❗️ According to updated data, seven people received gunshot wounds. Two of them are in critical condition.

Both attackers were neutralized.

❗️ According to police, two terrorists arrived at the Givat Shaul junction near the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday morning and began firing at civilians at a nearby bus stop before being shot and killed by security forces and a civilian who was at the scene.

Attack comes a year after bombing attack at same bus stop:

Last November, two Israelis, Tadasa Tashume Ben Ma’ada and Arye Shechopek, were killed in a bombing attack which took place at a nearby bus stop and at a bus stop near the Ramot neighborhood.

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❗️ The death toll from the Jerusalem shooting has risen to two. A 73-year-old man died, Jerusalem Post reports

❗️ The terrorists were two Israeli Arabs living in Eastern Jerusalem, Israeli police said

Israeli media publish footage of the attack on a bus stop in Jerusalem

The number of people killed in the terrorist attack increased to three, the Magen David Adom ambulance service reports.

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Kiev authorities are preparing a military provocation against Poland in the event of a critical decline in Western support, Acting Kherson Region Governor Vladimir Saldo has told Sputnik.

"According to the data received from our sources in Ukraine, we are talking about a provocation involving an attack with Western or [Ukraine's] own converted missiles, on the parts of which they want to put Russian markings to further blame Russia.

"They will be ready to do so when they feel that the West has reduced support so much that the front for the Kiev regime is ready to collapse. It could happen in the very near perspective," Saldo said.

The official added that it is difficult to assess the likelihood of implementing such a "crazy" plan and the West's reaction to its implementation.

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❗️ The attackers were brothers Ibrahim and Murad Namir, from East Jerusalem. Both were previously convicted of terrorist activities, Shin Bet reports.

📹 Crews of Russian MiG-31 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces perform air patrol missions in the Kherson direction

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❗️ Religious Services Minister Michael Malchieli has identified the man killed in the attack as Rabbi Elimelech Wasserman. Rabbi Wasserman had been serving as a rabbinical judge in Israel's rabbinical courts.

Tragically, a 60-year-old woman has also succumbed to her injuries, making her the third victim of this terrorist attack in Jerusalem.

⚡️Vladimir Putin will hold his annual year-end press conference now dubbed "Results of the Year with Vladimir Putin" to close out 2023, on December 14, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov revealed

🇷🇺🇧🇬 Kremlin hits out at Bulgaria's ban on Lavrov's plane crossing its airspace during its flight to the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Skopje.

“This position [taken] by the Bulgarian authorities can hardly be explained in any way. It does not conform to any framework and is undeniably absurd - some might even argue it's foolish,” Peskov stated.

Additionally, he advised the leaders of the Balkan country to maintain a level-headed mindset when making decisions.

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🇷🇺 Sergey Lavrov arrived at the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting

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❗️ The participation of Russia in the meeting of OSCE foreign ministers is a significant “diplomatic victory” for the organization, the Prime Minister of North Macedonia said, adding that this means the OSCE can continue to carry on its efforts.

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

▪️ In the midst of escalating tensions in the Middle East, a terrorist attack in Jerusalem claimed the lives of three individuals.

▪️ Both the Israeli army and Hamas announced the extension of the ceasefire, pausing the ongoing fighting, in the wake of mediation efforts.

▪️ Israel released the sixth group of 30 Palestinian prisoners.

▪️ The Russian Federation offered their gratitude to the leadership of Hamas for releasing two Russians and emphasized their dedication to securing the swift release of the remaining captive Russians, as announced by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

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Malicious stupidity of Russophobes reaches new heights: airplane can fly over Bulgaria, but Maria Zakharova cannot fly in it

On Tuesday, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry granted permission for Russian FM Sergey Lavrov's plane to fly through the Balkan country's airspace to northern Macedonia for the OSCE meeting. However, Sofia removed its permission because the ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, was on board.

"The malicious stupidity of the Russophobes has reached the point that for the first time in our history the official authorities have forbidden not an airplane, but a person in an airplane to be in the sky - this is what is written in an official note of the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry: an airplane can fly over Bulgaria, but Maria Zakharova cannot fly in an airplane," the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.

"Nothing was said about whether I could fly over Bulgaria without an airplane or whether I could use outer space for this purpose," Zakharova added.

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Beware, you’re still on thin ice:

Several horses were rescued after they fell through the ice of a lake in Russia's Chelyabinsk region. Emergency workers used chainsaws, crowbars and axes to carve out a 150-meter long pathway on the ice, guiding the animals to safety on land. Regrettably, not all the horses managed to survive due to hypothermia

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🇷🇺🇵🇸 Russia accepting refugees from Gaza

More than 50 Palestinian refugees have arrived in Russia’s Chechen Republic (Chechnya). Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the region, has vowed to assist the newcomers with employment, and arranging educational opportunities for their children.

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❗️ The men who carried out the terrorist attack in Jerusalem were members of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, the Palestinian movement said

❗️WATCH LIVE: Russia's Lavrov Addresses OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting

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