At least 48 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed this Saturday in Israeli aerial bombardments against the Al Tuffah and Zeitun neighborhoods and the Al Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City, in the north of the strip, local medical sources and rescue teams confirmed to EFE.
In Zeitun, at least seven Gazans died, twenty-two in Al Shati and at least nineteen other bodies were recovered from the rubble in Al Tuffah, although the number of victims is expected to increase in the coming hours.
In videos released on social networks, injured people are seen in Al Shati completely covered in dust caused by the collapse of at least four buildings, in addition to an atmosphere of widespread panic and a multitude of debris.
The Israeli Army reported, shortly before, that it had attacked two bases of “military infrastructure of Hamas” in the capital of Gaza with fighters, in which local media point to an attempt to assassinate a senior official of Hamas.
The Islamist group Hamas lamented in a statement the “savage attack on unarmed civilians” by Israel, which it called “a continuation of the genocide of more than eight months, in flagrant contempt and defiance of all the laws and rules that prohibit attacking civilians.”
The Hebrew Army has confirmed that intense fighting against Hamas militiamen is being recorded in the center of Gaza and “selective operations” in Rafah (south).
Already yesterday, in another attack that the Israeli military command claimed to be investigating, at least 25 Gazans died and fifty were injured when tanks opened fire on tents of displaced people in the north of Rafah, in the safe area of Al Mawasi, in an incident reported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
In the last few hours, at least 101 Gazans have died, according to the local Ministry of Health, dependent on Hamas.
“The ‘Israeli’ occupation committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, causing 101 martyrs and 169 injured treated in hospitals in the last 24 hours,” the Gazaz Ministry of Health said on Saturday.
Thus, the total number of deaths increased today to 37,551 and the number of wounded to 85,911, after eight and a half months of war in Gaza started after the attacks in Hamas on October 7
The Israeli Army has reported the death of Ayman Ratma, a member of both Hamas and the Lebanese Sunni group Jamaa al Islamiya, in a selective air attack on his vehicle near the city of Khiara, 40 kilometers from the border with Lebanon.
“An air force (unmanned) aircraft carried out a precise attack in the (western) area of Beqaa in Lebanon to eliminate the terrorist Ayman Ratma, a key member responsible for the supply of weapons for the terrorist organizations Hamas and Jamaa al Islamiya in Lebanon,” according to a military statement.
Israel assures that Ratma was preparing to attack in Israel “immediately” and that he had already participated in other previous attacks, without offering evidence or giving details about it.
At the moment, Hamas has not spoken about it or claimed Ratma as one of its affiliates.
The European Union (EU) condemned this Saturday the bombing that caused damage at a headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza this Friday, during two Israeli attacks in an area near its offices, and which left at least 25 Palestinian civilians dead and 50 injured, according to the Ministry of Health of the Strip, controlled by Hamas.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, called for an independent investigation and stressed that those responsible for the attacks “will be held accountable,” as he said in a message disseminated through the social network X.
“The protection of civilians is an obligation under the Geneva Conventions. All parties to the conflict are obliged to do so,” Borrell said.
The head of European diplomacy stated that the ICRC must be able to carry out “in safe conditions” all its work, which is covered by the Geneva Conventions, and which, according to Borrell, includes humanitarian protection, assistance to victims and access to prisoners.
The government of Brazil has offered to mediate in the ongoing tensions between Colombia and Ecuador, while calling on both nations to exercise restraint.
In a statement released Wednesday, Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged the parties involved to act with moderation and seek a peaceful resolution to the dispute.
“Brazil encourages all sides to act with moderation in order to find a peaceful solution to the controversy. It stands ready to support dialogue efforts aimed at preserving peace and security in the region,” the statement said.
Brazil also expressed “serious concern” over reports of deaths in the border area between Colombia and Ecuador, noting that the circumstances surrounding the incidents have not yet been clarified.
The diplomatic move comes amid rising tensions between the neighboring countries, increasing regional concern over stability and security along their shared border.
The U.S. Department of State announced on Thursday that it has lowered its travel advisory for much of Venezuela to Level 3 (“Reconsider Travel”), reflecting what it described as improved security conditions in parts of the country.
However, the agency will maintain the highest Level 4 warning (“Do Not Travel”) for several regions, including the states of Táchira, Amazonas, Apure, Aragua and Guárico, as well as rural areas of Bolívar, citing ongoing risks such as crime, kidnapping and terrorism.
The updated advisory marks a shift from December, when the United States raised the alert for Venezuela to Level 4 nationwide, warning of severe security threats.
Despite the partial downgrade, U.S. authorities continue to urge caution, emphasizing that conditions remain volatile in certain areas and that travelers should carefully assess risks before planning any trips to the country.
Members of the European Parliament are pushing to ban across the bloc artificial intelligence services that allow users to digitally “undress” people without their consent.
The proposal, adopted on Wednesday at committee level, aims to prohibit applications that generate non-consensual explicit images. Irish lawmaker Michael McNamara, one of the sponsors, said the measure seeks to stop tools that “have caused significant harm for the benefit of a few.”
Dutch MEP Kim van Sparrentak welcomed the move, calling it “a major victory, especially for women and children in Europe.”
The amendment, part of broader EU legislation on artificial intelligence, was approved by the Parliament’s civil liberties and internal market committees. It specifically targets systems that use AI to create or manipulate sexually explicit or intimate images resembling identifiable individuals without their consent.
The proposal will be put to a full vote in the European Parliament on March 26. If adopted, lawmakers and European Union member states will need to agree on a final version before it can take effect.
Separately, representatives of the 27 EU countries recently backed a Franco-Spanish amendment seeking to ban AI services used to generate non-consensual sexual images or child sexual abuse material.
The initiative follows controversy surrounding a feature introduced in Grok, developed by xAI, which allowed users to create simulated nude images from real photos. The tool sparked widespread criticism and prompted an EU investigation.
In response, xAI restricted image generation features in mid-January to paying subscribers and stated it blocks the creation of sexualized images in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.
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