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❗️BREAKING | US warplanes launch 8 airstrikes on the capital Sanaa, Yemen.
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Netanyahu says 'explosion' of Iran nuclear program only acceptable path toward deal with US
Indirect talks between the US and Iran over its nuclear program are set to begin in Oman following a 'diplomatic breakthrough'
Russian Duma ratifies 20-year strategic pact with Iran
The vote in Moscow came days ahead of a historic summit in Oman between top US and Iranian officials
BREAKING | US forces launch three airstrikes on an agricultural area south of Sanaa, Yemen.
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❗️Medical sources tell Al Jazeera:
"21 martyrs in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since dawn today."
Pentagon prepares to expand 'unrelenting' attacks against Yemen
The Yemeni army remains largely unaffected and continues operations, despite the heavy civilian casualties and a deepening humanitarian crisis
❗️A funeral procession for Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
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US army reduces presence at Syrian oil field, transfers forces to Iraq: Report
Following the takeover of Syria by Turkish-backed extremists, Washington promoted a deal to end clashes between government forces and Kurdish troops in the northeast
Russia–Iran–China: All for one, and one for all?
Although perhaps not yet obvious to Washington, a US war on Iran will be viewed as one against Russia and China too. Both Putin and Xi know that Trump's war is singularly directed at the transformational global 'changes they are driving together.'
By Pepe Escobar
Erdogan files criminal complaint against opposition leader
Charges were filed after CHP leader Ozgur Ozel 'insulted' the Turkish president
❗️Local sources in Syria are reporting that the Israeli army advanced with military vehicles, accompanied by drones, into Tal al-Sayfar in the southern Syrian Quneitra countryside.
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❗️Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on X:
"President Trump has been a remarkable friend of the State of Israel.
He has been a great champion of our alliance. We are working together to bring our hostages home - all of them."
❗️Israeli army announces that the Golani Brigade has returned to fighting in Gaza, publishing footage of the brigade in Rafah, southern Gaza.
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❗️Israeli forces detonate residential blocks northwest of Rafah in southern Gaza.
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❗️Press Statement Issued by Hamas:
– "The wave of arrests carried out by the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security forces in the West Bank against our people following their participation in marches and events in support of Gaza is a dangerous indication and a behavior that serves the occupation's goals. It constitutes a new betrayal of our people and our cause, which is going through one of its most perilous phases."
– "The arrest of a member of the Beita Municipal Council, south of Nablus, by PA security forces, along with the suppression of a march in Ramallah and the detention of participants, confirms that the Authority is actively working to thwart any popular movement in support of Gaza and in rejection of the occupation’s crimes. This amounts to a national and moral crime that necessitates a broad national response to put an end to the killings, displacement, and destruction taking place in the West Bank."
– "We call on our people in the West Bank not to submit to these repressive practices, to raise their voices against these violations, and to continue the popular mobilization against the occupation—in support of Gaza, to confront the plans to Judaize Jerusalem, annex the West Bank, seize land, displace its people, and implement the occupation’s malicious schemes."
❗️BREAKING | US warplanes bomb residential area in Hodeidah, west of Yemen, killing at least 6 civilians, including 3 children.
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❗️Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrey Rudenko:
"If the United States attacks Iran, Russia is not obligated to provide military assistance under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement with Iran."
⭕️ Israeli military Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir visited southern Gaza earlier today and told troops that he expects them to defeat the Qassam Brigades’ Rafah Brigade.
“You have returned to fight in the Gaza Strip, in an area where our forces are operating for the first time. I expect you to defeat the Rafah Brigade and secure victory wherever you are engaged,” Zamir told the troops.
The military had previously claimed to have defeated the Rafah Brigade back in September.
Israeli occupation forces violently harass Palestinians at Beit Furik checkpoint near Nablus, including brutalizing an elderly man, before kidnapping multiple civilians.
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UPDATE | Yemeni Health Ministry:
"Two martyrs and 13 injured in initial toll from the US airstrikes on Hodeidah city."
BREAKING | US airstrikes target the Hodeidah Governorate in western Yemen.
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⭕️ Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by dozens of military vehicles, stormed the Tal al-Sayfar area in the Quneitra countryside.
Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee proudly announced a tour of southern Syria, which Israel has vowed to demilitarize entirely.
"We have no intention of intervening in the internal conflict, but we will not tolerate any threat to Israel's security."
❗️Israeli journalist Barak Ravid:
"Netanyahu said in a video released by his office before departing Washington back to Israel that a nuclear deal with Iran would be acceptable only if it included the 'explosion' of all of Iran's nuclear facilities and 'the dismantling of all equipment - under American supervision and implemented by Americans.' He noted that if that does not happen and Iran drags out the talks, a military option should be used. 'Everyone understands that. I discussed this at length with President Trump,' Netanyahu said."
❗️Israel has dropped 90,000 tons of US explosives on Gaza—40 kilograms (88 pounds) for every man, woman, and child. That’s 6.5 Hiroshima bombs.
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❗️The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office announced that public lawsuits have been filed against 819 individuals in connection with the protests over Ekrem Imamoglu:
“Following investigations into illegal meetings and protest marches held in our province, and based on 20 separate case files, proceedings were initiated against 829 individuals. As of today, the process of filing public lawsuits against 819 of them at the Istanbul Criminal Courts of First Instance has been completed. Of those charged, 278 are currently under arrest, while 10 suspects remain at large.”
❗️Egyptians gather near the Gaza border, to oppose the displacement of the strip’s residents.
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Israeli officials 'caught unaware' by announcement of US–Iran talks: Report
Trump has threatened that a failure of these talks means an attack on Iran, which Israel hopes to coordinate with Washington
❗️Hamas:
– "What’s happening in Gaza isn’t mere military pressure – it’s brutal revenge against innocent civilians. The world must shoulder its responsibility and stop this immediately."
– "Escalating this aggression won’t break our people’s will. It will only fuel their defiance, strengthen their resolve, and deepen their commitment to resistance."
– "Netanyahu’s policy of targeting children, women, and elderly civilians isn’t a path to victory – it’s a blueprint for certain failure."
– "Military escalation won’t return prisoners alive; it endangers them. Negotiations are the only way to bring them home.
❗️Israeli occupation forces storm the occupied West Bank city of Nablus for the third time today.
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African Union expels Israeli envoy from session on Rwanda genocide
Hamas welcomed the decision of the African bloc, which comes two years after an Israeli delegation was kicked out of an AU summit