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Israeli forces launch more attacks on the barely functioning Kamal Adwan Hospital in besieged North Gaza, after ordering people inside and near the facility to evacuate. Our correspondents say the nearby Al Awda Hospital is also under attack.
Israeli forces attack two hospitals and a school in Gaza, kills 8
Israeli forces launch more attacks on the barely functioning Kamal Adwan Hospital in besieged North Gaza, after ordering people inside and near the facility to evacuate. Our correspondents say the nearby Al Awda Hospital is also under attack.
Ukraine Drones Hit Russian Hideout in War's First Unmanned Ground Attack
Ukrainian forces have carried out their first front line ground attack using only unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) and first-person view (FPV) drones without relying on infantry, it has been reported.
The head of a Ukrainian brigade said that the attack on an unspecified date had destroyed Russian positions near Lyptsi, a village in the Kharkiv region.
Drones on the battlefield will continue to play an increasingly important role for Ukrainian forces to offset troop shortages and the prospect of dwindling foreign military aid in 2025.
Russian forces are maintaining battlefield momentum along the front having made gains in the Donetsk region where they are bearing down upon the logistics hub of Pokrovsk. It means that technological innovation will become even more critical for Ukraine to fight Russian aggression.
Children executed and women raped in front of their families as M23 militia unleashes fresh terror on DRC
They were looking for new ways to kill, ways to send fresh terror across North Kivu.
It was early afternoon when the M23 militia raided the Congolese town of Rubaya. In a marketplace, gunmen found a giant wooden pestle and mortar for crushing grain. They began rounding up children, wedging them tight in the mortar. Isabel, 32, watched the rebels stove in their skulls. The mortar turned red, overflowing with blood.
Six children, said Isabel, were pummelled to death on 4 April 2024. “It was terrible.”
She fled with two friends. Among the rainforests of the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), armed men caught them. Isabel and a friend were raped. The other friend was executed.
TVNL Comment: Does anyone care? Where is the outrage?
Elon Musk calls far-right German party 'the only hope,' wading into upcoming election
Elon Musk, billionaire entrepreneur and increasingly close ally to President-elect Donald Trump, in ndorsed Germany's far right political party in a series of recent posts, following a deadly Christmas market attack there Friday evening.
A driver rammed into a crowd Magdeburg, Germany, killing at least five people and leaving more than 200 injured, according to officials.
Musk has become increasingly influential in American politics, seen as having Trump's ear and set to co-lead the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. He is now wading into Germany's election campaign, calling on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to resign and throwing his support behind the populist anti-immigration AfD.
Israeli attacks on Gaza shelters kill 15 people
Here is a recap of today’s major developments:- At least 15 Palestinians have been killed and 30 wounded in Israeli air attacks on two schools sheltering displaced people in Gaza City
- Our colleagues on the ground report that four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike on a house in the Sabra neighbourhood, south of Gaza City.
- At least three people have been killed by an Israeli air strike targeting a tuk-tuk in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
- In Tulkarem, in the north of the occupied West Bank, four Palestinians have been killed in an air strike that targeted a vehicle.
- Two Palestinians, including an 80-year-old woman, have been killed by Israeli troops carrying out a raid in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus in the occupied West Bank.
- The UN General Assembly has voted on asking the ICJ for an opinion over Israel’s obligation to facilitate aid to Palestinians, which is being delivered by aid organisations, the UN and member states.re
I should have invaded Ukraine earlier, Putin tells Russians in TV marathon
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russia should have launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine earlier and been better prepared for the war.
In his end-of-year press conference on Thursday, Putin said, with hindsight, there should have been "systemic preparation" for the 2022 invasion, which he refers to as a "special military operation".
Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and pro-Russian forces began a conflict in eastern Ukraine, but it was eight years later that Putin tried to seize Kyiv.
During his four-hour long appearance, Putin also talked about Syria's deposed leader, Russia's more aggressive nuclear doctrine as well as domestic issues, like the price of butter.
‘Tired of writing about dead kids’: why a US state department worker resigned over Israel-Gaza policy
When Mike Casey arrived in Jerusalem in 2020, he wasn’t looking for a fight.
An army veteran with a stint in Iraq who joined the state department for over a decade of postings across Asia, he came with the measured optimism of a career diplomat – two years of Arabic training ahead, a potential change in administration, and a chance to make a difference. He’d eventually work his way up the ranks to become the state department’s deputy political counselor on Gaza.
What he didn’t anticipate was becoming a key witness to what he describes as a systematic failure of US foreign policy.
“The more informed you become on this issue, you can’t avoid realizing how bad it is,” Casey told the Guardian.
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