Ceasefire. Israel. The Gaza Strip
On Friday, at 2 AM, ceasefire came into force between Israel and the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip. On Thursday night, the Israeli Security Cabinet approved a one-sided ceasefire. The ’Hamas’ movement has confirmed a "mutual and simultaneous truce’’. The ceasefire was achieved with the active mediation of Egypt. Earlier, the Egyptian state-run TV reported that Cairo will send two delegations to Palestine and Israel to monitor the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, stated at a government meeting that the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border remains tense. He noted that about 500-600 Azerbaijani servicemen are still in Armenia. Nikol Pashinyan added that Armenia supports the idea of demarcating of the border with Azerbaijan since it meets the interests of the country, and it guarantees the security. Telephone talks between Vladimir Putin and Nikol Pashinyan took place yesterday. Vladimir Putin underlined that Russia, as a mediator, is actively contributing to the normalization of the situation, and will continue to do so. Earlier, Vladimir Putin held telephone talks with the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev. They discussed the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the incident on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. "The general agreement was to ensure that the settlement is being carried out exclusively by political and diplomatic means’’ - the Kremlin press service reported. The Turkish Defense Ministry reported on Twitter that the 8th airbase in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir was attacked with drones. It was noted that there were no injuries or casualties at the base. No details about the organizers of the attack were reported. The Peacekeepers of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon intensified their patrols on the Israeli border in coordination with the Lebanese army. This decision was made after a failed launch of 6 rockets at Israel, and after the return fire from the IDF. The ’Al Jazeera’ TV reported that the Israeli artillery fired at least 20 shells at the village of Kfar Shuba, in south of Lebanon. The press service of the IDF reported that the IDF troops fired at the places from which the failed attempts were made to launch 6 rockets at Israel. It was noted that none of the rockets was able to cross the border between the two countries. A representative of the Russian combat engineers stated that the Russian and Syrian military destroyed some terrorist catacombs in the Syrian province of Hama. The catacombs were destroyed by the explosives, left by the terrorists during their retreat in 2019. It was noted that the area of the catacombs was about 100 square meters. The chairman of the US Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milli, stated that the USA and the NATO allies are looking for a possibility of providing security at the Kabul International Airport after the withdrawal of the troops from Afghanistan. According to him - ensuring the security at the Kabul airport is one of the key factors for the diplomatic presence of the Western states in Afghanistan. Constantine Reztsov, specially for the ANNA NEWS.
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