Rescuers on Thursday again attempted to free a humpback whale stranded on Germany's Baltic Sea coast, employing a large suction dredger to remove sand around the animal. Two excavators were digging a trench in an attempt to free the whale, which has been stuck in shallow waters at the Timmendorfer Strand beach since early on Monday, drawing heavy media attention.

Russia is increasingly using positions in Belarus for its attacks on Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a meeting of the entire military leadership on Friday. This applied to both drone and missile attacks, he wrote on Facebook, posting that with this new tactic Russia was trying to bypass Ukraine’s defensive lines.

To date, the IDF and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) have succeeded in catching and stopping such efforts, but some of the rocket building efforts have progressed to later stages. Despite a recent wave of “lone-wolf”-style terror attacks, the IDF is confident that its strategy of keeping large forces in Palestinian West Bank refugee camps long-term will quell the escalation, The Jerusalem Post has learned.