(2024-02-12). Egypt: Dire consequences await Israel if Rafah invaded along its borders! albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Egypt has issued a warning to Israel, cautioning against the potential dire consequences of launching a military operation in Rafah, a city situated in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Concerns have been raised by Denmark and the Netherlands regarding Israel's possible assault on Rafah, which is home to over a million Palestinians.In a statement shared from Denmark's Ministry of Foreign Affairs' X account, a message from Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, dated Friday, February 9, was circulated. Borrell's message highlighted the pli…
(2024-02-12). 'There's no safe place in Gaza': Horror grips Rafah city. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – Horrific scenes are emerging from Rafah city in Gaza, days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to launch a ground invasion on the last "safe zone" in the Gaza Strip.In a call with US President Joe Biden, Netanyahu was urged not to start a military operation in Rafah city "without a credible and executable plan for ensuring the safety of and support for the more than one million people sheltering there".Al Jazeera reported that about 1.4 million Palestinians, or more than half of Gaza's population have fled to Rafah, which is near Israel's border with Egypt. Furthermore, the…
(2024-02-12). Israeli warplanes stage air strikes on border towns of Khiam and Maroun Al-Ras. english.almanar.com.lb 
(2024-02-12). Al-Manar correspondent in south Lebanon: Israeli drone stages strike on the southern border town of Marwaheen. english.almanar.com.lb 
(2024-02-12). Egypt steps up border security as Israel continues Gaza push. newarab.com 
(2024-02-12). Senior Hamas official in Lebanon survives Israeli strike: sources. newarab.com 
Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Saturday killed two civilians and An Israeli drone strike killed one person and wounded nine others in the southern border village of Hula, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said. | Israeli forces and the Lebanese movement Hezbollah have…
(2024-02-12). Egypt Threatens Suspension Of Peace Treaty If Israel Invades Rafah. popularresistance.org Egyptian officials warned their Israeli counterparts that any Israeli ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah "would effectively suspend" the 1979 peace treaty between the two countries, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on 11 February. | Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday that an Israeli ground operation in Rafah, located on Egypt's border and where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are living in tents, was necessary to destroy the four brigades of Hamas' armed wing allegedly present there. | "There is limited space and great risk in putting Rafah under fur…
(2024-02-12). Ahead of South Carolina primary, Trump pledges mass deportations, police state actions if elected president. wsws.org Speaking to a few thousand supporters, the aspiring dictator articulated his police state agenda which includes greatly expanding the border police.
(2024-02-11). Israeli Drone Strike Kills Two Near Key Lebanon Port of Sidon. news.antiwar.com Israeli strikes against Lebanon continued over the weekend, with a Saturday drone attack hitting a car near the southern port of Sidon. The attack killed at least two people and wounded two others, making it one of the deepest single drone strikes at 37 miles from the Israel border. The intended target of the drone …
(2024-02-11). Fears Of Mass Expulsion As Netanyahu Orders Plan For Rafah Assault. popularresistance.org United Nations officials and international humanitarian agencies are urgently pleading with Israel to forgo an invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, which Palestinian human rights groups have repeatedly warned would result in a mass expulsion to Egypt. | The majority of Gaza's population of 2.3 million Palestinians are currently trapped in Rafah and have "nowhere left to flee," according to Save the Children. | Many of the Palestinians now sheltering in Rafah after being displaced from other areas of Gaza are "penned up against the border fence with Egypt and living in makeshift tents," as Reuters states.
(2024-02-11). Egypt steps up border security as Israel continues Gaza push. newarab.com
(2024-02-11). Senior Hamas official in Lebanon survives Israeli strike: sources. newarab.com Israeli strikes on Lebanon on Saturday killed two civilians and An Israeli drone strike killed one person and wounded nine others in the southern border village of Hula, Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) said. | Israeli forces and the Lebanese movement Hezbollah have…
(2024-02-12). Hainan expands visa-free entry categories. ecns.cn The reasons for applying for visa-free entry to China's Hainan province have been expanded for nationals of several countries, China's National Immigration Administration announced on Friday.
(2024-02-12). Draft work visa regulations a boon for attracting skills. sanews.gov.za Draft work visa regulations a boon for attracting skills | South Africa's new draft work visa regulations are a milestone for the country's efforts to attract investment and promote job creation. | This is according to President Cyril Ramaphosa who addressed the nation through his weekly newsletter on Monday. | Last week, the Department of Home Affairs released the draft second amendment of the Immigration Regulations for public comment. The draft regulations deal with remote work and critical skills visas. | "The publication of the new draft regulations are part of our ongoing drive to reform the country's visa…
(2024-02-11). Hainan expands visa-free entry categories. ecns.cn The reasons for applying for visa-free entry to China's Hainan province have been expanded for nationals of several countries, China's National Immigration Administration announced on Friday.
(2024-02-12). Boris Frankel's memoir of 'Soviet life in the raw'. greenleft.org.au 
John Tully reviews Boris Frankel's memoir, which recounts his family's eye-opening experience emigrating from Australia to the Soviet Union in 1956.
(2024-02-11). Rapid Displacement Tracking – Yemen IDP Dashboard Reporting Period: 4 to 10 February 2024. reliefweb.int 
Country: Yemen | Source: International Organization for Migration | Please refer to the attached Infographic. | IOM Yemen DTM's Rapid Displacement Tracking (RDT) tool collects data on estimated numbers of households forced to flee on a daily basis from their locations of habitual residence or displacement, allowing for regular reporting of new displacements in terms of estimated numbers, causes of displacement, geography and needs. It also tracks IDP returnees who returned to their location of habitual residence. | Between 4 and 10 February 2024, IOM Yemen DTM tracked 19 households (HHs) (114 individuals) w…