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• US Dispatches Ship to Start Building Gaza Pier VOA 10 Mar 2024 -- A U.S. Army ship was on its way to the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday to start construction of a temporary pier on the Gaza coastline to provide passage for more truckloads of humanitarian aid to famished Palestinians, but officials say it could be as long as two months before the facility is built and operating.
• March 10 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza CENTCOM 10 Mar 2024 -- U.S. Central Command and the Royal Jordanian Air Force conducted a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on March 10, 2024, at 2:07 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians in Gaza affected by the ongoing conflict.
• US Sends 1st Ship With Equipment to Build Temporary Pier to Deliver Aid to Gaza Sputnik 10 Mar 2024 -- The United States has sent the first ship with equipment to establish a sea corridor for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the US Central Command said on Sunday.
• Yemen's Houthi leader vows to continue operations in regional waters IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- leader of Yemen's ruling Houthi Ansarullah Movement says his country will continue carrying out operations in regional waters as part of efforts to force an end to the Israeli aggression in Gaza and to defend Yemen's territorial integrity against US and British attacks.
• Yemen army simulates attack on Israeli Dimona atomic site IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- The Yemeni Armed Forces have simulated and exercised attacks on the Dimona nuclear plant and command centers of the Israeli regime during new military drills.
• Yemeni Armed Forces will continue pro-Palestine strikes in Red Sea during Ramadan: Houthi Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- The leader of Ansarullah resistance movement has reiterated the Yemeni nation's unflinching support for the Palestinian cause, emphasizing that the country's Armed Forces will continue their retaliatory strikes in the Red Sea during the holy month of Ramadan.
• Yemeni army simulates attacks on Israeli command centers, settlements Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- Yemeni Armed Forces have simulated attacks on Israeli military command centers, strategic sites, and illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories during a military exercise, as they continue attacks in the Red Sea in retaliation for the regime's genocidal war on Gaza.

Defense Policy / Programs

• France, Poland Cannot Speak for NATO - Italian Defense Minister Sputnik 10 Mar 2024 -- France and Poland have no right to speak on behalf of NATO, and the alliance's intervention in the conflict would "erase the path to diplomacy," Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said in an interview with Italian newspaper La Stampa, published on Sunday.
• Telegraph: NATO should prepare for US to leave ISNA 10 Mar 2024 -- Diplomats in Europe and beyond believe a Donald Trump reelection could lead to Washington quitting the bloc.
• Chinese military aims to boost strategic capabilities in emerging areas such as AI, unmanned tech Global Times 10 Mar 2024 -- The Chinese military has vowed to implement President Xi Jinping's call to enhance strategic capabilities in emerging areas, with military lawmakers and experts stressing the importance of new quality productive forces including artificial intelligence (AI), unmanned technologies, aerospace and cyberspace in modern warfare.
• Chinese military spokesperson answers media questions during annual legislative session People's Daily 10 Mar 2024 -- A Chinese military spokesperson on Saturday answered media questions during the ongoing second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), the country's national legislature.
• Germany's 2025 Military Budget Lacks Up to $6.5Bln - Defense Minister Sputnik 10 Mar 2024 -- German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has warned the government of a 4.5 billion to 6 billion euros ($4.9 billion to $6.5 billion) deficit in the country's Bundeswehr budget for 2025,, German newspaper Bild reported.
• FIRST TRAINING SQUADRON PARTICIPATES IN CUTLASS EXPRESS 24 India PIB 10 Mar 2024 -- INS Tir, the lead ship of First Training Squadron (1TS) participated in Exercise Cutlass Express - 24 (CE - 24) held at Port Victoria, Seychelles from 26 Feb - 08 Mar 24
• Ultra-Jews to leave Israel if forced to join army: Chief Rabbi IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- Yitzhak Yosef, the Chief Jewish Rabbi, also called Sephardic or Haredi Rabbi that is a branch of ultra-orthodox Jews in the occupied Palestinian territories has warned the Zionist regime of mass exodus of his community if they were forced to join the army.

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• Prime Minister's Office Statement Israel - Prime Minister 10 Mar 2024 -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today, at the Kirya in Tel Aviv, held an inter-ministerial security discussion on the issue of the shortage of prison space for security prisoners.
• PM Netanyahu to Politico: "These are not my private policies, only. They're policies supported by the overwhelming majority of the Israelis." Israel - Prime Minister 10 Mar 2024 -- "I don't know exactly what the president meant, but if he meant by that that I'm pursuing private policies against the majority, the wish of the majority of Israelis, and that this is hurting the interests of Israel, then he's wrong on both counts."
• At the Directive of PM Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz: Special Delegation of Hostages' Families to Depart This Evening for the UN Security Council Discussion in New York Israel - Prime Minister 10 Mar 2024 -- At the Directive of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz: Special Delegation of Hostages' Families to Depart This Evening for the UN Security Council Discussion in New York
• Prime Minister's Office-Mossad Announcement Israel - Prime Minister 10 Mar 2024 -- Mossad Director David Barnea, yesterday, met with CIA Director William Burns in the framework of the relentless effort to advance an additional deal for the release of the hostages.
• Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel - Prime Minister 10 Mar 2024
• Israeli minister claims to relocate one million Gazans from Rafah IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- Israeli foreign minister Israel Katz has confirmed the plan to forcibly relocate more than one million Palestinians from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
• Zionist leaders agree to continue Gaza war: Israeli media IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- The Israeli regime's leaders have agreed to continue the Gaza war, especially in Rafah, according to Zionist media.
• Israel's Operation in Gaza Strip Can Be Over in 1-2 Months - Netanyahu Sputnik 10 Mar 2024 -- Israel's military operation against Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip could be over in one to two months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
• Netanyahu Rejects Biden's Criticism of Israeli War Strategy Sputnik 10 Mar 2024 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu firmly rebuffed criticism from US President Joe Biden regarding Israel's strategy in the ongoing conflict with Hamas in Gaza.
• Minister Joly meets with Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs Canada 10 Mar 2024
• Mar. 9: 'Axis of Resistance' operations against Israeli occupation Press TV 10 Mar 2024
• 85 Palestinians killed in Gaza in past 24 hours IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- The Gaza health ministry has announced the latest casualties in Gaza, reporting that 85 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.
• Israeli regime ramps up attacks on Gaza Strip IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- The Israeli regime has intensified the aerial, land, and sea attacks on innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip as the war enters day 156.
• Death Toll From Israeli Strikes on Gaza Strip Tops 31,000 - Health Ministry Sputnik 10 Mar 2024 -- The death toll from Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, when the Israel-Hamas conflict escalated, has surpassed 31,000, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Sunday.
• Israeli Strike on Nuseirat Camp in Gaza Kills 13 Women, Children - Reports Sputnik 10 Mar 2024 -- At least 13 women and children were killed in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera broadcaster reported on Sunday.
• Palestinian death toll in Gaza from Israeli attacks rises to 30,960: ministry People's Daily 10 Mar 2024 -- The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 30,960 with 72,524 others wounded, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Saturday.
• UNRWA warns of 'tragic' situation in northern Gaza as hunger rises Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has warned of the "tragic" situation in the northern Gaza Strip, calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the besieged territory ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.
• Biden: No red line in defense of Israel ISNA 10 Mar 2024 -- US President Joe Biden makes a contradictory statement, saying there are red lines that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu cannot cross, like an attack on Rafah, while also reiterating that Washington has no red lines in supplying weapons to Israel.
• Netanyahu 'hurting Israel' by not preventing more civilian deaths in Gaza: Biden Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- US President Joe Biden said Saturday that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "hurting Israel" more than helping it by not doing more to prevent more civilian deaths in Gaza, after saying Israel has the "right to defend" itself.
• Iranian and Qatari FMs hold phone conversation on Gaza ISNA 10 Mar 2024 -- In a telephone conversation Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani discussed the latest bilateral issues as well as the regional developments including those of the Gaza Strip.
• Minister Joly meets with United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs and confirms Canadian participation in humanitarian sea corridor to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza Canada 10 Mar 2024
• Palestine a major concern for Syria: FM Mekdad Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad says that the conflict in Palestine has turned into a major concern for Damascus as he insists that Syria will continue to support Palestine's right to an independent state with holy al-Quds as its capital.
• Muslim states failed to stop Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza: Turkey's Erdogan Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Muslim-majority countries did not do enough to stop Israeli forces from killing Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
• Israel may use chemical weapons in Gaza, Algeria warns Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- Algeria has alerted the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) that Israel may resort to using chemical weapons against Gaza given its insistence on violating international law.
• Hezbollah fires dozens of missiles at Israeli regime positions IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- The Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, has targeted the positions of Zionist soldiers near the border just hours after raining down missiles on the regime's military targets in the occupied Shebaa Farms.
• Five Zionist military bases come under Hezbollah fire IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- Local media have announced that Lebanon's Hezbollah have conducted several missile strikes against five Zionist military bases in northern parts of the occupied Palestinian territories.
• Several rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israeli-occupied territories IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- News sources have reported that several rockets were fired from Lebanon at an Israeli settlement located in Mount Meron north of occupied Palestine on Sunday.
• Lebanon's Hezbollah targets Israeli positions with several rockets, drones Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- The Hezbollah resistance movement launched rocket and drone attacks on positions in the Israeli-occupied territories in retaliation for a deadly attack by the regime's military on southern Lebanon carried out early on Sunday.
• Israeli air strike kills at least five civilians in southern Lebanon Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- At least five people have been killed in an Israeli attack in southern Lebanon, according to first responders and local media, amid exchanges of near-daily fire between the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement and Israel since the latter launched its assault on Gaza.
• Israel fires at Lebanese military vehicle on Lebanon's southern border People's Daily 10 Mar 2024 -- A Lebanese army vehicle was targeted by Israeli machine gun fire on Saturday in the village of Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon, but no casualties were reported, security sources said.
• Resistance operations inflict fatalities on Zionist forces in Gaza IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- Resistance groups have carried out a string of attacks against the Zionist forces in Gaza Strip killing and injuring a number of them, local media reported.
• Resistance fighters hunt down Zionist drones over Gaza IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement announced on Saturday night that its fighters succeeded in hunting down two more drones of the Zionist regime.
• Hamas: No agreement before full cessation of Israeli aggression, withdrawal of its forces Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- The head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says there will be no agreement with the Israeli regime before full cessation of its aggression against the Gaza Strip and withdrawal of its forces.
• Hamas vows 'no compromise' on its demand for full Israeli withdrawal Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- The Gaza Strip-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas vows not to back down from its demand for a complete withdrawal of the Israeli regime from the territory, which has been enduring a genocidal Israeli war for the past five months.

Other Conflicts

• Kachin offensive opens new front for overstretched Myanmar junta forces Radio Free Asia 10 Mar 2024 -- While the Three Brotherhood Alliance move to consolidate territorial gains in northern Shan state, and the Arakan Army continues their attacks across Rakhine state, a new offensive against Myanmar's junta has begun in Kachin state this month.
• No: 40, 10 March 2024, Regarding the Political Dialogue Between Türkiye and Greece Republic of Turkey Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Mar 2024
• Official, Witnesses: Explosives Likely Started Mogadishu Market Fire VOA 10 Mar 2024 -- Explosives likely caused a huge fire that gutted a section of Mogadishu's biggest market, Bakara, on Sunday, an official and witnesses in the Somali capital said.

News Reports

• Ransomware Attacks: Death Threats, Endangered Patients and Millions of Dollars in Damages VOA 10 Mar 2024 -- A ransomware attack on Change Healthcare, a company that processes 15 billion health care transactions annually and deals with 1 in 3 patient records in the United States, is continuing to cause massive disruptions nearly three weeks later.
• China capable of preventing and dealing with 'Disease X': official Global Times 10 Mar 2024 -- While the occurrence of "Disease X," which is gaining global attention, is difficult to avoid, the resulting pandemic can be prevented and dealt with, Wang Hesheng, director of China's National Disease Control and Prevention Administration, told a press conference on the sidelines of the two sessions on Saturday.
• China to make proactive preparations for future pandemics: health official People's Daily 10 Mar 2024 -- China will draw on the experience of COVID-19 prevention and control, and make proactive preparations for future pandemics such as "Disease X," which the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned could be a next global public health threat, said a health official on Saturday.
• Shanghai-based ZPMC says cargo cranes don't pose cybersecurity risk at US ports Global Times 10 Mar 2024 -- Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co (ZPMC), a major global maker of ship-to-shore cargo cranes, said in a statement on Sunday that its cranes do not pose a cybersecurity risk to any port, responding to the US government's reported plan to invest billions in its own cargo cranes to replace ZPMC cranes.
• CPPCC wraps up annual session, Chinese modernization in focus Global Times 10 Mar 2024 -- China's top political advisory body held its closing meeting on Sunday morning. At this year's two sessions, political advisors engaged in effective and pragmatic discussions on a range of topics, both long-standing and newly emerging ones, including strategies for advancing the development of AI and enhancing employment opportunities.
• US mulls extending clampdown on Chinese firms, and China experts call for more resources to support technology self-reliance Global Times 10 Mar 2024 -- The US has been using an array of methods to suppress China's semiconductor industry and other high-tech sectors to contain the country's high-quality development. In the latest move, the US mulled blacklisting another Chinese chipmaker to stifle its growth.
• HK officials clarify hype over whether keeping secessionist Apple Daily 'as memento' violates Article 23 Global Times 10 Mar 2024 -- In addressing concerns about whether local residents in Hong Kong would violate the law under the Article 23 legislation of the Basic Law by keeping the secessionist tabloid Apple Daily "as memento" at home, local officials said it depends on whether the possessor has a reasonable explanation. The clarification served as a rebuttal to Western media hype targeting the law.
• HK officials clarify concerns over Article 23 legislation, refuting ill-intentioned Western hypes Global Times 10 Mar 2024 -- Hong Kong's Legislative Council (LegCo) spared no effort in accelerating the review procedures of the Article 23 legislation draft bill over the weekend and local officials constantly made clarification on some concerns raised by local lawmakers in Hong Kong, which also served as forceful rebuttals toward some ill-intentioned hypes made by Western media and political figures on the law.
• China's top political advisory body holds closing meeting of annual session People's Daily 10 Mar 2024 -- The second session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, started its closing meeting on Sunday morning.
• China's top political advisory body holds 3rd plenary meeting of annual session People's Daily 10 Mar 2024 -- The 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top political advisory body, held the third plenary meeting of the ongoing annual session on Saturday.
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan Mar. 10, 2024 ROC MND 10 Mar 2024
• Iran becomes self-sufficient in repairing plane engines IRNA 10 Mar 2024 -- Iran has become self-sufficient in repairing plane engines and parts as the country faces restrictions to buy new aircraft and repair their parts due to Western sanctions.
• Oil minister: Iran's crude production at five-year high despite sanctions Press TV 10 Mar 2024 -- Iran's oil minister says the country's production of crude oil has hit a five-year high since 2018 despite sanctions imposed by the United States on the Iranian energy sector.
• Rights Groups Say Hundreds Of Iranian Women Detained Last Year, Dozens Still Held RFE/RL 10 Mar 2024 -- The human rights organization Hengaw said Iranian security agencies detained over 300 women for political or ideological reasons last year, with more than 100 still facing imprisonment for various charges.
• Imprisoned Iranian Cleric Says Under Pressure To Confess To Crimes He Didn't Commit RFE/RL 10 Mar 2024 -- In a rare phone call from Qom prison, Mohammad Taghi Akbarnejad, an Iranian cleric and seminary professor known for his outspoken criticism of Supreme Leader Ali Ayatollah Khamenei's policies, said he has been pressured to make false confessions and faces constant attempts by the authorities to discredit him.
• Pakistani Police Crack Down on Khan Supporters During Alleged Vote Fraud Protest VOA 10 Mar 2024 -- Police in Pakistan detained dozens of supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan Sunday as they rallied nationwide to protest alleged voter fraud in recent general elections.