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

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#Israel #Gaza

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

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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

#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

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/indian-navy-picks-up-crew-after-ship-hit-off-yemen-coast/ar-AA1nbc6W

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#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

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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

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:block-65aa001d8f08fb29729feee3#block-65aa001d8f08fb29729feee3

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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

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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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/20/cyprus-faces-backlash-over-use-of-british-bases-to-bomb-houthis

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#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

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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

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/exclusive-iranian-and-hezbollah-commanders-help-direct-houthi-attacks-in-yemen-sources-say/ar-BB1gZlQC?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

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#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

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/20/israeli-strike-hits-residential-building-in-damascus-syrian-state-media

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“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.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fighting-across-gaza-as-israel-drops-leaflets-seeking-its-hostages/ar-BB1gZkxn?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

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

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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

“We used to send #Gaza 600 trucks a day. But for the past two to three days, we are not delivering more than 200 to 200 trucks (of aid) a day. How are these people (in Gaza) living?” he asked a gathering of military officers and state officials.

#Egypt's president #Sisi accuses #Israel of holding up aid deliveries to 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-65b0fc388f0898882cc4f9ec#block-65b0fc388f0898882cc4f9ec

#RedSea #Israel #Gaza

#Yemen’s #Houthi authorities have ordered #US and British staff of the #UN and Sana’a-based humanitarian organisations to leave the country within a month, Reuters reports. #UK
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-65b10e848f085417056452c8#block-65b10e848f085417056452c8

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The ruling, if granted, would probably take the form of an order to Israel to announce a #ceasefire in #Gaza and allow more #UN #HumanitarianAid into the country.

The announcement of Pandor’s travel plans reflects a confidence in #Pretoria that their request is going to be met at least partially. #TheHague #SouthAfrica

#ICJ to deliver interim ruling on #genocide case against #Israel on Friday
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/24/icj-to-deliver-interim-ruling-on-genocide-case-against-israel-on-friday

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Data suggests a marked increase in European customers' interest in Turkish products as Chinese goods are becoming more expensive and are facing delayed deliveries.#Turkey has road access to 58 countries' markets, a potential advantage considering the soaring transport costs from the #FarEast.

#Yemen #Houthi #Israel #Gaza #Europe #China

Yemeni rebel attacks on #RedSea shipping create unexpected boon for Turkish manufacturers
https://essanews.com/yemeni-rebel-attacks-on-red-sea-shipping-create-unexpected-boon-for-turkish-manufacturers,6988283111233665a

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International court of justice is due to give an interim ruling regarding accusations of #genocide in #Gaza.

#TheHague #IsraelGazaWar

Explainer: What is the #ICJ and what is #SouthAfrica’s claim against #Israel?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/09/explainer-what-is-the-icj-and-what-is-south-africas-claim-against-israel

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People are so desperate for food in #Gaza that they are grinding up #AnimalFeed to use as #flour, says a charity, warning that “#famine is looming across the territory”. #Israel

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/26/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-icj-genocide-case-ruling-israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-talks-cia?page=with%3Ablock-65b36adf8f0875fcecd8e077#block-65b36adf8f0875fcecd8e077

Friday’s ruling at the International Court of Justice (#ICJ) does not deal with the core accusation of the case – whether #genocide occurred – but will focus on the urgent intervention sought by #SouthAfrica. #TheHague #Israel

ICJ recognises right of #Palestinians in #Gaza to be protected from acts of genocide
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/26/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-icj-genocide-case-ruling-israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-talks-cia?page=with:block-65b3a1e28f08f89f155ec0aa#block-65b3a1e28f08f89f155ec0aa

#TheHague

International court of justice orders #Israel to prevent #genocide in #Gaza

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/26/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-icj-genocide-case-ruling-israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-talks-cia?page=with:block-65b3a7ff8f080601f6a47a76#block-65b3a7ff8f080601f6a47a76

#TheHague

#ICJ orders #Israel to take measures to prevent and punish direct incitement of #genocide #Gaza

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#TheHague #ICJ #Israel #Gaza

International Court of Justice ruling does not explicitly order a #ceasefire

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/26/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-icj-genocide-case-ruling-israel-hamas-gaza-hostage-talks-cia?page=with:block-65b3ac368f080601f6a47ab9#block-65b3ac368f080601f6a47ab9

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Granting #SouthAfrica’s application for special measures, the court did not have to find whether #Israel had committed #genocide, which will be determined at a later date, only that its acts were capable of falling within the #GenocideConvention and urgent preventative action was necessary. #TheHague #ICJ

UN court orders Israel to ensure acts of genocide are not committed in #Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/26/un-court-orders-israel-to-ensure-acts-of-genocide-are-not-committed-in-gaza

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Privately, #US defense officials have said that strikes alone are unlikely to deter the #Houthis, who both have survived a decade of war and, since their attacks on nearby waters, enjoyed an elevated status in a region angered by #Israel’s war in #Gaza.

Biden administration officials have said that Beijing is pressing the Iranians. #Iran #Yemen #RedSea

Houthis Attack U.S. Warship as China Urges #Iran to Rein In Rebels
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/china-urges-iran-to-lean-on-houthis-to-halt-red-sea-attacks-iranian-officials-say-2b0fb57b?mod=RSSMSN

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The meeting scheduled for Wednesday was called by #Algeria, whose Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it would give a “binding effect to the pronouncement of the International Court of Justice on the provisional measures imposed on the Israeli occupation”. #TheHague

UN Security Council to discuss #ICJ ruling in #Israel #genocide case
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/27/un-security-council-to-discuss-icj-ruling-in-israel-genocide-case

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"Unequal #justice is no justice at all. Nothing can be more destabilising than the lack of justice. That matters for #Gaza, it matters for #Ukraine, and it matters in conflict zones from #Ethiopia to #Myanmar." #Russia #TheHague

This momentous #ICJ ruling may be brushed aside by #Israel - but the #US and #UK can’t afford to ignore it | Steve Crawshaw
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/26/israel-gaza-icj-genocide-ruling-the-hague

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NEW YORK, USA – #UnitedNations Secretary-General #AntonioGuterres vowed on Sunday, January 28, to hold to account “any #UN employee involved in acts of terror” after allegations that some refugee agency staffers were involved in the October 7 #Hamas attacks on #Israel.

But Guterres implored governments to continue supporting the UN refugee agency for #Palestinians (#UNRWA) after multiple countries paused funding.

https://www.rappler.com/world/global-affairs/antonio-guterres-un-punish-staffers-involved-terror-urges-unrwa-funding/

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The spectre of a direct #US-#Iran military conflict drew closer on Sunday when the US president #JoeBiden announced three US servicemen have been killed and more than 34 injured following a drone attack on a US service base on the border of #Jordan and #Syria. #Israel #Gaza

Three US service members killed in ‘despicable’ #DroneAttack in Jordan, Biden says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/28/us-service-members-killed-drone-attack-jordan

Before the talks in #Paris, the Associated Press reported that #US negotiators including the #CIA director, #WilliamBurns, had provided a framework for negotiations focused on a two-month pause in fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas.

Talks on #Israel-#Hamas #HostageDeal ‘constructive’ but meaningful gaps remain
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/28/fresh-israel-hamas-talks-expected-on-freeing-hostages-in-exchange-for-ceasefire

#Denmark, home to shipping company #Maersk, is sending the 139-meter #IverHuitfeldt frigate to the area as part of #OperationProsperityGuardian formed last month to protect merchant vessels.

The #Houthi rebels last week fired three anti-ship ballistic missiles toward a #US-flagged container ship operated by Maersk. #Israel #Gaza

Danish #frigate departs for the #RedSea to assist US-led operation
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-784176

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WASHINGTON - The planned targets for #US strikes in #Iraq and #Syria in response to the killing of three US soldiers by a drone in #Jordan include “Iranian personnel and facilities”, CBS News reported on Feb 1.

The #UnitedStates has assessed that the drone, which also wounded more than 40 people, was made by #Iran. #Israel

US planning strikes on Iran targets in Iraq, Syria as #GazaTruce hopes rise
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-said-to-back-strikes-on-iran-targets-in-iraq-syria-as-gaza-truce-hopes-rise

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