⚔️ IDF says it 'operated against threats' posed to its troops in Gaza Strip, 'despite the terms of the ceasefire'

💬 “The IDF troops in the area operated to thwart the threat and eliminate the Islamic Jihad terrorist Akram Atef Farhan Zanon,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement posted on Telegram.

💬 “Additionally, in several areas throughout the Gaza Strip, masked suspects were identified approaching IDF troops, who fired warning shots to distance them,” the Israeli military noted.

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Netanyahu’s Iron Wall: What is going on in West Bank?

Shortly after agreeing to a ceasefire with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel launched a new brutal military operation in another Palestinian territory – West Bank.

Dubbed Operation Iron Wall, this attack involved Israeli troops with air support raiding the city of Jenin and the refugee camp located there.

What this conflict is about?

◻️ Israel’s Minister of Defense Israel Katz described Iron Wall as a show of force meant to intimidate the Palestinian groups in the area.

◻️ “This is another step toward achieving the goal we have set – strengthening security in Judea and Samaria,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

What does the other side say?

◻️ The Israeli operation has been condemned by the Islamic Jihad who called out Tel Aviv for “the displacements, destructions and systematic murders perpetrated by the [Israeli] army against the Jenin camp and its population.”

◻️ The group also accused the Palestinian Authority of “complicity in this aggression” due to allegedly assisting Israel in besieging the Jenin refugee camp.

Does this raid violate the Gaza ceasefire agreement?

The West Bank area is occupied by Israel, with the dominant Palestinian force in the area being the Palestinian Authority, so the Gaza ceasefire between Tel Aviv and Hamas technically is not related to the Jenin crackdown.

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🗣 Trump calls it both 'sad' and 'funny' that Biden did not pardon himself

💬 “And if you look at it, it all had to do with him,” US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News.

Trump explained that he didn’t pardon himself during his first term because he “did not do anything wrong.”

Former President Joe Biden also stated earlier this month that he “didn’t do anything wrong” when asked about pardoning himself.

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❓ What are Biden’s pardons hiding?

Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to his siblings and their spouses before leaving office, alleging they were “targeted by politically motivated investigations.”

Here is what they're linked with:

James B. Biden, Joe’s brother, and Sara Jones Biden, James’s wife

🔸 Entrepreneur James Biden faced accusations of capitalizing on the Biden name as he reportedly tried to set up a joint venture with a Chinese energy company in 2017.

🔸 House Republicans referred to two checks worth $40,000 and $200,000 from James Biden and his wife to the US president in 2017 and 2018 ennoscriptd “loan repayments.”

🔸 In a June 2024 letter to the Justice Department, House Republicans accused James Biden and Joe Biden’s son Hunter of making false statements to Congress as part of GOP members’ impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden;

🔸 James and his wife were reportedly recorded by the FBI in connection with a 1998 bribery probe into a Mississippi trial attorney who was considering a business partnership with James Biden.

Francis W. Biden, Joe’s brother

🔸 He drew attention for linking himself to Joe Biden in a 2021 ad for a Florida law firm. The White House warned at the time that the president’s name shouldn’t be used in connection with any commercial activities.

Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden’s sister, and John T. Owens, her husband

🔸 Valerie Owens was the campaign manager for Joe Biden’s 1988 and 2008 presidential campaigns, as well as a senior advisor to his successful 2020 presidential campaign.

🔸 It remains unclear why Joe Biden pardoned the couple given a lack of controversy surrounding their activities.

Hunter Biden, Joe's son

🔸 Joe Biden issued an unconditional pardon for his son in early December. Hunter was scheduled to be sentenced for his conviction for federal gun charges, as well as in a separate criminal case in which he pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

What’s Biden shielding them from? Accountability or the truth? Comment below!

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