🇮🇱 🇵🇸 ⚡️ — NEW: IDF says it struck and eliminated Ali Raziana, who served as the Commander of the Northern Gaza Brigade in the Islamic Jihad organization.

🔴 Raziana was a member of Islamic Jihad’s military high command, coordinated with Hamas to carry out attacks against IDF troops, oversaw hostage holding in northern Gaza, and moved to reestablish the Northern Gaza Brigade after the ceasefire.

🔴 The IDF and ISA also announced the killing of Muhammad Issam Hassan al‑Habil, who Shin Bet interrogations tied to the killing of IDF Cpl. Noa Marciano; Israeli forces said the strike brings closure for the Marciano family.

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🇮🇱 🇵🇸 — BREAKING: Israeli strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians in Gaza, shattering the idea that a “ceasefire” is in effect.

🔴 At least 23 people were killed, many of them children, in widespread attacks across Gaza.

🔴 The strikes occurred on Wednesday, 4 Feb 2026, according to the report.

🔴 Al Jazeera characterizes the raids as undermining the notion that a ceasefire was in place.

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🇺🇸 🇸🇾 ⚡️ — NEW: US launches five airstrikes in Syria on suspected ISIS sites

🔴 Five airstrikes carried out by US forces inside Syria

🔴 Strikes targeted locations identified as suspected ISIS sites

🔴 Report published by AL‑Monitor; no further operational details provided

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🇴🇲 ⚡️ — A round of negotiations will be held on Friday in Muscat.

🔴 Mediators succeeded in preventing the cancellation of the meeting.

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🇺🇸 ⚡️ — Axios reports from a US official: The Trump administration agreed to hold a meeting with the Iranians out of respect for the request of its allies in the region.

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🇺🇸 🇨🇳 ⚡️ — NEW: US Vice President JD Vance proposes creating a new critical mineral trading bloc and coordinating pricing floors to loosen China’s control over rare earths.

🔴 Vance said the bloc would guarantee American access and expand production among allies and partners, announced at a State Department meeting hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

🔴 China holds 70% of global rare earth mining while the United States holds 12%; the White House also unveiled Project Vault, a new critical mineral stockpile.

🔴 Vance announced a pricing floor to attract private investment in mining and processing; President Donald Trump held an “excellent” call with China’s President Xi Jinping the same week.

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🇷🇺 🇨🇺 — REPORT: An Ilyushin-76 military transport aircraft from Russia has arrived in Cuba, landing at the San Antonio de los Banos military base in Artemisa Province, the Fidel Castro Foundation said.

🔴 The foundation said "A cargo plane from Russia has arrived in Cuba" and specified it is an Il-76; the cargo "is not books" and no further details were provided.

🔴 The foundation noted the Il-76 frequently visits allied states such as Venezuela and Nicaragua and has made several stops in Cuba; the aircraft is subject to US sanctions.

🔴 The Fidel Castro Foundation, founded in 2021 and led by Leonid Savin, described its mission as fostering scientific, cultural, and informational ties between Cuba and Russia.

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🇮🇷🇮🇱 The Iran–Israel war represents a major escalation in a decades-long rivalry that has reshaped Middle Eastern politics. What was once a shadow conflict fought through proxies has evolved into direct military confrontation, raising fears of a wider regional war and drawing global attention to the balance of power, security, and stability in the region. 👇

https://thepalestinianobserver.com/missiles-sanctions-and-nuclear-fears-inside-the-iran-israel-confrontation/

🇵🇸 ❗️ — New York Times: Two members of Human Rights Watch resign after the suspension of a report describing the denial of the Palestinian right of return as a crime against humanity.

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🇮🇱 🇵🇸 ❗️ — The occupation hands over the bodies of 54 martyrs from the Gaza Strip.

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🇺🇸 🇮🇷 ⚡️ — NEW: United States President Donald Trump says Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei "should be very worried"

🔴 Trump made the remark in a pre-recorded interview with NBC News.

🔴 He said US B-2 bombers "wiped out" Iranian nuclear facilities during a 12-day war and warned he would send B-2s "right back" if Iran tries to rebuild.

🔴 Trump claimed Iran is "thinking about starting a new [nuclear] site" and said he told Tehran "If you do that, we're going to do very bad things to you"; the segment aired after US‑Iran nuclear talks were canceled and rescheduled over location, format and agenda.

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🇮🇷 ⚡️ — NEW: Leaked documents show a Comprehensive Tehran Security Plan drafted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Sarallah Garrison and approved by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that authorizes lethal force and a four-stage Interior Ministry response to unrest.

🔴 Audio from an April 2025 security meeting released by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) captured officials claiming they had “neutralized all threats” ahead of later protests.

🔴 Plan orders throttling/cutting internet, isolating protest hotspots, identifying hospitals to target, authorizes IRGC/Basij/police joint task forces to use live ammunition inside designated “kill boxes,” and directs cyber units to flood social media and slow speeds.

🔴 NCRI deputy director Alireza Jafarzadeh says documents were smuggled out and will be submitted to United Nations investigators; Human Rights Activists News Agency death toll cited at 6,854 with 11,280 cases under investigation.

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🇺🇸 ⚡️ — United States immigration and customs enforcement officers (ICE) will be present at and surrounding polling stations during the upcoming midterms.

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🇮🇱 💥 — Car explosion in Haifa left 1 Zionist dead and 2 injured. Cause of explosion is unknown.

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🇷🇺 🇺🇸 — NEW: Russia says it is "no longer bound" by limits on the number of nuclear warheads it can deploy as the New START treaty expires.

🔴 The Russian Foreign Ministry said parties to the New START treaty "are no longer bound by any obligations or symmetrical declarations" after Moscow says the US did not accept President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to extend limits for 12 months.

🔴 The treaty’s expiry frees Moscow and Washington to increase deployed strategic missiles and warheads, a move experts warn could allow each side to upload hundreds more warheads over time; Matt Korda of the Federation of American Scientists warned this risks a new arms race amid China’s rapid nuclear build-up.

🔴 US President Donald Trump has said he is open to a new agreement and told The New York Times, "If it expires, it expires. … We’ll just do a better agreement."

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🇺🇸 🇺🇦 ⚡️ — NEW: US Air Force conducted the first live warhead test of the Extended Range Attack Munition less than 16 months after awarding the contract.

🔴 Test fired Jan. 21 at Eglin Air Force Base, involved Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Armament Directorate, the 96th Test Wing and industry partners, and met all primary objectives including full warhead detonation.

🔴 ERAM contract was awarded to Zone 5 Technologies and CoAspire; Brig. Gen. Robert Lyons III said the move from contract to live-fire in under two years shows delivery “at the speed of relevance.”

🔴 U.S. government approved sale of up to 3,350 ERAMs to Ukraine in Aug. 2025 (including embedded GPS/navigation) for about $825 million.

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🇮🇷 🇸🇦 ⚡️ — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi called his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan around two hours ago to discuss regional developments and the need for resolving issues through diplomacy.

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🇸🇦 ⚡️ — US vice president JD Vance:

If the Iranians get nuclear weapons, do you know which country will get nuclear weapons the very next day? Saudi Arabia!

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🇨🇴 🇺🇸 🇶🇦 ⚡️ — BREAKING: The Gaitanist Army of Colombia (EGC) has temporarily suspended peace talks in Doha after reports that Colombian President Gustavo Petro pledged to target its leader.

🔴 The EGC said the suspension is “by order of the Joint Chiefs of Staff” to consult and verify the reports and warned such moves would violate the Doha commitments.

🔴 Colombia’s Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez confirmed a list of three drug “kingpins” as high‑level targets, naming Jesus Avila Villadiego, alias Chiquito Malo, with a 5 billion peso ($1.37m) reward; the announcement echoed Petro’s closed‑door White House meeting with US President Donald Trump.

🔴 The suspension jeopardises a December 5 “commitment to peace” and planned March demobilisation to temporary zones, after the government had earlier suspended arrest warrants for EGC commanders and the US designated the group a foreign terrorist organisation.

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