🇮🇶🇷🇺 Iraqi PM Mohammed Shia al-Sudani: "Iraq will never forget Russia's position on supplying weapons to Iraq and reducing escalation during the intensification of ISIS*. We are very grateful."

* Daesh (ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State) is a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and a number of other countries

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❗️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel preparing for military operation against Gaza, Israeli Foreign Ministry Press Secretary Lior Ben-Dor told Sputnik

💬 "We are determined to rid Gaza of terrorism, but I don’t know how the ground operation is going to unfold. The operation is aimed at thwarting all potential terrorist attacks on Israel’s territory, eliminating any threats and ensuring our country's security for years to come. We are ready to stand against the enemy on all fronts. Returning to negotiations will only be possible once we attain the goals of the Gaza military operation," the official stated.

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❗️The US will be providing more Iron Dome interceptors to Israel - Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defense

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🇺🇸 The US to lead a coalition of countries working with Ukraine to develop its air force, with a focus on developing F-16 aircraft capability, Austin stated.

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🇷🇺 Full speech of the Russian President Vladimir Putin during the the Russian Energy Week's plenary session.

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🇱🇧🇮🇱 IDF says it received information about a breach of the country's airspace from the territory of Lebanon.

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❗️Sirens sound in all Israeli settlements along the Lebanese border.

Israel received a report about a suspected infiltration into the country’s airspace from Lebanon, the IDF said.

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🇺🇸🇱🇧 Is the US going to bomb Lebanon, or what?

Putin on US sending warships closer to Israel

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❗️An incident occurred near the nuclear center in the Israeli Dimona, there are no details of the incident yet, media report

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❗️No aircraft crashes were recorded in Israel amid reports of air infiltration from Lebanon, the IDF said.

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❗️Putin on the US policy in the Middle East: this is obviously a failure

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⚡️Hamas and Islamic Jihad announced missile launches towards Tel Aviv

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❗️Key statements of the Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict:

▪️The conflict is complex and sensitive; it is necessary to refrain from harsh statements and avoid civilian losses.

▪️It is necessary to avoid expanding the conflict.

▪️It is necessary to deal not with the military side of the matter but with diplomacy, returning to negotiations.

▪️Russia could make its contribution to the Palestinian-Israeli settlement, but now the conflict is so acute that we don’t see anything like it.

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🇮🇱🪖 Scott Ritter: Israeli assault on Gaza is doomed to fail

Here's what Scott Ritter, military analyst and former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, told Sputnik:

💬 "Urban combat is extraordinarily difficult. It is made even more so when a defender can settle in amongst the rubble of a destroyed city. Ask the Germans at Stalingrad. Ask the French, British, Indians and Poles who fought at Monte Casino. Ask either the Ukrainians or Russians about Mariupol and Bakhmut.

Digging a competent enemy out of the rubble of a destroyed city, especially when they have prepared and organized for such a battle, is deadly work. The Israeli troops who have been assembled outside of Gaza are not ready for this fight. They are not trained or equipped for this fight. They are not psychologically prepared for this fight."

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Latest updates on Palestinian-Israeli conflict:

▪️Hamas and Islamic Jihad announced missile launches towards Tel Aviv

▪️The Israeli army fires glowing bombs into the sky on the Lebanese border after reports of gliders carrying Lebanese militants entering Israel

▪️A 'security incident' was reported near the nuclear center in the Israeli Dimona without further development

▪️Pentagon Chrief Lloyd Austin announced that the US will be providing more Iron Dome interceptors to Israel

▪️The key goal of Israel’s ongoing military operation is to prevent all possible scenarios of terrorist attacks against the country, Foreign ministry spokesman Lior Ben Dor told Sputnik

▪️Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former minister of defense Benny Gantz agreed to form an emergency unity government in Israel

▪️Iraqi prime minister asks Putin to initiate a ceasefire between Palestine and Israel

▪️Putin: Russia's stance on Palestine and Israel is well known to parties in favor of the implementation of UN decisions and the creation of a Palestinian state.

▪️Gaza Strip energy authority says only power plant stopped working due to lack of fuel

▪️More than 1,200 Israelis and 1,100 Palestinians have been killed, thousands have been injured and tens of thousands of others displaced

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🇮🇱🪖Foreign mercenaries, who were sent by Western allies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, are currently leaving Ukraine and heading to Israel to participate in the IDF operation in the Gaza Strip, Ukrainian media report.

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🇺🇸 The White House is preparing to make a supplemental funding request to provide additional security assistance to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, American media reported citing US officials.

The report also said the supplemental request will include additional funding to bolster US border security.

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🇱🇧🇮🇱 Hezbollah posted a video of an ATGM operator eliminating two Israeli soldiers 0:20

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🇺🇸 US House Republicans are nominating Congressman Steve Scalise to serve as the next House speaker, after the lower chamber of Congress ousted Kevin McCarthy from the role last week, an American newspaper reported on Wednesday.

House Republicans nominated Scalise during a closed meeting in a vote of 113-99, the report said, citing multiple lawmakers familiar with the matter. Scalise currently serves as House Majority Leader.

The House of Representatives will now vote to elect a speaker, which they must do before conducting regular legislative business. House Democrats are set to put their support behind Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

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