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Zechariah 14:2
1Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. 2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 4And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. 5And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.
And so it begins
Hamas & IDF Ground Forces Clash For 1st Time Inside Gaza: Israeli Soldier Killed, Others Wounded
Hamas has claimed to have repelled a brief Israeli ground incursion, in what marks the first such reported direct ground fight between two sides in Gaza. The Al-Qassam Brigades announced its fighters destroyed two Israeli military bulldozers and a tank as part of an ambush amid the IDF's conducting 'limited' incursions into the strip.
"The soldiers of the Zionist force that fell into the Khan Younis ambush left their vehicles and fled east of the fence on foot," the Hamas wing said on social media. The IDF as expected did not confirm the claims, saying only that "shots were fired at IDF soldiers operating west of the Gaza Strip security fence, in the area of Kissufim." Instead, the IDF said only that "An IDF tank struck the terrorist cell who fired at the soldiers" - but did confirm its forces were operating inside Gaza at the time of the incident.
The IDF appears to have begun taking casualties, and the major ground offensive has yet to even begin. Importantly, an IDF statement cited in a fresh Times of Israel update appears to back Hamas' account of repelling the IDF tank and bulldozers: A soldier was killed and three others were hurt on Sunday after Hamas attacked troops carrying out an operation on the western side of the Gaza border fence, near the southern community of Kissufim.
The operation was part of the military’s searches for bodies of missing Israelis, and to clear the area for Israel’s upcoming ground offensive.
The Israel Defense Forces said an anti-tank guided missile was fired at an Israeli tank and engineering vehicle, and troops responded by shelling the terror cell. Terror group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/hezbollah-risks-dragging-lebanon-war-which-will-be-mistake-its-life-netanyahu
Unfit To Fight: 68% Of US Service Members Obese Or Overweight
There's a growing internal threat to US national security: 68% of American service members are either obese or overweight.
"Rapid and sustained recurrence of obesity across all services, ranks, and positions now poses a dire threat, especially for at-risk populations and those in critical combat roles," writes the American Security Project (ASP) a DC think tank, in a new 25-page report on the problem.
Perhaps most alarming is the slope of the trendline: The proportion of obese members in the ranks has more than doubled in the last decade, from 10.4% in 2012 to 21.6% in 2022. The military trend has paralleled the similarly disturbing pattern observed across American society:
The military seems to be deliberately hiding its blossoming blubber. ASP criticized Pentagon bureaucrats for "remov[ing] body mass statistics from military recruitment and disability reports used by DoD stakeholders and Congress…result[ing] in incomplete and misleading conclusions" about the challenge facing the armed services.
The problem spans the full life cycle of military service, shrinking the available recruiting pool and then sapping the fighting fitness of service members. The problem is most severe in the Navy, and least severe in the Marines.
ASP urged the military to view obesity as a medical problem, rather than trying to whip fat service members into shape. "Framing obesity as an issue of insufficient willpower or discipline prevents soldiers from seeking and receiving treatment, makes commanders and healthcare workers less inclined to intervene, and worsens health outcomes across the services,” writes the report's author, Courtney Manning.
"Social stigma" is an obstacle, claims Manning, as military leaders too often assume that "overweight people are unmotivated, incompetent, or weak-willed, caus[ing] individuals and services to conceal, obscure and downplay military obesity."
Obesity weighs on recruiters, but it isn't their only challenge as every branch except the Marines is falling short of its goal. "Less than a quarter of Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 qualify both academically and physically for military service," notes the New York Post.
Of the remaining, shrinking pool of candidates, fewer are interested in signing up. A 2023 Army study found the top reasons young people reject the idea are fear of death, and fear of falling victim to post-traumatic stress disorder. Beyond that, we're guessing the drive to land new enlistees isn't helped by pointless wars, Covid vaccine mandates or using drag queens as recruiters.
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/unfit-fight-68-us-service-members-obese-or-overweight
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"Check Please": Trump Breaks Silence On Biden Family's $200,000 'Direct Payment' To Biden
Former President Donald Trump has criticized a $200,000 check made out to President Joe Biden by Biden family members that Republicans say may prove corruption.
Former president Donald Trump has weighed in on what congressional investigators say is a $200,000 "direct payment" made to President Joe Biden, unearthed as part of a Republican probe into the Biden family's business dealings and alleged schemes of influence peddling.
President Trump took to social media on Saturday, commenting on what some Republicans say is smoking gun evidence that President Biden was directly involved in his family's business affairs.
"Check please," President Trump wrote in the post, which featured a screengrab of Newsmax anchor Greg Kelly holding a facsimile of a personal check for $200,000 made out to "Joseph R. Biden Jr."
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/check-please-trump-breaks-silence-biden-familys-200000-direct-payment-biden
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