by Susan Katz Keating The Hamas terror group used an old Bedouin tunnel network to smuggle weapons and fighters from Gaza for the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, a defense officer told Soldier of Fortune. “It is one of many ways they launched their attacks,” said the officer, who is …
Read More »IDF Releases Footage of Soldiers Uncovering Extensive Tunnel Network Beneath Gaza
Soldiers discovered rooms and equipment used by Hamas terrorists for prolonged stays. In this newly released imagery, IDF soldiers discover an extensive tunnel network beneath civilian areas of central Gaza. The helmet cam video traces soldiers as they proceed through the tunnel to map out its features. This route is …
Read More »Companies Deny Making Pagers Used in Lebanon Explosions
by Susan Katz Keating The two companies issued denials as questions center on how the explosions were triggered, and by whom. A Taiwan company whose pagers have been tied to the deadly attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon says the pagers were produced and sold by a Budapest-based partner company that …
Read More »Hezbollah Doesn’t Know Why Pagers Exploded Across Lebanon; Blames Israel
The government of Lebanon told citizens to discard their pagers in wake of explosions that killed or wounded The Hezbollah terror group says it does not know what caused its members’ pager devices to explode September 17 in Lebanon, but it blames Israel for sparking the detonations. At least eight …
Read More »Military Units in Ukraine Disavow Alleged Would-Be Trump Assassin
by Aleksander Palikot and Mike Eckel, RFE/RL Who is Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect in an alleged assassination attempt against former U.S. President Donald Trump? His arrest has stunned people who crossed paths with him in Ukraine. KYIV — In the early months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ryan Wesley Routh …
Read More »This American Paratrooper Was Captured by SS Troops During ‘Operation Market Garden’
When Gene Metcalfe boarded the C-47 that would drop him just outside of Nijmegen, Holland, a British lieutenant gave him a box of condoms. Gene was to be among the first to jump into what should have been a picture-book meadow, free of German troops. Instead, it was defended by …
Read More »Attack at Abbey Gate: The Scene From Above
A U.S. military aircraft captured this scene at Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on 26 August 2021. There is no narration to go with the vid, but the scene clearly is chaotic. An ISIS suicide bomber launched an attack at the gate, killing 13 American …
Read More »Russian Wagner Fighters Captured, Traded for Ransom by Rebels in Mali
by Gatimu Juma Video on secure messaging channels depicts men sitting on the ground while blindfolded, wounded, and writhing in pain. Following intense combat that left dozens of fighters dead or badly maimed, rebel commanders in Mali have ransomed off some of their captives from the Wagner Group and Malian …
Read More »‘The Specialist’ Tortured Ukrainian Prisoners in Occupied Kherson
As officials in Ukraine report fresh waves of drone attacks on Odesa, people inside the embattled region recall ongoing attacks that have destroyed families and cities, and have left some at the mercy of brutal sadists. “We do not forget how Russians sent people who enjoy this cruelty,” one contact …
Read More »Wagner Group Turns to US Football Coach for Inspo
The imagery from Wagner Group was gruesome, but the overall message came straight from the mouth of an American football coach. In video viewed by Soldier of Fortune, a man whose body has been chewed to shreds, with great chunks of muscle and skin gouged from his frame, sits silently …
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