Israel unmasks IRGC Unit 4000 global terror network

 Full article at https://tinyurl.com/yhtzmurv

Joint intelligence operation reveals IRGC network. The Mossad, IDF, and Shin Bet jointly announced the exposure of IRGC’s Unit 4000, which they say was tasked with assassinating senior Israeli officials and striking strategic infrastructure worldwide. The revelation followed months of intelligence work and arrests in Azerbaijan, where operatives allegedly acted under direct Iranian orders. The network’s discovery is linked to the broader US-Israeli campaign against Iran launched on February 28. 

Foiled plots in Azerbaijan highlight strategic stakes Azerbaijan’s state security service reported thwarting attacks on the Israeli embassy in Baku, a synagogue, Jewish community leaders, and the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, which supplies a third of Israel’s oil imports. Arrested cell members were reportedly in possession of explosive drones and fragmentation charges, and had conducted surveillance of targets.

Key IRGC operatives killed in Operation Roaring Lion

Rahman Moqadam, head of Unit 4000, and his superior Majid Khademi were among several senior IRGC figures killed in Israeli strikes. Moqadam allegedly oversaw recruitment, training, and intelligence gathering on Israeli, Western, and maritime targets.

Potential long-term geopolitical consequences

The dismantling of Unit 4000 could temporarily weaken Iran’s overseas strike capabilities, but may also escalate covert hostilities between Tehran and its adversaries. One scenario sees strengthened regional security cooperation, especially between Israel, Azerbaijan, and Turkey, to protect shared infrastructure.

Jewish Pride

Cross posted from Gloria Ariels blog "Grandma's Army https://agariel33.blogspot.com/2026/05/jewish-pride.html

The late Prime Minister Menachem Begin famously said: "I am not a Jew with trembling knees. I am a proud Jew with 3,700 years of civilized history. Nobody came to our aid when we were dying in the gas chambers and ovens. Nobody came to our aid when we were striving to create our country. We paid for it. We fought for it. We will stand by our principles. We will defend them. And, when necessary, we will die for them again, with or without your aid".

For decades, we have confronted the scourge of Islamic fundamentalism. We have outlived expulsions, progroms, massacres, and even the Holocaust. Our history may be tragic, but we have reason to be optimistic. We are living in times in which we need to be reminded of how much strength the Jewish people have: Our survival as a people, the gathering in of exiles and the rebuilding of a Jewish state.  

To quote Mark Twain: "Properly, the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of.  He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world’s list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine and abstruse learning are also very out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers.  He has made a marvelous fight in this world in all ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him."

There is no moral ground in calling for the annihilation of a nation. Israel must respond, not just with military strength but with narrative strength. The story of Israel is powerful – one of trauma, triumph, rebirth, and hope. The world needs to hear it from Israelis themselves, not distorted through foreign correspondents or activist NGOs with political agendas. Rather than disproving accusations point by point, Israel must face anti-Israel propaganda by telling the truth about Israel as it is – flawed, complex, democratic, diverse, authentic, and deeply human.

Israel must stop letting its enemies define the terms of the debate. Occupation"? It is the same land offered to the "Palestinians" in countless peace deals, all of which  they rejected – not because of borders – but because of Israel's existence. "Genocide"? The IDF is the only army in history which warns civilians before striking terror targets embedded in homes, hospitals, etc. "Colonization"? There has never been a Palestinian state to colonize. Jews are not foreigners in Jerusalem, Hebron, or Tiberias. They are natives returning home. Israel's greatest revenge against its enemies is to keep flourishing.

From October 7th, Israel stands as an example of how a nation confronts a real existential threat, demonstrates immense inner strength, and succeeds in repelling the danger that threatens its existence. We are proud to belong to a nation whose people are ready to fight, to sacrifice their sons and daughters, to stand firm in the longest war in Israel's history. Israel cannot expend its energy on appeasement and begging the world to understand. It must stop apologizing for its existence.

Israel doesn't have to be liked, or even to care. The Jewish people, whether in the Diaspora or in Israel must not be silenced by their opponents.  Zionism was founded by the new and courageous Jew. The Jews of today cannot betray that courage. They must walk with heads held high, strong, and proud.

The Jewish people have outlasted every enemy, defied every expectation, and proved over and over again that hatred is not stronger than history.  Israel does not need to win hearts to be victorious. It only needs to stand tall, clear and unafraid.

CNN again assist the Palestinian Narrative

 CNN's global headlines are carefully staged to shape

perception and what really happened behind the scenes

in the southern Hebron Hills. This video arms you

with a critical skill: how to question what you see and

to dig for truth beneath the surface. If you want to understand

how media narratives are built, and how to spot the cracks,

this is a video you must watch.

A Message NOT to be Ignored

 

The Cyber Mirage: How Israel Successfully Deflected Iran’s Massive Wave of Digital Strikes

Eliana Fleming APR 20, 2026

A recent study published by the firm ClearSky has revealed that the Iranian regime’s cyber capabilities have suffered a major strategic defeat. Despite a significant 15 fold increase in activity from groups such as Handala, the research concludes that the vast majority of these operations resulted in nothing more than reused propaganda. While the regime and its proxy groups have flooded the internet with grand declarations about the collapse of Israeli critical infrastructure, the actual impact on the ground has been negligible.

The investigation indicates that the Iranian cyber strategy has prioritized psychological war over tangible technical results. By claiming responsibility for events that never occurred or inflating minor technical glitches into strategic breakthroughs. Many of the purported data breaches, which Handala touted as massive thefts of sensitive information, were exposed as recycled data from years past or entirely fabricated claims. This approach has allowed the regime to maintain a facade of operational potency while lacking the actual capacity to disable the Israeli economy or degrade civilian life.

Tehran has increasingly utilized its cyber arm as a supplementary tool to generate a digital image of victory whenever the war results in military losses. However, the study identifies three critical factors behind this ongoing failure: the robust defensive posture of Israel’s security establishment, the lack of genuine technological innovation among Iranian hackers, and the persistence of outdated attack methods. Despite having ample time to modernize, Iranian operators continue to rely on basic techniques such as phishing and the utilization of known vulnerabilities.

The Israeli defensive teams and large scale organizations have successfully blocked thousands of daily penetration attempts, proving that the regime’s digital bark remains far worse than its bite.

Israel Turns 78 With 10.244 Mill. People and a Happiness Ranking Embarrassing Most of Europe

 By Shmuli Volkin, Jewish Breaking News

On the eve of its 78th Independence Day, Israel is not just surviving, it’s surging. The Central Bureau of Statistics put the country’s population at 10.244 million, up roughly 146,000 people, or 1.4 percent, over the past year.

Born out of war, tested by war, and still absorbing the shock of October 7 and the campaigns that followed, the Jewish state enters Yom Ha’atzmaut more populous, more prosperous and, by its own citizens’ accounting, happier than most of the Western world.

The demographic snapshot tells a story no adversary wants to hear. Jews and those classified as “others” make up 7.79 million residents, about 76 percent of the population. Arab citizens number 2.157 million, and roughly 296,000 are foreign nationals.

Some 177,000 babies were born in the past year, a figure that dwarfs the birth rates of virtually every comparable developed economy, alongside around 21,000 new olim and 48,000 deaths.

Four in five citizens are Israeli-born sabras. More than a quarter of the country is 14 or younger; only 13 percent are over 65. In an aging West, Israel is conspicuously young.

Today close to 45 percent of the world’s Jews live inside its borders, a reversal of nearly two millennia of exile that no planner in Ben-Gurion’s era would have dared predict.

Life expectancy has climbed by nearly two decades since independence, now sitting at 81.1 years for men and 85.5 for women. Average wages have jumped from roughly 2,300 shekels a month in the 1990s to just under 14,000 today. Car ownership, that crude but telling marker of middle-class arrival, has climbed from 3 percent of households in 1959 to about 72 percent now.

Despite the hostage crisis, the rocket fire, the war with Iran, and the drumbeat of international hostility, Israelis overwhelmingly say they’re doing fine. Ninety-one percent report being satisfied or very satisfied with their lives. The United Nations’ World Happiness Report ranks Israel eighth for 2026, well above the USA at 23 and the UK at 29

Selective Outrage: When Hezbollah Attacks

 by Majid Rafizadeh  •  April 18, 2026

For full article go to https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22447/selective-outrage-hezbollah

• The latest escalation in hostilities did not begin with Israel. It began with Hezbollah.
• Israel found itself faced with ongoing rocket fire from Lebanon and the presence of a heavily armed group on its border – in contravention of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which had unanimously required of Lebanon: "three principles -- no foreign forces, no weapons for nongovernmental militias, and no independent authority separate from the central government -- as vital to a lasting Lebanese peace."
• Hezbollah's operational tactics, like those of Hamas and other terrorist groups, is to embed its military infrastructure within civilian areas — hiding weapons, command centers and operational assets in densely populated neighborhoods.... With Hezbollah's military targets located in homes, hospitals and schools within civilian population centers, any efforts to neutralize them carry the tragic possibility of unavoidably harming civilians. It is a strategy deliberately designed to constrain Israel's responses and generate international backlash against it.
• Responsibility for these war crimes lies squarely with Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza, which deliberately orchestrated them. Any resulting casualties cannot be judged outside this context.
• In 2024, Hezbollah violated its ceasefire with Israel and also attacked in 2025 at Iran's behest. Israel's response comports with what any sovereign state would do when confronted with attacks on its territory and civilian population.
• If there is to be any meaningful discussion about stability in the Middle East, it needs to begin with an honest acknowledgment of these realities. Otherwise, international reactions will continue to mischaracterize the problem by criticizing responses while overlooking their causes -- and contributing to the conflict rather than to its resolution.