🇨🇳🇮🇷 — Western intelligence says Iran is rebuilding its ballistic missile program despite renewed UN sanctions — with help from China.
European sources report multiple shipments of 2,000 tons of sodium perchlorate, a key missile propellant chemical, arriving at Iran's Bandar Abbas port from China since late September. The shipments began soon after the UN snapback sanctions were reimposed on Iran.
— CNN | @thewarreporterr
🇺🇸🇱🇧🇱🇧 — U.S. envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus pressed the Lebanese government during her visit to Lebanon to fully disarm Hezbollah by the end of this year.
— NYT | @thewarreporterr
🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened Hamas leaders abroad following yesterday's attack on IDF troops in Rafah.
"There is and will be no immunity for anyone in the leadership of Hamas, neither for those wearing suits nor for those hiding in tunnels. Whoever raises a hand against IDF soldiers, his hand will be severed," Katz said in a statement.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇨🇭 — Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has signed an order banning Red Cross representatives from visiting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 - The Binyamin Regional Council announced the death of Yonah Ephraim Feldbaum (37), confirming earlier reports that an IDF soldier was killed in Gaza.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 - A series of intense Israeli airstrikes targeting the eastern part of Gaza City.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 — An Israeli official Yedioth Ahronoth:
"PM Netanyahu has ordered a strong attack to be carried out and there will be additional steps later".
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🇪🇬🇱🇧🇱🇧🇮🇱 — Hassan Mahmoud Rashad, head of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service, conveyed a message to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun regarding the threat of Israeli plans to launch a new, expanded military operation in Lebanon 'under the pretext of fully eliminating Hezbollah's weapons'.
Cairo offered to mediate between Hezbollah and the Lebanese state to reach an acceptable formula for limiting weapons to state control and disarming the group. However, Aoun noted the difficulty of implementing Hezbollah's disarmament at this time, warning that such a move 'could push Lebanon into a new phase of civil war'.
— Al Araby Al Jadeed | @thewarreporterr
🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 - Initial reports of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 — Israel decided to expand its control zone inside Gaza as a 'punishment for Hamas'.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 - Israeli PM Netanyahu has instructed the IDF to 'immediately carry out powerful strikes in the Gaza Strip'.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 — Israeli media report that an IDF soldier was killed by sniper fire in Rafah, southern Gaza.
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🇮🇱🇹🇼 - Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te:
"Israel serves as an example for Taiwan in strengthening its defenses.
Israel's determination and capacity to defend its territory provides a valuable model for Taiwan".
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🇮🇱🇮🇶☀️ — Despite Iraqi law criminalizing any dealings with Israel or Israeli entities, Alan Wali, a leader of the Barzani Charity Foundation headed by Kurdistan Regional Government PM Masrour Barzani, participates in a minorities conference held in Tel Aviv.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 — The body handed over by Hamas to Israel last night is not one of the 13 hostages currently held in Gaza, but rather additional remains of a hostage whose body had already been returned to Israel.
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🇸🇾☀️ — The Syrian Defense Ministry says that 2 of its soldiers were killed and one was wounded in an SDF attack targeting an army position near the Tishreen Dam with a guided missile.
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🇸🇾🇽🇰 — Syria has officially recognized Kosovo's independence.
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🇮🇱🇱🇧 — 5 Israeli soldiers crossed into Lebanese territory and opened fire on a Lebanese Army vehicle near the English Grave area between Bastra and Majidiyeh after attempting to block its passage.
— Al Akhbar | @thewarreporterr
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇸🇾🇸🇾 - An Israeli official told Al Hadath:
"The US has informed Israel of the need to resolve the southern Syria file before the end of the year.
The Syrian government has pledged not to harm the Druze community and to meet their needs".
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🇸🇾 — A Syrian Internal Security source told Al-Ikhbariya that security forces foiled a grenade attack targeting a police station in the city of Latakia.
The source added that the attack was carried out by two armed men on a motorcycle, who were later arrested.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 — Israeli officials told Israeli Broadcasting Authority:
"Every Israeli step in Gaza requires prior American approval and this was clarified to Netanyahu. We cannot carry out everything we want in Gaza due to American restrictions".
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 — Hamas:
"We confirm that the movement has no relation to the shooting incident in Rafah and we affirm our commitment to the ceasefire agreement".
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 — The IDF has started its attack on the Gaza Strip.
— Israel Hayom | @thewarreporterr
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 — Israeli officials told Axios that PM Netanyahu seeks to contact US President Trump to get a 'green light' for a military response in Gaza.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 - Hamas says it found the body of an Israeli hostage in a tunnel in southern Gaza today, but postponed its handover 'due to Israeli violations'.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 — Israeli artillery is shelling the city of Rafah, as low-flying fighter jets hover over the area.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 — A senior Israeli official said that the IDF proposed launching an attack in Gaza after Hamas failed to return the body of a hostage, but PM Netanyahu said that coordination with the U.S. is 'needed'.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱🇱🇧🇱🇧 — US Syria envoy Tom Barrack will visit Lebanon for the last time, delivering a 'warning message' to the Lebanese government.
According to the message, Lebanon must enter direct negotiations with Israel under U.S. auspices to set a timetable and mechanism for Hezbollah's disarmament — or be 'left to its fate', as Washington will not intervene to restrain Israel from taking whatever actions it considers necessary to enforce disarmament by force.
— Al Akhbar | @thewarreporterr
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸🇵🇸 — Israeli PM Netanyahu is holding an urgent political-security meeting following the revelation that the body does not belong to any of the remaining hostages.
Response measures are on the agenda, and discussions are underway between Israel and the US on the issue.
— Israel Hayom | @thewarreporterr
🇮🇱🇱🇧🇺🇳🇫🇷 - A diplomatic source told French outlet Le Figaro that France was the one that ordered UNIFIL to shoot down an Israeli reconnaissance drone in southern Lebanon on Sunday.
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