Monday, 1 January 2024

TSUNAMI WARNING IN JAPAN AFTER STRONG 7.6 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE

  1. Japan has issued a major tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central region
  2. Residents in the coastal Noto area in Ishikawa prefecture were asked to "evacuate immediately to higher ground", national broadcaster NHK said
  3. A succession of more than 30 earthquakes have struck central Japan since about 16:00 local time (07:00 GMT), with more expected to follow
  4. The tsunami waves, some more than a metre high, have reached the coast in Ishikawa prefecture - but authorities have warned of waves as high as 5m (16ft)
  5. It's the first time a major tsunami warning has been issued since the 2011 earthquake in Japan
  6. Authorities have also issued tsunami warnings for neighbouring Niigata and Toyama prefectures, warning that waves there could reach 3m
  7. No irregularities have been reported from nuclear power plants along the Sea of Japan, the country's Nuclear Regulation Authority has said
  8. Aerial photos show scale of fire in coastal city

    A huge fire has been seen burning in Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture following the earthquake.

    There also were six cases of people being buried under the rubble of collapsed houses in the city, the government said. FULL REPORT AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-67856144

    Aerial picture of fire in Wajima in Ishikawa prefecture

Israel says war in Gaza expected to continue throughout 2024

 Israel-Gaza war

A child reacts as people salvage belongings amid the rubble of a damaged building following strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip in NovemberIMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
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More than 21,800 people have been killed in Gaza - mostly children and women

In a new year's message, Israel Defence Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said troop deployments were being adjusted to prepare for "prolonged fighting".

He said some troops - especially reservists - would be withdrawn to allow them to regroup.

"These adaptations are intended to ensure the planning and preparation for continuing the war in 2024," he said.

"The IDF must plan ahead out of an understanding that there will be additional missions and the fighting will continue the rest of the year."

He said that some reservists would leave Gaza "as soon as this week" to allow them to "re-energise ahead of the coming operations".

More than 21,800 people have been killed in Gaza - mostly children and women - during 11 weeks of fighting, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

The latest war was triggered by an unprecedented cross-border attack by Hamas gunmen on southern Israel on 7 October, in which 1,200 people were killed - most of them civilians - and about 240 others taken hostage.

Israel continued its bombardment of Gaza up until the end of what has been dark year in the region.

At least 48 Palestinians were killed in overnight bombing in Gaza City on Sunday, the health ministry in Gaza said, with many still buried under the rubble.

Another strike killed 20 people sheltering at Al-Aqsa University in the west of Gaza City, witnesses told the AFP news agency. The BBC has not been able to verify the latest reports.

FULL DETAILS AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-67855117

Britain prepares to launch attacks on Iran-backed Houthi militants in the Red Sea if the 'terrorists' continue to fire at vessels - as Foreign Secretary Cameron issues warning to Tehran

 Britain prepares to launch attacks on Iran-backed Houthi militants in the Red Sea if the 'terrorists' continue to fire at vessels - as Foreign Secretary Cameron issues warning to Tehran

Britain is preparing to launch air strikes against Iran-backed Houthi militants in the Red Sea if rebels continue to fire at vessels in the region. 


Under the plans, the UK will reportedly join forces with the US and another European country to unleash the strikes against targets based in the ocean or in Yemen, where the attacks are being coordinated from.  

It comes as Foreign Secretary David Cameron warned Tehran that that it shares responsibility in preventing the attacks, after the US said its navy sank three Yemeni rebel's boats which were targeting a container. 

Four boats from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen fired at the Maersk Hangzhou and got within metres of the vessel as US helicopters fired back, the US military said, adding that several armed boat crews were killed. No one was injured on the ship.

A coordinated strike between the US and UK could see RAF warplanes used or HMS Diamond - a Type 45 air-defence guided missile destroyer which was previously used to attack a drone with a Sea Viper attached, a Whitehall Source told the Times.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://mol.im/a/12914665 via https://dailym.ai/android 

PUTIN SAYS HAPPY NEW YEAR WITH MORE BRUTAL ATTACKS ON UKRAINE

  Putin's brutal welcome to 2024: Russia unleashes 90 drones on Ukraine in fresh wave of overnight attacks leaving multiple casualties - as Zelensky promises to unleash 'wrath' on Moscow's forces 

  • Russia launched 90 drones in the early hours of New Year's Day
  • Ukraine says it managed to shoot 87 of them down 
  • Zelensky said Russia would soon face Ukraine's 'wrath' 
  • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to unleash his nation's 'wrath' on Vladimir Putin's forces, after Russian launched a wave of drone attacks on Ukraine in the early hours of New Year's Day. 

    Ukraine announced that it had destroyed a record number of Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones launched by Russia with 87 out of 90 downed.

    In Odesa, one died and nine were wounded as a fire ignited as debris of a Russian drone hit a high rise building.

  • FULL REPORT AT: https://mol.im/a/12915953 via https://dailym.ai/android 

Hilarious Parody Nails it on "Palestinian" Lie About Jesus

 

Today s Israel Connection
 
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This is so funny and so accurate. Wow. It sounds ridiculous, but these are the types of lies being spread! A must-watch.

Severed Heads and Sadism: NYT Exposes Hamas' Weaponization of Sexual Violence


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