Footage from Al Araby TV shows Hamas Qassam fighters storming an Israeli army site in Khan Younis.

Situation in Russia's Belgorod after Ukrainian attacks, there is a blackout in the region.

Clash Report Africa Bulletin – Fifth Issue Out Now

In this edition, we track intensifying wars, fragile peace efforts, and shifting economic currents stretching from the Sahel through Central Africa to the continent’s southern rim.

BREAKING: Trump says that the negotiations on his plan to end the war in Gaza are in their “final stages.”

Source: Barak Ravid

Netanyahu:

I don't decide a thing for Trump. He is the most independent leader that I have seen in all my years.

The idea that I boast that I control him is a lie.

JD Vance:

The US is discussing the possibility of supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine: the final decision is up to Trump.

Multiple people were shot Sunday morning at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, Michigan.

Six to eight victims were hit, and the church was set on fire. The suspected shooter is down, and police say there’s no ongoing threat.

FBI and ATF agents are responding, but victim conditions remain unknown.

Zelensky:

There is intelligence information that Russians are using tankers to launch drones at European countries.

Trump to Axios:

The Arab countries were fantastic to work with on this. Hamas is coming with them. They have great respect for the Arab world.

The Arab world wants peace, Israel wants peace and Bibi wants peace.

NEW: Trump told Axios that Netanyahu is on board with his peace plan on Gaza.

NEW: The Taliban released US citizen Amir Amiri, detained since Dec 2024, after a visit by Washington’s hostage envoy and Qatari mediation.

BREAKING: NYC Mayor Eric Adams has dropped out of the mayoral race.

Trump:

There are very good responses to the Gaza plan from Israel and from Arab states.

Source: Reuters

Nigeria: Bandits attacked a camp in Oke Ode, Kwara state, killing 12 people.

Ethiopia: Fano forces claim to have captured Woldiya, a strategic Amhara city on the Addis Ababa–Mekelle highway.

NEW: IDF has announced the death of a soldier who was killed in the West Bank: Inbar Avraham Kav, 20.

The pro-EU party, PAS, is leading and is expected to win the parliamentary elections in Moldova.

Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee:

If the 12-day war had lasted two months, there would be no trace of the Zionist regime today.

Senior Iranian official Mohsen Rezaee:

We used only 30% of our capabilities during the 12-day war. If they start again, we will respond with full force.

US sanctions on Serbia’s Russian-owned oil company NIS, originally set for Oct. 1, have been postponed by eight days, President Vucic said.

Vucic hinted Serbia may offer concessions to avoid sanctions, though details remain unclear.

Source: Reuters, citing Tanjug news agency

US House Speaker Mike Johnson:

I studied the history of Israel and I believe that Judea and Samaria (West Bank) are the traditional lands that belong to Israel.

But there are many geopolitical forces at play here. We will need to see how this develops.