Abu Ali Express in English

2022-06-03 14:24:22 Basrah, Iraq - An aerial drug smuggling attempt

Iraqi authorities managed to down a flying ATV and thwart the smuggling of more than a million pills from a "neighboring country".

The southern Iraqi city of Basrah is located near Iraq's borders with Iran and Kuwait. Open / Comment

2022-06-03 00:33:12 Nabi Saleh, earlier today

Always wear your helmet! Open / Comment

2022-06-03 00:03:46 Karaj, Iran - The death of yet another senior Iranian officer

Media outlets affiliated with the Iranian opposition report that Colonel Ali Ismail Zadeh,
A commander in unit 840 in the IRGC's Quds Force, was found dead near his home in the city of Karaj (40km west of Tehran).

These sources also reported that Zada ​​was close to Hassan Zayyad Khadai, the senior officer that was assassinated about a week and a half ago in Tehran in an operation attributed by the Iranians to Israel.

According to sources affiliated with the Shiite axis, Ismail Zada ​​was found dead on Monday May 30, just 8 days after the death of his friend Khadai.

Iranian opposition reports that Ismail Zadeh ​​was apparently assassinated by the Revolutionary Guards for spying and leaking information that led to the assassination of his friend Khadai.
According to this report, the officer's death was meant to look like the officer decided to take his own life, jumping from the roof of his house. Open / Comment

2022-06-02 19:53:03 Another interesting argument in this context was made by an exiled Gazan journalist, in response to last week's decision to reduce the number of hours of electricity supply in the Gaza Strip. According to the Gazan Electric Company, even with the donated Qatari fuel, there isn't enough to operate the third turbine in Gaza's power plant.

The journalist asked: Hamas sells the electricity, and Qatar's donated fuel is... a donation... So why can't Hamas use that extra money to buy more fuel for the third turbine?

Gazans are asking themselves where is the money that Hamas makes selling electricity it produces from donated Qatari fuel. You probably already know the answer to that one. Open / Comment

2022-06-02 19:50:12 The rising prices in Gaza, and Hamas' pocket

The price of a 12-kilo cooking gas tank rose yesterday to 70 shekels (~$21), a 4 shekel (~$1.2) increase. This may seem insignificant to most of you, but this is the most burning issue in the Gaza Strip, especially because this basic consumer good costs only 14 NIS (~$4.20) in Egypt, from where it's being imported. Gazans are voicing their bitterness over the high taxation imposed by the Hamas government during such difficult economic times.

These claims join the internal criticism that Hamas is already facing. Hamas handed out this month's Qatari donation of $100 per eligible family in the form of 310 shekels. The current USD-NIS exchange rate stands at around 3.4 shekels to the dollar. Who's pocketing the difference? Open / Comment

2022-06-02 19:31:14 Gaza - "Count on Hamas to find a way to make money from grape seeds"

The quote in the title belongs to an Egyptian journalist, which comes in response to the new regulations and fees issued by Hamas, requiring those who bought lands in the northern Gaza Strip before 1967 (i.e. - during the Egyptian rule in the Gaza Strip) to reregister their ownership and pay a fee for that process.

What is more interesting is that Hamas announced it will give a 75% discount (!) to those who pay in cash.

Yet another way for Hamas to deal with its ever-present liquidity problems. Open / Comment

2022-06-02 19:20:17 Iran

Iranian opposition: We seized control over 5138 security cameras belonging to the Tehran municipality and official Iranian government agencies. Open / Comment

2022-06-02 13:57:39 Another picture of the Popular Front operative which was killed this morning in Dahisha, this time with the military uniform more visible. Open / Comment

2022-06-02 09:56:40 Dahisha, Bethlehem - Another "martyr"

Ayman Mheisen, a former prisoner, was killed this morning in an IDF operation in the village near Bethlehem.

This time, there's no confusion here. The military wing of the Popular Front, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, has officially announced that Mheisen was a military operative of the organization. Open / Comment

2022-06-02 09:51:41 Both Hamas and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claim Bilal Ud Kabha as their member

Last night, as I reported here, 24-year-old Bilal Ud Kabha was killed during clashes with IDF forces that came to destroy the house of Dia'a Haramsha, the terrorist from Bnei Brak.

It turns out that Bilal became a particularly popular martyr with his death. Both Hamas and the Fatah-affiliated Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Bilal to be their "martyr". Both issued official martyrdom posters for Kabha (one with a "Q", and the other with a "K").

So how do we resolve this issue?

It's possible to decide according to the facts on the ground: Bilal's body can be seen here covered with the flag of the military wing of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.

Another picture shows Bilal in a vest, with a pistol and a handheld transceiver, characteristic of PA security apparatus members. Open / Comment