This is the latest update from the Israel-Hamas war. Thursday 12th October 2023.
The visiting USA Secretary of State, Antony Blinken in his speech today said, no country should dare to invade Israel because the U.S. will always have Israel’s back. He further stated that about 36 countries lost their citizens in the Hamas attack on Israel. Blinken stressed that the US lost over 25 citizens in the heinous attack perpetrated by the Hamas terrorist group.
Israel refuses to break the Gaza siege unless hostages are freed, China bans new offshore brokerage accounts in a capital-control move, and Gazans bombarded by Israel have no hope and no escape.
Plus, food is scarce in a Guatemalan village at the climate-change frontier.
Israel said there would be no humanitarian break to its siege of the Gaza Strip until all its hostages were freed, after the Red Cross pleaded for fuel to be allowed in to prevent overwhelmed hospitals from “turning into morgues.”
Hear Crispian Balmer talking to reservists preparing to return to Israel after getting the call to fight. “Everyone is coming. No one is saying no,” said Yonatan Steiner, 24, who flew back from New York.
With bulletproof vests, socks and soap, US Jews are rushing to aid Israel’s 300,000 reservists – some of whom live in the US – called up by the Israel Defense Forces following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.
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Steve Scalise, the Republican nominee to lead the House of Representatives, faces a test of whether he can gain enough support from his splintered party conference to be elected speaker on the chamber floor.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian troops were holding their ground in the eastern town of Avdiivka, where fighting with Russian forces has intensified. The Czech Republic and Denmark will jointly supply heavy military equipment to Ukraine, the Czech Defence Ministry said.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has had a tough year at home and on the global stage, pushing his support as low as it has ever been, but his backers still see him as the Liberal Party’s best chance to secure a historic fourth term in the next election.
Google, Amazon and Cloudflare say they have weathered the internet’s largest-known denial-of-service attack and are sounding the alarm over a new technique they warn could cause widespread disruption.
The number of births in China tumbled 10% last year to hit their lowest level on record – a drop that comes despite government efforts to support parents as Beijing’s alarm grows over its ageing population.
By Kate Turton
Source: Reuters / 9News Nigeria
