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Topic: Israel strike

Israel resumes Gaza ceasefire enforcement after latest strike, says will ‘respond firmly to any violation’

Gazan health officials say Israeli strikes killed at least 70 people, including five in Bureij camp, four in Gaza City’s Sabra area, and five in a car in Khan Younis.

Israel strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating ceasefire, kills 26

Hamas denied responsibility for an attack on Israeli forces in Rafah. The group also said in a statement that it remained committed to the ceasefire deal in Gaza.

WHO says Israeli strikes hit staff residence, warehouse in Gaza

The UN agency said WHO staff residence was hit by airstrikes three times, as Israeli tanks entered Deir al-Balah Monday for the first time, where hostages are believed to be held.

Israel strikes Syrian defence ministry building as regime forces clash with Druze minority

Israel has struck Syria, third day in a row, where regime forces have clashed with local Druze fighters amid sectarian violence in the southern city of Sweida.

Israel fires on crowd at aid site in Gaza. At least 59 killed, 221 injured

According to an eye witness at the hospital, the Israeli Defence Forces allegedly let Palestinians gather at the aid site before launching attacks on the crowd.

US calls Israeli strikes on Iran ‘unilateral’, warns Tehran against targeting ‘American interests, personnel’

Distancing the US from Israel's strikes, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says their top priority is 'protecting American forces in the region'.

Hezbollah’s top media officer Mohammed Afif killed in Israeli strike in central Beirut

According to the Times of Israel, Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Mohammad Afif, who managed Al-Manar Television before joining the ranks as the group's media relations officer.

Israeli missiles hit residential building in Syria’s Damascus, no casualties reported

The neighbourhood hosts residential buildings and schools, and lies near heavily-guarded complex used by security agencies. There was no immediate comment from Israeli military.

Israeli missile strike on Damascus kills four Iran Revolutionary Guards

State TV said targeted building was the residence of Iranian advisers in Damascus. It is learnt that, it was entirely flattened by “precision-targeted Israeli missiles”.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.