Russia to host an inter-Palestinian Conference with representatives from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Palestinian Authority and about a dozen other Palestinian groups. This is likely the latest of a series of meetings between Russian, Iranian and Palestinian Islamist officials that have taken place since October 7th hosted by Russia.
Moscow will host an inter-Palestinian meeting at the end of February, to which Russia has invited all Palestinian organisations, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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An attempt to divert an Israeli El-Al passenger flight was ignored by airliner crew on a flight from Phuket, Thailand to Israel. The aircrew apparently received instructions to divert their flight path mid-flight, with their communications accessed by a third party. Both incidents occurred within a week, occurring near Somalia.
This is the second time such an incident has occurred in the past week, according to the report.
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IDF continues to construct the Netzarim Corridor, a two kilometer wide zone running through the middle of Gaza that will allow them to interdict and screen traffic between northern and southern Gaza. This operation is in conjunction with clearing a buffer zone on the inside of the Gazan border walls.
IDF Strikes in Sidon, Lebanon result in mushroom clouds, reportedly due to munitions being struck.
The President of Mexico, Sisi, is building a big beautiful wall and making the Egyptians pay for it. It'll create a larger buffer zone between Egypt and Gaza. Israel meanwhile reiterates it has no intention of evacuating Gazans to Egypt.
US Centcom Reports five "self defense strikes" where they and allied units hit three mobile anti-ship launchers, an unmanned underwater vessel and an unmanned surface vessel.
The Houthis have proclaimed a great victory in striking the Belize-flagged, British-registered and Lebanese-managed bulk carrier Rubymar and forcing it to be abandoned in the Gulf of Aden after it was struck by two Houthi Anti-Ship missiles. No casualties were reported and another civilian vessel was able to evacuate the crew to Djibouti. The ship is reportedly in the process of sinking off the coast of Yemen. The Houthis also stated they shot down an MQ-9 Reaper Drone.
By Ahmed Tolba and Jonathan Saul CAIRO/LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) – Yemen’s Houthi militants said on Monday they had attacked another cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden which was at risk...
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