The Wire - October 16 2023

this is the wire report for 2330 Zulu October 16th 2023 information cut off date is 23006 October 2023 bottom line up front Egypt stages humanitarian Aid on Gaza border situation in Israel remains tense beginning with international events in the Middle East so far humanitarian Aid has not been allowed to cross the Rafa Border Crossing into Gaza as peace talks have failed to implement a humanitarian SE fire the USS hersel Woody Williams esb4 begins steaming North from the western coast of Africa following routine exercises as of October 1st her new home Port is Naval support activity suda Bay in Greece analysts comment this is a newer class of vessel that functions as an expeditionary seab base quietly sending her back to her new home port in Greece would be a strategically useful move to bolster US Naval assets in the region on the European front in Belgium Islamic tourist fires into a crowd in Brussels killing two Swedish citizens and injuring many others after pledging allegiance to Isis in the live stream of the attack the suspect remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous on the home front in the United States a cold train derails in Pueblo Colorado as it traversed remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous on the home front in the United States a cold train derails in Pueblo Colorado as it traversed a bridge over Interstate 25 the driver of a cargo truck was killed in the bridge collaps the national Transportation safety board is currently investigating the incident another train derails in Mitchell South Dakota causing a minor spill of grain according to local media in Illinois a 71-year-old man stabs a Palestinian woman and her six-year-old son in Plainsfield the boy died of his wounds at a local hospital local police confirm this to be a terror attack and hate crime analyst comments for this wire Israel has cut internet access to Gaza so what may appear to be a lull in the fighting May Simply Be survivorship bias as few internet sources remain available for information to get out of the conflict Zone from Israeli media the bombing and shelling of Gaza West Bank and the Goen Heights continues as before limited strikes are also period I odically being conducted in the Border regions of Lebanon and Syria as well the airports in Damascus and Aleppo continue to be struck regularly by Israel according to local sources Hamas rocket a s of Lebanon and Syria as well the airports in Damascus and Aleppo continue to be struck regularly by Israel according to local sources Hamas rocket attacks have waned in the past few days but still sporadically Target Israeli cities this concludes the wire for 2330 Zulu October 16th 2023