Sunday, February 11, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 2/11/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND MISSILE ATTACK OFF YEMEN, SENATE APPROVES 95 BILLION DOLLAR FOREIGN AID BILL, NETANYAHU-BIDEN CONVERSATION, NETANYAHU FINDS BIDEN 'VERY CLEAR', KHAN CANDIDATES TOP PAKISTAN ELECTIONS, ISRAEL'S FINANCE MINISTER SEES POLITICAL MOTIVE IN CREDIT DOWNGRADE

 


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A missile attack on a merchant vessel off Yemen, two Israeli hostages freed in a rescue mission and Joe Biden speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but first...




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




DURING TONIGHT'S SUPER BOWL GAME A TV AD ON BEHALF OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY OF ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR.


IT WAS SPONSORED BY THE 'AMERICAN VALUES' PAC SUPPORTING KENNEDY AND MADE EXTENSIVE USE OF THE MUSIC AND BACKGROUND IN A 1960 TV AD FOR HIS UNCLE FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY... 




BY THE WAY THE SUPER BOWL RESULT IN OVERTIME THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WON 25-22 THEIR SECOND SUPER BOWL VICTORY IN A ROW...BBC NEWS BLOG




An incident reported early Monday morning in the narrow waterway that connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen.



A merchant vessel attacked by two missiles the crew is safe and the ship is heading to its next port of call...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"...


Earlier a warning to merchant vessels from the Royal Navy's UK Maritime Trade Operations...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"




HEAVY ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES TONIGHT IN THE SOUTHERN GAZA CITY OF RAFAH...FAYTUKS NEWS "X" (VIDEO EMBED CLICK TO VIEW SENSITIVE CONTENT)...



OVER 100 KILLED AND DOZENS INJURED IN THOSE AIRSTRIKES...OSINT DEFENDER "X" (VIDEO EMBED MAY BE DISTURBING)...




Israeli soldiers, police and Shin Bet domestic intelligence involved in a rescue operation tonight that got two hostages out of Gaza...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





A SHOOTING ATTACK AT A HOUSTON MEGACHURCH THE FEMALE SHOOTER KILLED.



TWO WOUNDED INCLUDING A FIVE-YEAR OLD CHILD WHO ACCOMPANIED THE SHOOTER.



TWO OFF DUTY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROVIDING SECURITY AT THE CHURCH OPENED FIRE.



THE ATTACK AT THE LAKEWOOD CHURCH LED BY JOEL AND VICTORIA OSTEEN...REUTERS-MALAY MAIL




The US Senate held a vote today advancing a 95-billion-dollar foreign aid package with military assistance for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine.



18 Republicans part of the 67-27 majority approving the legislation...FREE REPUBLIC POST-GATEWAY PUNDIT STORY-DISCUSSION




US DEFENSE SECRETARY LLOYD AUSTIN HAS BEEN HOPITALIZED AGAIN.


MR. AUSTIN SAID TO HAVE AN 'EMERGENT BLADDER ISSUE'.


AUSTIN SCHEDULED TO TRAVEL TO BRUSSELS FOR A  MEETING ON UKRAINE THIS WEEK.


HE WAS HOPSITALIZED DUE TO COMPLICATIONS FROM PROSTATE CANCER TREATEMENT FOR WEEKS AROUND THE HOLIDAYS AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR...CBS NEWS...



SECRETARY AUSTIN IS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT OF THE WALTER REED MEDICAL CENTER FOR OBSERVATION..,(NEWS AGNCIES)






(UPDATED) 54 NOW CONFIRMED DEAD IN A LANDSLIDE IN THE PHILIPPINES LAST TUESDAY.    37 FATALITIES REPORTED EARLIER IN THE DAY.  RESCUE EFFORTS CONTINUE WITH 63 MISSING AND 32 OTHERS HURT...REUTERS-BANGKOK POST...MEHR NEWS AGENCY IRAN






WITH PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IN POLITICAL TROUBLE WITH MUSLIM-ARAB DEMOCRAT VOTERS NEWS LEAKING OUT THIS WEEKEND SAYING THERE IS DISTANCE BETWEEN BIDEN AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.




BIDEN AND NETANYAHU SPOKE FOR 45 MINUTES TODAY.


THE WAR IN GAZA, THE HOSTAGES BEING HELD THERE SAID TO HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED.



HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR CIVILIANS IN GAZA DISCUSSED AND THE EXPECTED ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATION IN GAZA ON THEIR AGENDA...




                   ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS







                "I've found him very clear"


Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking Joe Biden this morning on ABC's "This Week" program.


Netanyahu indicating policy differences with Mr. Biden but not any lack of understanding...TIMES OF ISRAEL



IN FRANCE THE MINISTER FOR GENDER EQUALITY AURORE BERGE WARNING THAT FEMINIST GROUPS WILL NOT FUNDED IF THEY EQUIVOCATE ON CONDEMNING THE ACTION OF HAMAS IN THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK ON ISRAEL...BFM-TV FRANCE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In Pakistan's election last Thursday the final results are out for the 265 National Assembly seats.


According to Al-Jazeera 97 seats won by Independent candidates aligned with jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's banned PTI party.



The military-authorized party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with 76 sets and the party currently governing Pakistan only got 54 seats.


Dozens of other candidates elected as well.



There are widespread allegations of fraud and calls for protest...AL JAZEERA QATAR



US STRIKES IN YEMEN ON SATURDAY AIMED AT FIVE TARGETS.   


US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS TWO DRONE BOATS AND THREE MISSILES WERE DESTROYED...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"



ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCES RADIO REPORTS THIS WEEKEND THAT EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS ARE REASSURING ISRAEL THAT THERE WILL BE NO MILITARY ACTION IN RESPONSE TO AN ISRAEL OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN GAZA PROVIDED THERE ARE NO SERIOUS CIVILIAN CASUALTIES.



THE EGYPTIANS TOLD ISRAEL TO EXPECT A 'HARSH' VERBAL RESPONSE...OSINT DEFENDER "X"



US AIR DEFENSES SHOOTING DOWN SIX DRONES ATTEMPTING TO ATTACK THE CONOCO GAS FIELD BASE IN EASTERN SYRIA...OSINTdefender "X"



"Moody's announcement of the downgrade does not include serious economic arguments and constitutes entirely a political manifesto based on a pessimistic and baseless worldview...

apparently also a lack of confidence in the justice of its path vis-a-vis its enemies"

REACTION TO MOODY'S CREDIT RATINGS DOWNGRADE OF ISRAEL FROM FINANCE MINISTER BEZALEL SMOTRICH



Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reassuring the public that Israel has a strong and resilient economy after Moody's downgraded Israel's credit rating and outlook Friday night.



Smotrich also making its clear there is a political motive in the downgrade the sending of a message to Israel that's its defense policy after the October 7th attacks is too harsh...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




THE PRESIDENT OF HUNGARY RESIGNED THIS WEEKEND.   


KATALIN NOVAK LEAVING THE LARGELY CEREMONIAL POSITION AFTER SHE PARDONED A MAN IN A CHILD SEX ABUSE CASE...TASS RUSSIA


                    ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



           MAARIV-ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)







In other news...



Former US government informant Joseph Vincent sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty for his role in the assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moise...BBC NEWS









     THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                               (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




          RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



FIVE KILLED IN A TERRORIST ATTACK AT A MILITARY BASE IN SOMALIA.   FOUR SOMALI SOLDIERS KILLED ALONG WITH AN OFFICER FROM THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.


THE ATTACKER A RECRUIT INTO THE SOMALI ARMY WHO WAS DESCRIBED AS A DEFECTOR FROM THE AL-SHABAAB TERRORIST GROUP.


AL SHABAAB CLAIMING RESPONSIBILITY...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)











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