5 were killed & 20 wounded in an airstrike on a house in Gaza City’s Zeitoun, medics reported, warning that the death toll could rise. 5 journalists were killed in Nuseirat in central Gaza.
The Israeli military, which has been fighting Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza since October 2023, said it conducted strikes on ‘terrorist targets’ in Beit Lahiya.
US ambassador to Lebanon Thursday submitted a draft truce proposal to parliament speaker, its 1st written proposal to halt fighting between ally Israel & the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Naim Qassem said Hezbollah's fighters had continued to fire rockets as deep as 150 kilometres into Israeli territory, and were ready to face any possible Israeli ground incursion.
The killings were the latest in a two-week surge of Israeli attacks on militant targets in Lebanon, amid a conflict spreading from Gaza, the West Bank, Yemen, and within Israel.
Francis did not specifically identify Israel, but said he was ‘saddened by news from Lebanon that bombardments have caused much destruction and many victims’.
The militant group holds Israel’s spy agency responsible for assassinating its leaders and blowing up pagers & and walkie-talkies; the single missile was intercepted by Israel.
The Hamas-run media office said in a statement that the strikes hit when people sheltering at the school were performing dawn prayers, leading to many casualties.
An Israeli airstrike Monday triggered a fire in tent camp in Gazan city of Rafah, killing 45. Speaking in parliament, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu says, 'something went tragically wrong'.
Weak governance, corruption and poverty continue to define tribal life in India. The introduction of industrial and mining projects has benefited contractors, politicians and officials more than Adivasis.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
Excellent news indeed.
Israel is teaching Hamas a lesson it will remember forever.