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The Congressional Research Service just listed the 42 US aircraft lost or damaged so far during the war with Iran.
- 4 x F-15E Strike Eagles destroyed
- 1 x F-35A damaged by Iranian ground fire
- 1 x A-10 destroyed
- 7 x KC-135 Stratotankers (2 destroyed, 5 damaged)
- 1 x E-3 Sentry AWACS damaged
- 2 x MC-130J destroyed
- 1 x HH-60W helicopter damaged by small arms fire
- 24 x MQ-9 Reapers destroyed
- 1 x MQ-4C Triton destroyed
https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/21666
This is the “damaged” AWACS
Is the definition of destroyed different nowadaysm
https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/21667
❗️California bans deceptive Kars4Kids ads that quietly funneled millions to Israel
The Superior Court of California has issued a permanent injunction banning the ubiquitous Kars4Kids radio advertisements across the state following a ruling that the organization engaged in systematic false advertising and unfair competition. According to court documents published by The Times of Israel, Judge Gassia Apkarian ruled that the charity’s infamous musical jingle intentionally deceived the public by concealing its primary religious and geographic focus. While the commercials portrayed a secular mission to aid local, underprivileged youth, the court found that the group channeled tens of millions of dollars in donated vehicle proceeds directly into Orthodox outreach and real estate ‘projects’ in Israel.
Legal documents revealed that Kars4Kids acts as a primary funding funnel for its sister organization, Oorah, sending approximately $45 million annually to Israel. Instead of supporting local community programs, these public donations financed international gap-year junkets to Israel for teenagers and bankrolled a staggering $16.5 million corporate building acquisition in Israel. The court admonished the nonprofit for exploiting the goodwill of ordinary donors to engineer an unfair playing field against honest, local charities, ruling that the group cannot resume broadcasting in California unless it includes explicit, audible disclosures detailing its specific religious criteria and foreign operations.
The high-profile ruling has intensified international scrutiny over the financial transparency of pro-Israel nonprofits, triggering parallel demands in Canada for the Canada Revenue Agency to investigate tax-subsidized transfers. Recent Canadian tax filings show that Kars4Kids Canada similarly siphoned $12.6 million to the US and Israel during the 2024–2025 fiscal year. Human rights advocates, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), applauded the legal crackdown. They noted that masking millions in capital flight to Israel as domestic youth charity constitutes a flagrant violation of legal and moral standards.
❗️Israel admits senior reserve officer killed in Lebanese resistance ambush, 10th killed since so-called ceasefire
The Israeli army has admitted that Major (Res.) Itamar Sapir, deputy company commander in the 7008th Battalion of the 551st “Half-Fire” Formation, was killed by the Lebanese resistance in south Lebanon.
Sapir was a senior reserve field officer in one of Israel’s main reserve paratrooper brigades, making him a significant officer casualty.
Channel 12 reported that the incident took place on Tuesday morning after invading Israeli occupation forces came under fire by the Lebanese resistance from the vicinity of a church in the Qawzah area. Sapir was struck during the exchange, and the Israeli army said it is carrying out operations to locate the fighter responsible.
Israeli Army Radio said a Hezbollah fighter opened fire on the officer, killing him instantly before withdrawing from the scene, while KAN reported that the ambush took place approximately 2.5 kilometers inside an area under Israeli control.
According to Channel 12, Sapir is the tenth invading Israeli soldier killed on the northern front since the so-called ceasefire with Lebanon was declared on 16 April.
The Israeli army has now acknowledged at least 21 soldiers killed in south Lebanon since March, while reporting that more than 910 troops have been wounded.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/59938
⭕️ The UAE Ministry of Defense announced that its air defenses successfully intercepted and destroyed six hostile drones that attempted to target civilian and strategic sites across the country over the past 48 hours, with no casualties or damage to critical infrastructure.
The ministry added that an investigation found the drones that targeted the Barakah nuclear power plant had originated from Iraqi territory.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/59924
My prediction that this was from Iraq was correct. Again, I reiterate my suspicion that this was an Israeli False Flag meant to reignite tensions.
Across the country, iranian women are being taught how to use weapons. US invasion seems Inevitable.
(This is not fake)
@SimurghRes
Video: https://t.me/SimurghRes/4813
Brief Story
My mother grew up during the revolution and Iran-Iraq war, and has told me it was very common to learn how to assemble AKs. According to her, when she was a kid they’d take her to the Masjid along with other children and adults, and have them practice assembling the Klashnikovs.
She says she was very bad at it because she was too slow.
Basically, I’m saying that this seems pretty standard considering Iran’s history with imperialist invasions.
Their aim is pretty good though.
Source: My mom and aunts throwing sandals at young me.I have the flinch reflex to prove it as well lol.
You know I thought to myself, “There’s no way that Donald just delays the invasion that Iran and probably the rest of the world (mostly the Global South) knows is inevitable and is doomed to fail once again”, but somehow he has managed to do it.
Great to see Iran is fully preparing for this invasion. Donald really does seem to think that repeatedly delaying the invasion, which again Iran knows is coming, will let Iran’s guard down. But I have a feeling this land invasion will probably be the final nail in the coffin for the empire.
— 🇮🇷 NEW: Iran’s stock market opened today for the first time since the beginning of the war, and despite most stocks falling sharply upon the open, the market recovered overall and ended the day in the green
@Middle_East_Spectator
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/32203
Exclusive | Hours ago, Israeli occupation forces abducted at least four individuals—including a Lebanese Army soldier—following an incursion into the outskirts of Rachaya al-Foukhar, along the eastern edge of southern Lebanon, according to information obtained from local journalists.
https://t.me/thecradlemedia/59909
UPDATE | Lebanese Civil Defense announced that four citizens have been found after being released by Israeli occupation forces, who had abducted them from the southern Lebanese town of Rachaya al-Foukhar. Three other people remain in captivity.
🇮🇷| Iran’s Abyek “underground missile city” has been restored to fully functional after its entrances were obstructed from US/Israel attacks.
Like Abyek, Iran is rapidly restoring underground missile cities back to functional. (H/t: GEOIMINT)
@FotrosResistancee
https://t.me/FotrosResistancee/21665
❗️San Diego mayor heckled, accused of Zionist propaganda following massacre at Islamic Center
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria was publicly heckled and accused of enabling violence during a press conference following a deadly shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. The attack left three Muslim victims dead outside the facility, which functions as the county’s largest mosque and houses an elementary school. The perpetrators, identified as two teenage gunmen wearing camouflage, subsequently died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds inside a nearby vehicle where investigators recovered an Islamophobic suicide note filled with references to white racial pride.
During the press briefing, a visibly outraged resident interrupted the mayor, directly linking his consistent political and financial backing of Israel to the deadly radicalization taking place in the US. “You emboldened Zionist propaganda, and you’ll keep doing it as long as it lines your pockets,” the woman shouted, echoing growing domestic frustration over how mainstream American politicians coddle extremist ideologies. While Mayor Gloria and California Governor Gavin Newsom scrambled to issue generic condemnations labeling the massacre an unacceptable act of terror, local activists emphasize that state-sanctioned bigotry directly fuels the record-high levels of anti-Muslim hate crimes gripping the country.
The targeted killings took place just outside the mosque doors, claiming the lives of a heroic security guard and two school staff members who managed to protect the children inside before being gunned down. The FBI and local law enforcement have launched a formal hate crime investigation into the mass shooting, noting that the perpetrators used weapons scrawled with anti-Islamic slurs.
⭕️ Gaza Health Ministry: 76% of medical imaging equipment destroyed during Israel’s genocidal war
The Gaza Ministry of Health said on 18 May that severe challenges are crippling diagnostic imaging services in the few hospitals still operating across the Gaza Strip. According to the ministry, 76 percent of all medical imaging equipment in Gaza has been destroyed during Israel’s genocidal war.
Of the remaining devices, only 24 percent are still functioning, and they are operating under extremely difficult technical conditions amid soaring demand, limited maintenance capacity, and a critical shortage of spare parts.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is no longer available anywhere in Gaza after all nine MRI machines were destroyed, significantly hindering both diagnosis and treatment for patients and the wounded. Only five CT scanners remain operational out of 18 previously in service, far below what is needed to meet daily diagnostic demands.
Before the war, Gaza had 88 conventional X-ray machines; just 33 are still working, most of them worn out and prone to frequent breakdowns. The ministry added that operating rooms urgently need fluoroscopy units, with only five of the 16 pre-war systems still functional, warning that the continued collapse of imaging services is severely complicating life-saving medical interventions.
❗️Syria reaffirms ban on Israeli goods and entry of Israeli citizens
Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has issued Decree No. 109 of 2026, revising Syria’s customs law and reaffirming the ban on importing Israeli goods into the country.
Article 112 prohibits the entry of products that violate boycott laws, including the boycott of Israel, and also bars Israeli citizens from entering Syria.
The move comes as normalization talks between Syria and Israel remain stalled over Israel’s continued occupation of Syrian territory.
According to i24NEWS, Sharaa is using the decree to strengthen his domestic standing while preserving longstanding anti-Israel legislation, even as negotiations continue under US mediation.
UAE, Israel set up fund for joint development of weapons systems: Report
The new fund was reportedly agreed upon during Netanyahu’s recent trip to the UAE, which Abu Dhabi denied
🇺🇸🇮🇷🇶🇦🇸🇦 Officials from Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE say they were not aware of any attack on Iran, despite Trump claiming they convinced him to stand down
- Wall Street journal
@SimurghRes
About what I expected.
BREAKING | Reuters, citing a military source, reports that a car bomb detonated near Syria’s Armament Management Center in the capital.
Video: https://t.me/thecradlemedia/59907
❗️Syrian authorities report that the explosion in Bab Sharqi, Damascus killed one member of the internal security forces and injured 12 others.
❗️Israeli settler attacks across the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, according to Quds Feed:
• Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and performed Talmudic rituals.
• Israeli settlers smashed gravestones in the Rashaydeh cemetery in Bethlehem.
• A flag march was held through Jaber neighborhood and Wadi al-Hussein toward the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.
• Settlers burned an agricultural tractor, vandalized Palestinian property, and sprayed racist slogans in the town of Majdal Bani Fadel near Nablus.
• Settlers released their livestock onto Palestinian farmland in the village of Raba in Jenin.
• Agricultural land was set on fire in the town of al-Karmil and the Umm Nir area south of Hebron under the protection of Israeli occupation forces.
• Settlers burned 500 dunams of agricultural land in the village of al-Mughayyir northwest of Ramallah.
• Palestinian vehicles were attacked with stones near the Ofra settlement east of Ramallah.
• Farmers were prevented from plowing their land in the town of Sinjil north of Ramallah.
• The settlement outpost in the Qamas area between the towns of Osarin and Beita south of Nablus was expanded.
• New settlement roads were opened in Wadi Sa’ir north of Hebron.
• Settlers harassed homeowners and a school in the Sikka area west of Dura, claiming the area falls within Area C.
• Children were harassed and intimidated on their way to school in the Abu Fazzah Bedouin community east of Ramallah.
