Operation Israel continues as Redcult takes down a list of Israeli websites in advance of Eid al-Adha, an important Muslim holiday celebrated at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Palestine. Also known as the "Feast of Sacrifice", it takes place over a four day period and is celebrated worldwide, making it the 2nd most important event in the Muslim calendar.

Anonymous Redcult team is back with new attacks in Operation Israel they are calling #OpAqsa or Operation al-Aqsa. The group announced today they have taken down a list of Israeli government websites as a "Gentle Reminder" for the Israeli government to respect the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which starts tomorrow. The announcement was linked to a list of 41 different websites owned by the Zionist government that Redcult had taken down. The sites are currently tango down at the time of writing this.

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Due to using a lunar calendar, Muslim holidays do not fall on the same day every year. Eid al-Adha marks the end of the annual Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, and symbolizes Abraham's faithfulness when God asked him to sacrifice his son. The worshipers sacrifice an animal as a symbol of Abraham's sacrifice, the meat is then used for a feast, followed by prayers. But, the festival is often disrupted by the Israeli's and Anonymous Redcult has reminded them that the world is watching. The team declares that they will isolate Israel from the world by disabling the country's entire Internet if the celebrations are met with violent force. Turkey was hit by a similar attack recently when Anonymous Redcult and others took the entire country offline two weeks.

Redcult is known for Operation ISIS, where they made headlines last year for taking out social media accounts used by the Islamic State. The idea was to disrupt their recruiting process, since the governments responsible for creating the group has done nothing to limit their activities online. The operation has been ongoing and, while no longer making headlines, continues to make a difference in the fight against the extremists. The recent video announcement can be seen above.

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The area known as Al-Haram al-Sharif, or the Nobel Sanctuary, is the third holiest site in the Islamic world, and due to it's significance in Judaism, has faced the continuous threat of annexation since the birth of the recent Jewish state. The Israeli occupation has traditionally not made celebrating at this location easy for the Palestinians. Events there have been described as a war zones, with heavily armed Israeli security forces brutalizing random worshipers, while allowing local Zionist settlers to freely desecrate the sacred site. Excuses used to attack the crowds in the past were reportedly fabricated, as you can read in this testimony from Sept. 2015. Violence erupted in 2014 when Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha overlapped, which happens once every 33 years, and again in 2015. With the events numbering in the thousands, they usually involve crowd control tactics and a heavy show of force by the Israeli state, violence is expected again this year.

With peace being the goal of the operation, we can only hope the noble efforts of these hactivists help to prevent further violence. While Prime Minister Netanyahu has offered a greeting to Israel's Muslim citizens...

“On the occasion of the Feast of the Sacrifice, Eid al-Adha, I am happy to extend holiday greetings to our Muslim and Druze citizens — Kol a’am wa antom bekhair,” he said. “On the holiday we cherish values that the Jewish faith also sanctifies: Fear of Heaven, family and helping one’s fellow. This is an additional example of the many things that unite us in our lives together in the State of Israel.”

...with a track record like the Prime Minister's it is hard to imagine that statement being anything but empty words.

Israeli Websites Tango Down

• http://www.pm.gov.il descr: Israili prime minister
• http://www.iaf.org.il descr: Israeli Air Force
• http://www.mfah.gov.il descr: Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Hebrew
• http://www.mofa.gov.il descr: Foreign Affairs Ministry
• http://www.moit.gov.il descr: Ministry of Industry and Trade
• http://www.itpolicy.gov.il descr: Israel Information Technology
• http://www.ocs.moital.gov.il descr: Ministry of Industry and Trade
• http://www.pwd.gov.il descr: Public Works Department
• http://www.soi.gov.il descr: Prime minister office
• http://www.magna.isa.gov.il descr: Israel Securities Authority
• http://www.sep.gov.il descr: Israel Economic and Tourism
• http://www.ifts.gov.il descr: Integrated Foreign Trade System
• http://www.shaam.gov.il descr: Israel Taxes Authority - Shaam
• http://www.idf.gov.il descr: IDF - Israel Defense Forces
• http://www.iiop.gov.il descr: Israel Institute of Productivity
• http://www.israel.gov.il descr: The Government of Israel
• http://www.israel-mfa.gov.il descr: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• http://www.israeltrade.gov.il descr: Ministry of Industry and Trade
• http://www.tofes.gov.il descr: Tech Tehila / Prime minister office
• http://www.defence.gov.il descr: Ministry of Defence
• http://www.ejobs.gov.il descr: Merkava - Ministry Of Finance
• http://wsoft.co.il descr: Weiss Software 2000
• http://www.trade.gov.il descr: Ministry of Industry and Trade
• http://www.tipa.gov.il descr: Water Preservation
• http://www.telaviv.police.gov.il descr: Israel Police Department
• http://www.tayman-child.gov.il descr: Yemen - lost children
• http://www.tamas.gov.il descr: Ministry of Trade and Industry
• http://www.maor.gov.il descr: Tech Tehila
• http://www.lapam.gov.il descr: Israel Government Printing Office
• http://www.ladpc.gov.il descr: Local Authorities Data Processing Center Ltd
• http://www.int.gov.il descr: State of Israel-Mail
• http://www.index.gov.il descr: Office of The Prime Minister
• http://www.immigration.gov.il descr: Israeli Immigration
• http://www.he.mot.gov.il descr: Ministry Of Transport
• http://galil.gov.il descr: Galil Development Authority
• http://www.galil.gov.il descr: Galil Development Authority
• http://www.eqred.gov.il descr: Israel Earthquake Center
• http://www.emus.gov.il descr: Economic Mission U.S.
• http://www.ecom1.gov.il descr: Ministry of Finance
• http://www.dev.cbs.gov.il descr: Shifra Har
• http://www.aa.gov.il descr: The Israeli Antitrust Authority