A gunman opened fire on the Israeli embassy in Stockholm and two bombs were set off near its counterpart in Copenhagen, in what one prominent terrorism expert described as an apparent escalation of Iran’s “shadow war” against Jewish targets in Europe.
At least one gunshot was aimed at the embassy in Stockholm at about 6pm on Tuesday. At 3.20am on Wednesday, two hand grenades were detonated about 100m away from the embassy in the Danish capital.
The U.S. is hoping for a measured reaction, but it has limited ability to influence its closest Middle East ally
As Israel weighs how to respond to Tehran’s latest missile barrage, it could take a page from its previous playbook when, after days of deliberation, its military targeted a single Iranian military site.
Few expect Israel’s response to be as narrow this time, posing a fresh test as the Biden administration seeks to avoid a new spiral of escalation.
“The U.S. already lacks sufficient diplomatic leverage to compel a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon,” said Jonathan Panikoff, a former U.S. intelligence officer now with the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank.
Hate crimes against Jews have increased 69% in Toronto, police say
Toronto has seen a 69 per cent increase in hate crimes against Jewish people in the wake of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, according to the city’s top cop.
Year-to-date, Chief Myron Demkiw’s force has fielded reports of 350 hate crimes, a 40 per cent increase over the first nine months of last year.
Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorist group in Lebanon who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on September 27, was often described by many in the West as a “formidable enemy” of Israel. Nasrallah’s death, however, has shown that many Arabs, including some of his fellow Lebanese citizens, also considered him an enemy and arch-terrorist. The Hezbollah chief was responsible for killing not only a large number of Israelis over the past three decades, but also many Arabs, especially in Lebanon and Syria.
That is probably why the news of Nasrallah’s elimination was greeted with jubilation by many Israelis and Arabs.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has barred UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering the country, accusing him of bias against Israel.
Katz declared Guterres “persona non grata” following what he described as the UN chief’s failure to specifically condemn Iran’s recent missile attack on Israel.
OTTAWA — After Iran’s stunning missile attacks on Israel and Israel-led ground operations into Lebanon, Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Tuesday war has broken out in the Middle East and called on “all parties” to agree to a ceasefire to avoid devastating civilian casualties.
Joly said Canada “unequivocally” condemns Iran’s missile attacks on Israel which “will only serve to further destabilize the region, and it must stop,” as she issued another urgent warning to Canadians to leave Lebanon — warnings she admitted have not been widely heeded. On the contrary, another cabinet minister said some Lebanese-Canadians are taking a risk and “actually going to Lebanon” against the government’s advice.
The Israeli military campaign against Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists is not just an exercise in safeguarding Israel from suffering further bombardment from tens of thousands of missiles and attack drones.
An Israeli victory against Hezbollah’s terrorist infrastructure in Lebanon is vital to guaranteeing the security of the entire Western alliance. It will send a clear signal to Iran — Hezbollah’s paymasters — that the ayatollahs’ unremitting campaign against the West and its allies is ultimately doomed to failure.
OTTAWA – Canadian members of Parliament are working with their colleagues in Australia and New Zealand to try and convince their respective governments to jointly recognize Palestinian statehood.
NDP MP Heather McPherson, who is leading an effort to recruit Canadian MPs, said building on work the three governments have already done might be the best leverage to advance a two-state solution.
Eight people were killed and at least nine wounded, as well as a dog, in a shooting terror attack in Jaffa, in central Israel, on Tuesday evening, Magen David Adom reported.
At least four people were reported critically wounded. Magen David Adom announced that the incident involved multiple casualties.
⚡️ MDA CEO Eli Bin: The attack took place in two areas in Jaffa – Jerusalem Boulevard and Gaza Street, the shooting is still active in the area https://t.co/grHIk1obhX pic.twitter.com/2Y6UZ0EKse
— Middle East Observer (@ME_Observer_) October 1, 2024
Iran launches attack of over 200 missiles on Israel
A short while ago, missiles were launched from Iran towards the State of Israel. 102 missiles were launched in the attack.
The IDF stated in a message to Israeli citizens, “You are instructed to remain alert and precisely follow the Home Front Command’s instructions.”
Footage of ballistic missiles arriving in Israel sent by the Islamic regime in Iran and there are reports of missile hit or fragment of one falling in Tel Aviv. Updates to follow. This is the fourth round of sirens in Tel Aviv tonight. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Vn25OpIBpk
— Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) October 1, 2024
@fancypants_s https://t.co/oS3ZkgIIDm
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) October 1, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
A memorial service for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Michigan featured praise for prominent terror figures as well as denunciations of the United States’ “terrorism.”
On Saturday, a memorial service for slain Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah took place at the Hadi Youth Community Center in Dearborn, Michigan. The event, which was live-streamed on YouTube, featured fiery speeches from local religious leaders and activists who praised Nasrallah and Iran’s leadership while condemning America.
Dearborn is a gate to Hell.
When Israel assassinated Abbas al-Musawi in 1992, there were celebrations at the demise of the Hezbollah leader whose militants had harried Israeli troops in southern Lebanon. His successor, Hassan Nasrallah, propelled the group to new and more dangerous heights. With Nasrallah now dead, his possible replacement, Hashem Safieddine, may hope to do the same.
A Hamas commander in Lebanon who was killed in an Israeli airstrike overnight was an accredited member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the embattled agency confirmed after his death.
Only one word captures the vibe in the West following Israel’s killing of Hassan Nasrallah: anguish. Everywhere you look there is dread over what Israel has done, and fear of what it might unleash. Disquiet drips from every newspaper. You hear it in the trembling timbre of news anchors. You see it in the feverish warnings of ‘anti-war’ types that the Middle East now stands upon the precipice of apocalypse. You hear it in Guardianistas’ shrill damning of Israel as a ‘pugnacious out-of-control force’ that now even takes out terrorists ‘against the United States’ explicit wishes’. Yes, how dare this uppity state defy our masters in the neo-empire?
You get the impression that western leaders, diplomats and media come to enjoy chatting with Islamist terrorists over cocktails and begin ascribing them an underserved humanity while conveniently forgetting their murderous friends would slit their throats in a New York minute.
Bob Rae “Nasrallah was an extraordinarily influential figure in the whole region, the whole of the Middle East”
Rae sounds downright wistful at his loss pic.twitter.com/9yEj6uFAxN
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) September 29, 2024
IDF soldiers entered southern Lebanon as part of a ground assault on Monday night while the conflict with Hezbollah continued to escalate increasingly, Israel’s military confirmed the operation during the early hours of Tuesday morning.
“The IDF began limited, localized, and targeted ground raids based on precise intelligence against Hezbollah terrorist targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon,” Israel’s military said.
It added that the IDF will be carrying out “a methodical plan set out by the General Staff and the Northern Command, which soldiers have trained and prepared for in recent months.”
⚡️#Israeli Armoured Units are now invading #Lebanon in a full scale invasion.
Al-Mayadeen correspondent: "#Hezbollah will probably allow the IDF to advance a few kilometers into #Lebanon to lure them in and ambush them, like they did in 2006."
‼️ This is quite… pic.twitter.com/hhdCB8z4zl
— Valentin Erikson (@eriksonvalentin) September 30, 2024
Police in riot gear. Occupied buildings. Thousands of arrests. Distrupted classrooms. An atmosphere of fear and campuses crisscrossed with encampments.
In the year since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, universities across the globe were riven with protests, vigilante mobs, and antisemitism and Islamophobia investigations. Now, college officials are cracking down and trying to avoid similar scenes as the conflict approaches its one-year anniversary. Universities are announcing measures they say will keep campus safe and uninterrupted this year, after last year’s Israel-Palestine turmoil.
But activists say new restrictions on protest rights only further their resolve.
H/T PA Cat
