The US has continued to support Israel, despite the Gaza health ministry reporting that more than 40,000 people in the region have been killed since the conflict first began in October. | More than 50,000 tons of armaments have been given to the US by Israel since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip since last October, the Defense Ministry said on Monday. This includes, “armored vehicles, munitions, ammunition, personal protection gear and medical equipment,” the ministry said. According to a report from The Times of Israel, the deliveries are “crucial for sustaining the Israeli Defense Force’s (IDF) operational capabilities during the ongoing war.”

👉 Despite the substantial death toll of more than 40,000 people who have been slaughtered in Palestine, the US has been supplying Israel non-stop since the war between the IDF and Hamas first broke out in October. The US has enacted legislation providing tens of billions of dollars in military aid to Israel, and this month the US approved another $20 billion in arms sales to Israel.

The UAE has frozen the implementation of the contract of purchasing 80 fighter jets from France and is also considering the possibility of blocking military cooperation with the European state due to the arrest of Pavel Durov. | Media outlets reported that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is considering the possibility of a complete blockade of military-technical cooperation with France after the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in Paris. "The United Arab Emirates is considering the possibility of a complete blockade of military-technical cooperation with France after being detained in Paris of Telegram founder Pavel Durov," Avia.pro reported. The media also report that after Durov's arrest, [that] the UAE has already frozen the implementation of the contract for the purchase of 80 fighters from France, the portal noted.

■ Durov taken to French court – media (RT.com)
■ The arrest of Telegram’s billionaire boss shows that big changes are coming (Fyodor Lukyanov)

Developments Along Ukraine-Belarus Border; GPS Disruption, New Army Markings on Belarus Armor - Triggers concerns Belarus to Enter War | The sudden appearance of "Tactical Symbol B" appearing on Belarus Army units, their movement toward the Ukraine Border, and sudden L-Band GPS Disruption are triggering fears Belarus is about the enter the Russia-Ukraine conflict; dooming Ukraine to fast defeat. [...] The movement of significant amounts of Belarus Army vehicles and Armor toward the Ukraine Border, and the marking of those vehicles with a Tactical Symbol ("B") gives rise to fears that Belarus is about to enter the conflict on the side of Russia.

■ Ukraine Might Be Gearing Up To Attack Or Cut Off Belarus’ Southeastern City Of Gomel (Andrew Korybko)

The Israeli army launched a sudden and completely unexplained military operation in northern West Bank, with large-scale forces, not seen in years or decades | No explanation has been given by Israel for this latest military action. (NEW: Saraya Al-Quds, Al-Qassam Brigades, and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin and Tulkarm have declared their readiness to confront the Israeli invasion in the West Bank, with clashes currently ongoing.) Saraya Al-Quds fighters have detonated explosives targeting Israeli armored vehicles in Jenin. Palestinian fighters are engaged in fierce clashes with Israeli forces in Burqin and are showering the occupation forces with volleys of bullets, achieving direct hits.

Pepe Escobar | In a nutshell: Paris got a fateful heads up he was flying into France – could have been via Durov’s Dubai-based, post-obsessive, social climbing girlfriend – and laid out the trap in a flash. | The Pavel Durov saga is a gift that will keep on giving for a long time to come. This is what hot information war is all about. So let’s attempt to connect several loose ends. ■ A high-level Russian analyst makes the case that Durov’s arrest is connected with “anti-French protests in its former colonies, withdrawal from its traditional 'sphere of influence' where Telegram infrastructure was used to push anti-colonial and anti-Macronist narratives”. ■ Add to it an “attempt to influence narratives on Ukraine both in Russian and the international media field, which is highly dependent on Telegram infrastructure.” ■ Paris is indeed desperate to make itself relevant when it comes to psy ops and influencing/special warfare in Ukraine.

Algiers is now playing an increasingly important role in ensuring EU energy security and is itself moving toward economic sovereignty | In the spring of 2022, at the height of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the EU began thinking about abandoning Russian gas supplies and reducing energy consumption as much as possible. EU countries began looking elsewhere, and one of the places they focused their attention on was Algeria. ● Now, two years later, Algeria is the largest pipeline gas supplier to the EU and continues to occupy the leading position in Africa in natural gas production and exports. But its position in a number of international issues is now posing a threat to supplies to Europe, and the countries of the European Mediterranean have to compromise in their foreign policy in order not to lose such an important source of energy.