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The head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard warns: “We will bury Israel in Gaza”

The commander-in-chief of the Revolutionary Guard of Iran, General Hosein Salamí, said on Friday that Israel will be “buried” in Gaza, amid tensions over the death of seven members of that elite military corps last Monday in Damascus.
“The message of the Resistance is that we will bury the Zionist regime (Israel) in Gaza,” the soldier said during a speech on the occasion of the ‘Al Quds Day’ (Jerusalem) in favor of the liberation of Palestine.
The so-called Axis of Resistance is an informal alliance led by Tehran, deeply anti-Israeli and formed by militant organizations such as Hezbollah, the Houthi rebels and the Islamist movement Hamas, among other groups.
“We warn that no action by any enemy against the sacred system of the Islamic Republic will go unanswered,” Salamí said, in an apparent reference to the death of the revolutionary guards in the attack on the consulate in Damascus, of which Tehran has accused Tel Aviv.
The military also assured that “no hegemonic power can strike Iran,” in an apparent allusion to the United States.
Coinciding with the ‘Al Quds Day’ in which hundreds of thousands of Iranians marched through the streets of the country, a funeral ceremony was held in Tehran for the seven revolutionary guards who died the Syrian capital on Monday.
Among the dead in the attack are the head of the Quds Force in Syria and Lebanon, Brigadier General Mohamed Reza Zahedi, and his second, Brigadier General Mohamed Hadi Haj Rahimi.
In addition, five other elite military corps officers and six Syrian citizens died.
This is the worst blow to the elite military corps after the death of Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian general who headed the Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guard until he was killed by the United States in 2020 in a bombing in Iraq.
The supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, assured that Israel will pay for the death of the military: “The evil regime will be punished by our brave men. We will make them repent of this crime and other similar ones, with God’s help.”
Faced with calls for Iranian reprisals, Israel is on “maximum alert” and ready for “a variety of scenarios.”
The leader of the Lebanese Shii group Hizbuláh, Hassan Nasrala, warned this Friday that the attack perpetrated this week by Israel against the Iranian consulate in Damascus has marked a “pinding point” and assured that Tehran will respond to the bombing, which left at least 13 dead.
“This incident is a turning point in relation to the last six months. There is a before and after,” said the Shiite clerg during a televised speech on the occasion of Jerusalem Day, an annual event in support of the Palestinian population.
International
Paraguay summons Brazilian ambassador over Itaipú espionage scandal

Paraguay summoned the Brazilian ambassador in Asunción on Tuesday to demand “explanations” and called its own representative in Brasília for consultations following Brazil’s acknowledgment of an espionage operation. The Brazilian government, led by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, attributed the operation to the previous administration.
The surveillance effort aimed to uncover Paraguay’s position in now-suspended negotiations with Brazil regarding the pricing of electricity from the binational Itaipú hydroelectric plant, according to reports in the Brazilian press.
The Brazilian government “categorically denied any involvement in the intelligence operation,” stating in a Foreign Ministry communiqué on Monday that the espionage was carried out under former President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration (2019-2023).
“The operation was authorized by the previous government in June 2022 and was annulled by the interim director of the (state intelligence agency) ABIN on March 27, 2023, as soon as the current administration became aware of it,” Brazil’s government asserted.
Paraguay’s Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez announced that Brazilian Ambassador José Antonio Marcondes de Carvalho was summoned “to provide detailed explanations” regarding the operation. Additionally, Paraguay recalled its diplomatic representative in Brasília “to report on aspects related to the intelligence activity conducted by Brazil regarding Paraguay’s government affairs.”
International
Elon Musk to step down as government advisor, per Trump insiders

President Donald Trump has informed his inner circle that Elon Musk will be stepping down from his role as a government advisor, according to a report by Politico today.
Citing three individuals close to Trump, Politico states that the president is pleased with Musk’s leadership at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), where he has implemented significant budget cuts. However, both have agreed that it is time for Musk to return to his businesses and support Trump from a different position outside the government.
A senior administration official told Politico that Musk will likely maintain an informal advisory role and continue to be an occasional visitor to the White House. Another source warned that anyone thinking Musk will completely disappear from Trump’s circle is “deluding themselves.”
According to the sources, this transition is expected to coincide with the end of Musk’s tenure as a “special government employee,” a temporary status that exempts him from certain ethics and conflict-of-interest regulations. This 130-day period is set to expire in late May or early June.
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Milei vows to make Argentina so strong that Falkland Islanders “choose” to join

Argentine President Javier Milei reaffirmed his country’s claim over the Falkland Islands (known as the Islas Malvinas in Argentina) and praised the role of the nation’s armed forces during a ceremony marking the “Veterans and Fallen Soldiers of the Malvinas War Day,” commemorating 43 years since the 1982 conflict with the United Kingdom.
Argentina continues to assert sovereignty over the islands, arguing that Britain unlawfully seized them in 1833.
“If sovereignty over the Malvinas is the issue, we have always made it clear that the most important vote is the one cast with one’s feet. We hope that one day, the Malvinas residents will choose to vote with their feet and join us,” Milei stated.
“That is why we aim to become a global power—so much so that they would prefer to be Argentine, making deterrence or persuasion unnecessary. This is why we have embarked on a path of liberation, working to make Argentina the freest country in the world and once again the nation with the highest GDP per capita on the planet,” he added.
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