ISRAEL - Gaza terrorists have fired Hamas's "powerful new weapon" at an Israeli resort town full of innocent civilians in the latest escalation in the ongoing conflict. The attack has been carried out by the Al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of Hamas and thought to be the largest and best-equipped group operating within Gaza today - according to a post on Telegram. The group pounded the resort town of Eilat with an Ayyash 250 missile - considered to be the longest-range missile in Hamas's arsenal. This Telegram post, translated from Iranian, read: "Al-Qassam Brigades bombard 'Eilat' with an A,yyash 250 missile in response to the Zionist massacres against innocent civilians."

IRAN - Iranian and US relations are threatening to boil over to the point where a much bigger conflict could erupt across the Middle East. There are fears of a full-scale "apocalyptic" Middle East conflict triggered by Iran becoming directly involved in the Israel and Hamas [conflict] as tensions with the US skyrocket. The US has been quick to condemn the Hamas attacks on Israel and is building a massive military presence in the Middle East as it looks to send a strong message to Iran to stay out of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas.

MIDDLE EAST - The Israel-Hamas conflict, characterized as a 'black swan event' in the oil market, holds the potential to propel oil prices to $150 per barrel. This possibility is rooted in the specter of regional entanglement, particularly involving Iran. Apprehensions surround Iran's potential support for Hamas through advanced weaponry, further escalating the conflict. Moreover, Iran's influence on Hezbollah may open a second front against Israel, possibly prompting Israeli strikes on Iran. In response, Iran could opt to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global oil passage. Such an act would disrupt oil supplies, leading to price surges and contributing to inflation via increased energy costs.

ISRAEL - Netanyahu has drawn the ire of Israel's military chiefs by delaying the invasion of Gaza to eliminate Hamas, with western allies in the EU pushing for a ceasefire. Israel's Prime Minister clashed with leading figures in the country's defence forces over his decision to delay the incursion, which his military chiefs are said to be eager to start, the Telegraph reports. Meanwhile some member states within the European Union have pushed for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and terror group Hamas in order to deliver more humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in the besieged Gaza Strip. Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, said he backed a call by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a 'humanitarian pause', and added that it would give leaders more time to negotiate the release of the more than 200 hostages held captive by Hamas.

VATICAN - In what’s being touted as a first for a Jewish organization, the World Jewish Congress advocacy group opened an office in Vatican City to liaise with Catholic leaders and further Catholic-Jewish relations. WJC President Ronald Lauder visited Pope Francis while inaugurating the organization’s “representative office to the Holy See” on Thursday. Lauder, a billionaire heir to the Estée Lauder fortune and a longtime Republican donor, presented the pope with a document the WJC called “Kishreinu,” meaning “our bond” in Hebrew. The document “encapsulates the intricate historical and cultural tapestry binding Jewish and Catholic communities around the globe,” the WJC said in a press release.

USA - Titanium dioxide is the most widely used whitening pigment in the world and has been linked to adverse health effects, particularly genotoxicity and intestinal inflammation. It is applied as food coloring and a whitening agent to a wide variety of foods, including chewing gum, cakes, candies, breads and ice cream. Because of health risks, France banned titanium dioxide as a food additive in 2020. Two years later the European Union also banned titanium dioxide as a food additive. But in the US, titanium dioxide is found all over the grocery shelves. Candy like Skittles, Starbursts, and Jell-O, gum like Trident White peppermint gum and Mentos Freshmint Gum, cake products like Duncan Hines Creamy Vanilla Frosting, and Nabisco Chips Ahoy! cookies are just a few of the myriad food items that contain the additive. When used as a food coloring, it is known as E171.

AUSTRALIA - Religion is increasingly being associated with bigotry and intolerance, yet proposed law changes discriminate against believers. The last census in Australia indicates that, while Christianity is still the answer most people give when asked about their religion, it is in sharp decline, and ‘no religion’ is a close second. This is not really about celebrating ‘diversity’ but separating people along the lines of gender, religion, ethnicity, and so forth. It does so by treating society as a collection of separate groups that are dependent upon government-managed responses to diversity.

ISRAEL - Israel will not conduct a ground operation in Gaza if Hamas surrenders “unconditionally” and frees all its hostages, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus has said. If the looming offensive goes ahead, however, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant estimates that it could take up to three months. In an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on Monday, Conricus dodged a question as to why Israel appears to be delaying its ground operation. Instead, the spokesman simply vowed that the Israeli military would “dismantle Hamas totally” and “bring our people home.” He explained that Israel would prefer to rely on airstrikes and avoid exposing its troops to danger unnecessarily. He suggested, however, that such an approach may prove insufficient to root out the militant group.

ISRAEL - The 45th American cargo plane supplying Israel with armaments reached Ramon Airport in southern Israel over the weekend, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced. The United States began supplying Israel with military aid when the war against Hamas began on October 7 and has brought around 1,000 tons of weaponry so far, including a diverse range of offensive and defensive armaments. The cargo plane that landed in Israel on Friday transported a wide array of military supplies, including military ambulances, medical equipment for IDF use, and various other resources aimed at enhancing readiness capabilities. The procurement orders align with the IDF’s specific needs and encompass a diverse array of specialized vehicles, including armored ambulances, operational armored vehicles, tactical trucks and mechanical engineering equipment.

ISRAEL - The war against Palestinian Hamas terrorists has united Jewish and Arab Israelis as never before, after years of worries that tensions between the two communities might destabilize Israeli society. In the current conflict, there have been no incidents between the two communities, aside from rare cases of vandalism. Israel Police Chief Kobi Shabtai praised the Arab community, which forms 20% of the population, as the Times of Israel reported Sunday: Israel Police chief Kobi Shabtai tells a meeting of the Knesset National Security Committee that he must praise the “exemplary behavior” of Israel’s Arab minority, noting that there have been “zero incidents” of internal clashes over the past two weeks. The fact that Hamas killed dozens of Arab Israelis, including Muslims, in their massive terror attack on October 7 caused many Arab Israelis to feel that they, too, had been threatened — and many stood alongside the Jewish citizens of Israel.

ISRAEL - In a startling revelation, an official document recently published by the supposedly “moderate” Palestinian Authority is shown to outline explicit calls for the murder of Jewish individuals, as it calls on imams to incite violence against Jews in Friday sermons, citing a religious text for Muslims to “fight the Jews” and “kill” them all. The document was exposed Friday by the research departments of Hakol Hayehudi news site and the Regavim Movement NGO, who likened its statements to a virtual “declaration of war.” The disturbing development indicates that the supposedly “moderate” Palestinian Authority (PA) appears to endorse a perspective paralleling that of Hamas, with both groups unified in their animosity toward Jewish communities, thus dispelling any illusions of a fundamental distinction between the two.

USA - Amid the escalating tensions in the Middle East, over 12,000 personnel from the US Navy and Marine Corps aboard ten warships have either reached or are en route to the Eastern Mediterranean, as reported by Nikkei Asia, citing data from the US Navy. On Saturday, Defense Secretary Lloyd J Austin III announced a series of actions aimed at bolstering the United States’ military presence in the Middle East. The USS Dwight D Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group has been redirected to the Central Command area of responsibility. This move is in addition to the Navy’s largest and most advanced nuclear aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R Ford Carrier Strike Group, which is currently operating in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.

MIDDLE EAST - When you are fighting terrorism and mass shootings, too many world leaders refuse to go deeper and ask the question - what drugs are these monsters on because no one sane commits gruesome acts. The dirty little secret in the Arab World is Captagon. It is widely used from ordinary citizens to truck drivers and students attending concerts and working the overnight shifts. It is not just used in war zones. With the stigma of using drugs in the Arab World, there is little help to get off Captagon. There is also an intentional vacuum to not tell the Arab world how dangerous it is because first, you have to admit how many use it. Captagon can make someone crazy, violent, raging, and psychotic. Now, Israelis have found Captagon in the pockets of many Hamas terrorists who lost their lives during the October 7 attack in Israel.

RUSSIA - A world-renowned Arctic scientist has spoken out to debunk the globalist “climate crisis” narrative and warn the public that the Earth is actually heading for a period of “global cooling.” Leading polar expert Andrey Fedotov of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences declared that “warming is about to end” and the planet is about to enter an “ice age.” “We will inevitably transition to an unfavorable cold,” he warned, according to the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). According to Fedotov, the director of the Limnological Institute of the RAS, the period of “unfavorable cold” will begin around 2030.

MIDDLE EAST - Israel last night vowed to cut off 'the head of the snake' and launch a military attack against Iran if Tehran-backed terror group Hezbollah joins the war. In an exclusive interview with The Mail on Sunday, Nir Barkat, Israel's Minister of Economy, warned that Iran's Ayatollahs will be 'wiped off the face of the earth' should Hezbollah, their proxy terror group in Lebanon, attack Israel. His incendiary comments raise the grave spectre of a rapidly escalating regional conflict and come ahead of an expected Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip to 'annihilate' Hamas.