Pavel Durov refutes Western demands to close Hamas' TG channel

It comes after the EU Commission, whose president Von der Leyen has been in a bomb shelter in Israel, gave yesterday X (Twitter) 24h to respond to the spread of alleged pro-Palestinian ‘disinformation and violent content’. Telegram is not yet vetted under the DSA censorship law by the European executive body, but the commissioner in charge of it, the French Thierry Breton, has signalled will into this.

In the DSA ‘risk management framework’ study dated August ⁠24, released August ⁠30, the EU executive reminded of its specious distinction between “misformation” and “disinformation” (page 50): “As opposed to misinformation, disinformation is defined by the speaker's intention” (it can be false content or truthful, but misleading, shared with a malign intent). The report even goes to regretting that “not a single platform has any explicit policy on disinformation or even state-backed disinformation”.

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LBC journalist narrates the events on the border as they unfolded, stresses that their car and the journalists were attacked by a missile from an Israeli UAV or the airborne Apache helicopters not a random artillery.

Russian President Vladimir Putin warns against the ground operation in Gaza as this will lead to serious consequences for both sides.

Calls for an immediate ceasefire.

🚨 Rocket fire targets south of Tel Aviv, close to Gen Gurion airport.

Footage from Lod near Tel Aviv.

Hamas announced attempting to target Israeli army gatherings north of Gaza.

The Israeli army started to amass troops for the invasion.

🚨 Hezbullah issued a statement to condemn the Israeli aggression that targeted journalists on the Lebanese border, killing one and injuring several others.

Hezbullah says this attack is a resumption of Israeli terror to Lebanese and Palestinians, and won't go unanswered.

Now: The IDF says it's "currently conducting a wide-scale strike in the Gaza Strip."

Israel has only given two hours to evacuate Al Awda Hospital in Gaza, Doctors Without Borders says

“Our staff are still treating patients.

"We unequivocally condemn this action, the continued indiscriminate bloodshed and attacks on health care in Gaza.“

Hamas releases footage of its Ayash-250 rocket attack tonight.

The use of this 250km unguided rocket is extremely rare as they are scarce.

Names of injured journalists who were transferred to Tyre hospitals, after the Israeli attack in Lebanon.

- Issam Abdullah, Reuters correspondent (martyr).

- Elie Brakhia, Al Jazeera correspondent (injured throughout his body).

- Christina Assi, AFP correspondent, suffered a severe injury to her foot. She underwent surgery at the Lebanese Italian Hospital.

- Carmen Khadar, Al Jazeera correspondent, was moderately injured and is treated at the Lebanese-Italian Hospital

- Iraqi journalist Maher Muhammad Abdel Latif from Reuters.

- Iraqi journalist Thaer Zuhair Kazem from Reuters, was slightly injured.

- American journalist Dylan Collins from Radio France was slightly injured.

They are seen in the video, clearly marked as journalist and away from hostilities.

Spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza: Al-Durrah Children’s Hospital in the eastern Gaza Strip was evacuated after Israeli forces targeted it with white phosphorous bombs.

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🚨 Rocket fire towards Tel Aviv with confirmed impacts.

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid criticizes Netanyahu for sending 'an entire country into a whirlwind of panic while waiting for his statement' tonight and then 'not say anything new'.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: "We will eliminate Hamas, we will defeat Hamas. It will take time.”

“This is just the beginning. Our enemies have only just begun to pay the price but I won't go into detail”

🚨 The Palestinian death toll in Gaza rises to 1,900. It includes 614 dead child and 370 women.

Injuries are at 7,696 now. Injuries include 2,000 child and 1,400 women.

🚨 Germany's Lufthansa suspends flights to Beirut.

Latest rocket attack on Sderot resulted in 3 impacts.

🚨 Explosions can be heard in Northern Israel.