By Elis Gjevori – Middle East Eye

A mourner carries the body of a Palestinian killed by an Israeli strike on Wednesday, at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, 4 February 2026 (Reuters/Dawoud Abu Alkas)

Israeli fighter jets bombed the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least 21 Palestinians, including three children, according to local hospitals.

At least 14 people were killed in Gaza City after Israeli forces shelled the eastern neighbourhoods of Zaytoun and Tuffah at dawn.

Al Jazeera reported that at least two baby girls were among those killed in the attacks. Continue reading “Israel kills 21 Palestinians in Gaza bombing, including infants”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Trump had kicked off the week by warning Iran that “bad things” would probably happen if a deal could not be reached. “We have ships heading to Iran right now, big ones – the biggest and the best – and we have talks going on with Iran and we’ll see how it all works out,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “If we can work something out, that would be great and if we can’t, probably bad things would happen.”

“I’d like to see a deal negotiated. I don’t know that that’s going to happen,” he added. So far, Iran seems a willing participant, though at this point the reality is it has little to lose by risking such direct engagement.

Continue reading “Trump Warns Of ‘Bad Things’ If No Iran Deal Reached As Venue Moves To Oman”

By Drop Site News

  • Casualty counts: At least 22 Palestinians were killed and 38 were injured in Israeli attacks on Wednesday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The total recorded death toll since October 7, 2023 is now 71,824 killed, with 171,608 injured. Since October 11, the first full day of the ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 556 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 1,500, while 717 bodies have been recovered from under the rubble, according to the Ministry of Health.

Continue reading “Israel kills over 20 in Gaza; U.S. shoots down alleged Iranian drone; At least 162 people killed in west Nigeria attack”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.com

Adding to Israel’s ongoing hostility to the UN peacekeeping operation in southern Lebanon, the UNIFIL reported Sunday’s operations near the Blue Line were disrupted when the IDF began dropping an unidentified chemical on the area near the peacekeepers. Continue reading “UNIFIL Operations Disrupted as Israel Drops Mystery Chemicals in Southern Lebanon”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Former U.K. Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson – who was fired last September from his new role as ambassador to the United States due to his ties to Jeffrey Epstein – is facing mounting political and legal pressure following disclosures that he may have shared market-sensitive government information with Epstein during the global financial crisis.

Continue reading “Former UK Cabinet Minister Accused Of Leaking Bombshell Financial Data To Epstein”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The Trump administration has approved $6.5 billion in new weapons deals for Israel that include Apache attack helicopters and military vehicles, a step Secretary of State Marco Rubio took without waiting for the normal congressional review process. Continue reading “Trump Again Bypasses Congress To Advance Major Weapons Package for Israel”

By Wyatt Reed and Max Blumenthal – Grayzone

Western officials seized on a dubious death toll of 30,000 protesters to escalate against Iran. The number originates with a single, clearly compromised source. But a zealously pro-war Guardian reporter is doing her best to legitimize it.

Continue reading “Meet the former fashion blogger and shady doctor behind the ‘30,000 dead’ Iran psy-op”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Topline: Former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander claims one of the city’s health insurance funds has “no path to solvency” after labor unions used it to cover pay raises, Weight Watchers and more.

Key facts: New York’s taxpayer-funded Health Insurance Stabilization Fund owes $3.1 billion to outside vendors and the city that it’s unable to pay. The actual amount is likely much higher because expenses from 2024 and 2025 have not been totaled yet, according to Lander’s Dec. 30 audit. Continue reading “Waste Of The Day: NYC Healthcare Fund Is Out Of Cash”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

President Trump is keeping his promise to hand our country over to the Israel Lobby. Continue reading “Trump Expected to Pick Kevin Warsh, Son-in-Law of Zionist Billionaire Ron Lauder, as Fed Chair”

By ¡Do Not Panic! – The Grayzone

Less than three years after being named the NBA’s 2023 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion, the league’s all-time three-point leader has begun quietly pouring tens of millions into tech ventures owned and operated by Israeli spies.

Continue reading “NBA star Stephen Curry’s ties to Israeli intelligence exposed”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Shortly after President Donald Trump said Thursday afternoon that Russia had agreed to pause strikes on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities for a week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said overnight that Ukraine is prepared to halt drone and missile attacks on Russia’s critical energy infrastructure, provided Putin honors a weeklong truce and refrains from launching missiles or drones at Kiev.

“If Russia does not strike our energy infrastructure — generation facilities or any other energy assets — we will not strike theirs,” Zelensky told reporters in Kiev. “We want to end the war and we are ready for de-escalation steps.” Continue reading ““Ready For De-Escalation”: Zelensky Ready To Accept Energy Ceasefire If Putin Will”

By Kyle Anzalone – Antiwar.com

President Donald Trump renewed his threats to attack Iran if the Islamic Republic does not comply with his demands. The President claimed that Iran must agree to a new nuclear deal or would be attacked by the “armada” Trump has assembled in the Middle East. Continue reading “Trump to Iran: Agree to Nuclear Deal Or the US Will Attack”

By Kyle Anzalone – Antiwar.com

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will maintain security control over the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. He added that he will not allow the creation of a Palestinian State. Continue reading “Netanyahu: Israel Will Have Control from ‘River to the Sea’ Including Gaza”