Iran-Israel-U.S. developments - DDD details Israel ass kicking (6-Jul-2025) (updated)

July 6, 2025

"Israel is the biggest terrorist state in the world, today. No one else. Israel stands alone in that regard." -- Larry C. Johnson, former CIA analyst, during an interview by Nima R. Alkhorshid of Dialog Works, 15-Nov-2024 (source)

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Video: The details of Iran's Operation True Promise III & its hidden effects | Deep Dive Defense

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Over here we give rare insights you won't hear elsewhere.
After taking a look at how Israel attacked Iran in the previous video linked above, today we turn our focus to Iran's counter strike and the deeper meanings behind it."

UPDATE 1:

Gaza health ministry reports 80 killed and 304 injured in past 24 hours | Middle East Eye

Gaza's Ministry of Health says hospitals across the territory have received 80 bodies and treated 304 people for injuries over the past 24 hours, as Israel's assault continues.
Authorities warn the actual death toll is likely higher, with many victims still trapped under rubble or left on the streets, unreachable by emergency crews due to ongoing strikes and limited access.

Retired Israeli general says Hamas fighters back to pre-war numbers - Tehran Times

Writing an opinion article published by Israeli news outlet Maariv, Brik claimed that Hamas now numbers about 40,000 fighters, similar to its strength before the war began in Gaza, with many operatives stationed in tunnels.
"They continue to fight as guerrillas as they have been fighting since the beginning of the war," Brik wrote, Al Jazeera reported.
"They were never an army, and therefore they have not lost their military capabilities as the Chief of Staff [of the Israeli Army] claims."

How Israeli propaganda mills recycled fabricated claims of intercepting Iranian missiles

For the third time, the Israeli regime has declared an implausible success rate in intercepting Iranian ballistic missiles, this time touting a fanciful figure of 86 percent, a claim parroted with little scrutiny by much of the Western mainstream media.

Fresh data exposes scale of Iranian missile success against US-Israeli air defenses - Tehran Times

TEHRAN - New analyses by Western think tanks and Hebrew-language media have unveiled more details of Iran's missile campaign against the Zionist regime during the 12-day June war, confirming at least 60 successful strikes-including direct hits on Israel's Ministry of War headquarters-while exposing systemic censorship of military losses and $1.47 billion in unreported infrastructure damage.

Israeli Enemy Media: Soldier commits suicide, two others injured in battles in northern Gaza Strip - SabaNet

Israeli enemy media reported on Sunday that a soldier in the enemy army committed suicide by self-immolation after suffering psychological distress following his participation in the aggression against Gaza and Lebanon.

Israel Renews Strikes On Lebanon, Says It Hit 'Strategic Weapons' Of Hezbollah (Videos)South Front

Israel renewed strikes on southern Lebanon late on July 6, announcing later that it had targeted "strategic weapons" of Hezbollah.
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Israel strikes have reportedly killed more than 180 members of Hezbollah since a ceasefire with Lebanon brokered by the United States came into effect on November 27. In addition, the IDF has refused to completely withdraw from southern Lebanon in line with the agreement, keeping troops at five strategic posts in the region.

Israeli warplanes launch 20 airstrikes on Yemeni port city

Israeli warplanes have launched at least 20 airstrikes on Hodeidah in western Yemen.
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As the genocidal war on Gaza intensified, the Yemenis implemented a strategic blockade on vital maritime routes, aiming to hinder the transportation of military supplies to Israel and to prompt the international community to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

"Israel" Backfires! (FFWN with Wyatt Peterson) (3-July)

Wyatt Peterson joins Kevin Barrett to break down the week's headlines and "notice" what THEY don't want you to

Degaussing your Mind of NUTS - Global South

Jamarl Thomas: ... KJ, there is reporting out that Iran is purchasing jets from China. Now, China got a lot of publicity recently in the war between Pakistan and India. And India was running a lot of propaganda, very angry at China because the thought was that it was Chinese weapons that were knocking out Indian planes out of the sky. , and that those weapon systems that they got from China was extraordinarily effective, especially against Western equipment that didn't seem to be up to snuff. And now it seems that Iran is purchasing, and this goes in two fronts.
One, Iran's purchasing Chinese aircraft, top of the line for air defense, but also that they got rid of GPS and they the ethic is called by DU that they've been using China's global system for their military campaigns, which is in part responsible for the accuracy of the weapon systems that we saw in their war against Israel. ... are they purchasing these planes from China? And then I want to go to the GPS thing because the GPS thing is really interesting to me. ...
KJ Noh: Yeah. So there are not official statements but there sources there statements from good journalists who have said that this is the case.

Hezbollah Leader Says Group Will Keep Its MissilesSouth Front

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem said on July 5 that his group would not surrender or lay down its weapons, including missiles, despite facing threats from Israel and increasing pressure from the United States.
"This threat will not make us accept surrender," Qassem said in a televised speech during the Shiite Muslim religious commemoration of Ashura.
The leader emphasized that the group's fighters would not abandon their weapons and asserted that Israel's "aggression" must first stop.
"How can you expect us not to stand firm while the Israeli enemy continues its aggression, continues to occupy the five points, and continues to enter our territories and kill?" Qassem said. "We will not be part of legitimizing the occupation in Lebanon and the region. We will not accept normalization [with Israel]."
"America's equation asking us to choose between being killed or surrender does not concern us and we will cling to our rights," the leader added in his speech.

UK Maritime Agencies Report Attack On Ship Near YemenSouth Front

A ship came under attack in the Red Sea off the southwest coast of Yemen on July 6 from gunfire and self-propelled grenades launched from eight small boats, a British maritime agency and security firm said.
Armed security on the ship returned fire and the situation is ongoing, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and British maritime security firm Ambrey said in separate advisories.
The attack occurred 51 nautical miles southwest of Yemen's port city of al-Hodeidah, according to UKMTO and Ambrey, which didn't identify the targeted ship. Al-Hodeidah and a large strip of the country's Red Sea coast are held by the Houthis (Ansar Allah).
Later, UKMTO, citing Company Security Officer, said in an update that the ship caught fire after being struck by "unknown projectiles".
The Houthis have carried out more than 100 attacks targeting shipping from November 2023. According to the group, the campaign is a response to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

Freedom Flotilla to sail for Gaza again after earlier ship seized | Middle East Eye

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition says it is preparing to launch another aid mission to Gaza, weeks after Israeli forces seized one of its vessels in international waters.
The group confirmed that its next boat, named Handala, will depart from the Italian port of Siracusa on 13 July in a renewed effort to challenge Israel's blockade of the coastal enclave.
In a post on X, the coalition said, "The mission is for the children of Gaza." The vessel is named after Handala, a cartoon figure of a 10-year-old boy who has come to symbolise Palestinian resistance.

BRICS Summit calls for full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza; Hamas welcomes statement - SabaNet

Leaders of the BRICS nations, convening in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday, issued a strong call for an immediate, permanent, and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, emphasizing the need for further negotiations to end the ongoing war.

US plot to relocate Gazans under aid distribution guise revealed

A probe by the Financial Times has revealed a US consultancy firm's involvement in an Israeli and US scheme in Gaza that has led to the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians and sought to engineer the mass relocation of Gaza's population under the guise of aid coordination.

Tony Blair Institute linked to Gaza plan condemned as ethnic cleansing: Report | Middle East Eye

The Tony Blair Institute (TBI) has been linked to a project widely condemned for proposing the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, involving a sweeping postwar redevelopment of the besieged Strip.
Plans include a "Trump Riviera" and infrastructure named after wealthy Gulf monarchs, according to documents reviewed by the Financial Times (FT) and revealed on Sunday.
The vision, outlined in a slide deck titled The Great Trust, was created by a group of Israeli businessmen with support from consultants at Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

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Military Situation In Ukraine On July 6, 2025 (Maps Update)South Front

Russian strikes destroyed targets in Izyum, Kharkiv, Balakliya in Kharkiv region, Makariv, Vyshgorod, Bucha in Kiev region, Kamyanske, Zaporizhzhya, Sumy, Cherkassy, Mykolayiv, Kramatorsk, Zhytomyr, Kremenchug regions;
Russian forces advanced in Bogatyr, Kupyansk, and Kharkiv directions;
Russian forces took control of Poddubnoye;
Russian forces took control of Sobolevka;
Russian "Geran" drones destroyed UAV production workshops for the AFU on the territory of the Konotop Aviation Museum in Sumy Region;
The AFU has engaged seven brigades and an unmanned strike aviation battalion on the Kherson direction;
Russian strikes damaged industrial sector facilities in Vyshgorod;
Russian strikes targeted the building of the TRC (Territorial Recruitment Center) in Kremenchuk;
Ukrainian Forces losses from Russian troop actions amounted to approximately 1,170 personnel in the past 24 hours.
Russian forces took control of Poddubnoye;
Clashes continued in Tolstoy;
Clashes continued near Maliyevka;
Clashes continued in Voskresenka;
The AFU losses amounted to up to 190 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, and two field artillery guns.
The Russian MOD announced control over Sobolevka;
Heavy fighting is ongoing in the eastern outskirts of the city;
The AFU losses amounted to more 230 Ukrainian troops, six motor vehicles, and three artillery guns. Five electronic warfare stations, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station, and four ammunition depots were wiped out.
The Russian army expanded the zone of their control near the village of Melovoye;
Russian forces are storming the Chugunovka area;
Russian forces are storming the Ambarnoye area;
In the past 24 hours, AFU suffered losses of over 50 personnel, a Roshel Senator armored combat vehicle (Canada), two mortars, and three pickup trucks.

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Houthis Target Israel's Ben Gurion Airport For Second Time In Under WeekSouth Front

The Houthis (Ansar Allah) launched a ballistic missile from Yemen at Israel on July 6, the second such attack in under a week.
In a statement, Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said that Ben Gurion Airport near the city of Tel Aviv in central Israel was targeted with Palestine-2 hypersonic ballistic missile. He claimed that the attack forced millions of Israelis into shelters and halted operations at the international airport.
The Palestine-2 is a two-stage solid-fueled hypersonic missile that appears to be derivative from Iran's first hypersonic missile Fattah-1. It has a range of over 2,150 kilometers and a top speed equivalent to 16 times the speed of sound, according to the Houthis.

Israeli Ben Gurion airport shut until further notice after Yemeni missile attack

Israeli aviation authorities have suspended all arrival and departure flights at Ben Gurion International Airport and stated the facility will remain closed "until further notice," after Yemeni Armed Forces conducted a missile attack in reprisal for the Tel Aviv regime's ongoing genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza.

Anti-Genocide Activism Is Terrorism In The Empire Of Lies - Caitlin Johnstone

Welcome to the empire, where peace activists are called terrorists, where hospitals are called military bases, where facts are called blood libel, where people opposing genocide are called hateful Nazis, where genocidal soldiers are a protected group and chanting for their death is a hate crime.

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Seyed M. Marandi: Israel Prepares Proxies for Next War with Iran?

Seyed Mohammad Marandi is a professor at Tehran University and a former advisor to Iran's Nuclear Negotiation Team.

Ben-Gvir urges Netanyahu to 'conquer' Gaza, halt aid amid ceasefire negotiations

Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the flow of aid into Gaza, forcibly displace its population, and "conquer" the war-battered territory, instead of engaging in ceasefire negotiations.

Israel dismisses 'unacceptable' Hamas ceasefire demands - RT World News

Israel has rejected Hamas' proposed changes to a Gaza ceasefire deal but agreed to continue indirect talks in Doha, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Saturday, as cited by Israeli media.

In Video: Israeli Army Blows Up Former Syrian Army Outposts Near GolanSouth Front

Troops from the IDF's 810th "Mountains" Regional Brigade, under the command of the 210th Division, continue to carry out targeted operations in southern Syria, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on July 6.

American emergency doctor, Dr. Mimi Syed on her work in Gaza under ongoing Israeli genocide: "I had 18 documented cases of children that came in with gunshots to the head, neck, abdomen, chest"

Dr. Mimi Syed is an American emergency doctor who has twice worked in Gaza during the ongoing Israeli genocide of Gaza: she spent four weeks each in the Gaza Strip in August and in December 2024.
She spoke to me about her child patients, many of whom were shot in the head or chest by the Israeli army; about Israel's preventing doctors from bringing aid or vital medical equipment with them into Gaza, hindering doctors' ability to save Palestinian lives; about the (preventable) malnutrition and starvation she saw amongst Palestinian civilians, as well as the preventable water and sanitation-related diseases contributing to "indirect deaths" in Gaza.

Israel's Long False Flag History & Israelis Testify On Major Gov Cover Up Of Systemic Sexual Abuse

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, an in-depth investigatory show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/5/25).

Military Situation In Palestine On July 6, 2025 (Map Update)South Front

The Yemeni army attacked Ben Gurion airport with a ballistic missile;
A high-ranking Israeli delegation departed for Doha to participate in negotiations regarding a prisoner exchange and a ceasefire;
Israeli strikes targeted areas in Gaza;
Israeli strikes targeted areas in central Gaza Strip;
Israeli strikes targeted areas in southern Gaza Strip;
During the last 24 hrs, at least 80 civilians were killed and 304 others were wounded by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip;
57,418 Palestinians were killed and 136,261 others were wounded as a result of the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Morning update | Middle East Eye

Here are the latest updates on Israel's war on Gaza and developments in the occupied West Bank:
At least 12 people were killed on Saturday night into Sunday in an Israeli attack on a house sheltering displaced Palestinians in al-sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, located north of Gaza City.
Israel has rejected Hamas's amendments to the Qatari ceasefire proposal, and said they were "unacceptable". Despite rejecting the changes, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to move forward with negotiations.
The Israeli army said late Saturday that it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, after air raid sirens sounded in several areas.
Another two people were killed and others injured late Saturday in an Israeli air strike on a tent housing displaced people in al-Mawasi area, south of Gaza, according to medical sources at Nasser Medical Complex.
An Israeli bombing on a building located in al-Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, killed three Palestinians.
Israeli forces raided in the late hours of Saturday several towns in the occupied West Bank, including the towns of al-Khader and Tuqu in Bethlehem and the town of Beit Ummar, located in the north of Hebron.

Mujahideen Brigades shell gathering of Zionist enemy forces in Khan Yunis - SabaNet

The Mujahideen Brigades announced on Sunday that its fighters had mortared a gathering of Zionist enemy forces in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
The Brigades said in a brief statement "Our fighters were able to shell a gathering of Zionist enemy forces in Ma'an area of Khan Yunis with 81-caliber mortar shells."
This comes in the context of the Palestinian resistance factions' response to the genocide committed by the Zionist enemy against the people of the Gaza Strip, with American support, since October 7, 2023. This crime includes killing, starvation, destruction, and displacement, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.

Israel kills 5 Palestinians, including 4 children, in Gaza drone strike

At least five Palestinian civilians, including four children from the same family, have been killed in an Israeli drone strike on a tent sheltering displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip.

Death toll in Gaza since Sunday morning reaches 26 | Middle East Eye

At least 26 people have been killed in different areas across Gaza since the early hours of Sunday, according to sources telling Al Jazeera.
The figure includes 23 people killed in Gaza City.

At least 17 killed in deadly overnight Israeli attacks across Gaza | Middle East Eye

Israeli air strikes in the late hours of Saturday into Sunday have killed at least 17 Palestinians in different areas in Gaza.
An Israeli bombing on a house sheltering displaced Palestinians in Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of northern Gaza City killed at least 12 people, while many remain missing.
Separately, another three Palestinians were also killed in an Israeli attack on the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, according to a source at al-Ahli Arab Hospital.
In another incident in southern Gaza, an Israeli drone attack on a tent housing displaced people killed two people and injured others in al-Mawasi area.

Israeli bulldozers demolish Palestinian homes at West Bank camps

The Israeli army gave thousands of displaced residents in two refugee camps in the West Bank city of Tulkarem a mere few hours to gather their belongings from their homes before demolishing buildings and clearing wide avenues through the rubble.

Massive protests in US cities against genocide in Gaza - SabaNet

Several US cities witnessed large demonstrations against the Israeli war of extermination on Gaza, under the slogan "Pro-Palestine Protests Near You: Stop the Gaza Genocide."
Protesters denounced the escalating Israeli war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, describing it as "genocide carried out with American weapons and funded by American taxpayers."
The demonstrators held up signs reading "A child is killed every 40 minutes," referring to the scale of the ongoing massacres targeting civilians, especially women and children.