Chris Hedges | Julian Assange will make his final appeal this week to the British courts to avoid extradition. If he is extradited it is the death of investigations into the inner workings of power by the press. | If Julian Assange is denied permission to appeal his extradition to the United States before a panel of two judges at the High Court in London this week, he will have no recourse left within the British legal system. His lawyers can ask the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) for a stay of execution under Rule 39, which is given in “exceptional circumstances” and “only where there is an imminent risk of irreparable harm.” But it is far from certain that the British court will agree. It may order Julian’s immediate extradition prior to a Rule 39 instruction or may decide to ignore a request from the ECtHR to allow Julian to have his case heard by the court. [...] Julian’s “crime” is that he published classified documents, internal messages, reports and videos from the U.S. government and U.S. military in 2010, which were provided by U.S. army whistleblower Chelsea Manning. This vast trove of material revealed massacres of civilians, torture, assassinations, the list of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay and the conditions they were subjected to, as well as the Rules of Engagement in Iraq. Those who perpetrated these crimes — including the U.S. helicopter pilots who gunned down two Reuters journalists and 10 other civilians and severely injured two children, all captured in the Collateral Murder video — have never been prosecuted.

■ APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)
■ THE EXPRESSION OF HATRED FOR GENTILES (Richard Edmondson/Nahida Izzat) (10/04/14)

Ignoring growing calls to halt the military offensive in Rafah, Southern Gaza, Israeli prime minister to "finish the job" as War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz threatened to invade the southern city of Rafah if remaining Israeli hostages are not freed by the upcoming Ramadan.

■ United States VETOES Gaza Ceasefire Resolution - Again (Hal Turner) | In another shining example of the sub-human garbage the US Government has become, the US Ambassador to the United Nations VETOED another UN Security Council Resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The federal government of the United States is protecting an actual Genocide taking place in the Gaza Strip, being perpetrated by the so-called "state" of Israel. Over 30,000 civilians, sixty percent of which are women and children, have now been killed by Israeli military action against Gaza. The United States is protecting this ongoing killing, and it has gotten beyond disgusting.

■ Israel systematically uses quadcopter drones to kill Palestinians: Euro-Med (TRT World)
■ UN agencies warn of 'explosion' in Gaza child deaths (Al Mayadeen)
■ The scarcity of liquidity exacerbates the suffering of Gaza residents, and financial aid is evaporating (Teller Report)
■ Hamas, PIJ Warn of “Israel’s” Religious War on Al-Aqsa: Explosion Coming (Alahed News)
■ Brazil plunges deeper into diplomatic crisis with Israel after Lula recalls ambassador (Anadolu)
■ Brazil Expels “Israeli” Ambassador, Recalls Its Ambassador Back Home (Alahed News)
■ Spain to impose sanctions on West Bank settlers after EU fails to reach unanimity (Yeni Şafak)
■ THE EXPRESSION OF HATRED FOR GENTILES (Richard Edmondson/Nahida Izzat) (10/04/14)

Russia recorded cases of Ukrainian troops using US-made chemical grenades in the special military operation zone, according to Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian armed forces. | Russia's Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defence Troops (RChBD) have documented cases of the use of poisonous chemicals by the Ukrainian military. ● According to Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, some of those substances were contained in the US-made weapons. ● In particular, Ukrainian forces used US-made gas grenades loaded with "CS" capable of causing skin burns and respiratory paralysis, meaning Washington violated the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) ratified by the US on April 25, 1997. ● Ukraine received US-made chemical weapons along with HIMARS systems, Patriot missile defense complexes, howitzers, etc "directly from the United States," Igor Nikulin, military expert, former member of the UN Commission on Chemical and Biological Weapons, told Sputnik.

■ Canada supplying hundreds of drones to Ukraine (Anadolu)
■ Ukraine Had Secret Torture Chambers, Burials in Avdeyevka (Sputnik News)
■ US House Lawmakers Urge Colleagues to Back Ukraine Aid & Border Security Bill (Sputnik News)

Analyzing the excess mortality of vaccinated people | It wasn’t long ago when governments and public health authorities around the world demanded that every person show their vaccine status to exercise basic freedoms. That totalitarian scheme ultimately backfired. Many of the people who once flaunted their vaccine status and called for “vaccine passports” are dying suddenly anyway, and now they have become a pariah, as their cause of death and vaccine status is concealed from the public. But the irony is: Vaccine records are archived and population mortality data are being analyzed, and this data tells a horrifying story. ● According to data from the U.K. Health Security Agency, (UKHSA) there have been approximately 61,000 unvaccinated deaths and approximately one million vaccinated deaths from 2021 to 2023. During this time, populations have been deceived. While everyone has been harmed in some way, we have collectively suffered through a pandemic of the vaccinated. The mortality data out of the UK screams of crimes against humanity.

When the WEF called 'misinformation' the single largest identified risk in early 2024, it was the latest call of many, with an express, not-so-carefully-hidden objective. | It seems strange that we, in the west, have to put up with even dealing with this question, given that our entire framework fundamentally rests upon a cornerstone of free speech. Yet, here we are. But where did this drive come from? ● And in that regard - yes, a number of recent initiatives exist, including those outlined by Shellenberger. But they don't step back in time to identify the roots - which incidentally is where these issues will have to be addressed. Or else the issue will just come right back when you least expect it, in much the same way those dandelions on your neighbours lawn arrive on yours.

The International Court of Justice commences a week-long series of sessions to examine the Israeli policies of occupation, settlement, and annexation in the Palestinian territories, discussing the legal ramifications for "Israel." | The International Court of Justice in The Hague will commence public hearings on Monday regarding the legal consequences stemming from illegal Israeli apartheid policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territories, including occupied East al-Quds. ● During the sessions, the court is scheduled to hear briefings from 52 countries - including the United States, "Israel's" biggest supporter, as well as China, Russia, South Africa, and Egypt. Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, will speak at the session, while the occupation's representative will not be present.

■ Video: Palestinian ambassador breaks down as he tells ICJ of plight of children under occupation (skwawkbox.org)
■ World Court calls for immediate enforcement of interim ruling against Israel (BusinessDay)
■ Top UN Court Opens Hearings into Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Land (Asharq Al-Awsat)
■ Top UN court to open hearings into Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands (Naharnet/AFP)
■ World court to discuss legal consequences of Israel's Palestine occupation (02/18/24)

Israel has threatened to invade Gaza's Rafah by the start of Ramadan if Hamas does not return the remaining hostages by then, despite international pressure to protect Palestinian civilians sheltering in the southern city. | With prospects for truce talks dimmed, the United States and other governments, as well as the United Nations, have issued increasingly urgent appeals to Israel to call off its planned offensive on Rafah, AFP said on Monday. The Israeli government says the city on the Egypt border is the "last remaining stronghold in Gaza of the Palestinian group Hamas". But it is [also] where three-quarters of the displaced Palestinian population has fled, taking shelter in sprawling tent encampments without access to adequate food, water or medicine. [...] Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, is expected to begin around March 10.

■ Siding with Ben Gvir, Netanyahu Plans to Limit Palestinians Al-Aqsa Access on Ramadan (Alahed News)

The Yemeni Armed Forces confirmed in a statement by the spokesperson Yahya Saree, that a UK ship was targeted in the Gulf of Aden and that a US MQ9 Reaper drone, was downed in Hodeidah. | The Naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces conducted a military operation last night, targetomg the British ship RUBYMAR in the Gulf of Aden, utilizing several appropriate naval missiles. The spokesperson for the Yemeni Armed Forces, Yahya Saree, reported that the operation resulted in catastrophic damage to the ship, putting it at risk of sinking. ● The Yemeni Armed Forces emphasized that as part of the operation, they ensured the safe evacuation of the ship's crew, underscoring that all personnel had reached safety.

■ Yemen's Houthis say Rubymar cargo ship targeted and could sink (Irish Independent)
■ Houthis Attacked UK Ship in Gulf of Aden, Vessel Severely Damaged (Sputnik News)
■ Yemeni Armed Forces Target British Ship That Risks Sinking, Downs US Plane (Alahed News)

The country must reclaim its atomic status to confront Russia, a lawmaker in Kiev has said | Unless Ukraine receives full NATO membership, it will have no other choice but to develop or somehow obtain an arsenal of nuclear weapons, according to MP Aleksey Goncharenko. ● The Ukrainian lawmaker pressed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the issue at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, asking what other options Ukraine has against Russia besides becoming a member of NATO, allying with a nuclear power, or “restoring our nuclear potential.” Blinken, however, dodged the question.

■ NATO troops, disguised as mercenaries, control MLRS, air defense in Ukraine (TASS)
■ Disguised NATO personnel fighting in Ukraine – Russian general (RT.com)
■ Denmark to donate its 'entire artillery' to Ukraine (Anadolu)
■ UK to give Ukraine ‘swarming’ drones – Bloomberg (RT.com)

AUG 1, 2014 | Ukrainian Journalist Openly Calls for Genocide on Hromadske TV, Financed by the US and the Netherlands Hromadske TV is now officially the Ukrainian version of Rwandan RTLM. Just like RTLM called for the extermination of the Tutsi, calling them Inyenzi, or cockroaches, so now Hromadske TV is legitimizing the genocide of the population of Novorossiya. From Inyenzi to Colorados, we have come full circle. Hromadske TV, this mouthpiece of Ukrainian genocide, is financed directly by US and Dutch embassies. The blood of the population of Novorossiya is on all our hands – we have allowed this to happen. Please circulate this as widely as you can and stand witness to this Holocaust.

Transcript: “It’s perfectly simple. You need to kill 1.5 million people in Donbass”. Translated from Ukrainian by Valentina Lisitsa | Bogdan Boutkevitch: Ok, you ask me “How can this be happening?” Well, it happens because Donbass, in general, is not simply a region in a very depressed condition, it has got a whole number of problems, the biggest of which is that it is severely overpopulated with people nobody has any use for. Trust me I know perfectly well what I am saying.

If we take, for example, just the Donetsk oblast, there are approximately 4 million inhabitants, at least 1.5 million of which are superfluous. That’s what I mean: we don’t need to [try to] “understand” Donbass, we need to understand Ukrainian national interests.

Donbass must be exploited as a resource, which it is. I don’t claim to have a quick solution recipe, but the most important thing that must be done – no matter how cruel it may sound – is that there is a certain category of people that must be exterminated.

■ How Euromaidan Triggered Ukraine's Nine-Year War on Donbass (Sputnik News)
■ Ukrainian neo-Nazis are ‘scum’ – Putin (RT.com)

Big Pharma’s Tested ‘Secret Bioweapon Program to Target Slavic DNA’ in Mariupol – Expert | When conducting human tests, Big Pharma did not think twice before using hospitals in certain developing countries, which don’t have “rigorous controls” for such actions, William Jones, a former White House correspondent and a non-resident fellow of the Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, told Sputnik. ● Sputnik has obtained a trove of documents indicating that rheumatological drugs had been allegedly tested for several years on psychiatric patients of a hospital in the city of Mariupol at the request of major Western pharmaceutical corporations and with the assistance of Ukrainian officials. The documents contain information pertaining to such companies as Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Celltrion, Novatris International AG, Merck KGaA, and a branch of Samsung that produces medical equipment. The tests were carried out while the Kiev regime held Mariupol until May 2022, when Russia took over the city.

YouTube has deleted almost every version of Fall of the Cabal out there so I am giving you the full 10 parts all in one video. | BitChute or Rumble

Lawmakers in France are advocating for the implementation of new legislation that would enable the far-left globalist government to imprison individuals who criticize experimental vaccines like Covid mRNA shots. | On Wednesday, February 14th, a highly contentious bill was approved by the National Assembly in France. The proposed legislation could potentially criminalize those who oppose mRNA gene therapy treatments. This strict law was passed discreetly with minimal discussion. It has the potential to incarcerate individuals who speak against the use of therapeutic or preventive measures (including experimental mRNA gene therapy) for a maximum of 3 years. Those labeled as “anti-vaxxers” would also face a substantial fine of 45,000 Euros ($48,500).

ICJ's historic hearings involve 52 nations addressing the legal consequences of Israel's Palestine occupation since 1967. | The UN's top court will hold hearings on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967, with an unprecedented 52 countries expected to give evidence. Nations, including the United States, Russia and China, will address judges in a week-long session starting from Monday at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). ● In December 2022, the UN General Assembly asked the ICJ for a non-binding "advisory opinion" on the "legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem." While any ICJ opinion would be non-binding, it comes amid mounting international legal pressure on Israel over the war in Gaza after the October 7 attacks.

Different from genocide case — The hearings are separate from a high-profile case brought by South Africa alleging that Israel is committing genocidal acts during the current war on Gaza. Israel is not participating in the hearings and reacted angrily to the 2022 UN request, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling it "despicable" and "disgraceful". ● The week after the UN resolution, Israel announced a series of sanctions against the Palestinian Authority to make it "pay the price" for pushing for it. On Friday, it rejected South Africa's bid to impose additional measures on Israel but reiterated the need to carry out the ruling in full.

'Prolonged occupation' — The General Assembly has asked the ICJ to consider two questions. Firstly, the court should examine the legal consequences of what the UN called "the ongoing violation by Israel of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination". This relates to the "prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967" and "measures aimed at altering the demographic composition, character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem". ● The ICJ has also been asked to look into the consequences of what it described as Israel's "adoption of related discriminatory legislation and measures." Secondly, the ICJ should advise on how Israel's actions "affect the legal status of the occupation" and what are the consequences for the UN and other countries. The court will rule "urgently" on the affair, probably by the end of the year.

On the 135th day of Israeli aggression, more martyrs and wounded were reported as a result of continuous airstrikes targeting the Gaza Strip. | In Gaza, 10 Palestinians were killed overnight as Israeli occupation forces conducted attacks on Deir el-Balah and agricultural land on the outskirts of Rafah, as reported by the Wafa news agency. ● A house bombing in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza is said to have resulted in the killings of 7 Palestinians and injuries to others. ● According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the al-Zawayda area in the central Gaza Strip. ● Moreover, the Israeli occupation artillery targeted the western and southern areas of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, as per our correspondent. Concurrently, Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on the al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, causing numerous injuries.

■ 127 Palestinians killed in Gaza in last 24 hours, death toll climbs to 28,985 (Anadolu)
■ Gaza: Is Egypt building safe zone for Palestinians escaping Israeli attack on Rafah? (The New Arab)
■ An American doctor recounts his trip in Gaza: What I saw was not war but genocide (Teller/Al Jazeera/LAT)
■ US prepares new arms shipment to 'Israel': Reports (02/17/24)

The International Court of Justice [ICJ] refuses to grant South Africa's request for the tribunal to impose "urgent measures" aimed at safeguarding the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, which faces the imminent threat of an “Israeli” ground invasion. | Known as the world court, the tribunal said in a statement on Friday that the "perilous situation" in Rafah "demands immediate and effective implementation of the provisional measures" that it had ordered January 26. It said no new order was necessary because the existing measures "are applicable throughout the Gaza Strip, including in Rafah." ● The court added that the “Israeli” entity "remains bound to fully comply with its obligations under the Genocide Convention" and the January 26 ruling, which ordered the regime to do all it can to prevent death, destruction, and any acts of genocide in Gaza.

■ Israel should do everything it is asked to do by UN court: Portugal (aNews)
■ Netanyahu says Israel will not 'succumb to international dictates,' as he insists on attacking Rafah (Anadolu)

Algeria requested the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to vote on a draft resolution that demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, a move the United States - a council veto power – has pledged to veto. | According to diplomatic sources quoted by media, the 15-member body is likely to vote on Tuesday on the resolution sought by Algeria demanding an “immediate” truce in Gaza. Algeria put forward an initial draft resolution more than two weeks ago. ● The draft resolution rejects “the forced displacement of the Palestinian civilian population” and demands “all parties to comply with international law” and calls for full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access into and throughout the entire Gaza Strip. It also calls for the full implementation of the provisional measures announced by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in late January, in the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel.

■ Israel bombs Gaza as US threatens to block new UN ceasefire resolution (The New Arab)

After months of intensive fighting, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announced earlier today the decision to withdraw troops from Avdiivka. | On Saturday, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the Ukrainian military commander of the Tavria operational group, said that several Ukrainian troops had been captured during the process of withdrawal from their stronghold in Avdiivka. Tarnavskyi said in a statement quoted by the Ukrainian newspaper Strana, 💬 "The withdrawal of personnel from Avdiivka took place in accordance with a plan designed with consideration of different scenarios and a possible change in the operational situation. And yet, at the final stage of the operation, under pressure from superior enemy forces, several Ukrainian service people were captured." He added that Ukrainian authorities are currently reaching out to international humanitarian organizations and mediator countries to ensure that the norms of international humanitarian law are upheld regarding the captured troops.

■ Russia says its forces liberated Avdeyevka, moved 8.6 km ahead (TASS)
■ Russia views Ukrainian issue as matter of life and death, Putin says (TASS)
■ The Russian Armed Forces are conducting a clean-up operation in Avdeevka, the front line has shifted to Lastochkino (Reporter)

15-year-old Palestinian Abdul Rahman Al-Zaghal was hit by two bullets and critically injured in August 2023 for coming too close to an illegal Israeli settlement in Jerusalem.

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As "Israel" prepares to invade Rafah, the US is reportedly sending a new arms shipment package estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars. | The Biden administration is reportedly getting ready to provide additional bombs and weaponry to "Israel", expanding its military capabilities, despite alleged "ongoing efforts by the US to facilitate a ceasefire in Gaza", according to sources cited by The Wall Street Journal. ● As per the information provided, the planned delivery encompasses approximately a thousand MK-82 bombs, along with fuses and JDAM guidance kits that are supposed to enhance the precision of the munitions. The total value of this package is estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars.

■ US to send weapons to Israel amid invasion threat in Gaza’s Rafah: Report (Al Jazeera)
■ Israel bombards Gaza with largest functioning hospital still under siege (The New Arab)
■ 83 Palestinians killed in Gaza in last 24 hours, death toll climbs to 28,858 (Anadolu)
■ Israel-Palestine live: Israeli air strikes kill and wound dozens in Rafah and Gaza City (MEE)
■ Number of UN agency staffers killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip rises to 158 (Anadolu)
■ Quarter of Gazans suffering from hunger: UN official (ILNA.ir)
■ Some of the prominent Palestinian academics and scientists killed by Israel (MEE)

Once considered impregnable, the KEY city for Ukraine defense, Adiivka, the most heavily fortified city on the entire planet, has fallen to the Russian Army. Adiivka, shown on the map below, has been conquered in what observers say is a "complete rout" of the Ukraine Army. | Within hours, the bloodiest battle of the 21st century (so far) will be over. For those who have not kept up on developments in the Russian Special Military Operation (SMO), Avdiivka is the place from which the Ukrainian Army has shelled the civilians of Donetsk City for TEN YEARS! There are going to be lots of tactical, strategic, and political implications from this that we will see over the next days and weeks. ● There are reportedly very FEW Ukrainian defenses behind Avdiivka; the Ukrainians put all their eggs into one basket, counting on the deep Soviet-era nuclear bunker system, and defenses built since the end of the civil war to make it "impregnable."

■ Ukraine surrendered Avdeevka because Kiev only knows how to fight civilians — diplomat (TASS)
■ Battle for Avdeyevka: The View From Donetsk (Russell Bentley)
■ How Fake ‘Heavenly Hundred’ Was Used to Legitimize Bloodbath & Coup d'Etat in Ukraine (Ekaterina Blinova)

Yemen says its naval units have targeted with missiles a British oil tanker in the Red Sea in retaliation for the recent US-UK aggression against the Arab country. | Yemeni Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a video statement on Saturday that the retaliatory strikes hit British oil ship Pollux in the Red Sea. ● He said the attack, which was carried out “with a large number of appropriate naval missiles” in the strategic waterway, was “accurate and direct.” ● Praising the attack as a “triumph” for Palestinians, Saree underscored the continuation of military operations in the Red and Arabian Seas against “Israeli” shipping until the aggression stops and the siege on the Palestinian people in Gaza is lifted.

■ Yemen’s Houthis fire missiles at British oil tanker bound for India (Al Jazeera)

Belén Fernández | It is hardly surprising that these days, America’s leading columnist is working hard to dehumanise the people of the Middle East. | Friedman’s persistent warmongering has been facilitated by a dedicated rejection of reality and its replacement with one in which “a lot of bad stuff happens in the world without America, but not a lot of good stuff”. The fact that Friedman’s opinions align so conveniently with US foreign policy goals does much in the way of explaining how a purveyor of “comic philistinism” has soared to such prestigious heights at the national newspaper of record. ● With a genocide now going down in the Gaza Strip, however, nothing is very comical any more. A die-hard fan of Israel – to the extent that he gushes that Israel “had me at hello” – Friedman was clearly not going to be any objectively logical person’s go-to source for analysis of a war that has now killed more than 28,000 Palestinians since October.

■ APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE IN THE GAZA STRIP (ORDER OF 26 JANUARY 2024) (.pdf) + APPLICATION INSTITUTING PROCEEDINGS (.pdf)
■ THE EXPRESSION OF HATRED FOR GENTILES (Richard Edmondson/Nahida Izzat) (10/04/14)

The Israeli aggression on Gaza continues relentlessly for the 133rd day. | The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced today that the number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7 has risen to 28,775, in addition to 68,552 injured. ● In 24 hours only, Israeli occupation forces have committed 10 massacres against families in Gaza, killing 112 Palestinians and injuring 157 others. ● The Ministry stressed that many victims remain under the rubble, and are presumed dead, as the IOF have been deliberately preventing ambulances and civil defense crews from reaching them.

■ Day 133 of Gaza War: Medics Stand Helpless as Israeli Occupation Brutally Raids Nasser Hospital (Al Manar TV)
■ Patients die at Nasser Hospital as Israeli raid cuts off power (PressTV)
■ IOF turned Gaza into children's biggest graveyard: Euro-Med Monitor (Al Mayadeen)
■ 112 Palestinians massacred by Israeli forces in Gaza in last 24 hours (Quds News Network)

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah underlines that the Israeli occupation's crimes in southern Lebanon will be responded to in kind and that Hezbollah will not only strike military sites. | The Israeli occupation will pay with blood for its killing of civilians in southern Lebanon, as this is a sensitive issue for the Resistance and a red line that was crossed, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said during a speech on Friday to commemorate the fallen leaders of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon. ● "The aggression on Nabatieh and al-Sawaneh is a momentous development in the ongoing confrontation because it targeted civilians," he underlined, stressing that the Israeli occupation killed civilians intentionally. "The enemy will pay with blood for its shedding of our women and children's blood in Nabatieh and al-Sawaneh," he stressed.

■ Israeli media call Sayyed Nasrallah's speech 'most intense' in a while
■ Nasrallah's masterful strategic behavior: Israeli Gen. op-ed

A military base in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, where US occupation troops and their allied militants are stationed, has come under a missile attack amid rising anti-US sentiments over Washington’s support for the Israeli onslaught on Gaza. | The Arabic service of Russia’s Sputnik news agency, citing local sources speaking on condition of anonymity, reported that massive explosions rocked Green Village, situated in the energy-rich Dayr al-Zawr province near the Iraq border, on Thursday evening as several projectiles slammed into an installation run by American occupation forces at al-Omar oil field. ● There were no immediate reports about the extent of damage at the military facility, and possible casualties. ● The sources added that the missile attack comes as convoys of US military trucks, loaded with logistic reinforcement, have arrived in eastern Syria from neighboring Iraq over the past few days.

Yemen says its armed forces fired missiles at a British ship passing though the Gulf of Aden on Thursday and scored a “direct hit” in their latest operation in solidarity with the Palestinians. | The forces carried out "a military operation targeting a British ship... while it was sailing through the Gulf of Aden", military spokesman Yahya Saree said on social media. Two Western maritime security agencies earlier reported an explosion near a vessel off the coast of Yemen. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said the ship reported "an explosion in close proximity to the vessel" east of Yemen's Aden, adding the vessel was sailing to its next port of call.

■ Sayyed Al-Houthi: Movement of ‘Israeli’ Ships in Red Sea Reached Zero (Alahed News)
■ Yemen holds mass rallies in support of Palestinian Resistance, Gaza (Al Mayadeen)

Alexei Navalny's death has been verified, and investigations are underway to determine the causes. | Alexei Navalny, a Russian opposition politician, has passed away in a prison located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, according to an announcement from the regional office of the Federal Penitentiary Service on Friday. The authority said in a statement, 💬 "On February 16, in correctional colony No. 3, convicted Navalny A.A. He felt unwell after the walk, almost immediately losing consciousness. Medical workers from the institution arrived immediately and an ambulance was called." Despite implementing all essential resuscitation efforts, no positive outcomes were achieved, as confirmed by emergency medical professionals. The convict's death has been verified, and investigations are underway to determine the causes of his death.

■ The battle of Navalny's eldest daughter: "My father's dream is a free and democratic Russia" (Teller Report)
■ Navalny is dead, the world is speechless; "Within 24 hours" (b92)
■ UN (Guterres) calls for ‘full, credible and transparent investigation’ into death of Navalny (Anadolu)
■ Moscow Urges US to Show Restraint in Connection With Navalny's Death (Sputnik News)