The information treated here is about the war in Israel and the fighting against Hamas in the Gaza StripThey come from local and international media and news agencies. Much of the information cannot be independently verified.
Update from January 18 at 7:30 a.m.: With Qatari-French mediation, an agreement was reached between Israel and Hamas regarding the delivery of medicines. Red Crescent officials said that two Qatari planes carrying relief supplies landed yesterday in the border city of Al-Arish. Some of the drugs are also said to be intended for Israeli hostages.
It is an agreement built on trust: Qatar has guaranteed the distribution of supplies to hostages in the Gaza Strip. Israeli officials admitted that they had no idea about the deal. the Information from the Minister of Foreign Affairs From Qatar Dr. Majed Al-Ansari, the medicines have already been transferred to the Gaza Strip. It is not known whether the shipments actually reached the hostages. The relatives demanded proof of delivery.
The United States attacks the Houthi rebels in Yemen again
Update from January 18, 5:00 a.m.: US forces once again attacked Houthi rebel positions in Yemen. The responsible US regional command, Central Command, said on Thursday night that the attacks targeted 14 Houthi missiles that were prepared to be launched by the militia.
“These launched missiles posed an imminent threat to commercial and US Navy ships and could have been launched at any time,” the Regional Command said. The US Armed Forces exercised their “right and obligation” to defend themselves.
The media in the United States of America and Yemen had previously published news of renewed attacks. This is the fourth attack launched by American forces on the positions of the Iranian-backed Houthi militia in less than a week. Al-Masirah TV channel, run by the Houthis, spoke of the renewed “American-British aggression.” The targets included the coastal city of Hodeidah and the city of Tess.
Israel News: Two gunmen were killed in the southern Gaza Strip
Update from January 17 at 11:15 p.m.: The Israeli army says it killed a large number of activists in the southern Gaza Strip. Army spokesman Daniel Hajary said in a televised statement that the armed forces killed more than 30 militants in an operation in the city of Khan Yunis during the past 24 hours. The army expanded its activities to include the Hamas regiment in the southern part of the city. “The fighting there was difficult, but unfortunately there were casualties as well.”
Update from January 17 at 8:00 p.m.: Herzi Halevy, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces, said that the chances of war in Lebanon are higher than ever. The Times of Israel. Halevy said during a training for the forces that the Israeli army “will increase its combat readiness in Lebanon.”
The Chief of General Staff does not know when war will break out in Lebanon. However, Israeli forces learned “many lessons” from the war in the Gaza Strip that will be “very relevant to the fighting in Lebanon.” “We want to achieve a very clear goal in Lebanon, which is the return of the population to the north, and all communities in the north,” Halevy said.
According to Netanyahu, the Israeli war may continue until 2025
Update from January 17, 2:10 p.m.: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, during his talks with the heads of municipal authorities bordering the Gaza Strip, that the war between Israel and Hamas may continue until 2025. The Times of Israel.
At the beginning of the month, Netanyahu and other ministers had already discussed possible solutions to end the Israeli war. The idea was put forward that Palestinian forces that are not hostile to Israel should control the Gaza Strip.
War between Israel and Hamas: Two Israeli soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip
Update from January 17 at 10:30 a.m.: The Israeli occupation army announced that two Israeli soldiers were killed during clashes that took place yesterday in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli army said that both were killed during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip. In addition, two soldiers were seriously wounded yesterday – one during fighting in the Gaza Strip and the other in communities inside Israel adjacent to the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the haaretz.com portal – the information cannot be independently verified.
Update from January 17, 9:40 a.m.: According to Palestinian reports, three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Balata refugee camp (see: 1). Report from 8:40 a.m).
According to the Al-Aqsa Brigades, which is close to the Fatah movement led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the three dead were members of the armed group. They released three names, but Challis was not among them. His family reportedly denied his death. It was not initially possible to independently verify the information.
War in Israel: Israel announces the killing of a prominent terrorist
Update from January 17 at 8:40 a.m.: The Israeli army announced that it had killed a prominent leader in the West Bank. The man is Imad Abdullah Abu Shalal. The leader of a terrorist cell is said to have been responsible for several attacks on Israeli soldiers in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Abu Shalal was killed in a drone airstrike on a terrorist cell site near the city of Nablus. According to Israel, the terrorist leader is said to have received his orders directly from Iran.
War in Israel: The United States returns the Houthi rebels to the terrorist list
First report dated January 17, 2024: GAZA/TEL AVIV – After a series of attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on ships in the Red Sea, the US government wants to put the Shiite group back on the list of global terrorists, according to media reports. CNN and the Wall Street Journal reported this on Tuesday evening (local time), citing people familiar with the matter. When it comes to terrorism designations, the United States differentiates between global terrorists and foreign terrorist organizations. Discrimination plays a role in the penalties associated with each category.
Just before the end of then-US President Donald Trump's term, his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo classified the Houthis into both categories in 2021. But Pompeo's successor, Anthony Blinken, reversed that shortly after to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Yemen. The civil war has been raging in this poor country since 2014. A large portion of the population lives in areas controlled by the Houthis. According to the United Nations, millions of people suffer from hunger.
Since the beginning of the Gaza war between Israel and the Islamist movement Hamas, the Houthi militia has repeatedly attacked commercial ships with alleged Israeli connections in the Red Sea. The United States and Great Britain responded with a comprehensive military strike on Houthi positions in Yemen. Major shipping companies are increasingly avoiding the Red Sea route, through which about 10% of global trade usually passes. The Houthi militia in Yemen and Hezbollah in Lebanon belong to the “axis of resistance” against Israel.
This could mean the possibility of more far-reaching sanctions being imposed on the organization, which is backed by Iran and has recently repeatedly fired missiles at southern Israel.
Medicine for Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that medicines purchased in France for Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip will be flown to Egypt on Wednesday on two Qatari military planes. From there they will be transferred to the Gaza Strip.
In the October 7 attack and massacre committed by the Islamist movement Hamas and other Palestinian organizations on Israel, some 250 people were kidnapped to the Gaza Strip. There are currently 136 people detained in the coastal sector. Israel estimates that about twenty of them are no longer alive.
German military weapons worth 20 million euros to Israel in 2023
Last year, the federal government approved the export of military weapons worth 20.1 million euros to Israel. These weapons included 3,000 portable anti-tank weapons and 500,000 rounds of ammunition for machine guns, machine guns or other fully or semi-automatic firearms. This came in the Ministry of Economy's response to a request by Bundestag member Sevim Dagdelen from the Sahra-Wagenknecht coalition, which was submitted to the German News Agency. In total, the Traffic Light government approved arms deliveries to Israel worth €326.5 million – ten times more than the previous year. (with agency materials)
In an interview, Reinhold Messner, 79, settled scores with his sons. Now the son of the mountaineering star is coming forward – and revealing new details.
Updated as of July 25, 2024 at 2:45 PM: Reinhold Messner caused a stir in an interview last weekend. The mountaineering legend described, among other things, the early inheritance of his sons as “one of my biggest mistakes”. The 79-year-old revealed that “the question of who got more was the main focus”. But now son Simon responds: “It’s unfortunate and sad.” Bavaria Radio His father’s accusations.
He himself greatly values the inheritance he received from his father: two mountain farms in Vinschgau in South Tyrol, and he always passed this on to his father. „That’s why I fundamentally don’t understand this accusation,” says Simon Messner. He sees no similarity between the inheritance and the break in the family, which happened gradually and had other causes, says Simon Messner. Father Reinhold did not want to comment further on this topic.
After inheritance dispute: Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner 'on the brink’
First report dated July 21, 2024: Bolzano – Mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner turns 80 in September. But things don’t always go well for Messner, especially in his old age – he recently drew attention to himself with a thoughtful Instagram post in which he wrote: “I’m coming to the end.” Now the 79-year-old is talking about the circumstances in his family. In an interview with Pharmacy Journal Miser gives insight into his relationship with his children, which was strained by his decision to leave the majority of his assets to them in his will before his death.
Reinhold Messner talks about the biggest mistake of his life – the 79-year-old was 'on the edge of the abyss’
“One of my biggest mistakes was leaving them the majority of my assets in my will before I died,” Meisner says of his children. “They don’t understand that everything was a gift and don’t appreciate my generosity.” This is very disappointing to him, especially compared to his childhood, when there was nothing to bequeath but respect and gratitude.
Meisner explains to Pharmacy Journal “We were a big family, with many brothers and sisters, and we took care of our parents when they were old. For me, it was the opposite. The moment I distributed my material inheritance to my children and my wife, the family collapsed. The question of who got more was at the forefront and I was on the edge of the abyss when I was 75 years old.
Reinhold Messner
September 17, 1944
Brixen (South Tyrol)
Member of the European Parliament (1999-2004)
Climbing Mount Everest Without Oxygen
Asked if he would like to improve the relationship again, Meisner replies, “What parent wouldn’t want to?” He stresses that each person should find their own path rather than following in the footsteps of others: “Everyone should do it. Follow their own path, go their own way.”
’I’m Coming to the End’: Reinhold Messner’s Fans Worried
Recently, Messner caused concern among fans with his Instagram post: “I’ve reached the end, this is reality,” the mountaineering legend used the words to say. Messner’s post caused great concern among some fans.
“I leave with a clear conscience and the knowledge that I was a good person, did my best, was a loving father, a good friend, and a good brother,” Meisner continued in his post. “Now it’s time to live my last dreams and love the people who mean the most to me, but most importantly, gratitude.”
Many years after his climbing career ended, Messner remains one of the world’s most famous mountaineers. He was the first person ever to climb all eight-thousanders. However, in his native South Tyrol, a different Messner has been in the spotlight in recent months: his younger brother Hubert Messner, 71, a former pediatrician who also took part in numerous expeditions, recently became health minister for the northern Italian region.
Recently, there was also a fuss about the Guinness World Records being stripped of Reinhold Messner’s record. The mountaineer spoke of „conspiracy theories”.
’Symbolic’ Consequences – EU Moves Ministerial Meeting From Budapest to Brussels
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Hungary, led by Viktor Orban, has held the presidency of the Council of the European Union since July 1.
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There is still a lot of anger in Brussels about Viktor Orbán’s “peace mission”: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell wants to ban Budapest from the next meeting of foreign and defence ministers. But the shot could backfire.
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DrThe European Commission is drawing further conclusions from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s unilateral actions: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday that upcoming meetings of foreign and defence ministers will be held in Brussels – not in the Hungarian capital Budapest.
Borrell said after a ministerial meeting in Brussels that he had taken the decision after a majority of ministers spoke out against Hungary and wanted to impose „symbolic” consequences on the country. According to Borrell, 25 foreign ministers condemned Orban’s behaviour. The Hungarian received support only from Slovakia.
But Borrell has also been heavily criticised for his uncoordinated move to cancel the Budapest meeting. “Spain does not support a boycott in the EU,” Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said. Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel called the idea of a boycott “nonsense”. Bettel said he would rather go to Budapest and express his opinion to the Hungarians. Germany, France and the Netherlands have also voiced opposition to Borrell’s proposal.
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In Brussels, it cannot be ruled out that Borrell’s boycott campaign will ultimately backfire: several ministers are now said to be staying away from the Brussels meeting on 28-30 August in protest.
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Hungary has held the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union since the beginning of July. Immediately after that visit began, Orbán made a surprise visit to Ukraine, Russia and China on a self-proclaimed “peace mission.” He also met with US presidential candidate Donald Trump. His meetings have drawn criticism from EU member states.
The European Commission had already reached its first conclusions a week ago. A Council spokesman had said that no commissioners would be sent to informal meetings of the Hungarian Council Presidency, but only senior officials. The decision was taken by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. There will also be no customary inaugural visit by the Commission to the new Council Presidency.
After Biden’s withdrawal from the US election campaign, Vice President Harris appears to be the new Democratic nominee. The Trump camp and the Republicans have already adjusted their strategy.
While US President Joe Biden is widely respected by Democrats for his decision, the reaction from Republicans seems somewhat different.
The crowd began to boo when Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance, declared at a rally in Ohio: “Joe Biden is out of the race.” In his hometown of Middletown, the newly elected Vance has now thrown himself into the campaign.
That has changed dramatically for the Republican Party as a result of Biden’s withdrawal. So they are immediately adopting a new strategy and portraying the planned change of candidates as undemocratic.
Republicans make serious claims
Vance, for example, rails against the supposed Democratic elite who, in his view, were pulling the strings in the background: “Now to nominate someone else because George Soros and Barack Obama and a few elite Democrats decided behind closed doors to prioritize the Democrats.” Joe Biden is out “This is a threat to democracy. It’s not the Republican Party that fights for democracy every day.”
House Republican Leader Mike Johnson goes a step further. On CNN, he says that in some states you can’t just change the nominee. 14 million people voted for him in the primary — and Biden’s withdrawal now renders their votes invalid.
In the US states of Wisconsin, Georgia and Nevada, there are already regulations on how to conduct a candidate swap, but since Biden has not yet been formally nominated, it probably won’t help that Republicans go to court much.
The second strategy directly targets Biden’s likely successor, current Vice President Kamala Harris. Donald Trump, who is running for the White House as a Republican, has already made a pitch at a campaign event in Michigan..
Trump, who mispronounced her name, says he just calls her „Laughing Kamala.” „You can tell a lot from her amazing smile,” the 78-year-old said. „She’s crazy.”
But the attacks are not limited to the personal level: Trump and Republicans are also blaming Harris on the political level — for everything the Biden administration has done.
Just an hour after he announced he would not run for re-election, the first TV ads came out: Harris was accused of covering up Biden’s supposedly poor health.
The short ad reads: “Kamala knew Joe couldn’t do the job, so she did it.” What they achieved was an invasion of the border, soaring inflation, and the death of the American dream.
Attack Surface When It Comes to Immigration
The immigration issue in particular could make Harris vulnerable to Republicans. As vice president, President Biden has tasked her with immigration policy.
“She didn’t do her job,” Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said on Fox News. “Harris is a failure.” Abbott said Americans should reject her at the ballot box in November.
It remains unclear whether Kamala Harris will actually run as a Democrat. Republicans are certainly preparing for that.
