Turkey’s President Erdogan causes a stir by declaring that Hamas are “freedom fighters”. He is also canceling a planned trip to Israel, Reuters reports. – Hamas is not a terrorist organization. They are freedom fighters, “mujahideen”, who are fighting a battle to protect their lands and their people. This is how Turkish President Erdogan expressed himself in a speech... 

At least 2,000 children have died in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza over the past 17 days, UK-based aid group Save the Children has said. The charity cited figures from the Hamas-operated Health Ministry in Gaza, which stated on Monday that at least 5,087 people have been killed in Israel’s siege of the enclave, including at least 2,055 children. “Thousands of homes, and dozens of playgrounds,... 

The European Commission has agreed with Poland in its dispute with Germany over German waste illegally transported into the country, Polish climate and environment minister Anna Moskwa has informed. “Germany must take away the waste illegally stored in Poland! The European Commission has admitted that Poland is right in the dispute with Germany,” Anna Moskwa wrote on her X account on Wednesday. “We... 

Communist China has dispatched six warships to the Middle East as tensions escalate in the region over Israel’s conflict with Hamas. China sent its 44th naval escort task force – from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theatre – to the Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait on Oct. 18. The convoy includes the Zibo and the Urumqi, both Type 052D guided-missile destroyers, the frigate Jingzhou, the... 

Several are said to have been killed in an attack on a historic church in Gaza. A war crime by Israel, according to the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem. It is a building belonging to the Church of Saint Porphyrios – where hundreds of people have taken refuge – that was bombed, the Wall Street Journal reports. Even the church building itself – one of the oldest in the world – is... 

A panicking Joe Biden has realized that his best friends, now that oil prices are soaring again and the SPR remains largely drained, are tinpot banana-republic “dictators” (in the White House’s own words) like Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, and on Wednesday the White House suspended sanctions on Venezuelan oil, gas and gold production. But since it would be too corrupt even for Biden to drop... 

While the US Marine Corps is surpassing its recruitment goals, other branches of the US military, including the Army, Navy, and Air Force, are confronting recruitment shortfalls. The Pentagon’s struggle to compete with opportunities in the civilian job market is a major factor in these challenges. Additionally, up to 77% of young people are now considered ineligible to enlist in the military,... 

The Israeli government on Tuesday deleted video they falsely claimed showed the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, not Israel, was responsible for the Gaza Baptist hospital massacre. Their initial post was edited to remove the video, though they left up the same vague cover story. Damning sound analysis from X user Lord Bebo (who has beat the New York Times to major stories) suggests the strike was most likely... 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan late Tuesday excoriated Israel over its airstrikes hitting a hospital in the illegally blockaded Gaza Strip, killing over 500 people. “Striking a hospital where there are women, children, and innocent civilians is the latest example of Israel’s attacks devoid of fundamental human values,” Erdogan said in a post on X. “I call on all humanity... 

Horrific reports of a mass casualty bombing are emerging from Gaza, where a hospital suffered direct hit reportedly by Israeli airstrikes. Gaza’s health ministry has said there are at least 500 casualties in the aftermath of the hospital blast, with “hundreds of victims” buried under the rubble. Gaza sources also say that a UN-run school housing refugees was attacked. Initially, local emergency... 

The Pentagon is preparing to send 2,000 troops to the Middle East to support Israel’s military, according to defense officials. The troops, which were selected from across the armed services, would reportedly not service combat roles and would instead advise and provide medical support to Israel’s army, The Wall Street Journal reported. The troops are currently already stationed in the Middle... 

Hamas has released a hostage ‘proof of life’ video which is now being widely shared online and reported on, per Israeli media: The short video shows a young woman, 21-year-old Mia Schem, being treated after she was wounded in her arm, and later speaking to the camera. Schem was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists on October 7 while taking part in the desert rave in Kibbutz Re’im, where the... 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered Israel’s military to stand down for 7 hours during Hamas’ assault on the Jewish nation last week, according to reports. Jewish Pro-Life Foundation leader Cecily Routman, citing government sources, claimed Netanyahu ordered the stand down to allow Hamas to launch its attack in order to justify Israeli retaliation against Gaza meant to ultimately wipe the... 

Iran warned Israel through the United Nations that it will intervene if Israel’s operation in Gaza continues. Iran told the UN that it does not want to see Israel’s conflict with Hamas escalate into a wider regional war, according to diplomatic sources. From Axios: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with UN envoy to the Middle East Tor Wennesland on Saturday in Beirut, the two... 

Egyptian intelligence officials warned their Israeli counterparts of a possible terror attack days before Hamas slaughtered at least 1,300 people, according to the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee — who said Wednesday he doesn’t know how Israel and the US missed the signs. “We know the Egyptian intelligence service handed this off days before the terrorist invasion,...