The Wire - May 7, 2024

this is the wire for 1400 Zulu May 7th 2024 preceden is routine information cut off as 1300 bottom line up front Israel begins invasion of Rafa ceases border crossing with Egypt beginning with international events in Europe France states that claims of Foreign Legion soldiers deploying to Ukraine are false however the track record of French statements versus actions is often very contradictory for instance mcon himself stated a few weeks ago that French soldiers may be required to deploy to Ukraine before immediately recanting the statements and stating the opposite analyst comment the initial claims of French Foreign Legion soldiers being deployed to Ukraine are probably half truths right now France's official stance is that no French Foreign Legion soldiers are or are planned to be deployed in Ukraine France also claims that these statements are Russian disinformation this is likely half true right now almost every single Nao member has troops on the ground in Ukraine under the guise of being advisers or obs obers Russian sources probably heard about a couple of Italians of French mercenaries being trained for service in Ukraine but rather than waiting to embarrass France more directly the initial sources lost credibility by fabricating details of the alleged deployment citing details of specific units that are obviously false France deploying a few hundred Foreign Legion soldiers to Ukraine is within reason highly likely in any case and has probably already happened however by failing to obtain hard evidence reports of French Foreign Legion soldiers and Ukraine remain unconfirm and easily walked back by France in the event that these claims were indeed true in the first place now only time will tell how true these claims were or will be in short the story may have been Russian disinformation as France claims but that doesn't mean that elements of the story aren't true in the Middle East the Israeli invasion of Rafa has begun amid very high diplomatic tensions surrounding the proposed ceasefire agreement Hamas rocket and IED attacks in the north have allegedly intensified following IDF combat actions in the South Israeli forces have conducted a penser movement along the Philadelphia Corridor seizing the Rafa border crossing and assaulting North into the suburbs of Rafa on the humf front in the United States various protests and counter-protests continue at various universities throughout the nation many of the more high profile demonstrations and encampments have been cleared out while others continue on a plethora of issues the number of universities switching to online classes for the rest of the quarter or semester continues to grow as do the list of universities that have canceled graduation ceremonies Al together analyst comments for this wire though details are impossible to verify a complex situation appears to have developed surrounding the recent peace talks in Israel Hamas has claimed that they actually agreed to Israel's terms for the most part including the return of 33 Israeli hostages the exact number sought by Israel however even as the deal was being considered Israeli troops were in the process of invading Rafa at the moment even some Israeli media sources are claiming that Netanyahu never planned for the ceasefire to go through and made made outlandish demands in Israel's peace Proposal with the intent of Hamas denying the deal Hamas called Israel's Bluff and actually did agree to almost to all of Israel's demands as such many media groups are claiming that nahu is continuing the war solely to save his own government and that Hamas has been willing to enact a truce for some time whether or not these claims are true remains to be seen however from a possibly criminally neutral standpoint the latest assault on Rafa appears to be intended to torpedo the peace deal and keep the war going for as long as possible as the Israeli invasion of Rafa continues little has been heard from Egypt as a reminder Egypt has repeatedly stated that the Israeli occupation of the Philadelphia Corridor or the seizure of the Rafa border crossing is a red line however Egypt has a long history of failing to uphold their Red Line issues similarly the nations of Jordan and Syria have issued the Diplomatic equivalent of a strongly worded email to Israel concerning their actions in Gaza this concludes the wire for 1400 Zulu May 7th 2024