Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir Wednesday night during a discussion in the Security Cabinet that the IDF is dealing with unusual pressure, even stating that he is “raising 10 red flags” and that the army is “collapsing in on itself.” His comments came against the backdrop of the multitude of tasks, the burden on reserve soldiers, the lack of progress in passing the conscription law, the extension of reserve duty, and, in the background, the establishment of new settlements.
The remarks sparked strong reactions in the political system. The leader of the opposition and chairman of Yesh Atid, Yair Lapid, said that “the Chief of Staff is warning of the collapse of the IDF – and the government is ignoring it,” placing the responsibility on the government.
Former Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot also emphasized that the political leadership will not be able to claim that it did not know, and called for the promotion of a compulsory service law for the entire population.
Furious Republicans stormed out of a classified briefing on Iran on Wednesday amid fears the US is preparing to invade the country as Tehran refuses Donald Trump‘s peace overtures.
With almost 7,000 US ground forces deploying or en route to the Middle East – including from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and the Marines – speculation is swirling about Trump’s rapidly developing plans for the war.
Now, a Daily Mail source inside the room has revealed stark new details, including a new set of objectives which may suggest that America is moving toward boots on the ground as Iran continues to strangle the Strait of Hormuz.
The lawmaker, speaking on condition of anonymity, said members were presented with three military objectives: Kharg Island, Iran’s crucial oil export hub; its nuclear material; and regime change.
It marks a stark shift from the four goals the White House has publicly stated: destroying Iran’s missiles, navy, armed proxies, and nuclear capabilities.
The lawmaker said that the White House must answer for its plans, particularly regarding Kharg Island and troops on the ground.
Benjamin Netanyahu gave Israeli commanders a 48-hour deadline to destroy Iran‘s weapons industry from his Tel Aviv bunker after reviewing Donald Trump‘s proposed peace plan.
Netanyahu ordered the Israel Defense Forces to strike as many high-value Iranian targets as possible as the US submitted a 15-point peace plan on Tuesday.
The Israeli prime minister and his top military advisers were alarmed the US plan did not go far enough to curb Tehran’s military capabilities, despite its tight restrictions on Iran’s missile stockpile and nuclear program.
Netanyahu’s Thursday deadline reflects deep concern within the Israeli government that Trump could reach a deal with Tehran at any moment, sources say.
Israeli officials present at Netanyahu’s underground meeting described the atmosphere as ‘tense.’
Russia has impounded hundreds of boobytrapped boot insoles intended for Vladimir Putin‘s foot soldiers, say the Federal Security Service (FSB).
The ‘heated’ insoles for use in cold weather were rigged with enough explosives to blow off a victim’s limbs, it is alleged.
Russian counterintelligence blames Ukrainian secret services for a ploy to maim up to 504 soldiers.
‘A foreign national born in 1994 has been detained in Russia.,’ said the FSB.
‘He was involved in the smuggling of weapons to Russia from Poland through Belarus, organised by Ukrainian intelligence agencies.’
The power of the concealed explosives in the insole pairs was 1.5 grams in TNT equivalent,’ said the FSB.
‘Detonation occurs when the insoles are connected to a power source and is designed to sever a part of a serviceman’s limb when they are used during combat missions.’
The is a video clip of former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, in a recent interview, expressing alarm over the IDF’s evolving leadership, describing younger officers as products of Netanyahu-era settler culture with a “messianic mission” to wield the military for biblical redemption, unlike predecessors shaped by Rabin and Peres.
NY Times has essentially confirmed that Israel played a role in stimulating the violent regime change riots that left around 3000 dead in Iran this January 8 and 9, but which were marketed in the West as pro-democracy protests.
It was well understood by the Mossad that those riots would help stimulate military action by Trump.
Israeli intel merely needed to convince the feeble-minded president that a wave of decapitation strikes would unleash a massive upheaval to immediately topple the Islamic Republic. The January riots were presented to Trump as a preview of what was to come.
Western media, including the NY Times and The Guardian, played a central role in legitimizing Israel’s deception by falsely characterizing the violent regime change riots as mere protests, massively inflating the death toll and covering up the fact that many were murdered by the Israel-backed rioters themselves
The whole of Western media and the Western human rights industrial complex deliberately misrepresented the real character of those riots. But now that the war they helped to instigate is going badly for the US and Israel, that same media is now free to reveal a few kernels of truth.
Col. Macgregor says Putin has already delivered a terrifying ultimatum to Netanyahu: If Israel dares to use a nuclear weapon in the Middle East, Russia will drop a nuclear weapon on Israel. The US has no idea what it just walked into.
My understand is this is an old system and not very effective, but is does appear to be a weapon Iran is using in the current war. This system does not work well at long distances, in bad weather or against planes equipped with various heat shields. ABN
Recently when the Anthropic software and ideology conflict with the Pentagon surfaced as a result of limits placed by the provider, alternative provider Palantir’s CEO remarked that any AI developer who challenges the U.S. military application of the product was foolish because the U.S. government could just take control of the company under the claim of national security.
In essence, Palantir CEO Alex Karp was saying AI developers who contract with the govt ultimately become bound to the limits or lack thereof as determined by the govt. If software developers want to contract with the military, then fight the Pentagon over use of those software applications, they will lose.
In response to the Anthropic issue, the Pentagon withdrew from their purchase arrangements and blacklisted them from further federal contracts.
Now a report is highlighting that Palantir will take the lead position in providing the software, the Maven Smart System, for the core U.S. military functions.
As described, “Maven is a software platform that uploads information from drones, satellites, sensors, radar, and other battlefield intelligence sources. The system then analyzes battlefield data in real time, identifying and prioritizing potential targets — including buildings, enemy vehicles, and weapons and ammunition stockpiles — for intelligence analysts to review and act on.”
The 35-second video captures nighttime explosions and building fires, matching eyewitness footage of Iranian missile impacts verified by Al Jazeera and Fox News on March 21.
Video of an Iranian Khorramshahr missile strike on Israel amid the ongoing 2026 US-Israel-Iran conflict, which escalated from February 28 attacks on Iranian sites, leading to retaliatory barrages causing injuries in Dimona and Jerusalem.
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