WARS
Wednesday, 01 November 2023 04:36
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 26
Israeli airstrikes crush apartments in Gaza refugee camp, as ground troops battle Hamas militants A barrage of Israeli airstrikes leveled apartment buildings in a refugee camp near Gaza City on Tuesday, with rescuers clawing through the destruction to pull men, women and children from the rubble. Israel said the strike, which targeted a senior Hamas military leader, destroyed a militant command center and an underground tunnel network. The toll from the attack in the Jabaliya camp was not immediately known. The director of the nearby hospital where casualties were taken, Atef Al-Kahlot, said hundreds of people were wounded or killed,…
Wednesday, 01 November 2023 04:35
What to know after Day 615 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Don't expect instant success, Ukraine's Zelenskiy warns as he rallies his troops Ukraine's attacks on the Russian Navy in the Black Sea have crippled Moscow's war efforts, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday, seeking to rally his troops even as the outside world expects instant successes. Despite Kyiv's gruelling months-long offensive, the vast frontline in Ukraine's east and south has moved little in the past year, spurring criticism and impatience among some of Ukraine's Western allies. "We live in a world that gets used to success too quickly. When the full-scale invasion began, many people around the world…
Tuesday, 31 October 2023 05:33
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 25
Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli prime minister rejected calls for a cease-fire as airstrikes landed near hospitals where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering beside the wounded. The military said a soldier captured during Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 incursion was rescued in Gaza — the first rescue since the weekslong war began. Military officials provided few details but said in…
Tuesday, 31 October 2023 05:32
What to know after Day 614 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Zelensky ‘feels betrayed’ by West – Time Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky feels “betrayed” by his Western backers, who have denied him the support and attention he has grown used to, his aides told Time magazine. According to the report, published on Monday, the president’s circle now see him as “delusional” and the conflict with Russia as impossible to win. Zelensky and his advisors spoke to the US magazine after the Ukrainian president visited Washington last month. Unlike the hero’s welcome he received last December, the most recent visit saw Zelensky grilled about corruption in Ukraine and forbidden from…
Monday, 30 October 2023 04:52
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 24
Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensive Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza on Sunday in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers said the assistance still fell desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into warehouses to take flour and basic hygiene products. The Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll among Palestinians passed 8,000, mostly women and minors, as Israeli tanks and infantry pursued what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a “second stage” in the war ignited by…
Monday, 30 October 2023 04:52
What to know after Day 613 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia's Shoigu accuses West of seeking to expand Ukraine war to Asia-Pacific Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said the West wants to expand the conflict in the Ukraine to the Asia-Pacific region, Russian state media reported, citing comments made at a Beijing defence forum on Monday. Speaking at the Xiangshan Forum, China's biggest military diplomacy event, Shoigu said NATO is covering up a build-up of forces in the Asia-Pacific region with an "ostentatious desire for dialogue", Russia's TASS news agency reported. Shoigu said NATO countries were promoting an arms race in the region, increasing their military presence and…
Sunday, 29 October 2023 04:37
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 23
Netanyahu says the Gaza war has entered a new stage and will be 'long and difficult' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation Saturday night that the military has opened a “second stage” in the war against Hamas by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea. Casting the war as a fight for his country’s very survival, he warned that the assault would only intensify ahead of a broad ground invasion into the territory. “There are moments in which a nation faces two possibilities: to do or die,” Netanyahu said. “We now…
Sunday, 29 October 2023 04:36
What to know after Day 612 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian drone struck Russian nuclear waste facility risking disaster, Moscow says A Ukrainian drone crashed into a nuclear waste storage facility at the Kursk power plant in western Russia on Thursday, damaging its walls, Russia's foreign ministry said on Saturday, calling on other governments to condemn "an act of nuclear terrorism". A ministry statement said Ukraine must have known that its actions could have caused a full-scale nuclear catastrophe that would have affected many countries. "We call on all governments to issue a strong condemnation of Kyiv's barbaric actions, which are extremely dangerous and could lead to irreparable…
Saturday, 28 October 2023 04:49
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 22
Israel steps up air and ground attacks in Gaza and cuts off territory's communications Israel knocked out internet and communications in the Gaza Strip in stepped-up bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.3 million people from contact with each other and the outside world and creating a near-blackout of information, as the military said it was “expanding” ground operations in the territory. The military’s announcement signaled it was moving closer to an all-out invasion of Gaza, where it has vowed to crush the ruling Hamas militant group after its bloody incursion in southern Israel three weeks ago. Explosions from…
Saturday, 28 October 2023 04:48
What to know after Day 611 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia shells Ukraine's Kherson, injuring 8, damaging buildings Russian forces heavily shelled the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Friday, injuring eight people and destroying or damaging at least 15 buildings, a senior city official said. Pictures posted on social media showed at least three sites dotted with piles of rubble and the interior of one building strewn with shattered building materials and other debris. Roman Mrochko, head of the city's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app that three of the injured were being treated in hospital. He said two buildings had been…
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Friday, 27 October 2023 04:58
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 21
Israeli troops briefly raid northern Gaza to 'prepare' for an expected full-scale incursion Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight, the military said Thursday, engaging with Hamas fighters and targeting anti-tank weapons in order to “prepare the battlefield” before an expected ground invasion. The third Israeli raid since the war began came after more than two weeks of devastating airstrikes that have left thousands dead, and more than 1 million displaced from their homes, in the small, densely-populated territory. The U.S. military, meanwhile, launched airstrikes early Friday on two locations in eastern Syria linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard…
Friday, 27 October 2023 04:57
What to know after Day 610 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Biden trying to rebrand Ukraine aid as job-creation stimulus – Politico The White House is attempting to spin continued support for Kiev as being beneficial to the US economy, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing sources in Washington. According to the magazine, US officials are concerned that they are “losing the messaging war on Ukraine.” Politico interviewed unnamed officials and lawmakers, who said that aides from the administration of President Joe Biden have been distributing talking points among Congress members still willing to funnel money to Kiev. According to Politico, one point states that the administration’s latest request for…
Thursday, 26 October 2023 04:30
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 20
UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief missions as Israeli bombings rise The U.N. warned Wednesday that it is on the verge of running out of fuel in the Gaza Strip, forcing it to sharply curtail relief efforts in the territory blockaded and devastated by Israeli airstrikes since Hamas militants launched an attack on Israel more than two weeks ago. The warning came as hospitals in Gaza struggled to treat masses of wounded with dwindling resources. Meanwhile, the U.N.’s top official faced backlash from Israel after saying the Hamas massacre that sparked the fighting did not…
Thursday, 26 October 2023 04:29
What to know after Day 609 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian military getting weaker – Shoigu Russian Defense Minister Shoigu said on Tuesday that the current situation in the combat zone suggests that the Ukrainian armed forces are losing strength and “panicking.” He cited a substantial takedown of aviation potential to back up his assertion. Shoigu claimed that his forces downed 24 Ukrainian military planes in just five days, crediting “new weapons systems” for the achievement. He also pointed to manpower losses reducing Kiev’s offensive potential. “Today’s situation shows that the enemy has fewer and fewer capabilities. And there are fewer of their soldiers thanks exclusively to your…