Chinese Navy's most advanced Type 071 landing ship (Longhushan/980 hull number) conducting smoke screen exercise.

Many thought the ship was on fire.

IDF announces the killing of Cpt. Liron Snir, 25, in Gaza.

This brings IDF death toll in Gaza to 69.

There was 'some concern' inside the Biden admin. that an 'unintended consequence' of the humanitarian pause is that it would 'allow journalists broader access to Gaza' which could 'further illuminate the devastation there and turn public opinion on Israel', Politico reports.

The British government has blocked MPs asking any questions about activity at RAF Akrotiri, its vast air base on southern Cyprus, Declassified UK reports.

RAF has made over 30 military transport flights to Tel Aviv since Israel began bombing Gaza.

Just this morning an A400M Atlas military transport aircraft operated by the RAF landed in Tel Aviv from Akrotiri. The aircraft can carry 116 soldiers, a Chinook helicopter or a payload of 37 tonnes. 

RAF Akrotiri sits 180 miles from Tel Aviv with a flight time of 40 minutes. 

The US is moving arms to Israel using RAF Akrotiri, which has become an international military hub supporting Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza.

Half of US planes flying from British Cyprus are said to be carrying weapons for Israel.

Richard Haas, President of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), has a change of mind on Russo-Ukrainian War:

Even if we give everything we need to give to Ukraine it still won't lead to success.

Therefore the U.S. needs to have some very direct conversations with Ukraine and talk about reducing their emphasis on liberating land, increasingly put their emphasis on holding onto what they've got.

The idea that 1 or 2 or 3 more years of this is going to result in success, I simply don't see it.

Anytime in life there's a big gap between what you're trying to do and your ability to do it, you either need to increase your means or lower your goals: here the only realistic option is to lower our goals.

Mexican actress Melissa Barrera has been fired from the next Scream sequel for constantly supporting Palestine.

The actress played Sam Carpenter in 2022's 'Scream' and this year's 'Scream VI'.

Variety reported that insiders viewed Barrera's comments as "antisemitic".

North Korea claims it had put its first spy satellite into orbit.

The satellite, named “Malligyong-1,” was launched late Tuesday on a new carrier rocket, "Chollima-1".

South Korea called the launch a “clear violation” of a UN Security Council resolution that prohibits North Korea from using ballistic missile technology.

#BREAKING Azerbaijani President Aliyev says there are no longer any obstacles to signing a peace treaty with Armenia.

A Gazan father says goodbye to his daughter killed in an Israeli bombardment in Gaza.

Pope Francis says conflict between Israel and Hamas has gone beyond war to become "terrorism".

IDF fighter jets carried out airstrikes on a number Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

“Anyone who becomes a citizen of our country must know what this means for them personally.”

At the German Islam Conference, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser calls on every citizen, including immigrants, to uphold Germany's responsibility towards Israel's security.

Stefanos Kasselakis, the leader of the main opposition SYRIZA party in Greece, says Greece armed Aegean islands at the request of the US:

The issue of arming the islands does not originate from Greece. Our friends in the White House and the lobbies are putting pressure on our government.

Nevertheless, we must not take steps that would suggest to President Erdogan that we are open to disarming the islands.

US thwarted plot to kill Sikh separatist on American soil

US authorities thwarted a conspiracy to assassinate a Sikh separatist on American soil and issued a warning to India’s government over concerns it was involved in the plot, FT reports.

The target of the plot was Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, an American and Canadian citizen who is general counsel for Sikhs for Justice, a US-based group that is part of a movement pushing for an independent Sikh state called “Khalistan”.

Putin:

We need to help the people in the Gaza Strip who are suffering from the current events, this is our sacred duty.

IDF say 400 tunnel shafts have been discovered and destroyed since its invasion of Gaza has begun.

Mass graves in Gaza.

111 bodies from were buried in a mass grave in Khan Yunis.

#BREAKING Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez, re-elected last week, will inform Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his country will soon be ready to recognize the State of Palestine, El Confidencial newspaper reports.

Sanchez is scheduled to make the announcement during a planned trip to Israel on Thursday, where he and his Belgian counterpart Alexander de Croo plan to meet with Netanyahu and Israeli President Isaac Herzog, as well as Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

Footage released by Israeli sources claiming to show Palestinian forces exiting a tunnel and surrendering to Israeli forces in the area of Gaza City's Shati camp.

No other context has been provided.

Israeli military blew up another building in the Gaza Strip.

Freudian slip strikes again.

Swedish Prime Minister last night said “Israel has a right to commit genocide”.

Then quickly corrected himself “um…right to self defense!”