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Star of David

More kids killed in Gaza than in four years of global conflicts - UN

Palestinians carry a dead girl, found under the rubble of a destroyed building in Khan Younis, Gaza, December 7, 2023
© AP / Mohammed DahmanPalestinians carry a dead girl, found under the rubble of a destroyed building in Khan Younis, Gaza, December 7, 2023
Israel's war on Hamas is "a war on children," UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini has declared.

More children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October than have died in every global conflict between 2019 and 2022 combined, according to figures released by the UN on Tuesday.

Over 12,300 children have been reported killed in the Palestinian enclave since that time, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) chief Philippe Lazzarini said, citing data from the UN and Gaza's health ministry. Children account for almost half of the total death toll, which now exceeds 31,000.

Between the start of 2019 and the end of 2022, 12,193 children were killed in all armed conflicts globally, according to the figures.
"This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future," Lazzarini said, calling for an immediate ceasefire "for the sake of children in Gaza."

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Star of David

White House walks back Biden's Rafah 'red line' for Israel statement

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© Ariel Hermoni/Defense MinistryDefense Minister Yoav Gallant (right) meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in Tel Aviv, December 14, 2023.
Netanyahu said he will 'finish the job' in Rafah, which is packed with 1.5 million Palestinians

National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Tuesday refuted a report from POLITICO that said President Biden was considering conditioning military aid to Israel if it invades Rafah, the southern Gaza Strip city that's packed with 1.5 million Palestinians.

"We're not going to engage in hypotheticals about what comes down the line and the reports that purport to describe the president's thinking are uninformed speculation," Sullivan said.

A full-scale attack on Rafah would incur a huge number of civilian casualties as most Palestinians in the city, which has a pre-war population of 275,000, are sheltering in tents on the streets.

Star of David

UN report finds Israel deliberately targeted journalists

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© Issam Abdallah/ReutersReuters' journalist Issam Abdallah takes a selfie picture while working in Maras, Turkey, on February 11. Abdallah was killed in southern Lebanon on Friday, October 13, 2023. according to a statement from the news agency.
The news agency has obtained a copy of an investigation into the killing of one of its staff in Lebanon last October

An Israeli tank fired two shells at a group of international journalists clearly marked as such, in violation of international law, a UN investigation has reportedly found. The deadly incident happened in Lebanon in mid-October.

The conclusions, published by Reuters on Wednesday, are part of a seven-page report dated February 27, obtained by the news agency. They coincided with what it had found on its own while looking into the death of its employee Issam Abdallah and the injuries of six other journalists, including those working for Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Al Jazeera.

Comment: Psychopathic Israel doesn't just murder journalists, but also their families. And they know exactly what they're doing:








Arrow Up

Scott Ritter: Putin's message is warmongers will 'get more than they asked for' in fight with Russia

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© Gavrill Grigorov/SputnikRussian President Vladimir Putin
The Russian president gave an extended interview to the director of Sputnik's parent media agency on Wednesday, focusing on the crisis in Ukraine, the threat of direct NATO intervention and the prospects for peace talks.

The key takeaway from President Putin's conversation with Rossiya Segodnya head Dmitry Kiselev is that those "looking for a contrite Russia, a weak Russia, a compliant Russia" won't find it in "the Russia that Vladimir Putin was presenting to the world in his interview," says former US Marine Corps intelligence officer and independent military and international affairs observer Scott Ritter.

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Russia's world-leading nukes, Western 'vampire ball,' complaints from Trump: Key takeaways from Putin's big interview

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© Sputnik/Gavrill GrigorovRussian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to Dmitry Kiselyov
The Russian leader has held an in-depth sit-down with domestic media, days ahead of the country's presidential election...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken at length about Moscow's confrontation with the West, in an interview with journalist Dmitry Kiselyov, the head of Rossiya Segodnya, released just days before the country's presidential election.

Here are the key takeaways from Putin's in-depth discussion.

Western 'vampire ball' is ending

Non-Western nations are striving for sovereignty and are watching with interest as Russia confronts the US and its allies, Putin stated.

Western elites have been "tearing to pieces [the] poor peoples of Africa" and have exploited Latin America and Asia for 500 years, he claimed, adding that the West remains desperate to protect its unfair advantage.
"For centuries, they got used to stuffing their stomachs with human flesh and their pockets with money. But they must realize that this 'ball of vampires' is coming to an end."

Bandaid

War on Gaza: Why US humanitarian aid plan is a sham

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© AFPUS actress/activist Cynthia Nixon, state legislators and activists, launch a hunger strike calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza
White House in Washington, DC • November 27, 2023
The maritime operation will not circumvent Israeli obstacles, even as Palestinians become increasingly desperate for food...

US President Joe Biden is getting hammered in the Democratic primaries. Though he has no opposition, nearly 400,000 primary voters across multiple states have abandoned him, choosing "uncommitted" instead.

The protest movement began in the critical swing state of Michigan, where more than 100,000 voters made a statement against Biden's support for Israel's war on Gaza. In subsequent primaries, hundreds of thousands more followed suit; in Minnesota alone, 20 percent of voters said they were uncommitted.

Many Democrats disapprove of this war and the president who is supporting it. Countrywide, 57 percent of Americans are unhappy with Biden's handling of the Israel-Palestine conflict, and 67 percent want a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

Fifty-two percent say the US should halt arms shipments to Israel until current hostilities cease; among those who voted for Biden in 2020, that number increases to 62 percent. Even a majority of American Jews (50 percent) favour a permanent ceasefire, according to recent polling.

Biden is already paying the price for being out of sync with the Democratic base. He has to do something, and fast - otherwise, this could snowball into an avalanche. This is how movements begin and sure-fire candidacies fall apart.

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Nuke

Kremlin slams US' 'distortion' of Putin's words on use of nuclear weapons

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© AlchetronDmitry Peskov
Dmitry Peskov was commenting on the White House press secretary's remarks about Russia's nuclear doctrine...

Washington has "deliberately distorted" Russian President Vladimir Putin's words about the conditions under which Moscow would use nuclear weapons, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

He was referring to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre's remarks about an interview Putin gave that aired on Wednesday.

While answering a reporter's question on whether US President Joe Biden had been briefed about Putin's comments, Jean-Pierre responded that the Russian leader was "restating Russia's nuclear doctrine" but went on to claim that "Russia's nuclear rhetoric has been reckless and irresponsible throughout this conflict."

Peskov described the White House's reaction to Putin's interview as an "absolutely deliberate distortion of the context," adding that "no threats to use nuclear weapons were made by Putin in this interview."

He indicated that the president was answering the journalist's questions rather than making official statements and explained that Putin "was just talking about the reasons that could make the use of nuclear weapons inevitable."

Tank

Kiev launches cross-border attack into Kursk Region - governor

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© Sputnik/Russian Defence MinistryUkrainian tank damaged during an attempted incursion into Russia’s Belgorod Region on March 12, 2024.
A similar attempted incursion into Russian territory ended in failure on Tuesday...

Ukrainian forces have attempted a second incursion into Russia's Kursk Region in the last 48 hours, officials reported on Thursday. A similar operation took place on Tuesday and ended in failure.

Russian border guards and military troops will not allow "Ukrainian terrorists" to enter the country, Governor Roman Starovoyt said on social media, adding that fighting was ongoing near the village of Tyotkino.

The Russian National Guard said its units, along with Federal Security Service (FSB) border guards, were "repelling an attack" in the area.

On Tuesday, several militia forces backed by Kiev tried to cross the border into the regions of Kursk and Belgorod, with the stated goal of disrupting the Russian presidential election scheduled for this week.

The Defense Ministry said Russian security forces eliminated 234 fighters, seven tanks, three Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and two armored personnel carriers while repelling the incursion.

Oil Well

Russian oil plant suspends operations after drone attack

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© Sputnik/Maksim BlinovFILE PHOTO.
An oil refinery near the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don has temporarily suspended operations following a drone attack, regional Governor Vasily Golubev announced on Wednesday.

Several other oil plants in Russia were also targeted by Ukrainian UAVs on the same day, in Ryazan and Leningrad Regions. On Tuesday, Kiev also conducted drone raids on refineries in Oryol and Nizhny Novgorod Regions.

According to Golubev, on Wednesday morning, three Ukrainian drones were brought down over the Novoshakhtinsk refinery after they were suppressed using electronic warfare systems.

He reported that there were no casualties or injuries to any personnel in the incident, but that the plant's operations have been paused while the consequences of the attack are assessed.

The Novoshakhtinsk Petroleum Plant, which is located around 100km from the regional capital, Rostov-on-Don, is the largest supplier of petroleum products in the area and is the only oil refinery in Rostov Region. It previously came under attack in June 2022 when a Ukrainian UAV struck a crude oil tank, causing a fire.

Also on Wednesday, Ryazan Region Governor Pavel Malkov reported that four fixed-wing drones rammed into a local oil plant around 200km from Moscow. The crash caused a fire at the facility, which has since been put out. According to TASS news agency, citing local health officials, two people were admitted to the hospital after the attack.

Comment: The West was told that drones were going to be a game changer for the war. Well, does it look like the game has changed?


Syringe

Kiev-backed terrorist cell tried to poison soldiers - FSB

Russian Volunteer Corps, Kiev-backed terrorists, poison plot
© RT
A Kiev-backed terrorist cell, which plotted to poison food intended for Russian soldiers on the frontline, has been busted in St. Petersburg, the Federal Security Service (FSB) reported on Thursday.

The four members of the group were identified as far-right radicals and members of the 'Russian Volunteer Corps' (RDK), a militia affiliated with Ukrainian military intelligence. The conspirators were acting on orders from their leadership and on behalf of the Ukrainian government, the FSB said.

In addition to the alleged poisoning plot, the suspects were surveilling crucial infrastructure in and around Russia's second-largest city for possible future attacks, the agency stated.

All four persons were arrested and are facing prison terms of at least ten years for being members of a terrorist organization, according to the press release.