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Gun battles raged Sunday between Hamas militants and Israeli forces a day after the Islamist group launched a surprise attack on Israel from Gaza, in a dramatic escalation of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Hundreds of people have been killed on both sides since the Iran-backed Hamas launched the multi-pronged assault at dawn on Saturday, with Israeli forces fighting holdout militants and pounding the Gaza Strip with air strikes. This is what we know about the conflict […]
By Danny Kemp and W.G. Dunlop President Joe Biden ordered US ships and warplanes to move closer to Israel in a show of support on Sunday, while sending fresh military aid after attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The Pentagon said it was sending the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its accompanying warships to the eastern Mediterranean, while boosting fighter aircraft squadrons in the region. The United States, a major supplier of […]
HONG KONG, Oct 8, 2023 (AFP) – Hong Kong issued its third-highest storm warning signal on Sunday, prompting the closure of some transport services and schools, as Typhoon Koinu skirted the financial hub, bringing rains and powerful gusts. Koinu comes just a month after the financial hub was lashed by Typhoon Saola, which triggered Hong Kong’s highest “T10” storm alert. A week after that, the city experienced its highest rainfall in nearly 140 years, flooding […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Embassy in Israel has announced it would be closed beginning October 8 “until further notice.” The embassy issued the notice following what some media have said was Hamas’ biggest attack on Israel in years. Over 20 people were killed by gunmen who entered Israeli towns and rockets were fired from the Gaza strip. Israel has retaliated with airstrikes. “For emergencies, please contact the Embassy’s emergency number, +972-54-4661188,” the embassy said. On Saturday, […]
(Eagle News)–The Armed Forces of the Philippines will take steps to address the reported harassment of Filipino troops in the West Philippine Sea, an official said. AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar, however, declined to specify those steps, citing operational security. “We will find out how the situation will improve further because it cannot be always this way, that there will be harassment, that there will be blocking of operations, or some kind of blocking or […]
BERLIN, Oct 7, 2023 (AFP) – Germany and France on Saturday moved to reinforce security around Jewish temples, schools and monuments after the surprise attack by Palestinian militant group Hamas against Israel. Germany tightened police protection of Jewish and Israeli institutions, as some supporters of the Palestinians took to the streets of Berlin to celebrate the attack. France focussed on Jewish temples and schools in cities across the country, as one Jewish leader expressed concern […]
By Oren Ziv with AFP bureaus in Israel and the Palestinian Territories SDEROT, Israel, Oct 7, 2023 (AFP) – At least 200 Israelis died in a surprise large-scale attack by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on Saturday, the army said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to reduce the group’s Gaza hideouts to “rubble”. Intense air strikes on the coastal enclave brought the Palestinian death toll to at least 232, Gaza officials said, following Hamas’s […]
By Maria DANILOVA WASHINGTON, Oct 7, 2023 (AFP) – The United States on Saturday condemned the attacks by “Hamas terrorists” against Israel and vowed to ensure the key US ally has the means to defend itself. President Joe Biden described the assault as “a terrible tragedy on a human level” and said he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to underline his support. “I told him the United States stands with the people […]
By Shaun Tandon with Robbie Corey-Boulet in Riyadh WASHINGTON, Oct 7, 2023 (AFP) – With its surprise attack against Israel, Hamas has violently shifted the world’s eyes back to the Palestinians and dealt a severe blow to momentum to secure a landmark US-brokered deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The Iranian-backed Islamist militants who run the impoverished, blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday fired thousands of rockets and infiltrated forces into Israel, 50 years after Arab […]
MOSCOW, Oct 7, 2023 (AFP) – Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu inspected a military factory producing the Sarmat intercontinental missile, saying it would soon be ready for use, his ministry posted on Telegram Saturday. The Sarmat is capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads and is among Russia’s next-generation missiles which Putin has described as “invincible”. The Russian defence ministry posted footage of Shoigu and other military officials being given a tour of the Kramash factory […]
HERAT, Afghanistan, Oct 7, 2023 (AFP) – A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit western Afghanistan on Saturday causing one death and dozens of injuries, officials said, predicting the toll could rise amid reports of landslides and building collapses. The United States Geological Survey said the epicentre was 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of the region’s largest city of Herat, and was followed by five aftershocks with magnitudes of 5.5, 4.7, 6.3, 5.9 and 4.6. Crowds of […]
MEXICO CITY, Oct 7, 2023 (AFP) – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Friday night, causing some damage and power outages, officials said. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the National Seismological Service said the epicenter of the quake was in the town of Matias Romero. Senior regional government official Jesus Romero told journalists no deaths had been reported but the tremor caused damage to stretches of a […]
