Jordan has canceled the quadripartite summit on the situation in the Gaza Strip scheduled for October 18, Al-Jazeera TV channel reported, citing the country's Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi. The meeting was to be attended by US President Joe Biden, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.

Unrest broke out in Jordan and the West Bank amid reports of an attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera reports. According to the TV channel, dozens of protesters in Jordan tried to break through to the Israeli Embassy. They broke through a barrier put up by security forces, after which police fired tear gas. In Ramallah in the West Bank, police also dispersed protesters with tear gas, Al Jazeera writes.

The Israel Defense Forces said that the attack on a hospital in the Gaza Strip was carried out by the Islamic Jihad group, the IDF press service reports. according to the The strike on Al-Ahli hospital killed at least 500 people, Hamas-controlled Health Ministry. There is no confirmation of this information.

Update. The strike on the hospital killed at least 500 people, Al Jazeera and the BBC reported , citing the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry. There is no confirmation of this information. The head of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, declared three days of mourning for the victims of the hospital attack.

In Makhachkala, police dispersed a rally in support of Palestine, the Caucasian Knot reports, citing local Telegram channels. According to the publication, several dozen people came to the rally on the central square of Makhachkala near the government building, but they were soon dispersed by the police. “The protesters were dispersed as if they were against Russia, not Israel!” says a message from the Dagestani Telegram channel “Gorets”.

In Germany, a Ukrainian politician and participant of KVN Sergey Sivokho died. Until February 24, he advocated the non -violent return of Donbass to Ukraine Page Sergey Sivokho on Facebook On Tuesday, October 17, at the age of 54, Sergey Sivokho, a Ukrainian TV presenter and former participant of KVN, died. According to the Ukrainian publication, the Observer, Sivokho was in Germany, a chronic lung disease became the cause of death.

What is important to know about this weapons? We tell you shorter as possible The Ministry of Defense of South Korea / AFP / Scanpix / Leta missile system MRLS M-270 of the US Army launches the ATACMS missile on the east coast of South Korea towards the South Coast during joint teachings with Seoul, July 29, 2017 On October 17, Vladimir Zelensky said that the APU was first used by ATACMS missiles. “Our agreements with the President [US Joe] Biden are fulfilled.

More than half of the Russian military who participated in the war in Ukraine and received disabilities underwent amputation of limbs, TASS reports citing Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation Alexei Vovchenko. About 54% of all those examined were recognized as disabled with amputation of a limb, that is, this is really such a glaring problem, it’s a lot. Of course, among civilian disabled people we don’t have such a percentage with amputations.

The US authorities transferred 31 American-made Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Colonel Martin O'Donnell, a representative of the US Army Command in Europe and Africa, told the Voice of America. He noted that all Ukrainian military personnel who were trained on Abrams tanks along with US troops in Germany have already returned to Ukraine. Ammunition and spare parts for tanks were also delivered there. “We kept our end of the deal.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced Yerevan’s readiness to conclude an agreement on peace and normalization of relations with Baku by the end of 2023, Armenia Today and Armenpress report. “The South Caucasus region needs peace, for the borders of the countries in the region to be open, and all issues to be resolved diplomatically,” the prime minister said during his speech in the European Parliament.

Ukraine claims to have destroyed nine helicopters On October 17, the Ukrainian Armed Forces used American long-range ATACMS missiles for the first time against Russian troops in Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal was the first to report this, citing sources, and the information was also confirmed by The New York Times and Politico . Ukraine received ATACMS missiles with cluster munitions from the US.

How the Kremlin hopes to streamline its vote rigging in Putin’s next run Sergey Karpukhin / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Early next year, barring unforeseen circumstances, Vladimir Putin will run for his fifth term as Russia’s president.

The politician’s 10-point questionnaire aims to clarify political positions ahead of the 2024 election in Russia Tatyana Makeyeva / AFP / Scanpix / LETA The imprisoned opposition politician Alexey Navalny has published a 10-point questionnaire that he believes will clarify the political positions of Russia’s key politicians, public figures, journalists, and influencers with regard to the 2024 presidential election campaign.

Ukraine’s military fired long-range ATACMS missiles at Russian positions on Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported, citing its own sources. According to the newspaper, the U.S. recently sent Ukraine a small shipment of the weapons in secret. The missiles provided reportedly have a range of about 100 miles (160 kilometers).

A telecommunications cable running between Sweden and Estonia along the bottom of the Baltic Sea was damaged, Expressen reports, citing statements by Swedish Defense Minister Paul Johnson and Civil Defense Minister Karl-Oskar Bohlin. According to Swedish authorities, the cable was partially damaged around the same time as the Balticconnector gas pipeline linking Estonia with Finland was damaged. It is unknown what caused the damage to the submarine cable.