#hermes 450

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The UK government and arms industry are both complicit in Israel’s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza, including three British citizens, the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), has alleged. The workers were killed by a strike from a Hermes 450 drone manufactured by Israeli-owned company Elbit Systems. The drone is powered by a UK-made R902(W) Wankel engine, produced by Elbit subsidiary UAV Engines Limited in the UK.

Sandi, ‘UK is ‘complicit’ in Israel's killing of British aid workers in Gaza, says CAAT’, Middle East Monitor

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Hizbullah'tan İsrail İHA'larının Düşürülmesi Açıklaması

Hizbullah, yaptığı son açıklamada, İsrail ordusuna ait Hermes 450 tipi bir insansız hava aracının (İHA) daha düşürüldüğünü duyurdu. Açıklamada, gün içerisinde düşürülen bu İHA’ların, Gazze Şeridi’ndeki direnişi destekleme ve Filistin halkının yanında olma amacı taşıdığı, ayrıca Lübnan halkı ve topraklarının korunmasına yönelik önemli bir adım olduğu vurgulandı. Daha önceki açıklamalarda da,…

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The A-29B Super Tucano Aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) seems to be operating on a Buddy System, sharing one Electro-Optical/Forward Looking Infra-Red (EO/FLIR) “Ball” for every two Aircraft while the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) used their newest Assets like the Super Tucanos, Autonomous Truck Mounted-howitzer System (ATMOS) and Hermes Drones to make a devastating strike against the New People's Army (NPA) even under the cover of Darkness

[mercuriicultores]

~100-150, (Auctor incertus), Λόγιος Ερμής (Hermes Logios)

Fontes: Marie-Lan Nguyen & Jastrow

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इंडियन आर्मी मेड इन इंडिया Hermes 450 की तुलना यूएएस से कर सकती है

इंडियन आर्मी मेड इन इंडिया Hermes 450 की तुलना यूएएस से कर सकती है

अडानी डिफेंस द्वारा भारत में निर्मित मीडियम रेंज, टैक्टिकल यूएएस हेमीज़ 450 (Hermes 450) ने भारतीय सेना में रुचि को बढ़ा दिया है, जो इजरायल निर्मित सर्चर मार्क II मानवरहित अरियल व्हीकल्स (यूएवी) के अपने वर्तमान बेड़े को अपनी सीमाओं के साथ पाकिस्तान और चीन बहस करने की योजना बना रहे है। Hermes 450 : अडानी डिफेंस, जो निर्यात बाजार के लिए इज़राइली एलबिट सिस्टम्स के सहयोग से भारत में इनका निर्माण करती…

[athena5898]

Axis of Resistance Summary: October 15, 2024 Al-Aqsa Flood's Harvest of Good Tidings

📍EAST RAFAH Al-Qassam Brigades 🔻Detonated barrel explosive on special zionist force east of Al-Rayyan area: killed & wounded National Resistance Brigades 🔻Detonated explosive on invading tank in Al-Salam neighborhood: killed & wounded 📍”NETZARIM” AXIS, GAZA CITY Al-Aqsa Martyrs + Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades 🔻Bombarded soldiers with 107mm rockets 📍JABALIA CAMP, NORTH GAZA Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Bombarded soldiers & vehicles in Civil Administration area in the east with 60mm mortars 🔻Targeted tank infiltrating near Umm Al-Mu'minin Aisha Mosque in Al-Qasasib with RPG Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades 🔻Bombarded soldiers & vehicles near Civil Administration with mortars 📍NABLUS, WEST BANK Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Targeted forces & vehicles with heavy bullets 📍TUBAS, WEST BANK Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Targeted invading forces & vehicles with heavy bullets: direct hits 📍JENIN CAMP, WEST BANK Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades 🔻Uncovered infiltrating special force, fierce clashes with guns + IEDs 🔻Fierce clashes with guns on special forces around besieged home 🔻Detonated high-impact IEDs on soldiers & vehicles 🔻Trapped zionist force in tight ambush with machine guns: direct casualties 🔻Fierce clashes with guns + IEDs on invading forces & vehicles: direct casualties Saraya Al-Quds Brigades 🔻Fierce clashes with infiltrating special force 🔻Destroyed IEDs on invading vehicles 🔻Fierce battles with heavy bullets on special forces around besieged house 🔻Detonated IEDs on vehicles & infantry forces across combat fronts: confirmed casualties 🔻Ambushed special force, showering positions with direct, heavy bullet barrages: confirmed deaths & injuries 🔻Fierce battles with forces on the combat axis of combat, targeting infantry movements & sniper positions with heavy, direct bullet barrages Al-Asifah Forces 🔻Armed clashes with forces across fronts in city & near camp 📍SOUTH OCCUPIED INTERIOR Mujahideen Brigades: Martyrs of the Interior ‘Dahem’ Unit 🔻Targeted zionist bus with incendiary device on Dimona Rd in “Beersheba” area: direct hit 📍OCCUPIED JAFFA Hezbollah 🔻Launched rocket barrage on "Tel Aviv” suburbs 📍HAIFA DISTRICT, OCCUPIED INTERIOR Hezbollah 🔻Bombed Haifa with rocket barrage 📍NORTHERN OCCUPIED INTERIOR Islamic Resistance in Iraq 🔻Drone-attacked vital target Hezbollah 🔻Bombarded Safad with rocket barrage 🔻Targeted "Naftali" base near Safad with large rocket barrage 📍OCCUPIED LEBANESE SHEBA FARMS Hezbollah 🔻Targeted forces in Sadana & Barakat Al-Naqqar area with rocket barrage 📍OCCUPIED SYRIAN GOLAN HEIGHTS Hezbollah 🔻Targeted "Zaoura" artillery position with rocket barrage 🔻Targeted "Zaoura" position again with rocket barrage 📍BLUE LINE VICINITY, NORTH OCCUPIED PALESTINE Hezbollah 🔻Targeted forces at Al-Baghdadi site with rockets barrage 🔻Targeted forces at Al-Marj site rocket barrage 🔻Targeted “Kiryat Shmona” settlement with rocket barrage 🔻Targeted forces at Al-Marj site with rockets barrage 🔻Targeted forces near Al-Marj site with rocket barrage 🔻Bombed “Kiryat Shmona” settlement with rocket barrage 🔻Targeted forces near Ramia site with artillery 🔻Targeted artillery position in "Dishon" with rocket barrage 🔻Shot down 2nd Hermes 450 drone: seen burning 📍BLUE LINE VICINITY, SOUTH LEBANON Hezbollah 🔻Targeted forces in Khallet Warda with rocket barrage 🔻Clashed with guns + rockets on infantry force attempting to infiltrate Rab Thalathin outskirts from the east, clashes on-going 🔻Targeted forces & vehicles in Khallet Warda with rocket barrage 🔻Targeted forces & vehicles at Khallet Al-Farashaat in Rab Thalatheen with rocket barrage & artillery 🔻Targeted 3 bulldozers & tank on Ramia outskirts with guided missiles: burned, killed & wounded 🔻Targeted tank attempting to advance to Ramia outskirts with guided missile: burned, crew killed & wounded 🔻Targeted soldiers near Aita Al-Shaab with rocket barrage 📍SOUTH LEBANON Hezbollah 🔻Shot down “israeli” Hermes 450 drone

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🟤Sunday morning - ISRAEL REALTIME - Connecting to Israel in Realtime

🔹IRANIAN AIR NOTICE.. from 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM Israel time daily from TODAY through Wed Aug 14., “Gun firing will take place within the lateral limit of (air zone OID29 - most of Iran centered on Teheran) from ground level to 10,000 feet.”

🔹US Amphibious assault ship and helicopter carrier Wasp has docked in Cyprus.

🔹President Biden was asked by reporters leaving the church what his message was to Iran. He replied: Don’t.

🔹High interference in GPS systems in southern Lebanon, northern Jordan and Iraq

🔹Arab propaganda: an imminent attack by Hezbollah on the northern front, and it is estimated that the attack will include a partial invasion by Hezbollah fighters.​​

🔹Public shelters spotted being dropped in Yokneam and other northern-ish towns by major bus stops.

▪️BRITISH POST.. stops deliveries to Israel, but not to the Palestinian Authority?  “Because of the war.”  ( Or anti-semitism, you decide. )

▪️”When Iran calls for the destruction of Israel, no one cries escalation.  When Iran wages a shadow war on Israel through proxies like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis (to name only a few), no one cries escalation.  The selective cries of escalation only seem to come when Israel dares to defend itself in response to Iranian aggression.” - Ritchie Torres, US congressman, NY

▪️GAZAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA.. “"I call on the whole world - save us from Hamas - before you save us from the Jews. Hamas is trading in our blood”.  HIS BODY was found this morning.

♦️COUNTER-TERROR BATTLE - SHECHEM.. Heavy exchanges of fire have been going on for the past hour and a half between terrorists and IDF forces in El Ein northwest of Shechem.

♦️The IDF issues a new evac order for Gazans in Khan Younis in the southern Strip, following rocket fire at Israel.

♦️Gazans report an attack on Bnei Suhila in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip.

⭕A US official told Reuters members of US and coalition forces were wounded in the Iraqi Shia Militia attack in Syria on the US base on Friday.

▪️Helpful Home Front Video w/English subtitles - Home Protected Room Use - https://youtu.be/15-s9E53Kxs

▪️Helpful Home Front Video w/English subtitles - Siren when Out - https://youtu.be/FXnoXw9iVtQ

⚠️ HIGH ALERT FOR HEZBOLLAH STRIKE ⚠️

⚠️ The IDF has doubled the number of UAVs deployed in Lebanese airspace to detect launches at Israel in real time, according to Army Radio.

⚠️ Hezbollah commented on the situation, stating: "The large numbers of enemy Israeli drones, including the Heron TP, Hermes 900, and Hermes 450 types, which the occupation army summoned several days ago and continuously to cover the airspace of most of southern Lebanon, in addition to the small drones launched in the airspace of the front edge at the border, reveal the extent of the repercussions of waiting for Hezbollah’s response. Targeting the suburb."

◾There are mixed reports, but the latest indicates that Israel has received the green light and support from Jordan to use their airspace, while Iran was banned. A Jordanian official confirmed that his country will allow Israel to use its airspace to counter an Iranian attack, according to Israeli Channel 12.

[workersolidarity]

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ISRAELI MEDIA REVEALS OCCUPATION ARMY INSTITUTED THE "HANNIBAL DIRECTIVE" ON OCTOBER 7TH, KILLING HUNDREDS OF ISRAELI CITIZENS

📈 A infographic series by Palestinian news outlet the Quds News Network on the admission on Sunday, July 7th, of the Israeli media that the rumoured "Hannibal Directive", ordering the Israeli occupation army to fire on Israeli citizens who were taken hostage by Palestinian Resistance forces, and brought to the Gaza Strip, during the events of October 7th, 2023.

According to report published by Hebrew media outlet Haaretz, the Israeli occupation's Security apparatus ordered the occupation army to fire on any civilian vehicles headed towards the Gaza Strip, regardless if Israeli citizens were inside them.

This policy was instituted at the various sites where the Resistance penetrated during its incursion on October 7th, following reports, which surfaced during the chaos of that day, that Resistance fighters had kidnapped several Israeli citizens at the Erez Crossing, north of the border with the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli occupation forces responded by deploying "Zik" military drones, possibly referring to the Elbeit Systems Hermes 450 loitering munition, which targeted sites in Erez, as well as the Re'im military base near the location of the infamous Nova music festival.

The drones were also deployed to Nahal Oz, northeast of Gaza, and Kibbutz Nir Oz, east of central Gaza, all of which resulted in the deaths of an untold number of Israeli citizens, with some estimates suggested to be in the several hundreds.

The Israeli occupation army also deployed Merkava tanks to Kibbutz Be'eri, where Zionist soldiers reportedly fired shells at Israeli citizens who were being held captive in a civilian residence, killing at least 14 Israeli colonial settlers.

This was even admitted by the Israeli occupation forces, General Barak Hiram, who admitted to the Hebrew media that he prioritized the mission he was given by occupation leadership, over the lives of Israeli citizens being held captive.

Additionally, occupation aircraft also bombed several sites near the border with Gaza, due to orders they were given stating that "no vehicle should return to Gaza."

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Haaretz reported that “Israel has exported a very wide range of weapons to the country [Azerbaijan] – starting with Tavor assault rifles all the way to the most sophisticated systems such as radar, air defense, antitank missiles, ballistic missiles, ships and a wide range of drones, both for intelligence and attack purposes. Israeli companies have also supplied advanced spy tech, such as communications monitoring systems from Verint and the Pegasus spyware from the NSO Group – tools that were used against journalists, the LGBT community and human rights activists in Azerbaijan, too.” The Stockholm International Peace Institute wrote: “Israel’s defense exports to Azerbaijan began in 2005 with the sale of the Lynx multiple launch rocket systems by Israel Military Industries (IMI Systems), which has a range of 150 kilometers (92 miles). IMI, which was acquired by Elbit Systems in 2018, also supplied LAR-160 light artillery rockets with a range of 45 kilometers, which, according to a report from Human Rights Watch, were used by Azerbaijan to fire banned cluster munitions at residential areas in Nagorno-Karabakh,” even though Israel and 123 other countries have banned the use of cluster bombs. Haaretz reported: “In 2007, Azerbaijan signed a contract to buy four intelligence-gathering drones from Aeronautics Defense Systems. It was the first deal of many. In 2008 it purchased 10 Hermes 450 drones from Elbit Systems and 100 Spike antitank missiles produced by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and in 2010 it bought another 10 intelligence-gathering drones. Soltam Systems, owned by Elbit, sold it ATMOS self-propelled guns and 120-millimeter Cardom mortars, and in 2017 Azerbaijan’s arsenal was supplemented with the more advanced Hanit mortars. According to the telegram leaked in Wikileaks, a sale of advanced communications equipment from Tadiran was also signed in 2008.”

8 Mar 23

[taviamoth]

🚨 The IOF carried out an airstrike near Al-Aishiya, the same area where Hezbollah shot down an Elbit Systems Hermes 450 drone yesterday, likely to destroy its remains.

[good-old-gossip]

Arms experts and campaigners are questioning whether the drone used by the Israeli military to kill seven aid workers, including three former members of Britain's armed forces, was powered by a UK-made engine. The World Central Kitchen aid workers had just delivered more that 100 tonnes of food aid to a warehouse in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah on Monday when their convoy was reportedly hit multiple times by missiles in an attack involving a Hermes 450 drone. The attack, which the organisation's founder has said was deliberate and which the Israeli military has called "a grave mistake", has drawn global condemnation and escalated calls within the US and the UK for an end of arms sales to Israel. It has also drawn scrutiny from arms monitors and aviation experts who say they believe it's possible the drone reportedly involved in the attack was flying with an engine manufactured by the UK-based UAV Engines Limited (UEL). The company, located in the West Midlands' village of Shenstone, is a subsidiary of the Israeli defence contractor Elbit Systems. "The evidence seems to stack up that it is a UK engine and, if it’s not, then Elbit need to clarify that," Sam Perlo-Freeman, research coordinator at the UK-based Campaigns Against Arms Trade, said on Wednesday. "Definitely it seems to be based on a UK design at the very least." Among the evidence, said Perlo-Freeman, are specialist websites and reports which say that the Hermes 450 runs on a UK-made engine.

✍️: Dania Akkad

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14th December 2023, by Al Mayadeen (link):

Fisher German (FG), the property manager for Elbit Systems’ Shenstone drone factory, has cut ties with the Israeli occupation's arms manufacturer according to Palestine Action, which announced having received an email confirmation from FG. This comes after iO Associates, Elbit's former recruiters, decided to drop the largest Israeli weapons manufacturer following a series of campaigns carried out by the direct action network. The real estate conglomerate acknowledged that it no longer had any links to Elbit Systems or the Shenstone headquarters of its subsidiary, UAV Engines Ltd (UEL). It is worth noting that UEL designs and manufactures drone engines, which it describes as "engines for various size tactical UAVs, target drones, and single mission platforms." This is significant because the plant is an important Elbit subsidiary that manufactures the engine for the Hermes 450 surveillance drone that has been modified to carry missiles. (...)

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Footage of Hezbollah shooting down an Israeli Hermes 450 drone over Southern Lebanon with a MANPADS.

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Hermes Propylaios

Herm fragment by Alkamenes, 450 B.C.

Variation of Hermes Propylaios, the herm which according to Pausanias stood in the south wing of the Propylaia (stairway to the Acropolis of Athens). The original work created around 430 BC is attributed to the sculptor Alcamenes, pupil and collaborator of Pheidias.

Roman copy from original sculpture by Alkamenes. Glyptothek, München

[Hairstyle's reference Buddha Shakyamuni Statue]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/69716881@N02/7873291720

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An immediate arms embargo on Israel. When I met Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf last month and he unequivocally backed such a move, the case was already overwhelming. Yet this week, the UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron doubled down – even as Gaza is razed from the face of the earth, the position was “unchanged”. It should not take the spilling of Western blood to make this point – given the mass slaughter endured by the Palestinian people, including more than 200 aid workers – but even the Israeli military killing three Britons working with World Central Kitchen hasn’t shifted the Government’s position. You can only imagine what would have happened if, say, Iran had blown up an aid convoy in similar circumstances. According to the Campaign Against Arms Trade, the seven aid workers were killed by a Hermes 450 drone, which is powered by a UK-made R902(W) Wankel Engine. That a leaked recording of senior Tory MP Alicia Kearns – the chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee – made clear that the Government had received legal advice that Israel is violating international humanitarian law, clear to anyone at this point who isn’t either deceitful or living in a parallel universe. That would necessitate stopping arms sales, as well as the sharing of intelligence. Yet the British government remains determined to continue its complicity with one of the great crimes of our age. […] The Israeli investigation was an absurd whitewash, suggesting a military which describes itself as amongst the world’s most advanced made a “grave mistake” by exterminating the convoy in these circumstances. Well, it gets so much worse. A fascinating piece of investigative journalism in The Telegraph – not words you often read me type – has a sensational finding. The most senior commander in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) dismissed for his role in the attack is a hard-line settler in the West Bank who, in an open letter signed in January, demanded Gaza was deprived of aid. It demanded the Israeli War Cabinet and the IDF chief of staff “do everything in your power” to prevent “humanitarian supplies and the operation of hospitals inside Gaza City”. Here’s another astonishing detail: the retired military officer who led the investigation into the strike is the CEO of the defence firm that makes the drone missiles used in the strike. 

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Today at UAV Engines in Shenstone, a coalition came together to end complicity in genocide. Over 200 activists from across Britain and Palestine Action blockaded the arms factory and #ShutElbitDown

Elbit Systems is Israel's largest weapons maker, styling itself as a 'one stop shop' for Palestine death. Factories like UAV engines help supply Israel's drone fleet by making engines for the Hermes 450, the brutalizing 'backbone' of Israel's spying & targeting missions.