🇷🇺🇦🇿 Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Bishkek

“The number one issue is the situation around Karabakh,” the Russian leader emphasized at the beginning of the conversation.

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🗣️ Israel not prepared for Hezbollah’s second front:

"I would think that Hezbollah have surprises up their sleeve. And I can't even guess what they are. They might actually invade Israel. It's quite possible they would do that. They have 100,000 troops, all experienced. They've been fighting in Syria against ISIS, Daesh* for a long time. They're experienced. They're very sophisticated technically. Hezbollah has a huge arsenal of missiles. Something like 80,000 cruise missiles and smart drones. If Hezbollah joins this conflict, opens the front, this would present an existential threat to the future of Israel,” Alastair Crooke, former British diplomat and MI6 agent, told the New Rules podcast.

*Daesh (also known as ISIS/ISIL/IS) is a terrorist organization outlawed in Russia and many other states.

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🇮🇱 How many tanks does Israel have?

According to reputable media reports, Israel possesses a formidable tank arsenal, tallying over 2,200 units, with a substantial 1,760 primed for combat. Spearheading the Israeli Defense Forces' armored capabilities are the well-regarded Merkava series, comprising the II, III, and IV models.
The tank park includes such models as:

▪️ 5th Gen Merkava Barak V: Mass-produced tank, particularly notable for its maneuverability

▪️Merkava Mk 4 Meil Ruach (Windbreaker): It sports the Trophy Active Protection System (APS), tandem high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warheads, and so forth

▪️Merkava Mk IV: It's advanced configuration includes versatile modular armor designed to be customized in response to specific threat profiles

▪️Merkava Mk III: Noteworthy for its distinctive front-mounted engine, designed for heightened crew safety

▪️ Merkava Mk II: Engineered to excel in the demanding theaters of urban warfare and low-intensity conflicts

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🇺🇸🇶🇦🇮🇷 The US and Qatar have agreed for now not to allow Iran to access the previously unfrozen $6 billion under the agreement on the exchange of prisoners, American media reported.

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🇺🇸🇵🇸 Blinken said he is going to visit Jordan to meet with The Palestinian National Authority leader Abbas.

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🇵🇸 Protests in support of Palestine are taking place all over the world, but not in all countries the security forces treat the protesters well: in some countries, demonstrations were attacked and dispersed by the police forces.

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⚡️Sirens sound in the Israeli settlement of Miskav Am, near the Lebanese border, which coincided with the launch of flare bombs and a massive flight of Israeli warplanes and reconnaissance aircraft.

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🇫🇷🇵🇸 Police in Paris used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a demonstration in support of Palestine, a Sputnik correspondent reports.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Latest updates on Palestinian-Israeli conflict

▪️Israel's Knesset reportedly approved formation of emergency government

▪️Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu met with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv

▪️Blinken said he discussed possibilities for safe passage for civilians out of Gaza with Israeli leadership amid the ongoing escalation

▪️The US State Secretary confirmed he is going to visit Jordan to meet with Palestinian National Authority leader Abbas

▪️Mayor of Israel's Sderot called for evacuation of more than 27,000 residents

▪️Syrian media reported Israel attacked airports in Damascus and Aleppo

▪️The Hamas attack on October 7 was accompanied by the infiltration of thousands of fighters from the Gaza Strip into Israel, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said

▪️The Gaza Strip sector will remain under energy and humanitarian blockade until all kidnapped Israelis are released, Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz says

▪️The Palestinian death toll in Gaza has reached at least 1,417 people, the death toll in Israel has reached at least 1,300

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🇮🇱Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on British Sky News:

- And what about those Palestinians in hospital who are on life support, and babies and incubators whose life support and incubator will have to be turned off because the Israelis have cut the power to Gaza?

-Are you seriously keep on asking me about Palestinian civilians? What's what's wrong with you? Have you not seen what happened? We're fighting Nazis. We don't target them. Now the world can come and bring them anything they want. If you want to bring them electricity, I'm not going to feed electricity or water to my enemies. If anyone else wants, that's fine. We're not responsible for this.

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🇮🇱 Demonstrations in support of Israel also took place around the world. However, the police not only do not detain or disperse the demonstrators, but also protect them.

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