— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸/🇱🇧 12th day of the war, October 18th, status update and major events:
– Many airstrikes on Gaza throughout the entire day, still a huge lack of food, water, medicine and electricity.
– Israel and the US now officially claim that the Al-Ahli hospital massacre was the result of a misfired PIJ rocket, not an Israeli airstrike.
– Sporadic rocket attacks by Hamas and PIJ on cities such as Ashkelon, Ashdod and Tel Aviv.
– Biden visited Israel, and announced that an agreement was reached to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah crossing. He also discussed the details of a possible Gaza invasion with Netanyahu.
– Israel set up field hospitals near Lebanon, and Defense Minister Gallant said that the IDF needs to be ready for any scenario in the north.
– Throughout the entire day, a large amount of Hezbollah attacks on the IDF in settlements near the Lebanese border. Hezbollah carried out even more attacks than yesterday. They used ATGMs on Israeli tanks, launched mortars against IDF outposts, and disabled surveillance equipment by shooting with snipers and small arms.
– Furthermore, Hezbollah announced that 3 of their fighters had been killed, making the total amount of fighters killed 13.
– The Israeli army shelled South Lebanon with artillery in response to these attacks, and the Israeli air force carried out strikes on Hezbollah targets.
– Israeli public broadcaster Kann says that all preparations for an Israeli ground offensive into Gaza are complete.
– Israel's war cabinet held a meeting to make a final decision regarding the plans for a possible ground offensive into Gaza.
@Middle_East_Spectator
🛢📈 — Reuters reports that oil is approaching $100 per barrel following the latest exchange of attacks between Americans and Iranians on oil tankers.
▶️The price of Brent crude has risen to $97.07 per barrel, while American WTI crude has risen to $92.28. In the past week, Brent has risen by 7.8%, while WTI has risen by nearly 10%.
▶️On Saturday, U.S. forces attacked three Iranian oil tankers, one of which was stationed near the island of Kharg, a key center for Iranian oil exports. In response, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced attacks on three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three more U.S. ships.
▶️In this context, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has sharply declined. Over the past 10 days, an average of only 10 cargo ships have transited the strait per day – the lowest level since May.
The WHO now states on its website:
Vaccination against COVID-19 can trigger multiple sclerosis through cross-reactive CD4+-T cells that recognize the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and myelin peptides.
In other words: Your own immune system destroys the nerve pathways and then attacks your brain and spinal cord.