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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown will join Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for meetings in Israel.

Israel's ability to keep the vast majority of its F-35s flying during high-tempo operations against Hamas is opening eyes in the Pentagon.

President Joe Biden’s national security adviser is set to meet with top Israeli officials over the next two days as the White House pushes the Israelis to be more precise in their operations against Hamas in Gaza.

Adverse weather conditions have been slowing down the combat operations on the part of both the Ukrainian Defence Forces and the Russian occupying army. Source: Institute for the Study of War (ISW) Details: Analysts say poor weather conditions are continuing to slow down the pace of Ukrainian and Russian combat activity along the entire contact line, although not completely stopping it.

In the hour before the truce was set to end at 7 a.m. (0500 GMT), Israel said it intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza. | World News

Ukrainian and Russian troops are continuing battle operations in eastern and southern Ukraine, although the rainy weather will likely continue to slow the pace of combat operations until winter conditions fully set in, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its latest update.

Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defense, who arrived in Kyiv on a visit, believes that Ukrainian soldiers are ready for combat operations in the winter and have the necessary means for success. Source: Interfax-Ukraine, which quotes Austin at a briefing in Kyiv on Monday 20 November Quote: "I think they are prepared for winter combat and certainly they did a great job last year.

Assault troops soldier Vuzh (Grass Snake) is one of the most experienced fighters in the Safari Assault Regiment. He participated in three combat operations and saved the lives of three of his brothers-in-arms, and has been caught between life and death for almost an hour once.

Shortages of capable staff officers and junior leaders limit what the Russian and Ukrainian militaries can do on the battlefield.

Russian occupying forces have been actively engaged in combat operations on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka, Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol fronts over the past 24 hours, with a total of over 90 combat engagements taking place at the contact line.