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Israel decides on possible Iran targets: ‘Precise and deadly’
Israel reportedly has decided on the targets that it could strike in Iran in retaliation for the barrage of missiles Tehran fired at the country on Oct. 1, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant vowing that there will be «a precise and deadly response.»
The Times of Israel, citing Channel 12 news, reports that the Israeli Defense Forces have presented a list of potential targets to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gallant as officials are conducting «sensitive coordination» with other countries in the Middle East.
«The targets are clear. Now it’s a matter of time,» one source reportedly told Israel’s Kan news.
Another source told Kan that «the targets could also change at the 11th hour,» according to The Times of Israel.
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The newspaper quoted Gallant as saying Tuesday that he sees «eye-to-eye» with Netanyahu and military chief Herzi Halevi on «both the need and essence of the response» to Iran, which he described as being «precise and deadly.»
Following the attack by Tehran, in which the U.S. helped defend Israel against the more than 180 missiles fired at it, Netanyahu vowed to make Iran «pay,» prompting immediate speculation over what the counterattack would look like.
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No casualties were reported in Israel, though one Palestinian was killed in the West Bank, and Biden has urged Netanyahu to issue nothing more than a «proportionate» counterstrike.
However, speculation has mounted over the type of attack Israel could hit Iran with, and security analysts have begun reviewing strike options that range from hitting military sites, infrastructure important to the Iranian regime like oil refineries and ports, to even an attack on Iran’s expanding nuclear program.
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Following Iran’s attack in April, during which it levied some 300 missiles and drones at Israel, Jerusalem responded to Western calls for restraint by hitting Iran’s air defenses and destroying part of an S-300 long-range air defense system. Fox News’ Caitlin McFall contributed to this report.
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Biden admin outlaws Palestinian organization for funding terrorism: ‘Sham charity’
JERUSALEM—The Biden administration on Tuesday designated the Palestinian non-governmental organization Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as an «international fundraiser» for a Palestinian terrorist group.
The classification of Samidoun as a terrorist organization comes six months after Fox News Digital published a May expose on calls for the Biden administration to outlaw the Palestinian group in the U.S.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced on its website that «In a joint action with Canada, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, or ‘Samidoun,’ a sham charity that serves as an international fundraiser for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist organization.»
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The U.S. government designated the PFLP a foreign terrorist organization in 1997. According to Treasury, the PFLP «uses Samidoun to maintain fundraising operations in both Europe and North America. Also designated today is Khaled Barakat, a member of the PFLP’s leadership. Together, Samidoun and Barakat play critical roles in external fundraising for the PFLP.»
Samidoun has chapters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Iran, as well as in numerous European countries, including Sweden, France and Spain. Germany outlawed Samidoun in November and Israel classified the Palestinian organization as a terrorist entity in 2021.
«Organizations like Samidoun masquerade as charitable actors that claim to provide humanitarian support to those in need, yet in reality divert funds for much-needed assistance to support terrorist groups,» said Bradley T. Smith, acting under secretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence. «The United States, together with Canada and our like-minded partners, will continue to disrupt those who seek to finance the PFLP, Hamas, and other terrorist organizations.»
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Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s minister of public safety, democratic institutions and intergovernmental affairs, followed suit, annoucing that «Canada remains committed to working with our key partners and allies, like the United States, to counter terrorist organizations and their fundraisers.» He continued, «Today’s joint action with the U.S. sends a strong message that our two nations will not tolerate this type of activity and will do everything in our power to ensure robust measures are in place to address terrorist financing.»
The Trudeau administration has faced criticism for failing to act to combat huge levels of antisemitism since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre of Israelis. Canada’s Global News reported a Jewish school for girls was shot at for a second time in a year on the eve of Yom Kippur on Friday in Toronto.
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The Treasury Department said the ban on Samidoun builds on its actions to counter terrorism after Hamas’ massacre of nearly 1,200 people, including over 30 Americans, in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The goal of the latest Treasury sanction is to crack down on «terrorists and terrorist organizations that abuse the nonprofit organization sector by raising funds under the guise of charitable work,» wrote the agency.
Samidoun lashed out at the U.S.and Canada for listing its organization as a terrorist group, writing on its website, «Samidoun is particularly targeted because of our political and vocal support for the Palestinian prisoners movement and the Palestinian people’s right to resistance.»
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The outlawed group defiantly declared, «Our response to this designation is clear: we will keep struggling to stop the genocide, stop imperialist support for Israel, until the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea.»
The slogan «from the river to the sea» is widely viewed as a genocidal call to abolish the Jewish state and replace it with a Muslim-majority Palestinian state. In April, the House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning the slogan as antisemitic.
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