CIA director Bill Burns will meet with the head of Israel's Mossad, the Egyptian intelligence chief and the Qatari prime minister in Europe in the coming days to discuss efforts to reach a deal to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza, Axios reports.

The war in Ukraine has reached a dead end.

This opinion was expressed by German Defense Minister Pistorius.

“In fact, the situation has reached a dead end. There are no territorial successes on either side. But the Ukrainians continue to defend themselves very successfully, especially in the south of the country and in the east,” he noted.

At the same time, Pistorius emphasized that he “would be careful with forecasts,” since “Putin’s efforts are enormous and inhumane, especially in the eastern regions.”

IDF's 11th Brigade (Yiftach/Reserve Commando Brigade) withdrew from Gaza today.

Ukrainian ground-based unmanned vehicle equipped with 55-kilogram explosives overcame 4 km of Russian-controlled territory and disabled a road bridge.

#BREAKING Massive Israel-U.S. military deal has been signed

The deal was signed in the last day in Washington, Israeli media reports.

As part of the deal, the following will be transferred to Israel:

- A squadron of F-35 jets (25 aircraft)
- F-15AI squadron (25 aircraft)
- Apache squadron (at least 12 combat helicopters)
- Many thousands of weapons are expected to arrive in the coming days.

The deal has been agreed and the supply of the planes will be provided as soon as possible, also from within the American military.

The armaments are expected to arrive within days. Officials in the Israeli delegation say: This is a really dramatic deal.

Israel is asking the Americans to prioritize supplies, given the development of the campaign and the possibility that it will develop into a multi-arena war.

Türkiye has officially ratified Sweden's NATO membership.

Despite sanctions, Russia imported advanced microprocessors from leading American and European manufacturers worth more than $1 billion in the first 9 months of 2023.

More than half of the total volume of imported semiconductors and integrated circuits during this period came from Western companies, notes Bloomberg.

Al-Jazeera publishes footage of the mining of two buildings in Gaza by soldiers of the 8208th Battalion of the 261st Brigade of the IDF, filmed shortly before Hamas fighters began shelling the buildings.

This would result in detonation and collapse.

The explosions killed at least 21 IDF soldiers.

Turkish President Erdogan signed the Presidential Decree on Sweden's accession protocol to NATO.

Interesting footage of Hezbollah attack on IDF spying equipment.

This was either a top attack ATGM strike or Hezbollah managed to attach a special camera to the munition to record the strike.

In what would be a first, this Hezbollah attack was highly likely carried out with Iranian-made ALMAS ATGM (Iranian copy of Israeli SPIKE missile).

Iran actually received Israeli Spike-MRs captured during the 2006 Lebanon War by Hezbollah fighters.

Israel asks embassies if they are equipped for ‘security escalation’, FT reports.

Israel’s foreign ministry has written to diplomatic missions in the country to ask if they have back-up generators and satellite phones in case of a “security escalation”.

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, could take some form of "lethal military action" against South Korea in the coming months after having shifted to a policy of open hostility, U.S. officials say to NYT.

Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, or risk harming business relations with Beijing, Reuters reports.

Turkish President Erdogan:

We expect the International Court of Justice to determine that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.

#BREAKING The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says some of the acts alleged by South Africa to have been "committed by Israel [in Gaza] appear to be capable of falling" within the provisions of the Genocide Convention.

ICJ orders Israel take all measures to prevent genocide, ensure its military forces don't commit those acts, prosecute its incitement and that it must allow basic services and protect relevant evidence.

ICJ also finds that the 'conditions to indicate provisional measures are met'.

#BREAKING The International Court of Justice (ICJ) rules 15 to 2 to demand “Israel take effective measures to prevent actions within the scope of the Genocide Convention.”

Note: The International Court of Justice declined to order Israel to cease military operations in Gaza.

Israel must report to the court within a month on what it's doing to uphold the order.

Photo from inside Israeli heavy armored personnel carrier Namer, destroyed in Gaza.

#BREAKING Canada and Türkiye reach deal to lift arms-related export controls, Reuters reports.

Putin:

Ukrainian intelligence knew that there were Ukrainian prisoners of war on board shot down Russian Il-76 aircraft.

Ukraine shot it down either with American or French missiles. It’ll be clear in couple of days.

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