“German police fatally shot an armed man Thursday morning in a shootout after
he opened fire near the Israeli Consulate and a Nazi Documentation Center in
central Munich. Authorities assume that the shooter, an 18-year-old Austrian,
living in neighboring Austria, attempted a terrorist attack “with a connection
to the Consulate General of the State of Israel,” police said in a statement
Thursday afternoon. A motive has not been confirmed. Salzburg police in
northern Austria confirmed that the suspect “with Bosnian roots” was already
known to authorities in February 2023. “After making a dangerous threat to
fellow students and causing bodily harm, the man was also accused of
involvement in a terrorist organization,” police said. "There was suspicion
that he had become religiously radicalized, was active online and was
interested in explosives and weapons.””











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The Washington Post: German Police Fatally Shoot Gunman Near Israeli Consulate
In Munich
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“German police fatally shot an armed man Thursday morning in a shootout after
he opened fire near the Israeli Consulate and a Nazi Documentation Center in
central Munich. Authorities assume that the shooter, an 18-year-old Austrian,
living in neighboring Austria, attempted a terrorist attack “with a connection
to the Consulate General of the State of Israel,” police said in a statement
Thursday afternoon. A motive has not been confirmed. Salzburg police in
northern Austria confirmed that the suspect “with Bosnian roots” was already
known to authorities in February 2023. “After making a dangerous threat to
fellow students and causing bodily harm, the man was also accused of
involvement in a terrorist organization,” police said. "There was suspicion
that he had become religiously radicalized, was active online and was
interested in explosives and weapons.””



Associated Press: Israel-Hamas War Latest: Jenin Refugee Camp Is Left To Deal
With The Aftermath Of An Israeli Raid
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“Israeli forces appeared to have withdrawn from the Jenin and two other
refugee camps in the occupied West Bank after a more-than weeklong military
operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction. Israel says the
large-scale raids in the territory were aimed at dismantling militant groups
and preventing attacks. Palestinians fear a widening of the war in Gaza. Senior
Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
of deliberately stalling cease-fire negotiations and urged the United States
and the international community to put more pressure on Israel. The United
Nations says the humanitarian situation in Gaza is “beyond catastrophic,” with
more than 1 million Palestinians not receiving any food rations in August and a
35% drop in people getting daily cooked meals.”




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Merkur.de: Shooting In Munich: Austria Has “Aggressive” Islamist Scene From
Chechnya
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“... According to the police, the man is an 18-year-old who was born in
Austria. There are many indications that the incident has a radical Islamist
background, says extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter
Extremism Project (CEP). Why did the Austrian choose Munich as his target?
"There may be a connection to the anniversary of the 1972 Olympic attacks,"
says Schindler. On September 5, 52 years ago, Palestinian terrorists carried
out an attack on Israeli athletes at the Summer Games in Munich and murdered
eleven Olympic participants. For months, security experts have been observing
that the war in Israel following the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, is
fueling radicalization in Islamist circles.”



Merkur.de: Terrorist Attack In Munich Foiled: Explosive Details About The
Murder Weapon – Police Request Information From Munich
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“... Update, 5:01 p.m.: According to extremism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler
from the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), there is a "very aggressive and
relatively large Islamist scene" in Austria. There is a "huge illegal arms
trade in Austria." You can read what else is known about the Islamist scene in
Austria here. Update 4:53 p.m.: After the exchange of gunfire near the Israeli
Consulate General in Munich, investigators believe that the victim attempted a
terrorist attack. According to current information, the attack by the
18-year-old Austrian armed with a rifle is believed to have a "connection to
the Consulate General of the State of Israel," police and the Attorney
General's Office announced after the shooting in Munich this afternoon.”



United States



Reuters: Blinken Says Incumbent On Hamas, Israel To Remove Gaps In Gaza
Ceasefire Deal
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“U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday it was incumbent on
both Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas to say yes on remaining issues
to reach a Gaza ceasefire deal, which has faced obstacles in negotiations
across months. "Based on what I have seen, 90% is agreed but there are a few
critical issues that remain," including the so-called Philadelphi corridor on
the southern edge of the Gaza Strip bordering Egypt, Blinken said at a press
briefing in Haiti. He said there were also some gaps in the agreement in how
Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are exchanged. "I expect in the
coming days, we will share with Israel, and they (Qatar and Egypt) will share
with Hamas our thoughts, the three of us, on exactly how to resolve remaining
outstanding questions," Blinken said, referring to the U.S. and mediators Qatar
and Egypt.”



Iraq



Reuters: Turkish Drone Strike Kills Three In Iraqi Kurdistan, Sources Say
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“A Turkish drone strike on a vehicle in Iraq's semi-autonomous northern
Kurdistan region killed three people on Thursday, security and medical sources
said. The strike took place in the Sulaimaniya region, the sources said, adding
the vehicle had been set ablaze and the identity of the victims had not been
determined. Turkey regularly carries out strikes that it says are aimed at
militants belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern
Iraq. It also has dozens of outposts in the Iraqi territory. The PKK launched
an insurgency against Ankara in 1984 with the initial aim of creating an
independent Kurdish state.”



Afghanistan



CBS: Afghan Women Raise Their Voices In Song In Online Protests Against
Taliban's Bid To Silence Them
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“Afghan women have turned to social media to protest the latest draconian
edict issued by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, which the Biden administration
says is aimed at erasing them completely from society. Women both inside and
outside the country have posted poignant videos of themselves singing — a
defiant response to the Taliban's latest restrictive laws prohibiting women and
girls from using their voices or showing their faces outside their homes. As
CBS News reported, Article 13 of the 114-page law adopted by Afghanistan's
Taliban rulers in August states that if a woman leaves her own home, "she is
obligated to hide her voice, face, and body." The Biden administration said the
law sought to remove women completely from public life in Afghanistan and it
has expressed growing frustration with the country's Taliban regime, which
swept back to power in the summer of 2021 as U.S. and allied forces pulled out
in a chaotic withdrawal.”



Middle East



Associated Press: Israeli Forces Appear To Withdraw From A West Bank Camp
After A Major Military Operation
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“Israeli forces appeared to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the
occupied West Bank by Friday morning, after a more-than weeklong military
operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction. Overnight, Israeli
armored personnel carriers were seen leaving the Jenin refugee camp from a
checkpoint set up on one of the main roads, and an Associated Press reporter
inside the camp saw no evidence of any remaining troops inside as dawn broke
early Friday morning. During the operation, Israeli military officials said
they were targeting militants in Jenin, Tulkarem and the Al-Faraa refugee camps
in an attempt to curb recent attacks against Israeli civilians they say have
become more sophisticated and deadly. Troops were pulled out of the Tulkarem
camp by Friday morning and had left Al-Faraa earlier, but in a statement, the
Israeli military suggested the operation was not yet over.”



Voice Of America: Israel Kills 6 Palestinian Militants In West Bank
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“Israel said Thursday that it killed six Palestinian militants in new
fighting in the occupied West Bank, including the son of a prominent jailed
militant. The latest attacks were part of larger-scale raids in the territory
over the last week that Palestinians fear could be a widening of the Israeli
war against Hamas militants in Gaza. The Palestinian Health Ministry said a
strike overnight in the northern West Bank town of Tubas killed five people,
including Mohammed Zubeidi, the son of Zakaria Zubeidi, a well-known militant
commander during the second Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s. The elder
Zubeidi took part in a rare jailbreak in 2021 before being arrested and
returned to prison days later. The Israeli military said the younger Zubeidi
had taken part in attacks against Israeli forces in the West Bank and that he
was with a militant cell when he was targeted.”



Technology



Bloomberg: Georgia Shooting Suspect Was Kicked Off Discord For Extremism
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“Colt Gray, the 14-year-old suspected shooter in an attack that killed four
people at a Georgia high school, was banned from the chat app Discord in 2023
for violating its policy against extremism. The app’s safety team reported
Gray’s postings to law enforcement at the time, according to an emailed
statement from the company. “Based on our ongoing investigation since then, we
have no indication that the suspect used Discord to discuss the plan or this
horrific attack,” Discord said. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was tipped
off to online threats to commit a school shooting in May 2023, including
photographs of guns, according to a Wednesday post on X from the bureau’s
Atlantic Division. The agency referred the information to the Jackson County
Sheriff’s Office, which located Gray and interviewed him and his father.”



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