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Israel-Hamas war in numbers: Scale of destruction in Gaza is unprecedented (english.elpais.com)

20 killed & tens injured in a back-to-back Israeli massacre as jetfighters strike Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians (NSFL Video) (english.ahram.org.eg)

An Israeli airstrike on the Osama bin Zaid School in the Al-Saftawi neighbourhood in north Gaza City killed at least 20 and wounded 30 in the second massacre against civilians in less than five hours on Friday....

Strikes on south Gaza: BBC verifies attacks in areas of ‘safety’ (www.bbc.co.uk)

Israeli military says Hamas hiding tunnels, operations centres in Gaza hospital (www.israelnationalnews.com)

Edit: Replaced with Reuters link (Israel National News has a “mixed” factual reporting rating similar to Al Jazeera).

Germany's far-left star quits post-Communists to found populist party (www.reuters.com)

China’s leaders speed towards Japanisation (www.reuters.com)

China’s real estate market is in decline. Debt deflation hangs in the air. The country’s workforce is shrinking and GDP growth is trending downwards....

Biden says Hamas attacked Israel in part to stop a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia (apnews.com)

President Joe Biden said Friday he thought Hamas was motivated to attack Israel in part by a desire to stop that country from normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia....

Pro-Palestinian views face suppression in US amid Israel-Hamas war [The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)

Conferences have been abruptly cancelled, media appearances suppressed and demands made to fire critics of Israeli policies.

Italy PM Giorgia Meloni splits from partner after off-air lewd TV remarks (www.bbc.com)

Putin dismisses importance of U.S.-supplied weapons to Ukraine (www.nbcnews.com)

A Russian missile attack killed two civilians in an apartment building in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, local authorities said, as President Vladimir Putin dismissed the importance of a new U.S.-supplied weapon that Kyiv used to execute one of the most damaging attacks on the Kremlin’s air assets since the start of the war....

Russian Duma takes first step to revoke ratification of nuclear test ban treaty (www.reuters.com)

Russia’s parliament took the first step on Tuesday towards revoking ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and its top lawmaker hinted it might go further by abandoning the pact altogether....

Netanyahu says Israel will ‘crush and destroy’ Hamas; every Hamas member is a ‘dead man’ (apnews.com)

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel would “crush and destroy” Hamas in response to its attack....

Putin blames failure of US policy for Mideast conflict, Russia says talking to both sides (www.reuters.com)

People working on climate solutions are facing a big obstacle: conspiracy theories (www.npr.org)

EU set to announce Ukraine accession talks by December (www.politico.eu)

The European Union is gearing up to open negotiations with Ukraine on its future accession to the bloc with a formal announcement expected as soon as December....

Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging (www.theguardian.com)

Outrage over Jerusalem video of ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting as Christians pass (www.theguardian.com)

Ukraine Gets First Abrams Tanks, Long After Russia Claimed to Destroy One (ptv-news.com.pk)

Musk’s Tweet Criticizing Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Sparks Outrage (www.kyivpost.com)

Iran's women a year after Mahsa Amini's death: 'I wear what I like now' (www.bbc.com)

A young woman walks down a street in Tehran, her hair uncovered, her jeans ripped, a bit of midriff exposed to the hot Iranian sun. An unmarried couple walk hand in hand. A woman holds her head high when asked by Iran’s once-feared morality police to put a hijab on, and tells them: “Screw you!”...

The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with a Mi-8 helicopter is now providing key aviation intelligence to Ukraine, defense agency says (www.businessinsider.com)

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