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• Blinken in Iraq: Attack on US Forces Violates Iraq's Sovereignty VOA 05 Nov 2023 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise visit Sunday to Baghdad, where he met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Report: Russian Troops Strained by Elements VOA 05 Nov 2023 -- The British Defense Ministry said Sunday that Russian soldiers in Ukraine are suffering from an "age-old battle against the elements."
• PLA's Z-10 attack helicopter carries out maritime live-fire drills using newly debuted rocket launcher Global Times 05 Nov 2023 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently organized a day-and-night live-fire exercise off the coast of East China's Fujian Province for multi-type helicopters carrying multi-type munitions, including a newly debuted airborne rocket launcher.
• Canada's military provocations on China's doorstep to backfire: experts Global Times 05 Nov 2023 -- Canada has repeatedly hyped up "dangerous" interceptions by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently, but experts said on Sunday that the PLA's lawful actions took place on China's doorstep, and that Canada's blind confidence could lead to troubles of its own.
• Japan PM vows defense cooperation with Philippines in historic speech Radio Free Asia 05 Nov 2023 -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida became the first Japanese leader to address both chambers of the Philippine Congress on Saturday, underscoring a new phase in relations between the two Asian countries marked by territorial disputes with China.
• Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister al-Sudani US Dept. of State 05 Nov 2023

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Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood

• Daily Recap: Hamas - Israel War November 5th, 2023 - Day 30 Israel Defense Forces 05 Nov 2023
• Operational Update by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari November 5th, 20:15 Israel Defense Forces 05 Nov 2023
• Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari November 5th, 15:45 Israel Defense Forces 05 Nov 2023
• PM Netanyahu visits the Ramon Air Force Base Israel - Prime Minister 05 Nov 2023
• Israeli Minister Forced to Backtrack After Saying Nuking Gaza 'An Option' Sputnik 05 Nov 2023 -- Israel has taken heavy flak from other countries over the intensity of its bombardment of Gaza, with even the United States asking Tel Aviv to use "smaller bombs" to reduce civilian deaths.
• Iranian Defense Minister Threatens US With 'Serious Strike' If Gaza War Continues Sputnik 05 Nov 2023 -- Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani on Sunday threatened to conduct a "serious strike" against the United States if it does not put an end to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
• Israeli minister says nuking Gaza is a possibility Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- An Israeli minister has claimed that dropping a nuclear bomb on the blockaded Gaza Strip is an option, saying that the remaining Palestinian population in the occupied lands could "go to Ireland or deserts."
• Israeli Forces Claim Gaza City Has Been Encircled VOA 05 Nov 2023 -- Israel said its strikes on Hamas in the Gaza Strip had effectively split the Palestinian territory in two on Sunday.
• Hezbollah leader warns of expanded confrontations with Israel if Gaza conflict continues People's Daily 05 Nov 2023 -- Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Friday that confrontations with Israel on Lebanon's southern border will extend beyond current clashes.
• Palestinian death toll rises to 9,488 as Israel-Hamas conflict rages on People's Daily 05 Nov 2023 -- The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has reached 9,488 on Saturday, as the Israel-Hamas conflict that started four weeks ago shows no sign of ending, according to the Gaza-bases Health Ministry.
• Hamas to ban foreign passport holders from leaving Gaza if wounded Palestinians fail to enter Egypt for treatment: source People's Daily 05 Nov 2023 -- The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) will ban foreign passport holders from leaving the Gaza Strip if injured Palestinians from the northern part of the enclave are not allowed to reach Egyptian hospitals for treatment via the Rafah border crossing, a Palestinian security source said on Saturday.
• Israeli minister's nuke remarks bespeak Tel Aviv's Nazism, sadism: Hamas Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has denounced as an expression of Nazism the racist and inflammatory remarks recently made by far-right Israeli heritage minister Amichai Eliyahu, who called for dropping an atomic bomb on the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Gazans wounded by Israeli bombardment facing imminent risk of death: Health minister Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Alkaila has said many civilians wounded by the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip are at imminent risk of death due to the severe shortage of medical supplies and fuel necessary to keep hospitals operating across the besieged enclave.
• Israel ramps up use of white phosphorous in Gaza: Official Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- Palestinian officials say the Israeli regime has increased its use of banned munitions, including bombs containing the highly dangerous white phosphorous, in its attacks on civilians in the besieged enclave of the Gaza Strip.
• Hamas says destroyed 24 Israeli vehicles, tanks in past 48 hours Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Palestinian resistance movement, has said they destroyed two dozen Israeli combat vehicles in the past two days as the apartheid Israeli entity continues its genocidal onslaught on the Gaza Strip.
• Israeli airstrikes kill at least 51 Palestinians in Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- At least 51 Palestinians have been killed and several others have been wounded in Israeli airstrikes on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian media.
• Al-Qassam Brigades: Over 60 Israeli captives lost due to regime's airstrikes Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- The military wing of Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says more than 60 Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip are lost due to the regime's incessant airstrikes against the blockaded territory.
• Statement by Principals of Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory UNICEF 05 Nov 2023 -- For almost a month, the world has been watching the unfolding situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory in shock and horror at the spiraling numbers of lives lost and torn apart.
• WFP appeals for urgent expanded Gaza access with food supplies 'dangerously low' UN News 05 Nov 2023 -- The head of the UN's emergency food relief agency on Sunday issued an urgent appeal from the Rafah border crossing for safe, expanded humanitarian access to Gaza as critical food supplies in the ravaged enclave reach dangerously low levels.
• UNRWA Situation Report #22 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (all information valid as of 3-4 November 2023 at 18:00 local time) UNRWA 05 Nov 2023
• WFP Chief makes urgent plea for safe, expanded humanitarian access to Gaza as food runs out WFP 05 Nov 2023 -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director, Cindy McCain issued an urgent plea from the Rafah border crossing for safe, expanded humanitarian access to Gaza as humanitarian needs skyrocket and critical food supplies reach dangerously low levels.
• UNRWA Says Lost Contact With Most Employees in Gaza Strip Sputnik 05 Nov 2023 -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Sunday that it could not get in touch with most of its members of staff in the Gaza Strip due to a communications blackout.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant DoD 05 Nov 2023
• Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press US Dept. of State 05 Nov 2023
• Secretary Blinken's Meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas US Dept. of State 05 Nov 2023
• US faces dilemma on Gaza conflict People's Daily 05 Nov 2023 -- Seeking strategic contraction from the Middle East is what the United States has tried to do for years, but the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict has not only forced the US to increase its presence in the region, but may also bring challenges for its global strategy, analysts said.
• Blinken says reaching ceasefire in Gaza enables Hamas to regroup: media People's Daily 05 Nov 2023 -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that reaching an immediate ceasefire in Gaza would enable the Hamas movement to regroup its forces, Jordan's state-run Petra News Agency reported.
• Palestinian Authority urges ceasefire amid Israel's genocide in Gaza Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority has called for an immediate end to the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip as the international community ramps up pressure on the regime to halt its protracted brutality against the besieged territory.
• Iran warns US to stop war in Gaza IRNA 05 Nov 2023 -- Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has said that the US would "be hit hard" if Washington does not implement a ceasefire in Gaza.
• Supreme Leader urges comprehensive support for Gazans IRNA 05 Nov 2023 -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for serious action by Islamic countries and international bodies, as well as the comprehensive and practical support of Islamic governments for the people of Gaza.
• Raisi: Israeli genocide in Gaza result of massive US arms shipments IRNA 05 Nov 2023 -- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says the Zionist regime's killing of 10,000 Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is the outcome of massive US arms shipments to the regime.
• Iran foreign minister urges BRICS intervention to stop Israel's war crimes in Gaza Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- Iran has urged the BRICS group of nations to intervene in an active, constructive and responsible manner to stop the Israeli regime's war crimes against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
• Iranian defense minister says US 'will be hit hard' if Gaza war does not end Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- Iran's defense minister has warned the United States would suffer a heavy blow if it fails to stop Israel's savage war machine against the besieged Gaza Strip.
• President Raeisi: War against Hamas amounts to war on democracy Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- Iran's President Ebrahim Raeisi has highlighted the role played by Hamas in the Gaza Strip as the territory's legitimate government, saying the war against the Palestinian resistance movement is tantamount to waging war on democracy.
• MFA statement on halted evacuation of third-country citizens from Gaza Strip Republic of Poland 05 Nov 2023 -- Having received from the Egyptian and the Israeli side the information on temporary suspension of evacuation of foreigners from the Gaza Strip, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that it is currently impossible for Polish nationals to leave the Gaza Strip.
• Norway wants to interact with Iran to find solutions to Palestinian crisis: PM ISNA 05 Nov 2023 -- Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi in response to the phone call of Jonas Gahr Støre, the Prime Minister of Norway, while welcoming the country's position in stopping the war and the killing of civilians in Gaza as soon as possible, stressed the need for international efforts to lift the siege and provide immediate aid to the region.
• Chad recalls charge d'affaires to Israel over humanitarian crisis in Gaza People's Daily 05 Nov 2023 -- Chad on Saturday recalled its charge d'affaires to Israel for consultations due to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Gaza Strip, the country's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks with Emir of Qatar His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani Prime Minister of Canada 05 Nov 2023 -- Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, about the ongoing situation in the Middle East.
• Hamas chief: US, allies should listen to their nations' calls for Gaza ceasefire Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- The chairman of the political bureau of the Hamas resistance movement has lauded tens of thousands of people who poured onto the streets in Western countries to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, saying the United States and its Western allies should listen to their nations' calls.
• In Ukraine, A 'Faraway' Mideast War Hits Close To Home RFE/RL 05 Nov 2023 -- Four days after the Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel, Rabbi Moshe Reuven Azman, one of the leaders of Ukraine's diverse Jewish community, published two photos showing his four grandchildren hiding from air strikes underground.

Other Conflicts

• Opium cultivation declines by 95 per cent in Afghanistan: UN survey UN News 05 Nov 2023 -- Opium poppy production in Afghanistan has plummeted since the de facto authorities imposed a drug ban last year, new UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data reveals.
• UN: Opium Cultivation in Afghanistan Plunges By 95% VOA 05 Nov 2023 -- The United Nations said Sunday the Taliban's ban on drugs in Afghanistan has resulted in a 95% drop in Afghan cultivation of opium poppies, used to make morphine and heroin.
• Russian Air Force Strikes Militant Drone Depot in Syria's Idlib Sputnik 05 Nov 2023 -- Russian military jets struck a warehouse near a village in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib that housed drones belonging to armed anti-government militants, a senior Russian officer said Sunday.
• Iraq's Kata'ib Hezbollah threatens to up the ante if Blinken visits Baghdad Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- Iraq's anti-terror resistance group Kata'ib Hezbollah has strongly reacted to the upcoming visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the capital Baghdad, threatening to spark an "unprecedented escalation" in case the top American diplomat touches down in the Arab country.

News Reports

• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Nov. 5, 2023 ROC MND 05 Nov 2023
• Session of Permanent Commission of DPRK SPA Standing Committee Held KCNA 05 Nov 2023 -- A session of the Permanent Commission of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK was held.
• Iran enjoys 'unique position' in China's New Silk Road project: VP Press TV 05 Nov 2023 -- Iran's Vice President Mohammad Mokhber says the country has a "unique" position in China's giant New Silk Road project, also known as the Belt and Road Initiative.
• Prominent Iranian Religious Scholar Says Hijab Law Should Be Abolished, Urges Authorities To Stop Inciting Violence RFE/RL 05 Nov 2023 -- Sedigheh Vasmaghi, a renowned Iranian religious scholar and political activist who openly opposes the Islamic republic's draconian hijab law, has a simple explanation for why the country's clerical establishment turns to violence to enforce hard-line policies the majority does not support.
• Opening session of the China International Import Expo Prime Minister of Australia 05 Nov 2023
• Press conference Prime Minister of Australia 05 Nov 2023
• What's behind the latest corruption trial in Hanoi? Radio Free Asia 05 Nov 2023 -- On October 23, Vietnamese prosecutors began a second corruption trial against fugitive businesswoman Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan. Given her alleged ties to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, this is no run of the mill fraud and bribery trial. Elite political infighting is clearly at play as the jockeying for power ahead of the 14th Congress intensifies.
• Pro-West Grouping Looks Set To Win Sofia Mayoral Race, While GERB Strong Elsewhere RFE/RL 05 Nov 2023 -- Initial exit polls in Bulgaria show that reformist pro-Western coalition We Continue the Change/Democratic Bulgaria is leading in the crucial mayoral race in the capital, Sofia, although former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's center-right GERB party appears to be performing solidly elsewhere in local runoff elections.
• Moldovan Turnout Hits Required Level In Election Marred By Accusations Of Russian Meddling RFE/RL 05 Nov 2023 -- More than 1.14 million people - or about 41 percent of registered voters - cast ballots in Moldova's municipal elections, surpassing the required 25 percent in most areas, in a vote marked by accusations of Russian meddling in the former Soviet republic.