💬 A slurring American President gave a martial speech, ending with the line "God protect our troops", rather than the customary "God Bless America", as Karen Kwiatkowski - a retired US Air Force veteran - commented, as she analyzed Joe Biden’s address to the nation during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

▪️ Biden coughed when he spoke of concern and protection of innocents in Gaza, under the laws of war. He also made the curious choice to describe the US as a beacon of freedom of religion and speech - even as he was rattling the tin to send more billions to support countries where churches and religions are banned, elections are suspended, and the intolerance of the allied governments to different ethnicities and religions - both in Tel Aviv and Kiev - is reminiscent of Germany in 1939, Kwiatkowski said.

▪️ Kwiatkowski added that his statement to the nation that the Ukrainian Army has reclaimed 50% of the territory initially taken by Russia did not ring true to her and she was surprised his speechwriters allowed that to remain in his address.

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📹 Russia's Su-34 aircraft destroys (0:14) enemy fortified positions in South Donetsk direction

Su-34 fighter-bombers are on 24-hour combat alert duty at home airfields. Russian pilots perform tasks of air patrol and cover the actions of the Armed Forces of Russia at any time of the day and in any weather.

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

▪️ Joe Biden addressed the nation on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, promising to send an emergency budget request to Congress to secure funding for Israel;

▪️ Dozens of people have been injured in an airstrike on the ancient Orthodox Church of St Porphyrius in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City;

▪️ Adoption of Russia's draft resolution by the UNSC could have prevented the strike on the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza, Russia's FM says;

▪️ The bombing by Israel of schools and hospitals in the Gaza Strip are crimes against humanity, a report by the United Nations Human Rights Office says;

▪️ The Israeli Ministry of Defense told the military that they will soon be inside Gaza.

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📹 Russian signalmen celebrate their professional holiday on the frontline, performing assigned tasks as part of the special military operation

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🇪🇺💰 The EU has allocated about $90 billion in aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian special military operation, of which $27 billion went towards arms supplies, Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission President, has said

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A kamikaze drone attacked a group of people in the city of Tulkarem, in the West Bank, Palestinian media has reported yesterday

The Al-Qassam Brigades in Tulkarem said they blew up military equipment that stormed the Nur Shams camp.

Six killed in Israeli attack, Palestinian Health Ministry said.

Footage from social networks.

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Hamas spokesman Hassan Yousef was arrested during an Israeli raid in the West Bank on Thursday, the Israeli Security Agency Shin Bet said

💬 "[Arrested] on suspicion of acting on behalf of Hamas," the agency said.

▪️ Yousef is the official spokesman of the Hamas movement in the West Bank and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.

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🗣 The world, led by the United States, continues to slide into the deepest abyss, Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, said.

▪️ Biden called money to be spent on the death of other people far from the United States a “smart investment”.
▪️ The Kiev regime has banned the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, cutting off the faithful from the succor of their mother church.
▪️ The French Interior Minister condemns a famous football player for posts in support of Palestine.

The stories may be different, but they all point to the accelerated disintegration of the very fabric of Western society, Medvedev summed up, commenting on the latest news.

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📹 Rafah checkpoint from the Egyptian side

▪️ Journalists, humanitarian aid convoys and the Egyptian military are waiting for the gates to open.

▪️ Officials said that an agreement has been reached to open the Rafah border crossing to let trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Gaza from Egypt.

▪️ The details of the deal, which was brokered by the UN, are not immediately unknown, and it's unclear when much-need food, water and medicine will reach Palestinians.

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📹 A Russian ATGM crew destroyed a multi-purpose tractor with Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the zone of the special military op

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived at the Rafah checkpoint, a Sputnik correspondent has reported

Key statements made by Antonio Guterres at the Rafah checkpoint:

▪️ Two million people suffer behind these walls and they have no food, water or fuel

▪️ “We have a lot of trucks with fuel, food and water, and they are stuck here.” All we need is for them to be brought to Gaza as quickly as possible.

▪️ “I call for an unconditional humanitarian ceasefire to ensure that aid reaches Gaza.”

▪️ Israel recently announced that it will allow humanitarian aid into Gaza. There are import contacts between Egypt and the other side, but there are conditions for this.

📸 Photo from social networks

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🇮🇱 Israel has received 45 cargo airplanes with armaments for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) since the start of the escalation of the conflict with the Hamas movement, the Defense Ministry said on Friday

“The Israeli defense establishment welcomed the arrival of the 45th cargo plane to Israel this morning. Around 1,000 tons of armaments arrived to bolster IDF capabilities,” the ministry wrote on X.

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🗣 Russian President Vladimir Putin is to hold a major press conference this year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said

▪️ The president's last Direct Line lasted almost four hours, during which he answered a number of important questions of concern to Russians.

▪️ Direct Line with Vladimir Putin is the most powerful sociological survey that allows citizens to describe their position to the country's leadership.

▪️ This year is the 20th press conference for the Russian leader.

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Ukrainian nationalist Yaroslav Hunka has been charged in absentia with genocide of civilians during the Great Patriotic War, Russia’s Investigative Committee said

The issue of putting Hunka on the international wanted list and charging him in absentia is being resolved, requests for legal assistance have been sent to Canada, Poland, and Belarus, Russia’s Investigative Committee added.

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💥Israeli attacks on Gaza’s civilian infrastructure as of October 20:

🕌 11 mosques destroyed

⛪️ 7 churches damaged

🏥59 attacks on health care (including 17 hospitals damaged)

👨‍🎓 178 educational facilities have been hit including:

• at least 20 UNRWA schools;
• 140 Palestinian Authority (PA) schools;
• 1 university damaged.

🏠 At least 30 percent of all housing units in the Gaza Strip have been either:

• destroyed - 12,845;
• rendered uninhabitable - 9,055;
• moderately/lightly damaged - 121,000;

Source: UN OCHA

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😡🇦🇺 Australian veterans claim they have found evidence of the "systematic abuse" of Australia's honours and awards system that has allowed top brass, including present Defence Force Chief General Angus Campbell, to be unlawfully awarded "distinguished service" medals for decades

Gaining access to previously unseen correspondence and documents, the veterans say they have discovered that the Defense Department knew as far back as 1996 that Distinguished Service Crosses (DSCs) were being awarded unlawfully to high-ranking officers who were not serving "in action".

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⚡️2 more UN aid workers were killed in the Gaza Strip

The new deaths, confirmed by UNRWA, bring the total number of aid workers killed during the current conflict to 16.

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