❗️ Nine missiles were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory; Israeli air defenses intercepted five of them. The IDF has conducted strikes on the launch site in Lebanon, as stated by the army

📹 Soldiers of Russia's Viking special forces detachment identified a camouflaged dugout with Ukrainian infantry in the Artemovsk direction and subsequently destroyed it using a kamikaze drone

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🇺🇸🇮🇱 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel again on Monday, as reported by an American newspaper

According to Blinken's spokesperson, Matthew Miller, Antony Blinken will return to Israel on Monday. This visit comes as the country prepares to launch a major offensive against the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip by air, land, and sea.

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🇮🇷 Iran's UN mission weighs in on Israel's ground operation: Iran's armed forces will not engage in battle, if Tel Aviv does not attack Iran, the resistance front can defend itself.

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🇺🇸 The US will not send troops to participate in the conflict in Gaza, but does not rule out the possibility of using them to free the hostages, the White House said.

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📹 Footage of artillery paratroopers accurately firing 82mm ammunition at positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Verbovoye

Airborne troops fire to suppress enemy firing positions, strongholds and hidden personnel at a range of up to 7 kilometers.

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🗣 Dr. Imad Salamey, associate professor of political science and international affairs at the Lebanese American University on possible Iranian intervention in the Israel-Hamas conflict:

"I mean, the risk is multiple because, once a third country intervenes in this conflict at least in direct ways, then there could be other countries intervening on the side of Israel as well. So, the United States, then if Iran intervenes, and the United States may intervene, if Hezbollah intervenes, you know then things also may go.... I mean, depends on the extent of this intervention. Things may run out of hand, and then you may end up with a regionwide confrontation that can go as far as the Arab Gulf. So, the situation of a wider regional conflict with an Iranian direct intervention, on a wide-scale level, and it means a highly unlikely scenario, but it is a probable scenario nevertheless."

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📹 Russian artillery uses surgical strikes to eliminate the strongholds and locations of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.

Accuracy control and fire adjustments are carried out by drone operators.

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🗣 "For the first time in Gaza, we are being threatened in this way, with complete disregard for the safety of patients and the hospitals themselves, which is a serious crime," Dr Ahmed al-Kahlout, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza City, told Sputnik expressing his astonishment at Israel's threats regarding the evacuation of hospitals.

The Kamal Adwan Hospital is located in the northern areas of Gaza being the sole medical facility providing services to children, women and expectant mothers. "We treat those who need medical attention for injuries sustained during the recent Israeli aggression. The hospital serves approximately 450,000 people, which makes its evacuation extremely challenging, as there is simply no medical alternative for those who rely on the hospital's services," Al-Kahlout said.

"We have called on the World Health Organization to put pressure on the Israeli occupation [authorities] to withdraw these evacuation warnings and threats," Al-Kahlout added.

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Latest updates on Palestinian-Israeli conflict:

▪️The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 2,600, the Palestinian Health Ministry's office said;

▪️The death toll of Israeli residents during the escalation of the conflict has increased to 1,400, Israeli media reported;

▪️ Nine missiles were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory; Israeli air defenses intercepted five of them. The IDF has conducted strikes on the launch site in Lebanon, as stated by the army;

▪️️ Palestine urges the international community to thwart Israel's mass displacement plan for the Gaza Strip, according to a Palestinian leader's aide;

▪️ US President Joe Biden has appointed former Ambassador David Satterfield as the Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues.

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Biden claims that US can handle Ukraine and Palestinian-Israeli conflicts simultaneously

🗣 “We're the United States of America for God's sake, the most powerful nation in the history-- not in the world, in the history of the world. The history of the world. We can take care of both of these and still maintain our overall international defense.”

Biden did not elaborate on how the US planned on increasing weapons production enough to support two proxy wars at once. The American president has previously admitted that the Ukraine conflict has put a serious strain on US ammunition reserves.

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❗️Why have Communists, Palestinians, University students and regular Australian mums and dads joined forces to protest against the Albanese Government's foreign policy towards Palestine?

The reason is not what you think in this Sputnik exclusive on the ground in Sydney's CBD.

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Under what conditions can the US intervene in the Israel-Hamas conflict, and what would be the goals?

🗣 "There will be a two-front war, in the south with HAMAS and in the north with Hezbollah. What could be brewing here, is that if Lebanon and Syria get involved, then this could snowball from a local into regional war, then most likely the United States would intervene. And the US won’t stop at Syria, Lebanon or against Hezbollah. It will go further, trying to resolve number of its other geostrategic and geopolitical tasks, one of which is to overthrow the regime in Iran," Dr. Simon Tsipis, expert on national security, political science, and international relations told Sputnik.

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🇺🇸 US President Joe Biden has appointed a special envoy to lead the United States' response to the humanitarian impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday.

"President Biden has appointed former Ambassador David Satterfield as the Special Envoy for Middle East Humanitarian Issues. Special Envoy Satterfield will lead US diplomacy to urgently address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, including work to facilitate the provision of life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable people and promote the safety of civilians, in coordination with the United Nations and U.S. partners," the statement read.

The envoy will lead a "whole-of-government campaign to mitigate the humanitarian fallout of Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israel," supporting efforts by such US agencies as USAID and the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, it added.

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Israeli ground operation in Gaza may result in genocide, the League of Arab States and the African Union said in a joint statement

The Israeli army's plan to launch a ground operation in the Gaza Strip could lead to genocide, the League of Arab States (LAS) and the African Union said on Sunday, demanding an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and coordinated international effort to provide humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians.

"Both organizations call on the United Nations and the international community to take a firm stand before it is too late to stop the catastrophe unfolding before our eyes," the statement added.

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