An Israeli tank is firing smoke shells near Saftawi street as a rescue helicopter lands in the area.

A new type of Russian UAV was spotted over Kyiv Oblast this morning. It differs in appearance and sound from Geran drones.

Multiple sources are reporting that Russian forces have advanced into the central part of Katerynivka, reaching the intersection of Lenina and Sadovya streets.

Assault operations are also reportedly ongoing on the neighbouring village of Antonivka.

It appears that a Hezbollah drone directly hit Netanyahu's residence in central Israel. Rumours are already circulating that he was injured in the attack.

At least 73 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in beit lahiya, Gaza, in what appears to be one of the worst massacres in recent months.

This comes as Israel bombing campaigns have significantly intensified against civilian and Hamas targets in the northern Gaza Strip.

Many civilians moved to beit lahiya, which is north of Jabalia, to seek refugee. It was difficult for them to move to Gaza city due to intense bombing campaigns there, and they couldn’t move further south to the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone due to the risk of being shot by IDF soldiers if they passed through the netzarim corridor. Beit lahiya and neighboring beit hanoun were two of the “safest” options.

I've decided to make all middle east coverage free on this channel, rather than you having to go to my twitter to pay for extra coverage. Expect higher quality news from now on. I felt bad pay walling it, so I think this change is for the better.

News on Sudan, Myanmar, and Africa will remain a paid feature on my twitter, however.

And obviously Ukraine coverage will continue as normal

Here's a visualisation of the situation in Northern Gaza, with each major suburb/town highlighted.

Most of the fleeing civilians are coming from the Jabalia refugee camp and the Jabalia suburb of Gaza city and moving to the surrounding areas as Israel presses on in it's offensive.

Explosions in Southern Beirut. Israeli airstrikes are targeting the city again.

What appears to be the first released footage taken by a Geran-2 drone on its way to strike targets in Ukraine.

There have been reports of cameras on downed drones for quite some time now.

Geolocated footage indicates that Russian forces have advanced in the Kupyansk direction and have reached the Oskil river, physically cutting Ukrainian bridgehead in half.

This was done with two mechanised assaults. The first was a combined push with at least 7 tanks and BMPs. They spearheaded the advance, heading southwest through Kruhlyakivka, reaching the Oskil river where Infantry likely dismounted and took up positions.

A second mechanised assault was conducted shortly afterwards with the goal of widening the spearhead. 4 tanks and armoured vehicles and 1 armoured personnel carrier advanced to the eastern part of the village. Infantry dismounted from the APC, who attempted to take up positions in the northern residential area. The other vehicles then spearheaded an advance south down the main road, reaching the intersection between the R-79 highway and the main road.

Local Ukrainian sources reported that Russian forces have launched their second offensive on the key city of Selydove around 12 hours ago, and have advanced into the eastern residential area.

Following the likely recapture of the Concrete plant, Russian forces - under the cover of air and artillery strikes - reportedly built on their momentum and advanced and captured Myru street. They then reportedly advanced across the two bridges (which lead over the tributary of the Solona river) and entered the eastern houses of Lysychanska street.

Another report states that Russian forces have advanced into the eastern outskirts of Vyshneve, west of Selydove, with assault operations underway and clashes ongoing.