Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday that its Southern Brigade destroyed two underground attack routes in the Gaza Strip that were two kilometers long. “In the strikes, a terrorist cell that attempted to plant an explosive device was eliminated, and anti-tank positions and terrorist infrastructure that posed a danger to the forces were destroyed,” the military said. The engineering unit of the IDF’s Gaza division reportedly completed the military operation in collaboration with the military’s Yahalam unit in recent weeks. The Israeli army also reportedly bombed a house in Gaza earlier today, killing three Palestinians and injuring more.
Katz: Control of Gaza to remain in Israel’s hands
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz insisted on Wednesday that the country will ensure the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) remain in control of the Gaza Strip despite the ongoing negotiations about a new ceasefire with Hamas possibly featuring a different prerequisite. “We will make sure there are security zones, buffer zones, and strategic posts which will ensure the security of towns,” Katz said during a visit to a unit stationed in Gaza. “There will be no Hamas rule and no Hamas military. We will create a new reality here, thanks to the daily fighting, which is continuing even now.” Katz’s comments came after Israel denied Hamas’s claims of the country including new demands in the list of conditions to reach a ceasefire.
The prices of oil futures decreased by 1% on Monday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced progress in the latest negotiations with Hamas about a ceasefire and hostage exchange, indicating Gaza and parts of the Middle East could soon witness at least a temporary peace.
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for February’s deliveries declined by 1.05% at 12:07 pm ET to sell for $68.81 per barrel. Meanwhile, Brent for the same month’s settlements dropped by 1.10% to go for $72.20 per barrel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged on Monday a “certain advancement” in the country’s negotiations with Hamas about a new ceasefire and prisoner exchange. Speaking before the Knesset, Netanyahu admitted to not knowing how long the talks will last but insisted that “[w]e will continue to act in every way without respite until we bring everyone home from the enemy territory.” Furthermore, he highlighted the assassination of then-Hamas Political Bureau Yahya Sinwar as a catalyst for the improvement in the process. His comments came after the report a new agreement was “imminent,” but that then Netanyahu added new requirements to the deal proposal.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has begun to consider the possibility that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia might conclude next year as he considers peace negotiations instead of fighting for every inch of occupied land, The Washington Post reported on Monday, citing Michael McFaul, who co-chairs the International Working Group on Russian Sanctions with Ukrainian officials. The shift in perspective allegedly follows increased discussions around a potential peace agreement, spurred by United States President-elect Donald Trump’s re-election and changes on NATO’s leadership, the media added. Zelensky has repeatedly expressed skepticism about the feasibility of reaching any consensus with Russian President Vladimir Putin, indicating his doubts about the Russian leader’s willingness to “come to any agreement.”
Power outages introduced across Ukraine
Ukrenergo, the state-owned electricity transmission system operator in Ukraine, announced on Monday in an order that various regions across the country will be going through emergency power outages. According to the notice, under regions affected are the Kiev region, the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Donetsk region, the Sumy region, and others. “Energy workers across the country are working 24/7 to eliminate the consequences of shelling and restore power to Ukrainian homes,” it was written in the order.
YOU ARE ABOUT TO LOSE ALL YOUR BITCOIN you need to act fast
3 trillion dollars in Bitcoin is about to be lost better put stolen by Russia and China
Google announced a brand-new quantum chip dubbed Willow. I call it the BEAST!
The 105-qubit chip — that’s double the qubit count of the tech giant’s preceding Sycamore chip — completed a computation in under five minutes that would take a modern supercomputer a “mind-boggling” 10 septillion years, the company said. Major tech companies such as Musk’s xAI, IBM, and Microsoft are leading the investments in quantum computing. Hostile state actors like China and Russia have quantum AI computers. Pictured below is the China quantum computer the ZuchongzhiZ
The news reignited concerns surrounding the security of blockchains, the distributed ledgers that run digital currencies like Bitcoin.
A bank of quantum computer (that are being assemble as we speak by China and Russia) will soon break the cryptocurrency’s encryption, allowing thieves to abscond with unfathomable sums. At least 3 trillion dollas in Bitcoin.
As Fortune reports, researchers at the University of Kent found in a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study that the risk is very real. In fact, just the downtime required to update the blockchain to protect itself from an encryption-breaking quantum computer could extend to 76 days — in the meantime resulting losses would be staggering. “Bringing your technology down… can be very, very costly, even if it’s on for a few minutes or a few hours,” coauthor and senior lecturer at the University of Kent Carlos Perez-Delgado told Fortune.
“If I had a large quantum computer right now, I could essentially take over all the Bitcoin,” he added. “
AllianceBernstein analysts argued that Bitcoin contributors should “start preparing for the quantum future.”
It was argued it would take all the super computers in the world a 1000 years to hack bitcoins sah250 code.
Now it can be done in a mattes of days with the new AI Quantium super computes.
Quantium Artificial Intelligence computes reduce a 10-septillion-year task to five minutes.
5 MINUITES TO STEAL ALL YOUR BITCOINS
It would take a small bank of quantum computers with the capability of millions of qubits to break Bitcoin encryption in a single day. Analysts have also found that SHA-256 encryption, which serves as the security measure protecting Bitcoin miners today, could easily be cracked — with quantum hardware that has now been developed and being rapidly deployed by state sponsored actors
Already hackers, many hostile governments, using comparatively primitive computers have stolen over 30 billion in bitcoins
Chump changed compared what they will steal with AI Quantum super computes The temptations is to great with 3 trillion of dollars in bitcoin just sitting out their in the open their for the taking. Why steal bitcoin? because that’s where the money is and its now easy with AI Quantum super computers …… trillions worth of Bitcoins protected by a SHA256 hash or passwords.
Their is no reserve… government guaranties. No central computer. Most people have no insurance.. shit their is no central authority and to make matters worse no one has seen the source code or know who in even invented Bitcoin.
German physicist and science communicator Sabine Hossenfelder tweeted in response to Google’s recent announcement. ” In short, many agree that quantum computers pose a growing threat to the cryptography behind Bitcoin,”
As Fortune points out, Bitcoin’s decentralized nature could make pushing an encryption update an immense task. By the time they push out a update your money will be long gone.
Vitalik Buterin, the cofounder of the prominent cryptocurrency Ethereum, admitted that advancing quantum computing tech has “consequences across the entire Ethereum roadmap.”
Everyone new that bitcoins SHA-256 encryption…the heart of the system someday would be at risk of a hack attack. What they are not telling you isThat fateful day is here and its now!
The experts thought that artificial intelligence quantum computing capable of hacking bitcoin was 10 years in the future the truth is its less than 10 months
Perez-Delgado said “The indisputable fact that nobody can argue is that when we do get there,”, “our current securities, the cybersecurity systems — which includes everything from Bitcoin to email — will be in great danger
save yourself from the coming bitcoin wipe out
“if something happened and the signatures were compromised (perhaps integer factorization is solved, by quantum computers), then even agreeing upon the last valid block would be worthless,” Nakamoto said,
how the wipe out will come
The first threat would be to Bitcoin’s mining network. Bitcoin is secured by a globally distributed network of computer operators who expend time, electricity, and machinery to hash numbers and compete for the right to add and order new transactions atop Bitcoin’s blockchain.
If a quantum computer suddenly perform most of this computational work at a fraction of the network’s existing time, electricity, and machinery, that computer could overtake the network and censor, reorder, or even double-spend BTC transactions.
Beyond a hashrate takeover,the second threatpeople flagged was to the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto’s BTC. The Bitcoin creator still owns over 1 million BTC and used a rudimentary pay-to-public-key (P2PK) format to store unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs), which reveals the public address on-chain. Because Satoshi’s public keys are public, this could give a quantum computer a chance to crack its associated private keys with brute force effort.
China and Russia’s three trillion dollar pay day
With AI Quantum computers in the hands of hostile bad actors like the Chinese and Russians a bruit force attack on the SHA256 hash in essence the password that unlocks ownership of you Bitcoin is doable. What previously would take a million years of computing now can be done in a matter of hours or a few days. They have the technology and the computes.
Unlike classical chips, quantum chips could execute an exponential amount of computation — as evidenced by Google’s reduction of a 10-septillion-year task to five minutes.
United States President-elect Donald Trump was “disappointed” that lawmakers agreed on a government spending bill without a clause about suspending the debt ceiling, CNN reported on Saturday. A Republican source said Trump seemed “frustrated yet resigned” to the situation. The source said Trump came to terms with the funding bill after talking to other Republicans who explained there was “no way” to reach a deal on the legislation if it included the debt limit clause considering the tight deadline. Without new spending, the US government would have shut down on Saturday.
16 people were injured when a missile launched by the Houthis from Yemen hit Tel Aviv, emergency services said on Saturday. Most people were hurt by shattered glass, resulting in light injuries. Authorities said the ballistic missile struck a park. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) acknowledged they attempted to intercept the rocket but the efforts were unsuccessful.
Houthis hail ‘failure’ of Israeli air defenses
Houthi official Hezam al-Asad celebrated on Saturday the air strike carried out by his militant group in Tel Aviv earlier, injuring 16 people. “The failure of all Israeli defense systems means that the depth of the Zionist enemy is no longer secure,” he said. “There is no longer any use for interception systems that cost billions of dollars,” Al-Asad added. He said the attack was carried out in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Over 45,000 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza in October 2023.
Israel’s deputy foreign minister said Syria’s new leaders are “wolves in clothes of sheep,” who are trying to persuade the world they are not radical Islamists — but her government isn’t convinced “We’re not fooled by many of the conversations and interviews of those rebel groups who are, in fact, terrorist groups,” Sharren Haskel said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday. She was responding to a question about Syria’s de-facto leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa, who said Israel’s military should reverse its recent advance into the buffer zone with Syria because his forces pose no threat to the country. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the former al-Qaeda affiliate headed by Al-Sharaa, is designated a terrorist organization by the US and other countries, though Washington has held direct talks with the group since it toppled President Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. Haskel, 40, said Israel won’t make the same mistake it made with Hamas, the Palestinian group that indicated support for coexistence before launching the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attacks that triggered the war in Gaza.
US lifts bounty on new Syrian leader Ahmad al-Sharaa
The United States lifted the reward for the capture of the leader of the armed group Ahmed al-Sharaa, after he pledged not to allow terrorist factions that pose threats to the US and its neighboring countries to operate within Syria, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf told reporters on Friday.”Based on our discussion, I told him we would not be pursuing the Rewards for Justice reward offer,” she says. “We discussed the critical need to ensure that terrorist groups cannot pose a threat inside of Syria or externally, including to the US and our partners in the region. Ahmad al-Sharaa committed to this.” Previously, the FBI had announced a reward of up to $10 million for any information that could lead to al-Sharaa’s capture, known by his alias Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, pointing to his swearing of allegiance to Al-Qaeda..
United States Fedral Reserve Chair Jerome Powell stated on Wednesday that the financial institution does not rule out rate hikes when asked about the possibility of a rate hike next year given inflation was “moving sideways.” “You don’t rule things completely in or out in this world, but that doesn’t appear to be a likely outcome,” the policymaker responded during a post-FOMC press conference. He additionally mentioned that the Federal Reserve was signaling fewer interest rate reductions in the upcoming year, along with a deceleration in the pace of these cuts. Nevertheless, the policymaker highlighted that “it’s pretty clear we’ve avoided recession” and affirmed that the US economy is doing “very, very well.” NN Audio file:
Israel’s deputy foreign minister said Syria’s new leaders are “wolves in clothes of sheep,” who are trying to persuade the world they are not radical Islamists — but her government isn’t convinced. “We’re not fooled by many of the conversations and interviews of those rebel groups who are, in fact, terrorist groups,” Sharren Haskel said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday. She was responding to a question about Syria’s de-facto leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa, who said Israel’s military should reverse its recent advance into the buffer zone with Syria because his forces pose no threat to the country. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the former al-Qaeda affiliate headed by Al-Sharaa, is designated a terrorist organization by the US and other countries, though Washington has held direct talks with the group since it toppled President Bashar al-Assad earlier this month. “We are very aware of what they are saying,” Haskel said. “But the fact is we are going to look at their actions, and that’s going to dictate how we react. We are not fooled by nice talk.” Haskel, 40, said Israel won’t make the same mistake it made with Hamas, the Palestinian group that indicated support for coexistence before launching the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attacks that triggered the war in Gaza. Israel has sent troops into the buffer zone between its northeast border and Syria since HTS overthrew Assad, a move that Haskel described as “temporary and obviously limited.” Israeli warplanes have also struck weapons depots and other military sites in Syria to prevent equipment falling into the hands of extremist groups hostile to Israel. The offensive has been criticized by Middle East countries including Egypt, which condemned the systematic targeting of infrastructure. Haskel said Israel is concerned about the rights of minority groups in Syria, particularly the Druze and Kurds, with whom the Jewish state has good relations. There is a Druze community in Israel with close relatives across the Syrian border whose lives could be threatened, she said. Asked if the Israeli government is in touch with the new Syrian leadership, she said only via the US. Haskel said Israel is deeply concerned about Turkey’s actions against the Kurds, who have fought against Islamic State in Syria in recent years. Asked about optimism that an Israel-Hamas ceasefire could be imminent after more than 14 months of fighting, Haskel said: “Personally, I try to stay pessimistic.” Hamas has rejected offers in the past, she said, while reiterating that Israel is “doing everything in our capability to bring back” the 100 hostages still held by the Iran-backed group in Gaza. Hamas has accused Israel of chopping and changing its demands. Robust statements by President-elect Donald Trump have been important in creating a breakthrough, Haskel said. The winner of last month’s US election has said the hostages should be returned by the time he takes office on Jan. 20 or there will be “hell to pay.” Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by Washington and others. Under the terms of a deal still being discussed with mediators Qatar and Egypt, hostages would be returned in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and a huge boost in humanitarian aid could be delivered to the coastal strip.
Israeli warplanes struck Houthi sites in Yemen’s capital and elsewhere in the country following an increase in missile attacks by the Iran-backed militia, including one overnight that damaged a school near Tel Aviv. The Israeli strikes killed nine people, according to reports from a Houthi-affiliated television station, and damaged energy facilities and power stations. Houthi-run Al Masirah Television reported that seven people were killed in Israel’s strikes on Al-Salif port close to Hodeida, while two died at the nearby Ras Isa oil terminal. The Houthis said they targeted Tel Aviv with two ballistic missiles early on Thursday. Israel intercepted one of them but shrapnel fell on a school in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan, the town’s mayor said. There were no reports of casualties, despite the damage. It’s unclear what happened to the second projectile. Millions of Israelis were forced into bomb shelters as air sirens went off across large parts of the country. An Israeli military spokesman said jets were already flying toward Yemen when the Houthis fired their missiles. Israel, he said, had planned its operation — complicated by Yemen lying about 1,700 kilometers (1,060 miles) away — for some time. The Houthis have been firing drones and missiles at Israel regularly, saying they’ll continue until there’s a ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza. The projectiles have mostly been intercepted before reaching Israeli territory, but in July a Houthi drone killed a man in Tel Aviv. Israel reacted to that attack by striking Houthi targets for the first time, and did so again in September. The latest mission was the first time Israel has targeted Sanaa, the Yemeni capital. In the past two weeks, a Houthi drone hit an apartment block in the south of Israel and on Sunday a long-range missile was fired at the center of the country. The Houthis have continued their attacks on Israel and on ships in the Red Sea despite the strikes by Israel and several others by the US and UK air forces. The group’s maritime assaults have effectively closed the southern Red Sea and parts of the Gulf of Aden to most Western shipping firms, pushing up global freight prices. Hamas and the Houthis are designated as terrorist groups by the US and many other governments. The Yemeni group captured Sanaa and other areas, including the strategic port of Hodeida, soon after Yemen’s civil war began in 2014. It is funded and advised by Iran and a key member of Tehran’s “axis of resistance” against Western and Israeli interests. NN: Now its time to kick Houthi ass
