— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 Israeli Minister of Defense: 'Hamas has ceased to exist as a military organization in the Gaza Strip, as a result of our intensive operations'

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— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇴🇲 BREAKING: Iran has reportedly communicated to the United States through the Sultanate of Oman, that the Islamic Republic intends to directly strike Israel, unless the U.S. guarantees an immediate permanent ceasefire in Gaza & no Israeli ground invasion of Rafah – Exclusive sources to Jadeh Iran

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— So, Iran has given the U.S. a choice:

You can avoid a direct attack on Israel, by signing a permanent ceasefire in Gaza & an official guarantee of no Rafah operation.

Iran will lose some deterrence with Israel, but achieve its main foreign policy goal; maintaining Hamas in Gaza & avoiding a humanitarian catastrophe in Rafah.

This is a legitimate consideration to be made. A smart political move.

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It's a difficult choice, to be honest. I'm inclined to say no, personally, but it's surely an interesting dilemma.

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— Our first batch of food was delivered to the people of the Gaza Strip

Made possible by you, the subscribers of Middle East Spectator, and the subs of our associates, dozens of meals were delivered, after more than $10.000 was collected.

This is only a small amount of the food that will be delivered over the coming days / weeks, based on your generous donations.

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— 🇮🇱 Israeli Minister of Justice, Itamar Ben Gvir: 'If Netanyahu ends the war without an extensive attack on Rafah to defeat Hamas, he does not have a mandate to continue serving as Prime Minister'

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—🇻🇦NEW: The Vatican declares gender theory as 'extremely dangerous', says sex change surgery is a 'threat to human dignity', and denounces attemps to 'obscure the sexual difference between men and women' – Vatican News

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Well, that statement is long overdue.

A positive development, nevertheless.

We hope our Catholic friends will see a renewed conservatism in the church.

I will mention interesting points only.