“Oct 7 2023”

British civil servants must stop helping Israel with “potential war crimes” in Gaza, union bosses have demanded.

The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union, which represents almost 200,000 civil servants across Whitehall, has advised members to “stop all work within the civil service and its related areas which in any way potentially enables acts of genocide”.

It has pledged to support civil servants who refuse to work on Israel and demanded that mandarins be given legal immunity for aiding potential “war crimes”.

England, civil war or surrender?

TEL AVIV — Israel launched a devastating strike against Iran’s nuclear program early Friday morning, with missiles and drones devastating military targets throughout the country. Although Iran has vowed revenge — and indeed launched missiles on Friday — and already retaliated with more than 100 drones, the mood in Tel Aviv remains remarkably ataraxic.

As munitions soared towards Tehran in the middle of the night, a blaring emergency alert was sent to every phone in Israel, warning residents to obey further government instructions “in preparation for a significant threat.” Rumours had been swirling in the preceding days that an attack on Iran was imminent, so many recipients immediately understood what was happening, even without confirmation from the government announcements that came shortly afterwards.

IDF Spokesperson: Footage shows an Israel Air Force attack helicopter downing an Iranian UAV launched earlier today. #IsraelUnderFire pic.twitter.com/SjoUTtbAwi

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) June 13, 2025

The UK was not officially informed about Israel’s attack on Iran before it happened and provided no support to the mission, it is understood, highlighting the deteriorating relationship between the two countries.

Diplomats said it appeared Israel no longer considered the UK to be a “reliable partner” after Sir Keir Starmer placed sanctions on two far-right Israeli ministers this week.

Military planners inside the Ministry of Defence were braced for the strikes on Thursday night. However, the UK appeared to have been cut out of the loop on the operation, despite being involved in previous strikes.

If Britain is out Canada is on ice for good.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an address earlier to the People of Iran, calling for them to rise up against the Islamic Regime, amidst the still ongoing strike operation by Israel against nuclear and military sites in Iran. pic.twitter.com/U1vALAMgsx

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 13, 2025

Breaking: Iran's IRGC Quds Force commander Gen. Esmail Qaani is confirmed safe in Israel

It can now be revealed that he was an Israeli asset, providing intelligence that led to elimination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, and Hezbollah leaders Nasrallah and Safieddine. pic.twitter.com/OreGNi8Rnc

— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) June 13, 2025

On this Friday the 13th coming after major preemptive military strikes by Israel in Iran, GTA police services are taking no chances.

Toronto, Peel and York police stepped up with messages to the public and have deployed strategies to respond just in case they are needed. Everybody is hoping they will not be. But with the possibility of World War III on the horizon, they have done their due diligence to make sure their citizens are safe.

More than 40 Canadians planning to participate in the global march to Gaza, alongside thousands of other foreign activists, have been detained in Egypt and had their passports confiscated by authorities, organizers told CBC News.

A group of 83 Canadians arrived in Cairo on Wednesday and Thursday, ahead of the scheduled march to Egypt’s border with Gaza, an attempt to draw attention to the deepening humanitarian crises facing Palestinians under Israel’s blockade of the war-torn territory more than 20 months after attacks began.

SOS – the #MarchtoGaza is at Ismailiya checkpoint in Egypt and security started attacking shortly after this #FreePalestine chant. (Source is a DiEM25 comrade on the ground.) pic.twitter.com/JDHj8z2RNp

— Judith Meyer (@GermanPolyglot) June 13, 2025

@yipengge update on the March to Gaza:

“I am safely back in Cairo now and staying with a friend. But they are mass deporting people from Ismailia and checkpoint one.

My friends have been abducted and put on buses to the airport for deportation, and passport still being held” https://t.co/gqwmWWtikQ pic.twitter.com/LQCAOgqg8A

— Rachel Gilmore (@atRachelGilmore) June 13, 2025

Meanwhile in Egypt, local Egyptians are fighting with pro-Hamas useful idiots from the West who were trying to march to Gaza and ‘break the siege’.pic.twitter.com/vZVyArcdFK

— Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realMaalouf) June 13, 2025

h/t Miss Trixie and Patti Jo

Israel has launched a series of stunning strikes against Iran, aiming to cripple Tehran’s nuclear programme and its military leadership.

The IDF said about 200 jets were involved in striking around 100 targets on Friday morning, which appeared to include senior members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and top nuclear scientists.

Those killed included Hossein Salami, commander-in-chief of the powerful IRGC, and Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, according to reports.

The list of Iranian officials who were assassinated, most of them were attacked in their homes, in bed:

– General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.
– Hossein Salami, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
– General Ghulam…

— Real Mac Report (@RealMacReport) June 13, 2025

Mossad established explosive drone base — in the heart of Iran

h/t Mauser

France claimed this month that Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas had condemned the invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023 by Hamas, the Iran-backed terrorist group. During the attack, Hamas terrorists and other Palestinians murdered 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals, wounded thousands. They kidnapped another 251 people to the Gaza Strip, where 52 – dead and alive – remain in captivity.

Paris said in a statement that the purported condemnation was included in a letter Abbas sent to France on the eve of a United Nations conference in New York, scheduled for this month, to push for recognizing the establishment of a Palestinian state. The conference is to be co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.