Wow, if our own secretary of defense tried this stunt he'd be fired and out a job by morning 🙄
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Under the plan, #Israel’s war in the territory would continue until it had secured the return of the #hostages taken on 7 October, dismantled #Hamas’s “military and governing capabilities” and removed any remaining military threats.
Gallant unveiled the plan to the press before submitting it to prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war cabinet, #PostWarGaza
The commander-in-chief of #Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said at the funeral on Friday for the victims of twin #IslamicState bombings two days earlier that their deaths would be avenged. #IRGC #KermanBombing #IsraelGazaWar
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/05/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-antony-blinken-israel-palestine-gaza-hamas?page=with:block-6597b2b88f0825b4df60e6ce#block-6597b2b88f0825b4df60e6ce
#Teheran - Iranian President #EbrahimRaisi joined mourners in #Kerman on Jan 5 for the funerals of the 89 people killed in twin blasts claimed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (#ISIS) group, state media said. Despite the claim of responsibility by ISIS, Iranian officials have continued to suggest #Israel's and #US involvement. #KermanBombing
Iran lays to rest victims of Islamic State twin bombings | The Straits Times
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/iran-lays-to-rest-victims-of-isis-twin-bombings
In a second nationally televised address within three days, #Nasrallah said that all of #Lebanon would be “exposed” if there was no response from his group to the killing of #SalehAlArouri, further heightening fears of a dangerous escalation in the conflict, even as #Israel warned its military was ready for any eventuality. #Hezbollah
About 90% of #children under the age of two are consuming two or fewer food groups, #UNICEF said in a statement on Friday.
Most families said their children are only getting grains – including bread – or milk, which would meet the definition of severe #FoodPoverty, it said. #Gaza #Israel
#SalehAlArouri’s assassination took place in the #Hezbollah stronghold of #Beirut’s southern suburbs, even as the group has attempted to pursue a policy of supporting #Hamas in #Gaza while stopping short of triggering its own major war with #Israel.
Friday’s comments by Hezbollah’s head, #HassanNasrallah, were, however, more forceful than those made earlier this week.
#India’s navy said its commandos have rescued all crew members from a Liberian-flagged merchant vessel after its attempted hijack in the #ArabianSea, and that it had not found any pirates on board.
The subcontinent’s navy said on Friday that 21 crew members, including 15 Indians, were rescued from the #MVLilaNorfolk after they intercepted the vessel. #Israel
Indian navy intercepts ship, rescues crew after Arabian Sea hijack attempt
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/5/india-navy-says-responding-to-liberian-flagged-vessel-hijack-in-arabian-sea
The #US learned that the terror group #IslamicState (IS) was behind Wednesday’s twin bomb attacks in Iran that killed dozens from “communications intercepts”, Reuters is reporting. #KermanBombing #Iran #Israel
The The US secretary of state, #AntonyBlinken, arrived in #Istanbul late on Friday for the first leg of a trip that includes visits to #Israel and #WestBank, along with five Arab states.
Blinken’s fourth crisis tour since the start of the Israel-Hamas war three months ago comes with fears mounting that the conflict will engulf swathes of the #MiddleEast.
Blinken to discuss #Gaza with #Erdoğan
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/06/middle-east-crisis-israel-gaza-war-hamas-us-blinken-trip-erdogan?page=with:block-6598e21c8f08640ae963af69#block-6598e21c8f08640ae963af69
The dramatic first week of 2024 has tipped the scale towards those who say the daily diet of #DroneStrikes, #assassinations and #MaritimeAssaults will at some point combust into a major war across the #MiddleEast.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/06/middle-east-crisis-israel-gaza-war-hamas-us-blinken-trip-erdogan?page=with:block-659914588f08640ae963b01f#block-659914588f08640ae963b01f
#US Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken and the #EuropeanUnion’s senior diplomat #JosepBorrell were both in the region on separate diplomatic missions to stop the three-month-old #Gaza war spilling over into #Lebanon, the Israeli-occupied #WestBank, and #RedSea shipping lanes. #Israel
Israel, #Hezbollah exchange fire across Lebanon border amid alarm over Gaza war spillover
https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/israel-war-hamas-updates-january-6-2024/
Back toot Lebanon: https://noc.social/@Norobiik/111704677918351651
#MetroManila (CNN #Philippines, January 6) — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Saturday confirmed the safety of six #Filipino crew members on board the #MVNilaNorfolk after an attempted hijacking in the North #ArabianSea. #India #Israel
6 Pinoy seafarers safe after attempted hijacking of ship in North Arabia Sea
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2024/1/6/6-Pinoy-seafarers-safe-after-attempted-hijacking.html
Judging from the positive outcome of this meeting, I'm going to assume that the discussion on the other items on the table (ie. #F16's for #Turkey, #Sweden's #NATO membership) also went well. #Israel #Erdoğan
Turkey to play 'productive' role in postwar #Gaza, #Blinken says
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240106-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-israel-bombing-of-gaza-continues-despite-un-warnings-that-territory-is-uninhabitable
Israel’s bombardment of Gaza continued on Saturday despite UN warnings that the Palestinian territory has become "uninhabitable" after three months of fighting that threatens to engulf the wider region. Israeli strikes were reported on Gaza's southern city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of people have sought refuge from the fighting. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.
This is video footage of the aftermath of the fatal Israeli airstrike on a car carrying two journalists in southern #Gaza.
Al Jazeera journalist #HamzaAlDahdouh and #MustafaThuria, a video stringer for AFP, were killed when their car was struck driving between #Rafah and #KhanYounis.
Hamza’s father, Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, #WaelAlDahdouh, holds his late son’s hand. His wife, two other children and a grandson were killed by a separate earlier airstrike. #Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/07/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-west-bank-jenin-palestinian-ministry-latest-updates?page=with:block-659aad818f08640ae963b883#block-659aad818f08640ae963b883
Under the #ICJ’s rules a state that does not have a judge of its nationality already on the bench can choose an ad hoc judge to sit in their case. #TheHague
#Israel names former supreme court president #AharonBarak to ICJ panel ahead of #SouthAfrica's #genocide case hearing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/07/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-west-bank-jenin-palestinian-ministry-latest-updates?page=with:block-659ac87d8f08640ae963b92e#block-659ac87d8f08640ae963b92e
Here's the backstory of #IsraelInTheHague
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Top officials in the #IsraelDefenseForces and Israeli government have reportedly been warned by a top legal expert that the #InternationalCourtOfJustice could issue an injunction requiring the country to halt its bombardment of #Gaza, following a motion filed by #SouthAfrica last week. #Israel
As Death Toll in Gaza Rises, Israeli Officials Fear Possible #Genocide Charges at #ICJ
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-icj-genocide
"In general, it's hard to prove an intention of genocide because no public statements to that effect are made during the fighting," said one expert. "But these irresponsible statements about erasing Gaza will require Israel to explain why they don't reflect such an intention."
“The levels of #hunger are quite severe in #Gaza. From #Rafah to the north, it gets worse, the farther north you go. We’re making a concerted effort to try to import more food into Gaza and make sure it gets to people in need, including the 1.4 million people in the Rafah governorate." - Scott Anderson, UNRWA’s Gaza deputy director
#UNRWA in 'life-saving' mode in Gaza as #HumanitarianCrisis deteriorates
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/07/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-west-bank-jenin-palestinian-ministry-latest-updates?page=with:block-659ad5498f08640ae963b98e#block-659ad5498f08640ae963b98e
#SouthAfrica’s lawsuit seeking a halt to the Israeli assault on #Gaza comes after years of deteriorating relations rooted in the #ANC’s decades-long support for the #PalestinianCause and the legacy of #Israel’s close military alliance with the #apartheid regime during some of the most oppressive years of white rule. #TheHague #ICJ
How apartheid history shaped South Africa’s #genocide case against Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/08/south-africa-genocide-case-israel-apartheid-history
Why it matters: MBZ's refusal underscores the position of many Arab countries that have said they won't foot the bill to maintain the status quo in the #WestBank and #Gaza after the war.
"The notion that Arab countries will come in to rebuild and pay the bill for what's currently happening is wishful thinking," an Emirati official told Axios.
#UAE rebuffs #Israel's #Netanyahu over #Palestinian workers' pay: "Ask Zelensky"
https://www.axios.com/2024/01/08/netanyahu-uae-mbz-zelensky-palestinians-unemployment
#Fixers with alleged links to Egyptian intelligence are making a fortune in ‘fees’ from people hoping to exit through the #RafahCrossing. #Egypt, a key regional player in negotiations on #Gaza, has long resisted opening the Rafah crossing, fearing that millions of people would flee into the neighbouring Sinai peninsula. #Israel
#Palestinians desperate to flee Gaza pay thousands in bribes to ‘brokers’ | Global development | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/jan/08/palestinians-flee-gaza-rafah-egypt-border-bribes-to-brokers
Expressing concern that the war between #Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group #Hamas in the #GazaStrip could spread in the wider #Middle East, he called for a “ceasefire on every front, including #Lebanon”.
'Indiscriminately striking' civilians is #WarCrime, #PopeFrancis says in major speech
https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/indiscriminately-striking-civilians-war-crime-pope-francis/
A variety of metal tubes and components as well as shell casings were stacked in an overground workshop area, while in another area, long metal racks holding missiles could be seen, with an elevator leading down into the tunnel. #Gaza #Israel #Hamas.
Israeli forces say they locate large underground #WeaponsFactory in Gaza
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-forces-say-they-locate-large-underground-weapons-factory-in-gaza/ar-AA1mEMYw?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
#Jordan's army has stepped up a campaign against #DrugDealers after clashes last month with dozens of people suspected of links to pro-Iranian #militias, who were carrying large hauls over its border with #Syria along with weapons and explosives.
Jordan and its Western allies have blamed #Lebanon-based #Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian militia as being behind the surge in smuggling. #captagon #Assad #Israel
Jordanian jets strike #Iran-linked drug dealers inside Syria
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-781341
Just wanted to comment that #Jordan's air force and it's pilots have always been top notch (the late King Hussein was an avid pilot). Which was why Jordanian air fields were among #Israel's primary targets in the 1967 Six Day war.
My guess is that US & Israeli intel helped guide the airstrikes on #Syria' s #captagon drug warehouses.
Attached: 1 image #Jordan's army has stepped up a campaign against #DrugDealers after clashes last month with dozens of people suspected of links to pro-Iranian #militias, who were carrying large hauls over its border with #Syria along with weapons and explosives. Jordan and its Western allies have blamed #Lebanon-based #Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian militia as being behind the surge in smuggling. #captagon #Israel Jordanian jets strike Iran-linked drug dealers inside Syria https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-781341
Backstory on #Syria's multi-billion #captagon drug trade via a June 2023 BBC article. Captagon is a highly addictive #amphetamine-like drug that has plagued the #MiddleEast in recent years and has now spread to #Europe, #Africa and #Asia. #AssadRegime #Hezbollah #Israel
Syria: New Captagon drug trade link to top officials found - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66002450
#WaelAlDahdouh is one of the most well-known faces in #Gaza — and he has become a symbol of the embattled territory’s calamity.
#Israel’s #GazaWar leads to a massacre of #journalists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/09/gaza-journalist-killed-israel-dahdouh/
Dr Ng said #Singapore is contributing to the coalition operation in the #RedSea – launched by the #US on Dec 19, 2023 – as it aligns with the three principles of maritime security cooperation that the Republic articulated at the Shangri-La Dialogue in 2005 when the #MalaccaStrait and #SingaporeStrait were threatened by #piracy and sea robbery. #Houthi #Israel
SAF to participate in multinational military operation to keep #RedSea safe
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/saf-to-participate-in-multinational-military-operation-to-keep-red-sea-safe
#Hezbollah said that it had targeted the “enemy’s northern command centre in the city of #Safed with several drones” in retaliation for the killing of Hezbollah field commander #WissamAlTawil in #Lebanon on Monday, as well as an attack on #Hamas’s deputy leader #SalehAlArouri in #Beirut last week.
‘Brink of war’: Hezbollah-#Israel trade further strikes across border | News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/9/brink-of-war-hezbollah-israel-trade-strikes-as-fear-of-escalation-rises
“More children have died in #Gaza than in all other conflicts around the world this past year,” Abdullah said according to the speech which was carried on state media. “Of those who have survived, many have lost one or both parents — an entire generation of orphans.”
British surgeon says Gaza ‘beyond worst thing’ he’s seen, as #Jordan’s king warns #Israel creating a ‘generation of orphans’ | CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/09/middleeast/gaza-orphan-british-doctor-jordan-king-intl-hnk/index.html
The international criminal court (#ICC) has confirmed it is investigating potential crimes against #journalists since the outbreak of war between #Israel and #Hamas, according to #ReportersWithoutBorders (RSF). #TheHague
Blinken told Netanyahu IDF must avoid inflicting further harm on civilians in Gaza; Hamas chief calls on Muslim states to provide militants with weapons
In three months, according to figures released last week by the International Organization for Migration, about 76,000 people have been driven from southern #Lebanon.
Local authorities in #Tyre, a pretty seaside city with ancient ruins, are registering between 200 and 300 newly displaced people each day. #Hezbollah #Israel #Gaza
‘Everyone is leaving’: bombardments drive tens of thousands from southern Lebanon
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/everyone-is-leaving-bombardments-drive-tens-of-thousands-from-southern-lebanon
US Secretary of State #AntonyBlinken urges Israel to support Palestinian leaders willing to live peacefully alongside Israelis and warned the daily toll in its war with #Hamas in #Gaza was far too high. #Israel
Top US diplomat urges Israel to make hard choices, work with #Palestinians
https://www.rappler.com/world/middle-east/israel-war-hamas-updates-january-10-2024/
After months of all-out war to root out #Hamas' brutality has drawn #Israel into what looks like a no-win situation, a war in which it is trying to destroy the militant group but can't keep up the same pressure without backlash over the devastation it brings. #Gaza
Israel's military is facing a no-win situation
https://www.businessinsider.com/israel-no-win-situation-gaza-after-months-war-crush-hamas-2024-1
This is part of #EU's push to be more independent defense-wise instead of being mostly reliant on the #US. #France, in particular, has been wanting this to happen for the longest time.
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EU member states gave initial backing on Tuesday (16 January) for the creation of a #NavalMission to protect ships from attacks by #Iran-backed Houthi terrorists in the #RedSea, according to several European diplomats. #Israel #Houthis
The strikes in #Pakistan came less than a day after Iranian missile strikes in #Syria and #Iraq, part of a string reprisals against #Tehran’s enemies in the wake of a double suicide bombing in the city of #Kerman on 3 January which killed more than 80 Iranians. #IslamicState (IS) claimed responsibility for that attack. #Balochistan #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza
Iran strikes ‘militant bases’ in Pakistan in latest #MiddleEast flashpoint
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/16/iran-launches-airstrikes-on-sunni-militant-bases-in-pakistan
#Iran’s state media reported earlier that #Tehran had targeted two bases of the armed group Jaish al-Adl in #Pakistan, with missiles and drones. Press TV, the English-language arm of Iranian state television, attributed the attack to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. #KermanBombing #Balochistan #Israel #Gaza
Pakistan says two children killed in ‘completely unacceptable’ Iran attack
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/17/pakistan-says-two-children-killed-in-completely-unacceptable-iran-attack
Seeking to pre-empt criticism that it had violated #Pakistan’s sovereignty, Iran said the attacks on terrorists were no different from the kind of assassination operations mounted by the #US across the #MiddleEast and #Asia. #Iran’s president, #EbrahimRaisi, said “there is no more important issue for Iran than its security”. #Balochistan #KermanBombing #Israel
Iran hails strikes in Pakistan as it is warned of ‘serious consequences’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/17/iran-hails-strikes-in-pakistan-as-it-is-warned-of-serious-consequences
#Islamabad, #Pakistan — Pakistan hit #Iran with “highly coordinated” military strikes on Thursday morning, a little more than 24 hours after Iranian air strikes in #Balochistan, further raising tensions between the neighbours and sparking fears of a broader conflict. #Balochistan #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza
Pakistan launches ‘precise’ military strikes on Iran in response to bombing
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/18/pakistan-launches-precise-military-strikes-on-iran-in-response-to-bombing
#Balochistan #Pakistan #Iran #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza
More from the Pakistani foreign ministry statement, which justifies this morning’s strikes on Iranian territory by saying that they were taken “in light of credible intelligence of impending large-scale terrorist activities.” The statement says:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/18/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-latest-news-us-military-strikes-houthi-rebels-yemen-pakistan-attack-iran?page=with:block-65a8b4bb8f0845976a840300#block-65a8b4bb8f0845976a840300
Associated Press reports that the #BalochLiberationArmy, a separatist group, said in a statement the strikes by #Pakistan inside #Iran targeted and killed its people. #Balochistan
@mike805 Probably 😬 And Israel has always said they'd do a preemptive strike if that's the case.
Besides which, that triangle between China, India and Pakistan is a veeery sensitive region with a long history of bloody border conflicts Just one missile in the wrong place and we're looking at major potential chaos.
Here are some of the latest images sent to us by wires in #Gaza, where there has been no let-up in Israeli attacks.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/18/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-latest-news-us-military-strikes-houthi-rebels-yemen-pakistan-attack-iran?page=with:block-65a890698f0845976a84021e#block-65a890698f0845976a84021e
#Israel #Gaza #RedSea
The #US military has fired another wave of missile strikes against #Houthi-controlled sites, marking the fourth time in a week that it has directly targeted the group in #Yemen.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/18/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-latest-news-us-military-strikes-houthi-rebels-yemen-pakistan-attack-iran?page=with:block-65a8a7398f08a3ffd92948d1#block-65a8a7398f08a3ffd92948d1
New Delhi: #India's navy said on Thursday that it responded to a #DroneAttack distress call from a Marshall Islands-flagged vessel (#GencoPicardy) in the #GulfOfAden and that the ship's crew were safe, with a fire on board under control. #Houthi #Yemen #Israel #Gaza
Navy says Indian crew safe after attack on vessel in Gulf of Aden
https://www.deccanherald.com/india/navy-says-indian-crew-safe-after-attack-on-vessel-in-gulf-of-aden-2854354
#DAVOS, #Switzerland (Reuters) -At least $15 billion will be needed to rebuild houses in #Gaza, the head of the #PalestineInvestmentFund said on Wednesday, underlining the scale of devastation caused by #Israel's offensive.
"We still didn't talk about #infrastructure, we didn't talk about the #hospitals that were damaged, #the grids...," he said at the #WorldEconomicForum in Davos.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/at-least-15-billion-needed-for-gaza-housing-palestinian-official/ar-AA1n8aJs?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
Emergency responders risked their lives in the fighting on 7 October and several days afterwards to rescue the wounded and retrieve the dead. The chaos meant there were significant failings in preserving evidence of #GenderBasedViolence and what is coming to be seen as the systematic use of #rape as a weapon of war by #Hamas. #Israel #Gaza
Evidence points to systematic use of rape and #SexualViolence by Hamas in 7 October attacks (Warning: contains graphic descriptions)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/18/evidence-points-to-systematic-use-of-rape-by-hamas-in-7-october-attacks
#NEWDELHI/ #WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The #IndianNavy said on Thursday it had rescued the crew of a U.S.-owned vessel in the #GulfOfAden after an attack by #Yemen's #Houthi movement as tensions in the region's sea lanes disrupted global trade.#GencoPicardy #Israel #Gaza
#Pakistan’s prime minister will hold an emergency security meeting on Friday with military and intelligence chiefs after trading deadly airstrikes with #Iran on militant targets this week, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). #KermanBombing #Balochistan #Israel #Gaza
Middle East crisis live: Pakistan to hold emergency security meeting after trading strikes with Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/19/middle-east-crisis-live-news-updates-israel-gaza-war-houthi-rebels-yemen-russia-china-ships-red-sea-crisis-attacks?page=with%3Ablock-65aa2b958f08fb29729fefa4#block-65aa2b958f08fb29729fefa4
A senior #Houthi official has promised safe passage for Russian and Chinese vessels through the #RedSea, where the Iran-backed Yemeni militant group has been carrying out attacks on commercial ships in solidarity with #Palestinians in #Gaza. #Russia #China #Israel
Mahmoud Abbas says there can be no stability without a Palestinian state; Israel war cabinet member says hostages will only be released with ceasefire
Vessels loaded with foodstuffs are among those avoiding #Houthi attacks in the key waterway by sailing around #Africa, a longer and costlier route. But unlike #gas, #oil and #ConsumerGoods cargoes that have also been affected, lengthier shipping times risk making #PerishableFoods unsellable. #Yemen #Israel #Gaza
#RedSea attacks disrupt #FoodTrade and may result in higher #GroceryPrices
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/red-sea-attacks-disrupt-food-trade-risk-higher-grocery-prices
The #Cyprus government is facing growing criticism over British military bases on the island being used by #UK and #US forces to stage airstrikes on #Iran-backed #Houthi rebels in #Yemen.
The two installations, retained by the British after the country won independence in 1960 to end decades of colonial rule, operate as sovereign overseas territories beyond the reach of the republic. #RedSea #Israel #Gaza
#US bases in #Iraq and #Syria have also come under a spate of attacks in recent months. As it fired on #Pakistan, Iran also launched strikes on Iraqi and Syrian territory earlier this week.
But despite strong condemnation from both Pakistan and Iran, neither side appears to have an appetite for escalation. #KermanBombing #Israel #Gaza
Iran-Pakistan Update as Tehran Offers Olive Branch After Attacks
https://www.newsweek.com/iran-pakistan-airstrikes-update-1862190
I have a really bad feeling about this, hope I'm wrong 🤞
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The security source, part of a network of groups close to #Syria's government and its major ally #Iran, said the multi-storey building was used by Iranian advisers supporting President Bashar al-Assad's government, and that it was entirely flattened by "precision-targeted Israeli missiles". #Israel
Israeli strike on Damascus kills Iranian Guards official -source
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-strike-on-damascus-kills-iranian-guards-official-source/ar-BB1gZ34u?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01
The #RedSea attacks fit in with #Iran's strategy of expanding and mobilising its regional Shi'ite network of armed militias to project its influence and show its ability to threaten maritime security in the region and beyond.
They said #Tehran wanted to show that the #Gaza war could be too costly for the West if it drags on - and could have catastrophic consequences in the region as things escalate. #Israel #Yemen #Houthi
#Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (#IRGC) says four of its “military advisers” have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a residential building in #Syria’s capital, #Damascus. A well-informed source told Al Jazeera the target was an IRGC intelligence unit, adding that a senior IRGC intelligence official in Syria and his assistants were in the building. #Mazzeh #Israel
“We need a humanitarian ceasefire now, we can’t wait another 100 days,” the #UAE Ambassador to the United Nations, #LanaNusseibeh, said in an online interview from New York. “The risks are high, the war in #Gaza is very clearly an open wound and it’s destabilizing the region,” she said, adding that the US could play a critical role in easing the tensions. #Israel
UAE Warns US Time Running Out to Avoid Wider #MiddleEast Crisis
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-20/uae-warns-us-time-running-out-to-avoid-wider-middle-east-crisis
DOHA/ #GAZA (Reuters) - #Israel pounded targets across the #GazaStrip on Saturday while its planes dropped leaflets on the southern area of #Rafah urging #Palestinians seeking refuge there to help locate hostages held by #Hamas, residents said.
"They are asking people's help because they are unable to get to their hostages because of the resistance," said Abu Ali, one north Gaza resident. "End the war, #Netanyahu, and get your people back," he told Reuters.
The number of targets is considerably lower than the 60 which were struck in the first air raids on #Yemen made by the two countries 10 days earlier.
The latest raid marks the eighth time the #US has conducted strikes on #Houthi targets this months and the second time that the UK has participated. #RedSea #Israel
US and #UK strike Yemen in latest attempt to stop #Houthis targeting ships
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/22/us-uk-continue-strike-houthi-yemen-military-biden-sunak
About 20 relatives of people seized as captives by #Hamas in the 7 October attack disrupted a #Knesset finance committee meeting on Monday, chanting: “Release them now, now, now!”
Israeli #hostages’ families storm Knesset meeting to demand their return | #Israel-#Gaza war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/22/families-israeli-hostages-storm-knesset-meeting-netanyahu-rejects-hamas-offer-fighting-gaza
I was afraid of this despite hints that the hostage negotiations were going well. #Israel
'There will be no ceasefire' – Israeli government rules out suspension of hostilities in #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/24/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-us-military-strikes-houthi-rebels-yemen-red-sea-israel-gaza-war-hamas-hostages?page=with:block-65b116098f08af761dc327da#block-65b116098f08af761dc327da
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