⚡️🇵🇸 NYT: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been positioning his son, Yasser, for a senior leadership role in the Fatah party.

The move comes as the 90‑year‑old leader faces growing international pressure for political reforms and as many Palestinians yearn for new leadership.

Yasser Abbas, 64, has sought a seat on Fatah’s Central Committee, and has taken on a more public role as an envoy to Lebanon.

Some senior Fatah officials have privately opposed the move but fear retribution. Analysts say the push undermines efforts to rebrand Fatah as a viable political alternative to Hamas.

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Possible Ukrainian ballistic missile flying to Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast

Likely a misidentification

Russia and Ukraine conducted another exchange of dead soldiers.

41 Russian bodies were exchanged for 525 Ukrainian bodies.

Satellite imagery posted by @avivector shows that the Russian Be-200 amphibious aircraft that was attacked by Ukrainian drones at Yeysk Airbase, Krasnodar Krai, was completely destroyed.

Possible Iskander-M ballistic missile launch from Crimea

Something was launched from Cape Fiolent, Crimea.

Likely an S-300 air defence missile targeting Ukrainian drones.

Possible Iskander on Odesa

Explosions in Sevastopol, Crimea. This was definitely an air defence missile.

Russian source Fighterbomber claims that the Russian interception attempt by a Su-35 against a Ukrainian F-16 using an R-37/77 air-to-air missile that I reported on earlier today was likely successful.

Next time people claim I am fabricating reports on Russia/Ukrainian interception attempts against aircraft for propaganda purposes, you can send them this.

Regarding the claim of Russian control over Charvine, Zaporizhzhia Oblast:

Russian forces have been making significant advances in this area, but the village is not under their control yet. Despite the flag raises, they have only captured the eastern half of the settlement. Clearing operations are ongoing in the western half, while heavy artillery, MLRS and KAB strikes are targeting Ukrainian strongpoints on the western outskirts.

It is expected that the village will fall in the next couple of days.

Hezbollah issued a statement saying that they targeting an Israeli helicopter over the town of Al-Bayada, southern Lebanon, with a surface-to-air missile.

The interception attempt failed and the helicopter withdrew.

The IDF claims that a Hezbollah rocket flying towards Israeli positions in southern Lebanon was intercepted a short time ago.

Meanwhile, Israeli channel 12 reports that a Hezbollah drone was intercepted over the Golan Heights, without sirens being activated.

Hezbollah released footage showing an FPV drone strike on an Israeli excavator in the village of Tayr Harfa, southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah released footage showing the launch of 122mm grad rockets and Shahed-101 drones towards Israeli positions in southern Lebanon.

A new large wave of Israeli airstrike is currently targeting numerous towns and villages across southern Lebanon.

Russian FPV drones targeted at least two UN vehicles in Kherson City. No casualties were reported.