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🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "If Americans threaten us, we will threaten them. If they carry out their threat against us, we will carry out our threat. If the Americans attack the security of the Iranian nation, we will undoubtedly attack their security," - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran.
Читать полностью…🇮🇷🇵🇸🇱🇧⚡- "Iran knew about Hamas' plans to invade Israel in the summer of 2023.
Back in the summer of 2023, Hamas informed the IRGC of the date of the upcoming attack on Israel. Iran, however, decided not to inform Hezbollah of these plans.
Iran decided not to inform Hezbollah about Hamas' plans so as not to interfere with the organization's former leader Nasrallah's plans to carry out his own armed invasion of northern Israeli towns, or Iran chose to sacrifice Hamas so as not to put Hezbollah, its closest ally in the region, at risk," - i24, Israeli media.
The report published, citing Israeli intelligence, contradicts Iranian statements by Mohammad Javad Zarif, Vice President for Strategic Affairs and former Foreign Minister of Iran, who had earlier said Iran was not aware of Hamas' operation.
🇺🇸🇰🇼🇮🇷⚡- The US Department of State approves $1 billion in infrastructure construction for the Kuwaiti Navy to build a naval base in Kuwait.
The State Department says this "will not change the military balance in the region," even though it will be in very close proximity to Iran.
"The proposed sale will advance the foreign policy and national security goals of the United States, by helping improve the infrastructure of a major non-NATO ally that is an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East," - Department of State.
🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "Satellite imagery of one military cemetery in the Rwandan capital of Kigali indicates at least 600 graves have been dug," - The Guardian.
Читать полностью…🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "Rwandan troops dying in large numbers in DRC, despite Rwandan official denials of role," - The Guardian.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇦🇲⚡- Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan met with US Vice President Vance in Washington. Bilateral relations and the regional agenda were discussed.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🏳️🇺🇿⚡- Seven Black Hawk helicopters, which were flown to Uzbekistan by Afghan pilots during the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, have been returned to the US.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸⚡- US Coast Guard plane arrives at the site near Nome, Alaska, to assist with the search and rescue efforts.
Читать полностью…Tonight we are celebrating 8 YEARS of America First!
Nick has accomplished so much in under a decade! Here's to the next 8 years 🥂
🇺🇸✡️⚡️- Congressional Jews have voted to form an official Jewish Caucus for the first time. The group is headed by Democrats Jerry Nadler and Brad Schneider. The only members so far are other democrats such as Debbie Wasserman Schultz since the group has no GOP Co-Chair and the 3 Jewish Republicans in the house have yet to sign on.
Читать полностью…🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Moment an Israeli airstrike struck Baalbek, Lebanon.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇸🇾⚡️- BREAKING: Murhaf Abu Qasra, the HTS-appointed Minister of Defense of Syria, says that Syria is "open to letting Russia keep its air and naval bases along the Mediterranean coast as long as any agreement with the Kremlin serves the country’s interests."
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "In 2025, there is no goalkeeper in the Iranian goal. Now is the time to decide whether to kick Iran. Israel has the ability to severely damage the Iranian nuclear program, but America has 50 times more capabilities," - Yoav Gallant on Channel 12.
Читать полностью…🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "These are lies. There were warehouses with thousands of pagers already," - Yoav Gallant on Channel 12.
Читать полностью…🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We would eliminate Hezbollah leaders [referring to the pager operation], then eliminate the rocket and missile array, then blow up 15,000 radios and kill everyone holding them," - Yoav Gallant on Channel 12.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Negotiations with America are not intelligent, wise, or honorable. It has no impact on solving the country's problems," - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇾🇪⚡- "The new US administration will take a different approach to the Houthis than the previous one. We are not going to sit back and wait for them to attack us. Expect us to escalate and intensify in the coming weeks," - al-Arabiya, Saudi outlet, citing a source in the Trump administration.
Читать полностью…🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Satellite images prove the expansion of the Kanombe military cemetery in Kigali, Rwanda.
Читать полностью…🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- "Sources say thousands of Rwandan soldiers killed supporting M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, intensifying pressure on Kigali [Rwandan capital]" - The Guardian.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇦⚡- "We hope Panama reconsiders its decision to exit the Belt and Road Initiative," - China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Читать полностью…🇵🇱⚡- Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, has been accused of treason, with the Polish Constitutional Court opening a formal investigation.
Читать полностью…🇵🇸🇸🇦🇮🇱⚡- "The Saudi monarchy can create a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia, they have a lot of land over there," - Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸⚡- Plane carrying 10 people disappears from radar near Nome, Alaska, US.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇺🇳🇮🇱⚡️- President Trump has signed an executive order placing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC,) accusing the organization of "overreach" against the United States and Israel for their arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Читать полностью…🇨🇩🇷🇼⚡- Several DR Congo airstrikes against Nyabibwe and Kaseke only moments ago, in the Bukavu direction, eastern DR Congo, which confirms they're under M23 control.
Читать полностью…🇱🇧🇮🇱🚨🚨Summary of the raids so far
Raids on:
Sarij in the eastern mountain range in the Bekaa
Jenta outskirts
Nabi al-Sheet outskirts
Brital outskirts
Houmin (region)
Two raids between Kafrwa and Wadi al-Zahrani.
🇮🇱⚡- The Likud Party is now calling Yoav Gallant a 'leftist'.
Читать полностью…🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "The killing of Nasrallah was my idea," - Yoav Gallant on Channel 12.
Читать полностью…🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We didn't attack Hezbollah in the first week of the war because we had just brought 100 to 150 pagers," - Netanyahu on Channel 14.
They're on separate channels giving interviews, and responding to one another.
🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- "We could have completely cut off Hezbollah on October 11th, this is the biggest strategic miss in the history of the country," - Yoav Gallant on Channel 12, blaming Netanyahu for refusing to attack Hezbollah early on.
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