In a dramatic escalation that sent shockwaves through the Middle East and beyond, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a bold and devastating aerial campaign deep into Iranian territory early Friday morning, delivering a crippling blow to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and ballistic missile infrastructure. The operation, dubbed “Rising Lion,” was the culmination of months of mounting tensions, failed diplomacy, and repeated Iranian provocations.
In what humanitarian officials are calling a deliberate massacre of aid workers, eight Palestinians employed by the Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) were killed and several others injured or abducted late Wednesday night after Hamas forces reportedly ambushed a humanitarian convoy headed to a food distribution center in southern Gaza.
Israeli naval forces intercepted a so-called humanitarian flotilla early Monday morning—revealing it for what it truly was: a publicity stunt cloaked in moral posturing, not a legitimate relief mission.