China ship is focus of pipeline damage probe, Finland says | Reuters (www.reuters.com)
Egypt-Gaza Rafah crossing opens, allowing 20 aid trucks amid Israeli siege (www.aljazeera.com)
Israel doubles number of Palestinian prisoners to 10,000 in two weeks (www.aljazeera.com)
Ramallah, occupied West Bank – Israel has arrested so many Palestinians in the two weeks since the start of its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip that it has doubled the number of Palestinians in its custody....
AP visual analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused deadly hospital explosion (apnews.com)
An Associated Press analysis of more than a dozen videos found that the deadly explosion at a Gaza hospital Tuesday was likely caused by a rocket fired from inside Palestinian territory that veered off course and broke up in the air before crashing back to the ground.
AP visual analysis: Rocket from Gaza appeared to go astray, likely caused deadly hospital explosion (apnews.com)
Shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday, a volley of rockets lit up the darkened sky over Gaza. Videos analyzed by The Associated Press show one veering off course, breaking up in the air before crashing to the ground....
Judith and Natalie Raanan: Hamas frees two US hostages (www.bbc.com)
Hamas has released two US hostages who were abducted during the Palestinian group’s deadly raid on Israel this month....
Taking on SpaceX: Why Germany is building its own spaceport – DW – 10/21/2023 (www.dw.com)
Former U.S. Rep Amash says relatives killed in Gaza church air strike (www.reuters.com)
Australia rules out cancelling Chinese company’s lease over Port of Darwin (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
Palestinians under attack as settler violence surges in the West Bank (www.bbc.com)
Delivering aid during war is tricky − here’s what to know about what Gaza relief operations may face (theconversation.com)
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US Vetoes Resolution Calling for ‘Humanitarian Pause’ (www.truthdig.com)
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Rishi Sunak considers tax cut for top earners after byelection defeats (www.theguardian.com)
Atomic Arms Fears Grow After US Test, Russia Spurns Treaty (www.newsweek.com)
Edit: Replaced article with Bloomberg article found on the subject...
NNSA conducts experiment to improve U.S. ability to detect foreign nuclear explosions (www.energy.gov)
Australia decides against canceling Chinese company's lease of strategically important port (apnews.com)
French military intelligence says Israeli strike not behind Gaza hospital blast (www.reuters.com)
Scholz says that Germany needs to expand deportations of rejected asylum-seekers (apnews.com)
Israel Closes Al Jazeera Facilities (www.telesurtv.net)
Photos show scale of the destruction of Israel air attacks on Gaza (www.aljazeera.com)
Human rights investigators raise new questions on Gaza hospital explosion (www.channel4.com)
“Along with the very real and violent war on the ground – there is also a fierce information war. Like Tuesday’s explosion at the Gaza hospital which Hamas says killed hundreds of people....
Hamas frees U.S. hostages Judith and Natalie Raanan held in Gaza (www.reuters.com)
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Islamist group Hamas released two U.S. hostages, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, who were kidnapped in its attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Friday....
Central America scrambles as the international community fails to find solution to record migration (apnews.com)
PASO CANOAS, Costa Rica (AP) — The fleet of buses roared past the Panama-Costa Rica border....
Hamas says it releases two US hostages 'for humanitarian reasons' after Qatari efforts (www.reuters.com)
GAZA, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Hamas’ armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, has released two U.S. hostages from Gaza - a mother and her daughter - “for humanitarian reasons” in response to Qatari mediation efforts in the war with Israel, its spokesman Abu Ubaida said on Friday....
