We needed it to get worse

The rebel strike on Tel Aviv killed one person and injured 10.  The Israeli strikes hit a refinery and electricity infrastructure.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said later in the evening that the port was targeted as it was used “for military purposes”.

The strike, he added, “makes it clear to our enemies that there is no place that the long arm of the state of Israel will not reach”.

Defence minister Yoav Gallant said “the fire that is currently burning in Hodeidah is seen across the Middle East and the significance is clear … The first time that they harmed an Israeli citizen, we struck them. And we will do this in any place where it may be required.”

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British and US forces have carried out repeated strikes on Hodeidah, as recently as last month.

The Saudi Arabian outlet Al Arabiya, citing unnamed sources, said the strikes targeting a fuel depot and oil refineries at the port were carried out in a joint operation by Israel, the US and the UK.

  Guardian

Don't forget, Netanyahu is supposed to address Congress on the 24th, and it's been reported that Biden wouldn't even think of stepping aside until after that, because...animosity between the two.  Seriously?  He's been 110% on Israel's side arming them, and he never wavers from claiming solidarity.  

Heaven  help us. 

And, in related news...

In the months before the Israeli invasion, Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah was a lifeline, a place where thousands sought shelter or scrabbled to raise funds to cross into neighbouring Egypt.

Now satellite images and social media video uploaded by Israeli soldiers stationed around the city show roads widened for armoured vehicles surrounded by total destruction, including buildings razed to the ground in the once bustling city.

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Rafah, previously a city of about 200,000 people, swelled as more than a million more sought shelter, huddling close to Gaza’s sole southern crossing point, a beacon for those able to leave until Israeli forces took control and then destroyed the crossing. This choked off the supply of aid that flowed in through southern Gaza. Since early May, no aid trucks have entered Rafah, while UN data shows that fewer than 2,500 trucks have entered the enclave in three months, a fraction of the relief required.

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Social media video and satellite images show the destruction of the Rafah crossing point, previously the last remaining passenger route out of Gaza, after Israeli forces seized control of the area in early May. Soon afterwards, Israel said it had “operational control” of the entire Philadelphi corridor, a slim strip of land that runs next to the border with Egypt, where an Israeli presence is prohibited by the 1979 peace treaty between the two nations.

Israeli forces also built a new road between the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossing points, known as David’s Pass, and widened parts of the road running along the Philadelphi corridor, to smooth the way for military vehicles.

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The moves appear designed to support the long-term presence of Israeli troops in Gaza.

  Guardian

Only suckers honor treaties.