2024: Monday, September 9

THE WAR NEWSLETTER — SEP 9 2024

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Welcome to your daily international conflict update.

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Today’s updates:

1. 🇮🇱 Israel: Ceasefire talks stall, IDF orders new Gaza evacuations

2. 🇺🇦 Ukraine: Iran supplies Russia missiles; US says no single weapon will be decisive.

1 - ISRAEL

US efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and terrorist group Hamas are currently hindered by specific demands from both sides. Israel insists multiple conditions being met including the demilitarization of Gaza, the release of all hostages held by Hamas, and control over the Philadelphi corridor to prevent Hamas from rearming. Hamas, on the other hand, demands the release of Palestinian prisoners - including many terrorists - in exchange for the hostages. The likelihood of a ceasefire deal seems low at the moment.

Hezbollah, a terror group based north of Israel in Lebanon, launched drone attacks on northern Israel, including targeting a residential building in Nahariya. No one was killed in the strike. 

In response to ongoing rocket fire from Gaza, Israel has ordered more evacuations in northwest Gaza to keep civilians out of harm’s way while the IDF focuses on neutralizing terrorist strongholds.

Israel has also been actively engaging in military strikes in Syria, targeting Iranian-linked military sites. These strikes are part of a broader strategy to prevent Iranian entrenchment in Syria, which Israel views as a direct threat. (Syria shares a border with Israel.) 

Read more on Sky News or Times Of Israel

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2 - UKRAINE

US and European officials have reported that Iran has supplied Russia with hundreds of short-range ballistic missiles, while Canada and Germany have promised to supply additional munitions to Ukraine. Despite this, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized on September 6 that no specific weapon would be a "game changer", and allowing Ukrainian forces to use US-provided weapons for long range strikes within Russia would not alter the course of the war significantly.

On the ground, Russian forces have recently made advances near Kupyansk, Pokrovsk, Donetsk City, and in the Dnipro River Delta. Additionally, on September 8, Russian forces carried out counterattacks in Kursk Oblast in response to ongoing Ukrainian offensive operations in the region.

Read more on ISW or Reuters

THE REST OF THE WORLD…

• 🇺🇦Ukraine launches new project Iron Range to increase speed of weapons development [The Defense Post]

• 🇮🇷 Iran denies rumors of Russia weapons transfer [Times Of Israel]

• 🇾🇪 Houthi terrorists claim to down US surveillance drone [AP] 

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