📹 The Palestinian Foreign Ministry posted a video on X (formerly Twitter) against the backdrop of the statement about the use of white phosphorus ammunition prohibited by international conventions.

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What is the Gaza Strip now under Israel’s complete siege?

📌 The Gaza Strip, also known as Gaza, is a Palestinian exclave located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Nestled between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean, the exclave has an area of about ten kilometers wide and 41 kilometers long.

📌 The area was named after its densely-populated capital of Gaza City.

📌 As a result of the coup carried out by the Islamist militant group Hamas in July 2007, the government institutions of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Gaza Strip came under the group’s authority.

📌 Most of the residents live in the north of the area, in particular in Gaza City. Sunni Muslims make up the predominant part of the population.

📌 In September 2005, Israel wrapped up the withdrawal of its troops from Gaza, and control of the area was transferred to the PA.

📌 Since 2007, the Gaza Strip has been governed by the militant group Hamas, which rejects the peace process with Israel.

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Seismologists in Norway say recorded probable 'explosion' on October 8 near Balticconnector gas pipeline, estimated 1 magnitude

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❗️Israel is moving to a “full offense” against the Gaza Strip, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant says, as cited by Israeli media

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🇷🇺🇨🇳🇲🇳 Russia, China and Mongolia will launch an interstate tourist route, dubbed The Great Tea Road, the geography of which will repeat the trade route created in the 18th century for the export of tea, the Russian Economy Ministry said on Tuesday.

🗣 "Russia, China and Mongolia have entered into an agreement on the development of the Great Tea Road tourist route, its geography repeating the trade route from China through Mongolia, Siberia, the Urals and the Volga region to Moscow and St. Petersburg, created in the 18th century for the export of tea," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry also said that 18 Russian regions are ready to join the new tourist project immediately. The route will include museums, hotels and recreation areas, according to the statement.

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❗️ The White House says the US aircraft carrier deployment is aimed at deterring third countries from widening the escalation around Israel.

The US does not yet plan to send military personnel to help Israel, it was added.

❗️ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel in the coming days, the State Department says

🇷🇺🇹🇷 Putin spoke with Erdogan, the Kremlin said. The focus was on the sharply aggravated situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict zone.

Reportedly, during the conversation, the leaders expressed deep concern over the continuing escalation of violence and the catastrophic rise in civilian casualties. They also emphasized the need for an immediate ceasefire by both sides and the resumption of the negotiation process, and expressed mutual readiness to actively promote this.

❗️ The Israeli military has announced it fired artillery and mortar fire toward Syrian sites in response to a "number of launches" from Syrian territory. The IDF earlier detailed that shelling from Syria fell in an open area.

🇦🇲🇦🇿 The conditions are now ripe for the exchange of captives between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.

🗣 "We proceed from the fact that in any situation detained persons should be treated in accordance with the humanitarian law. We repeatedly called on the partners, both in bilateral and trilateral formats, to complete the 'all for all' exchange of captives. From our point of view, the conditions have well ripened for this," Zakharova said at a briefing.

Moscow hopes the matter will be successfully resolved, she added.

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