Breaking news:Over 32 people killed,more than 60 injured in last night terror attack at Lido beach

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 Breaking News: Somali Police Force spokesman Major Abdifatah Adan Hassan confirmed in a Mogadishu press conference that the brutal terrorist attack on Lido Beach has killed over 32 people and injured 63 others.

USA makes military adjustments in the Middle as it prepares a possible Iranian retaliation on Israeli on accusations of assassination of Hamas leader in Tehran

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Israel and the U.S. are preparing for an unpredictable Iranian retaliatory strike on Israel as soon as this weekend, WSJ reports.

The expectation is that any response is likely a few days to a week away, a U.S. official said.

New U.S. military force posture adjustments in the Middle East now: 

Naval:

— USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group to replace USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group in the Central Command area.

— Additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers deployed to U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command regions.

Air Force:

— Deployment of an additional fighter squadron to the Middle East.

Land-based Defense:

— Increased readiness to deploy additional land-based ballistic missile defense.

Existing Capabilities:

— USS WASP Amphibious Ready Group / Marine Expeditionary Unit operating in the Eastern Mediterranean.

MOSSAD,Israel's intelligence agency reportedly hired Iranian security agents to assist in the killing of Hamas leader.

 Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, reportedly hired Iranian security agents to plant explosives in three rooms of a guesthouse in Tehran where Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was staying.

Alshabaab has claimed responsibility for this night attack on Lido beach of mogadishu

AS has claimed responsibility for the attack in Mogadishu tonight, saying, "Our Istishhadi brigade  and inghimasi battalion attacked a well-known government building at Lido Beach resort. Our fighters are still in control of the building in the area."

The suicide bomber blew himself in hotel at the beach.The gunfire exchange is still on as the authorities try to take on these terrorists.

Breaking: Suspected Alshabaab attack in Mogadishu's Lido beach area

 Reports from our sources in mogadishu have alerted us of a Suspected al-Shabaab attack in Mogadishu’s Lido beach area. Residents said they have heard an explosion in the vicinity of Lido Beach, followed by gunfire. The militant group conducted complex attacks in the same area multiple times over

the past few years....As we told you "We will get you a full report soon"...Down is what we have got from HUMINT and OSINT 

VIDEO below shows packed Mogadishu beachfront moments before attack. Crowds gathered as Friday is typically an off day in somalia, when many Mogadishu residents visit the beaches. Our source on ground confirms to me that Gunfight and explosions are still ongoing as authorities try to respond in bid to secure the area.

Video evidence has emerged showing the devastation. The full extent of casualties is still unclear, but many people are feared dead. Local authorities and emergency services are at the scene.The video shows scattered bodies.

M23 captures Kiseguro and kigunga of Binza,within few hours the M23 is believed to connect Kiwanja to Ishasha.

After intense fighting since 7 a.m. this Friday, August 2 between the M23 rebels supported by Rwanda and wazalendo , the rebels have just taken the village of Kigunga and the locality of kiseguro in the group of Binza 16 and 17km from the city of kiwanja

in the territory of

Rutshuru .

Our source on site reports a bomb dropped by the M23_RDF which has just fallen on a civilian house.

Few hours before the end of the humanitarian truce renewed for the second time by the USA since July 19, the M23 rebels advanced in the group of Binza where they recovered the localities/villages of Nyabanira , kasave, kiseguro, makoka, katwiguru, kisharo after a few hours of fighting against the wazalendo .

The population of nyamilima 20km from kisharo spends the night in total psychosis.

It should be noted that in this area, there are no Fardc up to Ishasha, since the fall of vitshumbi.

The rebels are likely  in the coming days if not hours connect Kiwanja to the locality of Ishasha, border between RDC and Uganda which is 40 km from Kisharo where the rebels spend the night this Friday 02/08.

At least 20 ADF rebels were killed in joint FARDC-UPDF operations in one week in the Lolwa forest, Mambasa territory (Ituri).

The FARDC spokesman in Ituri, Lieutenant Jules Ngongo, put forward these figures on Wednesday, July 31, on media outlets.

This military officer also indicated that 5 soldiers were killed on the spot and two others have been wounded since the beginning of these operations.

After an exchange of fire, the army regained control of the village of Chipemuche where these rebels abandoned a significant quantity of ammunition.

According to local sources, these clashes have caused a movement of populations towards Mungamba and the center of the chiefdom of Babila Bakwanza.

Military measures were reinforced to contain this rebel movement.

The same sources report that these assailants fled to Lolwa in the direction of Mambasa and to several localities on the national road number 4 to commit abuses against the population.

Security sources in the area, who cite the survivors, indicate that these militiamen are trying to take the direction that leads to the perimeters of the Okapi Wildlife Reserve.

The army says it has reinforced its positions to prevent their reorganisation.

Victims of the Bweramana bombing by M23 buried today.

  The Minister of Mines represented the Congolese head of state at the ceremony of homage and commemoration of the victims of the recent bombings attributed to the M23 at Bweremana . At least 7 bodies were buried this Friday. The ceremony took place at the GENOCOST cemetery in Kibati, in the presence of the families of the victims.

UN AGENCIES AND OTHER NGOs IN SOMALIA ISSUE A WARNING ON POTENTIAL ALSHABAAB ATTACKS

 UN agencies and other NGOs based at the Halane Compound, Mogadishu Airport, have issued a warning about a potential Alshabaab attack using weaponized UAV drones. Alshabaab has employed drones in recent years, most notable in their attack on US force base at the Mandabay Kenya.

Kenya's first ever Robot restaurant

 Eastleigh, Kenya welcomes first-ever robot restaurant 'AKS' at Business Bay Square Mall - the largest mall in East/Central Africa . Hundreds attended the grand opening at the mall's 40+ dining options.