Headlines from January 1 to January 7, 2024
January 7th, 2024 is the 93rd day since the genocide in Gaza began
Today January 7, 2024 is the 93rd day since the genocide in Gaza began. Two more Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, bringing the death toll since Oct. 7 to 109. At least six Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Palestinian ministry said the strike targeted people who had gathered at a public gathering spot. Confrontations in the West Bank have risen sharply since Israeli forces launched their retaliatory offensive on Gaza, killing over 22,700 people, mostly women and children. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers and settlers over the past weeks and Israeli forces have made thousands of arrests.
2 more journalists killed in Gaza, pushing up death toll since Oct. 7 to 109
Anadolu Agency: Two more Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, bringing the death toll since Oct. 7 to 109, the government media office said. In a statement, the office identified the two victims as Hamza Wael Al-Dahdouh, the son of Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh, and Mustafa Thuraya, who lost their lives in an Israeli bombing on their car in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Read More
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 93: Israel surpasses three months of Gaza bombing campaign
Mondoweiss: Wafa news agency reported that Israeli warplanes bombed a UNRWA-affiliated shelter in Al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing at least four people while targeting ambulances and rescue teams and opening fire at them. Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported that the number of people killed in Israeli bombings was 22,835 till Sunday noon. At the same time, 58,416 have been injured since October 7, and at least 7,000 people remain under the rubble and are believed to be read. Almost 70 percent of casualties and injuries are women and children. Read More
A ‘Genocidal Maniac’: What is Netanyahu’s Ultimate Goal in the Middle East?
by Dr Ramzy Baroud: The clashes between Hezbollah and Israel are the closest to an actual war that the Lebanon-Israel border has seen since the war of 2006, which resulted in a rushed Israeli retreat, if not outright defeat. We often refer to the ongoing conflict between Lebanon and Israel as ‘controlled’ clashes, simply because both sides are keen not to instigate or engage in an all-out war. Obviously, Hezbollah wants to preserve Lebanese lives and civilian infrastructure, which would surely be seriously damaged, if not destroyed, should Israel decide to launch a war. But Israel, too, understands that this is a different Hezbollah than that of the 1980s, 2000 and even 2006. Compared to Israel’s behavior in the war of 2006, the Israeli response to Hezbollah’s military action – compelled by its solidarity with the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza – is greatly tamed. Read More
Who benefits from controlled proxy conflict?
Burhanettin Duran: The current situation would take the global and regional assessments of Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other regional powers to a new level. Specifically, the Gaza crisis, on top of the Ukraine war, could encourage countries in the region to revise their security policies – just like Chinese and Russian efforts to get involved in regional affairs or the bilateral and regional security cooperation agreements between Türkiye and the Gulf states. Read More
White House dismisses South Africa’s genocide case against Israel as ‘meritless’
The Independent: The White House has condemned South Africa’s decision to formally accuse Israel of genocide in charges filed at the International Court of Justice, calling the allegations brought by Pretoria “meritless”. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby slammed South Africa’s case as being without merit in response to a question at Wednesday’s White House press briefing. Mr Kirby also said that the court submission was “counterproductive and completely without any basis in fact whatsoever”. Read More
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, explained
By Umar A Farooq: South Africa embroiled itself into a major legal battle with Israel when it filed a petition at the International Court of Justice and called on the body to investigate whether Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians since it began its latest assault on Gaza. The 84-page application is the most significant call for Israel’s actions to be labelled a genocide, and comes as the Palestinian death toll in Gaza nears 23,000, with the majority of the recorded fatalities being women and children.The ICJ will hold hearings on January 11-12 regarding South Africa’s request that the court quickly order Israel to “immediately suspend its military operations in and against Gaza.” Read More
Nasrallah Mocks US-Led Naval Coalition Against Houthis For Including Seychelles
Yemen Online: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in his Friday speech praised Yemen’s Houthi movement and mocked Operation Prosperity Guardian, the US-led multinational naval coalition formed to protect commercial traffic from Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. Read More
Indian Army Deploys Armored Troop Carriers in Kashmir Following Ambush
The Indian Army has deployed armored vehicles in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region. An unknown number of Armado Armored Light Specialist Vehicles (ALSV) have been deployed in the terror-stricken northern territory bordering Pakistan, Janes reported, citing an Indian Ministry of Defence spokesperson. The deployment follows the death of three Indian Army soldiers in a terrorist ambush in the territory’s Poonch district on December 21. Read More
Pakistan Cricket Team Needs Introspection
By Syed Rifaquat Ali: It is time for Pakistan players and coaches to introspect and pinpoint the weak spots which helped the kangaroos to beat the 1992 World Cup champions, under the leadership of the great Imran Khan, unfortunately languishing in Adiala jail in Pakistan. First, the selection of Pakistan had been improper and without a vision. Read More
January 6th, 2024 is the 92nd day since the genocide in Gaza began
Today January 6, 2024 is the 92nd day since the genocide in Gaza began. As of Friday Israeli forces have killed 30,676 Palestinians since October 7. This staggering death toll includes 12,040 children, 6,103 women, 241 health workers and 105 journalists. A further 58,960 people have been wounded in the onslaught. Throughout the Gaza Strip, thousands of bodies remain unburied, including hundreds along roads used by the Israeli occupation forces. In just under three months, Israel has destroyed or damaged approximately 70 percent of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure, Euro-Med reported, including a staggering 247,696 housing units, 318 schools and 169 healthcare facilities.
Gaza death toll tops 30,000, as US escalates wider Middle East war
by Andre Damon: The Euro-Med Monitor reported Friday that 30,676 Palestinians have been killed in Israel Forces attacks since October 7, taking into account both those whose bodies have been identified and those who have been missing for more than two weeks, most buried under the rubble of demolished buildings. This staggering death toll includes 12,040 children, 6,103 women, 241 health workers and 105 journalists. A further 58,960 people have been wounded in the onslaught. Throughout the Gaza Strip, thousands of bodies remain unburied, including hundreds along roads used by the Israeli occupation forces. Read More
Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel in ‘response’ to Hamas leader’s killing
Al Jazeera: Lebanese armed group Hezbollah has said it targeted a vital Israeli military post with a barrage of 62 rockets as a “preliminary response” to the killing of a Hamas leader in Beirut this week. “As part of the initial response to the crime of assassinating the great leader Sheikh Saleh al-Arouri … the Islamic resistance [Hezbollah] targeted the Meron air control base with 62 various types of missiles,” the Iran-aligned group said in a statement on Saturday of the attacks in northern Israel. Read More
Israel in discussions with Congo to resettle Palestinians from Gaza
Middle East Monitor: The Israeli government is increasingly adopting the “voluntary” resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza as official policy, with a high-ranking official disclosing that it has engaged in discussions with multiple countries regarding the potential for such moves. According to the Times of Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition is discreetly exploring the acceptance of thousands of migrants from Gaza, with the Democratic Republic of Congo being one of the countries under consideration. “Congo will be willing to take in migrants,” said a senior source in the security cabinet, “and we’re in talks with others. ”Read More
The End of the Balfourian Era!
by Dr Salim Nazzal: A friend commented on the evening of October 7th 2023 with these words: “The Balfourian era is over today!” He was referring to the British foreign minister Arthur Balfour, who decided in 1917 to grant Palestine to European Jews without consulting the opinion of the country’s natives. Balfour died physically a long time ago, but the illegitimate Balfour child was planted, grew up, and grew in the land of Palestine like a thorn in the middle of a flower garden. Read More
January 5th, 2024 is the 91st day since the genocide in Gaza began
Today January 5, 2024 is the 91st day since the genocide in Gaza began. Anadolu Agency reported Friday that at least 162 Palestinians have been killed and 296 others injured in the last 24 hours as the Israeli forces continued their onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip. “The Israeli occupation (forces) committed 15 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 162 casualties and 296 injuries during the past 24 hours,” the Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement. The Palestinian death toll from the Israeli army's ongoing attacks on Gaza since Oct. 7 has risen to 22,600, with 57,910 injured, the ministry added. Israel has launched relentless air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7. The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins, with 60% of the enclave's infrastructure damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million residents displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicines.
As hunger and cold take their toll in Gaza, all eyes turn to Lebanon
Mondoweiss: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gives a speech on Friday as world fears escalation on the Lebanese front. Meanwhile, Israeli military and government officials fight over future plans for Gaza and an investigation into the events of October 7. Read More
Urgency of Preventing Escalation and Widening of Conflict in Middle-East
by Bharat Dogra: Several leading Middle-East analysts have been warning about the possibilities of the Gaza war escalating and also an even wider regional conflict emerging. The killing of a Hamas commander in Beirut and an Iranian military leader in Syria (allegedly by Israel), attacks in the Red Sea on merchant ships by the Houthis and the US-led response, the growing tensions on the Israel-Lebanon border and the exchange of rockets between the Hezbollah and the Israeli forces, the attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria and the US response to this, the US bringing two aircraft carriers and their striking units within the regional waters—all these have been seen by some as signs which indicate the emergence of a wider crisis or even a wider war. Read More
What will the rocket named after Saleh al-Arouri look like?
by Rima Najjar: “I am certain soon we can look forward to a family of rockets named after martyred leader Saleh al-Arouri,” Deputy Chair of the Political Bureau of Hamas and founder of the Martyr Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. It is beyond me how Israel has failed to figure out that a martyred Palestinian leader exerts a vastly more powerful hold on his people’s imagination and will to resist than a living one. Read More
US kills Iraqi militia leader in expanding Middle East war
by Andre Damon: The US carried out a missile strike on Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday in the latest escalation of the US-Israeli rampage throughout the Middle East. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed that the US killed its target, identified as Mushtaq Jawad Kazim al-Jawari. Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces said that al-Jawari was the head of the Iranian-backed militia group Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, and that the strike also killed an Iraqi official and wounded five people. Read More
Israel’s Genocide Betrays the Holocaust
By Chris Hedges: The Nazis shipped their victims to death camps. The Israelis will ship their victims to squalid refugee camps in countries outside of Israel. Israeli leaders are also cynically advertising the proposed ethnic cleansing as voluntary and a humanitarian gesture to solve the catastrophe they created. Read More
How Long can Israel Defy the World?
Yakov M. Rabkin: The Decimation of Gaza follows the old script. Palestinians in Gaza are being decimated. The number of victims is, indeed, unprecedented. Displacement is enacted not only in Gaza, where it is massive and indiscriminate, but also in the West Bank where it is more focused. To attain its objectives Zionism has had to rely on major powers, the British Empire, the Soviet Union, France and, nowadays, the United States. The Zionists, committed to the success of their project, have been pragmatic and ideologically promiscuous. They would enjoy the support of the Socialist International during most of the 20th century and then switch to become the darlings of White supremacists and the extreme-right. Read More
January 4th, 2024 is the 90th day since the genocide in Gaza began
Today January 4, 2024 is the 90th day since the genocide in Gaza began. Israel has battered the Gaza strip with over 65,000 tons of explosives that yielded over three times more firepower than the U.S. nuclear bomb that destroyed Japan's Hiroshima. The Gaza Media Office said Wednesday that the Israeli army has bombarded the Gaza Strip with more than 45,000 missiles and bombs. In Beirut Thursday thousands of people attended the funeral of Saleh Arouri, top commander of the Palestinian group Hamas, who was killed earlier this week in an apparent Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital. On Thursday, the Palestine Liberation Organization's Detainees and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club denounced that 51 Palestinian women were being held in Israel's Damon prison.
Thousands attend the funeral of a top Hamas official killed in an Israeli strike in Beirut
Agencies: In Beirut Thursday thousands of people attended the funeral of Saleh Arouri, top commander of the Palestinian group Hamas, who was killed earlier this week in an apparent Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital. The coffins of the three, Arouri, Azzam al-Aqraa of the Hamas military wing Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, and Mohammad al-Rais, were draped in Palestinian and Hamas flags. A machine gun was laid on top of each coffin and heavy gunfire rang out as the funeral procession made its way to the cemetery, drowning out chants of “Allahu akbar” (God is Greatest) by mourners waving Palestinian flags and those of Hamas ally Islamic Jihad. Read More
Israel hit Gaza with 3 times more firepower than Hiroshima nuke
Daily Sabah: Israel has battered the Gaza strip with over 65,000 tons of explosives that yielded over three times more firepower than the U.S. nuclear bomb that destroyed Japan's Hiroshima. The Gaza Media Office said Wednesday that the Israeli army has bombarded the Gaza Strip with more than 45,000 missiles and bombs. Read More
Israeli Army Arrests 51 Palestinian Women From Gaza
Telesure: On Thursday, the Palestine Liberation Organization's Detainees and Ex-Prisoners Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club denounced that 51 Palestinian women were being held in Israel's Damon prison. They said the detainees included an 82-year-old woman and several of her relatives. The actual number of female detainees from Gaza was higher, but they only had clear data on those in Damon prison. Read More
Turkey Backs South Africa ‘Genocide’ Case Against Israel at ICJ
By Ragip Soylu: Turkey has officially backed South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, which accuses the state of genocide in its ongoing war on Gaza.Turkish foreign ministry spokesperson Oncu Keceli said in a statement that Ankara welcomes the South African case, which says Israel has violated its obligations under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Read More
US 'doesn't see' acts of genocide committed by Israel in Gaza
Anadolu Agency: The U.S. is not seeing any acts that constitute genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a State Department spokesperson said Wednesday, criticizing South Africa's decision to file a genocide case against Israel for its crimes since Oct. 7. "We don't think it's productive," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters. "Genocide is, of course, a heinous atrocity, one of the most heinous atrocities that any individual can commit," Miller said, adding that those are allegations that "should not made lightly." Read More
US draws up plan to attack mainland Yemen as Middle East spirals into war
by Andre Damon: The US military has “prepared options” for attacking Yemen, the Wall Street Journal reported, amid a major escalation of war throughout the Middle East. The Journal reported that “potential targets could include launchers for anti-ship missiles and drones, targeting infrastructure such as coastal radar installations, and storage facilities for munitions.” In a threat to Yemen, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday the US will not “shrink from the task of defending ourselves, our interests, our partners, and the free flow of international commerce.” Read More
January 3rd, 2024 is the 89th day since the genocide in Gaza began
Today January 3, 2024 is the 89th day since the genocide in Gaza began. The assassination of Hamas leader Saleh Al-Aruri was a further sign that Israel's nearly three-month war on Gaza was spreading across the region, drawing in the occupied West Bank, Hezbollah forces on the Lebanon-Israel border and even Red Sea shipping lanes.
Israel spreads war on Gaza to Beirut with killing of Hamas leader Saleh Al-Aruri
Daily Sabah: The assassination of Hamas leader Saleh Al-Aruri was further sign Israel's nearly three-month war on Gaza was spreading across the region, drawing in the occupied West Bank, Hezbollah on the Lebanon-Israel border and even Red Sea shipping lanes. Read More
Hamas and Hezbollah pledge to punish Israel following Aruri killing
All Palestinian factions issued statements condemning the Aruri assassination and highlighting his efforts as a national figure that worked to end Israel’s occupation in Palestine and his attempt to reach a conciliation deal with Fatah in 2018. Hezbollah also pledged to punish Israel. The attack happened in the movement’s backyard. Hezbollah’s leader, Syed Hassan Nasrallah. Read More
Threat of wider war in Middle East rises as Israel assassinates Hamas deputy leader in Beirut
By Jordan Shilton: Israel’s far-right government carried out the assassination of Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut, the Lebanese capital, on Tuesday. This brazen act of aggression increases the danger of an escalation of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza into a region-wide war, for which US imperialism and its European imperialist allies have long been preparing. Read More
Almost 70% of Gaza Homes Damaged or Destroyed: WSJ
Al Mayadeen: The WSJ bases its assessment on an analysis of satellite imagery of the Gaza Strip and other advanced remote sensing techniques. Read More
The Genocide in Palestine and the Fascist Continuum
America-Israel’s War on Gaza a Prelude to Conquest of the Arab World
by Dr Mahboob A Khawaja: The Arab Middle East is militarized and destabilized by the US-Israeli strategic plans. The nations of merchants sell wars, weapons and poisonous thoughts to divide and rule the Arabian Peninsula. The colonial divides signify national identities carved up by European imperialism against the unity of Islam. A new normal reflects sectarian fake conflicts across the Arab world. To change the future, America and Israel needed a political challenge to stop the onslaught on Gaza but it was nowhere to be seen on the Arabian horizon. Read More
January 2nd, 2024 is the 88th day since the genocide in Gaza began
Today January 2, 2024 is the 88th day since the genocide in Gaza began. At least 31 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes on areas across the Gaza Strip, as the devastating onslaught enters its 88th day. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said on Tuesday that a series of Israeli airstrikes on residential areas in the city of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, killed 22 Palestinian civilians, most of them women and children. Another Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, also left several casualties among the civilians.
Top Hamas officials killed in Israeli drone attack in Beirut
Daily Sabah: At least four people, including senior Hamas official SalehArouri, were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday.Leaders of Hamas' armed wing Al Qassam Brigades, Samir Findi Abu Amer and Azzam Al-Aqraa Abu Ammar, were also killed in the Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh. Read More
Israel-Hamas talks on hostage deal on pause after drone attack
Daily Sabah: Negotiations between Israel and Hamas on a possible agreement to free hostages have been paused after the killing of Hamas' deputy leader SalehArouri in Beirut on Tuesday, reports said.Talks are now focused on avoiding escalation between Israel and Lebanon, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Tuesday evening, citing Arab diplomatic sources.Read More
Profile of Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas deputy leader assassinated by Israel in Lebanon
Anadolu Agency:Senior Hamas official was one of founders of Hamas' armed wing, had storied history of involvement with Hamas, enduring imprisonment and exile. Read More
Turkey arrests dozens suspected of spying for Israel
Al Jazeera: Turkey has reportedly detained 33 people suspected of spying on behalf of Israel.The authorities are still searching for 13 other people believed to have links to Israel’s Mossad security service, the Anadolu Agency reported on Tuesday. Ankara has previously warned that it will not allow Israel to strike at Hamas inside Turkey’s borders.Read More
Possible developments in Palestine in 2024
By Muhittin Ataman: It can be said that Hamas changed the balance in the Palestine-Israel issue after al-Aqsa Flood. In fact, the attack has even significantly influenced regional and global power balances. It affected the foreign policies of not only Israel but also Western states. In 2024, world public opinion will continue to support the “global intifada” initiated by Hamas and consider Israel as a security problem. On the other hand, states and nonstate actors who want the norms of the global system to be implemented, will continue to look for ways out and solutions to deter Israel’s expansionist and aggressive policy, which it irresponsibly pursues with the support of the West.Read More
Out Of 325 Archaeological, Ancient Sites in Gaza, Israel 'Destroyed' 200
TRT World: The Israeli army has destroyed more than 200 archaeological and ancient sites out of 325 that were registered across besieged Gaza in the course of its devastating onslaught since October 7, authorities in the enclave said.The Gaza Media Office said on Friday the sites include ancient churches, mosques, schools, museums and other different historical and archaeological sites and monuments.Read More
Israel uses Starvation as a Weapon of War in Gaza
By JehanAlfarra:The use of mass starvation as a weapon of war echoes a historical barbarity that humanity should have long transcended. This egregious strategy, reminiscent of past sieges where starvation was deliberately employed as a tool of warfare, highlights the dire consequences of collective punishment on innocent civilians.In Gaza, Israel has been deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food and other essentials to the besieged enclave’s 2.2 million people.Read More
The real ‘Person of the Year’
Al Jazeera:Given the ghastly course of 2023, it seems one obvious choice for “Person of the Year” would be the Palestinian doctors and medical personnel currently risking their lives to save others from Israel’s genocidal endeavors in the Gaza Strip. Since October 7, the Israeli military has slaughtered more than 21,000 Palestinians in Gaza, among them at least 8,663 children. According to Healthcare Workers Watch – Palestine, an independent monitoring initiative co-launched by Texas doctor OsaidAlser, no fewer than 340 healthcare workers were killed by the Israelis between October 7 and December 19, including 118 doctors and 104 nurses.Read More
BRICS: Hopes and challenges in 2024
TRT World: 2024 will be marked by the expansion of the BRICS group to formally include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, in addition to its current members (Russia, Brazil, China, India, South Africa). Argentina was also due to join on January 1 but withdrew its plans just at the last minute.It’s the largest-ever expansion of the bloc and the first since South Africa joined in 2010. The move augments the group's composition to 11 nations, collectively representing 43% of the world's population and 16% of global trade.Read More
January 1st, 2024 is the 87th day since the genocide in Gaza began
Today January 1, 2024 is the 87th day since the genocide in Gaza began. Battles rage in central and southern Gaza after Israel announces it is pulling some troops from the ground invasion. At least 21,978 people have been killed and 57,697 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The revised death toll from the October 7 attack in Israel stands at 1,139. Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila tells Al Jazeera only nine hospitals continue to operate in Gaza, without enough medical supplies or electricity. Iran deploys a warship to the Red Sea after the US Navy attacks and kills Houthis trying to commandeer a commercial vessel. Trita Parsi, the executive vice president at the Quincy Institute, a think tank that promotes diplomacy, has accused US officials of backing Israel’s plans to ethnically cleanse and re-annex the Gaza strip. “Wonder why Biden doesn’t condemn this, mindful of his justified opposition to Russia annexing Ukrainian territory?” Parsi wrote in a social media post.
At stroke of midnight, Hamas attacks Israel with heavy New Year rocket barrage
Times of Israel: The Hamas group fired at least 27 rockets at the south and center of the country in a barrage timed for midnight as Israelis tried to celebrate the start of the new year. Air defense systems intercepted 18 rockets and nine fell in open areas. Sirens sounded in various locations in the center of the country including Rehovot, Ness Ziona, Holon, Lod, and Modiin, as well as Ashdod, Sderot, and other southern towns. Loud explosions from the intercepts boomed through the sky over Tel Aviv. Read More
Death toll in Gaza from ongoing Israeli war surges to 21,978
Anadolu Agency: The deaths of Palestinians from the nearly three-month devastating Israeli onslaught on Gaza has reached 21,978, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said Monday. Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the ministry, made the statement as Israel's deadly onslaught on Gaza enters its 87th day. He noted that the number of injured in Gaza has also risen to 57,697, nearly 70% of them women and children. Read More
US strikes kill 10 Huthi rebels attacking ship in Red Sea
Yeni Safak: The US military said Sunday its Navy helicopters fired at Iran-backed Huthi rebel boats off Yemen that were attacking a cargo ship, with Yemeni sources reporting 10 rebels killed. The clash in the Red Sea marked a deadly escalation since the United States set up a multinational naval task force in early December to protect the vital shipping lane against Huthi attacks. The rebels -- who say they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza -- have repeatedly fired drones and missiles at passing ships in the straits through which 12 percent of global trade passes. Read More
Istanbul rally honors Turkish soldiers killed in Iraq, stands with Gaza
Daily Sabah: Thousands of people gathered on Monday in mosques in Türkiye’s top metropolis Istanbul for Gaza as it suffers under Israeli bombardment and to condemn terrorism weeks after PKK attacks martyred a dozen Turkish soldiers in northern Iraq. The event titled "Mercy for our martyrs, support for Palestine, curse on Israel” in mosques during the morning prayers was organized by the Turkish Youth Foundation (TÜGVA) and the National Willpower Platform. Read More
Turkish Armed Forces add new UAV to reconnaissance capabilities
TRT News: The BAHA, an autonomous sub-cloud unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Turkish defence company HAVELSAN, entered the inventory of the Turkish Armed Forces. HAVELSAN, a software and systems company in the defence sector, has been developing unmanned land, air and sea vehicles within the scope of its "digital unity" concept, introducing unmanned systems such as the BARKAN unmanned ground combat vehicle and the BAHA unmanned aerial vehicle in the same year to address future operational needs domestically and internationally. Read More
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