🔴 Farm attacks is one of the biggest problems of South Africa. The attacks target farmers, who are usually white, and farms workers.

Farm murders have become a very unique phenomenon in South Africa, not only in terms of the extremely high frequency at which South African farmers are murdered, but also the extreme levels of brutality and torture that characterize these crimes. Unfortunately, this is also a phenomenon that the South African government mostly chooses to ignore.

Farm attacks became a major concern in the new South Africa a few years after the end of apartheid. The term "Farm attacks" has no formal legal definition, but such attacks have been the subject of discussion by media and public figures in South Africa and abroad.

To make this issue visible, we’ve collected the data on the farm attacks in 2022 – and these are just the cases mentioned in the media and Twitter. The real numbers remain unknown.

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❗️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Aggravation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone
what is known as of 14.00 October 7, 2023

Since eight in the morning, another round of escalation in the conflict zone has continued: the stakes continue to be raised, calling what is happening a full-fledged war, which should put an end to the conflict.

▪️ Palestinian forces still maintain a presence in settlements neighboring the Gaza Strip. More and more footage of killed and wounded, as well as captured Israelis, both from security forces and civilians, is appearing on the Internet.

▪️ Sabotage groups of the “Sakr” unit penetrated into certain settlements by sea and air, landing troops. They were most likely joined by local sleeper cells. The contingent participating in the events is very modest in size and causes more panic than actually engages in combat operations. There is information about the release of prisoners from prisons, but there is no evidence yet.

▪️ South of Ashkelon, the Rutenberg power plant was hit. A fire broke out at the facility.

▪️ Hostages were taken in Ofakim, and in Jerusalem there was the first knife attack and arson of a police station in the Jebel Mukaeber area.

▪️ Israel's Minister of National Security declared a state of emergency throughout the country. Recruitment of volunteers for law enforcement agencies has begun.

▪️ The IDF press service announced strikes on 21 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

▪️ The Ministry of Health announced 545 wounded Israelis (judging by the density of shelling and the number of videos with victims, the actual number of killed and wounded Israelis exceeded a thousand ). It seems that informal talks have begun regarding the prisoners.

🔻Given the demands to start an “intifada” and the much larger scale of hostilities than in previous years, most likely we are only seeing the beginning of the Marlezon ballet, and the most interesting things are yet to come.

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❗️ 🇮🇱🇵🇸 Aggravation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone
what is known by the end of October 7, 2023

▪️Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the IDF would “immediately use all its might to destroy Hamas” and called on all civilians to leave the Gaza Strip.

▪️ In the US, at the same time, Israel was given the “green light” to restore order (it would be extremely strange if it were otherwise, because the current government in Washington is also treated, to put it mildly, without much sympathy).

▪️ A huge number of members of various Palestinian groups may enter Israeli-controlled territories - in fact, accurate statements about 1000 elite members of Hamas confirm this.

▪️ Rocket attacks on Tel Aviv and the surrounding area continue; at least three waves of rockets have been fired. Homemade shells fall on residential buildings and spread more panic than sense.

▪️ In Ashkelon, Israeli special forces entered into battle with themselves, there were wounded and dead. The presence of Palestinian recon groups in the city continues.

▪️ The number of deaths on the Israeli side during daylight hours exceeded the losses in the 33-day war with the Lebanese Hezbollah in 2006.

▪️ Additional batteries of the Iron Dome missile defense system and tank formations are being transferred to southern Israel. According to Israeli analysts, if an operation to clear Gaza of two million is accepted, the operation will last at least several weeks.

▪️ The Taliban asked Iran, Jordan and Iraq to allow their troops into Israel to help Hamas “conquer Jerusalem.”

🔻While the Palestinians send a second wave of militants to the recaptured territories, fighting continues in Sderot and Kfar Aza. In Sderot, the police station has been under Palestinian control almost from the very beginning of the day. The IDF is pulling up tanks.

Late in the evening, missile boats from the Israeli Navy's third flotilla struck the Sheikh Ajlin area in the Gaza Strip.

It will be hot at night.

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❗️🇮🇱🇵🇸 Aggravation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone
situation as of 18.00 October 8, 2023

The Palestinians continue their offensive, expanding their zone of control around the Gaza Strip. At 6 p.m., marches began and fighting broke out in the West Bank.

🔻North direction:
▪️ Clashes continue in Sderot, where the IDF managed to flush out Palestinians from a police station, but several groups of militants are still moving around the city.
▪️ The Palestinians confidently control the section of the highway from the Gaza Strip through Netiv Ha'Asara - Mav'akim - Bat Hadar - the eastern suburbs of Ashkelon. The fate of the IDF military base west of Zikim is unknown; the settlement is currently being stormed. Karmia by Palestinian groups.
▪️ Judging by vague footage from Ashdod, there are sleeper cells and separate groups of militants disguised as refugees operating there.

🔻Eastern direction:
▪️In Ofakim, Palestinian recon groups are destroyed from time to time. There is no Palestinian control over the city.
▪️ Palestinian sources claim that the main forces have reached Highway 232. Previously, recon groups activity was reported in the settlements of Beeri and Reim located near this highway (after the IDF announced a clean-up operation, which, apparently, did not give a sustainable result).
▪️ Neither side has stable control over the section from Kifushima to Ofakim.

🔻South direction:
The Palestinians launched an assault on Ami'oz, expanding their zone of control in the south. Fighting continues in Tkuma and Be'eri, where militants managed to take several Israelis hostage.

🔻West Bank:
At 18.00, the Palestinians began storming the checkpoint and security posts. The geography of battles will greatly expand in the coming hours.

🔻Lebanese direction:
▪️Hezbollah has so far been marked by loud slogans and sporadic shelling. The Israelis returned fire and deliberately pulled their tanks to the border for show.
▪️ Evacuations are being carried out in border villages in the north.

Previous reports with the situation: yesterday | 07.00 | 13.00

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❗️ 🇮🇱🇵🇸 Aggravation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zone
what is known by the end of October 8, 2023

Palestinian factions continue their offensive, expanding their zone of control around the Gaza Strip.

According to the latest data, the death toll on the Israeli side is more than 800 people, and the number of wounded exceeded 2,300. On the Hamas side, the loss of 424 people was reported killed.

Meanwhile, marches in support of Islamic resistance began in the West Bank and clashes broke out.

The United States has sent an aircraft carrier strike group to the shores of Israel, and Hezbollah is threatening an invasion from the north. The escalation of the conflict continues to increase, but the upcoming IDF ground operation in the Gaza Strip can take it to a new level.

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❗️🇪🇨 Emergency in Ecuador
What is known as of 14:00 on January 10: The leaders of the countries in the continent have expressed support for President Noboa's actions in combating gangs in Ecuador.

▪️ The Security Minister of Argentina even mentioned the possibility of sending military assistance to Ecuador, as the drug trafficking problem is a continental issue that concerns not only Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia, but also Argentina. However, no specific details about the assistance have been provided.

▪️ Meanwhile, the security forces in Peru have increased security measures in the border area with Ecuador. Initially, this was due to the alleged escape of the leader of the "Los Choneros" gang to Peru. Later, reports started to emerge about an influx of people arriving in the Peruvian border region from Ecuador. It is believed that these individuals include not only frightened citizens, but also those who couldn't legally stay in the country during the emergency, such as migrants from Venezuela.

▪️ The Ecuadorian police have denied some reports, such as an attack in the Guayaquil metro. However, information regarding the prevention of an explosion at the Ministry of Internal Affairs headquarters in Quito has been confirmed.

▪️ The Ecuadorian Parliament has given the green light to the elimination of terrorists and members of non-state groups at war, promising to grant pardon to police officers and soldiers.

🔻Local sources report that some businesses have closed, citizens are trying to stay indoors, and public transport has stopped operating in some areas. There is a significant presence of military equipment in cities, but armed attacks, looting, and massacres continue to occur.

▪️ Furthermore, the information landscape has been intensified by the escape of the second leader of the major gang, "Los Lobos" - Fabrizio Colon Pico. He and his accomplices escaped from prison, and the exact number of escapees is still unknown.

▪️ Amidst the worsening crime situation in Ecuador, representatives from the United States have also made their voices heard. The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs stated that the United States will offer assistance to the Ecuadorian government and will maintain close contact with President Noboa.

❗️We can assume that American military advisers, as well as representatives from the FBI, may have already arrived in Ecuador to gather more information. However, it is unlikely that this will directly impact the safety of civilians.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Battle for Avdeevka: Russian Armed Forces advancing south of the quarry
the situation is expected to end on February 13, 2024

🔻The Russian Armed Forces are systematically making progress in the central part of Avdeevka. Fighting is occurring near the motor depot in the industrial zone on Industrial Avenue. The available information is still conflicting. The same uncertainty applies to access to the fortified area near the Brevno restaurant, which remains in question.

▪️ Various sources agree that Russian forces have managed to cross the railway along Chistyakova Street in a section at least from Sapronov Street to Zaliznichny Lane, with further advance towards the dachas all the way to the Avdeevskaya motor depot. However, control over the motor depot has not been confirmed yet, nor has progress on Timiryazev Street to the south.

▪️ At the same time, reports have emerged about progress to the southwest from the flooded quarry to Shestakova Street. There is even an extremely positive assessment of the breakthrough to the beach or the Quartz Sands plant, adjacent to the quarry from the south, which, due to the lack of any confirming footage, appears overly optimistic.

❗️Moreover, the enemy's withdrawal from the private sector is quite reasonable from a defensive standpoint: after all, there are no concrete multi-story buildings there, and the Russian Aerospace Forces are actively bombing with FABs. In such situations, retreating to the industrial zone in front of Khimik, in the area of the plant for reinforced concrete structures and building parts, does not seem unrealistic.

▪️ It is worth noting that there is very little footage from this area, as the enemy has no interest in showcasing territorial losses, and the Russian troops, based on the intensity of the offensive, are not currently inclined to do so. Consequently, little attention is given to the official media coverage of the operation.

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🇮🇱🇱🇧 Amid the rumors circulating online about the imminent start of an IDF operation in Lebanon, something has gone unnoticed: on June 24, Israel conducted a test of some kind of missile armament, which was barely reported by the local media.

People living near the Palmachim air base captured the launch of a missile from the military facility. But then residents of Malta reported the flight and fall of the missile somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. The distance was almost 1700-1800 km.

We looked at the available air and sea space reservations and indeed found a restriction on flights and movement in the area east of the island state precisely on those dates.

🔻Given the distance from Israel, the flight of Shavit electronic warfare reconnaissance aircraft (they always fly nearby during missile tests), as well as the lack of media coverage, the Israelis seem to have tested something serious.

Plus, a distance of 1800 km is enough to reach from Tel Aviv to Tehran. And against the backdrop of escalation with Lebanon and statements by the Iranian side about the possible entry into the conflict, such a test looks very symbolic.

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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kursk Direction: Expansion of AFU Control Zone East and North of Sumy
What is known as of 5:00 PM on August 8, 2024

Despite attempts by the Russian joint grouping of forces (troops) to stop the advance of Ukrainian mobile groups, the scale of the crisis is widening: unfortunately, the tactics of Ukrainian formations, focusing on high-speed dashes, bypassing fortified areas and maximizing the zone of breakthrough without consolidation in the first stage, in their simplicity surpass the current capabilities of the Russian army to counterattack.

🔻In the Sudzha district, the zone of conditional control of Ukrainian formations has expanded to 30 km along the Diakonovo - Sudzha road.

▪️Pockets of resistance of the Russian army are being cut off and bypassed along the lateral roads. After the occupation of Kazachya Loknya in the north, as well as Mirnoye and Bondarevka in the south, Ukrainian formations entered Martynivka and engaged the troops stationed there in combat. After that, the settlement of Kruglyk was taken.

At the same time, a mobile AFU group moved along the highway further, reaching Bolshoye Soldatskoye and engaging in combat in the settlement. There are reports that clashes with enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups are also taking place further along the highway.

▪️Fierce battles are raging in the surrounding settlements 15 km south of Lgov.

▪️In the context of active use of enemy electronic warfare in certain areas, the "fog of war" still prevails, so it would be premature to speak of the complete destruction of the strongholds that the enemy has passed or bypassed.

🔻In the Korenevo district, the AFU do not abandon attempts to capture the administrative center.

Simultaneous battles were fought at the entrance to Korenevo, and attempts were made to capture Olgovka and Kremyanoye. For part of the Ukrainian troops advancing in this area, it is necessary both to pin down the forces of the Russian Armed Forces in combat and to break through to the Rylsk - Lgov highway in order to expand the scale of the operational crisis of the Russian Armed Forces and stretch the forces of the Russian troops.

📌At the same time, Ukrainian formations have already begun digging in on the reached lines, introducing a second echelon. The capture of Sudzha has become an inspiring factor for the AFU, with which they are now trying to make up for their losses and demonstrate that the game is worth the candle.

The biggest problem in organizing the defense in the Kursk tactical direction remains the fragmentation of units and the lack of the proper number of forces, which are now allegedly being withdrawn from other directions. At the same time, Russian information resources, which are racing to write the names of brigades and divisions that are about to arrive (but never do), are adding chaos to the information space.

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