📹 At least 15 rockets were fired at Qiryat Shmona earlier.

Iron Dome was activated and intercepted some.

📹 Dramatic footage of the air defence activity over Qiryat Shmona.

— 🇪🇬/🇵🇸 NEW: Egypt is reportedly constructing a large refugee camp in the Sinai desert, to anticipate the emergency scenario of Palestinians possibly breaching the Gaza-Egypt border as a result of the upcoming Israeli invasion of Rafah – WSJ

At the same time, Egypt is primarily committed to strengthening and reinforcing the border fence at Rafah, trying whatever they can to not allow any forced exodus of Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt.

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Navalny died? Womp womp

— 🇷🇺 Also, quickly my thoughts about the Alexey Navalny situation:

Just think to your self for one second. Navalny was already arrested, he was already in prison, he was no longer a threat, what benefit would Russia possibly gain from killing him?

Russia is only experiencing negative consequences from this. It makes no sense why Putin would have ordered his assassination. There is simply no motive whatsoever. Why would they kill him, knowing it would draw the entire negative press of the Western world onto Russia?

However, Ukraine, NATO and the U.S. definitely have a motive for killing Navalny. Kill him in prison, blame it on Putin, and you can enrage the entire world that 'Russia killed another opposition leader!'.

At the same time, they will have another reason to push for Ukraine aid packages in their congress and parliaments, especially considering the fact that Avdivka and the wider Ukrainian front are about to collapse.

Western countries are quick to blame without waiting for an official investigation. There are even documentaries about Navalny being aired on several European TV stations tonight, that had conveniently been filmed and prepared for broadcast.

Well, to me it's clear what really happened.

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— 🇮🇷/🇮🇱 NEW: According to the New York Times, Israel is behind the sabotage and explosion of two natural gas pipelines in Iran

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— The pipelines were fixed within 24 hours

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Images of Iran's new short-range 'Azarakhsh' air defense system

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: Armed forces of the Russian Federation are pounding Avdivka with artillery non-stop

Russian special forces have taken the East of the city and are advancing to the center, after most Ukrainian troops retreated.

It is expected that majority of the city's urban area will fall to Russian forces within the next 72 hours.

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 Battle of Avdiivka

21/02/2022 – 17/02/2024

Result: Russian victory

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— 🇷🇺/🇺🇦 NEW: Ukraine announces its full retreat from Avdiivka in order to avoid encirclement; the battle is officially over

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