"We Helped Them to Build These Bunkers"

The former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak admitted that the tunnel beneath the Al-Shifa hospital was made by Israeli engineers while Gaza was under Israeli control.

"Decades ago, we were running the place, we helped them to build these bunkers," he noted.

That's why the IDF supposedly knows for sure there is a large Hamas bunker under the hospital.

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🇮🇱 The Israeli Almagor Terror Victims Association says it will file a petition to the High Court of Justice at noon today against the government’s deal to secure the return of 50 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

In a letter to Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Almagor founder Meir Indoor the organization states it believes “the same landmines and surprises in the agreement were [present] in almost every other [hostage] deal in the past.”

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🇷🇺 Russia welcomes the agreement between Hamas and Israel, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that this is the first good news from Gaza in recent times.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 The ceasefire under the agreement between Israel and Hamas is expected to begin on Thursday at 6:30 local time, Israeli media stated.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Pepe Escobar speculates on whether the Russia-China ‘strategic patience’ will succeed in extinguishing the dangerously volatile Palestine-Israel escalation.

The Russia-China strategic partnership’s approach to West Asia, which has been "set on fire" by the neocons, is based upon "strategic timing and patience", according to the geopolitical analyst and veteran journalist.

The attacks on Palestinians are being carried out in Gaza under "a veneer of legality", with the White House "advising" Tel Aviv to act with moderation, writes Escobar. At the same time, an effort is being made by the OIC/Arab World delegation of Foreign Ministers to promote a ceasefire plan for the enclave. Notably, the delegation’s first stop was Beijing, and its second - Moscow.

Russia and China, along with a concerted BRICS position, could apply maximum pressure on Tel Aviv/Washington for a ceasefire, fully supported by virtually the whole Global Majority, Escobar reckons.

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🇪🇺 European Union has reportedly devised a draft paper containing security guarantees for Ukraine. Will it help?

The framework document contains commitments that include training for Ukrainian Armed Forces, sharing intelligence and satellite imagery, efforts to align Ukraine’s defense industry to the bloc's standards, etc.

The EU-proposed sum of €20 billion ($21.8 billion) over four years to cover weapons for Kiev reportedly resulted in some members bickering over the terms. The sum has now shrunk to €5 billion for next year.

President Vladimir Putin stated in July, emphasizing that while “achieving the security of one country, threats should not be created for another country.”

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🇵🇸 Most of the hostages that will be released on November 23 are citizens of foreign countries, Hamas Political Bureau member Mousa Abu Marzouq said on Wednesday.

🇮🇱 In turn, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said the first group of Hamas hostages in the Gaza Strip should be released on Thursday as part of a ceasefire deal.

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🇵🇸 We need to help the Gazans who are suffering from the current events, this is our sacred duty, Putin stated.

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🎥 A Russian battalion named in honor of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, consisting of ex-Ukrainian prisoners of war, has departed on a combat mission, fighter Viktor Kirichansky who goes by the code name “Kirik” told Sputnik.

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🇺🇸 US F-35 upgrade stymied by software problems, prompting delivery woes

The Pentagon is scrambling to fix delivery setbacks of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter due to problems with software upgrades.
Tech Refresh 3, a suite of upgrades to the newest F-35s, has been plagued by software problems, forcing months-long delays to delivery, a US military news outlet reported.

The Defense Department is said to be mulling uploading “interim versions” of TR-3 software to speed up acceptance flights and get deliveries back on track.

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🇷🇺🪖 Key points of Russian MoD briefing on progress of special military op in Ukraine:

▪️Russian forces repelled an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) in the Kharkov region.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk direction; Ukrainian losses amounted to 115 servicemen killed and wounded.

▪️Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 in the DPR.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in the Zaporozhye region and eliminated up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen.

▪️The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a Ukrainian warehouse of aviation weapons and an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system.

▪️Russian air defense systems destroyed 45 Ukrainian drones.

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🇷🇺🇻🇪 Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the signing of an agreement on strategic partnership and cooperation with Venezuela.

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❗️Putin Addresses G20 Leaders’ Virtual Summit.

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🇷🇺 Putin says at the G20 summit that this format is an important structure in economic management, especially since confrontational attempts are still ongoing.

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🇷🇺 "The war in Ukraine cannot but shock, but the coup in Ukraine and the extermination of civilians there and in Palestine are not shocking," Putin said. He also wondered why world leaders are “not shocked” by the UN Secretary General’s words that the Gaza Strip has turned into a huge children’s cemetery.

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🇷🇺 Putin at G20 Summit calls Nord Stream bombing act of international terrorism.

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🇷🇺 Major stress in the global economy caused by the macroeconomic policies of some countries, Putin said.

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