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STORY: :: Satellite images show that the U.S. military pieron Gaza's coast has been removed:: Maxar Technologies:: June 12, 2024:: June 15, 2024:: An anonymous U.S. official said the militarywas moving it due to anticipated sea conditions:: and that it would likely be moved to the Israeli portof Ashdod until sea conditions improve:: June 12, 2024:: Humanitarian aid had just resumedentering the enclave via the pierThe floating U.S. military pier had just resumed bringing humanitarian aid into the enclave after being suspended over the weekend.
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STORY: At the heart of a recent spat between North and South Korea were these loudspeakers - designed to blare K-pop music and political messages into the reclusive North. But the South's speakers have faced audits and legal battles over claims that they're actually too quiet, raising questions over just how effective this attempt at psychological warfare is.South Korea resumed loudspeaker broadcasts aimed at the North on June 9 for the first time since a now-defunct inter-Korean deal banned them in 2018.The current sound systems were among dozens bought in 2016, after a dispute over the broadcasts led the two sides to exchange fire.The military said they were meant to be heard more than 6 miles away, enough to reach the 200,000 residents in the nearby city of Kaesong.But Reuters has now seen audit reports released at the time, which showed the new speakers did not have that range.Former navy officer Kim Young-su heads up an ombudsman agency that helped investigate the issues and raise them to the authorities.“There are fixed and vehicle-mounted types. The fixed type is closer to North Korea, with more amplifiers installed. With the fixed type, I was told it can reach around 3 to four-and-a-half miles."Kim said experts found that the vehicle-mounted type was even less effective.The South's defense ministry tried to sue the manufacturer, but a court dismissed the case, saying that too many environmental factors could affect the performance.Meanwhile, according to the audit and Kim, tests in 2017 showed that messages or songs could not be understood further than 4.4 miles, and more often closer to 3.So even if the broadcasts reached Kaesong, people there would only hear muddled sound.The ministry told Reuters in a statement, it did not consider the loudspeakers' performance to be restricted.It said how they do depends on conditions like temperature, humidity, and terrain. According to North Korean defector Kim Sung-min, the border terrain is mountainous, which adds to the challenge for the speakers.He said the North also blares its own loudspeakers to try and drown out the South's broadcasts.Still, Kim thinks the music and messages can still have a major psychological impact for those who do hear it.He now runs a radio station in Seoul that broadcasts news into the North. "Not many people have actually defected directly after listening to broadcasts. However, these broadcasts play a role in instilling a yearning for the outside world, or in making them realize that the textbooks they have been taught from are incorrect."Officials told South Korean media in 2017 that at least two soldiers from the North's frontlines defected after hearing the broadcasts.Other observers also point out Pyongyang's angry reactions to the broadcasts suggest they strike a nerve with the authoritarian country and likely do have some effect on the people there.
STORY: :: Beit Jann, IsraelMourners on Sunday buried Israeli military officer Wassem Mahmoud, the commander who was killed in the Gaza Strip along with seven of his soldiers on Saturday. At the funeral, an officer said Mahmoud led his soldiers "with bravery, determination and professionalism."Mahmoud was a member of Israel's Druze minority, a sect whose faith draws its roots from Islam. The Israeli military said Mahmoud and his squad were traveling inside an armored personnel carrier in a convoy of vehicles in the southern city of Rafah on Saturday.Here's army spokesperson Daniel Hagari::: June 15, 2024"According to the information we have, at this point a strong explosion occurred in one of the engineering vehicles in the convoy, apparently caused by an explosive device planted in the area or as a result of an anti-tank missile being fired. Inside the armored carrier were the eight fighters who were killed."The armed wing of the Hamas militant group said the vehicle had been trapped in a prepared minefield.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called the casualties "another heartbreaking price in our just war for the defense of our homeland."And he pledged again to stick with his military objectives: the destruction of the Hamas militant group and the return of all Israeli hostages held in Gaza.:: Israel Police via XOn Saturday, the Israeli police released this footage purporting to show parts of an operation last weekend that rescued 26-year-old Noa Argamani and three others who were taken captive on October 7. Reuters was not able to independently verify the date or the location the video was filmed.:: Jabalia Refugee Camp, Gaza:: October 14, 2023Despite growing international pressure for a ceasefire, an agreement to halt the fighting still appears distant, more than eight months since the start of the war in the Palestinian enclave.:: Rafah, Gaza:: June 13, 2024But Israel's military on Sunday said it would hold daily tactical pauses in combat operations along a main road in southern Gaza to allow more aid to flow into the area.:: October 7, 2023The war erupted when Hamas fighters rampaged through southern Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 and taking more than 250 captives, according to Israeli tallies.:: Source: Israeli militaryIsrael's retaliatory airstrikes and ground invasion have killed more than 37,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza health ministry.:: Jabalia, GazaIsraeli forces have been closing in on Rafah, where it claims brigades of Hamas fighters remain entrenched.
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David, a 61-year-old Israeli, has been on edge ever since his soldier son was deployed to Gaza, where the war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack shows little sign of abating.At first, she said she had hopes the war would free the hostages taken by Gaza militants on October 7.
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