Billboards in Israel were briefly hacked to display pro-Hamas messages

"Cybersecurity threats in Israel are mounting amid the Israel-Hamas war, including two

hijacked smart billboards that briefly showed pro-Hamas content, and a cyberattack on a college that published hundreds of thousands of personal records.....hackers accessed two smart billboards in or near Tel Aviv and “managed to switch the commercials into anti-Israeli, pro-Hamas footage." CNBC

Russian Ship Pavel Derzhavin 'Damaged' in Crimea After 'Blasts' Reported

"Russia's

Pavel Derzhavin vessel was struck in the Black Sea near the port of Sevastopol in
Crimea." MS

Kremlin says that Russian air defense to be placed in Kyrgyzstan

"The Kremlin has said it is important to create a Russian-Kyrgyz joint air defense system, which will be located in Kyrgyzstan...... the Russian side will coordinate the joint actions of the air defense forces, while Kyrgyzstan will be responsible for managing the joint actions of the air defense system troops in the collective security area." UP

North Korea threatens to strike U.S. aircraft carrier

"North Korea threatened to stage the "most powerful and rapid first strike" against U.S.

strategic assets deployed to the Korean Peninsula.....The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier docked at the southeastern port of Busan for a five-day visit in a show of force against North Korea. The visit came soon after trilateral naval drills involving the United States, South Korea and Japan." AP

French police are probing possible poisoning of Russian journalist who denounced Ukraine war on TV

"French prosecutors are investigating a suspected poisoning of a Russian journalist who fled

after denouncing the war in Ukraine on live TV.
Marina Ovsyannikova called emergency services and was hospitalized after suddenly falling ill as she left her Paris apartment and said she suspected she was poisoned." MS

China says sends fighter jets to warn US Navy plane in Taiwan Strait

"China said it had sent fighter jets to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew

through the Taiwan Strait.
China claims sovereignty over democratically-governed Taiwan, and says it has jurisdiction over the narrow waterway. Taiwan and the United States dispute that, saying the Taiwan Strait is an international waterway." Reuters

US Naval Ship Fires Warning Shots at Iranian Boats: A Dangerous Encounter in the Strait of Hormuz

"A startling and potentially dangerous encounter took place in the Strait of Hormuz. A U.S.

naval ship found itself in close proximity with Iranian boats, leading it to fire warning shots.
....the Iranian boats approached the U.S. ship at a high speed, coming within 300 yards before the warning shots were fired. This incident was described by the former commander of the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet as ‘startling’ and ‘incredibly dangerous.’" BNN

Putin Unleashes His Warhound

"Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev has spent most of the Russia-Ukraine war

commanding the Central Military District and Russian Central Grouping of Forces.....Putin recently promoted Mordvichev to the position of Colonel-General....Shortly after his promotion, Mordichev sat down for an interview on social media, and it’s clear that his new position is not just some figurehead move.....“If we are talking about Eastern Europe, which we will have to, of course then it will be longer,” Mordichev, hinting that Russia has its eyes on other countries besides Ukraine." MS

Israel cripples Syria’s two main airports in attacks

"Israel has launched airstrikes on Syria’s two main airports in Damascus and the northern city

of Aleppo, knocking both out of service, Syrian state media has said.
The attacks on the airports “damaged landing strips in the two airports, putting them out of service.” AlJazeera

Russians shell Chornobaivka

"Russian

army again shelled the village of Chornobaivka in the Kherson region. dozens of
houses in the village were damaged as a result of this and previous shelling. There is a partial power outage." Ukrin

NYPD orders all cops to report in uniform after ex-Hamas chief calls for global protests

"The NYPD has ordered all cops to report in uniform starting Friday in anticipation of

potential unrest stemming from a call by the former leader of Hamas to stage global demonstrations in support of Palestinians, The Post has learned.
“All uniformed members of the service in every rank, will perform duty in the uniform of the day and be prepared for deployment,” read a Wednesday night memo sent to all NYPD members.
Cops will not be granted excusals or shift changes and the order will remain in effect “until further notice,” according to the memo." MichaelSavage.com

DRC: Eight UN Peacekeepers Arrested for Sexual Exploitation, One Officer Suspended

"The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) announced

on Wednesday that it has taken "strong measures" against peacekeepers suspected of "serious misconduct."
According to internal documents from MONUSCO reviewed by AFP, eight peacekeepers deployed in Beni, in the eastern DRC, were arrested on October 1st, and an officer was suspended on October 8th as part of a case involving alleged sexual exploitation and violence.
All of them belong to the South African contingent of the UN force and may be implicated in what internal reports describe as a "systematic and widespread violation" of UN rules against exploitation and sexual abuse." AfricaNews

Ukraine’s SBU arrests Russian FSB informer guiding rockets on Kramatorsk

"The informant was revealed to be a resident of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast. Russian

special services drew her into cooperation remotely through her brother, who is involved in Russia’s occupation forces in Eastern Ukraine. She transmitted intelligence about Ukrainian facilities to her brother through text and voice messages, as well as media files. The woman collected information regarding the deployment and movement routes of Ukrainian forces in the Kramatorsk area. The woman repeatedly went to the sites hit by rockets in the city's social and housing infrastructure to covertly document the aftermath and send relevant data to the Russian occupiers." NVU

Russian Spetsnaz Show Off Huge Haul of NATO Rations Meant for Ukraine

"Russian Spetsnaz troops in the ruins of the liberated city of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) have

decided to show off the diverse range of foods sent to Ukraine by NATO countries.
Footage shows soldiers in a makeshift storage facility filled with “mountains of food” left by Ukrainian forces during their retreat from the city, including vast stocks of baked beans from Turkiye, Starbucks coffee, Italian canned pork, rice packaged in Poland and even British chicken broth." Sputnik

Hamas/Hezbollah Call for Global Terror Attacks Against the West Starting Friday the 13th

"Former leader of Hamas Khalid Mashal called on Muslims to mobilize for a global uprising
against Israel and the West on Friday, October 13." IW

France Bans All Pro-Palestinian Protests In Drastic Crackdown

"The French government of Emmanuel Macron has just announced it is banning pro-

Palestinian protests. Paris says it's necessary to maintain national security and prevent anti-semitic attacks.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced Thursday in a letter to law enforcement across the country that they are "likely to generate disturbances to public order." ZeroHedge

Terrorist sympathizers on Parliament Hill – Canada's Palestinian extremism problem

"The All Out For Palestine rallies that appeared in every major Canadian city over weekend

were without precedent. Never in Canadian history has the country seen coordinated, multi-city demonstrations convened for the singular purpose of celebrating an act of terror against civilians.
But the only thing materially new about the rallies is their scale and the unambiguous horror of the atrocities being celebrated. For years, Canada has featured no shortage of rallies cheering terror or groups openly calling for the violent destruction of Israel. In some cases, the figures at the center of it all have even been feted on Parliament Hill....Monday ended with a call for supporters to “be the nightmare” in Canada. “We’re going to be the nightmare here. We’re going to be the nightmare in Gaza,” he said.
“We are your men, Mohammad Deif!” went a celebratory chant repeated by a crowd of several dozen outside Calgary City Hall.....Deif is the Hamas commander credited as the mastermind of the Oct. 7 terror attacks against Israel.....In April, he led a crowd in front of Montreal’s Israel consulate and led a chant of “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” The slogan, which refers to the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, is an explicit rejection of any “two state solution” and references the complete purge of the State of Israel from the Levant." NationalPost