There are already at least six B-2 strategic bombers on the island of Diego Garcia. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham opposes the nomination of Eli Sharvit as head of the Israeli Shin Bet: “Sharvit’s statements against President Trump and his policies create tension at a critical time. I suggest my friends carefully examine who they appoint.”
Amnesty International warns: “Any visit by Netanyahu to an ICC member state without his arrest will encourage “Israel” to commit crimes.” The reference is to the Prime Minister’s visit to Hungary.
US Navy supply ships have delivered large quantities of strategic weapons and ammunition to the port of Ashdod. The United States is moving an incredible amount of goods in the Persian Gulf. They also deliver goods to Israel by sea. The fronts are relatively calm and a more intense accumulation of supplies than the first attack on Israel in 2023 does not bode well. The fear is of a preparation of an action against Iran.
A senior Hezbollah official told Al-Manar that the organization decided not to respond with an attack from Lebanon after the Israeli attack on Beirut. According to him, Naim Qassem chose an operation from Iraqi territory, which should take place in the coming days. “Israeli intelligence has identified unusual movements of ballistic missile vehicles to launch sites in Iraq,” RakhaDashot source.
Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air Force: “The United States has 50,000 soldiers in ten bases in the region, which means they are in a glass house. Those who live in a glass house do not throw stones.” Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized two tankers carrying smuggled diesel fuel in the Persian Gulf. US source: The seizure of tankers in the Persian Gulf leaves President Trump with only one option: attack Iran. Iranian official: We expect Israel to bomb nuclear sites in Iran.
New details have emerged about Israel’s proposal to negotiate a hostage deal: The ceasefire will last 40 days. The first day of the ceasefire includes the release of ten living hostages and the release of US-Israeli soldier Edan Alexander. The fifth day: Hamas will have to provide full information on the conditions of all hostages. This is a detailed list of names, that is, of each of the 59 kidnapped, as well as their conditions, and not as in the case of Phase A, where Hamas as a whole detailed how many of the 33 kidnapped returned alive to Israel. On the tenth day, 16 dead hostages will be returned, which is estimated to be half the number of dead hostages held by Hamas.
During the days of the truce, negotiations will be held on the future and the conditions for ending the war. In addition to the release of all hostages and the return of all kidnapped civilians, Israel demands the creation of a security zone in the Gaza Strip, the demilitarization of the strip and the expulsion of Hamas members. A security source stressed that Israel’s positions and current demands under the agreement are being coordinated with the US administration.
And now a look at the military scenarios updated at 16:30 on April 1. Donald Trump: “the real pain of the Houthis in Yemen and Iran is yet to come”. The Wall Street Journal reports that US B-2 Spirit bombers were unable to destroy the Houthi underground missile complex using GBU-57A/B bunker-buster bombs
The Houthis have meanwhile announced the destruction of another US MQ-9 Reaper UAV over Marib province. A statement read: “We confirm that we continue to impede Israeli shipping in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea.” According to the Israeli Defense Ministry, the Houthis will try to increase the pace of bombing on Israel immediately after the US escalates its attacks. Meanwhile, at least four US bombings in four different regions were carried out on Yemen overnight.
A senior Iranian official told the Telegraph: “Intensive discussions about a joint US-British base on Diego Garcia have been ongoing since the US stationed the bombers there. Military commanders have been instructed to prepare for a preemptive strike against Iran, before the US attacks Iran from there.”
The US State Department: “The Islamic Republic’s behavior in the world threatens our interests. Trump has renewed his campaign of maximum pressure on the Iranian regime to eliminate the nuclear threat. Iran will never have nuclear weapons.” Bloggers linked to the Iranian opposition report a series of explosions that have recently occurred in the Isfahan area.
Syrian sources: “Israeli forces are advancing in the village of Saida, west of the city of Daraa.”
From Lebanon, there are reports of several attacks: “Israeli forces have fired on tobacco farmers in Saasaa, on the outskirts of Rmeish, in southern Lebanon. Attacks also on the outskirts of Aita al-Shaab, with rockets”.
Israeli enemy airstrike in the southern suburbs of Beirut. The targeted building is located near the Imam al-Kadhim compound in the Sfeir area, in the southern suburbs. The three upper floors of the building were destroyed. A residential building at 03:30 in the morning. Four confirmed dead. Low-flying reconnaissance aircraft fly over villages west of Baalbek. And again Israeli warplanes flew over the town of Naqoura in the western sector.
The Lebanese Army opened the road from the town of Adaisseh towards “Khallet al-Mahafer” south of the city, after the IDF closed it with earth barriers during its retreat to Maskaf Aam.
And again it is learned that while the Lebanese Army was dismantling an advanced earth barrier erected by Israeli forces in Tallat al-Mahafir near the Misgav Am outpost on the outskirts of Odaisseh, an Israeli patrol advanced and took up positions nearby. In response, Lebanese soldiers retreated to the first barrier, which they had already cleared near a UNIFIL outpost.
A joint announcement by the IDF, ISA and Mossad said that the bombings in Beirut were against Hezbollah personnel, specifically “terrorist Hassan Ali Mahmoud Bdeir, a terrorist from Hezbollah Unit 3900 and the Iranian Quds Force, in the Dahieh area, a key stronghold of the Hezbollah terrorist organization.”
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