Tuesday, December 5, 2023

Hamas commanders killed by IDF hiding in tunnels

"IDF and the Shin Bet on Tuesday revealed the targeting of senior Hamas members from the Northern Gaza Brigade and the Gaza City Brigade from within the tunnels, with most of these leaders being eliminated during combat." JP

Nepal calls on Russia to stop recruiting Nepalis for war in Ukraine

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Nepal has addressed Russia with a demand not to recruit its citizens into the Russian army after it became known that six Nepalis who fought on the Russian side have been killed in Ukraine. The Kathmandu Post cited Milan Raj Tuladhar, Nepal's ambassador in Moscow, who said 150-200 Nepalis were serving as mercenaries in the Russian army." Pravada

Russian, Iranian Foreign Ministers Sign Document on Actions Against Sanctions

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir
Abdollahian, have signed a document on actions against sanctions....The declaration of
Russia and Iran on the ways and means of counteraction, mitigation and compensation of negative consequences of the unilateral coercive measures was signed in Moscow where Amir Abdollahian arrived to held talks with the five Caspian states, as well as for bilateral talks with Russia." Sputnik

Cuban President In Iran

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Iran and Cuba signed seven cooperation documents and Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) during a landmark visit to the Islamic Republic by Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
The fields in which the two nations will expand cooperation include science and technology, health, agriculture, energy and mining, communication, and medicine." AP

Nigeria's president orders investigation after drone attack kills 85

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Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu ordered a thorough investigation into a weekend military drone attack that killed at least 85 people, including women and children in northern Kaduna, the latest military assault to hit civilians. Nigeria's military in a long war against Islamist insurgents in the northeast, has also been unleashing deadly aerial assaults in other parts of the country. Tinubu, who is attending the Cop28 Climate Summit in Dubai, called Sunday night's incident in the village of Tundun Biri a "bombing mishap," which was "very unfortunate, disturbing, and painful," his spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said in a statement." MS

Al Jazeera Cuts Interview in Gaza with Man Who Turns on Qatar and Turkey

"A reporter with the Qatari state-owned Arabic-language news television network Al Jazeera abruptly cut short an interview with a man in Gaza as it quickly became apparent the subject was in no mood to repeat the accepted local trope of blaming Israel for everything. Then as the man is urged to expand on his narrative, he said: “May Allah settle the score with Qatar and Turkey” The correspondent reacted to this by taking the microphone away from him and pushing the man away." Breitbart

Israel strikes in and around Gaza's second-largest city in a bloody new phase of the war

"Israel intensified its bombardment in and around Gaza's second-largest city early Tuesday, sending ambulances and private cars racing into a local hospital carrying people wounded in a bloody new phase of the war." MS