Thursday, April 23, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 4/23/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*ISRAELI HIGH COURT HEARS OCT. 7 PROBE ARGUMENTS*FORMER PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL TRIAL DRUG CRACKDOWN*DEADLY ISRAELI ATTACKS CONTINUE IN GAZA*

 

(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING PERSONAL COMMITMENTS LIMITING SERVICE)




                     LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



US President Donald Trump proclaiming three more weeks of ceasefire in Lebanon but noting that does not apply to Iran.


The Iran-aligned Hezbollah Movement firing some rockets into Israel as the Israeli army maintains its occupation of southern Lebanon with homes being destroyed in some areas to create a 'security zone'.


An Israeli soldier lightly wounded in a Hezbollah drone attack...Channel 12 Israel (Translation Prompt)



THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL WILL REVIEW DOJ COMPLIANCE WITH THE 'EPSTEIN FILES TRANSPARENCY ACT'.


THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FILES INCLUDING REDACTIONS OF PERPETRATORS OF SEXUAL HARM AND THE FAILURE TO REDACT WOMEN WHO WERE VICTIMIZED BY EPSTEIN.



THE ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL TODD BLANCHE SPEAKING OF SIX MILLION PAGES OF UNRELEASED EPSTEIN FILES SAYING THEY ARE DUPLCATES OF THE THREE MILLION PAGES ALREADY RELEASED...THE HILL USA


Nine employees killed in an attack on a gold mine in western Pakistan.


The attack in the troubled Balochistan Region that borders Afghanistan and Iran.


Separatist rebels in a conflict with Pakistan's government...Voice of Emirates UAE 





US President Donald Trump says any Iranian boats laying mines are subject to a 'shoot and kill' order.


Mr. Trump also carrying a message that the US military is removing mines from the Strait of Hormuz...Al Jazeera Qatar




                    (UPDATED WITH MORE DETAILS) 


ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT HEARING ARGUMENTS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND ATTORNEY GENERAL OVER AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION OF THE BRUTAL OCTOBER 7, 2023 ATTACK FROM GAZA.


THE GOVERNMENT SPOKE OF WAITING UNTIL THE 'WAR IS WON' FOR A 'STATE INQUIRY'


SOME JUSTICES SUGGESTING THE PROBE DECISION IS BEST MADE AFTER VOTERS HAVE THEIR SAY ON A NEW GOVERNMENT IN OCTOBER.


TENSIONS OUTSIDE THE COURT WITH BREAVED FAMILIES AND PRO-NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS SEEKING ACCESS TO THE HEARING THAT WAS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC...TIMES OF ISRAEL...TIMES OF ISRAEL SECOND STORY



The former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will face an International Criminal Court trial for killings during a crackdown on illicit drug activity.


Thousands of deaths occurred during the crackdown which Mr. Duterte promised when he was elected President in 2016.


Duterte was arrested at the Manila airport last year and is now detained by the international court in The Hague in the Netherlands...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)





FIVE KILLED IN THE LATEST ISRAELI ATTACK IN GAZA.


 ACCORDING TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITIES 2,400 CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED BY ISRAEL SINCE LAST OCTOBER'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CEASEFIRE...AL JAZEERA QATAR



The markets today.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 179.71 points or .36 percent.

The NASDAQ fell 219.06 points or .89 percent.

At 551 pm New York Time the price of oil at 97 dollars a barrel up four dollars four cents or 4.35 percent...Marketwatch




Russia says it's stopping transit of oil to Germany from the nation of Kazakhstan in Central Asia.


Russia citing technical reasons for ending the movement of oil through its territory.


German authorities do not see the decision as a threat to Germany's oil supply.


It's been suggested Ukrainian attacks have damaged infrastructure in Russia and that oil transit will resume following repairs...Tagesschau Germany




IN THE NETHERLANDS NEW CONNECTIONS TO THE POWER GRID ARE BEING PUT ON HOLD.


THE FIRST PART OF THE COUNTRY TO BE IMPACTED WILL BE UTRECHT REGION ON JULY 1ST.


POWER GRID CONGESTION REPORTED WITH MANY NEW ITEMS LIKE HEAT PUMPS AND ELECTRIC CARS CONTRIBUTING TO PEAK HOURS CONSUMPTION...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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