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Thursday, 22 August 2024 04:36
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 321
Israeli military intelligence head leaves post, takes responsibility for Oct. 7 failure Israel's outgoing head of military intelligence took responsibility for his country's failures to defend its border on Oct. 7 at his resignation ceremony on Wednesday. Major General Aharon Haliva, a 38-year veteran of the military, announced his resignation in April and was one of a number of senior Israeli commanders who said they had failed to foresee and prevent the deadliest attack in Israel's history. "The failure of the intelligence corps was my fault," Haliva said at the ceremony on Wednesday, and he called for a national investigation…
Thursday, 22 August 2024 04:34
What to know after Day 910 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine attacks Moscow in one of largest ever drone strikes on Russian capital Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones that were shot down by air defences in what Russian officials called one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022. The war, largely a grinding artillery and drone battle across the fields, forests and villages of eastern Ukraine, escalated on Aug. 6 when Ukraine sent thousands of soldiers over the border into Russia's western Kursk region. For months, Ukraine has also fought an increasingly damaging…
Wednesday, 21 August 2024 04:22
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 320
Israeli military retrieves bodies of six hostages held in Gaza Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza overnight, according to statements from the military and the prime minister's office on Tuesday. The families of Yagev Buchshtab, Alexander Dancyg, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popplewell, and Chaim Perry have been informed, the statements added. The Hostages Families Forum, an organisation that represents most hostage families, welcomed the news but renewed its call on the government to conclude a hostage release deal with the Gaza-based Palestinian militant group Hamas. "The immediate return of the…
Wednesday, 21 August 2024 04:21
What to know after Day 909 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine launches drone attack on Moscow, other regions, Russian officials say Ukraine launched a widespread drone attack on Russia on Wednesday, with air defence units destroying three drones some 38 kms (24 miles) south of the Kremlin, and 15 over the border Bryansk region, Russian officials said. The three attack drones heading towards Moscow were downed over the city of Podolsk in the Moscow region, Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on the Telegram messaging app. "According to preliminary data, there is no damage or casualties at the site where the debris fell," Sobyanin said. There were also no…
Tuesday, 20 August 2024 04:40
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 319
Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist attack. A man who was carrying the bomb was killed and a passerby was injured in the incident late on Sunday, according to police at the scene in Israel's commercial capital. Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer said the man was carrying a backpack loaded with explosives that detonated "before he managed to reach a…
Tuesday, 20 August 2024 04:39
What to know after Day 908 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Kyiv: our Kursk attack shows Kremlin red lines are bluff Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday his country's assault on Russia's Kursk region showed that Kremlin threats of retaliation were a bluff, and he urged Kyiv's allies to loosen curbs on using foreign-supplied weapons. Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces now controlled more than 1,250 square kilometres (483 square miles) and 92 settlements in Kursk region, while Russia said Ukraine had struck a third bridge in the region, complicating Russian efforts to repel the Ukrainian attack. Ukraine launched its surprise strike on the Russian region on Aug. 6, the…
Monday, 19 August 2024 04:41
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 318
Blinken arrives in Middle East seeking Gaza ceasefire U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday on another Middle East tour to push for a ceasefire in Gaza but Hamas raised doubts about the mission just hours after he landed by accusing Israel of undermining his efforts. The Palestinian militant group said it holds Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responsible for "thwarting the mediators' efforts", delaying an agreement and exposing Israeli hostages in Gaza to the same aggression faced by Palestinians. On his ninth trip to the region since the war began in October, Blinken will…
Monday, 19 August 2024 04:40
What to know after Day 907 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Kiev ‘regime’ poses threat to all of Europe – Moscow The international community should resolutely respond to reports about alleged plans by Kiev to attack the nuclear power plant in Kursk, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday. Earlier, Russian journalists reported on the plot, and the Defense Ministry vowed a swift and harsh response if these plans come to fruition. The Ukrainian military launched a cross-border incursion into the Russian border region where the plant is located last week. The facility is 90km from the border, which has become the arena of fierce clashes in…
Sunday, 18 August 2024 04:41
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 317
Israel kills two Hamas militants in West Bank air strike Israel said it killed two senior Hamas militants in an airstrike on their car in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, claiming they were involved in the killing of an Israeli. A joint statement from the Israel Security Agency and the Israel Defense Forces identified the militants as Ahmed Abu Ara and Rafet Dawasi, both from the West Bank's northern district around Jenin. In a statement, Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades military wing said it was mourning the deaths of two fighters in an Israeli air strike on their vehicle…
Sunday, 18 August 2024 04:37
What to know after Day 906 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian attack ruined ‘secret’ peace talks – WaPo The Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk Region has derailed secretive Qatar-mediated talks between Moscow and Kiev that could have paved the way for a “partial ceasefire,”the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing sources. An unnamed diplomat told the paper that both sides intended to send delegations to Doha to negotiate a landmark deal that would halt mutually devastating strikes on energy infrastructure. However, when Ukrainian troops launched a large-scale attack on Russian territory last week, the planned talks were thrown into doubt, the article said. According to one WaPo source,…
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Saturday, 17 August 2024 04:25
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 316
Gaza ceasefire talks paused with resumption planned next week Gaza ceasefire talks in Doha paused on Friday with negotiators to meet again next week seeking an agreement to end fighting between Israel and Hamas and free remaining hostages, as U.S. President Joe Biden said "we're not there yet". In a joint statement, the U.S., Qatar and Egypt said Washington had presented a new proposal that built on points of agreement over the past week, closing gaps in a way that could allow rapid implementation of a deal. Mediators would keep working on the proposal, they said. "The path is now…
Saturday, 17 August 2024 04:24
What to know after Day 905 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian missiles wipe out US Patriots in Ukraine – MOD Russian missiles have destroyed two batteries of US-made ‘Patriot’ air defense systems and a German IRIS-T in two regions of Ukraine, according to videos released by the defense ministry in Moscow on Friday. The US and its allies have sent an unspecified number of air defense systems to Ukraine, following Vladimir Zelensky’s pleas to help Kiev deal with Russian airstrikes. The first Ministry of Defense (MOD) video showed reconnaissance drone footage of two Patriot launchers and a AN/MPQ-65 radar station, in a field near Lyubimovka in Dnepropetrovsk Region.…
Friday, 16 August 2024 04:45
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 315
Gaza ceasefire negotiations extend to another day as death toll exceeds 40,000 Negotiators were to meet in the Qatari capital Doha again on Friday in an effort to hammer out a Gaza ceasefire agreement as Israel continued to slam targets in the Palestinian enclave. Gaza health officials reported separately on Thursday that the death toll there had surpassed 40,000 people after more than 10 months of fighting. This round of negotiations opened on Thursday, and the talks would resume on Friday for a second day, Qatari and U.S. officials said. A U.S. official briefed on the discussions in Doha, who…
Friday, 16 August 2024 04:44
What to know after Day 904 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine racks up gains with Russia incursion, faces challenge holding territory Ukraine has chalked up a string of victories more than a week since blindsiding Russia with a lightning cross-border assault, but the risks are piling up as its troops make plans to hold territory and Russia recovers its footing. Ukraine poured thousands of troops into the western Russian region of Kursk last week, pulling down Russian flags in towns seized by its soldiers and wresting the war initiative from Moscow for the first time in months. On Wednesday, officials in Kyiv said Ukraine would use seized Russian…