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He/Him
Sneaking all around the fediverse.
Also at breakfastmtm@fedia.social breakfastmtn@pixelfed.social
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At least eight Israeli strikes on Gaza aid groups since October, says report ( www.theguardian.com )
Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on humanitarian convoys and their facilities in Gaza since October, even after aid organisations provided their coordinates to the Israeli authorities, according to a report by Human Rights Watch....
Russia's new Kharkiv offensive pushes Vovchansk to the brink of annihilation ( kyivindependent.com )
Vovchansk is ground zero of Russia’s new offensive into Kharkiv Oblast, the first time a serious push has been made to take territory across the border since the area was liberated from Russian occupation in Ukraine’s lightning counteroffensive in September 2022....
Israel deepens offensive in Rafah and re-enters northern areas of Gaza ( www.theguardian.com )
Israeli troops have continued their offensives across Gaza, deploying tank fire, artillery bombardment and airstrikes against Hamas militants in the most intensive round of fighting for weeks....
Secret Hamas Files Show How It Spied on Everyday Palestinians ( www.nytimes.com )
The Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has for years overseen a secret police force in Gaza that conducted surveillance on everyday Palestinians and built files on young people, journalists and those who questioned the government, according to intelligence officials and a trove of internal documents reviewed by The New York Times....
The Long, Tortured Road to Biden’s Clash With Netanyahu Over Gaza War ( www.nytimes.com )
President Biden laid it out for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel long before letting the public know. In a conversation bristling with tension on Feb. 11, the president warned the prime minister against a major assault on the Gaza city of Rafah — and suggested that continued U.S. support would depend on how Israel...
Terrified families flee Rafah as Israel set to open all-out assault ( www.theguardian.com )
Tens of thousands of Palestinians were fleeing Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, on Saturday, after Israeli warnings to evacuate before an imminent military assault that will open a bloody new phase of the seven-month-long conflict....
The State Department said that Israel's military campaign in Gaza may have violated international law. ( www.nytimes.com )
The Biden administration has concluded it is “reasonable to assess” that Israel’s military campaign in Gaza has violated international law, but has not found specific instances that would justify the withholding of military aid, the State Department told Congress on Friday....
Satellite Images Reveal Where Russian Nukes Could Be Stored in Belarus ( www.nytimes.com )
Russia already has nuclear warheads on its own soil that are close to Ukraine and NATO countries, but by basing some in Belarus, the Kremlin appears to be trying to accentuate its nuclear threat and bolster its nuclear deterrent....
Russians try to break through Ukrainian defence lines north of Kharkiv ( www.theguardian.com )
Russian forces have attacked across the Ukrainian border to the north of Kharkiv in a potential effort to open a new front in the war and intensify the pressure on Ukraine’s second city....
‘We will fight with our fingernails’ says Netanyahu after US threat to curb arms ( www.theguardian.com )
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will stand alone and “fight with our fingernails” in defiance of US threats to further restrict arms deliveries if Israeli forces proceeded with an offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah....
How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel ( www.nytimes.com )
The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, traveled to Columbia University two weeks ago to decry the “virus of antisemitism” that he said pro-Palestinian protesters were spreading across the country. “They have chased down Jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them,” he said to jeers from...
Maple Leafs fire Keefe after first-round playoff exit ( theathletic.com )
Keefe on Thursday, five days after they were eliminated from the playoffs....
Turning Point or Breaking Point? Biden’s Pause on Weapons Tests Ties to Israel ( www.nytimes.com )
The message was not getting through. Not through the phone calls or the emissaries or the public statements or the joint committee meetings. And so, frustrated that he was being ignored, President Biden chose a more dramatic way of making himself clear to Israeli leaders. He stopped sending the bombs....
Steve Albini, Influential Producer of ’90s Rock and Beyond, Dies at 61 ( www.nytimes.com )
Steve Albini, a rock musician and revered audio engineer who played a singular role in the development of the sound of alternative rock music in the 1980s, the ’90s and beyond — recording acclaimed albums by Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Pixies and hundreds of others — while becoming an outspoken critic of the music industry, died...
Biden Puts Arms Shipment to Israel on Hold Amid Dispute Over Rafah Attack ( www.nytimes.com )
President Biden paused an arms shipment to Israel last week to prevent the U.S.-made weapons from being used in a long-threatened assault on the city Rafah, administration officials said on Tuesday night, a sign of the growing rift between Washington and Jerusalem over the conduct of the war....
Russia launches large-scale attack against Ukraine, hitting energy infrastructure ( kyivindependent.com )
Russian forces launched a large-scale attack against Ukrainian cities overnight on May 8. Russia launched cruise and ballistic missiles, rockets, and Shahed-type drones throughout the night, Ukraine's Air Force reported....
Israel launches Rafah offensive it says is start of mission to ‘eliminate’ Hamas ( www.theguardian.com )
Israel has launched a major military offensive against Hamas forces in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, seizing control of a key border crossing and cutting off most aid into the territory a day before indirect talks on a ceasefire deal are due to restart....
Israeli forces say they have control of Gaza side of Rafah crossing ( www.theguardian.com )
Israeli military forces have taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Israeli officials have said, in the first stage of what appears to be a wider offensive targeting Hamas in the southernmost parts of Gaza....
What led to another lost Maple Leafs season? Inside the managerial missteps and miscalculations ( theathletic.com )
Management took a different approach this year, one that swerved away from past precedent: They would speak on Thursday, three days after players and Keefe. (Who exactly will speak was left unclear. GM Brad Treliving is a given. Team president Brendan Shanahan not so much. He’s spoken only sporadically throughout his decade in...
GDT - Toronto at Boston - May 4th, 8pm EDT - Game 7 ( lemmy.ca )
Let's goooooooooooo!...
Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews appears poised to return to lineup in Game 7: Sources ( theathletic.com )
Auston Matthews appears poised to return to the Maple Leafs lineup in Game 7 after all, according to league sources....
How the Maple Leafs won again to force Game 7: 3 takeaways ( theathletic.com )
In Game 5, the Toronto Maple Leafs planted a seed of doubt in the Boston Bruins, whose 3-1 series lead fell to a 3-2 lead....
GDT - Boston at Toronto - May 2, 8pm EDT - Game 6 ( lemmy.ca )
Let's gooooooooooooo!...