Bombalamaya ait görüntüler.

Images of the bombing.

🇦🇪🇮🇱🇮🇷 Chabad emissary Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan citizen living in the UAE, has been missing since Thursday. Israeli media claim he was kidnapped by an underground Iranian cell.

Mossad is already investigating his disappearenace.


📝 Times of Israel
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🇺🇦🇷🇺 ATACMS strike in Kursk.

Russian channels report 5 missiles were used.


🗺 @PoliticsGR

🇸🇾🇮🇷🇹🇷 Syria has reportedly targeted HTS members.


🗺 @PoliticsGR

🇦🇪🇮🇱🇮🇷 The body of Zvi Kogan has been found. Ynet reports he has been murdered by an Iranian-sent squad.

Israel pledged to use all available means to bring the perpetrators to justice.


📝 Times of Israel, Ynet
🗺️ @PoliticsGR

🇯🇴🇮🇱 A shooting event took place this Sunday near the Israeli embassy in Jordan.

The gunman died and three Jordanian policemen were injured, a security source and state media said.


📝 Reuters
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🇦🇪🇮🇱🇵🇸 Zvi Kogan has reportedly served in the Givati Brigade, a unit that has operated at various conflicts in Gaza in the past.


📝 Bint Jbeil
🗺️ @PoliticsGR

Geopolitics of Lebanon Explained

Dive into the geopolitics of Lebanon and uncover how this small yet strategically significant nation became a focal point of regional and global interests. In this video, we explore the formation of Greater Lebanon, its shifting borders, and how its diverse geography—from the Bekaa Valley to the Anti-Lebanon Mountains and coastal plains—shaped its political and cultural identity.

Learn how colonial ambitions, global conflicts, and local resilience intertwined to transform Lebanon from a French mandate into a sovereign state. Discover the role of geopolitics in balancing religious demographics, the crafting of a unique power-sharing system, and the importance of Lebanon’s position as a Mediterranean crossroads.

Stay tuned for part two, where we’ll examine Lebanon’s post-independence challenges and its enduring role in regional politics. Don’t forget to check out our bonus video on the Litani River and its geopolitical importance in southern Lebanon. Subscribe to Geographilia for more insights into history, geography, and international affairs!

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00:00 Intro
00:32 Chapter 1: Prisoners of Geography
02:05 Chapter 2: Born from an empire
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🇷🇴 Today it’s election day in Romania and people will vote for the new President.

📃 Main parties and candidates:
❤️ Marcel Ciolacu (PSD): incumbent PM, former President of the Chamber of Deputies (2019-2020, 2021-2023)
💛 Nicolae Ciucă (PNL): incumbent President of the Senate, former PM (2021-2023)
💙 Mircea Geoană (MRR): former Deputy Secretary General of NATO (2019–2024)
💛 George Simion (AUR): incumbent MP
💙 Elena Lasconi (USR): incumbent Mayor of Câmpulung
💙 Cristian Diaconescu (Independent): former Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008-2009, 2012)

🗳 Mainstream parties are at odds with each other, as both the centre-left PSD and the centre-right PNL have nominated different candidates, which coupled with popular discontent has facilitated the rise of the nationalist AUR.

📊 Latest polls indicate a Ciolacu lead, with a fierce battle for the second place between Simion and Ciucă:
🗳 Ciolacu: 24-29%
🗳 Simion: 17-21%
🗳 Ciucă: 15-19%
🗳 Lasconi: 12-17%
🗳 Geoană: 9-15%
🗳 Diaconescu: 4-9%

🗳 Polls will remain open until 21:00 EEST.

⚡️🇱🇧❌🇮🇱 - Ballistic missiles launched towards central Tel Aviv, Israel.

The missile was likely launched from Lebanon.