the New York Times, um is that they spent more time rehearsing attacks on my activism than examining the ecosystem of hate that made this violence possible. Um you know,
essentially spending more time questioning me, the target, the victim,
blaming the victim, than the people inciting violence against me, which normalizes that exact violence. you know, they are just as as complicit um
in it, you know, and along with uh elected officials like Randy Fine um to uh
he's the Florida congressman who is just notoriously and openly uh anti-Muslim
and anti-Palestinian almost in a Nazilike way c openly celebrating the killings of Palestinians in Gaza for
example and celebrating this attack. I mean, he responded to me my announcement of the assassination plot uh with a a flag that
has a dog on it that says, "Don't trot on me." Kind of, you know, saying that I had it um coming. So, you know, there
there's been um a longunning harassment campaign and any any forms of accountability that these Zionist groups
or individuals have faced have really been nothing more than a slap on the wrist.
Yeah. And I I do think it's fair to call what the New York Times did, even when they're reporting on this plot against
you, I think it's fair to call it victim blaming. Um, Nerdin, you have been a
strong and I would say also a principled critic of New York mayor Zohan Mamdani
and especially during his campaign. But he came up with a strong statement denouncing the plot to attack you. Manny
wrote, "A member of an offshoot of the Jewish Defense League designated by the FBI as a known violent extremist organization was allegedly building
explosive devices to target the home of Nerdin Kiswani in a chilling act of political violence. The defendant
reportedly planned to flee to Israel following the attack. This comes amid an alarming rise in threats and violence
across the country targeting Palestinian human rights advocates. What was your reaction to Mayor Zahern Mamdani's statement?
Um, you know, I really appreciated that that he named this for what it was. Um,
political violence targeting um, you know, somebody who's uh, myself, you know, uh, an activist with the for Palestinian um, rights and Palestinian
liberation. So, he didn't hide behind vague language. you know, he named me explicitly, he named our movement explicitly, and he identified um, you know, that this was a Jewish extremist.
I also learned through his statement um,
I didn't, you know, see it and reporting before or hear from, you know, any any law enforcement um, confirmation that he was planning to, uh, run off to Israel,
although, you know, that's what I suspected. Um so it was also uh you know really just confirming everything that I
feared um and everything that I expected you know through that statement. So, you know, like you said, I I have been um a
critic of him, but I appreciated his statement, not because it's showed support of me, but because um you know,
I do believe it was a a principled um statement and that, you know, you don't need political agreement to condemn an assassination
uh plot and that his statement was morally and politically clear.
Thanks. Um, now you mentioned uh several times you made reference to the group Betar. Let's talk a bit more about that.
Um, in January the New York Attorney General found that members of Betar,
which is another extremist uh Jewish group, engaged in an illegal coordinated harassment campaign targeting Palestine
activists. And this included acts of violence, doxing, issuing threats, and encouraging others to carry weapons to
intimidate and physically confront uh Palestine solidarity protesters at
public events. And for example, at an th February Palestine solidarity rally in Brooklyn's Burough Park
neighborhood, Betar members attacked protesters and at least one activist was stabbed. According to the attorney general's investigation,
under a civil settlement, Betar agreed to shut down its operations in New York without admitting any wrongdoing, and so
far, no one has faced any criminal charges for these actions. Last month,
you filed a lawsuit in federal court in New York against Betar and some of its principal figures. Tell us about the lawsuit and what you're asking for.
Um yeah, so I mean I think uh it really is important to underscore the connection of the lawsuit um within this
incident because the assassination plot has to be understood within the broader ecosystem of extremist incitement. And you know, I don't think it's a
coincidence that I announced my lawsuit at the end of February and, you know, according to the indicting papers, um,
this, uh, individual, you know, who planned to carry out this attack, um,
you know, staked out my home on March th, you know, uh, just a week later. So, um, you know, I filed this lawsuit,
um, as a plaintiff, uh, through my attorneys under the Anti-KK Act of
you know, alleging that they violated my civil rights, uh, by making it impossible for me to exist in public life. And, you know, that's only gotten
worse now. Um, you know, every time I left the home, my home, I was, uh,
fearful of being harassed, of being attacked. you know, they put an $bounty on my head, saying that, you know, they're going to give um that
money to anybody or that reward to anybody who would hand me a beeper. And of course, you know, as you know, that that hearkens back to the the beeper
attack um by Israel on, you know, so many people particularly in in Lebanon uh where, you know, Lebanese children
were left maimed and disabled and um you know, blinded uh you know, due to these these terrorist attacks. So essentially,
you know, inciting terrorist harassment and that's what the lawsuit, you know, seek to address because um you know,
even though the attorney general found that engaged in this um activity, um they didn't even get fined for it. You know, how can you say that somebody was
stabbed and all of this was happening and there's no criminal prosecution? Um,
so the threats, doxing, encouragement of violence, physical intimidation,
following me around, taking videos of me, chanting my name at protest,
encouraging people to throw things at me during protests from skyscrapers.
Um, it it really made it impossible for me to feel like I can I can leave my house or that I can even attend um
protests or or public events. So you know whenever um people like me are are targeted for our political activity for
our our identity our religion by you know such extremist organizations like thears um it creates the conditions for
attempted you know political violence and that's exactly uh what we saw here.
This is a result of their harassment um and and incitement. So, you know, the lawsuit is about um accountability um
seeking to hold BetAar and its leadership and its, you know, possibly even affiliates responsible for this coordinated campaign um as a civil rights violation and and you know,
bigger than me personally, it's about protecting the right of Palestinians and all advocates to organize uh without terror and and intimidation. So, um, you
know, I think without a criminal prosecution and with the, you know,
copout, um, that they got through the attorney general's office, um, this basically allows their campaign to continue unchecked. I mean, they're supposed to be disbanded in New York,
but they're still harassing me on Twitter. they're calling for my denaturalization which you know I I do think that they have the influence and
power to to bring about um because they work with the administration and there's you know public court documents that
shows that people in DHS um who've lined people up for deportation who've detained people have gotten names from some of these Palestinian activists from
Betar they've said this you know um in court so uh you know if this continues to to be allowed to to go on unchecked.
It sets a dangerous precedent for political repression in this country.
Um, you know, actually a precedent that that has been, you know, re um has been cemented uh time and time again. But,
you know, it it would have only made things worse. So, you know, we're calling for not just damages for the harm harm caused, but also um you know,
an example made out of them to make sure that they don't continue um the harassment. Um you know, for accountability for the individuals and
entities involved and recognition that this conduct violates civil rights protection. So other Zionist organizations, individuals and groups
don't think that they can just go harass and attack and um you know essentially have people charge at um and and try to
physically harm you know other people um simply for for speaking out against genocide and for Palestinian liberation.
And I think that impunity and immunity that they feel is such a big part of it.
And so, uh, I hear your message that you're trying to bring accountability so that perhaps others will think twice.
This lawsuit is in its early stages. You filed it just about a month ago. Um, but
uh I'm sure that because you're doing this not just for yourself as an individual, but in a way on behalf of the community,
how can people uh get involved? Are there ways that they can support you in this uh important uh accountability effort?
Yeah, thank you for for asking. I mean,
I think it's um it's important uh to recognize that, you know, me taking on this lawsuit uh does make me even more
of a target, you know, for these Zionist uh organizations um that want to malign me and and really try to make an example out of me so it
doesn't succeed. So, it really helps when people um follow the case and continue to stay plugged in and amplify
it um and to contribute to the legal defense fund. I mean, I I would be grateful if if people uh would do that given that this is entirely crowdfunded.
Um I have a chuffed link that I can um send you if you guys Thank you so much. Um yeah, to to post it up. Uh you know,
none of the the money goes to me. Um it goes completely to the legal defense. Um I'm represented by you know multiple law
firms um who have a history of um you know fighting for for people who are targeted on the basis of their political
advocacy. And so um you know this would help us uh you know continue to speak out against the criminalization and targeting of Palestinian advocacy and
it's like you said beyond just defending me or one person but the defending the right of our entire movement to exist and organize. So, you know, stay plugged
in. Um, share the link. uh donate, you know, whatever you can and um just amplify, you know, any updates, any news
that that comes out of it because, you know, I think that um there is a a case to be made that a lot
of our our pleas um you know, all of this document documentation of this harassment will be ignored if there
isn't a captive audience that's you know holding accountable the people in power,
sthe people who have the power um to hold Betar accountable And so, um, if there is that demand, you know, I do think that, you know, they would give this,
um, a little more attention, uh, than than the blind eye that they've turned,
you know, to it, um, for years at this point. And I know from experience, Nardine,
that that kind of community support is essential because uh you may know that I uh filed several lawsuits in Switzerland
after I was falsely and unlawfully arrested in January and we've won
so far three cases. And I know that even when you have lawyers who are um you know very community and movement minded
and who may you know do this as what they think as part of their civil civic duty
there's always costs involved there's you know legal work is important so I know from my own experience how
important that is and how powerful these kinds of legal actions can be. So, um,
Tomato, why don't you just put, uh, that why don't we put that page up again just so people can see it and they can find
out more about your lawsuit there if they want to and um, they can find out how to support you if they choose to do
so. Now, Dean, uh, we are so grateful to you for, uh, spending time with us. It,
it shocked us all. I can't say it surprised us, but it shocked us all uh with the news that that came out. Um,
and we're very glad to see you safe and we pray for your continued safety and for
everyone to be aware and to stand together and to speak out and to protect each other in these really troubling times. And I'll say this just, you know,
they would not be coming after you like they are. I truly believe this. If you were not such an effective, dignified,
informed, and fearless uh spokesperson for the cause you believe in, that that's why you threaten them.
And you understand that uh more than anyone as someone who embodies all those traits and more and somebody that I've looked up to um you know, ever since I
invited you to come even before come speak at uh my college and that was in I remember it very
well. And uh and from the first moment I met you, I knew I I could tell that you
were just a very um uh strong and powerful person. And uh as
a community, we are very lucky and proud to have you as as one of our one of our very best. And
I wouldn't be who I was if I didn't read have the electronic and father to read as I remember at the time the only um source on on Palestine and we have so
many sources now but you guys are truly um the blueprint and so uh you know at least in in the English language and um
I really respect and admire all of the work that you and your team do to do and I'm always here to to speak to you and prioritize um you all you know even
above any other outlet uh as people who've been doing this out of principle.
a lot with consistency um and with fearlessness and taking your own personal risks as you mentioned. You know, congratulations on the lawsuit,
but you know, we were all praying and and fearful for you when we saw um you know, your detention and and uh the the attacks that you faced throughout the um
years. So, thank you so much again and I'm I'm always uh honored to to speak with you all. Thank you. Thank you so much, Nadine.
Hey, hey, hey.

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BREAKING: Houthis 'POUND' ISRAELI NUCLEAR TOWN Dimona; FIERY Entry Into Iran War?
WLA
Mar 28, 2026

Yemen's armed forces announced their first official military operation against Israel on March 28, launching a barrage of ballistic missiles at southern Israel. The IDF confirmed a missile from Yemen and activated air defense systems. Alerts were issued near the Dimona nuclear research center. The Houthi statement said the operation was launched in conjunction with Iran and Hezbollah. The strike came one day after Saree declared the group's fingers were on the trigger for direct intervention. The Houthis warned they would not allow the Red Sea to be used for hostile operations against Iran and reassured Gulf states that their operations only target Israel and America. Israel is now under fire from four directions as the war enters its fifth week.



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in implementation of what was stated in the previous statement of the Yemeni armed forces regarding direct military intervention in support and backing of
the Islamic Republic of Iran and for the resistance fronts in Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine.
And in light of the continued military escalation and targeting of infrastructure as well as the perpetration of crimes and massacres against our brothers in Lebanon, Iran,
Iraq, and Palestine.
Therefore, with the help of Almighty God and reliance upon him, the Yemeni armed forces have carried out their first military operation using a salvo of
ballistic missiles, which targeted sensitive military objectives of the Israeli enemy in the south of occupied Palestine.
This operation coincided with the heroic operations being carried out by our mujahedin brothers in Iran and Hezbollah
in Lebanon. The operation successfully achieved its objectives by the grace of God. Our operations with God's help will
continue until the declared objectives are achieved. As stated in the previous statement by the armed forces, the fingers came off the trigger. One day
after Houthi military spokesperson Yakya Sari said his forces were ready for direct intervention, Yemen's armed forces issued a formal statement
announcing what they called their first military operation against Israel in the current war. The statement described what it called a barrage of ballistic
missiles aimed at sensitive military targets in southern Israel. Though Israel itself only confirmed a launch from Yemen and said its defenses were
activated. The language was not ambiguous. It was not a warning. It was not a conditional threat. It was a declaration that the operation had
already been carried out. The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed that a missile was launched from Yemen toward Israel early on March th. The IDF said its
air defense systems were activated to intercept the aerial threat. Israel did not confirm whether the missile was launched by the Hus specifically, though
the projectile was assessed as most likely fired by the group. The war just added another armed in light of the continued aggression by the American and
Israeli enemies against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Palestine, Gaza, Iraq,
and Lebanon in execution of the Zionist plan that threatens the entire nation.
The Yemeni armed forces out of their concern for the stability and security of the region and to put an end to the aggression affirm the following. First,
the necessity for the immediate response by the American and Israeli enemy to international diplomatic efforts to stop the aggression against Iran and the
countries of the Axis as it is an unjust, unfair and unjustified aggression that harms stability and security on both the global and regional levels and harms the global economy.
Second, the necessity of immediately stopping the aggression against Muslim countries. The immediate cessation of aggression against Muslim countries in
Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq is required, and the unjust blockade on Yemen must be lifted. Third, the
necessity of implementing the Gaza agreement and fulfilling the commitments it contains regarding humanitarian entitlements and the legitimate rights
of the Palestinian people. Fourth, we affirm, we confirm that our hands are on the trigger, ready for direct military
intervention in any of the following cases. The formation of any additional alliances with America and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran and
the axis of jihad and resistance. The use of the Red Sea to carry out hostile operations by America and Israel against
the Islamic Republic of Iran or against any Muslim country. We will not allow that. the continued escalation against
the Islamic Republic and the Axis of Jihad and resistance as required by the theater of military operations.
Fifth, the Yemen armed forces warn against any unjust measures aimed at tightening the blockade on the Yemeni
people. In conclusion, we affirm that our military operations target the Israeli and American enemy in order to
thwart the Zionist plan and do not target any Muslim people. The Deona dimension is the one that turns a regional conflict into a global concern.
The Shimon Perez Ngev nuclear research center has been at the heart of Israel's nuclear program since it was built in secret with French assistance in
Israel has never officially confirmed or denied possessing nuclear weapons, but global consensus backed by decades of
intelligence assessments strongly suggests otherwise. The facility is not just a building. It is the physical manifestation of Israel's ultimate deterrent. And in the span of one week,
missiles from Iran struck near it on March st. And missiles from Yemen were fired toward the same region on March
th. The IAEA said it detected no damage and no abnormal radiation levels after the March st strikes. Director
[music] General Gross urged maximum military restraint, particularly in the vicinity of nuclear facilities. Russia's
foreign ministry warned that strikes near nuclear sites risk triggering a catastrophic disaster across the Middle East. The warnings are landing. The
missiles are landing closer. The March st strikes on Arod and Deona remain among the most damaging attacks on Israeli soil in this war. Israeli health
authorities reported more than people wounded across the two cities.
Israeli air defense systems failed to intercept the incoming projectiles. A -year-old child was severely injured and taken to the operating room. A
-year-old boy sustained moderate injuries. Emergency responders described scenes of shattered homes, shrapnel injuries, and panicinduced trauma.
Ambulances rushed through dimly lit streets carrying victims from collapsed structures. Netanyahu described the evening as one of the most difficult in
the nation's ongoing battle. Iranian state- linked commentary framed the inability to fully shield the south as a turning point, though that reading has
not been independently verified. Iranian state media said the strike was a response to an earlier attack on the Natan's enrichment facility. Israel denied involvement in the Natan strike.
The Houthi entry into the war is not a surprise. It is a confirmation. Sari's five-point statement issued one day
before the strike laid out the conditions for intervention. The escalation against Iran and the axis of resistance was continuing. The Red Sea
was being used for hostile operations and no other alliance had joined to stop it. By the Houthi's own criteria, all three triggers had been met. The
statement said the Yemeni armed forces were keen on the stability and security of the region. It demanded an immediate
cessation of aggression against Muslim countries in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran,
and Iraq, and the lifting of the siege on Yemen. It demanded implementation of the Gaza agreement and it warned that any measures aimed at tightening the
siege on the Yemeni people would be met with escalation. The five points were the menu. The March th strike was the
first course. The Houthus have proven before that their threats are not empty.
During the Gaza war, howy forces targeted commercial vessels in the Red Sea, attempted a naval blockade on Israel linked shipping, and forced merchant ships to reroute around Africa.
They [music] sank the cargo vessel Eternity Sea after a coordinated sea drone and speedboat attack. Days earlier, they hit the Magic Seas in the
same renewed Red Sea campaign. The group demonstrated that it could severely disrupt one of the world's most vital trade routes and keep that disruption
going for months. The capability is established. The willingness is demonstrated. And the March th statement said the operations will
persist until the stated objectives are fully realized. That is not a limited engagement. That is an open-ended campaign declaration from a force that
has already shown it can keep one running. The strategic significance of the Houthi entry is measured in geography, not in warheads. Yemen sits
at the mouth of the Bob Elmanddeb Strait. Iran controls the approach to the straight of Hormuz. Between them,
those two choke points handle a massive share of global oil and commercial shipping. Iran has already partially closed Hormuz. The Houthis have already
proven they can disrupt [music] the Red Sea. If both are blocked simultaneously,
the only route for Middle Eastern energy exports is around the Cape of Good Hope,
adding weeks and billions in cost. The Houthy statement said they would not allow the Red Sea to be used for hostile operations against Iran or any [music]
Muslim country. That is not just a defensive warning. It is a threat to choke Red Sea traffic if the war keeps widening. And it comes from a force that
has already shown it can make that threat expensive. The Houthi statement closed with a line aimed directly [music] at the Gulf States. Our military
operations only target the Israeli and American enemy and do not target any Muslim people. That reassurance is designed for one audience, Saudi Arabia.
The Saudis fought a long and costly war against the Southeast from to
The Southeast are telling Riad, "This is not about you. Stay out." The message matters because Saudi Arabia is already
absorbing Iranian missile fire and facing growing pressure over whether to stay out or move closer to the fight. If the Houthis open a southern front
against Saudi territory, the regional calculus changes entirely. SAR's closing line is designed to prevent that shift,
keep the Gulf on the sideline, keep the axis of resistance fighting on every other front, and keep the war focused on Israel and the United States. The timing
of [music] the Houthi strike is not accidental. It arrived on the same day that Iran continued its missile campaign against Israel, [music] that Hezbollah
maintained its rocket and anti-tank operations from southern Lebanon, and that Iraqi [music] militias sustained their attacks on US facilities. The
Houthi statement said the operation was launched in conjunction with those campaigns. Whether conjunction means coordination or coincidence is a
distinction that matters to intelligence analysts, but not to the country absorbing the fire. Israel is now under attack from Iran in the east, Hezbollah
in the north, Houthis in the south, and Iraqi militias from the northeast. Each front produces its own casualties, its
own interception demands, and its own political pressure. The defense network has to cover more sky, track more launch
origins, and allocate more interceptors across a wider geographic arc than at any previous point in the war. The Houthi statement ended with a phrase
that has appeared in every axis of resistance communique since February th. Victory comes only from God. The
religious framing is consistent across all four fronts. Iran invokes it.
Hezbollah invokes it. The Iraqi militias invoke it. And now the Houthus invoke it. Whether that shared language
reflects genuine theological conviction or a unified communication strategy or both, the effect is the same. It tells
the fighters on each front that their campaign is divinely mandated and tells the enemy that the campaign will not stop because it is not a political
calculation. It is a religious obligation. That framing makes negotiation harder because any leader who agrees to stop fighting risks being
framed by the others as abandoning a sacred duty. The war now has four fronts. Two choke points, one shared vocabulary, [music]
and no off-ramp that any side has publicly accepted. The

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‘Welcome to Hell; You will leave only in a coffin’: Iran’s newspaper, Tehran Times, publishes graphic warning to US Troops. The Tehran Times has presented this warning within the broader context of escalating tensions in West Asia
by Tahir Qureshi Edited by Tahir Qureshi
Published Date: March 29, 2026 12:20 AM
https://www.india.com/news/world/welcom ... s-8359843/

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On Saturday, 28 March 2026, Iran’s leading English-language newspaper, the Tehran Times, issued a stark warning on its front page against any potential ground invasion, delivering a stern message to the United States. The newspaper unequivocally stated that if foreign troops were to set foot on Iranian soil, they would return only “in coffins.” Published under the headline “Welcome to Hell,” this front-page warning from the Tehran Times comes at a time when the US is reportedly considering launching ground military operations within Iran.

US Might Deploy Limited Number Of Troops For Special Missions In Iran

According to reports, discussions are currently underway in Washington regarding the possibility of conducting limited ground operations in Iran. Donald Trump has reportedly expressed interest in deploying a limited number of US troops for special missions in Iran, although no final decision has yet been reached on the matter.

According to officials involved in military planning, if the United States intends to seize the highly enriched uranium currently in Iran’s possession, it may be compelled to deploy ground troops on a massive scale, as these materials are secured within deep underground bunkers. However, Iran has consistently warned that the U.S. would pay a heavy price for any ground invasion. Now, the Tehran Times has further intensified this stance, delivering a direct and uncompromising message to the United States.

Ground Operation Could Prove Costly

The visual presentation on the newspaper’s front page further underscored the gravity of this warning. It featured an image of heavily armed soldiers advancing toward a military aircraft—a visual metaphor for potential troop deployment and impending conflict. Together, this image and the bold headline send an unmistakable signal that Iran stands ready to respond forcefully to any ground-based military action. The Tehran Times has presented this warning within the broader context of escalating tensions in West Asia. The potential deployment of thousands of U.S. troops to Iran is being viewed as a strategy to expand military options amidst the ongoing conflict between Tehran and its regional adversaries.

The newspaper’s front page also features several perspectives warning against a ground invasion. These suggest that such a move by the U.S. could backfire, entangling it in a prolonged and complex war, and potentially triggering a widespread geopolitical and economic crisis.

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Iran has struck the Palmachim Air Base with Sejjil missiles, according to reports from The Intel Drop and Iranian state media, with the strike occurring on March 26, 2026. These reports claim the runway was destroyed, targeting the base's role as the operational home for Israel's Jericho ballistic missile program, satellite launch infrastructure, and F-35I operations.

While Iranian officials confirmed targeting Palmachim alongside Ovda and the Shin Bet headquarters using drones and missiles in earlier waves (starting March 12, 2026), Israel has not officially confirmed the specific damage or the success of the March 26 Sejjil attack. The Palmachim facility is widely recognized as Israel's most secret base, which does not appear on civilian maps, making the alleged hit a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict.

Weapon Used: Iran's Sejjil solid-fuel ballistic missile, noted for its ability to launch within 10 minutes without a fueling signature.
Target Significance: The base hosts critical strategic assets including the Jericho missile program and F-35I Adir squadrons.
International Reaction: The strike prompted Russia to issue an emergency escalation warning and China to convene an emergency Security Council communication.

Confirmation Status: Claims of the runway destruction are unverified by Israeli authorities or major international news outlets as of March 29, 2026.

AI-generated answer. Please verify critical facts.

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1 MIN AGO: Iran Destroys Palmachim — Israel's Secret Space Facility Hidden From the World
Crash War Chronicles
Mar 28, 2026

Israel is facing a new shock after reports that Iran struck Palmachim, one of the country’s most secretive military installations. Palmachim is not just an airbase — it is also the launch site for Israeli spy satellites, missile tests, and advanced space programs kept largely hidden from public view.

Iran previously claimed it had targeted Palmachim during earlier missile and drone waves, but this latest strike appears far larger and more destructive. According to reports, the attack may have damaged key launch infrastructure, underground facilities, and missile defense systems linked to Israel’s Arrow interceptor network.

Palmachim is considered one of Israel’s most important strategic sites because it supports both military operations and the country’s space program. It is used for launching surveillance satellites and testing long-range missile systems, making it a major symbol of Israel’s technological edge.

If the damage is confirmed, this could mark one of the most serious blows to Israeli military infrastructure in the entire conflict. The strike would also raise fears that Iran is now deliberately targeting the hidden facilities Israel depends on most.



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Iran just hit a target that Israel has never officially admitted exists. A facility so secret that it does not appear on official Israeli government
maps. A base so sensitive that Israeli censorship laws have banned its name from domestic media for decades. A location so strategically critical that
its destruction in a single missile strike may have just changed the military balance of the Middle East more completely than any event in this
conflict so far. Palm air base is gone and the world is only now beginning to understand what was actually inside it.
Let us get straight into what happened and why it matters more than almost anything else in this war. Palm Air Base sits on Israel's Mediterranean coastline south of Tel Aviv. On paper officially,
it is a standard Israeli air force installation. That is what the Israeli government has said for decades when pressed. A base, aircraft, routine
military operation nothing extraordinary. Move along.
The censorship orders that prevented Israeli journalists from reporting on Palm in any detail were explained as standard operational security for a military facility. Protect the base,
protect the personnel, standard procedure. What those censorship orders were actually protecting was something that the Israeli government understood would fundamentally alter how Israel's
neighbor its adversarie and the international community thought about Israeli military capability if it became widely understood. Pomachim was not just
an air base. It was the nerve center of Israel's entire space-based military architecture. The launch facility, the satellite control infrastructure, the
missile test range, the intelligence collection system and the reconnaissance satellite program that gives Israel eyes over every capital in the Middle East, every military
installation in Iran, every naval movement in the Eastern Mediterranean,
and every ballistic missile launch anywhere in the region from the moment it leaves its launcher. To understand why PalmKim matters so much, you need to understand what space-based
reconnaissance actually means for a small country surrounded by adversaries.
Israel is geographically tiny. It cannot station human intelligence assets everywhere it needs to monitor. It cannot fly manned surveillance aircraft over Iranian territory without
triggering an international incident. It cannot depend solely on American intelligence sharing, which is valuable,
but always filtered through American assessments of what Israel needs to know versus what America considers sensitive.
What Israel built at Pomin was independence. The ability to look at anything it needed to look at anywhere in the region any time it needed to look
without asking permission from any ally and without depending on any partner's willingness to share. That independence is not a luxury for a country the size
of New Jersey surrounded by countries that have spent decades trying to destroy it. It is a survival requirement. Palm is where Israel's OFC reconnaissance satellites were launched.
The OFX serie Israel's primary military intelligence satellite constellation, has been launched exclusively from Palm since the program
began in These are not civilian observation satellites. These are military reconnaissance platforms that provide Israel with real-time imagery
intelligence over Iranian nuclear facilitie over Iranian missile production site over Syrian military position over Lebanese Hezbollah
infrastructure, and over every other target category that Israel's military and intelligence services need to monitor continuously. Losing them on the
ground is one thing. Losing the facility that launches their replacements is something else entirely. Palm is also where Israel tested and developed the
arrow missile defense system components. The shave space launch vehicle and several classified ballistic missile programs whose existence Israel
has neither confirmed nor denied. The runway, the launch infrastructure, the underground facilitie the satellite control room the technical support
infrastructure for programs that took decades and billions of dollars to build. All of it concentrated in one coastal facility that Iranian mission
planners had been studying with every available intelligence asset for years before this conflict began. Iran did not choose Palm randomly. Iran chose Palm
because its analysts understood what was there and they understood what destroying it would do to Israel's strategic capability in ways that destroying any other single target in
Israel could not replicate. Before we get into the mechanics of the strike itself, think about the intelligence picture Iran had to have assembled to
make this decision. Palm's actual function has been officially denied by the Israeli government for decades. The facility does not appear on standard
maps. Israeli law prevented domestic media from reporting its real nature.
Yet, Iran's strike planners identified it, assessed it, mapped its infrastructure, selected the optimal weapon combination for each target category within it, and executed the
strike with a precision that confirms they had detailed knowledge of what was inside the fences. That intelligence picture was not assembled in the weeks since this conflict began. It was
assembled over year possibly over decades. The fact that Iran chose this moment to act on that intelligence after plus waves of this campaign had
depleted Israeli interceptor stockpiles and divided Israeli air defense attention across multiple simultaneous threat vectors. Tells you that Iran has
been holding palm in reserve as a high value strike opportunity waiting for exactly the conditions that this campaign has created. Here's specifically what Iran used and how the
strike was executed. The Iranian strike on Palmachim used a combination of SIL ballistic missiles and Fatah hypersonic glide vehicles in a coordinated
simultaneous package. The SIL component was directed at Palomim's above ground infrastructure, the launchpad the runway, the fuel
storage, the vehicle assembly facilities and the surface level command and control structures. The FDA hypersonic component was directed at the underground facilitie the hardened
control room the buried cable infrastructure, and the deep storage areas that standard ballistic missiles with their steep terminal trajectories are less effective at reaching. The
combination was deliberate and precisely matched to Pomim's known infrastructure.
Above ground facilities are best destroyed by high explosive ballistic warheads with significant kinetic energy at impact. Underground hardened facilities are best reached by weapons
that approach at lower angles and higher velocitie giving penetrating warheads the trajectory and energy profile needed to defeat hardened construction. The FATA's hypersonic glide trajectory,
which approaches targets at shallow angles and speeds exceeding Mach provides exactly those characteristics.
Iran sent the right weapons against the right target categories simultaneously.
This was not a mass attack hoping something would get through. This was a precisely engineered strike package designed around specific knowledge of what was at Pamakim and what was required to destroy each category of it.
Israel's air defense response was immediate and intensive. Ainterceptors were committed against the SIL component. David's sling was committed against elements of the FATA package.
American Eegis assets in the Eastern Mediterranean were brought into the engagement. The defense effort was as comprehensive as Israel's depleted
interceptor stockpiles. And the engagement geometry allowed. It was not enough. Multiple impacts were confirmed at Palm. The extent of the damage is
still being assessed, but the fires burning on the Israeli coast south of Tel Aviv as this video is being made are visible from satellite imagery and from
the Israeli coastal cities whose residents have been watching smoke rise from a facility they were never officially told existed. Now, let us
talk about what Israel actually lost when Palm was struck. Because the military and strategic consequences of this single strike extend far beyond the
physical damage to buildings and infrastructure. The first and most immediate consequence is reconnaissance blindness. Israel's satellite
constellation provides real-time intelligence that cannot be replicated by any other means. Groundbased intelligence, human source signals
collection, all of these have value, but none of them provide the continuous comprehensive realtime overhead imagery that satellite reconnaissance delivers.
When Iran is launching missiles from mobile platforms distributed across a territory the size of Western Europe,
knowing where those platforms are at any given moment is not a preference. It is a military necessity. Palm Kim provided the launch and control infrastructure
that maintains and replenishes that reconnaissance capability. Losing that infrastructure does not immediately blind Israel. The satellites currently
in orbit continue to function, but they have operational lifespans. They require maintenance operations that are controlled from ground infrastructure.
And when they eventually reach end of life or are degraded by natural technical failure, the facility that would have launched their replacements is now a burning ruin on the
Mediterranean coast. The consequence is the aerosystems development and testing infrastructure.
Palmin was not just where a missiles were launched operationally. It was where they were tested, refined, and improved. The engineering team the
test range instrumentation, the data collection systems that measure arrow performance against incoming threat simulation all of it was concentrated
at Palm. The AO system has been the backbone of Israeli ballistic missile defense for two decades. Continued improvement of that system against the
evolving Iranian threat, against faster missile against more maneuverable warhead against the hypersonic vehicles that Iran is deploying in
increasing numbers requires continuous testing and development. that testing and development infrastructure just took direct hits from the weapons it was
designed to defend against. The cost of rebuilding what was destroyed at Palm is not just financial though the financial cost will be enormous. It is temporal.
You cannot rebuild a satellite launch facility and the associated control,
testing and development infrastructure in months. You cannot reconstruct the institutional knowledge of the engineering teams that worked there.
teams that spent years learning the specific characteristics of the systems they operated in the time that this conflict is being fought. Even if reconstruction begins immediately, the
gap in Israeli space-based military capability created by this strike will last years. Years during which the offex satellites currently in orbit are aging
toward the end of their operational lives without a replacement launch capability standing ready. The third consequence is the classified missile
programs that Pomakum hosted. Israel has never officially confirmed what programs beyond the OFEX satellites and the aerosystem were developed and tested at
Pomachim. But the pattern of activity at the facility, visible and declassified satellite imagery from the years before this conflict and the structure of the
underground facilities that Iranian strikes have partially exposed suggests the presence of programs beyond what has been publicly acknowledged. Whatever
those programs were, their physical infrastructure, their documentation,
their test equipment, and the institutional knowledge concentrated in the teams that worked there has been catastrophically disrupted. The fourth
and most strategically significant consequence is the signal the Palm strike sends about what Iran knows. To target Palm with the precision and the
weapon combination that this strike used required intelligence about the facility's layout, its underground structure, its specific target categorie and the weapon systems
required to defeat each of them that goes far beyond what could be assembled from open sources or satellite imagery alone. Hitting the right buildings with the right weapons and the right sequence
requires knowing which buildings contain which function where the underground facilities are positioned relative to the surface structure and what weapon approach angles are required to reach
the hardened elements. That level of operational intelligence does not come from Google Maps. It comes from human source from signals intelligence collection against the communications of
the people who work there, from technical intelligence on the facilities power consumption patterns and infrastructure signature and possibly from sources inside Israeli programs
whose existence the Israeli government has never acknowledged. The Pom strike is a demonstration that Iran's intelligence penetration of Israeli
strategic programs is deeper than Israel's security establishment has publicly acknowledged. That demonstration is almost as damaging as the physical destruction of the facility
itself. Because if Iran had the intelligence to strike Palm with this level of precision, the question that Israeli military and intelligence
leadership is asking in private right now is what else does Iran know that it has not yet acted on? That question does not have a comfortable answer. Every
Israeli strategic program that operates under secrecy, every facility that relies on official denial for its protection, every classified
installation whose location and function is known to the people who work there,
but is not supposed to be known to adversarie now has to be reassessed against the possibility that Iran's intelligence picture of Israeli
strategic infrastructure is more complete than anyone previously assumed.
The security review that follows a breach of this magnitude does not end quickly. It does not end comfortably and it does not leave the programs and
facilities under review operating at normal tempo while the review proceeds.
The United States reaction to the Pomim strike has been immediate, significant,
and notably more alarmed than the American public response to previous strikes in this conflict. The reason for that heightened alarm is specific. Palm
was not just an Israeli facility. It was a joint facility in important dimensions. American intelligence collection system American satellite communication infrastructure, and
American Israeli cooperative space programs had components hosted ator connected to Palm. The strike on Palm was therefore not just an attack on
Israeli strategic capability. It was an attack on a node of the American Israeli intelligence and space architecture that serves American strategic interests as
well as Israeli ones. American officials who have been managing public messaging around this conflict with careful language designed to project confidence and control have found the Palm strike
significantly harder to message than previous events in this campaign. When an air base burn you talk about operational resilience and continuing military effectiveness. When the
facility that launched Israel's intelligence satellites and tested its primary missile defense system burns,
the reassurance is harder to deliver convincingly. Trump's statements in the hours since the Pomicum strike have been notably different in tone from his previous declarations about the
conflict's progress. The declarative confidence that has characterized his public communications throughout this campaign has given way to language that acknowledges the significance of the
event while promising unspecified but severe consequences. That shift in presidential tone is itself a data point for every government watching this
conflict. When the American president's language change the people who track these things notice. And in every foreign ministry and every defense
ministry that is watching what Iran has just demonstrated, the tracking is very careful indeed. Israel's response options in the wake of the Palm strike
are being assessed under enormous domestic and international pressure. The Israeli public has just watched a facility that their government denied
existed get destroyed on live fire. The combination of the secrecy that surrounded Palm for decades and the magnitude of what was revealed in its
destruction has created a moment of public psychological impact that goes beyond anything this conflict has previously produced inside Israel. The
question being asked in Israeli living room in Israeli newspapers that are now freed from the censorship that prevented discussion of Palm's actual
nature, and in the Ness is the same question being asked in Washington. What do you do when the adversary has demonstrated they know where everything
is? Pakistan's mediation track already under severe pressure from the accumulation of strikes across this conflict has reached a genuine crisis
point with the palm strike. Iran just destroyed a facility that represents decades of Israeli investment in the strategic intelligence and defense
infrastructure that Israel considers fundamental to its national survival.
The political conditions in Jerusalem for any negotiated pause are at their lowest point since this conflict began.
The pressure on the Israeli government to respond in a way that demonstrates proportionality and resolve to an Israeli public. That is watching its most sensitive strategic assets burn is
at maximum. Proportional response against a target of equivalent strategic significance to Iran would mean striking something that Iran regards as
foundational to its own survival. And strikes of that category against things that governments regard as foundational to their survival are the kind of
strikes that historically mark the transition from wars that end to wars that do not. The world is at one of those inflection points right now. The
Palm strike is not one more escalation in a series of escalations. It is a qualitative shift. A strike against a facility whose loss degrades Israeli
strategic capability in ways that cannot be quickly repaired. Against a facility whose existence was officially secret,
against a node of the American Israeli space and intelligence architecture that goes beyond purely Israeli national interest. What happens in the next
hours will determine whether this conflict has a ceiling or whether it has just crossed the threshold into a phase where the concept of a ceiling no longer applies. Let us also zoom out and think
about what the pomachy strike means for every country that maintains strategic facilities under official secrecy.
Because the lesson Iran just demonstrated is not specific to Israel.
It is a lesson about the limits of secrecy as a protection strategy for strategic infrastructure in an era of sophisticated intelligence collection.
Israel is not alone in maintaining facilities whose strategic function is officially undisclosed. Every major power and many smaller ones operate
installations whose real purpose is protected by official denial,
classification, or simple omission from public discussion. The assumption underlying all of those secrecy strategies is that keeping the true
function of a facility hidden provides a meaningful layer of protection beyond its physical defenses. If an adversary does not know what a facility doe it
cannot prioritize it as a target. If it cannot be discussed in open media, the public pressure to explain and justify it does not exist. If it does not appear
on official map foreign governments cannot formally object to its existence.
Iran just demonstrated that an adversary with sufficient motivation, sufficient intelligence resource and sufficient patience can build a target picture of
what is inside the fences of an officially secret facility that is detailed enough to plan and execute a precision multi-weapon strike package
against specific target categories within it. The secrecy that protected Palm for years did not protect it when Iran decided to act on the
intelligence it had assembled. Physical infrastructure, no matter how officially denied, can be found, mapped, targeted,
and destroyed if the adversary is determined enough and patient enough to do the work. That lesson is being absorbed in defense ministries from London to Beijing to Moscow to Seoul.
Right now it is being absorbed in the context of their own secret facilities,
their own officially undisclosed strategic programs and their own assumptions about how much protection the combination of secrecy and physical
defense actually provides. The answer that the Pomim strike suggests is less than you assumed, potentially much less
for the governments of America's Asian allies. In particular, the Pomake strike raises questions about the facilities that American and allied strategic
programs maintain in the Pacific region under various levels of official sensitivity. The pattern of Iranian intelligence collection on Pomim, years
of patient assembly of a detailed target picture before acting on it at the optimal moment is a model that China's military intelligence services are fully
capable of applying against American and allied facilities in Japan, South Korea,
Guam, and Australia. The question of what China knows about those facilities,
what it has mapped, what target packages it has prepared but not yet activated is a question that the Palm strike has given new urgency to ask. The Israeli
public's reaction to the Palm strike is unlike anything this conflict has previously produced. For decades,
Israelis who lived near the coast south of Tel Aviv knew that something significant was happening at the base they were told was routine. The sound of rocket launches in the wrong direction
for standard aircraft operation the heavy security perimeter, the unusual equipment moving through the area on restricted transport, the rumors that
circulated in the communities nearest the base, and the official silence that confirmed to anyone paying attention that the official explanation was not
the real one. Now the veil is gone, not because Israel chose to remove it, because Iran removed it with missiles.
and the Israeli public is confronting simultaneously the revelation of what was there and the reality that it is no longer fully intact. That combination,
the shock of revelation and the shock of loss hitting at the same moment is creating a public emotional and political response that Israeli
government communications cannot adequately manage with standard crisis messaging. This is not a manageable narrative moment. It is a rupture. And
ruptures of this kind in the relationship between a government and its public about what is being protected and how well it is being protected have political consequences that outlast the
immediate military situation. Iran struck the facility Israel hid from the world. And in doing so, Iran revealed exactly how much it already knew. The secret is out. The facility is burning.
And Israel, America, and every government watching this conflict must now reckon with what it means when strategic secrecy fails. Not because
someone talked, but because the adversary was patient, thorough, and precise enough to see through it anyway.
Stay with this story. The response is coming and it will not be small. Because what Iran destroyed at Palm was not just
a base. It was the confidence that some things could be kept hidden. And that confidence, once lost, does not come back easily. One final thought that
every person watching this situation should carry with [clears throat] them.
The secrecy around Pomim was not maintained because Israel was ashamed of what was there. It was maintained because secrecy was protection. Because
an adversary that does not know the exact function and layout of a strategic facility cannot target it with precision. Because the combination of
official denial and physical distance gave Israel a layer of protection for its most important strategic programs that no amount of air defense
infrastructure alone could provide. Iran spent years assembling the intelligence that made this strike possible. It did not conduct this strike in the first
week of this conflict when its intelligence picture may have been less complete and when Israeli interceptor stockpiles were at their maximum. It
waited. It kept assembling. It kept refining the target package and it executed when the conditions were optimal. When interceptors were depleted
when Israeli air defense attention was divided across multiple simultaneous fronts. When the psychological and operational tempo of plus waves of
continuous attack had created exactly the kind of degraded, overstretched defense environment in which a strike on a facility this sensitive and this
well-defended had the best chance of achieving the damage Iran needed it to achieve. That patience, that intelligence discipline, that operational timing is the capability
that makes Iran genuinely dangerous in ways that raw missile numbers alone do not capture. A country that can wait years to act on intelligence it has
already assembled. That can hold its most significant strike options in reserve until the conditions are right.
That can execute a complex multi-weapon strike package against a target the size and sophistication of Pomim with the precision this strike demonstrated is
not a country that has been adequately described by anyone who has characterized this conflict as a one-sided campaign against a desperate and weakening adversary. Iran hit
Palmach. The world now knows what was there. And nothing that comes next in this conflict will happen against the background assumption that Israel's most
protected secrets are actually secret from the people who most need them to be. The veil is gone. The facility is burning. And the war just entered a
phase that nobody who was watching from the outside fully prepared for. The next response will tell us whether this conflict still has limits or whether
Palm was the moment those limits disappeared entirely. Watch carefully because history is being made right now
in real time and the decisions made in the next hours will shape the Middle East for a generation.

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Images Show E-3 Sentry Totally Destroyed From Iranian Strike (Updated). A loss of an E-3 is a major blow for the dwindling fleet of increasingly rickety airframes and points to other capability and defensive gaps.
by Tyler Rogoway
TWZ
Updated Mar 29, 2026 1:40 PM EDT
https://www.twz.com/air/images-purporte ... 20attacked.

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Google Earth/USAF (composite image)
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Info is slowly dripping out as to the extent of the Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia that occurred on March 27th. Multiple U.S. military aircraft are reported to have been damaged. This is beyond the toll on U.S. service members, which sits at 10 injured, some of them critically. While high-resolution commercial satellite imagery of the Middle East from U.S. companies remains delayed for weeks, foreign satellite images purport to show major damage on the base’s main apron. Now, photos from ground level appear to show one of the USAF’s prized E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft totally destroyed.

The images were first posted on the Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page and have since spread across social media. The photos show E-3 serial #81-0005’s rear fuselage totally burned out and destroyed. There is debris all around the aircraft. It’s worth noting that a direct strike, while certainly possible here, is often not required to destroy an aircraft. The shrapnel from a nearby impact can do so, too, especially if a fire is ignited. The attack reportedly included long-range one-way attack drones and ballistic missiles.

(UPDATE: New information can be found in an update at the bottom of this post.)

OSINTtechnical@Osinttechnical
New image reportedly showing the USAF E-3 Sentry destroyed in an Iranian attack at Prince Sultan Airbase on Friday.

Matches 81-0005, an E-3C seen deployed to the base in recent weeks.

OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical
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Second angle.
7:20 PM · Mar 28, 2026

OSINTtechnical
Mar 28, 2026
@Osinttechnical
Replying to @Osinttechnical
https://x.com/steffanwatkins/status/2035484929765605692
Steffan Watkins @steffanwatkins
#USAF E-3G Sentry fleet (16); last reported locations 2026-03-20Z

Prince Sultan AB (6)
79-0001 #AE11E7
82-0007 #AE11F0
75-0556 #AE11D6
76-1605 #AE11DC
81-0005 #AE11EE
76-1604 #AE11DB

Elmendorf AFB (2)
80-0137 #AE11EA

OSINTtechnical
@Osinttechnical
Third angle. Key elements in all photos match, indicating some authenticity.
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7:22 PM · Mar 28, 2026

Satellite imagery from prior to when major U.S. commercial providers, specifically Plant Labs, began delaying photos of the Middle East, shows aircraft parked across the main apron and other high-value assets, like the E-3s, parked on isolated taxiways around the airfield. This is clearly an attempt to minimize damage from Iranian long-range weapons by spreading out the aircraft. It’s very possible these aircraft were shuffled around in order to make targeting more challenging.

At least five other tankers were also damaged in a strike on Prince Sultan Air Base earlier in the conflict. The installation, which sits outside of Riyadh, has come under repeated attack. It is a major operating location for American aircraft supporting the war effort.

Soar@SoarAtlas
Satellite imagery from Mar 17 reveals a matching dark spot, confirming strikes hit a hangar on the apron area used by the U.S. Air Force at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.

Use the slider to compare here: http://tinyurl.com/2tufytbe

#SaudiArabia #IranIsraelWar #MiddleEast
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11:50 PM · Mar 17, 2026

The loss of an E-3 Sentry is a major development. The aircraft are critical for spotting incoming barrages and coordinating the air war. The U.S. sent six to the Middle East prior to the war beginning and additional airborne early assets may be headed that way, if they are not already in theater now. The U.S. only had 16 E-3s remaining, with the rickety fleet nearly cut in half as it struggles to maintain readiness in its old age. With low availability, far fewer than the 16 that remain in service are ready to operate at any given time.

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U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Stephen Baker, an E-3 Sentry crew chief, 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, marshals a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft on Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, May 19, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf) Master Sgt. Wolfram Stumpf

The USAF wanted to migrate much of the airborne early warning tracking duties to a new space sensing layer, but that technology is still years away from operational maturity. The E-7 Wedgetail was ordered to provide an interim bridge solution to augment the E-3s and eventually take their place until a space sensing layer can take on at least most of the mission. The USAF then tried to cut the E-7 in its last budget and procure a handful of E-2D Hawkeyes as a less expensive interim solution. This bizarre move, which would have led to massive capability gaps at a time of increasing airborne early warning and control demand, has since been heavily disputed by congress and now the USAF’s E-7 program appears that it could be headed back on track. Still, the loss of one of the E-3s in a dwindling fleet, and now a delay in the already late-to-the-party E-7 program, puts the U.S. in an increasingly concerning predicament.

Iran has been somewhat successful at targeting key radar installations around the region that enable America and its allies’ air defenses. The fact that they would target an E-3 should come as absolutely no surprise. As for how they acquired the targeting data, satellite imagery is still available from China, and Russia is likely providing them with imagery, as well. There are many other ways to obtain time critical info like where aircraft are parked on a base that is from far far lower tech sources, including classic human intelligence.

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A Cold War-era hardened aircraft shelter (HAS). (USAF)

The potential loss of the E-3 and possibly other aircraft in this attack, as well as others that have occurred in the war, on top of very troubling events back here at home, highlight the dire need for hardened airbase infrastructure. The Pentagon continues to drag its feet and downplay the need to invest in hardened aircraft shelters, even as the risk to aircraft on the ground has been made glaringly apparent by recent conflicts. There are signs this could possibly change, even if to a small degree, but there doesn’t seem to be much urgency behind doing so.

It also comes at a time when America’s most capable adversaries are dumping large sums of money into protecting their aircraft on the ground. Even in the Pacific, where a major war could break out with a near-peer competitor that is armed to the teeth with long-range weaponry, these improvements have been nearly non-existent. Only now, after Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, America’s largest in the region, has been repeatedly attacked during the war with Iran, has the Pentagon budged at exploring hardening some of its infrastructure there.

UPDATE: 1:40 PM EST-

Iran has released what it says is satellite imagery showing the E-3 on the taxiway at Prince Sultan Air Base before and after it was attacked. While we cannot independently confirm the source of this imagery, what is visible directly aligns with what was already seen in the pictures taken at ground level.

Clash Report@clashreport
Iran shows satellite image of destroyed U.S. Air Force E-3G Sentry AWACS aircraft at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan Air Base before and after Iran’s March 27 strike.
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3:34 AM · Mar 29, 2026

There has also been additional geolocation of the E-3 pictures, corroborating where at Prince Sultan Air Base the aircraft was when it was attacked. Chinese firm MizarVision has released additional satellite imagery showing Sentry AWACS jets parked on various taxiways at the base, as well.

OSINTtechnical
Mar 28, 2026
@Osinttechnical
Replying to @Osinttechnical
Via:
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OSINTtechnical@Osinttechnical
Aircraft was struck on the taxiway at (24.063730, 47.545924)
h/t @giK1893
https://x.com/giK1893/status/2038072434864079273?s=20
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PJ "giK"@giK1893
Replying to @Osinttechnical
24.063702, 47.546077
Matches presence on HR on the 24th, POV of image 2 in the collage 24.065066, 47.547801
7:59 PM · Mar 28, 2026

Steffan Watkins @steffanwatkins

MizarVision posted a collage of new images from Prince Sultan Air Base showing examples of where the #USAF E-3G Fleet has been positioning itself to avoid missile attack (which evidently didn't work so well).
(Remember that @\MizarVision is not actually MizarVision)
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10:21 AM · Mar 29, 2026

When reached by TWZ for more information about the attack on Prince Sultan Air Base and the fate of the E-3, U.S. Central Command declined to comment.

Contact the author: [email protected]

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$700 million US E3 aircraft destroyed by $20,000 Shahed 136 drone: IRGC
Sunday, 29 March 2026 6:34 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 29 March 2026 6:34 PM ]
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03/2 ... drone-IRGC

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$700 million US E3 aircraft was destroyed by Iran's $20,000 Shahed 136 drone

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced that a $20,000 Shahed-136 drone was behind the attack that damaged a $700 million Boeing E3 Sentry surveillance aircraft in a US-run military base in Saudi Arabia.

In a statement, the IRGC public relations department said that the E3 aircraft, known as Airborne Early Warning and Central System (AWACS), was attempting to evade incoming Iranian airstrikes when it was “hunted” by a Shahed 136 drone.

The American surveillance aircraft was destroyed during a combined missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arbia on Friday, which also left at least 10 US troops wounded.

Press TV@PressTV
Iran Army launches drone strikes on US forces in Jordan
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presstv.ir
Iran Army launches drone strikes on US forces in Jordan
The Iranian Army has announced that it carried out drone strikes targeting US military positions in Jordan.
12:20 PM · Mar 29, 2026

Footage of the aircraft’s wreckage showed that the E3 Sentry was struck in its most sensitive section near its tail, where the expensive AN/APY2 reconnaissance radar is fitted.

Nearby planes also suffered significant damage during the attack, the IRGC said earlier.

The aircraft had been deployed at the Prince Sultan base from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.

Iranian air defenses have intercepted and destroyed at least 140 Israeli and American drones and several fighter jets over Iranian skies and elsewhere in the region since the imposed war began on February 28.

The IRGC has launched 86 waves of retaliatory strikes against US and Israeli assets in the region as part of Operation True Promise 4.

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03/29/26

You said
What about protests in Bahrain due to returning corpse of missouwi?

Gemini said
The situation surrounding the return of the remains of Hassan al-Musawi (often referred to as Missouwi in local reports) has indeed become a major flashpoint for the current unrest in Bahrain.

As of today, March 29, 2026, here is the deep-dive breakdown of the protests and the government’s response.

1. The Catalyst: The Return of the Body
The protests were triggered by the arrival of the remains of Hassan al-Musawi, a prominent opposition figure and cleric who died while in exile or custody (reports vary depending on the source).

The Escalation: When the body was returned to Bahrain for burial, the government attempted to enforce a restricted, private funeral to prevent a mass gathering.

The Public Reaction: Supporters and opposition groups ignored the restrictions, leading to thousands of people taking to the streets in villages such as Diraz, Sitra, and Sanabis. The crowds have transformed the funeral procession into a massive anti-government demonstration.

2. The Current State of Protests
Clashes with Security Forces: There have been confirmed reports of heavy-handed responses from the Bahraini Interior Ministry. Security forces have used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds in the narrow streets of the "Northern Governorate" villages.

The Slogan: Protesters are linking Musawi’s death to the broader regional conflict, with many chanting slogans against the U.S. Fifth Fleet and the government’s normalization with Israel, claiming the leadership has "sold out" Bahraini sovereignty.

Casualties: While official state media is downplaying the violence, independent human rights monitors (including ADHRB) report dozens of injuries and several "critical" respiratory cases due to the excessive use of tear gas in residential areas.

3. Government Response & "Strategic Silence"
The King and the Crown Prince have not directly addressed the Musawi protests. Instead, they have focused their public appearances on national security and the military (as seen in the King's visit to BDF Headquarters on March 27).

Media Blackout: There is a heavy crackdown on "unauthorized filming." Several individuals have been arrested today for livestreaming the clashes in Sitra.

The "Fleeing" Rumor Connection: This specific protest over Musawi is what fueled the rumors that the King had fled. Because the protests reached such a high intensity near the capital, Manama, online misinformation suggested the royal family was evacuating to Saudi Arabia. This remains false, but it illustrates how volatile the domestic situation has become.

4. Why This Matters Now
The timing of these protests is catastrophic for the government because:

Regional Conflict: Bahrain is already on high alert for Iranian missile strikes.

Internal Division: The Musawi protests have revitalized the Shia-led opposition at a moment when the state needs national unity to face external threats.

U.S. Presence: Protesters are specifically targeting areas near U.S. naval installations, forcing the U.S. military to increase its own security posture at "NSA Bahrain."