Day: August 2, 2024

Israeli ministers receive satellite phones in preparation for possible Iranian retaliation

Israeli authorities scramble to prepare for a possible Iranian retaliation for the killing attributed to Israel of Hamas military leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Ministers received satellite phones to allow communication in case of damage to infrastructure.

NEW – Iran, allies ready Israel response as funerals held for militant leadershttps://t.co/olTtqjSweu

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 2, 2024

In the meantime..

BREAKING: The U.S. has sent 12 warships, including the USS Theodore Roosevelt, with over 4,000 Marines and sailors to the Middle East!

A senior Pentagon official confirms. pic.twitter.com/Se5OosmkkV

— Global Daily Brief (@itopa_justice) August 2, 2024

France has formally advised its citizen against travelling to Iran and has asked French citizens still the country to leave as soon as possible due to a risk of military escalation in the region, the foreign ministry said on Friday in a travel advisory.

BREAKING – France tells nationals visiting Iran to leave ‘as soon as possible’ https://t.co/scNn95WZ3z pic.twitter.com/tmPJEfzBDB

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 2, 2024

US Stockmarket is collapsing and dropping like a rock!

🚨Update: US Stockmarket is collapsing and dropping like a rock! pic.twitter.com/yPwMYp2gMA

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) August 2, 2024

Washington has ordered more destroyers, cruisers, and an additional fighter squadron to the Middle East to defend Israel amid rising tensions with Iran, the US Defense Department said on Friday.

In addition, the US has ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group to relieve the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier currently deployed in the Middle East.

The announcement comes amid rising tensions after this week’s killing of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Both Hamas and Iran have blamed Israel for the attack and have promised revenge. Iran also stated that the US bears partial responsibility for the attack as a “supporter and accomplice” of Israel.

U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken told Members of the G7 during a Conference Call tonight, that Iran could launch an Attack against Israel in the next 24-48 Hours.

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) August 5, 2024

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Officials have accused the platform of preventing users from posting condolences over the death of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh.

Turkish authorities have blocked Instagram after officials in Ankara accused the platform of “censorship” in the ongoing Middle East conflict.

According to Türkiye’s Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), access to the social media platform was blocked on Friday. No formal reason was given for the move, nor any indication of how long the ban would last.

Fahrettin Altun, the country’s communications chief, had slammed the Meta-owned network earlier this week for its response to the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas political leader. Haniyeh was killed in a bombing in Tehran on Wednesday, with Hamas and Iran accusing Israel of orchestrating the attack. West Jerusalem has neither denied nor confirmed involvement, but has repeatedly vowed to destroy Islamist “terrorists”who threaten the Jewish state.

READ: Turkey on Friday blocked access to the Instagram social media network, the national communications authority said without explanation, following censorship accusations against the US company by a high-ranking Turkish official.https://t.co/8lrDObt9pi

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 2, 2024

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