The Nasser Medical Complex has come under the direct fire of Israeli warplanes, killing at least eight Palestinians so far. | An Israeli airstrike on the Nasser Medical Complex in the southern governate of Khan Yunis killed at least eight people and injured dozens, on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. ● This comes after Israeli authorities forcibly displaced Gazans to southern areas in the Strip, claiming they would be safe there. However, a substantial number of bombs and shells have targeted residential blocks and civilian infrastructure, such as the Nasser Medical Complex, confirming the occupation's sheer brutality.

■ After Nasrallah's speech, US and Israel escalate Gaza war (The Cradle)
■ Unprecedented Israeli Massacres in Gaza on Day 30: Beast Unleashed (Al Manar TV)
■ Gaza Death Toll Surpasses 10,000 (Al Jazeera/Gaza’s Ministry of Health)
■ Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza surpasses 10,000 (The Cradle)
■ Israeli doctors urge the bombing of Gaza hospitals (Mondoweiss)

All 15 members of the UN Security Council [will] participate in consultations on the Middle East conflict settlement document that was proposed by the organization’s ten non-permanent member states | The United Nations Security Council will gather on November 9 for an open session on the Middle East conflict settlement, Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, the United Arab Emirates Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said. ● According to her, China, which holds the rotating chair in the UN Security Council this month, intends organizing regularly both formal and informal UNSC sessions regarding the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip. ● Lana Zaki Nusseibeh also stated that all 15 members of the UN Security Council participate in consultations on the Middle East conflict settlement document that was proposed by the organization’s ten non-permanent member states.

■ Maduro: 'Israel' instilled an ideology more dangerous than Nazism (Al Mayadeen)

A statement by Israeli Minister for Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Amihai Eliyahu about the possibility of using a nuclear bomb in the Gaza Strip has raised many questions, including about the nuclear arsenal of the Jewish state, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday. | "This raised a huge number of questions. Question number one — it turns out that we are hearing official statements about the presence of nuclear weapons? The following questions that everyone has — where are the international organizations, where is the IAEA [the International Atomic Energy Agency], where are the inspectors?” Zakharova told the Solovyov Live media outlet. ● On November 5, Eliyahu said in an interview with Radio Kol BaRama that "one of the possible options" for Israel was dropping a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip. The minister also opposed allowing any humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, saying that Israel "would not hand the Nazis humanitarian aid," and that "there is no such thing as uninvolved civilians in Gaza." ● Later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suspended Eliyahu from participating in government meetings until further notice.

■ Israeli minister’s suggestion of nuclear strike on Gaza raises questions — Russian MFA (TASS)

An Ohio-class guided missile submarine arrived in the Middle East on Sunday, as per a social media post by the US Central Command. | According to the US press, the heavily armed submarine sends "a message of deterrence" to Israel's "regional adversaries, as the Biden administration "tries to avoid a broader conflict amid the Israel-Hamas war."
The deployment of the submarine is triggering concerns, as per the DC-based think tank Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. The crux of the matter is that the US has already amassed a huge military force in the Middle East over the unfolding Gaza war.

■ US nuclear submarine sent to confront Iran – Bloomberg (RT.com)
■ After Nasrallah's speech, US and Israel escalate Gaza war (The Cradle)

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A bill on fighting “misinformation and disinformation” and “harm” aims to empower a government agency to police online expression | The Australian Government has recently introduced in Parliament a new law proposal to ban officially unapproved online content. Digital companies are expected to adopt a code of conduct which will see them censor speech based on broad, vague and far-reaching directives. ● The Communications Legislation Amendment (Combating Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2023 foreshadows the imposition of a legal obligation on digital platforms to police alleged ‘misinformation’ and ‘disinformation’. If that does not work, the law proposal provides for the full empowerment of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to directly intervene for the purpose of preventing ‘harm’.

■ UK poised to brand dissent as ‘extremism’ – Guardian (11/06/23)

The Russian president claims the Association Agreement effectively called for the destruction of all of the country's industry | The EU-Ukraine Association Agreement essentially envisaged the death of all Ukrainian industry, Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed. The ratification of the accord was put on hold in late 2013 by then-President Viktor Yanukovich, which sparked the Maidan coup that led to his overthrow. ● The new Ukrainian government signed the agreement in 2014. Speaking to reporters on Friday, Putin said: 💬 “If you read what the EU proposed to Ukraine, this is what is apparently being realized now – this was tantamount to the destruction of all key industries that the Soviet Ukraine once prided itself on.” The president added that “we now see exactly that there’s nothing left there already.” According to Putin, Yanukovich was weighing Kiev’s options and simply postponed the ratification of the agreement with the EU in 2013.