Israel

[Uberhaus]

Iranian dissidents have named the Mossad agent responsible as:  Eli Copter. 

Joke of the decade, though, no laughing matter the Telegraph article where it is taken from:  The death of Iran's president Raisi has exposed the sickness at the heart of the West  Madeline Grant:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/courage-iranian-people-shames-craven-175231907.html

[nelmsm]

Babylon Bee had an article today about how the Israelis revealed today that they had a new terraforming machine that could make mountains spring up out of nowhere.      Those guys find ways to crack me up everyday.

[steve58]

Biden's US taxpayer's $320 Million dollar pier is gone, at least most of it is.

Before stormy weather pic:


After stormy weather pic:


Aid reaching Gazans so far: 0

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/before-photos-show-destruction-bidens-320m-gaza-pier

[Jarhead0331]

Nice discussion of the successful raid into Gaza that resulted in the rescue of 4 of the 10/7 hostages.

[JasonPratt]

Bill Whittle and crew comment on the Gaza pier...

[Gusington]

Cyprus, you say?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/20/middleeast/hezbollah-warns-cyprus-israel-gaza-war-explainer-intl/index.html

That could be one of the more idiotic moves Hezbollah could make, dragging in...NATO.

'Surely you are not serious?'

[JasonPratt]

It's entirely possible they don't know Cyprus is NATO. Or even an independent nation now.

[MikeGER]

Cyprus is not part of the NATO, but it is a member of the EU, European Union
an attack would do Hezbollah no good, the diplomatic power would crush them

and the Eu treaty (42.7) has a support part, similar to Nato, but the reaction doesnt has to be strictly military.
It states that:
 If an EU country is the victim of armed aggression on its territory, the other EU countries have an obligation to aid and assist it by all means in their power."

in addition
there are two British airbases, wich are still British territory, on the island
and about 1200 Greek soldiers with 80 tanks stationed in Cyprus too
 

[Gusington]

^Ah not part of NATO...did not know that.

Also did not know that there are 80 Greek tanks in Cyrpus 

[JasonPratt]

It is entirely possible that I didn't know Cyprus is not part of NATO. Or even an independent nation now.  (Come to think of it, is Cyprus the island torn by Turkish and Greek claimants?)

But seriously, I do think it's entirely possible that Hamas thinks of Cyprus as a crusader state.