Tuesday, December 26, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 12/26/2023 INCIDENTS IN THE RED SEA AREA DRONES AND MISSILES SHOT DOWN, ONE AMERICAN CRITICALLY WOUNDED IN IRAQ ATTACK

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




               LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




RUSSIA SHOOTING DOWN A UKRAINIAN DRONE OVER THE ROSTOV REGION TONIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




(UPDATED) AN ATTACK ON A US MILITARY BASE IN IRAQ'S AL-ANBAR PROVINCE TONIGHT THIS ACCORDING TO THE SAUDI 'AL HADATH' NEWS CHANNEL.


THREE EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN THE ROCKET ATTACK AT AIN-AL-ASAD BASE...TASS RUSSIA








(UPDATED) EXPLOSIONS IN THE UKRAINIAN PORT CITY OF ODESSA TONIGHT.


THERE ARE AIR RAID WARNINGS IN FOUR REGIONS OF UKRAINE...RIA NOVSOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...


ALSO EXPLOSIONS IN KHERSON, UKRAINE TONIGHT...TASS RUSSIA...UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY SPEAKING OF AN ATTACK ON THE TRAIN STATION IN KHERSON...(NEWS AGENCIES)



There's been a travel advisory issued for Israeli nationals in India by Israel.    This after there was an explosion near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi.


No one hurt in the explosion that's being called a possible terrorist attack...ONE INDIA




THE US CENTRAL COMMAND ISSUING A STATEMENT THAT THE US MILITARY OPERATING OFF THE COAST OF YEMEN SHOT DOWN 12 DRONES AND FIVE MISSILES TODAY.


THE DRONES AND MISSILES LAUNCHED DURING A TEN HOUR PERIOD TODAY.    NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES REPORTED...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X" SOCIAL MEDIA...


More on developments in and around the Red Sea later in the summary.



173 more migrants arriving on the Italian island of Lampedusa today.


The migrants coming from African nations Tunisia, Guinea, Mali, Sudan and the Ivory Coast.



258 migrants arrived yesterday Christmas Day on the island southwest of Sicily and north of Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea...(ANSA News Agency Italy)...ANSA NEWS AGENCY ITALY




The Foreign Affairs Committee of Turkey's parliament approving Swedish membership in NATO today...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




INCIDENTS REPORTED IN WATERS OFF YEMEN TODAY.  THE BRITISH NAVY REPORTING CENTER SAYING EXPLOSIONS FOLLOWED THE SIGHTING OF MISSILES AND DRONES...REUTERS-YNET ISRAEL...



ALSO AN EXPLOSION OFF THE COAST OF THE SINAI RESORT OF DAHAB, EGYPT.   REUTERS NEWS AGENCY REPORTS THAT A DRONE WAS INTERCEPTED.


DAHAB 75 MILES SOUTH OF ISRAEL'S PORT CITY OF EILAT.


AN EGYPTIAN MILITARY SPOKESMAN SAID TWO DRONES CAME FROM THE SOUTH HEADED NORTH...REUTERS....


TONIGHT, ISRAEL ANNOUNCING AIR FORCE INTERCEPTION OF A HOSTILE AERIAL TARGET OVER THE RED SEA...TASS RUSSIA




The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industria Average up 159.36 points.



The NASDAQ rose 81.60 points.


At 435 pm New York Time the price of oil 75 dollars and 12 cents a barrel up 1 dollar and 55 cents...MARKETWATCH





IN RECENT WEEKS THE US REFUSING A REQUEST BY ISRAEL FOR ADDITIONAL APACHE ATTACK HELICOPTERS.


THE US REFUSAL SAID NOT TO BE FINAL.



THE BURDEN ON ISRAEL'S EXISTING APACHE CHOPPERS SAID TO BE SO GREAT THAT A REQUEST WAS MADE TO ISRAEL'S AIR FORCE COMMANDER FOR RETIRED PILOTS AGED 50 AND OVER TO BE USED...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



A migrant caravan of six thousand people moving northwards through Mexico towards the US border...DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY VIDEO REPORT





ONE MEMBER OF THE US MILITARY IN CRITICAL CONDITION THREE WERE WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK BY AN IRANIAN-AFFILIATED GROUP ON THE US BASE IN ERBIL, IRAQ...BNO NEWS "X" SOCIAL MEDIA...


THE US MILITARY LAUNCHED THREE RETALIATORY ATTACKS FOLLOWING THE ATTACK ON THE ERBIL BASE..(US CENTRAL COMMAND)





Authorities in Nigeria now speak of 160 people killed in attacks in the central part of the country.


Hundreds more reported wounded in a series of attacks on villages.  


Authorities blaming "bandits" for the attacks.    Earlier the death toll in the attacks said to be only 16 in attacks launched on Saturday.


Now the attacks said to have continued into Monday morning...AFP FRANCE-VOICE OF AMERICA




IRANIAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAEISI SAYS THAT ISRAEL WILL DEFINITELY PAY A PRICE FOR YESTERDAY'S TARGETED ASSASSINATION IN DAMASCUS.



KILLED IN THE ATTACK IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS CORPS ADVISOR SEYYED RAZI MOUSAVI.



AN IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN SAID IRAN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RESPOND TO WHAT HE CALLED 'A COWARDLY AND AGGRESSIVE TERRORIST ACT'...PRESS TV IRAN



China warning that remnants of a rocket will likely land in the South China Sea.


The remnants were expected to come down between 0300 and 0400 GMT today (10 to 11 pm Monday Eastern US Time)...REUTERS-INDIA TODAY




Dozens of French entertainment personalities denouncing the 'lynching' of legendary actor Gerard Depardieu.


Depardieu facing a rape allegation in the court system with accusations of sexual wrongdoing leveled in a recent television documentary.


Last week French President Emmanuel Macron denounced what he saw as a "witch hunt" against Mr. Depardieu...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






                ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                  (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



ISRAELI SOLDIERS WOUNDED BY ATTACKS FROM LEBANON, THREE MORE KILLED IN GAZA




         MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                        ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                               TIMES OF ISRAEL




                       AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG



At least nine Israeli soldiers wounded by fire from Lebanon today...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...Three more Israeli soldiers reported dead in Gaza...(Times Of Israel)





Israel airstrikes continued overnight into Tuesday in Gaza more Palestinians killed and wounded...(Al Jazeera Qatar)









  THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                  (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




TOP UKRAINIAN GENERAL SAYS MARYINKA IS LOST





ONE DEAD OTHERS WOUNDED IN CRIMEA ATTACK




               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




    RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




        "Ukrainian troops have withdrawn"




Top Ukrainian general Valery Zaluzhny confirming the Russian takeover of Maryinka in the Donetsk Region yesterday...TASS RUSSIA




(Updated) Russia reporting one dead and others wounded in a drone attack on Feodosia in Crimea...TASS RUSSIA NEWS STORY...Latest reports point to four wounded with Western media speaking of a damaged landing ship of the Russian military.

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