Israel-Palestine War: Hamas Breaks Out of Gaza, Israel Responds With Genocide

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The theater of operations” is apparently being prepared to justify escalation on both sides, while the US presidential election is being decided. On the one hand, the claim that Iran has no right to defend itself and there is a “blindness” to the fact that Israel bombed the Iranian consulate in Syria and assassinated a foreign dignitary on Iranian soil is interesting. It sounds puerile to argue that Israel is simply allowed to do whatever it wants and that it is illegal to defend itself, but that is how U.S. policy works.

On the other hand the intense bombings in Lebanon where Israel intentionally attacks the headquarters of UN forces with the presence of Spanish, Irish and Western soldiers, makes it clear that it prefers to ravage Lebanon without “inconvenient witnesses” like the UN blue helmets.

Russia's Putin cements ties with Iranian president. - US Announces New Sanctions on Iran.​

Russia's Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday in Turkmenistan, where the two leaders hailed their countries growing economic ties and similar views on world affairs, an entente viewed with concern by the United States.
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Russia says cooperation with Iran is expanding in all areas.
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“We actively work together in the international arena, and our assessments of current events in the world are often very close,” the TASS news agency cited Putin as telling Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the conference in the Turkmen capital of Ashgabat.
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In comments released by the Kremlin earlier on Friday, Putin told the conference in the Central Asian country that a new world order was being formed and that new centres of economic growth and financial and political influence were emerging.

Today, the US is expanding sanctions on Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical sectors in response to Iran’s October 1 attack on Israel, its second direct attack on Israel this year. https://t.co/rlEkh1JxAH
— Treasury Department (@USTreasury) October 11, 2024

We are announcing broad new sanctions on Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical sectors to further deny the Iranian regime the resources it may use to fund its destabilizing activities. We are also sanctioning 16 entities engaged in Iranian petroleum trade and blocking 23 vessels.
— Matthew Miller (@StateDeptSpox) 11 de octubre de 2024

Asked after the killing of Haniyeh whether Iran “as a sovereign nation” has a right to defend itself, State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel dismissed the question, accusing Tehran of “destabilising” actions across the region.
ountry “stands fully prepared to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity against any aggression targeting its vital interests and security”.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-putin-begins-visit-turkmenistan-says-kremlin-2024-10-11/

US imposes sanctions on Iran’s oil sector over missile attack on Israel

US penalties come as Israeli government considers military response against Iran amid risk of spiralling escalation.

www.aljazeera.com

Israel attacks the headquarters of UN forces in Lebanon.​

Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that several Sri Lankan peacekeepers were injured in another Israeli attack targeting the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) headquarters in southern Lebanon.
According to the report, an Israeli Merkava tank targeted one of UNIFIL’s
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The UN declares Israeli troops have opened fire at three positions held by UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon
Israel has long ignored the UN but now they have effectively declared war on peace keeping troops.
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 11, 2024

https://twitter.com/x/status/1844105613908832481

Israel has attacked the headquarters of the UN blue helmets in Lebanon, where there are Spanish troops.
In a note, the UN mission points out several Israeli attacks in the last hours against their positions.
At least two soldiers have been wounded.

Two Lebanese soldiers killed in Israeli airstrike hours after UN peacekeepers HQ fired on

Two incidents in Lebanon prompt growing concern over Israel’s escalating campaign and the spreading Middle East conflict

www.theguardian.com

Why are UN peacekeepers in Lebanon being attacked by Israel?

Israeli forces are attacking UN peacekeeper troops in southern Lebanon.

www.aljazeera.com