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Saturday, 13 July 2024 04:45

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 281

Gaza talks explore alternative to Israeli troops on Gaza-Egypt border Israeli and Egyptian ceasefire negotiators are in talks about an electronic surveillance system along the border between Gaza and Egypt that could allow Israel to pull back its troops from the area if a ceasefire is agreed, according to two Egyptian sources and a third source familiar with the matter. The question of whether Israeli forces stay on the border is one of the issues blocking a potential ceasefire deal because both Palestinian militant group Hamas and Egypt, a mediator in the talks, are opposed to Israel keeping its forces…

Saturday, 13 July 2024 04:44

What to know after Day 870 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russia strikes Ukrainian military-industrial sites, air bases over week Russian forces delivered 39 strikes by precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against Ukrainian military-industrial sites and air bases over the past week in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday. "On July 6-12, the Russian Armed Forces delivered 39 combined strikes by air-launched and seaborne long-range precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting enemy air bases, Ukrainian military-industrial enterprises and their energy facilities, military hardware assembly workshops and warehouses storing naval drones and strike UAVs. The goals of the strikes…

Friday, 12 July 2024 05:02

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 280

Israel bombards Gaza City in one of the fiercest weeks of war, killing 26 Israel rained bombs on Gaza City during a week that residents described as comparable to the fiercest battle of the war, while a Palestinian Islamic Jihad official on Thursday said a new round of peace talks ended with no agreements yet. Israel has been bombarding the Gaza Strip for 10 months in a war that has laid waste to the territory and killed more than 38,000 Palestinians, according to medical authorities in Gaza. On Thursday, Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people in Gaza City and…

Friday, 12 July 2024 05:01

What to know after Day 869 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine urges NATO to lift restrictions on targeting Russia Ukraine on Thursday urged NATO allies to lift restrictions on its use of long-range weapons against targets in Russia, saying that would be "game-changer" in its war with Moscow, while China slammed NATO criticism of its support for Russia as biased and malicious. NATO members issued a declaration in support of Ukraine at a summit in Washington on Wednesday, promising additional aid and pledging to back its "irreversible path" to NATO membership. "At this summit we are turning a corner and putting in place the foundations for Ukraine to…

Thursday, 11 July 2024 04:45

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 279

Israel cites aid backlog in Gaza; UN says: 'We're doing what we can' A backlog of 1,150 truckloads of humanitarian aid is waiting to be collected from the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, Israel said on Wednesday, prompting the United Nations to say: "We're doing what we can." COGAT, an Israeli defence ministry agency tasked with coordinating aid deliveries into Palestinian territories, said another 50 aid trucks are also awaiting collecting from the Palestinian side of the Erez crossing in northern Gaza. The United Nations said it is struggling to distribute aid within…

Thursday, 11 July 2024 04:44

What to know after Day 868 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE At NATO summit, allies move to counter Russia, bolster Ukraine The United States will start deploying longer range missiles in Germany in 2026, the two countries announced at a meeting of the NATO alliance on Tuesday, a major step aimed at countering what the allies say is a growing threat Russia poses to Europe. The decision will send Germany the most potent U.S. weapons to be based on the European continent since the Cold War, in a clear warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin. A U.S.-German statement said the "episodic deployments" were in preparation for longer-term stationing in…

Wednesday, 10 July 2024 04:28

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 278

Egypt, US, Israel spy chiefs to attend Gaza truce talks in Doha Negotiations to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza war will resume in Doha on Wednesday, with the intelligence chiefs of Egypt, the United States, and Israel in attendance, Egypt's state-affiliated Al-Qahera News TV and sources said on Tuesday. The Egyptian security delegation in Doha, led by intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, will be "on a mission to bring viewpoints closer between Hamas and Israel in order to reach a truce agreement as soon as possible", Al-Qahera News quoted a senior source as saying. "There is an agreement over many…

Wednesday, 10 July 2024 04:27

What to know after Day 867 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE US, allies announce additional air defense systems for Ukraine The United States and its allies will deliver to Ukraine five additional air defense systems, including Patriot missile batteries and Patriot components, the leaders of those countries said in a joint statement during the NATO summit. They added that in the coming months, they intend to provide Ukraine with dozens of tactical air defense systems. Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT Washington, Ukraine's biggest supporter, has provided more than $50 billion in military aid since 2022. But U.S. military aid was delayed in Congress for months…

Tuesday, 09 July 2024 04:42

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 277

Hamas chief says latest Israeli attack on Gaza could jeopardise ceasefire talks A new Israeli assault on Gaza on Monday threatened ceasefire talks at a crucial moment, the head of Hamas said, as Israeli tanks pressed into the heart of Gaza City and ordered residents out after a night of massive bombardment. Residents said the airstrikes and artillery barrages were among the heaviest in nine months of conflict between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in the enclave. Thousands fled. The assault unfolded as senior U.S. officials were in the region pushing for a ceasefire after Hamas made major concessions last…

Tuesday, 09 July 2024 04:41

What to know after Day 866 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russian missile attacks kill at least 41, hit children's hospital, Ukraine says Russia blasted the main children's hospital in Kyiv with a missile in broad daylight on Monday and rained missiles down on other cities across Ukraine, killing at least 41 civilians in the deadliest wave of air strikes for months. Parents holding babies walked in the street outside the hospital, dazed and sobbing after the rare daylight aerial attack. Windows had been smashed and panels ripped off, and hundreds of Kyiv residents were helping to clear debris. "It was scary. I couldn't breathe, I was trying to…

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Monday, 08 July 2024 04:48

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 276

Netanyahu: Gaza deal must let Israel resume fighting until war goals met Any Gaza ceasefire deal must allow Israel to resume fighting until its objectives are met, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, as talks over a U.S. plan aimed at ending the nine-month-old war were expected to restart. Five days after Hamas accepted a key part of the plan, two officials from the Palestinian militant group said the group was awaiting Israel's response to its latest proposal. Netanyahu was scheduled to hold consultations late on Sunday on the next steps in negotiating the three-phase plan that was presented…

Monday, 08 July 2024 04:47

What to know after Day 865 of Russia-Ukraine war

RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Iskander crew strike destroys two launchers of Patriot air defense system near Odessa The crew of the Iskander complex destroyed two launchers of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems and a Giraffe radar in the Odessa region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. "The crew of the Iskander operational-tactical complex attacked the position of a battery of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system of the Ukrainian armed forces near the village of Yuzhnoye in the Odessa region. As a result of the strike, two Patriot air defense missile launchers and a Giraffe radar were destroyed," the ministry said. WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia claims…

Sunday, 07 July 2024 04:48

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 275

Israeli strike kills 16 at Gaza school, military says it targeted gunmen At least 16 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinian families in central Gaza on Saturday, the Palestinian health ministry said, in an attack Israel said had targeted militants. The health ministry said the attack on the school in Al-Nuseirat killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 50. The Israeli military said it took precautions to minimize risk to civilians before it targeted the gunmen who were using the area as a hideout to plan and carry out attacks against…

Sunday, 07 July 2024 04:47

What to know after Day 864 of Russia-Ukraine war

WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukrainian air force commander says Russian military duped by realistic models Ukraine's air force commander said on Saturday his forces had duped Russian troops into deploying missiles against sophisticated models put in place to look like military targets. Commander Mykola Oleshchuk, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the models depicted fighter aircraft and a surface-to-air missile battery. They were put in place at an airfield near the central city of Kriviy Rih and a district of the Black Sea port of Odesa. A video attached to the post, described as footage from a Russian reconnaissance drone, showed…

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