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EXCLUSIVE: FBI concludes Trump shooter Thomas Crooks acted alone after unprecedented global investigation
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EXCLUSIVE: The FBI came to the conclusion that Butler, Pennsylvania, would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks acted alone — after a massive team doggedly pursued interviews with thousands of foreign and domestic individuals as part of an unprecedented global investigation into the 2024 shooting of President Donald Trump, the bureau told Fox News Digital as part of a lengthy, behind-the-curtain rundown of the probe.
FBI Director Kash Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and a senior official with direct involvement in the Butler, Pennsylvania, investigation sat down for an unprecedented interview with Fox News Digital for more than an hour Thursday afternoon at FBI headquarters.
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Patel told Fox News Digital that the investigation was a «Day One priority» for the bureau.
FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News Digital that the investigation was a «Day One priority» for the bureau. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
«Dan and I have been on this since we got here eight months ago. We not only had to maintain the chain of command to President Trump, but we had to remind the world that President Trump was the victim — one of the four victims — on that day,» Patel said. «There are victims’ rights rules that apply to him, and they don’t get erased because he is the president.»
«We fully briefed the president, as a victim of this case, at the White House, providing him with all of the details of our investigation, and the president was satisfied with the results and where we left it,» he said.
FBI Director Kash Patel, left, and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino sat down for an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital on the probe into Thomas Crooks, center. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Bethel Park School District ; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Patel, Bongino and the senior official, who has requested anonymity due to his sensitive work, shared new details of the monthslong investigation in an effort to provide maximum transparency to the American people amid recent reports that have suggested several theories, which Patel, Bongino and the official debunked.
«We have reviewed this case over and over — looked into every nugget. We have spoken to the families, the president — there is no cover-up here,» Bongino told Fox News Digital. «There is no motive for it, there is no reason for it.»
Patel referenced former FBI Director Christopher Wray’s testimony to Congress in 2024 as a potential reason for unfounded theories to surface.
«My predecessor went to Congress and said he didn’t know if it was a bullet that hit President Trump in the head. The whole world knew it was a bullet,» Patel told Fox News Digital. «For the number one law enforcement officer to say that — it causes a massive disbelief in the institution that Dan and I are now running.»
President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press )
«But that is the difference between then and now,» he said.
The case currently sits in a «pending, inactive» status, but the official called the investigation «one of the largest mobilizations of FBI resources in history that, frankly, continued to this day.»
«If we get a credible lead, we’ll continue to investigate,» the official said. «The director has been very clear about leaving no stone left unturned, and that is what we are committed to.»
On July 13, 2024, Crooks, age 20, opened fire at Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The president was shot, with the bullet piercing the upper part of his right ear.
The president ducked to the ground and was surrounded by Secret Service agents who evacuated him from the scene.
Three spectators were hit by gunfire, and one person, a firefighter and father, Corey Comperatore was killed.
The FBI took over the investigation hours after the shooting, and began investigating it as an assassination attempt.
«Four hundred and eighty-five FBI employees have been involved in some way, shape or form in this investigation,» the official told Fox News Digital.
«The FBI around the world has conducted more than 1,000 interviews connected to this case,» the official continued. «We’ve reviewed 2,000 tips that were submitted. We’ve served and executed more than 10 search warrants and 100 subpoenas. In that, we specifically analyzed 13 electronic devices that were associated with Crooks and his family members from his home in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.»
The official said the FBI examined «35 accounts linked to Crooks, including social media, bank and other online accounts.»
President Donald Trump is whisked away by the Secret Service after shots rang out at a campaign rally at Butler Farm Show Inc. on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. On the right, an image of the gunman, Thomas Crooks, taken earlier that day. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images, Obtained by Fox News Digital)
«The FBI has been able to access all of the accounts,» the official said. «There has been reporting to inappropriately and incorrectly state that there was encryption that the FBI was not able to get into — that is not true. We have been able to get into every single account.»
The official said that Crooks maintained foreign-based email accounts from Germany and Belgium.
«The FBI was able to fully access those accounts within days of the attack,» the official said. «Additionally, the FBI engaged with foreign partners who also provided all of the content of those email accounts.»
«We can say with confidence that there is no communication, there are no emails that Crooks had that we have not been able to access,» the official said.
«The home was completely swept. Every device in the home was collected and accessed fully,» Patel said. «Reports say that we didn’t get into certain devices? That’s false. We got into all of the devices.»
The FBI conducted a manual review of more than 500,000 individual electronic files and «engaged with a number of nations around the world to ensure that all leads were covered.»
«When there was a lead about an overseas connection — the two instances where we became aware of the foreign accounts — the FBI reached out to foreign governments,» the official explained.
Thomas Matthew Crooks’ cellphone was taken by the FBI. (Obtained by Fox News | Getty Images)
«Very quickly, they provided the full contents of the accounts,» the official said, adding that the FBI had deployed «such an extraordinary overseas effort that even people not in Crooks’ age range were interviewed and done completely and thoroughly.»
«There is no foreign connection in this case,» the official stressed. «There is no individual that is outside U.S. borders or inside U.S. borders that had any role in directing him, inspiring him or assisting him in any way — and that includes foreign governments.»
The official added: «There is no information, no evidence anywhere in this investigation, that shows there was any foreign individual or foreign government or foreign organization tied to Thomas Crooks.»
«We would have cracked the biggest investigation in human history — a foreign-directed plot,» Bongino said. «Why would we withhold that? But we can only follow the facts, and they are just not there.»
Reports have surfaced questioning Crooks’ alleged relationship with Antifa-linked individual William Tepes.
The FBI told Fox News Digital that there was never any direct communication between Crooks and Tepes.
Undated file photo of Thomas Matthew Crooks in a yearbook photo. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)
«Crooks posted on YouTube. Tepes is a Norwegian, nordic resistance member. He simply responded to content Crooks posted,» Patel said, pointing to a comment Tepes made on a 2020-era video posted on the video-sharing platform by Crooks.
As for his online presence, Bongino said previous FBI leadership initially downplayed his digital footprint.
«The degree of his digital footprint was not messaged correctly at all by prior leadership,» Bongino said.
The official told Fox News Digital that Crooks’ online activity largely took place in 2019 and 2020, when Crooks was just 16 years-old — nearly five years before the attack.
«He called our Republicans and Democrats. He went as far as saying, ‘In my opinion, the only way to fight the government is with terrorism-style attacks.’ I won’t try to get into his brain,» the official said. «But there is a limited record of him making political statements and advocating for political violence in 2019 and 2020.»
The official detailed some of Crooks’ online behavior leading up to the attack, including on July 6, 2024, when he used his email account to register to attend the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally on the Trump campaign website. Crooks also searched «how far was Oswald from Kennedy?»
The official also said Crooks searched for what the weather would be in Butler, Pennsylvania, on the day of the attack and where the podium would be, and he looked up directions from his home to the Butler Farm Show grounds and directions from the grounds to the closest hospital.
«But Crooks left no manifesto. He had no seepage of any kind. He didn’t give any indication anywhere that he was going to do this or why he did this,» the official said. «There are many instances in notable assassinations that they do want folks to know why they did it, but we don’t know that here, because Thomas did not leave any of those artifacts.»
«The rage, the anger, I totally get it. I’m with you. [Trump] is a friend of ours, he was shot in the head on live television — we want an explanation, too,» Bongino said. «Where is the manifesto? The answer is — it doesn’t exist.»
An undated image of Thomas Matthew Crooks. (Handout via AFP)
Reports have suggested Crooks had some interest in the «furry» anthropomorphic community online.
But Patel told Fox News Digital that evidence obtained through the FBI’s investigation revealed «no evidence» of involvement in that community.
«He went on a website, called Deviant.com, and that website contains pornographic material — animated pornographic material related to the furry community — a whole host of things Americans would never look at,» Patel said, noting FBI evidence that Crooks displayed an interest in «animated female muscle-building erotica.»
«Crooks was on that website and looked at images related to women who work out … a lot. That was his interest, and so we are sharing this with you to show that just because he was on a website that has a voluminous amount of terrible information on it, there is no investigative fact to back up a connection between Thomas Crooks and a portion of the website that had the ‘furry’ on it.»
Patel said questions are also being raised as to why the FBI did not stop the assassination attempt before it happened.
Officers surround Thomas Crooks on the AGR roof after counter-snipers killed him. (Butler Twp Police Dept.)
«The FBI can only investigate based on a lawful predicate to open,» Patel said. «Does the American public really want the FBI scouring social media and content everywhere without a lawful predicate and trampling over First Amendment rights?»
Patel said that if someone had called in a lead, «immediately there would be action.»
«But no one did that,» Patel said. «No one.»
«People are asking why we didn’t act on his posts on certain sites. No one in law enforcement knew who he was. No one referred him to law enforcement, and we do not monitor every single American’s use of YouTube and Google and Twitter and Facebook,» Patel said. «Because then people come back and say to us: ‘Why are you on our First Amendment rights?’»
As for the weapon used to shoot the president, Crooks used a 223 rifle. Crooks’ father controlled access to the gun vault and the gun.
The weapon was used to fire eight rounds in the vicinity of the president and the stage. The official told Fox News Digital that there were 22 additional unfired rounds in the weapon and a number of unused magazines that were located in his vehicle on a ballistic vest.
The officials all shot down any theories of a potential second shooter, noting that the individual near the water tower around the site was a Pennsylvania State Police officer.
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino. (Reuters)
«There were no phantom rounds. Every single round was accounted for,» the official said.
Bongino stressed that «it is the FBI’s conclusion that Crooks acted alone.»
«It is our conclusion, and it is likely, given politically motivated assassination attempts in history,» Bongino said. «These are historical incidents that have already happened — Arthur Bremer; (Squeaky) Fromme; Sara Jane Moore; John Hinkley — those names should all ring a bell.»
He added, «We’re not saying Crooks didn’t deal with anyone ever — we are just saying that the people he dealt with had no role in inspiring, motivating or directing this attack.»
Meanwhile, the FBI discovered an undetonated explosive device inside Crooks’ vehicle.
An Allegheny County Police Bomb Squad car drives towards the home of Thomas Matthew Crooks, the suspected shooter of then-former President Donald Trump, as the FBI carries out an investigation, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, on July 14, 2024. Donald Trump said that it was divine intervention that helped him survive an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, and called on Americans to unite. Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
«The device had a receiver on it which would receive a message from a transmitter in order to detonate,» the official explained. «The receiver was positioned in the off position. Had it been positioned in the on position, and if it activated from the triggering device on the person, our assessment is that it would have activated. But the position was in the off position.»
Patel told Fox News Digital that he «recreated what it would have looked like if the explosive device was in the on position.»
«We walked members of Congress through a visual of what would have happened,» Patel said.
«Because it seems so unlikely you would build a device and forget to turn it on — but he did,» Bongino said. «That’s how it was found. Was it just stupidity?»
As for the crime scene in general, Patel, Bongino and the official explained that the FBI controlled the crime scene from July 14, 2024, at midnight until July 18, 2024.
«We do not hold the crime scene forever. We have to give it back — that is standard operating procedure,» Bongino said.
Crooks’ body was removed from the roof by the Pennsylvania state coroner. In coordination with State Police, the FBI then «cleaned the roof with water, as we were going to release the scene.»
Two FBI investigators scan the roof of AGR International Inc, the building adjacent to the Butler Fairgrounds, from which alleged shooter Matthew Thomas Crooks fired at former President Donald J. Trump, in the aftermath of the attempted assassination at a campaign rally on July 14, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
«We had onlookers and souvenir hunters — the FBI is not going to turn over a blood-stained roof. AGR was a functioning business,» the official said. «Our standard operating procedure is to acquire services to clean the roof. The decision was made to do that, but only after all evidence on the roof was collected, including the firearm, shell casings, biological samples left behind, photos, blood.»
The official said an autopsy of Crooks was conducted the next day, and an FBI and Pennsylvania State Trooper sat in on the autopsy.
«Before the body was released to the family, which is protocol in every crime incident ever, the FBI collected DNA — fingernails, hair samples, and blood from Crooks, that remains in FBI evidence to this day,» the official said. «After those collections were made, our examination of the body was done and completed. At that point, it was turned over to the family for burial and for plans they had.»
The official added: «They chose to cremate.»
Law enforcement officers gather at the campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is empty Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press )
«The FBI did not make the decision to cremate the body,» Bongino said. «The family did. It was their son. The FBI had nothing to do with this decision at all.»
Meanwhile, Patel addressed criticisms from members of Congress who claim he has not turned over documents pertaining to the probe.
«Congress is accusing us of not turning over all of this stuff — but all of this stuff doesn’t exist. It is an empty narrative they’re firing into a vacuum,» Patel said. «The very limited information we have not turned over is respective to victims’ rights. There isn’t some trove of documents that we haven’t sent over there.»
Patel said the FBI has «fully debriefed the lawmakers.»
«We’ve even had members of Congress come to Quantico in our lab facility there and walk them through the exact investigative steps, the video and audio recordings, the repercussions of the explosion that did not occur that day and how that would have impacted the people that were attending the rally, and so they have been given a full inside view of what we did on those days,» Patel said. «We gave them all of the material we are legally able to give them.»
FBI Director Kash Patel White House speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/The Assciated Press )
He added: «They have seen video recordings. We’ve literally shown them and delivered them the audio and video recordings — the totality of what we possess. They have that. They have our investigative information. There is nothing more for us to turn over. We don’t have anything else in our holdings.»
The FBI told Fox News Digital that the bureau has turned in more than 1,375 pages to the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Permanent Select Committee on investigations. Those documents include FBI interviews — or 302s — with U.S. Secret Service and state and local police, state and local lab reports, including ballistics, crime scene photos, videos and more.
The total pages produced to the Senate numbered more than 2,750.
«Come put out 3,000 documents to Congress during his tenure. Wray, in his seven or eight years put out 13,000,» Patel said. «We, in eight months, have put out over 40,000 documents to Congress — to include this, Crossfire Hurricane, Arctic Frost and more.»
«But there are investigations ongoing surrounding that, so we are working with Congress, not only for constitutional oversight and reform in legislation, but we’re working on the accountability piece, and to do that, we have to run our investigations. And we’re not done.»
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a Friday statement to Fox News Digital, «Under Director Patel and Deputy Director Bongino’s leadership, the FBI is doing tremendous work to investigate the horrific attempted assassination of President Trump that resulted in the heartbreaking murder of Corey Comperatore. We will help prevent what happened in Butler from ever happening again.»
The sit-down interview with Fox News Digital lasted for more than an hour, as Patel, Bongino and the senior official sought to provide as much information as possible on the probe and to debunk the recent public criticism they have faced.
«We don’t blame people for asking questions,» Bongino said. «The president, the candidate at the time, was shot in the head on live TV. Our position is — please — ask away.»
President Donald Trump speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel looks on during a news conference discussing the administration’s crime crackdown in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday. (John McDonnell/The Associated Press )
Bongino added: «We are very confident in the outcomes of this investigation. We have pulled on every threat. We are absolutely confident, and if information surfaces, please, immediately get it over to us for instant action.»
«I would ask the public: What motivation would Kash Patel and Dan Bongino possibly have to hide from their personal friend — not just their boss — the president — information about a crime where he was the victim?» Bongino asked. «I don’t understand what the motivation would be.»
But Bongino quoted a line from the movie «A Few Good Men.»
«No one is interested in guilt or innocence, they’re interested in someone to blame,» Bongino quoted. «The public is pissed off. We get it. We sympathize with you. It couldn’t have just been this guy — it couldn’t have just been this guy — it is. There is no reason I would tell you otherwise.»
«As to why people keep coming back to this on social media, the reality is, many people make a lot of money on social media pushing conspiracy theories for clicks,» Patel said. «That is a fact.»
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As for Trump, he told Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade Friday that he has «confidence in Kash, a lot of confidence, and the DOJ, and they are giving me reports, and their reports are seeming to balance out, so I have confidence in these people.»
«I wasn’t confident with Christopher Wray, but this group, it is a different group,» Trump said. «It’s Kash, as opposed to Christopher Wray, and I have confidence in Kash.»
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Irán pone a Europa en su punto de mira con los misiles lanzados contra la isla Diego García: “Ya no hay vuelta atrás”
Irán lanzó esta semana dos misiles balísticos de alcance intermedio contra la base militar estadounidense-británica de Diego García, en el océano Índico, revelando capacidades militares que superan lo que muchos analistas creían posible y que, por primera vez, ponen a ciudades europeas dentro del radio de alcance del arsenal iraní.
El ataque, producido en las primeras horas del viernes, fue el primero en que Irán empleó misiles de esta categoría. Uno de los proyectiles falló durante el vuelo; el otro fue neutralizado por un destructor estadounidense que lanzó interceptores SM-3 desde posiciones cercanas a la base. Ninguno impactó en el objetivo, pero el solo hecho de haberlos disparado cambió el mapa estratégico del conflicto.
La distancia entre Irán y Diego García supera los 4.000 kilómetros, una cifra que equivale aproximadamente a la que separa a Teherán de Londres o París. Hasta el viernes, las propias autoridades iraníes sostenían públicamente que el alcance máximo de sus misiles no superaba los 2.000 kilómetros. El ataque desmintió esa afirmación de manera contundente.
Analistas consultados por The Wall Street Journal señalaron que la complejidad técnica de estos misiles sugiere que Irán preparó el lanzamiento mucho antes del inicio de la guerra, dado que sería difícil haber completado ese desarrollo bajo los bombardeos de las últimas semanas. Algunos especialistas apuntan a que Irán podría haber adaptado uno de sus lanzadores espaciales civiles para uso militar.
“Ya no hay vuelta atrás”, advirtió Jeffrey Lewis, experto en control de armamentos del Instituto Middlebury. “Este es un hecho: Irán tiene misiles balísticos de alcance intermedio.” Lewis añadió que el cruce de esa línea aumenta el riesgo de que el régimen reconsidere también su postura respecto al desarrollo de armas nucleares, un programa que Teherán ha negado sistemáticamente pero que el conflicto actual podría acelerar.
Danny Citrinowicz, quien dirigió durante años el área de análisis sobre Irán en la inteligencia militar israelí, apuntó al significado político del lanzamiento tanto como al técnico. “Muestra hasta dónde está llegando el proceso de toma de decisiones hacia el extremo”, afirmó al WSJ, sugiriendo que el ataque a Diego García refleja un régimen que ha abandonado los cálculos de prudencia que históricamente moderaron sus respuestas militares.
Farzin Nadimi, investigador especializado en Irán en el Washington Institute, agregó otra capa de incertidumbre: aún no está claro si los misiles disparados habrían podido alcanzar efectivamente Diego García, dado que ninguno impactó en el objetivo. Construir misiles de largo alcance que funcionen de manera confiable es técnicamente complejo, precisó, debido a las tensiones extremas que experimentan los proyectiles durante el vuelo.
El primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, retomó estas conclusiones este domingo durante una visita a Arad, en el sur de Israel, donde el sábado por la noche un misil iraní impactó en un barrio residencial sin ser interceptado. Desde los escombros, Netanyahu fue directo: “Dispararon un misil balístico intercontinental sobre Diego García. Son 4.000 kilómetros. He estado advirtiendo todo el tiempo: ahora tienen la capacidad de llegar profundamente a Europa”.
“Están poniendo a todos en su mira”, agregó el premier, en referencia también al bloqueo iraní del estrecho de Ormuz. “Están cortando una ruta marítima internacional, una ruta energética, e intentando chantajear al mundo entero.”
Netanyahu aprovechó la visita para llamar a los líderes mundiales a sumarse a la ofensiva conjunta israelí-estadounidense contra Irán. “Es hora de que los líderes del resto de los países se sumen. Me complace decir que veo que algunos empiezan a avanzar en esa dirección, pero se necesita más”, afirmó, sin precisar qué países ni en qué capacidad. El presidente Donald Trump ha expresado en repetidas ocasiones su frustración por la escasa respuesta internacional de apoyo a la campaña militar.
Por su parte, el Ejército israelí publicó ayer un mapa en redes sociales mostrando el radio de acción de los misiles iraníes, con Londres, París y Berlín dentro del alcance. “El régimen terrorista iraní representa una amenaza global”, señaló el comunicado militar israelí, recordando que ya en junio de 2025, durante la Operación León Naciente, Israel había advertido sobre el desarrollo de estos proyectiles, advertencia que Teherán negó en ese momento.
El Reino Unido respondió al ataque ampliando el acceso estadounidense a sus bases en todo el mundo para operaciones contra Irán. El Ministerio de Defensa británico calificó los ataques como “una amenaza para los intereses británicos y sus aliados”. El canciller iraní, Abbas Araghchi, advirtió a Londres que permitir el uso de sus instalaciones equivale a “participar en la agresión”.
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Netanyahu visitó uno de los lugares impactados por los misiles iraníes en el sur de Israel: “Estamos aplastando al enemigo”
El primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, visitó este domingo la localidad de Arad, en el sur de Israel, donde el sábado por la noche un misil iraní impactó entre edificios residenciales sin ser interceptado por los sistemas de defensa del país. Ante un grupo reducido de periodistas seleccionados por su gabinete, Netanyahu aseguró que Israel está “aplastando al enemigo”, advirtió que Irán ya tiene capacidad para alcanzar el centro de Europa y llamó a los líderes mundiales a sumarse a la ofensiva conjunta con Estados Unidos.
“En las últimas 48 horas, Irán atacó una zona civil”, afirmó Netanyahu señalando los escombros a su alrededor. “Lo están usando como arma de asesinato masivo. Por suerte, nadie murió, pero fue solo suerte”, añadió.
El premier fue más allá en su diagnóstico sobre el alcance de la amenaza iraní. Citó el reciente lanzamiento de un misil balístico intercontinental contra la base militar británico-estadounidense de Diego García, en el océano Índico, como prueba de que Irán ha desarrollado capacidades que superan las estimaciones previas. “Dispararon un misil balístico intercontinental a Diego García. Son 4.000 kilómetros. He estado advirtiendo todo el tiempo: ahora tienen la capacidad de llegar profundamente a Europa”, señaló.
“Están poniendo a todos en su mira. Están cortando una ruta marítima internacional, una ruta energética, e intentando chantajear al mundo entero”, agregó, en referencia al bloqueo iraní del estratégico estrecho de Ormuz. “Es hora de que los líderes del resto de los países se sumen.”
Netanyahu indicó que algunos países “comienzan a moverse en esa dirección”, sin precisar cuáles ni en qué capacidad, pero advirtió que “se necesita más”. El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump ha expresado en reiteradas ocasiones su frustración por la escasa respuesta internacional de apoyo a la ofensiva.
El primer ministro también condenó los ataques iraníes en las cercanías de lugares santos en Jerusalén. “Dispararon sobre Jerusalén, justo al lado de los lugares sagrados de las tres religiones monoteístas: el Muro de los Lamentos, la Iglesia del Santo Sepulcro y la Mezquita de Al-Aqsa. Por un milagro, ninguno resultó dañado, pero estaban apuntando a los sitios sagrados de las tres grandes religiones monoteístas”, denunció.
Consultado sobre cómo responderá Israel a los ataques contra civiles, Netanyahu fue contundente: “Respondemos con gran fuerza, pero no contra civiles. Vamos tras el régimen, tras los Guardianes de la Revolución, esa banda criminal, y los perseguimos personalmente: a sus líderes, sus instalaciones, sus activos económicos. Los estamos persiguiendo con mucha firmeza.”
El misil caído sobre Arad dejó más de 60 heridos, diez de ellos graves, incluido un niño en estado crítico. A 30 kilómetros, en Dimona —sede de la mayor instalación nuclear israelí—, otro misil impactó en circunstancias similares. En total, unas 120 personas resultaron heridas en ambos ataques. El ministro de Exteriores, Gideon Saar, también visitó la zona y afirmó que fue “un milagro” que nadie muriera.
La jornada del domingo dejó además un ataque con misil balístico de ojiva de racimo sobre Tel Aviv, que dispersó submuniciones sobre una amplia zona urbana y dejó 15 heridos, uno grave. En el norte, Hezbolá mató a al menos una persona. El balance diario del Ministerio de Salud israelí contabilizó un muerto y 303 heridos en menos de 24 horas. Desde el inicio del conflicto el 28 de febrero, los heridos hospitalizados en Israel suman 4.564.
En total la guerra dejó 16 muertos en Israel frente a más de 1.200 reconocidos por Irán solo en la primera semana de la ofensiva, y más de un millar de fallecidos en Líbano.
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Churchill, Shakespeare and the UK flag all under siege in modern Britain, commentators say
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Over a century ago, Britain was seen as the place to be. It pioneered science, including medicine. It built industries such as railroads, major bridges and created a strong middle class. And despite what some would say, it was the only major empire that abolished slavery and policed the oceans, at its own considerable expense, to make sure other countries didn’t enslave people. And it had the largest Navy in the World. Now, many say that all seems like a distant memory.
The latest controversy involves images or statues of some of the United Kingdom’s most lauded people. The face of Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister during WWII, is being removed from the five-pound note by the Bank of England. The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called the decision «absolutely crackers,» noting the proposal was to replace Churchill and others with a picture of a beaver.
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Churchill’s statue in Westminster was vandalized in 2020 and again last month. Churchill led the defense of Britain, which was the only country in Europe that didn’t fall during WWII.
«Decades of woke education policy have taught people to deny and decry the history of this country as it is deemed to be oppressive, racist and unfair,» Alan Mendoza, founder and executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, told Fox News Digital. He says the teaching labor unions controlled by the hard left have enforced their agenda on generations of pupils. «It is no surprise, therefore, that at least some of their victims have imbibed this philosophy and are acting on it.»
In this photo illustration, some 5 pounds banknotes and Winston Churchill are displayed on a table. (Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Statues of British people who lived centuries ago have been targeted to be pulled down and then destroyed. Some of these efforts have been successful. Some have not. William Gladstone, Robert Peel, James Cook, and Francis Drake were targeted for destruction by activists, according to Sky News. These men were, respectively, a reformist prime minister, the founder of the police force, a naval explorer and a privateer. Luckily, their statues remain largely intact.
Now William Shakespeare is under attack. Apparently, being white is a bad thing, and some say the Bard was really a black woman. The activist summary is that Shakespeare might be used to advocate white nationalism.
These attempts to erase high-achieving Brits from history might appear trivial, Matt Goodwin, a GB News Presenter, wrote on X. «It matters far more than many people realize,» he wrote. «Across the Western World, an assortment of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [DEI] bureaucrats, radical activists, and increasingly compliant public institutions are engaged in a cultural project that seeks to delegitimize our national.»
The statue of Sir Winston Churchill, which was defaced overnight with red paint and the words «Free Palestine», in Parliament Square, London, Britain, February 27, 2026. (REUTERS/Carlos Jasso)
It’s not just statues and images that have been targeted. Flying your own country’s flag can get you in trouble. Left-wingers in Britain, such as Labour Party supporters, often view the flying of the United Kingdom’s Union Flag, or England’s George Cross, as racist or anti-immigration.
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«So strong has become the voice of DEI and immigrants that any sign of a proud U.K. gets denounced,» Ben Habib, founder of the Advance UK political party, told Fox News Digital. «DEI cannot bear strong nations – it wants them set aside so minorities feel at «home».
Habib also notes there’s an added complication with the Union and St. George’s flags – they both represent Christian Saints. «That is offensive to the growing numbers practicing foreign religions in the U.K.,» he told Fox News Digital.
British MP Robert Jenrick climbed a post Newark, U.K. to hang a British flag. (Robert Jenrick via X)
Much of this flag-hating began following the invasion of Israel by Hamas, an Iran-backed terrorist organization. The U.K. then witnessed a surge in Palestinian flags flying on public buildings. This upset more than a few British patriots, who then stepped out with the British flags. «We need to start cohering around national stories and symbols, and the flag is the most visual way of doing that,» says Colin Brazier, a British culture commentator had previously told Fox News Digital.
Planning authorities, usually the local U.K. councils, do not need to grant permission for people to fly either the Union Flag or the George Cross. Other flags are seen as an advertisement. However, spray-painting a George Cross on a building that’s not yours is not allowed.
Despite the George Cross being seen as anti-immigrant in the U.K., the historical St. George, who died approximately 1700 years ago, is mentioned in the Koran as a friend of Moses. And some religious scholars suggest he is a servant of God.
A detail of the newly discovered portrait of William Shakespeare, presented by the Shakespeare Birthplace trust, is seen in central London, Monday March 9, 2009. The portrait, believed to be almost the only authentic image of the writer made from life, has belonged to one family for centuries but was not recognized as a portrait of Shakespeare until recently. There are very few likenesses of Shakespeare, who died in 1616. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Photo)
At the same time, Britain’s economy has slowed to a near total stop under the present center-left Starmer government. The unemployment rate increased to 5.4% in December, up from 3.6% in August 2022, according to data from Trading Economics. The country’s GDP growth has been stuck at 1% or less since the first quarter of 2022.
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Part of the rush to take up flags may be the disastrous economy in Britain. One outstanding, poorly thought-through government policy came from the Labour Party, which mandated an increase in National Insurance contributions (the U.S. equivalent to FICA) by corporations, undermining any chance of increasing employment, as the jump in costs effectively acted as a tax on employment.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Saunders contributed to this report.
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