Sensitive Defence Airport in Jamnagar Gets International Tag for Anant Ambani's Wedding Bash
The international tag to the Indian Air Force airport, which is located close to the Pakistan border, was given for February 25 to March 5, so that guests invited to the wedding can land close to the venue.
Keen to display a strongman image by making swift and decisive moves, a political leader with an eye on electoral benefits can ratchet up tensions and fuel escalation dynamics, writes Sushant Singh.
In a focused operation at Shifa Hospital, the forces of the Sheldag Special Unit, the 7th Brigade Combat Team and other special units are also operating at this time.
Today, the forces uncovered an operational shaft of the terrorist organization Hamas in the area of the hospital.
Also, a captured vehicle was found that had already been prepared for the 7/10 and contained many weapons.
#Israeli PM #BenjaminNetanyahu & #BennyGantz, leader of the opposition #NationalUnity party, reached an agreement Wed to form a unity govt. The 2 ldrs said the new govt would pursue only bills or decisions concerning the #conflict, which has prompted Israel to mass troops near the Gaza Strip & call up #reservists ahead of an offensive against #Hamas militants.
#Gantz was born in southern #Israel to #Holocaust survivors, & entered the armed forces in 1977 at 18, steadily climbing the ranks in a military career that spanned 38 years & has been peppered w/milestones. In 1989, as commander of an elite unit of the #IAF, he oversaw an operation that airlifted 14,500 Ethiopian Jews vulnerable to persecution to Israel. A decade later, he served as commander of Israeli forces occupying southern #Lebanon, & then oversaw the country’s withdrawal from the region.
Soldiers on leave now govt’s marketing agents, by order of Army HQ!
Last week, media reports said that the Indian Army had passed an order to all its soldiers going on leave – soldiers are authorised 60 days of annual leave – to spend time doing “social service” to enhance “nation-building efforts”. What are they supposed to do? The Army HQ’s list of suggestions: Talk to the local community about Modi government schemes. Sushant Singh writes.
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