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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 […]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, Oct 8, 2023 (AFP) – Palestinian militant group Hamas said Sunday that the United States’ plan to provide increased military aid to Israel amounts to “aggression” against Palestinians, after Washington ordered navy ships and warplanes closer to Israel. “The announcement of the US that it will provide an aircraft carrier to support the occupation (Israel) is actual participation in the aggression against our people,” Hamas, which on Saturday launched the deadliest […]
CAIRO, Oct 8, 2023 (AFP) – An Egyptian policeman shot dead two Israeli tourists and their Egyptian guide Sunday, local media and Israeli authorities said, as war raged for a second day between Israel and Palestinian militants. Israel’s National Security Council later said its citizens should consider not travelling abroad particularly in the Middle East “on the backdrop of the attack in Egypt.” It said visitors already in Egypt should leave “as soon as possible.” […]
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 […]
(Eagle News)–A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental on Sunday, Oct. 8. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake hit at 7:18 a.m. Its epicenter was 51 kilometers southeast of Jose Abad Santos. The depth of focus was 127 kilometers. No damage to property nor aftershocks were expected.
(Eagle News)–Cloudy skies are expected in the country on Sunday, Oct. 8. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said this as the southwest monsoon continues affecting the western section of Northern and Central Luzon. PAGASA said in particular, Metro Manila will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will experience the same conditions. Flashfloods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. According to […]
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 […]
