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Saturday, 04 January 2025 04:25

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 456

Israeli airstrikes push up Gaza death toll amid new truce push Israel has carried out airstrikes on dozens of Hamas targets in Gaza over the past 24 hours, it said on Friday, in attacks that Palestinian health authorities said had killed more than 110 people in two days. The surge in operations and casualties comes amid a renewed push to reach a ceasefire in the 15-month-old war and return Israeli hostages before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. Israeli mediators were dispatched to resume talks in Doha brokered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators and on Friday, U.S.…

Saturday, 04 January 2025 04:24

What to know after Day 1045 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches new barrage of drones at Ukraine, kills one, Kyiv says Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Friday, killing one civilian and injuring four others in the Kyiv region, the military and regional officials said. Ukrainian air defences shot down 60 out of 93 Russian drones, the air force said. It also said that 26 drones were "lost", in reference to Ukraine's use of electronic warfare to redirect Russian drones. One Russian drone was still in the air, the air force added. Mykola Kalashnyk, acting governor for the Kyiv region,…

Friday, 03 January 2025 05:14

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 455

Israeli airstrikes kill Gaza head of police, 67 others, Gaza authorities say Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including at a tent camp where the head of the enclave's Hamas-controlled police force, his deputy and nine displaced people died, Gaza authorities said. Israel said the deputy was the head of Palestinian militant group Hamas' security forces in southern Gaza. The attack occurred in the Al-Mawasi district, which was designated as a humanitarian zone for civilians earlier in the 14-month-old warbetween Israel and Hamas, which rules Gaza. The director general of Gaza's police department,…

Friday, 03 January 2025 05:12

What to know after Day 1044 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy: Trump can be decisive in helping stop Russia's Putin Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could be decisive in the outcome of the 34-month-old war with Russia and help stop Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin. Zelenskiy, facing advances by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine, said in an interview with Ukrainian television that Trump had told him he would be one of the first to visit Washington after the presidential inauguration this month. Zelenskiy also said a priority was to stabilise the front line early in the new year. Putin, he said,…

Thursday, 02 January 2025 04:19

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 454

Israel strikes Gaza City suburb, Palestinian medics say The Israeli military kept up the pressure on northern Gaza on Wednesday, striking in a suburb of Gaza City, medics said, and told residents in a central part of the enclave to evacuate from an area where militants were firing rockets. Air strikes in Shejaia, a suburb of Gaza City, killed at least eight Palestinians, according to local emergency services. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military, and it was not immediately clear who was killed in the attack. In al-Buriej, in central Gaza, the Israeli military said it struck…

Thursday, 02 January 2025 04:16

What to know after Day 1043 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Two killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv, Ukraine says Russia launched a New Year's Day drone strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Wednesday, killing two people, wounding at least six others and damaging buildings in two districts, authorities said. Explosions boomed across the morning sky as Ukraine's air force warned of incoming drones and Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defences were repelling an enemy attack. Two floors of a residential building in central Kyiv were partially destroyed in the strike, according to the State Emergency Service. Two people were killed, it said. Photos posted by…

Wednesday, 01 January 2025 05:16

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 453

Yemen will continue to defend itself, say Houthis after US strikes Yemen's Houthi spokesperson Mohammed Abdulsalam said that the country would continue to defend itself after several U.S. strikes targeted facilities in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday. The U.S. military said that it carried out strikes against Houthi targets in Sanaa and coastal locations in Yemen on Monday and Tuesday. "On Dec. 30 and 31, U.S. Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV)," the U.S. military's Central Command said…

Wednesday, 01 January 2025 05:14

What to know after Day 1042 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine hits Russian oil depot in Smolensk region The Ukrainian military said on Tuesday its forces had hit a Russian oil depot in the western Smolensk region, setting fire to tanks storing oil products. Ukraine's general staff said on the Telegram app that the depot was used for military purposes. It did not specify the weapon used for the strike but said it was carried out in cooperation with drone forces. Smolensk region governor Vasily Anokhin said that the attack caused a fuel spill and fire. According to his statement on Telegram, 10 Ukrainian drones were shot down…

Tuesday, 31 December 2024 04:21

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 452

Israel, at UN, warns Houthis risk sharing same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah Israel's ambassador to the United Nations issued on Monday what he called a final warning to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt their missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same "miserable fate" as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria's Bashar al-Assad if they persisted. The ambassador, Danny Danon, also warned Tehran that Israel has the ability to strike any target in the Middle East, including in Iran. He added that Israel would not tolerate attacks by Iranian proxies. But hours later the Israeli military announced that it had…

Tuesday, 31 December 2024 04:19

What to know after Day 1041 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE No grounds for ending Ukraine conflict – Kremlin Russian authorities do not believe that the fighting between Moscow and Kiev can be stopped at the moment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Peskov was asked by RIA-Novosti on Monday if there are currently any prerequisites for ending the Ukraine conflict. The spokesman gave a short but conclusive reply: “No.” He had reiterated last week that Russia “remains open to talks” to end the hostilities. “However, since there has been no progress in terms of Ukraine’s readiness for negotiations, we are continuing with our [military] operation,”Peskov stressed. According to…

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Monday, 30 December 2024 04:00

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 451

Gaza captors tortured hostages, including minors, Israeli report says Hostages held in Gaza were subjected to torture, including sexual and psychological abuse, starvation, burns and medical neglect, according to a new report by the Israeli Health Ministry that will be submitted to the United Nations this week. The report is based on interviews with the medical and welfare teams which treated more than 100 Israeli and foreign hostages, most of whom were released in late November 2023, in a brief truce between Israel and Hamas. Eight hostages were rescued by the Israeli military. The hostages include more than 30 children…

Monday, 30 December 2024 03:59

What to know after Day 1040 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia not satisfied with Trump team’s proposals on Ukraine — Lavrov Russia is not satisfied with the proposals of US President-elect Donald Trump's team to postpone Ukraine's membership in NATO for 20 years and to deploy a contingent of EU and UK peacekeepers there, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with TASS. "Judging by numerous leaks and Donald Trump's own interview with Time magazine on December 12, he is talking about ‘freezing’ hostilities along the line of engagement and transferring further responsibility for confronting Russia to the Europeans. We are certainly not satisfied with the proposals…

Sunday, 29 December 2024 04:56

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 450

Israel detains 240 Palestinians including medics after Gaza hospital raid Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided on Friday, including its director, according to the Health Ministry in the enclave and Israel's military. The Health Ministry said it was concerned for the wellbeing of Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, as some staff freed by the Israeli military late on Friday said he had been beaten up by soldiers. The Israeli military said the hospital was being used as a command centre for Hamas military…

Sunday, 29 December 2024 04:55

What to know after Day 1039 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says it struck drone depot in Russia's Oryol region Ukraine said on Saturday it had struck a storage and maintenance depot for long-range Shahed drones in Russia's Oryol region, adding that this had "significantly reduced" Russia's ability to launch mass drone attacks on Ukraine. Ukraine military's general staff said in a statement on Telegram the attack took place on Thursday and was conducted by Ukraine's air force. "As a result of the strike, a depot for storage, maintenance and repair of Shahed kamikaze drones, made of several protected concrete structures, was destroyed," it said. "This military operation…

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