🇮🇱 ❌️ 🇵🇸 IDF Division 162 under the leadership of the 401st Military Police are operating in East Rafah:

🔶️ About 100 targets were attacked from the air and 30 Palestinians were eliminated

📖 Footage shows Merkava lll and lV Main Battle Tanks, Puma Armored-Engineering Vehicles, and Namer Armored-Personnel Carriers with the 162nd “Ha-Plada” Division, which includes both the 401st “Iron Tracks” Armor Brigade as well as the 84th “Givati” Brigade, Crossing the Border Fence with Southwest Gaza on Monday Night to begin Combat Operation to the East of Rafah with the Goal of Capturing the Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt.

📎 idf.il/196950

📢 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 Israeli MK and Likud Official Tali Gottlieb has a message for the US:

🇮🇱 ❌️ 🇵🇸 “The US is threatening not to give us precise missiles . Oh yeah? Well, I got news for the US. We have imprecise missiles. I’ll use it. I’ll just collapse ten [in Gaza]. Ten buildings. That’s what I’ll do”

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💬 Republican Bill Calls For Antisemites to Be Deported

📌 Newsweek

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🇺🇲🇮🇱 Axios: Republicans draft ICC sanctions as 'precautionary measure' against arrest warrants for Israeli officials

As the article notes, pro-Israel members of Congress from both parties have previously warned repeatedly that the ICC risks U.S. repercussions if it moves ahead with the warrants.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul confirmed the bill was in the works and he and other GOP lawmakers were in contact with ICC prosecutor Karim Khan.

“We want to emphasize to him that going down this route of arrest warrants is a really bad idea and it will blow up the relationship,” McCall said. “We're not sure if arrest warrants will be imminent, but it's kind of a precaution to let them know that if they do, we have the law in place.” It will not be placed on the floor unless necessary.”

McCaul said the bill would complement a bill Sen. Tom Cotton introduced last February to sanction ICC officials involved in investigations of U.S. allies that are not ICC members, such as Israel.

Khan was sent a letter warning that the arrest warrants "will result in severe sanctions against you and your institution."

Last week, a bipartisan group of senators held a virtual meeting with ICC representatives. Khan said his office "is committed to constructive engagement with all stakeholders whenever such dialogue is consistent with its mandate... to act independently and impartially."

“However, this independence and impartiality is undermined when individuals threaten to retaliate against the court or court staff,” he said. “The Office insists that all attempts to obstruct, intimidate, or improperly influence its officials cease immediately.”

🇮🇱🇵🇸 The IDF releases footage of units of the 401st Armored Brigade advancing into eastern Rafah .

Several underground tunnels have been discovered in the area of the captured Rafah checkpoint , and preparations are currently underway to blow them up.

Israeli Air Force fighters continue to strike targets in Rafah and southern Lebanon.

🇷🇺 🇨🇳 Russian moonbase to be nuclear power plant as part of a joint lunar base with China

🔶️ Details about joint plans between Moscow and Beijing to put a lunar nuclear reactor within the next decade have been revealed by the head of Russia's space agency.

🔶️ In March, Roscosmos announced plans to work with China to build an automated nuclear reactor to power a proposed lunar base that the two countries would operate together within the next decade

🔶️ To construct the site, Roscosmos director general Yury Borisov said two months ago it was looking at using nuclear-powered rockets to transfer cargo to the moon, but had not yet figured out how to build these spacecraft safely.

🔶️ In an article published Wednesday by state news outlet RIA Novosti, Borisov said that development of the plant was underway and the countries were working on creating experimental and research facilities as part of the project.

🔶️ Borisov added that the creation of the International Scientific Lunar Station (ILRS) is planned to be deployed in two stages from 2025 to 2035 and consist of several modules.

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-china-moon-lunar-base-1898220