📰 Tonight's speech by Gantz is very important because of his political support and strength in Israel

Such, weakens the government of Israel and it only ever grew weaker with this in the light of the statement given by the Israeli defence minister Gallant earlier this week who openly criticised Netanyahu's lack of goals and strategy in this war.

📑 Regarding Gantz's statement, the plan needed includes a path to:
- How to conduct the war in Gaza
- Returning Israelis in the north back home by September
- Normalizing with Saudi Arabia
- Drafting all Israelis in the army (he means the orthodox community)

🗣 Delulu Israeli Minister of Finance Smotrich calls on Netanyahu to establish a security zone inside south Lebanon:

“The war must end with Hezbollah's total military defeat. It must be presented with an ultimatum to stop firing and withdraw its forces… and if [Hezbollah] doesn't fully comply – the Israeli army must launch a defensive attack… deep in Lebanese territory, including a ground incursion and an Israeli military takeover of south Lebanon.”

📝 Not only did this fail the last time they did it some 40 years ago, weapon ranges have changed, so has Lebanon.

This comes just after he asked Netanyahu to fully and permanently occupy Gaza yesterday night

🗣️So far today, Hezbullah took credit for 4 attacks on the Israeli army

🔻Al-Rahib base with artillery
🔻 Ramtha base with rockets
🔻 Equipment in Ramia base
🔻 A military vehicle in Malkiah base

☠️ No reports of casualties in Israeli media in the last attack

⚠️ Tasnim News Agency: An Iranian presidential helicopter flying from Eastern Azerbaijan was involved in an accident

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi's helicopter is missing after what IRNA described as a "hard landing".

The Iranian Red Crescent and other security and military forces started a large scale operation to locate the helicopter.

Local residents say the helicopter's condition is unknow due to the foggy conditions in the area.

By Ali Hashim on X

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Iran's Interior Minister: The rescue teams have not yet reached the scene of the accident. Due to the weather and fog, the helicopter carrying the president had to make a hard landing.

@bisimchimedia via @SNNenglish

— 🇮🇷 Video of the rescue operation being underway

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🇮🇱 Israel's leading civil defense association Zaka mocks the incident in Iran, and the possible death of its president, with a post on social media saying:

"Don't worry, we are on our way"

ٱللَّهُ خَيۡرٌ حَٰافِظٗاۖ وَهُوَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّٰاحِمِينَ

📷 Iran state media: "The last scenes of the helicopter that was carrying President Raisi at the end of the opening ceremony of the Qizkale Si Dam during its take-off"

📝 Strong fog and bad weather conditions can be clearly seen.

🗓 11th anniversary of the Battle of Qusayr

Today, 19 ⁠May, marks Hezbullah's first offensive operation in what is known as the Battle of Qusayr, Syria, in 2013.

⋯ The operation started at dawn, after liberating the countryside.

It was carried to deny the terrorists a safe heaven near the Lebanese border, and halt the weapon flow from Lebanon to Syria.

The war was covered in Hezbullah's documentary “The secrets of the Second Liberation” (أسرار التحرير الثاني).

⋯ In a speech before the launch of the operation in 2013, Hezbullah's Secretary-General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah made remarks about Hezbullah's ethics in war.

⋯ Hezbullah mourned 50-52 martyrs on the first day.

📹 Earlier today, the Israeli army released footage of their attack on Maroun Al-Ras, where they claim they spotted members of Hezbullah.

📑 Hezbullah mourned today two its fighters, on the path to Jerusalem and in defence of south Lebanon, likely in the border village of Maroun Al-Ras

🌷 Hassan Yehya Ne'meh, 1990, Mahroneh village
🌷 Ali Hadi Salameh, 2006, Al-Majadel village

🗣️ Hezbullah issued a statement announcing they attacked three Israeli soldiers in Metulla, using an ATGM. They claim casualties.

☠️ No reports of casualties or the incident in Israeli media

📑A War Cabinet member tells Israeli journalist Barak Ravid

"Netanyahu doesn't want to move on the hostages issue. He is willing to give up on them. He is holding back everything and leading us to the abyss"

☠️ Netanyahu is killing Jews to stay in power

📹 In a show of unique ability and power, Hezbullah releases footage of:

- how they tracked the SkyDew balloon base before the attack
- how they tracked the SkyDew balloon base after the attack
- The path of the drone over the whole base
- The drone itself

📝 1080p video
The Sky Dew base was secured by EW and 3 layers of missile interception systems: Iron Dome, David's Sling, and Arrow [Hetz].

⚠️ The 6th drone alert sounds in the Galilee on the Lebanese border.

🇮🇷 Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei on president Raisi: "We hope and pray that God will return the president to the arms of the nation"

— 🇮🇷 NEW: Special forces of the Iranian Army and the IRGC have arrived in the helicopter's crash area to conduct night time searches.

May they stay safe on this harsh journey

News by @Middle_East_Spectator