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The Israeli army has instructed logistics companies to prepare a third crossing to open for aid deliveries into northern Gaza, according to a report from Saudi-owned, London-based news magazine Al Majalla.
Karni crossing is one of four entry points along Gaza’s eastern border with Israel, and one of three that are located in the north of the enclave. Of the seven border crossings that exist, or have existed, along the entire militarized border between Gaza, Israel and Egypt, only Rafah and Kerem Shalom, both along Gaza’s southern border, are open for aid deliveries.
Israel has imposed strict limitations on how much and what kind of aid can enter Gaza. The difficulty of getting aid to northern Gaza all the way from the southern entry points is compounded by conditions on the ground and an Israeli checkpoint that dissects the Strip, where aid trucks are often refused entry.
During a televised address earlier this evening, al-Qassam Brigades spokes person Abu Obeida said that Hamas continues to fight "throughout Gaza — in the north, center, and south," AFP reports.
"We are conducting battles in an organized manner and according to tactics we set for ourselves. We will continue the struggle until the last soldier leaves Gaza. Thousands of our fighters are still deployed in all areas of the strip," Obeida said.
Last week, Haaretz reported that Hamas had redeployed police and paid civil service workers their salaries in the north of the enclave, bringing into question Israel's claims that its army had "dismantled" the group.
Israel will coordinate with Egypt ahead of its military operation in Rafah, says Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, according to AFP. Rafah is the most southern city in Gaza, where more than a million Palestinians are trapped, surrounded by Israeli bombardment and pressed up against a closed border with Egypt.
"Egypt is our ally," Katz told the Munich Security Conference in southern Germany. "We have a peace agreement with Egypt and we will operate in a way that does not harm Egyptian interests."
"We will operate in Gaza after coordinating with Egypt," he said, adding that Israel would "keep US President Joe Biden informed" of the military offensive.
According to the Wall Street Journal and an Egyptian NGO, Cairo is building a closed, secure camp in Sinai to accommodate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip fleeing the war in the event of an Israeli offensive on Rafah. Diplomats, leaders, and humanitarian aid organizations around the world have called for Israel to back down from its plans to attack Rafah with a ground incursion.
Jewish settlers celebrate the creation of the illegal Ofarim settlement, some 45 kilometers east of Tel Aviv, on May 10, 1989 in the occupied West Bank. (Credit: Sven Nackstrand/AFP)
A record 52 states will present arguments about the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN's highest legal body, Reuters reports.
The ICJ's six days of hearings starting on Monday come after the UN General Assembly asked the court in 2022 for an advisory, or non-binding, opinion on the occupation. While Israel has ignored such opinions in the past, it could add political pressure over its ongoing operation in Gaza, which has killed 28,775 people, mostly civilians.
It is the second time the UN General Assembly has asked the ICJ, also known as the World Court, for an advisory opinion related to the occupied Palestinian territory. In July 2004, the court found that Israel's separation wall in the West Bank violated international law and should be dismantled, though it still stands to this day.
The Israeli army accused Nasrallah of "lying" and putting the "interests of his masters in Iran above" the interests of people in Lebanon.
The Israeli army’s Arabic-speaking spokesperson posted on X saying: "O residents of Lebanon, Nasrallah insulted you, claiming that you had two options: resistance or surrender. He is lying to you. Lebanon was calm, but Nasrallah chose to go to war in support of rapists and child killers. Nasrallah has put the interests of his masters in Iran above your interests, dreams and ambitions."
Following the Oct. 7 attack, Israel accused Hamas of beheading babies and committing acts of sexual assault in southern Israel. The claims of beheaded babies, spread widely in the media and even repeated by the US president, have since proven to be false. The UN went to Israel in January to investigate the allegations of sexual assault. A report on the matter has yet to be published, but questions have already been raised regarding the quality of the evidence used to back these claims.
Al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Obeida says there have been many losses among Israeli hostages, “while other hostages live in extremely difficult conditions,” in an audio message cited by Reuters.
"We warned dozens of times about the dangers to which their hostages are being exposed. We didn't want the situation to reach this stage, but [Israel's] leadership ignored us," he said. "For months, we tried to protect and care for the lives of these hostages, as it is our top humanitarian goal to liberate our own prisoners and to realize the legitimate rights of our people."
"The wounded and sick enemy prisoners are going through very difficult conditions and are struggling to stay alive. This is not surprising because everything that our people are suffering from, be it hunger, thirst and lack of medical help, is also what the enemy prisoners are suffering from."
Israel's chief military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said on Tuesday that 31 of the remaining 136 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were dead. One hundred hostages were released in November in exchange for the release of 240 Palestinians detained in Israeli jails.
During Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's speech this afternoon, the Israeli army said that it is continuing to "strengthen its operational readiness on the northern front," according to the military’s Arabic-speaking spokesperson, Avichay Adraee.
"The fighters of the Golani Brigade began the process this week of increased readiness on the northern front, alongside the training of reservists,” said the spokesperson, specifying that the exercises included a drill in "mountainous and complex terrain."
Israeli officials have been saying for a couple weeks now that if Lebanon-Israel border hostilities do not cease, they will take military action in order to ensure the return of around 80,000 Israeli evacuated from the north of the country, implying significant escalation.
Hezbollah announced the death of one of its fighters, Khaled Mohammad al-Tamer, born in 1980, a native of Arzi, and resident of Kherbet Selm, in southern Lebanon. As usual, the party did not specify when or where he was killed.
According to our count, 206 Hezbollah fighters have been killed in Lebanon and Syria since Oct. 8, with at least 180 of the deaths having occurred in Lebanon.
Updates from southern Lebanon:
• Hezbollah announces that its fighters targeted a group of Israeli soldiers at 4:10 p.m. positioned in Ramiye, facing the southern Lebanese town of Aita al-Shaab, "with the appropriate weapons, hitting them directly." The party claims to have caused "deaths and injuries."
• In a separate statement, Hezbollah announced that, at 4:30 p.m., its fighters targeted a deployment of soldiers near the Doviv barracks, facing the southern Lebanese town of Yaroun, "with missiles." It claims to have "inflicted direct damage."
Israeli war Cabinet minister Benny Gantz says “there will not be a cease-fire of even one day until the hostages are returned,” according to reports from Israeli media.
“The fighting will continue until our goals are achieved. It can continue even in the month of Ramadan. Either the hostages will be returned, or we will extend the fighting to Rafah,” Gantz said in an address today.
A crowd watches the seventh speech of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah since the start of military confrontations between with Israel, at St Joseph school, in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh. (Credit: João Sousa/L'Orient Today)
A woman watches the seventh speech of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah since the start of military confrontations between with Israel, at St Joseph school, in Beirut's southern suburbs of Dahiyeh. (Credit: João Sousa/L'Orient Today)
Outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati says that Lebanon will remain "committed to all UN resolutions," calling on Israel to "implement them, cease its aggression against south Lebanon and its violation of Lebanese sovereignty, and withdraw from occupied Lebanese territories."
"While Lebanon insists on stability in the region and calls on all parties to refrain from escalation, Israel continues its aggression, which makes us wonder about the measures taken by the international community to stop this persistent aggression," he said during a speech at the opening session of the 60th Munich Security Conference, relayed by the state-run National News Agency.
Mikati called for "those responsible for any aggression against international humanitarian law, including attacks on civilians and humanitarian workers, to be held accountable."
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has finished his speech.
Nasrallah: "The presidency in Lebanon has nothing to do with Gaza. The Resistance has nothing to do with Lebanese internal politics."
"We did not say that we are going to impose a President of the Republic. The presidency is an internal matter. [Speaker of Parliament] Nabih Berri has already called for dialogue several times, but everyone refuses."
"We have never imposed political options on behalf of the Resistance. The weapons of the Resistance will not be used to change the political system in Lebanon; they serve to protect Lebanon and its people. There is no need for delineation of the land border; it is already established. If there will be any discussion, it will be for the Israelis to leave our lands."
Three attacks against Israel were claimed by Hezollah since Nasrallah started his speech:
• Hezbollah announced that it hit the Malikiyah site with a Burkan missile at 3:15 p.m.
• The party also announced that it hit the sites of Ruwaisat al-Alam and Zebdin in the occupied Shebaa Farms with guided missiles at 3:50 and 4:00 p.m. respectively.
• In southern Lebanon, heavy Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of Kfar Hammam, Hasbaya district, and Aita al-Shaab, Bint Jbeil district, residents told our correspondent in the South.
Nasrallah: "We do not interfere in Hamas' negotiations with Israel. It is up to them to make the necessary decisions; they are the ones who pay the highest price. Yemen and the resistance in Iraq have the same attitude.”
Nasrallah: “There are two options for the Resistance — to resist or to yield. The price of yielding is high. So, this calls for expanding the battle, but at the same time, not to stray from the main battle, which is to support Gaza.”
“For years, Israel’s main goal has been to displace Palestinians from their lands and establish a Jewish state. They want to send people living in the West Bank to Jordan, the ‘Palestinians of '48’ [Israeli Arabs] to Lebanon, and those from Gaza to Egypt.”
Nasrallah: “Regarding UNRWA, as soon as Israel made accusations, they stopped funding. But there is still no proof."
Israel showed the US a six-page dossier, seen by Channel 4 News, in which they claim they were able to identify “more than 10 UNRWA staffers” who took part in the Oct. 7 attack, via “intelligence information, documents and identity card seized during the course of the fighting.” However, Israel did not include this evidence in the document, and this is the document that prompted almost two-dozen countries to pull funding from the main source of humanitarian aid for the battered Gaza Strip.
👉 Read more about the accusations and ongoing investigations here.
Hassan Nasrallah has been speaking about allegations that Hamas committed sexual assault and massacred children…
Nasrallah: “Some Arab countries believed it, even those who say they are close to Hamas. They wanted to equate Hamas with Daesh. The Israelis could not present a single piece of evidence.”
In January, a United Nations team travelled to Israel to examine reports of sexual violence during the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7. Multiple news organizations had reported allegations of sexual violence following the attack, but questions have equally been raised about the quality of evidence used in the allegations.
While denying the allegations, Hamas also recognized, in a pamphlet published in January detailing the group’s account of events, that the chaos of Oct. 7 led to errors in the operation. When Hamas broke through the barrier that encloses the blockaded enclave, thousands of people poured through and into the Gaza Envelope, the area surrounding the Strip.
The allegations of beheaded babies, spread widely throughout the media, has since been proven false.
Nasrallah: "What Ansar Allah [Houthis] did in Yemen when they targeted Israeli ships in the Red Sea, left a significant mark. Yemenis are not seeking revenge. Americans are dealing with Yemen, so Israel can focus on Lebanon and Palestine. We respond to Americans by continuing to target Israeli ships. We must not change our battle."
Yesterday the leader of the Houthis hailed "great success" and "victory" in their campaign against commercial shipping in the Red Sea, carried out in solidarity with Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.
👉 Read more about how the rebel group as affected the global shipping economy here.
Nasrallah: "Americans and Israelis must know that Palestinians will not back down, no matter the sacrifices. The front in southern Lebanon will not stop. Israeli [Minister of Defense] Yoav Gallant forgot that the resistance in Lebanon has missiles capable of reaching all of Israeli territory."
Yesterday, Gallant told a war preparedness meeting of Israeli officials that his forces "can attack not only 20 kilometers (from the border), but also 50 kilometers, in Beirut, and everywhere else." This quote was the latest in a long string of back-and-forth threats between Hezbollah and Israel.
A crowd of Hezbollah supporters cheer while listening to the party's secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, give a televised speech on Feb. 16, 2024, in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut. (Credit: Joao Sousa/L'Orient Today)
Nasrallah: “The southern Lebanese front remains. Killing [Hezbollah] fighters on the ground and hitting the southern suburbs will not stop the resistance. We must continue and escalate.”
“We hit the Kiryat Shmona barracks yesterday with several Falaq and Katiousha missiles, and that's the first response. The enemy will pay the price for the deaths of our women and children over the last few days.”
Nasrallah: "The enemy's goal when they kill civilians is to put pressure on the Resistance. Israel needs to understand that in this matter, it has gone too far. When it comes to civilians, for us, it's a sensitive issue. The Resistance has started targeting Israeli localities and has established the equation of civilians versus civilians.”
In regards to the deadly strikes on Nabatieh on Wednesday evening …
Nasrallah: “What happened was a development that first affected civilians. What happened was premeditated. If Israel had only wanted to target fighters, it could have avoided the civilians.”
"We are in a real battle with a fierce enemy supported by the United States. We are not symmetrical when it comes to military against military."
Seven civilians and three Hezbollah members were killed in a single air strike on a residential building in Nabatieh on Wednesday, marking the deadliest day in southern Lebanon since Oct. 8. The seven civilians were all members of the same family, gathered for dinner. Read our coverage about the victims here. 👈
Nasrallah: “If the enemy thinks he can dissuade us from continuing by targeting our commanders, destroying our homes and killing women and children, he's mistaken.”
Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has begun speaking, his second address this week and his seventh since the war began, broadcast on Hezbollah's TV network, Al-Manar.
We're listening to him live and will be translating noteworthy quotes for you to read here.
The recognition of a Palestinian state is "not a taboo for France," said Emmanuel Macron for the first time on Friday as he received King Abdullah II of Jordan in Paris, reports AFP.
"We owe it to the Palestinians, whose aspirations have been trampled on for too long. We owe it to the Israelis, who experienced the greatest anti-Semitic massacre of our century. We owe it to a region that aspires to escape the promoters of chaos and the sowers of revenge," he added.
He also warned that a forced and massive displacement of the population "would again be a serious violation of international law and a major risk of regional escalation."
Screenshot of the live broadcast of the commemoration ceremony for former party leaders by Hezbollah-affiliated broadcaster Al-Manar.
Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah will speak at a ceremony commemorating the party's former leaders who "fell as martyrs," namely Sheikh Ragheb Harb, former Secretary General Abbas Moussawi, and military chief Imad Moughnieh.
This will be his seventh speech since the start of the war in Gaza. He had announced it during his previous speech last Tuesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that an Israeli offensive on the southern Gazan city of Rafah would lead to an "unprecedented humanitarian disaster," according to AFP.
"An Israeli offensive in Rafah could only bring about an unprecedented humanitarian disaster and would be a turning point in this conflict," the French president said during a joint press conference with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Paris.
An update on the situation in southern Lebanon over the last hour:
- An Israeli jet bombed Bint Jbeil, residents told our correspondent. An unexploded rocket aimed at a house caused damage in the area.
- The outskirts of Aita al-Shaab (Bint Jbeil) and Zibqin (Sour) were targeted by Israeli jets, according to local residents.
Five people were wounded in southern Israel following a shootout, Reuters reported, citing the Israeli ambulance service.
According to the agency, police spokesman Eli Levy told Israeli army radio that a "suspected gunman shot at people at a bus station at the Masmiya junction, wounding several of them". The suspect was "neutralized," it added, without giving any details of his condition.
The Israeli ambulance service said it was "treating and transferring to hospitals three people in serious condition and one woman in moderate condition."
Haaretz reported that two people were killed in the shooting, including a 20-year-old man.
Gaza's Ministry of Health announced on Friday that five patients had died after power cuts halted oxygen supplies to a Gaza hospital after Israeli forces took control.
"The generators in the hospital complex stopped and the electricity was cut off" in Khan Younis's Nasser Hospital, the ministry said in a statement, holding Israeli forces "responsible" for the deaths.
According to the ministry, Israeli operations in and around the hospital had interrupted the fuel supplies needed to run the generators, causing the power cuts.
The ministry first announced that four patients had died, followed by a fifth death.
Russia invited the various Palestinian factions to come to Moscow to hold talks on the ongoing war in Gaza and other regional topics, AFP reports citing Russia's state-run TASS news agency.
According to Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, who also serves as Russian President Vladimir Putin's envoy to the Middle East, the talks would begin on Feb. 29.
"We invited all Palestinian representatives – all political forces that have their positions in different countries, including Syria, Lebanon and other countries in the region," Bogdavov stated.
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) announced on X that the Israeli army had released two doctors from the Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, Jamal Ayad and Nafith Al-Qarm.
The two doctors had been "arrested seven days ago during an occupier raid on the hospital," said the CRP, adding that "12 other members of [its] teams are still under arrest, including seven who were arrested at Al-Amal Hospital."
The Israeli army claimed to have arrested "more than 20 terrorists who took part" in the Oct. 7 attacks, among "dozens of suspects" questioned at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, according to AFP.
It added that it had found in the vicinity of the hospital complex "remnants of mortar shells, grenades and other weapons belonging" to Hamas, which it claimed had used the hospital to fire on Israeli forces in recent weeks.
Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah said that if Israel wins in Gaza, "there will be no Lebanon, no region, no state, and nothing left for us," according to state-run National News Agency.
"We are facing a deadly Zionist monster, [we have] no choice but steadfastness and resistance," Fadlallah added during a memorial ceremony for Hezbollah member Khalil Fares who was killed in an Israeli raid on the village of Jadra last Saturday.
During a meeting with the Russian ambassador to Lebanon, Alexander Rudakov, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea stressed the importance of implementing UNSC Resolution 1701 "in order to spare Lebanon from the risk of a major war breaking out on its southern borders."
Commenting on the disputed Shebaa Farms and Kfar Shouba hills, Geagea said that "it is ... useful to send a joint memorandum from the Lebanese and Syrian sides to the United Nations in order to consider these lands as Lebanese, and then it will become obligatory for Israel to withdraw from them in implementation of [UNSC] Resolution 425."
Finally, Geagea criticized Hezbollah, saying: "How is Hezbollah helping the Palestinians in Gaza? ... What did [Hezbollah's] cross-border operations produce except exposing Lebanon and its people to destruction and death?"
Rockets launched from Lebanon last night hit a chicken coop in Margaliot, in the Upper Galilee region, killing thousands of chickens, according to Haaretz.
Israeli daily Maariv did a poll about whether Israeli people believe that Israel should launch a large-scale military operation against Lebanon. The poll was also quoted by many news outlets.
Here are the results:
- 71 percent are in favor of a large-scale operation.
- 12 percent believe that the current situation between Lebanon and Israel should be contained.
- 17 percent do not know
The Gazan Ministry of Health has announced a death toll of 28,775 people, mostly women, children and teenagers, in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war.
It reported a total of 112 deaths in the last 24 hours, and 68,552 wounded since the start of the war on Oct. 7.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib said yesterday that he had instructed Lebanon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations to lodge a complaint with the UN Security Council against Israel following "a series of Israeli attacks on civilian targets on February 14, the most violent and deadly since Oct. 8."
According to a statement issued by Bou Habib's press office, the complaint denounces the fact that "an Israeli drone targeted a residential building in the town of Nabatieh (South Lebanon) with a guided missile, killing 10 people, including women and children", and damaging nearby buildings.
The text also reports another Israeli air strike that "targeted the home of Jalal Mohsen in Souaneh, South Lebanon, killing his wife and two sons, aged 13 and 2."
Lebanon also called on the Security Council to "condemn the Israeli attacks against Lebanon in order to prevent the situation from deteriorating and the war from spreading" as well as "the direct, deliberate and repeated targeting of civilians by Israel."
The US recently carried out a cyber attack against an Iranian military vessel in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden that was gathering intelligence on cargo ships, NBC News reported Thursday, citing three US officials.
The cyber attack took place a week ago as part of a government response to a drone attack by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, which killed three US servicemen in Jordan late last month and wounded dozens more, according to the report relayed by Reuters.
According to NBC, the operation was aimed at preventing the ship from exchanging intelligence with Houthi militants in Yemen.
Wednesday marked the deadliest day for civilians in southern Lebanon since fighting began on Oct. 8 with 10 civilians killed in Israeli strikes. But who were the people killed?
Find out more here.
Update on the situation in southern Lebanon on Thursday evening:
- After 9 pm, Israeli jets bombed the area between the villages of Taybeh and Deir Seryan (Marjayoun). Ambulances headed to the scene. Another Israeli airstrike targeted the village of Qantara (Marjayoun). A house was completely destroyed.
- After 9.30 pm, Israeli Iron Dome missile explosions were heard over the Khiam plain (Marjayoun).
- Hezbollah claimed responsibility for an attack at 9:15 p.m. on the Kiryat Shmona barracks opposite the Lebanese village of Houla (Marjayoun) using Falaq missiles, in retaliation for the Israeli bombardment of the Lebanese villages of Nabatiyeh and Souaneh. According to the Israeli military, at least 25 missiles were fired at Kiryat Shmona which caused damage to several buildings and vehicles. Parts of the city and the surrounding areas were left without power after a rocket struck a pylon.
- After midnight, Israeli jets again bombed the village of Qantara, where another house was completely destroyed. Three members of the Amal movement were killed.
The Israeli army announced the death of another of its soldiers in the fighting in Gaza, according to several Israeli media outlets.
According to I24 News and the Times of Israel, his death brings the total number of Israeli soldiers killed since Oct. 7 to 572 and 234 since the start of the ground offensive in Gaza.
The Amal Movement, an ally of Hezbollah, announced the loss of three of its members: Qassem Nizar Berro, born in 1996 and originally from Sharkiya (Nabatieh); Ali Hassan Issa born in 1971 and originally from Jibsheet (Nabatieh); and Mohammad Hussein Saïd, born in 1995 in Qsaybeh (Nabatieh).
These deaths bring to 11 the number of Amal members killed since the war in Gaza began to spill over into southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah announced, in press releases, the deaths of two more of its members, Mustafa Ali Darwiche, born in 1995 and originally from Srebbine, in the Bint Jbeil district; and Mustafa Khodr Qassir, born in 1991 and originally from Deir Qanoun al-Nahr (Sour).
With these two new names, the total number of party members killed in Lebanon and Syria since Oct. 8 reaches 205.
Of the 99 journalists and media employees killed worldwide in 2023, 72 died "in Israeli attacks on Gaza," stresses the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in its annual report published on Thursday, quoted by AFP.
Three others died in southern Lebanon, killed by fire attributed to the Israeli army.
Benjamin Netanyahu rejected on Thursday evening any international recognition of a Palestinian state outside the framework of a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, in reaction to a plan mooted by the US daily Washington Post.
"Such recognition, in the wake of the Oct. 7 massacre, would offer an enormous reward to unprecedented terrorism and prevent any future peace agreement," said the Israeli prime minister on his X account, formerly Twitter.
Gaza's Ministry of Health said on Friday it feared for the lives of six intensive care patients and three infants in the maternity ward of Khan Younis hospital due to a lack of oxygen, as the electrical generators had stopped working.
The Ministry reported a death toll of "112" across the Gaza Strip on Thursday night.
Truce negotiations involving the further release of Hamas hostages and Palestinians held by Israel continue in Cairo until Friday, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the USA.
The Israeli army explained its operation in the Nasser hospital in Khan Younis by "credible intelligence" that Hamas had held hostages there "and that there may be bodies of hostages" on site.
The situation in Gaza:
After four months of war between Israel and Hamas, the violence is concentrated in the south of the besieged and devastated Gaza Strip, between the town of Khan Younis, where the Israeli army announced on Thursday that it was carrying out a "targeted operation" in the Nasser hospital, which was sheltering thousands of displaced persons, and the town of Rafah.
In a telephone call, US President Joe Biden reiterated to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his opposition to a military operation in Rafah "without a credible and workable plan to ensure the safety of civilians in Rafah," according to the White House.
During the conversation, Biden also "reaffirmed his commitment to work tirelessly to secure the release of all hostages as soon as possible."
Make sure that you read the Morning Brief so that you are caught up with what has been happening.
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