🇨🇩🇺🇳 DRC army and UN launch Operation Springbok as M23 threatens key towns

DRC government troops and United Nations peacekeepers launched a joint operation aimed at reinforcing security around the capital of the North Kivu province, Goma.

The city as well as Sake face threats from several armed groups, including from the M23 rebels. Group which Congo accuses Rwanda of supporting.

United Nations experts concluded in a report that Rwanda backs the M23, although Kigali denies the claim.

The UN's Force commander emphasised his forces commitment to helping the Congolese troops.

The new joint operation, named Springbok, has established several fresh defensive positions, with UN armored vehicles and heavily armed troops seen deployed in the hilly terrain near Sake.

#DRC #UN

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🇨🇩 Rebel fighting cuts power lines to DR Congo city of Goma

The main power lines to the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have been cut due to an escalation in rebel fighting nearby, leaving hospitals and water systems without power.

Virunga National Park, which operates the network that supplies about 80% of Goma's electricity, said on Monday that clashes between Congo's army and the M23 rebels had severed the main power lines to Goma, a city of over 2 million people and the capital of North Kivu province.

A spokesperson for the park said on Tuesday that engineers had managed to access the site to begin repairing the main line, but that bombing continued around them.

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🔴 The Israeli army carried an airstrike in the vicinity of the Lebanese army shooting range in Al-Naqoura.

Artillery is still ongoing in Al-Naqoura and Al-Laboneh region.

🔴 Hezbullah issued a statement announcing they attacked with rockets Israeli army artillery staging areas in the Golan Heights, in response to the Israeli attack against the group yesterday night.

🇺🇸 — Reports of a drone attack on Harir base in Erbil, northern Iraq.

Other reports say that a US base, near Deir ez-Zor was targeted by a suicide drone, eastern Syria.

🔴 Additional Israeli airstrikes in Yater and Kafra, south Lebanon.

Ticaret Bakanı Ömer Bolat:

Türkiye ile İsrail arasındaki ticaret 7 Ekim'den bu yana yüzde 50 azaldı.

Trade Minister Ömer Bolat:

Trade between Turkey and Israel has decreased by 50 percent since October 7.

Filistin Kızılayı:

Artık yakıt, hayat demek. Tüm hastanelerin tamamen kapanmasına saatler kaldı.

Palestinian Red Crescent:

Fuel now means life. The complete closure of all hospitals is hours away.

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show Optus mobile services are down across much of #Australia, leaving millions of customers unable to make calls or access internet since early morning; authorities said to be investigating possible cyberattack as trains and infrastructure disrupted 📵📉