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At least 21 dead and 61 injured after Israel’s last attacks in Gaza
At least 21 Palestinians were killed and 61 injured in the Gaza Strip after the latest Israeli attacks, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, administered by Hamas, reported on Saturday.
“The Israeli occupation committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 21 martyrs and 61 wounded in the last 24 hours,” the health authority said in a statement.
With this last balance, the total death toll amounted to 45,277 and the injured to 107,573 since October 7, 2023, when the war in Gaza began after the Hamas attack in Israel.
Medical sources reported to EFE that between the morning and early hours of Saturday at least seven people died in two Israeli bombings in the north of the enclave: three of them in the Al Mukhabarat area, northwest of Gaza City, and four in the Al Shati refugee camp, near the aforementioned city.
According to reports from the Palestinian news agency Wafa, two other citizens died in an Israeli raid against Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the city of Beit Lahia, in the north of the Gaza Strip.
According to this media, two other Palestinians died in an attack in the Khirbet Al-Adas area, in the southern city of Rafah.
Fourteen months of attacks
In the last 14 months, the Israeli Army has attacked Gaza through the sky, sea and land, and has assured that it will not stop until it ends Hamas’ capabilities, both to govern and to operate through its armed arm.
These months of conflict have caused the destruction of more than 90% of the civil infrastructure of the enclave, including hospitals, according to figures from the Gaza Government.
Since last October, Israeli soldiers have maintained a siege against the north of the enclave; this operation has caused the death of at least 3,000 Palestinians.
In addition, the United Nations (UN) has accused Israel of preventing access to basic supplies for hospitals and blocking humanitarian aid for the population that remains in the area.
“An unprecedented” bombing of Kamal Adwan hospital
The Kamal Adwan hospital, located in the Beit Lahia town, north of the Gaza Strip, is the subject of an “unprecedented” attack by Israeli forces, its director, Abu Safiya, reported on Saturday night through a statement.
“At the moment there is an intense and strong bombing of the hospital, unprecedented and without prior notice to the care and nursing department,” said the doctor, who on November 25 had been injured during the continuous attacks of Israel against this health center.
Safiya, who earlier warned that in the last few hours the vicinity of the hospital had been attacked several times, reported that they are now being pointed out directly.
“The bombing is being carried out with explosives and tank fire, directly aiming at us while we are present inside the hospital departments,” he said.
The doctor called on the international community to protect the health system and its workers, and said that the responsibility for these events will fall on those who are silent.
International
Armed forces target illegal mines in Northern Ecuador with bombing raids
Ecuador’s Armed Forces carried out an operation on Monday — including airstrikes — against illegal mining in the town of Buenos Aires, in the country’s north, Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo reported.
The mountainous, gold-rich area has been a hotspot for illegal mining since 2017, located in the Andean province of Imbabura.
In 2019, former president Lenín Moreno deployed around 2,400 soldiers to the region in an attempt to curb the illegal activity. “The operation began with mortar fire, followed by gunfire and bombing runs by Supertucano aircraft,” Loffredo said in a video released by the Defense Ministry.
He added that the operation would continue on Tuesday with patrols across the area to locate possible members of “irregular armed groups that may have crossed from the Colombian border.”
The Armed Forces stated on X that the intervention focused on the “complete elimination of multiple illegal mining tunnels” in the areas known as Mina Nueva and Mina Vieja.
The operation coincided with the deployment of a military and police convoy into Imbabura, which has been the epicenter of protests against President Daniel Noboa since September 22, following his decision to scrap the diesel subsidy.
International
Caracas shuts embassy in Oslo without explanation following Machado’s Nobel win
Venezuela has announced the closure of its embassy in Norway, just days after opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the Venezuelan diplomatic mission provided no explanation for its decision on Monday.
“It is regrettable,” a ministry spokesperson said. “Despite our differences on several issues, Norway wishes to keep the dialogue with Venezuela open and will continue to work in that direction.” The ministry also emphasized that the Nobel Committee operates entirely independently from the Norwegian government.
In its announcement, the Nobel Committee stated that Machado met the criteria established by Alfred Nobel, “embodying the hope for a different future, where the fundamental rights of Venezuelans are heard.”
International
Sheinbaum: Urgent to restore access to towns cut off by heavy rains
Thousands of military personnel and civilians in Mexico worked tirelessly on Tuesday to clear roads blocked by the torrential rains of recent days, which have left more than 300 communities cut off across central and eastern regions of the country. Authorities also launched mass fumigation efforts in several affected areas to prevent the spread of dengue fever.
The official death toll remains at 64, though dozens of people are still missing. President Claudia Sheinbaumacknowledged that the government does not yet know the full situation in many of the isolated villages, which range in population from 500 to 1,000 inhabitants.
“The reopening of roads is one of the greatest urgencies,” Sheinbaum said. “It’s essential to guarantee air bridges, food supplies, clean water, and a proper census of the isolated communities so we can determine the condition of every person living there.”
Private construction companies are also assisting the effort with heavy machinery and technical support to help reopen highways and reconnect rural areas.
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