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📹 A series of Israeli air raids on the southern Al-Laylaki, Haret Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut were preceded by warnings from the Israeli Defense Forces to civilians to evacuate several buildings.

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💬 Trump’s victory: What awaits NATO?

Donald Trump may “be much more stringent” toward NATO members and “insist that they not only increase their allotments to it or pull out,” Michael Maloof, former senior security policy analyst in the Pentagon, told Sputnik.

Trump will want to make NATO “less aggressive in terms of being offensive in nature, as they've demonstrated in Ukraine, because it's absolutely wrecked the economy of Europe. So the Europeans now have come to realize that and they're paying the consequences. And they do blame the United States for leading them in this direction in the first place,” Maloof said.


According to him, Trump will “begin to cut back on NATO,” which he said is going to “potentially fracture under a Trump administration and become much more regional in nature.”

“There will be far less US encouragement for NATO to survive and thrive than it had under the Biden-Harris administration,” the analyst argued.


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⚛️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces are attacking Energodar and the shoreline near the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant using drones; at least five explosions have been recorded, and the air defense systems are actively responding, stated the governor of Russia's Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky.

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💬 'This is where we used to sit and play PlayStation': Young Lebanese mourn friend killed in Israeli airstrike

Two teenage friends, Ali Amir Hashem and Hassan Ahmad Muhammad, wander through the ruins of their friend Hadi's house, trying to find at least some of his photos or belongings. Hadi was killed in an Israeli strike against the village of Haret Sayda in southern Lebanon. The house was reduced to rubble. The friends want to find some valuables and memorabilia to give to Hadi's relatives.

They told Sputnik how the teenager ended up in the house that was attacked:

"I was at home when the strike occurred, I was doing my Arabic lessons when we heard a loud explosion. His house had already been evacuated due to the imminent threat of an attack. He went back home to gather a few things, including a PlayStation, so we could play together. Then all of a sudden, this attack. The house, the apartment, everything's destroyed. There are so many cherished memories here that we won't forget," revealed Ali Amir Hashem.


Another friend of the late Hadi, Hassan Ahmad Muhammad, walking through the now devastated apartment and appealed to Israeli troops who killed his friend:

"I say to Israel, you are killing innocent people who are not guilty of anything. I really want you to stop doing all this, you are the real criminals. We're going to continue the resistance, we're not just going to let this go. You can't kill innocent people," he asserted.


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📹 A series of Israeli air raids on the southern Al-Laylaki, Haret Hreik and Burj al-Barajneh suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut were preceded by warnings from the Israeli Defense Forces to civilians to evacuate several buildings. 📌Subscribe to @SputnikInt
At least 30 people were killed and 35 injured as a result of Israeli strikes on Lebanon's Baalbek-Hermel province on Wednesday, the provincial governor reported.

A Sputnik correspondent reports that the Israeli Air Force also carried out a powerful strike near Beirut's airport. Footage of the aftermath is being posted on social media.

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📑US-made aging Minuteman III ICBM in brief

The US test-fired a hypersonic Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) hours after the presidential election in the country. The launch was scheduled for between 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time on November 5 and 5:01 a.m. Pacific Time on November 6.

👉 What is known about the test?

🔸 The ICBM was expected to fly from a silo in the northern section of the Vandenberg Space Force Base to a test range on Kwajalein Atoll in the North Pacific;

🔸 The routine unarmed ICBM test launch was “scheduled years in advance", and intended to “validate and verify the effectiveness, readiness, and accuracy of the weapon system", said the force base in a statement;

🔸 The US conducted two snap test launches of the Minuteman III on June 4 and 6, 2024;

🔸 The June 4 test was originally meant to take place in February but got postponed after the Air Force had to “safely terminate” it in November after detecting an unspecified “anomaly.”

👉 Minuteman III characteristics:

🔸 The LGM-30 Minuteman III is the only land-based leg of the US nuclear triad;

🔸 The three-stage solid-fuel missile, first unveiled in 1970, is a multiple independent reentry vehicle (MIRV), capable of targeting three separate locations;

🔸 The Minuteman III can carry multiple types of warheads, including the W78 (estimated yield of 335-350 kilotons) and W87 (300 kilotons);

🔸 The warhead-carrying reentry vehicle reaches a maximum altitude of 1,126.54 km (700 miles) above Earth;

🔸 It has a reported range of 13,000 km;

🔸 Its speed is approximately 15,000 mph (Mach 23 or 24,000 kph) at burnout;

🔸 The US has about 400 Minuteman III ICBMs with a single warhead each, according to open data.

While Russia has upgraded its land-based nuclear triad component to adopt advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles (such as RS-24 Yars and RS-28 Sarmat), the US has struggled to replace its aging Minuteman III missiles.

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🇨🇳 Official Chinese statement on Donald Trump’s election victory:

“We respect the choice of the American people and congratulate Mr Trump on being elected as president of the United States,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters at a press briefing.


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Netanyahu reshuffles cabinet: Meet Israel's new defense chief


Israel Katz, formerly Israel’s top diplomat, has now been appointed defense minister after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Yoav Gallant from the post. Interestingly, Katz has held an array of ministerial posts in the Israeli government since 2003.

Here’s what you need to know:

◾️Katz is a member of Netanyahu's Likud, a major right-wing political party in Israel, who has been a member of Knesset since 1998.

◾️Since 2003, Katz has held various ministerial posts, including Minister of Agriculture (2003-2006), Minister of Transport (2009-2019), Minister of Intelligence (2015), Minister of Energy (2022-2024), and Minister of Finance (2020-2021). He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs twice (2019-2020; 2024).

◾️During his “fruitful” political career, Israel Katz has maintained a controversial policy towards Palestine, openly supporting the expansion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, while fiercely opposing the two-state solution.

◾️As Foreign Minister, Katz declared UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres persona non grata in October 2024. His motivation was that Guterres had failed to “unequivocally condemn” Iran's missile attack on Israel, accusing the Secretary General of antisemitism.

◾️Katz ordered the Israeli Foreign Ministry to commence legal proceedings against French President Emmanuel Macron in response to France's prohibition against Israeli military companies from partaking in a major defense expo in Paris.

◾️In February 2024, Katz floated the idea of establishing an artificial island off the coast of Gaza, hinting that it could serve as a settlement for Palestinians. This would imply the forced relocation of Gazans from their homes within the enclave.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was the first Arab leader to congratulate Donald Trump on his election victory by phone, the SPA news agency reports.

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"Security bloc vs. Netanyahu bloc": Gallant's sudden dismissal in Israel explained

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, foreseeing the Democrats' defeat in the US elections, decided to sack Yaov Gallant as defence minister to install loyalists key cabinet positions, Tel Aviv-based international relations expert Dr Simon Tsipis told Sputnik.

"Now that the Democrats have lost this power, Netanyahu has received a second wind. I assume that he will continue to fire all Biden supporters, and will attract people from his clan to government positions," Tsipis said.


Netanyahu fired Gallant as defense minister late on Tuesday night, with the US elections underway, replacing him with foreign minister Israel Katz.

“He appointed Gideon Saar to replace Katz, who was the minister of foreign affairs. Saar is Netanyahu's man, as is Katz," he added. "He is putting together his clique, he is putting together his circles, so he will gradually get rid of those protégés of the Democrats."


But the Israeli pundit highlighted that Galant had already won over the officer corps of the Israeli army. With his dismissal, Netanyahu has only united the security forces bloc against him.

"Now the head of Mossad, the head of internal security of the Shin Bet and the chief of the General Staff – they all now suspect that they too are under threat of dismissal, they will now unite together," Tsipis argued. "We have a security forces bloc emerging against the Netanyahu bloc."


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VIDEO: Aftermath of new Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon

Israeli military aircraft have flown eight bombing raids on the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut targeting the areas of Haret Hreik, Al-Laylaki, Al-Maamoura, Burj al-Barajneh and the Al-Amrikan neighborhood. As a result of the raids, several buildings have been destroyed or damaged.

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