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Twenty-six nations have pledged to provide postwar security guarantees to Ukraine, including an international force on land and sea and in the air, Emmanuel Macron said after a summit at which European leaders sought to pin down Donald Trump on the level of support he is willing to give Kyiv.

“The day the conflict stops, the security guarantees will be deployed,” the French president told a press conference at the Élysée Palace in Paris, standing alongside Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

After the summit, Macron told reporters: “We have today 26 countries who have formally committed – some others have not yet taken a position – to deploy a ‘reassurance force’ troops in Ukraine, or be present on the ground, in the sea or in the air.”

The troops would not be deployed “on the frontline” but aim to “prevent any new major aggression”, Macron said.Macron initially said the 26 nations – which he did not name – would deploy to Ukraine. But he later said some countries would provide guarantees while remaining outside Ukraine, for example by helping to train and equip Kyiv’s forces. He did not say how many troops would be involved in the guarantees.

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The United Arab Emirates has warned Israel that annexing the occupied West Bank would cross a "red line" and undermine the spirit of the Abraham Accords that normalised relations between the two countries.

A senior Emirati official, Lana Nusseibeh, said such a move would be the death knell of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Palestinian Authority's foreign ministry said it welcomed the UAE's position.

The Israeli government has not commented. But Nusseibeh's remarks came after far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich unveiled a proposal for the annexation of approximately four-fifths of the West Bank.

Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem - land Palestinians want, along with Gaza, for a hoped-for future state - during the 1967 Middle East war. An estimated 3.3 million Palestinians live alongside them.

The settlements are illegal under international law.

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IDF reservists were answering the latest call-up to invade Gaza City, but likely in smaller numbers and slower than in the past recruitments, an IDF briefing appeared to clarify on Wednesday.

In fact, military sources have declined to provide statistics during the briefing. Instead, they said that they will give an update on these numbers at the end of the week, indicating both that the call-up is gradual, but also that the initial numbers were not so impressive that the military would want to focus on the issue until it can give the maximum number of those who were showing up.

Often during call-ups, the military rushes out the early numbers and percentages to express its pride in the early responders.

Most of the reservists being called up are in their fifth or sixth round of service since the Israel-Hamas War broke out.Most of the reservists being called up are in their fifth or sixth round of service since the Israel-Hamas War broke out.

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President Vladimir Putin has said Russia is willing to fight to achieve all its objectives if Ukraine does not agree to a deal.

He made the remarks in China after attending a huge military parade seen as a challenge to Donald Trump and the US-dominated world order.

The US president has tried to persuade Putin to end the war, but the Russian leader, while praising Trump's "sincere desire", has so far not done so.

Visiting Kyiv, UK Defence Secretary John Healey told the BBC Trump had brought Putin to the table, and had not ruled out putting more pressure on him.

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Israel’s Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir has been managing the war in Gaza for six months since the January ceasefire broke down in March and fighting resumed. Zamir took over from Lt.-Gen. Herzi Halevi, who resigned in January and left his post in March.

The crossroads in Gaza are clear. Israel launched Gideon’s Chariots in May. The offensive was timed in an odd way. Israel’s political leadership cut off humanitarian aid to Gaza in March when the ceasefire fell apart. It was supposed to enter a second phase, which would have meant most of the hostages would be home by now. However, members of the coalition government have opposed a ceasefire and said that it wouldn’t enter the second phase.

Zamir has had to manage a complex multi-front war. He has succeeded on all fronts. The IDF is operating almost daily in Lebanon, Gaza and Syria, as well as striking the Houthis in Yemen. The military also hobbled the Iranian regime in June. However, Zamir has also come up against challenges with Israel’s political leadership, as well as the future of the Israel-Hamas War.

TVNL Comment:  What a tragedy.  Israel has the most destructive weapons and war technology known to humans, as well as all the funds it needs to wage war against unarmed. untrained enemies who want only to get Israel out of their lives. Israel breaches every law designed to stop evil men from taking what they want without anyone to stop them.  The worm is turning, Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Trump. And when it finally does, you will be so surprised. So, so, surprised.

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Donald Trump took no apparent action at the passing of his latest deadline for Vladimir Putin to come to the negotiating table with Volodymyr Zelenskyy. He was “very disappointed” in the Russian ruler, and was planning on “doing something to help people live”, said the US president, without any specifics. He was speaking on the radio show of Scott Jennings, a US conservative pundit.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Russia was engaged in a new troop buildup in certain sectors of the frontline and still launching strikes on Ukrainian targets. “Now we see another buildup of Russian forces in certain sectors of the front. [Putin] refuses to be forced into peace … Russia continues to launch strikes. Of course, we will respond to this,” said the Ukrainian president in his nightly address.

European allies are ready to contribute to postwar security guarantees for Ukraine and waiting for tangible American support, Emmanuel Macron’s office said on Tuesday. The French president and the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, are due on Thursday to jointly chair a meeting of the “coalition of the willing”. The French foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, and his US counterpart, Marco Rubio, had a phone call on Tuesday. The US “backstop” sought by the coalition could involve intelligence, logistical support and communications.

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