- Israel has begun investigating possible breaches of the law by its forces during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, the military said on Tuesday, following reports some Israeli civilians may have been killed by friendly fire in the fighting.
Israeli military opens probe into reports of Oct. 7 friendly fire deaths
'Blatant assassination': Iraq livid with US after Baghdad drone strike
The U.S. drone strike that killed an Iraqi-based militant leader was a "blatant assassination" that showed no regard for international law, the Iraqi government said Thursday.
The strike blew up a car in a Baghdad neighborhood late Wednesday, killing a commander of the Kataib Hezbollah militia responsible for planning and participating in attacks on American troops in the region, the U.S. military said. Major General Special Forces Yehia Rasool, spokesman for the Iraqi government, said the strike violated Iraqi sovereignty and showed disregard for the safety and lives of Iraqi civilians.
The U.S. has blamed the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq for the attack in Jordan that killed three U.S. military personnel Jan. 28.
Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian cities kill five and injure 50
A barrage of Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian cities killed five people on Wednesday and injured 50 more, including a pregnant woman.
“It’s another massive attack against our state,” president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a statement.
Cities across Ukraine were hit, including the capital Kyiv, with Russia continuing regular assaults on Ukrainian cities as the two-year anniversary of the full-scale war approaches.
The assault came as Josep Borrell, the European Union’s foreign policy chief, was spending the night in Kyiv as part of a two-day visit to the capital to discuss EU support for Ukraine. “Starting my morning in the shelter as air alarms are sounding across Kyiv,” he wrote on X.
Netanyahu dismisses Hamas cease-fire offer as 'delusional'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed Wednesday the considerable concessions sought by Hamas leaders in their counter to the latest cease-fire proposal, saying surrendering to their demands would result in disaster for his country.
A "crushing" military victory over the "delusional" militants can be obtained within months, Netanyahu said at a news conference. “We are on the way to complete victory, the victory is within reach,” he said. "The 'day after' is the day after Hamas."
Hamas had proposed a 135-day cease-fire plan that would include the release of the remaining hostages, withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip and an end to a war that has killed tens of thousands and left the enclave in ruins.
Chile's former president Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter crash
Chilean ex-President Sebastian Pinera died in a helicopter crash on Tuesday, sending the country he led for two terms into mourning and prompting an outpouring of condolences from leaders across Latin America.
Hamas responds to Gaza truce deal, Blinken says agreement 'possible'
The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Tuesday it had delivered its response to a proposed ceasefire deal for Gaza that would also involve the release of hostages, and the United States said it still believed an agreement was possible.
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza and Blinken arrives in Mideast
Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed dozens of people, including two children ages 12 and 2, while the Israeli army said Monday its ground forces were fighting Hamas militants who remain in northern and central Gaza.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said 113 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours alone, raising the known Palestinian death toll to 27,478 people after nearly four months of war. A quarter of Gaza’s residents are now starving and 85% of the population has been driven from their homes, with hundreds of thousands crammed in makeshift tent camps.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shortly after arriving in the kingdom Monday. It’s Blinken’s fifth visit to the Mideast since the war in Gaza broke out on Oct. 7, when Hamas stormed into southern Israel. The assault killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and militants abducted around 250 others.
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