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His buller, an Iran-backed militia fired rockets at Northern Israel.

The attack was launched in response to an Israeli

airstrike on Nabothia, a town in southern Lebanon which killed a leader of

Hezbollah according to the Israeli army. Ten other people were killed in the strikes.

Meanwhile, Israel's military entered Nasser Hospital,

the largest in Hahn Eunice, a city in southern Gaza.

Thousands of people were sheltering there.

Israel said that the bodies of hostages taken on October 7th

could be in the facility, according to Reuters.

The White House's National Security Spokesperson

confirmed that Russia is pursuing an anti-satellite capability in space, a development he characterized as troubling, but not immediately

threatening.

On Wednesday a high-ranking congressman issued a statement about a serious national security threat.

Sparking media reports that it was a Russian space-based nuclear weapon

that could destroy a large number of satellites

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