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reposting my magnum opus, cause

Context for the Venezuela situation:

Chevron Muscles Into Hottest Oil Patch With $53 Billion Purchase, it's in Guyana

“Hamas is not letting [the Red Cross] see our families. That’s why we need your help,” Maayan Segal-Koren, the daughter of one of the hostages, said.

The hostages’ relatives are undertaking a tour of European cities in cooperation with Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to make their case to the international community.

They're doing a fucking PR tour lmao

Sorry for being off topic but just look and listen to this hunk of rusty steel getting cleaned off with a freaking laser

AJ screenshot of the jenin road Israel bulldozed last night, incidentally right next to the shrine to the murdered journalist

49% of Israelis want to hold off on Gaza invasion: Poll

Almost half of Israelis want to the government to hold off invading the Gaza strip, according to the latest poll conducted by the Israeli daily Maariv.

Maariv polled a representative sample of 522 adult Israelis. When they were asked if the country’s army should immediately escalate to a large-scale ground offensive, 29% agreed while 49% said “it would be better to wait” and 22% were undecided.

In Maariv’s October 19 poll, 65% of Israelis supported a major ground offensive.

“It is almost certain that the developments on the matter of the hostages, which is now topping the agenda, have had a great impact on this shift (in opinion),” Maariv wrote.

- Al Jazeera

"Hostages" is my least favorite word right now.

Love to awkwardly photoshop my Zionist propaganda on two and a half year old milk cartons.

BREAKING: Israeli Minister of Defense confirms they have secured a pilot for their Eva and will deploy within the week

Prig0

US Announces $150 Million Weapons Package for Ukraine

The Biden administration on Thursday announced a new weapons package for Ukraine worth $150 million that includes ammunition for HIMARS rockets, air defenses, artillery rounds, and other equipment.

If it's going to eastern europe, it's not going to the middle east. Probably means less civilian casualties then, so good-ish news?

The weapons are being provided under the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows the US to send weapons straight from Pentagon stockpiles. The $150 million is being pulled from funds made available by a Pentagon “accounting error” that overvalued previous weapons sent to Ukraine.

Earlier this month, the Pentagon said it still had $5.4 billion in drawdown funds available from the money freed up by the error. Based on the weapons packages that have been announced since then, the Pentagon has about $5 billion left to ship weapons to Ukraine until Congress authorizes more.

The Pentagon also released a fact sheet on Thursday that said the US has committed $43.9 billion in military equipment for Ukraine since Russia invaded in February of last year. Congress has authorized a total of $113 billion in spending on the war, which also includes economic aid, money for the Pentagon to replenish weapons, funding for troop deployments in Eastern Europe, and other types of spending.

President Biden has requested another $61.4 billion to spend on the proxy war as part of a $105 billion spending package that includes military aid for Israel, Taiwan, and funds for border security.

Wasn't it $100 billion? I guess they're adding an additional $5 billion just because

Security incident in Erez in Gaza’s envelope, seems Resistance fighters encircled Zionist forces gather near Gaza borders

Al-Qassam confirmed targeting two israeli occupation tanks and destroying them. The tanks were attempting to advance from north-west Gaza.

Yup, israelis suspect infiltration, armed confrontations ongoing in Erez in Gaza envelope

Al Jazeera: Exclusive footage shows bombardment near Indonesian Hospital
We have obtained exclusive footage showing intense bombardment in the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital, in the northern Gaza Strip.
The bombing this morning took place as dozens of residents were at the facility. The verified footage also showed the arrival of a number of bodies and efforts by officials to identify those killed.
We’re working to bring you more.

An American Ohio-class submarine, the USS Georgia, has been ordered to relocate to the Mediterranean. This order comes shortly after several other American warships have departed for the region, sources say.

Israeli foreign minister criticises Guterres for Gaza views

Eli Cohen has denounced UN chief Guterres over his criticism of Israel’s war policies in Gaza.

“Mr Secretary General, in what world do you live?” Cohen told Guterres during a session of the UN Security Council as he recounted graphic details of Hamas attacks on civilians inside Israel.

A playground in Kiev that bans children from speaking Russian.

The sad thing is that we all kinda know the KPRF is absolute dogshit and that even if they took power it would just be some meh-ish social democracy with soviet nationalism or smth

Rybar's mapping matches my take from earlier today, that other mapper was way too biased in favour of israel. There are tanks that have taken the north western corner of the strip. This is mostly because there are no tunnels on the beaches due to the difficulty of dealing with sea water. Everywhere else the actual intrusion into Gaza is extremely limited and not worth mapping as it is only tentative rather than properly controlled.

Rybar end of day sitrep October 29, 2023