Nukhba.

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Elite Hamas head-knocker cut-throat ranger/commando special operations unit, spearhead of the attack of 7 October.

"The Nazis had the SS, Hamas has the Nukhba: Sinwar's diabolical unit"

From https://www.ynetnews.com | Dr. Michael Milstein.

"Analysis: On October 7, the Nukhba unit, Sinwar's elite, had 5,000 skilled zealots and about 1,500 of them were killed since; Just like the Nazi SS, the young members are carefully chosen based on their loyalty to the leader and ideological commitment"

And probably subjected to endless mind-numbing political indoctrination. Why we fight and must continue to fight sort of stuff.

"The Nukhba members are equipped with high-quality weapons, undergo rigorous training, including prolonged stays in tunnels without food and water, and receive unique training such as paragliding courses (in Malaysia) or sabotage and intelligence (in Iran). Nukhba members are meticulously selected and receive higher pay than other members of Hamas' military personnel ($400-500 per month)." 

From an article at https://www.jewishpress.com Nukhba described as:

"The Nukhba Force or Al-Nukhba are naval commandos and a special forces unit of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas."

Naval commando unit analogous to American SEAL contingents.

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CHAMP.

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Deployed but not used?

"Report: US deployed microwave missiles that can disable Iran's nuclear facilities"

"Mary Lou Robinson, former chief of the Air Force's High Power Microwave Division, confirmed to DailyMail.com that the missiles are 'ready to take out any military target, including nuclear facilities.'"

From https://www.israelhayom.com | By  ILH Staff | 04-20-2024.

"According to an exclusive report from DailyMail.com, the US Air Force has quietly deployed a new type of missile that can destroy the electronics of Iran's nuclear facilities using high-power microwaves, without causing any fatalities."

Kind of sounds like the neutron bomb!

"The missiles, known as the Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP), were developed by Boeing's Phantom Works for the US Air Force Research Laboratory. After successful testing in 2012, around 20 of these microwave missiles became operational and were deployed to various locations around the globe in 2019."

"As DailyMail.com reports, the CHAMP missiles are air-launched cruise missiles fitted with an electromagnetic pulse cannon that generates a concentrated beam of high-power microwave energy. This energy can fry the computer chips and electronic systems of targeted facilities, rendering them inoperable."

Carried in the bomb bay of a F-35 Lightning presumably! Emits an electro-magnetic pulse that devastates all solid-state electronic components.

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Third-party.

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Will go over with the British public like the proverbial lead balloon I can surmise.

"Lead balloon: The 'lead balloon' idiom is a common English expression that means something has failed or been met with strong disapproval or rejection. It is often used to describe a situation where an idea, proposal, or plan has been met with widespread criticism or disdain."

UK military Gaza during a time of heated conflict?

"UK forces may be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid"

From BBC News ^ | April 27, 2024 | James Landale | the tip from Freeper.

"British troops could be deployed on the ground in Gaza to help deliver aid via a new sea route, the BBC has learned. The US has said no American forces would go ashore and an unnamed 'third party' would drive trucks along a floating causeway onto the beach. The UK is understood to be considering tasking British troops with this when the aid corridor opens next month"

NO USA boots on the ground but ENGLISH boots OK?

Again, I don't this idea going to be acceptable to the English public. Rather to the contrary!

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MODEP.

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MODEP = Mobile Defense/Depot Platform.

AD = Air Defense.

To war with artificial island!

"US to convert oil rigs into floating missile defense sites"

"MODEP concept aims to fill missile defense gaps vis-a-vis China but it’s not clear makeshift scheme makes military or economic sense"

"makeshift: noun - That with which one makes shift; an expedient adopted to serve a present need or turn; a temporary substitute. Of the nature of a temporary expedient."

From https://asiatimes.com | By GABRIEL HONRADA | APRIL 16, 2024.

"The US Navy has unveiled plans to convert surplus oil rigs into mobile missile defense and resupply facilities, a seemingly risky and costly scheme to address rising US vulnerability to rival missile threats in the Pacific."

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"MODEP is configured as a large floating island base to be deployed at an ideal distance from shore and operate independently for over 12 months."

Provide mobile air defense for the U.S. Navy in a time of war China. Can move to be beyond [?] range of Chinese ballistic missiles. I might think too will have an offensive capability or at least an option for same.

I notice as touted can also function as a "resupply" facility. Current American missile firing warships MUST return to home port for reload. MODEP offers a quick-and-dirty solution to this problem?

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Chibok III.

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"Ms. Dauda kept track of the friends from Chibok who died. Sixteen in air raids and bomb attacks. Two in childbirth. One as a suicide bomber, coerced by Boko Haram. One of sickness, and one of snakebite. She noticed that it was mostly women and children dying in the air raids and wondered when it would be her turn"

Once more, as I thought was going to eventually occur has now has come to pass! Ten years later!

"She Was Kidnapped a Decade Ago With 275 Girls. Finally, She Escaped.{Christian Nigerian Chibok girl captured by jihadis, converted to Islam}"

From New York Times ^ | April 14th, 2024 | By Ismail Alfa and Ruth Maclean | the tip from Freeper.

"Saratu Dauda had been kidnapped. It was 2014"

"Kidnapped from their dormitory exactly 10 years ago, the 276 captives known as the Chibok Girls were catapulted to fame by Michelle Obama, by churches that took up the mostly Christian students’ cause and by campaigners using the slogan 'Bring Back Our Girls.'”

"Their lives have taken wildly different turns since the abduction. Some escaped almost immediately; 103 were released a few years later after negotiations. A dozen or so now live abroad, including in the United States. As many as 82 are still missing.."

[. . . .]

"Before she was abducted, she was a happy teenager in a large, close-knit Christian family.....they were given a choice: Get married or become a slave who could be summoned for housework or sex."

"Ms. Dauda chose marriage, converted to Islam and changed her first name to Aisha. She was presented with a man in his late 20s. Hours after they met, they were married."

See previous blog entries the Chibok kidnappings:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/09/chibok-i.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2016/09/chibok-ii.html

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PTSD IDF.

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Israeli troops participants the Gazan Conflict now mental cases of varying degrees?

Help is on the way!

"Number of soldiers needing psychological care to rise to 10,000, report shows"

"Defense Ministry prepares to admit some 20,000 new wounded soldiers by end of 2024, as 8,000 of them are expected to grapple with various psychological responses such as anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other symptoms"

From https://www.ynetnews.com | Adir Yanko, Nina Fox|04.19.24 | 

"A recent report published by the Defense Ministry revealed that some 2,100 IDF soldiers who were injured during the war are dealing with psychological reactions."

See previous blog entry the treatment of Israeli military personnel for mental problems in the aftermath of the 1973 war!

WARNING: Embedded video containing graphic scenes of psychiatric treatment of an almost brutal nature which can be extremely distressing to some.

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JLOTS II.

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Seems my fears have been justified and regrettably so. 

JLOTS the floating pier Gaza while UNDER CONSTRUCTION not immune from attack by bad actors.

1. "IDF says terrorists fired mortar shells at under-construction US-led Gaza aid pier as UN officials toured site"

From Times of Israel ^ | April 25, 2024 | EMANUEL FABIAN | tip from Freeper.

"Members of a terror group in the Gaza Strip launched mortars at an under-construction pier for a US-led project to bring aid into the Palestinian enclave yesterday, the military says. The mortar attack occurred as United Nations officials were touring the site with Israeli troops on the coast of central Gaza"

2. "Terrorists Fire Mortars at UN Officials Touring Gaza Pier Site"

From Breitbart ^ | 04/25/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK | the tip from Freeper.

"Palestinian terrorists fired mortars Wednesday at United Nations officials as they toured the proposed site for a pier that is to be constructed in the Gaza Strip to assist with the delivery of humanitarian aid."

See previous blog entries JLOTS and my security concerns. Not too difficult to attack and cause American casualties. Hardly can Israel guarantee 100 % security:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/03/bridge.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/03/jlots.html

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