Israel confirms 17 hostages released, including four-year-old American girl

"The Israeli Prime Minister's office confirmed that 17 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were released on Sunday, including four-year-old Israeli-American Abigail Mor Edan.

The Prime Minister's office said that 14 of the individuals were Israeli citizens, while the other three were foreign nationals." MS

Powerful explosions near nuclear facilities in Iran

"Frightening reports have emerged from Iran. Several powerful explosions have been reported in proximity to the Nuclear Technology Center in Isfahan. It's speculated that anti-aircraft artillery may have caught fire. At this moment, the exact cause remains uncertain. Military sources allege that there were ongoing military exercises in the vicinity.....one narrative postulates a drone attack to which the air defense system responded immediately......cites Iranian military sources as stating that explosions near the Nuclear Technology Center were due to defensive exercises. Intriguingly, local Iranian sources claim there were no scheduled exercises in that area." MS

Zelensky’s Wife Faces Backlash After Kiev Airstrike Complaints

"Olena Zelenskaya has been slammed online after she tweeted comments about explosions in Kiev in which she rhetorically asked when they would end.

Netizens were quick to mock Zelensky’s wife and did not hesitate to remind her about the suffering of the people of Donbass who live under constant shelling from Kiev since 2014." S

Russian forces keep advancing near Avdiivka

"Russian forces have pursued their offensive near the town of Avdiivka and made a confirmed advance..... indicates that Russian troops have advanced north of the settlement of Krasnohorivka (7 km northwest of Avdiivka)." Pravada

Ukraine targets Russia's military facilities with 35 UAVs in response to earlier Shahed attack on Kyiv

"The overnight drone attack on Russia on Nov. 26 was a response by Ukrainian military intelligence to the massive attack by the Shahed drones on Kyiv the day before. The attack began at 3.30 a.m. and ended at 9.20 a.m. About 35 drones were fired at facilities in Moscow and the region, as well as in the cities of Tula and Smolensk." UV

Plant manufacturing engines for military equipment on fire in Russia's Chelyabinsk

"Afire broke out at the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, which is under Ukrainian and US sanctions as a manufacturer of engines for military equipment." Pravada

Dutch Election Winner Geert Wilders Causes Uproar After Declaring ‘Jordan Is Palestine!’

"The country of Jordan should be considered the true national homeland for the Palestinian people, according to Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who caused an uproar after making the declaration online." Breitbart

Attack on Crimean Bridge. Russian woman's yacht photo proves useful

"The Ukrainian Security Service planned a sea drone attack on the Crimean Bridge using a video recorded by a Russian woman vacationing on a yacht. The woman had unknowingly captured the structure of the bridge in her video. Vasyl Maluk, the chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU), said the strike's objective was to sever the Russian weapon supply channel." essanews

Two Ukrainian fighter jets shot down

"Russian forces shot down two Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets in a single 24-hour period....The two MiG-29s were downed in Ukraine’s southeastern Dnepropetrovsk Region." RT

Chinese Navy chases off US destroyer

"The Chinese military has chased away a United States warship near the disputed Xisha/Paracel Islands in the South China Sea....The breach of China’s territorial waters by the guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper “severely jeopardized” Beijing’s sovereignty, once again proved that Washington is seeking “navigation hegemony” and “militarization” of the South China Sea, said spokesman for the PLA's Southern Theater Command....The Chinese military deployed “air and naval forces to follow and monitor” the intruder, and “drove it away according to law,” CGTN reports. The Pentagon has yet to comment on the incident." RT

Overwhelming Number of Americans Would Not Volunteer to Fight if US Entered Major Conflict: Poll

"A recent poll by the research institute Echelon Insights found that 72 percent of Americans say they would not volunteer for military service in a major war, according to Newsweek.
"The figures come as all branches of the armed forces have in recent years struggled to meet their recruitment targets, suggesting a growing apathy towards a career of military service,"

Newsweek reported. Another recent survey found that less than half of Democrats would be willing to die for our country in the event of an invasion, and around 30 percent of 18- to 29-year-olds would rather surrender to the enemy than fight, according to the Daily Mail.
These shifting attitudes about duty and sacrifice do not bode well for our national security..... young Americans have been steeped in a culture that denigrates patriotism and fixates on the failures of our past. Colleges have promoted the narrative that American and Western values are synonymous with racism, colonialism and oppression -- and it's bearing some particularly nasty fruit. Add to that the undeniable fact that today's generation of Americans is weaker and more coddled than any generation before, leading ever more digital lives. Would they be able to withstand the rigors taken on by the "Greatest Generation"?" WesternJournal

NYPD Called After Mob Of 'Radicalized' Students Storm High School To Protest Pro-Israel Teacher

"Hundreds of students protesting the Israeli government formed into a threatening mob last week, rampaging through the halls of a Queens high school for nearly two hours after they discovered one of the teachers had attended a pro-Israel rally. Around 11 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest High School in Jamaica, Queens, students gathered for a protest which was planned on Facebook, which showed a photo of the teacher at a pro-Israel rally on Oct. 9, where she held a poster saying "I stand with Israel."

Several of the protesters attempted to breach the teacher's classroom, which the pro-Israel educator had barricaded herself inside of.
"Everyone was yelling ‘Free Palestine!" said one senior.
About 25 NYPD cops raced to the school to quell the disturbance, principal Scott Milczewski told parents. Administrators placed the school in a “soft lockdown,” activating a team of staffers and safety agents trained to handle emergencies.
The NYPD was called to the school again the next day, and said cops arrested an 18-year-old student for making threats over a group chat. The student was charged with aggravated harassment. -NY Post
"Everyone was screaming ‘(The teacher) needs to go!’" a ninth-grader told the outlet, adding "They want her fired."....councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) told the Post, "I don’t know why these students are so misinformed, so intolerant and so radicalized. They don’t even know the history of the Middle East. They haven’t been taught that."
One senior agreed, saying "I doubt half of them know how to spell Palestine," while a sophomore suggested "They just wanted to make drama about it." ZH

Russia and China 'hold secret talks' about building underwater tunnel to Crimea

"Chinese business executives are discussing with Moscow the prospect of building an underground tunnel from Russia to occupied Crimea, according to new intel.

An undersea route would offer protection to Vladimir Putin's military as the Crimea Bridge is repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian shelling." MS

Russia Launches Largest Mass Drone Attack On Ukraine Yet

"Russia overnight launched what Ukrainian officials describe as the largest drone attack on their country so far, with 75 one-way attack drones being launched, mainly against the capital, Kyiv, and the surrounding region. The drone assault has been seen as the opening salvo in Russia’s expected winter campaign attacking Ukrainian energy infrastructure, to inflict maximum disruption on its civilian population as the winter weather begins to bite." MS

Ukrainian Drone Attacks Hit Russian Soil, Sparking Widespread Airport Closures

"Reports of drone attacks on Russian soil by the Ukrainian forces have escalated to the largest cross-border attack since the war started, with the important airport in Pskov becoming the latest victim.....onslaught targets several regions, including Moscow, Oryol, Ryazan, Bryansk, Kaluga, and Pskov, triggering widespread airport closures and flight delays which Russia promises “Won’t go unpunished.” MS