End Times Headline News. February 26 2024

Oil Tanker Shortage Emerges. IDF presents Rafah military operation and evacuation plan. Netanyahu makes new demands. Medvedev threatens West. Vaccines In lettuce & Tomatoes. Globalists want your pets.

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US says Yemen's Houthis launched ballistic missile at tanker

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said early on Monday that Yemen's Houthis have launched one anti-ship ballistic missile likely targeting the M/V Torm Thor, a US-flagged, owned, and operated chemical/oil product tanker in the Gulf of Aden on February 24.

Houthi official offers to trade stolen British ship for aid to Gaza

Senior Houthi leader Mohammad Ali al-Houthi offered to return a British-owned cargo ship abandoned due to damage in exchange for more aid being sent to Gaza, in an X post on Sunday. 

The ship was abandoned last week after being struck by a Houthi missile, NBC News reported. “The sunken British ship could be towed in exchange for bringing relief trucks into Gaza. This is an offer that can be studied,” al-Houthi wrote.

Oil Tanker Shortage Emerges After Red Sea Crisis Disrupts Global Trade

The Red Sea shipping crisis has been an explosive mess for the international shipping community and the global economy.

With oil tankers increasingly steering clear of the southern Red Sea and the Bab el Mandeb Strait, shipping capacity has rapidly tightened, pressuring daily rates higher. Bloomberg reports only two new supertankers will join the global fleet in 2024, the fewest additions in forty years and about 90% below the yearly average over the last two decades. 

IDF presents Rafah military operation and evacuation plan to war cabinet

In addition, the cabinet approved a plan late Sunday night to provide “humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip in a manner that will prevent the looting that has occurred in the northern Strip.

The IDF presented to the War Cabinet its plan to both evacuate Palestinian civilians from Rafah and to militarily destroy some of the last Hamas battalions in the area of Gaza near the Egyptian border. In addition, the cabinet approved a plan late Sunday night to provide “humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip in a manner that will prevent the looting that has occurred in the northern Strip and other areas,” according to the Prime Minister’s Office.

Netanyahu: Total victory in Gaza will be ‘weeks away’ once Rafah operation launched

PM tells US TV that incursion could be delayed but not canceled if hostage agreement secured; US confirms an ‘understanding’ was reached in Paris on ‘basic countours’ of deal

An Israeli military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah could be “delayed somewhat” if a deal for a weekslong truce between Israel and Hamas is reached, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, but claimed that total victory in Gaza is “weeks away” once the incursion begins. Speaking to Margaret Brennan on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” Netanyahu confirmed that a deal is in the works but did not provide details.

Netanyahu said to make new demands for hostage deal, officials worry he wants to torpedo it

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is demanding that any high-level Palestinian security prisoners released in a potential deal with Hamas be deported to Qatar as a condition of their release, Channel 12 reports.

According to the report, Netanyahu raised the demand during discussions by the war cabinet last night when Israel’s delegation to the Paris summit on a hostage-truce deal briefed ministers on their progress. In addition, Ynet reports that Netanyahu also said in last night’s telephone consultations that he was not prepared to advance on the parameters of a deal until Israel receives a list specifying which of the 130 hostages held in Gaza since October are still alive.

Gallant: Israel will increase strikes on Hezbollah even during potential Gaza truce

IDF hits multiple targets in Lebanon as well as a Hezbollah cell, amid continuing attacks on the north by the terrorist organization

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Israel would increase its strikes on Hezbollah in response to its daily attacks on northern Israel, including amid a potential temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. “We are planning to increase the firepower against Hezbollah, which is unable to find replacements for the commanders we are eliminating,” Gallant said Sunday during a visit to the IDF Northern Command headquarters in Safed.

Hamas 'could not have anticipated' Israel's response to October 7, official says

Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk claimed nobody could have anticipated the West's response to October 7

Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk claimed that Hamas did not anticipate Israel’s response to its October 7 massacre, according to a translation of an interview given to Egypt’s Alghad TV on Thursday by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI). “When the [al-Qassam] brigades did what they did on October 7," the interviewer asked, "did they have any expectations regarding the consequences of the attack?” Marzouk responded that nobody had anticipated Israel’s response. 

Former Prime Minister Urges Israelis To 'Besiege The Knesset' To Oust Netanyahu

This weekend has seen large tumultuous anti-Netanyahu protests in Tel Aviv led by the families of hostages and victims of Oct. 7. The families have long demanded that the government get more serious about another hostage/prisoner exchange. They've accused the prime minister of intentionally thwarting a deal for the sake of prolonging the war and in turn prolonging his hold on power.

The scene grew violent Saturday as riot police on horseback charge demonstrators in a central Tel Aviv square. Police also used water canons against the protesters.

Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh resigns from position

Shtayyeh, a member of ruling party Fatah's Central Committee, has been Palestinian prime minister since 2019.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has submitted his resignation to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Israeli media quoted Shatyyeh as saying, "the next step is the need for a new arrangement that will ensure [Palestinian] unity.  "We will remain in conflict with Israel until the establishment of a Palestinian State," he added. 

New report details atrocities of persecution in Nigeria with 8,000 Christians killed last year alone

The massacre of Christians in Nigeria is now dubbed ‘Silent Genocide’ or ‘Jihadist Genocide of Christians.’

(LifeSiteNews) — A new report detailing the atrocities of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria reveals that more than 8,000 Christians were killed in 2023 by Islamic militants in a bloodbath that international watchdogs are calling an ongoing genocide. The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (InterSociety) recently published an in-depth report on the Islamic persecution of Christians that states that Nigeria is the “second deadliest genocide country (150,000 deaths since 2009) after Syria’s 306,000 deaths since 2011,” and “is second in the world list of ‘Fourteen Genocides’ (ongoing) and ‘Seven Warning Genocides.’”

CIA Built "12 Secret Spy Bases" In Ukraine & Waged Shadow War For Last Decade, Bombshell NYT Report Confirms

On Sunday The New York Times published an explosive and very belated full admission that US intelligence has not only been instrumental in Ukraine wartime decision-making, but has established and financed high tech command-and-control spy centers, and was doing so long prior to the Feb. 24 Russian invasion of two years ago.

Among the biggest revelations is that the program was established a decade ago and spans three different American presidents. The Times says the CIA program to modernize Ukraine's intelligence services has "transformed" the former Soviet state and its capabilities into "Washington’s most important intelligence partners against the Kremlin today."

Ukraine military confirms its retreat from eastern village of Lastochkyne

The Ukrainian military confirmed on Monday its retreat from the village of Lastochkyne in eastern Ukraine, saying the move would help it to better halt the westward advance of Russian forces.

"Ukrainian Armed Forces units withdrew from the village of Lastochkyne in order to organize defenses... and prevent the enemy from advancing further in a western direction," military spokesman Dmytro Lykhoviy said on television

Most Ukraine aid ‘goes right back’ to US – Nuland

The money that Washington allocates for Kiev supports jobs in America, the high-ranking State Department official has said

Washington spends most of the money allocated as aid for Ukraine on weapons production at home, Acting US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said in an interview with CNN this week. Commenting on the pending aid package which Congress failed to approve before going on winter recess, Nuland said she has “strong confidence” that it will pass, as it addresses America’s own interests.

Mercenaries or Volunteers? American Citizens Are Fighting for Both Russia and Ukraine

During these two years of war in Ukraine, people from all over the world felt compelled – either by ideology, compassion, or expectations of monetary gains – to head for the theatre of hostilities to engage in combat for one of the warring sides.

What’s in a name? If they choose the side we support, we call them ‘volunteers’; if they fight for the enemy, we call them ‘mercenaries’. One way or another, US citizens are NOT exceptions to the rule and have been recorded to be taking part on both sides of this conflict from the very start.

Former Russian leader threatens West with ‘revenge’

Moscow must target the economy of its “enemies” in response to the sanctions, Dmitry Medvedev said

Moscow should retaliate as hard as it can against the West for its indiscriminate sanctions that hurt regular people, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Saturday. The sweeping restrictions imposed on Russia go beyond targeting just “the authorities and businesses,” he wrote on Telegram. “They are directed at the whole Russian population.”

Russia Ready to Test Payments in Digital Currencies With China, EAEU - Finance Minister

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia will promote the topic of improving the BRICS settlement and payment system and is ready to test payments in digital currencies with China, the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and the Gulf countries, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told Sputnik.

"The agenda that we will promote within the framework of our chairmanship is the improvement of the financial, settlement and payment system, which, in the current conditions of fragmentation, would be convenient and safe for trade participants within the BRICS.

Trump Easily Defeats Haley In Her Home State Of South Carolina

Former President Donald Trump completely smoked Republican challenger Nikki Haley in her own state of South Carolina.

The Associated Press called the primary for Trump shortly after polls closed at 7 p.m. ET, making Haley the first major-party candidate to loser her home state in the modern primary era, the Epoch Times reports. With an estimated 80% of the votes counted, Trump led Haley 60% to 39.4%.

From CIA To 'Trust & Safety': The Silicon Valley-US Intel Revolving Door Is Bigger Than You Thought

The US government's involvement in all forms of media is well known, and goes back to the 1940s.

And from the 'Twitter Files' - Elon Musk's release of thousands of internal documents which exposed the Censorship Industrial Complex, and the ongoing dot-connecting being done by independent journalists, we know that both the CIA and FBI have been meddling in content moderation.

Enemy Within: U.S. Charges Two Foreign Nationals for Trafficking Iranian Oil to Fund Islamic Terrorism

Curiously, despite the high-profile nature of this case and the serious charges levied against Shaoyun Wang and Mahmood Rashid Amur Al Habsi, it appears no U.S. agency or news outlet has released any photographs of the alleged terrorists.

In a striking demonstration of the ongoing challenges facing the United States in keeping terrorists at bay, a joint operation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C., and the FBI Minneapolis has led to the indictment of two foreign nationals for their roles in a sophisticated scheme to fund Islamic terrorism through the violation of U.S. sanctions and the trafficking of Iranian oil.

Media Blackout Over Illegal Immigrant Who Murdered GA Student

With 7.3 million illegal immigrants entering into the country since Joe Biden was inaugurated as president, the national security threat of an unsecured border has become perhaps the biggest issue heading into the 2024 Presidential Election.

The border crisis has even overshadowed a stagnant economy and foreign policy that has seen entangle itself in several theaters of war abroad. While the Biden administration brushes off this premise as a racist alt-right fever dream, the reality of that threat has come to affect everyday life for the average american. In its most recent whitewashing of the immigration crisis, the media establishment has all but entirely blacked out the murder Laken Riley, a 22-year old nursing student in Georgia.

Texas Celebrates Taking Island Back From Cartel After Military Operation

Texas officials are celebrating the seizure of an island near the United States-Mexico border described as a "safe haven" for cartel drugs and weapons.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday that work has begun on an 80-acre military facility to provide some 1,800 soldiers to better defend the southern border from illegal migrants, extending along the Rio Grande and six miles south to Shelby Park. The plan was mocked on Tuesday by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who called it "politicking" and not a "serious" response to record levels of illegal immigration.

UN and WHO: Stooges of the global rapists of humanity...

Neither a Communist nor a Capitalist strategy—it is the shared strategy of all tyrants and global predators.

UN and WHO: Stooges of the global rapists of humanity...

Doctor warns WHO pandemic treaty includes ‘gain of function’ data sharing

The WHO’s pandemic treaty ‘incentivizes each nation to participate in GoF research’ and could help hide the source of a future biolab leak, A Midwestern Doctor warned.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The infamous WHO Pandemic Treaty being pushed by left-wing globalists includes provisions for “gain of function” data sharing between nations, a move that would make it impossible to trace the source of future biolab leaks, should any occur, warns a medical doctor writing under the pen name “A Midwestern Doctor.”  

Tucker Carlson Poses an Unexpected COVID Vaccine Question

Carlson’s query emerges as alarming figures on COVID vaccine deaths come to light.

“No lives were saved” by the COVID-19 injections, researcher and scientist Denis Rancourt told The Epoch Times in an email. Rancourt and his fellow scientists conducted an in-depth, post-vaccine analysis, looking at over a dozen countries. What they found is that that all-cause mortality increased every time the COVID-19 shots were deployed.

Putting Vaccines In Lettuce & Tomatoes, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Banks will 'tokenize' customer deposits to pave way for CBDCs

Digital tokenization explained in simple, plain English

Banks will 'tokenize' customer deposits to pave way for CBDCs

Face Biometrics Growing Role in Trust Raises Stakes for Fakes

Face biometrics are powering identity checks for employment, air travel, and enterprise access control in some of the most-read stories of the past week on Biometric Update. The latter is through a partnership between Idemia and Microsoft. The threat that generative AI poses, for fraud in general and spoof attacks on face biometric systems in particular, is also reflected in the week’s top headlines. A guest post from Regula highlights how businesses can respond to deepfake crime. And a new tool from OpenAI could be put to nefarious uses, though whether it will and how effectively remain to be seen.

Is This How Skynet Begins? Bezos, Nvidia Join OpenAI In Funding Humanoid Robotics Firm

A startup focused on developing general-purpose humanoids has attracted investments from Jeff Bezos, Nvidia Corp., and other major tech companies in its most recent funding round amid the rapidly expanding artificial intelligence bubble.

People familiar with the investing round told Bloomberg that Figure AI – backed by OpenAI and Microsoft Corp – is raising $675 million, with a pre-money valuation of approximately $2 billion. They said Bezos firm, Explore Investments LLC, has committed $100 million. Microsoft has committed $95 million, while Nvidia and Amazon plan $50 million each.

AI robots copy bishops’ voices to con nuns out of thousands of dollars

Nuns have been conned out of thousands of pounds after being targeted by artificial intelligence posing as fake Bishops. The “brides of Christ” have been put on alert after a string of attempts by callous conmen to defraud the convents of cash.

They have been using artificial intelligence to alter their voices and faces to impersonate religious leaders and beg for money for operations in Spain. The Guardia Civil police force said that up to 15 convents in the southern province of Jaen have been targeted in the last few weeks.

(WATCH) Multiple cattle barns burn to the ground in Rock Island, Illinois

Multiple fire crews battled a large fire at a Quad Cities livestock facility. According to NBC affiliate KQWC, crews responded to the Rock Island Livestock Auction just after 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

They found the fire had spread throughout the buildings and barns, encompassing about 200 yards of land — the size of two football fields.

Now Klaus Schwab's CRONIES want to take your dogs and cats

Globalists want you to give up your pets for the planet. They are starting to signal that pets are responsible for climate change and you will need to pay dearly to have them. Come for my dog and I'll bite you myself!