Talaado 8-Oct-2024 {HMC} Israeli forces killed at least 77 people across the Gaza Strip on Monday as Hamas promised to wage a “war of attrition” and Palestinians in the enclave marked one year of conflict.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah claimed missile attacks on the Israeli port city of Haifa and a military base near the central city of Tel Aviv.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid says broad international support is needed before Israel retaliates against Iran for last week’s missile attack.
In remarks quoted by Israeli public radio, he said the US does not want oil and natural gas prices to rise before the presidential election, so it’s against an attack on Iran’s oil facilities.
“But that doesn’t change the fact that Israel has its own interests and perspectives. Immediate retaliation against Iran’s economic infrastructure is crucial after two separate Iranian attacks,” said Lapid.
Ukraine has increasingly targeted rear areas that are essential for Russia’s onslaught, now deep into its third year. It has developed long-range drones that have hit oil depots and refineries as well as armouries.
Kyiv’s aim is to impair Russia’s ability to support its front-line units, especially in the eastern Donetsk region, where the main Russian battlefield effort is stretching weary Ukrainian forces.
In a briefing on Monday, Russia’s Defence Ministry said it captured the village of Hrodivka, a settlement in the Donetsk region near Pokrovsk, as Russian troops close in on the key logistics hub.
The settlement with an estimated pre-war population of around 2,000 is the latest in a series of towns in the Donetsk region to have fallen to Russian forces, as they push towards Pokrovsk.
Last week, Ukraine’s army said that it had withdrawn from the mining town of Vuhledar, also in the Donetsk region, handing Russia one of its most significant territorial advances in weeks.
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