Ha'aretz reports that Hamas, through Qatar, conveyed immediately on Oct. 7 that they were willing to return all the civilian hostages for nothing -- their only ask was for a mediator to arrange the exchange and establish a connection to then negotiate the further release of the soldiers. Israel refused to talk or hear about it.

So Qatar reached out to Antony Blinken to let him know that Hamas was willing to release all the civilian hostages.

Blinken told Qatar he didn't want to hear it because "Israel is still under attack, and there's no one to talk to."

Blinken had the opportunity to free every single civilian hostage and de-escalate the situation. Instead he wanted war.

— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) September 9, 2026

Caitlin Johnstone | The world was lied to about the Gaza holocaust, just like it was lied to about every other act of mass military slaughter that the US involves itself in. Please carry these lessons into the future. | The Israeli press has published three significant revelations about the Gaza holocaust, reporting (1) that Benjamin Netanyahu concealed advanced knowledge of the Hamas attack on October 7, (2) that Israel rejected a Hamas offer to release all civilian hostages immediately after October 7, and (3) that according to an IDF drone operator, the Israeli military was intentionally firing on civilians throughout Gaza during its operations in the Palestinian territory. ■ The first two come from a Haaretz article titled “Revealed: Netanyahu Received an Explicit Warning Days Before Oct. 7. He Didn’t Brief Israel’s Security Chiefs”, which was released ahead of an upcoming Haaretz book about the hostage standoff in Gaza. Haaretz describes a call between Netanyahu and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, citing three foreign senior sources. ■ Lastly, a separate report in Hebrew from Haaretz quotes an Israeli air force reserve major describing how IDF policies and culture ensured the deaths of large numbers of civilians. Here are a few quotes, translated by Israeli-American political analyst Shaiel Ben-Ephraim.

■  Netanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 Exposé (Haaretz)
■  How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on 7 October (The Electronic Intifada)
■  Netanyahu knew about Oct. 7 Hamas attack days in advance (09/09/26)
✅ Biden And Netanyahoo Were Warned Of Oct. 7 – Both Ignored The Hostages (Moon of Alabama)

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said the Kiev regime, in the interest of self-preservation, is even prepared to carry out acts of sabotage and terrorism even against its own strategic allies. | According to the FSB, an agent of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) - a Russian national employed by the organization responsible for the security of the British Embassy in Moscow - has been detained on charges of high treason. Acting on instructions from Ukrainian blogger Dmytro Karpenko, the detainee gathered information on British Embassy staff in Moscow, including their home addresses, as well as details regarding the diplomatic mission's security systems and internal operations. [...] The FSB said the Kiev regime planned to use this information to prepare and carry out sabotage and terrorist acts against the head of the British diplomatic mission and other diplomats. The objective was to subsequently blame Russia for these attacks in order to draw the UK into a direct armed conflict.

■  Kiev plotted terror attack on UK ambassador in Moscow – FSB (VIDEO) (RT)

Norway has deployed an artillery battalion consisting of four K9 self-propelled howitzers manufactured by the Republic of Korea, with a firing range of up to 40 km, Nikolay Korchunov said | Norway has deployed an artillery battalion consisting of four K9 self-propelled howitzers manufactured by the Republic of Korea, with a firing range of up to 40 km, near the border with Russia, Russian Ambassador to Oslo Nikolay Korchunov told Izvestia. ● "Another 24 such systems will be delivered to the Finnmark brigade by the end of 2028. By 2030, the Norwegian Armed Forces will receive 16 launchers of the South Korean K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launcher system and missiles with a range of up to 500 km," the diplomat said. ● In addition, Norway plans to establish a separate artillery battalion in the northern Norwegian county of Troms. "The Northern Fleet and Russia's strategic facilities on the Kola Peninsula will come within range," he specified.

📌 Foreign Policy (USA): South Korea...should defend Ukraine's skies! (Elena Panina)

Former US judge Andrew Napolitano says Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown an “almost saint-like capacity for patience and forbearance” by refraining from striking weapons and munitions facilities in NATO countries that supply arms used by Ukraine. ● Speaking to RT, Napolitano argued that Russia would have a right under international law to target military facilities involved in producing weapons used against Russian territory, while stressing that Putin “does not want a war against NATO.” ● His comments come amid continued Ukrainian drone strikes deep inside Russia and growing Western involvement in supplying weapons to Ukraine. ● Napolitano also warned that the Ukraine conflict is heading towards an “acceleration” and predicted a “last-ditch effort” by some NATO countries to prevent what he described as the Russian military achieving its objectives. ● Watch the full video for the latest analysis on Russia, Ukraine and the risk of further escalation between Moscow and NATO.

Deep in Arctic waters near the remote Svalbard archipelago this spring, NATO allies caught Russian subs training to unleash a secret weapon designed to disable critical undersea cables without leaving any fingerprints. | The clandestine Russian operation, described to Reuters by two Western officials, was carried out by Moscow's GUGI undersea warfare directorate, which used deep-sea submersibles to simulate the deployment of the sophisticated and destructive technology. ● A joint operation involving Britain, Norway and the United States tracked and confronted the Russian vessels at sea, said the two officials, speaking ​on condition of anonymity. The vessels were prevented from completing their exercise and eventually left the area. [...] Cables no thicker than a garden hose, lying on the seabed or buried just below, are critical to global internet connectivity and financial transactions. Their economic and strategic importance has made them targets in past conflicts, including ​in the First and Second World Wars, when they were critical to delivering orders by telegraph or telephone. ● Two 1,400 km subsea fiber-optic cables linking Svalbard to mainland Norway lie as deep as 2,700 metres below the sea's surface. They carry vast amounts of satellite ​data downloaded at the SvalSat satellite ground station, the world's largest and part of NASA's Near Space Network.

■  US, NATO allies foil Russian subsea cable sabotage plot (New York Post)
■  Norway seizes Russian Arctic science vessel at Kiev’s request (09/03/26)