Air Force made critical errors during October 7 massacre, investigator says

Air Force made critical errors during October 7 massacre, investigator says

New testimony reveals major IAF failures during the October 7 massacre, including delays in response, missed warnings, and pilot frustration over centralized control. The Israel Air Force saw “severe failures” during the October 7, 2023, massacre, including a “chain of incorrect decisions, overly rigid control structures, and an inability to understand real-time situations,” Brig.-Gen. (res.)…

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Red Cross awarded German prize for humanitarian services

Red Cross awarded German prize for humanitarian services

The International Committee of the Red Cross was awarded Germany’s Marion Dönhoff Prize on Sunday in Hamburg for its work defending international humanitarian law. The jury highlighted the Red Cross’s long-standing commitment to victims of armed conflict since being founded in 1863, including its most recent efforts in securing the release of Israeli hostages and…

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IDF fears UNIFIL leaked photos, documentation of military movements to Hezbollah

IDF fears UNIFIL leaked photos, documentation of military movements to Hezbollah

The IDF also discovered an official UNIFIL document which referred to Israel as “the enemy,” according to Army Radio. Senior IDF officials fear that photographs and documentation taken by UNIFIL peacekeepers of Israeli military operations on the Lebanon-Israel border are being leaked to Hezbollah, Army Radio reported on Sunday morning. The claim is not unprecedented.…

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Tank maker KNDS has 350 orders so far for new Leopard 2 model

Tank maker KNDS has 350 orders so far for new Leopard 2 model

The Franco-German armaments group KNDS has received 350 orders from five countries for the latest version of the Leopard 2 battle tank, a company spokesman told dpa. Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Lithuania and the Czech Republic have placed orders for the latest upgrade of the Leopard 2, originally introduced in 1979. The German military, the…

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Iran-linked ‘Handala’ hacktivists claim to leave bouquet in Israeli nuclear scientist’s vehicle

Iran-linked ‘Handala’ hacktivists claim to leave bouquet in Israeli nuclear scientist’s vehicle

Iran-linked hacktivists claimed they broke into an Israeli nuclear scientist’s car and issued threats, earlier publishing what they said were names of Unit 8200 soldiers. Hacktivists from the Iran-linked “Handala” claimed on Saturday that members of the group broke into the vehicle of an Israeli nuclear scientist, leaving behind a bouquet of flowers. The group…

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Israeli president concerned over proposed renaming of park

Israeli president concerned over proposed renaming of park

The Office of the President of Israel has expressed concern over the proposed renaming of Herzog Park in south Dublin. The park, in Rathgar, was named after Belfast-born and Dublin-raised Chaim Herzog, a former president of Israel, in 1995. On Monday, Dublin city councillors will vote on a motion to rename the park. An agreement…

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Germany’s Greens want extra taxes on luxury flights

Germany’s Greens want extra taxes on luxury flights

Germany’s Green Party wants the country to join an international effort to make private jet flights and first and business class travel more expensive to offset the ecological harm caused. “With private jets, the super-rich are damaging the climate and, with their luxury lifestyle, are particularly responsible for the destruction of our planet,” said a…

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A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents for Music Lovers

A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents for Music Lovers

It’s easy to think of music as ephemeral and essentially free, rather than a thing you can dotingly select, acquire, and present to your nearest and dearest. Yet music is a courageous and intimate gift. For decades, lovers—would-be; actual—have deployed painstakingly compiled mixtapes to communicate emotions that felt impossible to express otherwise. Music is a…

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Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter

Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter

These days, C.K. occupies a strange place in the culture. He is in a cancellation limbo, joined by the likes of Chris Brown and Andrew Cuomo. C.K. isn’t too cancelled to perform several sold-out shows at the Beacon, but he’s cancelled enough that, if you manage to snag a ticket, you might not want to…

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