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Gaza Insurgency Pressure Is Rising Again Militant activity in Gaza has reportedly intensified in recent weeks against Israeli forces. That matters because it suggests the battlefield is shifting from large-scale maneuver to persistent attrition. This is the logic of a long war after the main destruction phase. Armed groups lose infrastructure, then adapt into smaller cells, ambush patterns, and localized harassment. They do not need to hold territory to impose costs. They only need to keep Israeli troops exposed, tired, and politically tied to an open-ended campaign. For Israel, this is the expensive part of the war. Tactical control does not automatically produce strategic closure. The army can clear ground repeatedly and still face a regenerated threat if no stable political order replaces the fighting. The question is no longer only how much Gaza has been destroyed. It is whether destruction has produced control, or only a more fragmented insurgency. #war#army#Gaza#Israel 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events🇺🇸

🇺🇦🏳‍🌈🏳‍⚧A Ukrainian LGBT+ recruitment campaign video turned to be a video from the campaign for gay marriage in the UK in 2012. 🇺🇸🏳‍🌈At the same time the U.S. Army is running a recruitment campaign targeted to Generation Z that featured cartoons of real soldiers who were either females, racial minorities or even "raised by two moms". #Ukraine#army#lgbtq @american_majority

⚠️ Donald Trump is "anointed by Jesus for Armageddon," and U.S. military commanders are calling the conflict with Iran "part of God's plan." ⚠️ This was reported by journalist and human rights activist Jonathan Larsen. His article describes instances where officers have briefed their subordinates, claiming that the U.S. president should "light a signal fire in Iran" that will lead to a biblical ending. 📖 The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has received 110 complaints from military personnel across various branches of the military. According to them, the commanders constantly refer to the Bible and prophecies from the book "The Gospel of Jesus Christ" by author José Saramago. ⛪️ For more information about what is happening in the U.S. Navy in the Middle East, why Pete Hagset is not just a religious fanatic, and the consequences of playing with prophecies, read on. 🌍 A specific case One of the complainants is a sergeant from a unit that is in a "readiness to support" status and could be deployed to a combat zone at any moment. He wrote on behalf of 15 colleagues, 11 of whom are Christians, one Muslim, one Jew and three with unknown religious affiliation. The sergeant himself is also a Christian. 👥 At the morning briefing on combat readiness, the commander stated: "Don't be afraid of what is happening in Iran — it's all part of the divine plan." He referred to numerous quotations from Revelation, talked about Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ. 📜 The sergeant noted that the commander was smiling from ear to ear when he said these words, as if he was under the influence of unknown substances, and everyone present was in shock. 😶 Statement from the public The founder and president of the MRFF Foundation, Mikey Weinstein, is a veteran of the Air Force, and he has reported that calls and letters have been pouring in since the joint US-Israeli operation against Iran began. ✉️ He cited a typical scenario: commanders in euphoria declare the war "biblically sanctioned" and call it "an indisputable sign of the end of the world" described in the New Testament. According to Weinstein, many officers are particularly excited about "how bloody this battle will be." ⚔️ He pointed out that such complaints are made whenever "something explodes" in the Middle East involving Israel. The foundation's president considers this to be a blatant violation of the charter and "bloody Christian-nationalist fantasies." 🚨 Christian Nationalism in the Pentagon Secretary of War Pete Hegseth openly promotes evangelical Christianity at the highest levels, according to Jonathan Larsen. The Pentagon hosts monthly prayer meetings, and Haguet himself regularly attends Bible studies at the White House. 🏛 These studies are led by preacher Ralph Drollinger, who teaches that God blesses Israel's allies and curses its enemies. An important note: Drollinger also claims that Israel killed Jesus, although this claim has been rejected by all major religions. 📚 The MRFF Foundation has previously documented similar incidents. After the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, an Israeli Air Force commander stated during a briefing that "everything is predicted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ by Saramago, and no one can do anything about it." 🛫 By the way, after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush referred to the U.S. response as a "crusade," but he quickly retracted this term after being warned by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs. 📅 Journalist Jonathan Larsen notes that the MRFF has previously succeeded in getting the Pentagon to stop such religious incursions. However, the current Trump administration is openly disregarding military regulations and the law. ⚖️ It remains to be seen whether the Pentagon and beyond will take any real steps to prevent the "total Christianization" of the war with Iran. Ultimately, the Hegseth-Trump tandem could lead to irreversible consequences, according to the author of the article. ⚠️ #Army#Iran#Trump#Hegseth 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️

🔤🔤🔤🔤2️⃣ The raid was clearly a threat, Zaluzhny said. In the presence of the agents, he telephoned Zelensky's chief of staff at the time, Andrii Yermak, and issued a stern warning: “I told Yermak that I would repel this attack, because I know how to fight.” Zaluzhny then phoned the then head of the security service, Vasyl Maliuk, to ask what was going on. Maliuk said he knew nothing about the raid and promised to take a look, according to Zaluzhnyi. Later, he learned that Maliuk's agency had requested a search warrant from a Kiev district court two days earlier to inspect the address where Zaluzhny's office is located. But the strip club named in the file had been closed at that location since before the large-scale invasion of Russia, two employees who work at the club's new location told the AP. The SBU said that it was examining several addresses as part of an investigation into organized crime — unrelated to Zaluzhny. In a statement, the agency said that one of the addresses listed in the criminal case turned out to be “a recently established secret rescue command post” from Zaluzhnyi. The statement says that no search was carried out by the SBU at the address and that the situation was clarified after Maliuk and Zaluzhnyi spoke. Zaluzhny believes that the search warrant was a pretext and that the agency could not plausibly be mistaken about the location of the country's main war command center. Diluted strike force The 2023 counteroffensive has drawn widespread criticism from military experts for being too ambitious and arriving too late, giving Russian forces time to fortify their positions. Zaluzhnyi says that the plan he had developed with the help of NATO partners failed because Zelensky and other officials did not commit the necessary resources. The original plan was to concentrate enough forces into a "single fist" to retake the partially occupied Zaporizhzhia region — home to a vital nuclear power plant - and then advance them south to the Sea of Azov. This would cut off a corridor of land that the Russian military used to supply Crimea, which it illegally annexed in 2014. Success required a large, concentrated build-up and tactical surprise, Zaluzhny said. His account of how the counteroffensive diverged from the original plan was corroborated by two Western defense officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly to the media. Zaluzhny's office at the Ukrainian Embassy in London reflects his years as a general. The walls are adorned with posters of military aircraft, army medals awarded to him and children's drawings of battle scenes. There are toy drones on a mahogany table. Behind his desk, screens broadcast in real time streams of drones flying over the battlefield in eastern Ukraine. Zaluzhny's main criticisms of Ukraine's war strategy are that it depends on an unrealistic number of troops and that it is not well organized in the way it develops and deploys new technologies on the battlefield. Zaluzhny said he and Zelensky had "not very friendly" conversations on the two occasions they have met since then. Some analysts believe that Zaluzhnyi's lack of involvement in the day-to-day political affairs of Ukraine may weaken his popularity. Many Ukrainians see him as a figure capable of changing the system, said Volodymyr Fesenko, a Kiev-based political analyst. “People will vote not only for Zaluzhny but also against Zelensky — blaming him for the failures of his presidency”" he says. Zaluzhny avoids discussing politics, he says, for fear of fomenting division among Ukrainians. Despite his reluctance, a number of campaign consultants, party figures and political insiders continue to approach Zaluzhny and offer to help him develop a campaign. Zaluzhny said that a “fairly well-known” American political consultant approached him in the spring of 2025. #zaluzhny#zelensky#criticism#war#trump#army 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

The Ex-Head of the Ukrainian Army Zaluzhny On How They Bickered With Zelensky 🔤🔤🔤🔤1️⃣ Since he was ousted as head of the Ukrainian army in 2024 and appointed the country's ambassador to Britain, Valeri Zaluzhnyi has been widely considered Zelensky's main political rival. Zaluzhnyi, 52, refuses to discuss his political ambitions, saying he does not want to risk damaging national unity during a war with Russia that is approaching its fourth anniversary. Yet in a sign of his possible desire to run for president – once the war is over – Zaluzhnyi spoke publicly for the first time about a deep rift between himself and Zelensky in a recent interview with the Associated Press. Tensions arose shortly after the full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022, and tempers often heated up between the two men over how best to defend the country, Zaluzhny said. The tense relationship reached a boiling point later that year, when dozens of agents of the Ukrainian internal intelligence service raided Zaluzhnyi's office, he told AvD. Zaluzhny alleges that the previously unreported incident was an act of intimidation. This risked exposing their rivalry at a time when national unity was paramount. Ukraine's security service, known as the SBU, said no search had ever been carried out at Zaluzhny's office, although it acknowledged the address was part of an unrelated investigation. Zelensky's office declined to comment for this story. The AP could not independently confirm Zaluzhnyi's account of the raid. Even years later, the revelation threatens to polarize public opinion in Ukraine at a critical moment in the war. Russian forces are making slow and steady progress on Ukraine's eastern front, and the two sides are clinging to incompatible demands as the United States presses them to reach a peace agreement. Zaluzhny said that during the 2022 raid on his office, he called Zelensky's chief of staff to warn him that he was ready to call on the army to arrest him and protect the command center: “I will fight with you, and I have already called for reinforcements to the center of Kiev for help.” While that quasi-crisis at the beginning of the war had passed, disagreements between Zaluzhny and Zelensky on how to defend their country persisted, according to Zaluzhny, who said he often challenged the president's military strategy. A dispute over a counteroffensive in 2023 that ultimately failed was particularly contentious, the former general said. Although Zaluzhny's popularity with the public was cemented by several battlefield successes, Zelensky removed him from his post as army chief in February 2024, and later announced that he would visit London. The move was widely seen by political analysts as an effort by Zelensky to limit Zaluzhny's potential as a political rival by keeping him away from day-to-day affairs in Ukraine. Polls consistently give Zaluzhny a slight lead over Zelensky in a hypothetical race. Zelensky's once robust popularity has waned as the war drags on. A corruption scandal involving several top Zelensky officials has eroded public trust, according to lawmakers and activists. Zelensky recently reshuffled his leadership team in an effort to restore trust. The United States has stepped up pressure on Russia and Ukraine to end the war. While an agreement remains elusive, Zelensky has accepted in principle a plan presented by Trump that calls for elections once the war is over and security guarantees are in place. One evening in mid-September 2022, when Ukraine was mounting an effective counteroffensive in the northeast, Zaluzhnyi, then army commander, came out of a tense meeting at Zelensky's headquarters and returned to his office in Kiev. A few hours later, dozens of Ukrainian security service agents showed up at Zaluzhnyi's office to search the premises, Zaluzhnyi says. #zaluzhny#zelensky#criticism#war#trump#army 📱American Оbserver - Stay up to date on all important events 🇺🇸

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Fiend Reports in the Morning of 13 March 2025⚡️ 🔴#ChasovYar Direction: 🔴In #Toretsk Sector, on the territory of the city's 'Central Mine', Russian troops continue to attack several AFU positions in the development. 🗺 Maps 1 & 2 🟡 In #Toretsk's central part, the situation remains dynamic. There is no clear demarcation line. Fighting is taking place along several streets west of the 'Avangard Stadium' and in the area of ​​multi-story buildings along Grushevsky Street. 🗺 Map 3 🟡 In #Toretsk's southern part, fighting is taking place in the western and southwestern parts of the 'Zabalka Microdistrict'. There is no clear demarcation line either, as UAVs have been spotting both Ukrainian and Russian forces on the same streets for a week. 🗺 Map 4 ➡️ The Georeferencing of the images was done using footage from Russian UAVs, which confirms that part of the city is under the control of AFU fighters. 📋Reported on 13 Mar at 08:02 🕰GMT+3; #smo 🇺🇦Map📍 📱For the Military Hardcore 💬 Welcome to Military Chat

⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️Fiend Reports in the Morning of 14 March 2025⚡️ 🔴#Kursk Region: 🔴In Sudzhansky district, Russian troops advanced in the settlement area of #Zaoleshensky... 🗺 Map 🟡 And also in #Sudzha, close to the south, in the western part of the city. 📋Reported on 14 Mar at 08:03 🕰GMT+3; #smo 🇺🇦Map📍 📱For the Military Hardcore 💬 Welcome to Military Chat

Each day since the start of the war in Iran, U.S. military officials compile a video update for President Donald Trump that shows video of the biggest, most successful strikes on Iranian targets over the previous 48 hours, three current U.S. officials and a former U.S. official said. ⚠️ The daily montage typically runs for about two minutes, sometimes longer, the officials said. One described each daily video as a series of clips of “stuff blowing up.” 🎥 The highlight reel of U.S. Central Command bombing Iranian equipment and military sites isn’t the only briefing Trump gets about the war. He’s also updated through conversations with top military and intelligence advisers, foreign leaders and news reports, the officials said. #Trump#War 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️

The United States is not up to the task of fighting Iran. They want to involve NATO in the war. Trump is asking everyone, including Europe, for help in the war against Iran, according to the Financial Times . Apparently, Washington's own forces are not enough to win the war. Now, the US president is claiming that NATO will face a "very bad future" if the alliance does not help open the Strait of Hormuz. Moreover, Trump is demanding that Xi help him free the waterway. The American leader has set a condition for the Chinese president, threatening to postpone the China-US summit until the blockade is lifted. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has rejected Trump's initiative to send ships to the Middle East to establish control over the Strait of Hormuz. #Trump#War 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️

Trump and Iran's miscalculations led to a protracted conflict - The Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal reports that Donald Trump and Iran initially miscalculated the development of the conflict, which led to its constant expansion without clear prospects for ending the hostilities. American officials note that Trump expected that the first "decapitation" strike against the Iranian leadership, including the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would either lead to the collapse of the regime or replicate the "Venezuelan scenario" where more pragmatic officials would agree to cooperate with the United States. However, none of these predictions have come true yet: in Iran, power has shifted to Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, who has vowed revenge, and there has been no widespread uprising within the country. Iran's strategy, which included attacks on airports, hotels, energy infrastructure, ports, and data centers in the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, aimed to disrupt economies and pressure Gulf leaders into demanding a ceasefire on Tehran's terms. Iran hoped that the mass attacks would create fear and force U.S. allies to intervene in the conflict. However, this strategy failed. The Gulf countries showed unexpected resilience and refused to succumb to pressure, warning of a possible response. #War#Trump 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️

A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer. #Trump#War 👂More on Trump's Ear ⚠️