Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin said on Monday a total of 488 families comprising 3,171 people had been displaced across the wider governorate, while Mayor Yousef al-Jabari told Al Jazeera that 3,043 of those forced from their homes are from within Hebron city limits alone.

Separately, the Israeli military continues a demolition campaign that has resulted in the destruction of residential buildings, factories and roads, while also blocking roads, raiding homes and assaulting Palestinians.

The crackdown has been in place since Friday, when two soldiers were killed in a shooting near the city. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has justified it by pledging an operation “unseen” since the 1967 war.

It comes amid increased tensions across the occupied West Bank as Israeli settlers and soldiers engage in violent pogroms. Attacks on olive harvesters have been rife as aggression has been on the rise before Israel’s general election on Tuesday, in which Netanyahu is seeking re-election.

According to municipal authorities in Hebron, the majority of the forcibly displaced Palestinians are women, children and elderly individuals.

Israeli soldiers, meanwhile, have systematically converted dozens of homes of the uprooted Palestinian families into military barracks and field interrogation centres.

“The measures taken in the city of Hebron are not of a single type, but rather have surpassed any idea of temporary evacuation or deportation,” said Noman Amr, a professor of contemporary history at al-Quds Open University, Dura branch in Hebron, as he explained the multifaceted nature of the displacement. “Evacuating homes falls into three categories: evacuation for demolition, evacuation for revenge and collective punishment, and evacuation for military uses, where they have turned some homes into military barracks.”

Amr also highlighted the psychological warfare at play. “This aggressive, collective punitive, terrorist, racist behaviour aims to create a state of panic, fear and instability for the Palestinian society,” he said, quoting displaced residents who said they heard soldiers make comments such as, “You will return to your homes on Judgement Day”.

The ultimate goal, Amr added, is “to impose a new reality” that can be summarised “in one sentence: ‘more land, fewer Arabs'”.

DPRK Permanent Representative to UN Sends Letter to President of UNSC

Pyongyang, October 26 (KCNA) -- The DPRK permanent representative to the United Nations sent a letter to the president of the UN Security Council on October 25, as regards the provocation the ROK committed by groundlessly shifting the blame for the dubious "mine explosion incident" that occurred near the southern border of the DPRK on September 21 to the DPRK.

The letter said that the "mine explosion incident," fabricated by the ROK, is a sinister obstructive move to brand as a "military invasion", delay and impede the DPRK's fortification of its southern border, and a farce to evade the responsibility for the ever-escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula. It went on:

The DPRK's fortification of its southern border is a legitimate and just exercise of its sovereignty going in strict conformity with the UN Charter and international law as it is a self-defensive measure to defend its territorial security from outside threat of aggression.

Nevertheless, the ROK has unhesitatingly committed such extremely reckless provocations as opening fire on our service personnel involved in the border fortification project to pose a serious threat to their lives and safety.

This is a wanton violation of Article 2 (4) of the UN Charter which stresses the need to refrain from the use of force or threat against territorial integrity of any country in international relations.

I remind you that if the ROK invades the territory of our country even a millimeter or perpetrates a direct provocation doing harm to our personnel's safety and lives, the DPRK is legally entitled to exercise the right to self-defence specified in Article 51 of the UN Charter.

If the ROK violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the DPRK despite our warnings, the former will be held wholly accountable for all the ensuing consequences. -0-

http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/54fcbc26799ef869c39690c7330b29e3

https://archive.is/Piy8H

related thread (3 weeks ago) https://hexbear.net/post/9692921

Marco Rubio, accusing Iran of attacking ships، said: “We haven’t seen anything like this since World War II and the pirates of the Caribbean.”

U.S. President, on 1 May 2026, boasting about seizing commercial ships and confiscating oil cargoes: “we’re like PIRATES. We’re sort of like PIRATES.”

Perhaps the president won’t be too pleased to learn that his secretary of state has so quickly forgotten his own proud claim of being like pirates.

https://nitter.click/IRIMFA_SPOX/status/2114455597814845779#m

this is the May 1 story that is being referenced. https://hexbear.net/post/8397028

https://nitter.click/NICKIMINAJ/status/2114390653824045420#m

https://nitter.click/StevenCheung47/status/2114388391429124121#m

Steven Cheung is joking (I hope) about her being the next White House Press Secretary.

https://nitter.click/Acyn/status/2114453348590268711#m

Trump shouted out Nicki Minaj's 'ass' during a campaign speech and the news cameras panned to her in the crowd.

Week of Russian Film Show Opened in DPRK

Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- An opening ceremony of the Week of Russian Film Show took place with due ceremony at the Taedongmun Cinema in the DPRK on Oct. 24 to mark the 78th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation.

During the week of the film show, feature films reflecting the patriotism and bravery of the Russian people defending the security interests and peace of the country will be shown at various cinemas in Pyongyang.

Present at the opening ceremony were Ri Song Un, director-general of the National Administration of Motion Picture Industry, officials concerned, creators and artistes in the film sector, Andrey Podelyshev, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, staff members of his embassy, a Russian film delegation and staff members of the Belarusian embassy here.

There was an opening speech.

The speaker expressed belief that the Week of Russian Film Show would serve as an important occasion for further consolidating the friendly ties between the peoples of the two countries and strengthening exchange and cooperation in the field of cinematic art of the two countries.

Then the head of the Russian film delegation read out a welcome address from Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova.

The minister of Culture in her welcome address said that the cinematic art held a special position in the cultural exchange between the two countries, adding that the DPRK people could become well acquainted with the Russian film art and deepen their mutual understanding through the week of film show.

The participants watched the Russian feature film "North Pole". -0-

http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/25ef68391921ae27b2cf0d740eb27636

https://archive.is/EgMXg

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Dandong City, Liaoning Province of PRC

Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited Dandong City, Liaoning Province of the People's Republic of China and toured the "Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea" on October 24 to mark the 76th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) into the Korean front.

The memorial hall is a monument to great friendship that tells forever the sacred and excellent history and invincible unity of the DPRK-China friendship and always brings closer the peoples of the two countries, who forged their genuine comradely relations and militant friendship through the realization of the common ideal for socialism and the bloody struggle against the imperialist aggression and have creditably carried forward and developed them century after century and generation after generation.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., WPK, Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, Ri Il Hwan and Kim Song Nam, secretaries of the C.C., WPK, Kim Tok Hun, first vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Kim Yo Jong, department director of the C.C., WPK, Kim Jae Ryong, first vice department director of the C.C., WPK, and other senior Party and government officials and Ri Ryong Nam, DPRK ambassador to China.

Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the C.C., Communist Party of China and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was on the spot to greet Comrade Kim Jong Un who visited the historic place where the CPV was dispatched and the friendship and unity of the two countries began.

Also present there were Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee and minister of Foreign Affairs, Liu Haixing, head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, Ma Zhaoxu, executive vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Xu Kunlin, secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the CPC, Jiang Bing, secretary of the Dandong City Committee of the CPC, and other leading cadres in central and local areas of China and Wang Yajun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.

Comrade Kim Jong Un exchanged warm greetings with Wang Huning and cadres of the Chinese side.

A cute child presented a fragrant bouquet to Comrade Kim Jong Un who visited a frontier city of the PRC and a large number of children welcomed the head of state of the DPRK, waving the national flags of the DPRK and China.

Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed deep thanks for the enthusiastic welcome.

There was a ceremony of laying a flower basket at the Monument to Resisting America and Aiding Korea.

The national anthems of the DPRK and the PRC were played solemnly.

The flower basket was laid before the monument to pay respects to the great annals and history and remember the undying feats of the CPV officers and men.

Written on the ribbon of the flower basket were the letters reading: "The fallen soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers will be remembered forever. Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea".

Comrade Kim Jong Un paid tribute to the fallen soldiers of the CPV.

He said that the DPRK people would remember forever the glorious years when they fought together with the Chinese people and convey the eternal thanks to the Chinese people for helping our revolution at the cost of their blood generation after generation.

He went round the "Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea", guided by Wang Huning.

Looking at the data and lots of exhibits vividly showing the great history, Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the memorial hall is a precious blood-stained verification of the invincible DPRK-China friendship. He affirmed the will of our Party, government and people to remember and defend forever the wonderful history in which the two countries went through the ordeals and firmly carry forward the invincible DPRK-China friendship forged at the cost of blood all the time.

Comrade Kim Jong Un presented a historic plaque with the photograph of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung on it in commemoration of his visit to the memorial hall.

Comrade Kim Jong Un wrote the letters on the plaque reading: "Righteous soul and spirit that defended peace are alive in the great picture of history.

I pay eternal thanks and respects to the fallen soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers, respectfully remembering their traces that connected the boundaries of the two countries with one territory. Kim Jong Un 2026. 10. 24".

After the visit, Comrade Kim Jong Un had a warm conversation with Wang Huning.

He said that it is a natural duty and obligation to remember the great years and history in reverence at the place where the CPV martyrs were dispatched, adding that it was a moment to recollect the preciousness of the DPRK-China friendship forged at the cost of blood. We will always remember the history when the excellent sons and daughters of the Chinese people helped our revolution at the cost of their blood and steadily and firmly carry forward the history of the DPRK-China friendship, he noted. And he extended thanks to esteemed Comrade General Secretary Xi Jinping for paying special and meticulous attention to his visit and asked to convey his warm greetings and best wishes to Comrade Xi Jinping and expressed deep thanks for the warm hospitality accorded by Dandong City and Liaoning Province.

Saying that the high international prestige and dignity of the People's Republic of China today are due result of the efforts and struggle of the Chinese people under the wise leadership of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, Comrade Kim Jong Un stated that the remarkable successes of the socialist neighbor are inspiring the Korean people in their struggle.

Courteously conveying the friendly greetings and best wishes of Comrade General Secretary Xi Jinping to Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un, Wang Huning said that Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un's visit to Dandong City and the "Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea" on the significant occasion of the 76th anniversary of the CPV's entry into the Korean front is of great significance in steadily carrying forward and developing the traditional China-DPRK friendship and militant fraternity.

Wang Huning hosted a reception in welcome of Comrade Kim Jong Un's visit to the PRC on the special instruction of Comrade Xi Jinping.

The reception proceeded in a friendly and comradely atmosphere.

That day, Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Dandong City Bus Factory.

He was greeted by a leading official of the factory.

The workers of the factory warmly welcomed Comrade Kim Jong Un's visit to their workplace.

Comrade Kim Jong Un went round various places of the factory to see different kinds of products.

Wishing the factory with glorious history and potentiality greater success, he sent sincere encouragement to the technical group and workers of the factory for their unremitting innovations and efforts.

He crossed the DPRK-China Amnok River Bridge to return home.

Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the C.C., CPC and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and other leading cadres in central and local areas of China accompanied Comrade Kim Jong Un to the middle point of the bridge to see him off.

Comrade Kim Jong Un was seen off by lovely children.

Comrade Kim Jong Un asked Wang Huning to convey his warm greetings to esteemed Comrade General Secretary Xi Jinping.

Enjoying a bird's-eye view at the middle point of the newly-inaugurated bridge, Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed expectation that the bridge would undoubtedly and correctly fulfill its historic mission of linking the two countries and firmly joining the minds of the peoples of the two countries.

Comrade Kim Jong Un had a photo taken with Wang Huning on the bridge and exchanged farewells with leading cadres of the Chinese side.

Comrade Kim Jong Un sincerely hoped that the Chinese party and government would carry on the course of the rapid development of the PRC with better and plentiful successes under the experienced and seasoned leadership of Comrade Xi Jinping.

Comrade Kim Jong Un's visit to the People's Republic of China on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' entry into the Korean front will be recorded in history as a significant occasion of clearly showing the invariability and invincibility of the DPRK-China friendship and solidarity strong with the most genuine bloody ties and true comradely relations. -0-

http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/922c67bdd9f34fe580d343563b85a42e (39 photos)

The photos show Kim visiting a locations in China such as monuments, museum, a government meeting room, and what looks like a Chinese bus factory.

https://archive.is/zN9lE

Stallone claps back at the critics of his daughter's casting. "First they go, 'Nepotism is terrible.' I said, 'Oh please, you're not a good parent if you haven't performed a little nepotism. Then obviously you don't care about your kids, because they come first,'" Stallone says. "'Of course it's nepotism, you idiot. That's why we're parents. We want the best for our children. So obviously we let them have every advantage.'"

The proud dad has one nonnegotiable caveat: The kid still has to earn it.

"Can they maintain that level of excellence? That's out of our hands," Stallone says. "But if you can open the door, we'll see if they have the ability to go through it. People will say, 'She got that job, it's too easy.' You're right. Perhaps it could be. But to maintain that, to be in front of millions of people, you either got it or you don't."

Brown Bear-Ryongnim, Natural Monument of DPRK

Pyongyang, October 21 (KCNA) -- The Rangnim Mountains situated in Ryongnim and Rangnim counties of Jagang Province of the DPRK have high peaks including Wagal Peak (2 260m above sea level) and Mts Kosokgol and Pakdal.

This area, more than 1 400 metres above sea level, is one of the typical areas of the distribution of brown bears in the country because of its thick forests and abundant food resources.

The brown bear-Ryongnim is an omnivorous animal.

The bear is 150-180 cm long and the larger one is 200 cm.

It weighs about 180-250 kg.

It breeds every two or three years.

It litters one or five cubs.

The colors of fur of the bears vary according to zones and seasons, but most of them are dark brown or black.

They hibernate in rock caves, hollowed trees and burrows in fallen trees.

The time to hibernate is about November and the time to awake from hibernation is about April. The bears do not leave the fixed habitats.

The brown bear-Ryongnim is registered as a natural monument and protected under the national care. -0-

http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/8c87f3d9c0582cbad499cd23b5220588

https://archive.is/oYCMJ

Department Director of C.C., WPK Kim Yo Jong Sends Warning Repeatedly to ROK Side

Pyongyang, October 22 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, sent another following warning at dawn of Oct. 22 as regards the fact that the special assistant to the defense policy of Chongwadae of the ROK let loose officious response on Oct. 21:

The shameless, ignorant, unreasonable and illogical under-wits who shift the responsibility for shedding blood in their self-made suspicious accident onto the other and impudently interfere in the other's work of fencing the house are picking a quarrel with our just measure. The way of provoking a quarrel is run through with "absurd assertion", as they did in the past.

Such "false play" may continue for the time being.

This is because a frightened dog can keep up its appearance of rat-tailed face when it barks.

I had already dealt with the Moon Jae In and Yoon Suk Yeol regimes, but I have never seen such foolish and miserable guys like those who get on the present regime's "cart".

The officials of Chongwadae and the government are all stereotyped idiots.

Through this, we can know frailty and immaturity of the Lee Jae Myung government.

The special assistant to the defense policy of Chongwadae should not talk incoherently but shut his mouth at once.

He, a small fry, is irresponsibly talking without knowing the meaning of the words that the thief calls "stop thief".

The words that the thief calls "stop thief" are suitable for the men who did not fire a bullet, not those who opened fire and talk about provocation.

In fact, it is a very dirty thing to respond to the disgraceful behavior of such guys, but I declare once again upon authorization.

Within the territory where our sovereignty is exercised, the project for fortifying the southern border will be surely and successfully continued according to our purposes.

If the project for fortifying the southern border is completed, the danger of military conflict between the DPRK and the ROK will be considerably lowered and many complicated problems will be solved.

We are not committing a "provocation" but taking just reaction.

I warn those who are interfering in the work of repairing the fence of other's home and crying out for "military counteraction", carried away by ill-advised bravery.

If they make a "mistake" wittingly or unwittingly for a moment with morbid ill-advised bravery, they will have to be prepared for everything.

Everything will be broken, crushed and collapsed terribly.

Our new responsive means will be put on alert in all parts of the southern border and the loudspeakers against the ROK will be on standby in a matter of days.

If they continue to wag their tongue, cast a damper on and insist obstinately on, the present ruling authorities will face the most horrible and distressing situation.

This is not a threat but a clear warning.

Time will prove this.

I warn once again that they should grasp the situation well and make proper speech. -0-

http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/a85ee3316084c5e24a9425a23d8b1cf8

https://archive.is/zflaN

related post https://hexbear.net/post/9846686

KPA Marshal Pak Jong Chon Inspects Southern Border under Fortification

Pyongyang, October 21 (KCNA) -- KPA Marshal Pak Jong Chon, advisor to the Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, inspected pivotal positions of the southern border under fortification on October 20.

He was accompanied by Ri Il Hwan, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Yo Jong, department director of the WPK Central Committee, and major commanding officers of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army.

KPA Marshal Pak Jong Chon acquainted himself with the progress in the fortification project for permanently closing the border and gave pep talks to the service personnel dedicating themselves to the historic struggle for fortifying the border of the country in the face of enemy threats and obstructions.

He clarified the following important stand as regards the serious enemy provocation to disturb the DPRK's exercise of sovereignty taking place in its territory.

"Now those rogues are seeking to invent an excuse for provocation, finding fault with the on-going fortification project, our army's regular undertaking for strengthening the border. They insist that our service personnel 'crossed the borderline' but this is just deliberate, premeditated and absurd assertion to shift the blame for the ever-worsening situation onto us, prompted by a black-hearted purpose.

Our army knows where our borderline is better than any others and we are doing what we should do in our territory.

Officers and soldiers, turn the borderline into an impregnable fortress proudly.

If the enemy troops make a provocation actually threatening the safety of our service personnel in the wake of warning loudspeaker blaring and shots, you should never pardon them but launch prompt and resolute action. It is not a time to merely engage in a war of words.

The border forces of the DPRK must take very proficient, specialized and overwhelming military action in response to the reckless moves of the hideous enemy."

Noting that it is most important to take proactive measures for thoroughly protecting the lives and safety of our service personnel, he stressed that now is the time to organize the firepower strong enough to strike terror into the enemy's heart.

Department Director of the C.C., WPK Kim Yo Jong said as follows:

"Our military leadership underlined the need to make those rogues aware that our new firepower units have taken their firing positions.

Our head of state issued an order to fortify the border with an enemy state to be eternally impregnable, noting that there will be never ever compromise in exercising our territorial sovereignty.

This is a 'sacred and great undertaking' for putting an end to the history written in a wrong way for a very long time.

Our army should thoroughly implement the instruction of our head of state on fulfilling this historic mission.

Nothing can stem the historical process of the fortification of the DPRK's southern border." -0-

http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/741baeee83ce6fe656c998aa0dead303

https://archive.is/323zF

Press Statement of Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of C.C., WPK

Pyongyang, October 21 (KCNA) -- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, released the following press statement on Oct. 21:

Today I inspected the border together with Marshal Pak Jong Chon.

The Korean Central News Agency misreported the date in its article.

I inspected several places of the border early this morning, not yesterday.

The border has been clearly blocked and turned into a fortress more thoroughly.

This clearly proves that the history miswritten by us for a long time is being corrected and the current and future security of the DPRK guaranteed qualitatively.

Our head of state stressed that it is a terrible tragedy that the DPRK borders the most despicable and disgusting enemy in the world and, therefore, the border should be a permanent line never to be crossed.

Our army is carrying out a crucial and great undertaking in the face of the enemy's persistent threats.

A great history of peace will soon begin.

If the border is fortified, the danger of military conflict in this area will undoubtedly be eliminated.

The armed rogues committed provocative warning loudspeaker blaring and shots again in at least two spots today.

Our tactical hunting teams are taking new positions, and within October, the loudspeakers for psychological warfare against the ROK will be in operation along the whole border.

This is the most just measure and appropriate response.

Let us suppose that we open responsive fire on the enemy as a warning in the case like today.

The situation along the border will escalate into an unimaginably terrible phase.

We gird ourselves thoroughly for contingence, exercising great restraint.

If the enemy's warning shot provocation results in doing actual harm to the our territorial security and our service persons' safety, going beyond the level of warning, our border guards will show no mercy for the armed gangsters bereft of reason. -0-

http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/207188e61f62372d46fa4357627f9b94

https://archive.is/ULONX

SEOUL, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Some North Korean websites appear to have ​been experiencing intermittent outages, analysts ‌said on Wednesday.

Here are the details:

More than 40 official sites ​using the country's .kp domain, ​including those of the foreign ⁠ministry and state news ​agency KCNA, were inaccessible or ​unstable on Tuesday, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

Network monitoring service ​Telecom Observer said it ​detected nearly six hours of disruptions in North ‌Korea's ⁠Border Gateway Protocol routing infrastructure from 1810 to 2350 GMT on Tuesday.

Analysts also ​observed intermittent ​outages ⁠on Wednesday, though many websites, such as ​KCNA and newspaper Rodong ​Sinmun, ⁠were accessible by 0043 GMT.

The cause has not been ⁠publicly ​attributed, analysts said.

North ​Korea's internet has suffered disruptions before.

Over the past week, there has been reports that numerous US politicians have received the same mysterious letter.

The characteristics of the letter are as follows:

• Return address says DSA with an address that Democratic Socialist's of America does not use
• Post Office mark says San Antonio Texas
• Several reports say that the letter contains white powder
• At least one report says that the powder was identified as harmless

I haven't seen the media do real investigating into this incident.

I would like to create an archived list of public statements published by US politicians. For example, if the politician has tweeted or made a press statement about a mysterious letter in the past week. Some have even posted photos of the letter.

There are 435 congress members and 100 senators. If you know of any public statements, please post a link in a comment.

Please share public information only. No private info, gossip, etc.

Examples:

MA Rep Seth Molten

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/seth-moulton-congress-suspicious-mail/

http://web.archive.org/web/20261020204952/https://moulton.house.gov/news/press-releases/statement-office-congressman-moulton-regarding-suspicious-letter-received-mail

VA Rep Vindman

https://nitter.click/RepVindman/status/2111222038216179791#m

https://web.archive.org/web/20261020205624/https://vindman.house.gov/2026/10/16/vindman-releases-statement-after-suspicious-package-sent-to-district-office/

ME Rep Pingree

https://nitter.click/chelliepingree/status/2112201038853705963#m

This is a related thread I posted 4 days ago
https://hexbear.net/post/9810960