Sunday, March 24, 2024

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUNDAY 3/24/2024 NEWSDUMP WEEKEND ISRAEL MAKING OFFER TO HAMAS TO FREE SOME HOSTAGES, FEDS TARGET FIREARM OWNERSHIP, US SAILOR DIED ON WARSHIP IN RED SEA, TERRORIST ATTACK IN RUSSIA, PHILIPPINES-CHINA INCIDENT IN DISPUTED WATERS

 



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The terrorist attack in Russia is covered in this summary:




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




In the African nation of Senegal tonight it is believed that opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye is the winner of the Presidential election.


But the ruling coalition candidate Amadou Ba rejects that notion saying the contest will head to a runoff...BBC NEWS





A RUSSIAN MIG-31 FIGHTER INTERCEPTING TWO US B-1 BOMBERS OVER THE BARENTS SEA IN THE ARCTIC.


THE US AIR FORCE SAYING THE RUSSIAN PILOT PERFORMED IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER TURNING THE BOMBERS AWAY FROM RUSSIAN AIRSPACE...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)






TONIGHT IN ISRAEL MEDIA REPORTS SAY THAT AN OFFER IS BEING MADE TO HAMAS FOR THE RELEASE OF 40 ISRAELI HOSTAGES.



800 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS WOULD BE FREED.



TALKS WITH HAMAS ARE SET IN THE COMING DAYS IN QATAR INVOLVING US AND ISRAELI SPY CHIEFS...TIMES OF ISRAEL








        PUTIN LIGHTS CANDLE FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACK



A day of mourning in Russia with President Vladimir Putin in a church lighting a candle for the victims of Friday night's concert hall terrorist attack...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT) (VIDEO EMBED)





THE NEXT PRIME MINISTER OF IRELAND EXPECTED TO BE SIMON HARRIS.   HARRIS SELECTED TO LEAD THE FINE GAEL PARTY REPLACING LEO VARADKAR.   HE FACED NO CHALLENGERS.


THE THREE-PARTY GOVERNING COALITION DEALING WITH MAJOR CHALLENGES INCLUDING RECORD NUMBERS OF MIGRANTS ENTERING IRELAND...REUTERS-FRANCE 24




Concern about personal liberties after passage of that massive 1.2 trillion dollar spending deal in Washington.


Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky noting the US Justice Department's announcement this weekend regarding a new federal operation to seize privately-owned firearms.


The federal anti-firearms ownership operation is called the "National Extreme Risk Protection Order Resource Center" ...THOMAS MASSIE "X" SOCIAL MEDIA POST




FRENCH POLICE RESORTING TO MORE AGGRESSIVE TACTICS TO STOP MIGRANT BOATS CROSSING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL TO THE UK.



PATROL BOATS BUZZ THE MIGRANT VESSELS PUTTNG WATER INTO THEM.   


THE POLICE ALSO RAMMING MIGRANT BOATS WITH KNIVES USED TO PUNCTURE RUBBER BOATS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




(Updated) An attack on a police station in Yerevan, Armenia.   Gunmen entering the building in Armenia's capital city.  Explosions and gunfire heard.  Injuries reported.



Two of the attackers injured and a third taken into custody.


The attackers tried to free members of the Combat Brotherhood group.


Earlier today Armenian police detained 50 members of that group...LATER ASSOCIATED PRESS-VOICE OF AMERICA STORY...TASS RUSSIA...REUTERS-STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE




KIDNAPPED SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NIGERIA RESCUED BY SECURITY FORCES.



137 REPORTED FREED IN THE NORTHWESTERN NIGERIA FOLLOWING THE MASS KIDNAPPING TWO WEEKS AGO.



ONE OF THE TEACHERS KIDNAPPED SAID TO HAVE DIED IN CAPTIVITY...BBC NEWS



Israeli airstrikes Saturday night in eastern Lebanon.    That's where there are strongholds of the Hezbollah organization which has been launching rockets into northern Israel since October 7th...TASS RUSSIA...Early Sunday some 50 rockets fired into Northern Israel by Hezbollah.



IN THE RED SEA OFF YEMEN A MERCHANT VESSEL STRUCK BY A PROJECTILE CAUSING A FIRE.   THE CREW ABLE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT AND CONTINUE HEADING FOR THE NEXT PORT...UK MARITIME TRADE OPERATIONS "X"...



US CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS THAT FIVE MISSILES WERE FIRED AT THE MERCHANT VESSEL AND THAT US FORCES CONFRONTED SIX DRONES LAUNCHED FROM YEMEN ON SATURDAY...US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"...



MEANWHILE A US SAILOR SERVING ON A WARSHIP IN THE RED SEA IS DEAD FROM A NON-COMBAT RELATED INJURY.



AVIATION MACHINIST MATE 2ND CLASS ORIOLA MICHAEL AREGBESOLA DIED LAST WEDNESDAY.



HE WAS ON THE DESTROYER USS MASON.



THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING HIS DEATH...TASK AND PURPOSE


The Philippines says that China Coast Guard vessels harassed and damaged a supply ship headed for a Philippine military outpost in the South China Sea.


The Saturday morning incident said to have caused injuries to crew members on the supply ship.



There is a territorial dispute in the South China Sea involving China and the Philippines...THE JAPAN TIMES





TERRORIST ATTACK INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN RUSSIA



137 REPORTED DEAD (RIA NOVOSTI AGENCY)



180 REPORTED WOUNDED (RIA NOVOSTI AGENCY)



RIA NOVOSTI COVERAGE (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES VISITING THE RAFAH CROSSING TO GAZA FROM EGYPT THIS WEEKEND.


GUTERRES SAYING IN PART:



"It's time for an ironclad commitment by Israel for total, unfettered access for humanitarian goods throughout Gaza"...REUTERS-GULF TIMES



                 ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR

                                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



US CENTRAL COMMAND ANNOUNCES LIMITED HUMANITARIAN AID DROP INTO GAZA





ISRAEL SURROUNDS GAZA HOSPITALS SEARCHING FOR HAMAS FORCES




         MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




                         ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS




                                   TIMES OF ISRAEL




US Central Command reports the equivalent of 13,080 meals dropped into Gaza today....US CENTRAL COMMAND "X"




The Israeli military surrounding two hospitals in Gaza seeking to find Hamas forces and supplies.


Gunfire reported...GULF TIMES



In other news...




VOTERS IN SLOVAKIA WILL GO TO THE POLLS IN TWO WEEKS FOR A RUNOFF ELECTION TO DETERMINE THE COUNTRY'S NEXT PRESIDENT WHICH IS A CEREMONIAL POSITION.


SATURDAY'S VOTE REDUCED A NINE CANDIDATE FIELD DOWN TO TWO.


PETER PELLIGRINI BACKED BY PRIME MINISTER ROBERT FICO FACING FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER IVOR KORCOK.


PELLEGRINI IS ANTI-UKRAINE WAR WHILE MR. KORCOK SUPPORTS THE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA...NEWS AGENCIES-DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY







   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                       (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



FOUR WOUNDED IN SHELLING OF BELGOROD IN RUSSIA





AIR RAID ALERT ACROSS UKRAINE SUNDAY MORNING








DEAD AND WOUNDED IN UKRAINIAN MISSILE ATTACK ON SEVASTOPOL SATURDAY NIGHT





                 TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



       RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





Four wounded in the Ukrainian shelling of the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod...TASS RUSSIA





An air-raid alert across Ukraine on Sunday morning...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...Explosions in Kiev and the western city of Lvov reported...(OSINT Defender "X")...The Polish military speaking of 'measures to protect Polish air space'...(BBC News)





At least one killed and four wounded in a Ukrainian attack on the Crimean port city of Sevastopol.  


Missiles fired at the city late Saturday night in what the local governor calls a 'massive attack'.     Ten of the missiles shot down...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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