<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/palestinians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Palestinian</a> terrorists opened fire on a pier this week that U.S. forces are constructing in the Mediterranean Sea to help bring aid into the Gaza Strip.
The mortar attack happened on Wednesday as United Nations officials and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were touring the project off the coast of central Gaza.
“The terrorist organizations continue to systematically harm humanitarian efforts while risking the lives of UN workers, while Israel allows the supply of aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip,” the IDF said.
The U.N. confirmed that there was a terrorist attack on the site while they were inspecting the pier, according to <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-says-mortar-fired-at-under-construction-gaza-aid-pier-as-un-officials-toured-site/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Times of Israel</a>.
Although there are multiple Palestinian terrorist groups inside Gaza, no specific group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Associated Press <a href="https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/04/25/us-led-gaza-humanitarian-aid-pier-comes-under-fire-un-officials-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that an official for Hamas told the publication that it will &#8220;resist any foreign military presence involved with the port project.&#8221;
The report said that aid groups have expressed serious concern about their safety given the presence of the terrorist groups and the fact that the area is an active war zone.
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The U.S. Department of Defense signaled on Thursday that it was monitoring the situation after the attack reportedly caused some damage in the marshaling yard area for U.S. delivery of humanitarian aid off the coast of Gaza.
President Joe Biden&#8217;s pier project in Gaza is expected to cost U.S. taxpayers approximately $200 million for only a few months of operations, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cost-us-effort-build-humanitarian-aid-pier-off/story?id=108340419#:~:text=President%20Joe%20Biden's%20plan%20to,million%2C%20ABC%20News%20has%20learned." target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;No U.S. boots will be on the ground,&#8221; Biden claimed when he announced the project last month. &#8220;A temporary pier will enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into Gaza every day.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/qatari-official-there-can-be-no-peace-or-negotiations-with-israel-october-7-only-the-prelude" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Qatari Official: ‘There Can Be No Peace Or Negotiations’ With Israel; October 7 ‘Only The Prelude’</a>

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Law enforcement officials in France arrested a teenager this week who was allegedly planning on carrying out an attack at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer.
Sky News <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/paris-olympics-16-year-old-arrested-after-he-said-he-wanted-to-die-a-martyr-at-games-13122216">reported</a> that French &#8220;anti-terrorism police&#8221; arrested a 16-year-old boy after he allegedly said that he planned on committing a suicide attack at the Paris Games.
“He was arrested after he publicly announced on social media that he planned to create an explosive belt to become a martyr,” a French official <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/france-arrests-16-year-old-who-said-he-wanted-to-make-explosive-belt-become-a-martyr-at-paris-olympics/">said</a> in a statement to Reuters.
The teenager was arrested at his parent&#8217;s home after his posts were discovered on Telegram and reported to the authorities. When investigators searched the home, they <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/paris-olympics-16-year-old-arrested-after-he-said-he-wanted-to-die-a-martyr-at-games-13122216">reportedly</a> found handwritten notes that declared his support for the Islamic State.
The Paris Games are set to commence with the opening ceremony on July 26. French President Emmanuel Macron has indicated that he could scale down the size of the ceremony if there are any serious security risks.
The news comes after a man in France was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-allegedly-kidnapped-raped-threatened-to-kill-jewish-woman-to-avenge-palestine-reports">arrested</a> this week for allegedly kidnapping and raping a Jewish French woman to “avenge Palestine,” according to local media.
The man, who was not identified, was arrested on Tuesday. It’s not clear when the alleged crimes happened but the two reportedly met last year on an online dating app.
The French publication Le Parisien said that police arrested the 32-year-old suspect on charges of religiously-motivated death threats and use of narcotics, according to The Jerusalem Post.
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Reports said that prosecutors believe that a kidnapping charge is likely forthcoming and that they are still investigating the rape allegations.
The suspect allegedly texted the woman’s mother: “Good luck, you will never find your daughter again, you will never see her again, I will prostitute your daughter.”
He allegedly said in a text message that he wanted to “avenge Palestine,” Le Parisien reported.
Police used forensic investigators to geolocate the approximate location of the woman’s phone and then used more advanced techniques to find the exact location.
The suspect reportedly acknowledged the death threats but claimed that they were just “provocations,” according to French outlet BFMTV. He was released from jail with his trial set to start in several weeks. He was barred from having further contact with the woman, The Daily Mail reported.
France has seen an increase in anti-Semitism in the months following Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack against Israel. It has the largest Islamic population in Europe, many of whom are migrants.
In November, a Jewish woman was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jewish-woman-stabbed-at-her-home-in-france-swastika-painted-on-her-door">rushed</a> to the hospital in the French city of Lyon after a man came to her home, stabbed her, and painted a swastika on her door.
In December, several Muslims were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/5-suspected-islamic-terrorists-arrested-in-france-after-planning-attack-on-christmas-market-report">arrested</a> in Meurthe-et-Moselle for allegedly planning terrorist attacks on a Christmas market.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dirty-jew-jewish-man-beaten-in-anti-semitic-attack-outside-paris-synagogue" data-reader-unique-id="36">‘Dirty Jew’: Jewish Man Beaten In ‘Anti-Semitic Attack’ Outside Paris Synagogue</a>

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Anti-Terrorism Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Allegedly Planning Suicide Bombing At Summer Olympics

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Just two months after the September 11 terrorist attack on the United States, Columbia University&#8217;s president Minouche Shafik remarked that terrorism was a &#8220;form of protesting against a system,&#8221; according to a video unearthed by The Daily Wire. 
Shafik, who was a vice president at the World Bank at the time, was asked about the economic roots of terrorism in developing countries during <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGacecCU3S8">an event</a> with the University of California-Berkeley&#8217;s Institute of International Studies. While she condemned &#8220;extreme views&#8221; held by terrorist groups, she said the reason they are popular is because terrorism is a &#8220;protest.&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;ll always have individuals who will have extreme views,&#8221; Shafik said at the November 2001 event, &#8220;but what&#8217;s really troubling in the region is that there&#8217;s actually quite a broad base of society which has some sympathy for the terrorists, not so much because they approve of their methods, but it&#8217;s a form of protesting against a system which is not delivering for them on the economic or the political front.&#8221;
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She also added that &#8220;economic stagnation and political authoritarianism&#8221; create &#8220;fertile ground on which terrorist seeds can flourish.&#8221; Video of the full event can be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGacecCU3S8">viewed here</a>.
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who has led calls for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stefanik-leads-new-york-gop-delegation-in-demanding-resignation-of-columbia-universitys-president">Shafik to resign</a> as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge">anti-Semitic demonstrations take over</a> the Ivy League campus, told The Daily Wire that she believes this view of terrorism is informing her response to the chaotic anti-Israel protests taking place under her watch at Columbia.
“This video of Columbia University President Dr. Minouche Shafik saying she can understand why people sympathize with terrorists right after 9/11, and calling it a form of protest, is just further evidence that placating the pro-Hamas unsanctioned mob currently taking over Columbia is part of her core beliefs,” Stefanik said.
“Shafik must either immediately resign or be fired by Columbia&#8217;s Board,” Stefanik said.
A Columbia spokesman told The Daily Wire that Shafik condemns terrorism.
“President Shafik condemns terrorism, full stop,” spokesman Ben Chang said. “To intimate otherwise is dangerous and a complete misrepresentation of what she said.”
Shafik&#8217;s 2001 comments echo the sentiment professed by defenders of the Hamas terrorist massacre on October 7 that left more than a thousand Israelis dead. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) a day after the attack, for example, said that Israel&#8217;s &#8220;blockade&#8221; and &#8220;occupation&#8221; of Gaza led to the terrorist attack.
&#8220;The path to that future must include lifting the blockade, ending the occupation, and dismantling the apartheid system that creates the suffocating, dehumanizing conditions that can lead to resistance,&#8221; Tlaib said. &#8220;The failure to recognize the violent reality of living under siege, occupation, and apartheid makes no one safer.&#8221;
House Republicans, including Stefanik, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/stefanik-leads-new-york-gop-delegation-in-demanding-resignation-of-columbia-universitys-president">demanded Shafik resign</a> in a Monday letter, citing the anarchy and anti-Semitism erupting on the New York City Ivy League school’s campus.
“Over the past few days, anarchy has engulfed the campus of Columbia University,” the lawmakers wrote. “As the leader of this institution, one of your chief objectives, morally and under law, is to ensure students have a safe learning environment. By every measure, you have failed this obligation.”
“The situation unfolding on campus right now is a direct product of your policies and misguided decisions,” they added. “As Representatives from the State of New York, many of our constituents are directly impacted by the unfolding chaos on Columbia’s campus. Based on these recent events and your testimony in front of Congress, we have no confidence in your leadership of this once esteemed institution.”
During her testimony last week — while the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” was just beginning — Shafik said anti-Semitism has “no place on our campus” and that she was “committed to do everything I can do to confront it directly.”
Since last week, the encampment on Columbia’s campus has been the scene of antisemitic chants, arrests by NYPD officers, and heightened tensions. Despite nearly 100 students initially being arrested and others suspended, the Columbia administration has decided to move classes virtually and let the encampment continue.
Columbia sent a campus-wide announcement on Sunday announcing new safety measures, including more security guards, improved ID checks, and more security for The Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life during Passover — which will begin Monday night.

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The Biden administration on Monday confirmed the identity of an ISIS-K suicide bomber who killed several U.S. service members and scores of Afghans in 2021.
The Department of Defense (DOD) <a href="https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3741245/kabul-airport-attack-review-reaffirms-initial-findings-identifies-attacker/">identified</a> the terrorist as Abdul Rahman al-Logari. Al-Logari detonated a bomb outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Abbey Gate in the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, killing 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members.
“With access to analysis from across the intelligence community, we were able to identify the Abbey Gate person-borne IED bomber as Abdul Rahman al-Logari, an [ISIS-K] member since 2016,” an Army official from the joint supplemental review team said, according to the DOD.  
The DOD identified al-Logari for the first time in a supplemental review of an investigation into the terror attack on Abbey Gate. U.S. Army Central Command (CENTCOM) completed and released the results of the review on Monday, confirming al-Logari’s identity. 
Al-Logari was one of thousands of prisoners and detainees released from Bagram Air Base by the Taliban after U.S. personnel evacuated the base in July 2021 ahead of the full military withdrawal. The Taliban set al-Logari free in mid-August 2021. The ISIS-K terrorist carried out his deadly attack at Abbey Gate on August 26.
As the U.S. completed its withdrawal from Hamid Karzai International Airport, the U.S. military <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-its-last-days-in-kabul-u-s-turns-to-taliban-as-a-partner-11630105650">turned over</a> security for Kabul to the Taliban.
The U.S. evacuated Afghanistan in a rush to hit a deadline at the end of August. U.S. officials were concerned about volatility in the region and what the Taliban may do if the U.S. did not meet the deadline. In its haste, the U.S. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/politics/afghan-weapons-left-behind/index.html">abandoned</a> billions of dollars worth of equipment in Afghanistan.
The DOD said the review did not change the original finding of the report that the attack on Abbey Gate was not preventable. ISIS-K had multiple suicide bombers available and would have been able to carry out the attack with or without al-Logari.
“This supports the conclusion that the attack at Abbey Gate was not preventable at the tactical level,” an official said, according to the DOD.
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) is chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and has led the House investigation into the Abbey Gate terror attack. The Biden administration opened the supplemental review into Abbey Gate in response to testimony given to McCaul’s committee.
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“This report confirmed what witnesses have told this committee: the Taliban was executing civilians outside the airport. The executions caused mass chaos around the airport as large and desperate crowds of civilians sought to flee, creating a deadly operating environment for U.S. servicemembers at the gates amid significant ISIS-K threats,” McCaul said in a <a href="https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/press-release/mccaul-on-dods-updated-abbey-gate-investigation/">statement</a>. “The report also finally reveals the identity of the Abbey Gate bomber as Abdul Rahman al-Logari, an ISIS-K terrorist who was freed from the Bagram prison by the Taliban.”
“With this report revealing the Biden administration has been sitting on critical information about what happened during the emergency evacuation from Afghanistan, it is clear there are many more questions to be answered. I am absolutely determined to see this investigation through to completion and will leave no stone unturned,” McCaul stated.

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Biden Admin Confirms ID Of Abbey Gate Bomber, Terrorist Set Free During Afghanistan Withdrawal

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A <a href="https://aflegal.org/afl-files-amended-complaint-against-president-biden-and-secretary-of-state-blinken-to-enforce-the-taylor-force-act-and-to-stop-u-s-funding-of-palestinian-terrorism-highlights-bidens-knowled/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> targeting President Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken accusing them of violating the Taylor Force Act has been amended to add information alleging that the Biden administration was aware that it was supporting Palestinian terrorists with U.S. taxpayer dollars.
The Taylor Force Act was passed in 2018 after Taylor Force, a West Point graduate who served in the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan, was murdered on March 8, 2016, in Jaffa, Israel, by a Palestinian terrorist. The official Facebook page of Fatah, the Palestinian Authority’s ruling party, called the terrorist who wounded ten other people, a “heroic martyr.”
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<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a>, as you meet <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Palestinian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Palestinian</a> leadership, remember Taylor Force:
West Point graduate. Stabbed to death while on a school trip in Israel in 2016. 
Not Jewish. Not Israeli. 
PA celebrated his killer as a “hero” &amp; pays the family benefits.
Say NO to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PayForSlay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PayForSlay</a> ☠️ <a href="https://t.co/weCqGdckB4">pic.twitter.com/weCqGdckB4</a>
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The Taylor Force Act declares that the PA’s “pay-to-slay” program, which pays salaries to terrorists in Israeli prisons and the families of deceased terrorists, incentivized Palestinians to kill Israelis and Americans. It also barred the executive branch from using taxpayer funds to benefit the PA unless the PA renounces its “pay-to-slay” program and ends acts of violence against Israeli citizens.
The original complaint from America First Legal was <a href="https://aflegal.org/afl-sues-president-biden-and-secretary-of-state-blinken-to-enforce-the-taylor-force-act-and-to-stop-u-s-funding-of-palestinian-terrorism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filed</a> on December 20, 2022. Among the plaintiffs are Dr. Ronny Jackson, the former Physician to the President for both President Obama and President Trump who now serves as a House Representative for Texas’ 13th district, and Taylor Force’s parents, Stuart and Robbie.
The defendants tried to have the case dismissed, but that was rejected on February 2, 2024.
“The amended complaint alleges that the Biden Administration illegally reversed the Trump Administration’s ban on Palestinian funding, spending approximately $500 million U.S. tax dollars for ‘Economic Support Funds’ in Gaza and in Judea and Samaria (the ‘West Bank’), and another $1 billion for the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA) to directly benefit the Palestinian Authority (PA),” America First states. “It further alleges that the Biden Administration knowingly subsidized the PA’s ‘pay-to-slay’ bounty system, the expansion of Hamas’s military capabilities in Gaza, and UNRWA’s material support for Palestinian terrorism.”
“The Defendants have had actual knowledge that American taxpayer-funded assistance to Gaza and the West Bank, including Economic Support Fund awards and United Nations Relief Works Agency contributions, including assistance funneled through nongovernmental organizations, was being diverted to or used for the benefit of Hamas and other terrorists,” America First alleged. “Responding to the Biden Administration&#8217;s October 18, 2023, announcement of $100 million in American taxpayer aid for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, the USAID Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations, issued a situational alert stating that ‘The USAID Office of Inspector General (USAID OIG) has identified this area as high-risk for potential.’”
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“The Biden Administration worked closely with the United Nations to increase the flow of funds and ‘reconstruction’ goods into Hamas-ruled Gaza,” the lawsuit noted. “However, the Biden administration knew that these so-called ‘reconstruction’ goods were routinely diverted to build Hamas’s tunnels and rockets. For example, on October 18, 2023, in the aftermath of 10/7, Biden perversely announced $100 million in ‘humanitarian aid’ for Gaza and the West Bank, the United States Agency for International Development Office of the Inspector General issued a ‘Fraud Awareness’ notification stating that there is a ‘high-risk for potential diversion and misuse of U.S.-funded assistance [that could] fall into the hands of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) including, but not limited to, Hamas.’”
The amended complaint can be found <a href="https://media.aflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/26191430/TFA-First-Amended-Complaint-and-Exhibits-Filed.pdf?_ga=2.218948313.1900778204.1713188290-21079764.1713188289" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

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Lawsuit Accuses Biden, Blinken Of ‘Knowingly’ Supporting Palestinian Terrorism

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> has already reportedly started to pressure Israel to minimize their response to the unprecedented attack that it faced on Saturday when the Islamic Republic of Iran launched hundreds of missiles and drones at the country.
Two Israeli officials told The New York Times that Iran launched 185 one-way suicide drones, 110 surface-to-surface missiles, and 36 cruise missiles.
Dana Stroul, formerly the Pentagon’s top Middle East policy official who is now at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said that whatever Iran&#8217;s goal was for this attack, it fell &#8220;well short of that objective.&#8221;
“Given how significant this attack was, it is difficult to see how Israel cannot respond,” Stroul added.
U.S. officials have asked that Israel notify the U.S. before launching any kind of military response, CNN reported. This is the first time that Iran has ever directly attacked the Jewish state.
CNN added that the Biden administration was urging the Israelis to have &#8220;containment in mind&#8221; rather than escalating the attacks, even though the administration told the network that they viewed Iran&#8217;s attack as &#8220;disproportionate&#8221; to Israel killing the Iranian general.
The report said that Biden was focused on &#8220;preventing a full-scale regional conflict from erupting.&#8221;
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Israel&#8217;s security cabinet authorized the country&#8217;s three-man war cabinet — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, and Benny Gantz — to decide the country&#8217;s response to the Iranian attack.
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/live-blog/israel-attack-strikes-live-updates-rcna147477" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the Biden administration was &#8220;concerned&#8221; that Israel could launch a warranted military response &#8220;without thinking through potential fallout afterward.&#8221;
The report said that Biden &#8220;has privately expressed concern&#8221; that Netanyahu could get the U.S. involved in a war in the Middle East, which comes after Biden relaxed sanctions enforcement on Iran, allowing the world&#8217;s leading state sponsor of terrorism to make $80 billion in oil revenues.
“I don’t think they had a strategy,” a senior Biden administration official said of Israel&#8217;s decision last week to kill an Iranian general who was involved in helping Hamas plan and execute its October 7 massacre on Israel.
The Biden official continued to throw Israel under the bus, claiming: “The Israelis don’t always make the best strategic decisions.”

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Biden Begins Pressuring Israel To Minimize Response To Unprecedented Iranian Attack: Reports

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> is vowing that they will deliver an &#8220;unprecedented response&#8221; to the Islamic Republic of Iran after Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday night.
Israel&#8217;s multi-layered air defense system — combined with air force assets from some of its top allies, including the U.S. and U.K. — shot down 99% of the suicide drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles that Iran fired.
The Times of Israel highlighted a <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/ch-12-quotes-senior-israeli-official-pledging-unprecedented-response-to-iran-attack-urging-israelis-not-to-go-to-bed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Israel&#8217;s Channel 12:
<blockquote>Channel 12 quotes a “senior Israeli official” pledging an ‘unprecedented response’ to Iran’s attack and urging Israelis not to go to bed due to what is coming Tehran’s way.</blockquote>
Israel&#8217;s Ynet News reported that Israeli officials said, &#8220;The fact that Iran for the first time attacks Israel from its territory requires a decisive response and one will come soon.&#8221;
Multiple Israeli officials told the London-based Iran International: &#8220;Iran&#8217;s attacks on Israel tonight will not go unanswered.&#8221;
The attack was the first time Iran has ever directly attacked the Jewish state from its own soil using its own assets.
“This will be the first direct attack from Iranian soil by Khamenei’s regime after years of murdering Israelis through his terror proxies,” said Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-partisan institution focusing on national security and foreign policy.
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“He has crossed a red line,” Dubowitz added. “Israel now has full legitimacy to take out his nuclear sites, refineries and leadership and military sites.”
Senior FDD adviser Richard Goldberg, who served as the Director for Countering Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction for the White House National Security Council under former President Donald Trump, said that &#8220;major consequences&#8221; were required for Iran.
&#8220;It doesn’t matter if Israel intercepts 25, 50, 75 or 100% of the threat,&#8221; Goldberg said. &#8220;You can’t accept as new normal the Islamic Republic of Iran firing ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones at Israel. Period. This is a regime that wants nuclear weapons. Major consequences required.&#8221;

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Israel Vows ‘Unprecedented Response’ To Iranian Missile, Drone Attack

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/israel-defense-forces-idf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel Defense Forces</a> (IDF) said on Saturday night that it had intercepted 99% of the drones and missiles fired at Israel by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
IDF Spokesperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari cautioned that the attack was not over as U.S. officials warned that Iran had launched an additional 70 missiles after the initial wave was largely unsuccessful.
Hagari said that Iran launched more than 200 drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles from inside its own territory — the first time Iran has ever launched a direct attack against the Jewish state.
He said that only minor damage was inflicted on an IDF base in southern Israel and that only one person, a little girl, had been hurt.
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Israelis’ reality in the last hours: <a href="https://t.co/VXeHM8WqJi">pic.twitter.com/VXeHM8WqJi</a>
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He said Israel continued to have fighter jets in the air shooting down missiles and drones fired from Iran.
&#8220;Many dozens of hostile aircraft, as well as dozens of cruise missiles, were identified approaching Israeli territory from Iran and intercepted over the past few hours,&#8221; the IDF said. &#8220;Dozens of IAF fighter jets are currently operating to intercept all aerial threats approaching Israeli territory.&#8221;
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An Israeli official credited the United States and the United Kingdom with shooting down over 100 suicide drones before they even entered Israeli airspace, according to The Times of Israel.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke with Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant on Saturday to discuss the threat posed by Iran in the region.
&#8220;Secretary Austin made clear that Israel could count on full U.S. support to defend Israel against any attacks by Iran and its regional proxies,&#8221; the Department of Defense said in a statement, adding that the U.S.&#8217;s support for Israel&#8217;s defense was &#8220;unwavering.&#8221;

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Israel Swats Down Iran’s Unprecedented Attack: Minor Damage At 1 Base; 1 Person Injured

Leaders from around the world condemned <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iran</a> for its attack against Israel on Saturday after the Islamic nation fired hundreds of drones and missiles at the U.S. ally.
Iran, the world&#8217;s leading state sponsor of terrorism, launched its anticipated attack against Israel, saying it was a response to Israel killing a top Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander in Damascus earlier this month. World leaders from Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden to U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the European Union harshly criticized Iran&#8217;s actions. The U.S. and U.K. also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-u-k-shoot-down-100-iranian-drones-fired-at-israel-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scrambled fighter jets</a> to shoot down Iranian suicide drones launched toward Israel.
&#8220;In recent years, and especially in recent weeks, Israel has been preparing for a direct attack by Iran. Our defensive systems are deployed; we are ready for any scenario, both defensively and offensively. The State of Israel is strong. The IDF is strong. The public is strong,&#8221; said Netanyahu. &#8220;We appreciate the U.S. standing alongside Israel, as well as the support of Britain, France and many other countries.&#8221;
&#8220;We have determined a clear principle: Whoever harms us, we will harm them. We will defend ourselves against any threat and will do so level-headedly and with determination,&#8221; Netanyahu added. &#8220;Citizens of Israel, I know that you are also level-headed. I call on you to follow the directives of IDF Home Front Command. Together we will stand and with G-d&#8217;s help – together we will overcome all of our enemies.&#8221;
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Citizens of Israel, I know that you also are also level-headed. I call on you to follow the directives of IDF Home Front Command.
Together we will stand and with G-d&#39;s help – together we will overcome all of our enemies.
&mdash; Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraeliPM/status/1779242413644468544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Iran&#8217;s Mission to the United Nations <a href="https://twitter.com/iran_un/status/1779269993043022053?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the attack was a &#8220;response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus&#8221; and warned the U.S. to &#8220;STAY AWAY!&#8221;
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&#8220;The matter can be deemed concluded,&#8221; Iran&#8217;s Mission to the U.N. added. &#8220;However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY!&#8221;
Hours after the attack began, Biden promised that America&#8217;s support of Israel &#8220;remains strong.&#8221;
&#8220;I just met with my national security team for an update on Iran’s attacks against Israel,&#8221; the president said. &#8220;Our commitment to Israel’s security against threats from Iran and its proxies is ironclad.&#8221;
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I just met with my national security team for an update on Iran’s attacks against Israel. Our commitment to Israel’s security against threats from Iran and its proxies is ironclad. <a href="https://t.co/kbywnsvmAx">pic.twitter.com/kbywnsvmAx</a>
&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1779289588890010044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/pm-statement-on-iranian-regimes-reckless-attack-against-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;I condemn in the strongest terms the Iranian regime’s reckless attack against Israel. These strikes risk inflaming tensions and destabilising the region. Iran has once again demonstrated that it is intent on sowing chaos in its own backyard.&#8221;
&#8220;The UK will continue to stand up for Israel’s security and that of all our regional partners, including Jordan and Iraq,&#8221; Sunak added. &#8220;Alongside our allies, we are urgently working to stabilise the situation and prevent further escalation. No one wants to see more bloodshed.”
French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne added, &#8220;France condemns in the strongest terms the attack launched by Iran against Israel. By deciding on such an unprecedented action, Iran is taking a new step in its destabilizing actions and taking the risk of a military escalation.&#8221;
The European Union also condemned Iran&#8217;s attack, calling it &#8220;an unprecedented escalation and a grave threat to regional security.&#8221;

‘A New Step In Its Destabilizing Actions’: World Leaders Harshly Condemn Iran’s Attack On Israel

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An Israeli defense official told local media that more than 100 drones launched by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Islamic Republic of Iran</a> have been shot down before ever reaching Israeli airspace.
The official credited the United States and the United Kingdom with shooting down the suicide drones, The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/more-than-100-iranian-drones-have-been-intercepted-by-us-uk-outside-israel-says-defense-official/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
A senior U.S. official <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-gaza-hamas-war/us-officials-think-there-will-be-400-to-500-drones-missiles-launched-109207939?id=108860743" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> ABC News that the U.S. believes there could be up to 500 drones and missiles fired at Israel from Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon, and Yemen — where the Iranians have terrorist proxy groups — but that the majority will come directly from Iran.
Israel&#8217;s Iron Dome also shot down numerous incoming projectiles, according to various videos posted to social media.
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Comienza el ataque iraní, desde mi casa <a href="https://t.co/V1lOqwtrCJ">pic.twitter.com/V1lOqwtrCJ</a>
&mdash; Gabriel Colodro🟠 (@Gabrielcolodro) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gabrielcolodro/status/1779281371820654766?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Surreal footage of the Iranian attack over Jerusalem&#39;s Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif <a href="https://t.co/NuSvF25HLX">pic.twitter.com/NuSvF25HLX</a>
&mdash; Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) <a href="https://twitter.com/manniefabian/status/1779292077886460213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING:
A video from Damascus showing how the Iranian suicide drones are being intercepted after being engaged by the Israeli air defense system. <a href="https://t.co/eV4Ys4Pum6">pic.twitter.com/eV4Ys4Pum6</a>
&mdash; Omar Abu Layla (@OALD24) <a href="https://twitter.com/OALD24/status/1779283616339472565?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Air defenses active over Israel <a href="https://t.co/ecwGxl1dIQ">pic.twitter.com/ecwGxl1dIQ</a>
&mdash; Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) <a href="https://twitter.com/manniefabian/status/1779280817459495008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Amazing footage of the israeli skies. Dozens of ballistic missiles were intercepted. <a href="https://t.co/szSVUtt8m2">pic.twitter.com/szSVUtt8m2</a>
&mdash; Elad Simchayoff (@Elad_Si) <a href="https://twitter.com/Elad_Si/status/1779281997698867482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Air defenses active over Jerusalem <a href="https://t.co/UUmVsFupcR">pic.twitter.com/UUmVsFupcR</a>
&mdash; Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/1779280211307102464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Thank god for the Iron Dome <a href="https://t.co/fK3w3HA4cs">pic.twitter.com/fK3w3HA4cs</a>
&mdash; Israel ישראל 🇮🇱 (@Israel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Israel/status/1779282380211077599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Iranian drones are being intercepted. <a href="https://t.co/ODPyaOiTZr">pic.twitter.com/ODPyaOiTZr</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1779289322312863936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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תיעוד היירוטים מעל הר חברון <a href="https://t.co/POAqeJQbse">pic.twitter.com/POAqeJQbse</a>
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White House NSC Spokesperson Adrienne Watson released a statement on Iran&#8217;s &#8220;airborne attack against Israel&#8221; on Saturday evening
&#8220;President Biden is being regularly updated on the situation by his national security team and will meet with them this afternoon at the White House,&#8221; she said. &#8220;His team is in constant communication with Israeli officials as well as other partners and allies. This attack is likely to unfold over a number of hours.&#8221;
&#8220;President Biden has been clear: our support for Israel’s security is ironclad,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;The United States will stand with the people of Israel and support their defense against these threats from Iran.&#8221;
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U.S., U.K. Shoot Down 100+ Iranian Drones Fired At Israel: Report

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Islamic Republic of Iran</a>, the world&#8217;s leading state sponsor of terrorism, says that it has launched ballistic missiles at Israel in addition to cruise missiles and hundreds of suicide drones.
Iranian officials <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-launches-wave-of-ballistic-missiles-against-israel-claims-iranian-state-news-agency/">told</a> state-run media that they had launched a first wave of ballistic missiles at Israel, which should only take 12 minutes to arrive.
A senior U.S. official <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/live-updates/israel-gaza-hamas-war/us-officials-think-there-will-be-400-to-500-drones-missiles-launched-109207939?id=108860743" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> ABC News that the U.S. now believes that there will be up to 500 drones and missiles fired at Israel from Iraq, Syria, southern Lebanon, and Yemen — where the Iranians have terrorist proxy groups — but that the majority will come directly from Iran.
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“This will be the first direct attack from Iranian soil by Khamenei’s regime after years of murdering Israelis through his terror proxies,” said Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-partisan institution focusing on national security and foreign policy.
“He has crossed a red line,” Dubowitz added. “Israel now has full legitimacy to take out his nuclear sites, refineries and leadership and military sites.”
The attack led to several countries in the region — including Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon — to close their airspaces, according to Flightradar24, a real-time aircraft flight tracking tool.
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Situation according to official NOTAMs at 21:35 UTC time. * Iran airspace closed to VFR flights only. * Jordan airspace closed. * Iraq airspace closed. * Lebanon airspace closed. * Israel airspace closed. <a href="https://t.co/vOeG2Qjcp4">pic.twitter.com/vOeG2Qjcp4</a>
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), said in a statement, &#8220;The aerospace unit of the Revolutionary Guards has attacked targets in Israel with dozens of drones and missiles in reaction&#8221; to Israel killing Mohammed Reza Zahedi, the top commander of the IRGC&#8217;s Quds Force in Lebanon and Syria.
Israel killed Zahedi last week as he met with other Iranian commanders and leaders from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist group.
Zahedi allegedly played a “strategic role in forming and strengthening the resistance front as well as in planning and executing” Hamas’ October 7 terrorist attack against Israel, according to a staunchly pro-IRGC political group.

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Iran Launches Cruise Missiles, Ballistic Missiles At Israel: Reports

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Islamic Republic of Iran</a> launched a drone attack against Israel on Saturday in response to Israel killing a top Iranian general who allegedly played a key role in Hamas&#8217; October 7 terrorist attack.
&#8220;Iran launched an attack against Israel by launching drones, four American and Israeli sources told me,” said Walla correspondent Barak Ravid.
Israeli officials said that it will take several hours before the drones are able to reach Israel, and given the defensive assets that Israel and the United States have deployed, there is a strong likelihood that most, if not all, drones will be shot down.
U.S. officials originally estimated that 50-75 one-way suicide drones were launched, but that number now appears to be well over 100 as officials believe that a combination of 400-500 drones and missiles are being launched at Israel from several countries where Iran has terrorist proxy groups. The majority of the munitions are being launched directly from Iranian soil.
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The attack could become significantly harder to defend if Iran also launches cruise missiles and ballistic missiles. While it could take roughly eight hours for the drones to reach Israel, it would only take cruise missiles 2 hours, and ballistic missiles would arrive in just several minutes.
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Additional Footage showing Iranian One-Way “Suicide” Drones, believed to be Shahed 131 or 136, over Southeastern Iraq. <a href="https://t.co/VJrKBPvmdF">pic.twitter.com/VJrKBPvmdF</a>
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured Israeli citizens that the country was prepared for the attack.
“Our defensive systems are spread out, we are ready for all scenarios, whether defensive or offensive,” he said. “Israel is strong. …We appreciate the U.S. standing with Israel. …Whoever hurts us, we will hurt them. We will defend ourselves from every threat dispassionately and decisively.”
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