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Wednesday, 16 April 2025 03:32
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 558
Hamas armed wing says it lost contact with group holding Israeli-US hostage Alexander The armed wing of Hamas said on Tuesday it had lost contact with a group of militants holding Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander in the Gaza Strip. Abu Ubaida, the armed wing's spokesperson, said on the Telegram that it lost contact after the Israeli army attacked the place where the militants were holding Alexander, who is a New Jersey native and a 21-year-old soldier in the Israeli army. Abu Ubaida did not say where in Gaza Alexander was purportedly held. The armed wing later released a video warning…
Wednesday, 16 April 2025 03:30
What to know after Day 1147 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Zelensky fires Sumy head after Russian strike Vladimir Zelensky’s office announced on Tuesday that it has fired the head of Ukraine’s Sumy Regional Military Administration, Vladimir Artyukh. The move follows accusations that Artyukh organized a military awards ceremony that was targeted in a Russian missile strike. On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that it carried out a precision strike the previous day on a gathering of Ukrainian command staff in the border city of Sumy. Two Iskander-M missiles were used in the attack on Sunday, it said, adding that over 60 senior Ukrainian servicemen were killed in…
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 04:56
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 557
Israel makes new Gaza ceasefire proposal but prospects appear slim Mediators Egypt and Qatar have presented a new Israeli proposal for a Gaza ceasefire to Hamas, Egyptian state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV said on Monday, but a senior Hamas official said at least two elements of the proposal were nonstarters. Citing sources, Al Qahera said mediators awaited Hamas' response. Hamas said in a statement later in the day that it was studying the proposal and that it will submit its response "as soon as possible". The militant group reiterated its core demand that a ceasefire deal must end the war…
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 04:54
What to know after Day 1146 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Russian strike on Sumy targeted Ukrainian and NATO officers – Lavrov Sunday’s missile strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy was aimed at senior Ukrainian and Western military personnel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. His comments followed a report from the Russian Defense Ministry, which confirmed that two Iskander-M missiles had struck the location, killing at least 60 senior commanders. “We have facts about who was at the facility that was hit in Sumy. It was another meeting of Ukrainian military leaders with their Western colleagues, who were either masquerading as mercenaries or I don’t…
Monday, 14 April 2025 03:46
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 556
Israeli missiles strike Gaza hospital, patients evacuated Two Israeli missiles hit a major Gaza hospital on Sunday, putting the emergency department out of action and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike which Israel said was aimed at Hamas fighters exploiting the facility. Health officials at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital evacuated patients after a phone call from someone who identified himself as Israeli security shortly before the attack. No casualties were reported in the strike. The Israeli military said in a statement that it had taken steps to reduce harm to civilians before it struck the compound, which it…
Monday, 14 April 2025 03:45
What to know after Day 1145 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine says 32 killed by Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy Thirty-two people were killed and over 80 others wounded by two Russian ballistic missiles that slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday morning, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack - one of the deadliest strikes on Ukraine this year - and called for a tough international reaction against Moscow. "Only scoundrels can act like this. Taking the lives of ordinary people," Zelenskiy wrote on social media, alongside a chilling video which showed corpses on the ground, a destroyed…
Sunday, 13 April 2025 04:45
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 555
Hamas releases video of Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza Hamas on Saturday released a video purportedly of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander, who has been held in Gaza since he was captured by Palestinian militants on October 7, 2023. In the undated video, the man who introduces himself as Edan Alexander states he has been held in Gaza for 551 days. The man questions why he is still being held and pleads for his release. Alexander is a soldier serving in the Israeli military. The edited video was released as Jews began to mark Passover, a weeklong holiday that celebrates freedom.…
Sunday, 13 April 2025 04:44
What to know after Day 1144 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE Russia launches scores of drones on Ukraine, four people injured, Kyiv says Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine, injuring four people and damaging residential and commercial buildings in Kyiv and other parts of the country, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday. Ukraine's air defences shot down 56 of 88 Russian drones, its air force said. It added that 24 drones were "lost" as the military used electronic warfare to redirect them. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitchko said that three people were injured in the capital as a result of the drone attacks. Drone debris…
Saturday, 12 April 2025 04:19
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 554
Gazans speak out against Hamas for the first time in 18 years For the first time since Hamas seized power 18 years ago, Gazans are speaking out against Hamas at great personal risk. The abject desperation in the Gaza Strip is emboldening the population there. For the first time since Hamas seized power 18 years ago, they are speaking out against Hamas at great personal risk. "Since Oct. 7 people have been blaming Hamas and recognizing Hamas started this war," Moumen Al Natour said. A Gaza lawyer and former political prisoner of Hamas, Al Natour knows very well the risk…
Saturday, 12 April 2025 04:18
What to know after Day 1143 of Russia-Ukraine war
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE US envoy Witkoff meets Putin as Trump tells Moscow to 'get moving' on Ukraine U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff held talks with President Vladimir Putin on Friday in St. Petersburg about the search for a peace deal on Ukraine as Trump told Russia to "get moving". Putin was shown on state TV greeting Witkoff in St. Petersburg's presidential library at the start of the negotiations and state news agencies later said the talks lasted more than four hours. "The theme of the meeting — aspects of a Ukrainian settlement," the Kremlin said in a statement…
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Friday, 11 April 2025 04:34
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 553
Israel kills Hamas operative who led Oct. 7 massacre An Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip killed a Hamas militant who led the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on a kibbutz near the Palestinian enclave that left 75 soldiers and civilians dead, Israel Defense Forces officials announced Thursday. Haitham Razek Abd al-Karim Sheikh Khalil, commander of a Hamas terror battalion, was killed in Wednesday’s strike on a command post in Gaza City half a mile from Israeli troops. “Several Hamas terrorists operated from within the command center in order to plan and execute terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDFsoldiers,” Israeli…
Friday, 11 April 2025 04:33
What to know after Day 1142 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE EU divided over Russian asset seizure – Kremlin The Kremlin is aware of divisions within the EU over the fate of frozen Russian assets, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Some members of the bloc are opposed to seizing the funds, citing legal risks. An estimated $300 billion worth of Russian sovereign assets was frozen by the West following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022. Around €200 billion ($209 billion) of this is held by Euroclear, a Brussels-based clearing house. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has repeatedly called for the funds to be tapped…
Thursday, 10 April 2025 04:28
Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 552
Hamas quietly cuts Gaza death count, reveals most killed were combat-age men Hamas has revised its casualty figures from the Gaza war, removing hundreds of names from its official list of war fatalities, and revealing that 72% of those killed between ages 13 and 55 were males – a demographic largely composed of combatants. The updated figures contradict Hamas'earlier claims that most casualties were women and children. Salo Aizenberg, from the U.S.-based nonprofit HonestReporting, uncovered the changes through a detailed analysis of Hamas’ casualty lists. The investigation revealed that 3,400 names, including over 1,080 children, were removed from the group’s…
Thursday, 10 April 2025 04:27
What to know after Day 1141 of Russia-Ukraine war
RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE Ukraine’s top general demands 30,000 conscripts a month Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Aleksandr Syrsky, has said Kiev must mobilize 30,000 soldiers every month to sustain resistance against the Russian army. He also highlighted the growing disparity between the military capabilities of the two countries. In an interview published on Wednesday by the Ukrainian outlet lb.ua, Syrsky claimed that Russia can mobilize up to 5 million trained and experienced troops, with a total potential force of 20 million. He emphasized this gap to underscore the urgency of continued mobilization by Ukraine amid the mounting battlefield pressure. According to Syrsky, Russian forces…