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Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis discussed the rapid spread of misinformation during a seminar on fake news.

He recounted personal experiences, including an online attack following his remarks on a concert held recently in memory of the victims of the 2023 Tempe train accident.

The Israeli Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, who was the first public figure to announce the death of Yahya Sinwar yesterday, made a post today targeting Erdogan.

Israel's killing of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' leader and the mastermind of the group's attack last year, is a dramatic turning point in the yearlong conflict in Gaza, with questions lingering on the future of the war.

The Israeli military announced the death of Sinwar on Oct. 17, after a group of soldiers killed him in a surprise firefight in southern Gaza's Rafah.

Following confirmation of the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the orchestrator of the October 7 attacks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the people of Gaza, stating that the conflict could end as soon as tomorrow if Hamas agrees to disarm and release the hostages. Netanyahu shared a video on X, saying, "Yahya Sinwar is dead.

On Friday, US President Joe Biden arrived in Germany, marking the first official state visit by an American president since the country's reunification. Biden's visit comes just three weeks before the US presidential elections. He was initially scheduled to visit Germany and Angola from October 10-15, but the trip was delayed due to Hurricane Milton.

Gold prices hit a record high above $2,700 on Oct. 18 as traders piled into the safe-haven commodity at a time of heightened geopolitical uncertainty, including in the Middle East after Israel said it killed Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar.

Bullion hit an all-time high of $2,704.89 in early Asian trade, up from its previous record of $2,688.83 touched on Oct. 17

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has cautioned that Türkiye and the region must prepare for a potential war between Israel and Iran, citing a "high possibility" of such a conflict erupting.

"The war between Israel and Iran needs to be considered a high possibility," Fidan said during a television interview.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that the killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip was the "beginning of the end" of the year-long war in the Palestinian territory.

"I have nightmares every day; it was as if I was killed, and today I have to be reborn," Mazal Tazazo tells Kathimerini. On October 7, 2023, she was with her friends at the Nova music festival in Israel when the terrorists attacked. She pretended to be dead as Hamas men were killing anyone in their path nearby.

Yahia Shinar is finally off the list of problems for Israel, or to be more precise the “live” problems as it seems that even the dead Hamas chief raises issues for Beniamin Netanyahu.