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5 more Israeli soldiers killed amid Gaza clashes - army

Since Friday, the Israeli army has reported five fatalities among its soldiers in combat against Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip. Four soldiers lost their lives on Friday in the southern region of Gaza and another one on Saturday in the northern part of the Palestinian territory.

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Published December 23,2023

The Israeli army reported on Saturday that five soldiers had lost their lives in Gaza since Friday, during ongoing combat against Hamas fighters.

Four soldiers were killed on Friday in southern Gaza, an army statement said, and a fifth on Saturday in the Palestinian territory's north, bringing to 144 the number of troops killed inside the Gaza Strip since the start of Israel's large-scale ground offensive on October 27.

1. World Health Organization decries deadly Israeli strike on Gaza refugee camp as 'harrowing'
2. On Monday, members of the World Health Organization paid a visit to a Gaza hospital where victims from devastating attacks on a refugee camp were being treated. They listened to heartbreaking accounts of entire households perishing and witnessed the suffering of young children.

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Published December 26, 2023

World Health Organization staff visited Monday a Gaza hospital receiving casualties from deadly strikes on a refugee camp, hearing distressing stories of entire families killed and seeing dying children.

"WHO's team heard harrowing accounts shared by health workers and victims of the suffering caused by the explosions," the UN health agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X, formerly Twitter.

"One child had lost their whole family in the strike on the camp. A nurse at the hospital suffered the same loss," he said.

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says that at least 70 people were killed in Israeli strikes late Sunday on three houses in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

AFP was unable to independently verify the toll.

The Israeli military said it was "reviewing the incident" and "committed to international law including taking feasible steps to minimise harm to civilians".

Rows of victims' bodies, shrouded in white bags, lined the ground at Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, ahead of a mass funeral.

The Al-Aqsa hospital staff had reported receiving around 100 casualties from the blasts, Tedros said.

"The hospital is taking in far more patients than its bed capacity and staff can handle," he said.

"Many will not survive the wait," he warned, insisting "this latest strike on a Gazan community shows just why we need a #CeasefireNOW".

The war broke out when Hamas fighters launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7 and killed about 1,140 people, mainly civilians, and seized 250 hostages, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.

Israel has responded with a relentless military campaign that has killed at least 20,670 people, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's health ministry.

Sean Casey, a WHO Emergency Medical Teams coordinator who was on Monday's mission to Al-Aqsa hospital, described doctors providing pain relief to a critically injured nine-year-old boy named Ahmed.

He "was being treated basically with sedation to ease his suffering as he dies", Casey said in a video shot inside Al-Aqsa, seeming to fight back tears.

"He was crossing the street in front of the shelter where his family is staying and the building beside him blew up," he said.

"He was hit by shrapnel, by rubble, his brain matter was exposed.

"There's nothing anybody can do for him. Like so many cases here, there isn't capacity to manage complex neurological cases, complex trauma cases," he said.

WHO has warned that only nine of Gaza's original 36 hospitals remain even partially functional.

"We as an international community should not accept that thousands upon thousands of people, children are being blown up, being killed while they're crossing the street, while they're sleeping in their beds," Casey said.

"This is an unacceptable situation," he said, demanding a ceasefire. "This has to stop."

1. Netanyahu pushes for 'voluntary migration' of oppressed Gazans to other countries
2. Reports from Israeli media on Monday indicated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is advocating for the implementation of "voluntary migration" for Palestinians in Gaza to other nations. The Israel Hayom newspaper stated that Netanyahu shared this idea with members of his ruling Likud Party during a private parliamentary meeting.

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Published December 26, 2023

Israeli media on Monday said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for plans to implement "voluntary migration" on the Palestinians in Gaza to other countries.

According to the Israel Hayom daily, Netanyahu made the comment during a closed-door parliamentary session for his ruling Likud Party lawmakers.

"Our problem is the countries that are willing to absorb (them), and we are working on it," he reportedly said.

Danny Danon of the Likud Party said during the session that there are countries that actually raised this issue, including Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller and former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, who is seeking the US Republican Party nomination for the 2024 presidential elections.

He added that Israel must form a committee to follow up the issue to ensure that anyone who wants to move to a third country can do that.

On several occasions, the US, Arab and European countries have voiced firm opposition to imposing any form of "forced migration" on Palestinians in Gaza.

The Palestinian side, including the Palestinian Authority and Hamas group, has yet to comment on the reported Israeli statement.

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, killing at least 20,700 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 54,536 others, according to local health authorities.

Around 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack.

The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins, with half of the coastal territory's housing damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million people displaced within the densely populated enclave amid acute shortages of food and clean water.

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1. Israeli forces kill 2 more Palestinians in occupied West Bank - ministry
2. According to the Palestinian health ministry, two individuals were fatally shot in the Fawwar refugee camp near Hebron on Tuesday during a raid by Israeli forces. The victims, aged 17 and 31, were confirmed to have been killed in the incident.

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Published December 26, 2023

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Tuesday in a raid on a refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestinian health ministry said.

The two -- aged 17 and 31 -- were shot dead in the Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, the ministry said.

The army did not offer an immediate comment.

A resident from the camp told AFP that troops stormed the camp from its southern and northern entrances.

"The two men were killed just outside their homes," he said, asking to remain anonymous over security concerns.

He said after the death of the first man there were clashes in which five others were wounded and one of them later died.

Violence across the West Bank has flared since the war between Israel and Hamas fighters erupted in the Gaza Strip following an attack on Israel by the Islamist group on October 7.

That attack left around 1,140 people, mostly civilians, dead in Israel, according to an AFP tally based on the latest official Israeli figures.

In Israel's retaliatory offensive in Gaza, more than 20,600 people have been killed, most of them women and children, according to the territory's health ministry.

More than 300 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers since the Gaza war erupted, according to the Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah.

1. Palestine opposes Netanyahu's displacement plan of Palestinians from Gaza
2. Palestine strongly condemns Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to encourage voluntary Palestinian migration from Gaza, urging international opposition. The Foreign Ministry views this as a new setback in countries supporting the "genocidal war" on Gaza.

Agencies and A News WORLD

Published December 26, 2023

Palestine on Monday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to encourage Palestinians to voluntarily leave Gaza, calling for an international stand against it.

"Netanyahu's confessions regarding the displacement of our people is a new blow to the countries supporting him in the genocidal war on Gaza Strip," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Palestinian group Hamas also condemned Netanyahu's plan, saying it is an attempt to "prolong the aggression."

"The Palestinian people will not allow to pass any plan that aims to obliterate their cause or to get them out of their lands and sanctities," it said.

Netanyahu is said to have told a meeting of his Likud party that he was ready to encourage the voluntary migration of Palestinians from Gaza, but the problem was whether there were "countries that are willing to absorb an exit."

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, killing at least 20,700 Palestinians, mostly women and children.

Around 1,200 Israelis are believed to have been killed in the Hamas attack.

The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins, with half of the coastal territory's housing damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million people displaced within the densely populated enclave amid acute shortages of food, clean water and medicines.

1. Navalny describes harsh reality at 'Polar Wolf' Arctic prison
2. Despite a 20-day journey to reach the prison, Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Tuesday confirmed his arrival at a snow-swept prison above the Arctic Circle.

Reuters WORLDPublished December 26,2023

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Tuesday confirmed his arrival at what he described as a snow-swept prison above the Arctic Circle and said he was in excellent spirits despite a tiring 20-day journey to get there.

Navalny posted an update on X via his lawyers after his allies lost touch with him for more than two weeks while he was in transit with no information about where he was being taken, prompting expressions of concern from Western politicians.

His spokeswoman said on Monday that Navalny, 47, had been tracked down to the IK-3 penal colony north of the Arctic Circle located in Kharp in the Yamal-Nenets region about 1,900 km (1200 miles) northeast of Moscow.

"I am your new Father Frost," Navalny wrote jokingly in his first post from his new prison, a reference to the harsh weather conditions there.

"Well, I now have a sheepskin coat, an ushanka hat (a fur hat with ear-covering flaps), and soon I will get valenki (traditional Russian winter footwear).

"The 20 days of the transfer were quite tiring, but I'm still in an excellent mood, as Father Frost should be."

Navalny's new home, known as "the Polar Wolf" colony, is considered to be one of the toughest prisons in Russia. Most prisoners there have been convicted of grave crimes. Winters are harsh - and temperatures are due to drop to around minus 28 Celsius (minus 18.4 Fahrenheit) there over the next week.

About 60 km (40 miles) north of the Arctic Circle, the prison was founded in the 1960s as part of what was once the GULAG system of forced Soviet labour camps, according to the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.

Navalny, who thanked his supporters and everyone else for their concern about his welfare during his long transfer, said he had seen guards with machineguns and guard dogs and had gone for a walk in the exercise area which he said was located in a neighbouring cell, the floor of which he said was covered with snow.

Otherwise, he said he had just seen the perimeter fence out of a cell window.

"Anyway, don't worry about me. I'm fine. I'm awfully glad I finally made it here," said Navalny.

1. China criticizes sanctions on Russia's Arctic LNG-2 project

Reuters WORLD

Published December 26, 2023

China's involvement in Russia's Arctic LNG-2 liquefied natural gas (LNG) project should not be the target of any third party intervention or restrictions, its foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

1. Chinese state-owned oil majors CNOOC Ltd and CNPC reportedly suspended their participation in Arctic LNG 2 on Monday, after the Russian controlling shareholder Novatek was reported to have declared force majeure because of U.S. sanctions imposed on Thursday.

1. Ukraine's air force downs 13 of 19 Russian drones

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Published December 26, 2023

Ukraine's air defence systems destroyed overnight 13 out of 19 drones Russia launched at Ukraine and a Ukrainian air attack destroyed a major Russian landing ship as well, Ukraine's Air Force said on Tuesday.

"On Dec. 26, at around 02:30 a.m. (0030 GMT) tactical aviation of the Air Force attacked with cruise missiles the large 'Novocherkassk' landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in the Feodosia area," the air force said on its Telegram messaging app.

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The Economist asserted in an article entitled "Accusation of Hypocrisy to the West" that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's criticisms against the West regarding Israel's deadly attacks on the Gaza Strip are still valid.

Israel has been hitting Gaza since October 7. The Israeli army, indiscriminately bombing civilians, has killed over 20,000 civilians in the eyes of the world.

In the midst of this humanitarian crisis, individuals with a sense of morality from all backgrounds joined together in protests.

Despite this, Western leaders lined up behind Israel as if in a queue. In this context, Türkiye, under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, opposed Israel's massacres.

In recent times, Erdoğan criticized Israel's bombings, criticizing Western leaders for pressuring Türkiye on press freedom through individuals who are imprisoned based on court decisions.

"Institutions that have been lecturing us for years about press freedom..." Turkish President Erdoğan's this remark has become the subject of an analysis article in the British newspaper, The Economist.

In The Economist's report, it was mentioned that "Erdoğan was making moves against Israel and Western hypocrisy due to Israel's destruction of northern Gaza. Referring to the 68 media workers killed in Gaza since the start of Israel's bombing campaign, it was pointed out, 'Every day, a journalist is killed. But none of the institutions that have been lecturing us for years about press freedom has uttered a single word.'"

The newspaper highlighted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's status as a Muslim leader in world politics and acknowledged the legitimacy of his stance on the matter.

In its recent coverage, The Economist cited the following phrases: "Erdoğan's claims of Western double standards have gained global attention. The civilian death toll from Israel's airstrikes has surpassed 20,000. President Erdoğan's rebukes towards the West continue to hold merit."

The article pointed out how Türkiye's condemnation of Gaza exposes the hollowness of Western ideals, and concluded with the assertion that "President Erdoğan's criticisms are justified, and the West should be ashamed."

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"Israeled" word -- meaning "extorted" -- added to Urban Dictionary entries

Urban Dictionary, a beloved online resource for word enthusiasts, has recently included "Israeled" in its lexicon. According to the entry, this term refers to the act of appropriating something that rightfully belongs to another individual. According to the definition, the term applies when you are asked to share your belongings but then encounter resistance from the other person trying to exclude you.

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Published December 26, 2023

The popular online dictionary Urban Dictionary has added the word "Israeled" to its entries. The definition in the dictionary describes it as claiming something that belongs to someone else as one's own.

In the definition, it is stated that the term can be used when someone asks you to share something that belongs to you and then fights with you to exclude you.

"Someone wanted to share my table at a restaurant. I allowed it. After a while, they kicked me out of the table because they had a meeting. So, I got Israeled," one user said in his entry.

The screenshot of the new definition was shared on the Twitter account of a user named Sarah Wilkinson, receiving over 41,000 views already.

Urban Dictionary is a website established in 1999, featuring definitions that often revolve around everyday language uses not found in formal dictionaries. Therefore, the site is frequently visited by those interested in popular culture, internet culture, slang, and jargon.

Here are some entries published on Urban Dictionary:

"When someone asks you to share something of yours and then fight you to get you out of it. And tell everyone you took it from them. In a restaurant, someone asked to share my table. I agreed. After a moment, he asked me to leave because he had a meeting! I've been israeled."

"When a person tells you that your property is theirs (when it obviously isn't), and demands you just give this property to them, and if you refuse, they take it by force and the law will somehow be on the their (israeling) side. You've been israeled. He israeled my place."

"The act of taking something that is not yours and then kicking out the rightful owner. Someone asked to share my table at a restaurant, and then asked me to leave the table because they had a meeting! Looks like you just got israeled."

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 News World Turkish Red Crescent's eye surgery project to enable over 500 people in Somalia to see clearly again

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The Turkish Red Crescent has started a cataract surgery project for over 500 people in Somalia who otherwise could not afford it.

Announcing the project on Monday at the National Eye Hospital in the capital Mogadishu, Taner Kurt, deputy head of the Turkish Red Crescent Somalia delegation, said that the initiative, spanning the cities of Mogadishu, Galkayo, and Dolow, will cover both surgery and medication expenses for cataract patients.

Hawa Yasin, a 70-year-old displaced by drought, told Anadolu that she has been unable to get treatment for years due to her inability to afford the surgery.

"I have no money to see a doctor. I live in a camp. For years I couldn't see properly. When I couldn't afford the hospital expenses, I stayed like that. But today, the (Turkish) Red Crescent covered the costs of surgery and exams. We're very grateful to them and the doctors," she said.

Aasho Saciid, who brought her 4-year-old son-whose eyes were damaged due to measles-to the hospital, expressed her happiness after the surgery, as her child will now be able to see her.

In many African countries, including the Horn of Africa nation of Somalia, thousands of people lose their eyesight every year due to hot weather, nutritional deficiencies, and climatic conditions.

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Published December 26, 2023

Israel bombed Gaza on Tuesday after its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed there won't be peace until its Hamas rulers are destroyed and Palestinian society is "deradicalised".

The army said it had struck more than 100 targets in 24 hours, including military sites and tunnel shafts in central Jabalia and Khan Yunis in the south, as heavy ground combat continued.

The withering military campaign launched after the Hamas attacks of October 7 has caused mass civilian casualties and widespread hunger and reduced much of the coastal territory to rubble.

The UN World Health Organization reported "harrowing" accounts of entire families killed during Christmas Eve strikes on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central area of the Gaza Strip.

Global concern has mounted and international calls for a ceasefire have multiplied but Netanyahu vowed to stay the course in an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal late Monday.

"Hamas must be destroyed, Gaza must be demilitarised and Palestinian society must be deradicalised," he argued. "These are the three prerequisites for peace between Israel and its Palestinian neighbours in Gaza."

Once the fighting ends, he said, "for the foreseeable future Israel will have to retain overriding security responsibility over Gaza" and build a "temporary security zone on the perimeter" of the territory.

Netanyahu had earlier visited Israeli troops inside Gaza, then reportedly told a meeting of his conservative Likud party that "we're not stopping... We're intensifying the fighting in the coming days".

The bloodiest ever Gaza war erupted when Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7 and killed about 1,140 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.

They took 250 hostages of whom 129 remain inside Gaza.

Israel launched extensive aerial bombardment and a siege followed by a ground invasion. The campaign has killed 20,674 people, mostly women and children, according to Hamas-run Gaza's health ministry.

The Israeli army published footage showing its troops moving through the muddy war zone of shattered buildings as gunfire rings out, tanks churning up dust and a soldier firing a heavy machine gun from a window.

The army says 158 Israeli soldiers have been killed inside Gaza.

AFPTV images from Gaza City's devastated and largely deserted Tal al-Hawa area showed dirt roads winding through mountains of rubble amid multi-storey buildings pancaked by strikes or standing askew.

"By God, the destruction is very great, and all the owners of the place have been displaced to the south," says one Palestinian man. "May God help people through the misfortunes they are in."

Video footage from inside the city's Al-Quds Hospital showed an empty ward with a hole blasted into a wall, broken window glass strewn across the floor and medical equipment covered in a layer of dust.

Some residents of Al-Maghazi refugee camp returned to the ruins of their homes after strikes that Gaza's health ministry said killed at least 70 people. AFP was unable to independently verify that toll.

One of those coming back, Zeyad Awad, said there had been no evacuation warning before the strikes.

"What should we do?" he asked. "We are civilians, living peacefully and wanting only safety and security."

WHO staff visited a hospital treating victims of the strikes and "heard harrowing accounts" from health workers and victims, said the agency's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Sean Casey, a WHO emergency medical teams coordinator, described the fate of a nine-year-old being treated who was expected to die.

"He was crossing the street in front of the shelter where his family is staying and the building beside him blew up," he said.

The Israeli army said it was "reviewing the incident" and added that it was "committed to international law including taking feasible steps to minimise harm to civilians".

Vast areas of Gaza lie in ruins and its 2.4 million people are enduring dire shortages of water, food, fuel and medicine, alleviated only by the limited arrival of aid trucks.

"Now there is real hunger," said Nour Ismail, who was waiting for food to be distributed in the southern city of Rafah.

"My children are dying of hunger."

An estimated 1.9 million Gazans have been displaced, according to the UN, many fleeing south and crowded into shelters or makeshift tents in the winter cold, even as the fighting comes ever closer.

Netanyahu told Likud party members on Monday that he was ready to support the voluntary migration of civilians out of the Gaza Strip, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.

He reportedly told party members "our problem is not whether to allow an exit, but that there will be countries that are willing to absorb an exit".

Hamas rejected as "absurd" any such discussion. Palestinians "refuse to be deported and displaced", it said in a statement. "There can't be exile and there is no other choice than to remain on our land."

The Gaza war has heightened regional tensions between, on the one hand, Israel and its ally the United States, and, on the other, Iran-backed armed groups in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said an Israeli air strike in Syria had killed the senior Quds Force commander Razi Moussavi, and President Ebrahim Raisi vowed Israel "will certainly pay for this crime".

In Iraq the US military launched strikes on pro-Iran groups whom it has blamed for more than 100 attacks in recent weeks, said US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

The Iraqi government denounced the air strikes, which it said had killed one member of the security forces and wounded at least 18 others, as a "hostile act".

 News World Erdoğan reaffirms Türkiye's unwavering dedication to standing up for oppressed, especially in Gaza

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Published December 26, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday expressed the nation's enduring commitment to support the oppressed, particularly in the besieged Gaza Strip.

At a ceremony in Ankara commemorating poet Mehmet Akif Ersoy, who wrote the words of Türkiye's national anthem, Erdoğan said: "We will continue to cry out in Akif's language for those killed, exploited, and oppressed, especially in Gaza, and stand on the side of justice and the just."

In response to continued attacks on Türkiye's independence, Erdoğan stressed the nation's determination to secure its future.

He also urged a united effort to maintain a resolute position against any activities jeopardizing the country's internal cohesion.

Following last week's PKK terrorist attacks which killed 12 soldiers who were part of Operation Claw-Lock, Türkiye reaffirmed its determination to fight and eliminate terrorism at its source, and carried out airstrikes that destroyed dozens of terror targets in northern Iraq and Syria and neutralized many terrorists.

PKK terrorists often hide in northern Iraq to plot cross-border attacks in Türkiye. It also has a Syrian branch, known as the YPG.

Türkiye launched Operation Claw-Lock in April 2022 to target the PKK terror group's hideouts in the Metina, Zap, and Avasin-Basyan regions of northern Iraq, located near the Turkish border.

In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Türkiye, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Türkiye, the US, and EU — has been responsible for the deaths of more than 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants.

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News World Israeli army gathers Palestinian civilians in Gaza after forcing them to take off their clothes

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Published December 23rd Dedcember 2023

The Israeli army gathered dozens of Palestinian civilians in a playground in northern Gaza City after forcing them to take off their clothes.

In a video shared on social media late Monday, Palestinian civilians, including children and the elderly, are seen being held by the Israeli army in a playground after being stripped down to their underwear.

The video also showed Israeli tanks' barrels pointing at Palestinians in their underwear.

The fate of those Palestinians is unknown, as the Israeli army has not yet commented on the video.

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, killing at least 20,700 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 54,536 others, according to local health authorities.

On Nov. 10, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman revised the official death toll of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, lowering the figure to around 1,200 people, and since then, Tel Aviv has not provided any additional information about the casualties.

The Israeli onslaught has left Gaza in ruins, with half of the coastal territory's housing damaged or destroyed and nearly 2 million people displaced within the densely populated enclave amid acute shortages of food and clean water.

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In the preliminary investigation into the killing of three Israeli prisoners announced as "accidentally killed" by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip on December 15, it has been revealed that Israeli soldiers were given the order to "kill able-bodied men."

The completion of the preliminary investigation into the killing of three Israeli prisoners by Israeli forces in the Shuja'iyya area of Gaza on December 15, where Israel has been continuing its attacks since October 7, was announced.

In the statement regarding the investigation conducted by the Israeli army's 828th Brigade, it was mentioned that new orders were given to the soldiers in the Shuja'iyya area on the day of the incident.

The investigation revealed that soldiers were given the order to "shoot at all able-bodied men approaching them to fight."

The statement defended that the order was given because the Israeli soldiers had been attacked by individuals in civilian clothes the day before.

In a written statement by the Israeli army on December 15, it was stated, "Israeli army forces mistakenly identified 3 Israeli hostages as a threat during the clashes in Shuja'iyya. As a result, the soldiers opened fire on them, and they were killed."

The statement noted that suspicions about the identities of the deceased arose during searches and controls in the area where the incident occurred. It further mentioned that as a result, the bodies were transported to Israel for examination, and after a detailed investigation, it was confirmed that the bodies belonged to the three Israeli prisoners, Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka, and another prisoner whose name the family did not want to be disclosed.

Agencies and A News WORLD

Published December 26, 2023

Speaking about IDF's attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip in an interview with Israel's Channel 14 television, Former Israel Chief of Staff Halutz underlined that the recent conflict with Hamas ended in defeat for Israel.

Halutz firmly believes that the key to achieving success is for Netanyahu to step down from his position.

"The defeat of Israel in the war against Hamas can only be overcome if Netanyahu steps down from his position," Halutz said in a statement.

The recent halt of aggression towards Gaza has sparked anticipation for early elections in Israel. According to surveys, a potential election could potentially jeopardize Netanyahu's current position.

AFP WORLDPublished December 26,2023

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday thanked Ukraine's air force for a strike on a Russian warship in a jeering post on social media that implied the vessel had been sunk.

"I am grateful to our Air Force for the impressive replenishment of the Russian underwater Black Sea fleet with another vessel. The occupiers will not have a single peaceful place in Ukraine," he wrote.

 News World 

UN chief Guterres: 

World not prepared for another pandemic

DPA WORLD

Published December 26, 2023

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said the world is not yet prepared for a possible new pandemic.

"We need to do more," the UN Secretary General said on occasion of the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on December 27.

"We must renounce the moral and medical disaster of rich countries hoarding and controlling pandemic health-care supplies, and ensure everyone has access to diagnostics, treatments and vaccines," the UN chief said reflecting on the lessons learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic.

At the initiative of European Council President Charles Michel, negotiations are underway at the World Health Organisation (WHO) on a global pandemic treaty to improve regulation and prepare for future pandemics.

The treaty is to be adopted at the World Health Assembly, scheduled for May 27 to June 1, 2024; however, the 30-page draft remains highly controversial.

Among other things, the current proposal regulates how quickly information on new pathogens is shared, who produces vaccines and medications and where, and how they are distributed.

Even if the treaty is adopted at the WHO meeting, it would only come into force if enough countries ratify it and would only be valid in those countries.

Wealthy countries have criticized the fact that they would be required to disclose details about the funding of research and that pharmaceutical companies would be required to provide price transparency.

The draft also stipulates that manufacturers waive intellectual property rights to pharmaceuticals in the event of a new pandemic and hand over part of their production to the WHO for distribution.

In Germany, hundreds of constitutional complaints have been filed with the Federal Constitutional Court against the treaty. In September, one was rejected as inadmissible. The complainant feared that the WHO could issue binding directives and override decisions by sovereign states on health measures in the event of self-proclaimed pandemics and health emergencies. 

DPA WORLDPublished December 26,2023

Former Formula One driver Ralf Schumacher says the skiing accident of his brother, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, was a life-changing experience for him as well.

"I miss my Michael from back then," Ralf Schumacher told the Bild paper in a report published late Monday.

"Life is sometimes unfair. Michael had often been lucky in his life, but then came this tragic accident. Thank goodness we were able to do a lot thanks to modern medical possibilities, but still nothing is like it used to be.

"I can say for myself that his accident was a very bad and drastic experience for me too," the 48-year-old added.

Ralf Schumacher, who competed in F1 1997-2007 and won six grands prix, did not reveal any details on the health of his brother.

Michael Schumacher, 54, fell while skiing in the French Alps 10 years ago on December 29, 2013, suffering severe brain injuries.

Doctors fought for his life in a hospital in Grenoble and he was in an induced coma for a long time before returning to the family home in Switzerland. He has not appeared in public since the accident, with his family protecting his privacy. 

Reuters WORLDPublished December 26, 2023

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) received a report of an incident about 50 nautical miles west of Yemen's port of Hodeidah, an advisory note said on Tuesday.

 News World Ukraine destroys Russian fleet ship in Crimea: air force

AFP WORLD Published December 26, 2023 

Ukraine's air force said Tuesday it had destroyed a Russian fleet ship off the Crimean peninsula suspected of carrying drones for use in Moscow's war against Kyiv.

"Around 2:30 am (0030 GMT) on December 26, tactical aviation of the Air Force attacked with cruise missiles the Novocherkassk large landing ship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in the area of Feodosia," it said in a post on messaging platform Telegram.

Feodosia is home to a major Russian naval base on the occupied Crimean peninsula.

In an earlier message, it said the Novocherkassk had been "destroyed", adding that "people say that it transported Shaheds", referring to Iranian explosive drones used regularly by Russia against Ukraine.

Air force commandant Mykola Olechtchouk posted a video of a fiery explosion at the Russian naval base in Feodosia.

Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-backed head of Crimea, said: "An enemy attack was carried out in the area of Feodosia".

"The port area is cordoned off," he wrote on Telegram.

"As of now, the detonation has stopped and the fire has been localised. All relevant services are on site. Residents of several houses will be evacuated."

Ukraine frequently carries out strikes in Crimea, particularly targeting the Russian military.

In April 2022, it sank the cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Black Sea fleet.

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U.S. expresses serious concern about detention of top Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny

AFP WORLDPublished December 25, 2023

The United States expressed serious concern Monday about the detention of top Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who has been transferred to an Arctic prison, as it urged Moscow to end "escalating repression" of dissidents.

The State Department said it welcomed reports that Navalny -- jailed since 2021 on various charges including "extremism" -- has been located after his whereabouts were unknown for more than two weeks.

"However, we remain deeply concerned for Mr. Navalny's wellbeing and the conditions of his unjust detention," a spokesperson said in a statement, adding US officials condemn the "malicious targeting" of the 47-year-old.

Washington joins Navalny's family and supporters "in calling for his immediate release, without conditions," and "we call on the Russian government to end its escalating repression of independent voices in Russia," the spokesperson said.

Navalny is Russian President Vladimir Putin's main political opponent. The dissident was barred from running in elections in 2018 due to an old fraud charge that his allies said was politically motivated.

He received a 19-year prison sentence in 2021 on charges of "extremism" after surviving a poisoning attempt on his life, for which he blamed Putin.

Navalny, who has experienced major weight loss in prison, was transferred from a facility east of Moscow to a remote penal colony above the Arctic circle with harsher conditions and little contact with the outside world, according to Ivan Zhdanov, who manages Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation.

"We have conveyed to the Russian government that they are responsible for what happens to Mr. Navalny in their custody, and the international community is watching closely," the State Department said in its statement, as it also called out Moscow for holding "more than 600 other political prisoners."

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