On Monday, the United States State Department reversed a ten-year-old restriction on the use of their weapons by the Azov Brigade of Ukraine after determining it has not committed human rights violations. The Azov Brigade is known in Ukraine for participating in the defense of Mariupol in 2022. It has been accused by Russia of being a far-right, ultranationalist, extremist, racist, and neo-Nazi group. The Azov Brigade is currently designated as the 12th Special Forces Brigade in the Ukrainian National Guard.
Around 11 A.M. on Saturday, the Israel Defense Forces announced they had rescued four hostages from the town of Nuseirat in Gaza. All of the hostages were taken by Hamas during the October 7 massacre at the Tribe of Nova Festival in Re'im and held for eight months.
On Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces reported they had discovered a tunnel in a child's bedroom in Rafah, belonging to Hamas, which is recognized by the United States as a terrorist organization. A butcher's knife was also reported to have been found near the tunnel's entrance.
On Wednesday, in an exchange with International press in Saint Petersburg, Russia, president Vladimir Putin warned Russia could give weapons to other countries to strike Western nations. Putin did not specify any countries or which weapons may be provided.
Early on Thursday, Israeli forces fired missiles at a school operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The al-Sardi school was being used as a refuge by 6,000 displaced Palestinians, according to UNRWA.
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