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Israel kills more than 200 people in the last hour in the Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip is experiencing another bloody day this Friday, after yesterday at least 138 Gazans, according to medical sources confirmed to EFE, died in different Israeli attacks that hit the Palestinian enclave from north to south.
Israel has continued to bomb the Strip in recent hours, causing the death, since midnight, of at least 100 people, Gaza Civil Defense reported to Palestinian media.
In addition, these attacks have left more than 200 people injured, according to the Ministry of Health, in the hands of Hamas.
The points most punished by Israeli forces in recent hours have been about a dozen homes in the north of the Strip, including some from the Yabalia refugee camp and the town of Beit Lahia, local sources confirmed to EFE.
“A projectile hit the top floor of my house, I managed to get out of it alive by miracle. Then, I took my car to escape, but all the roads of Al Saladin were cut off, I stayed 10 minutes going around until I finally found a secondary road,” Yousef Faris explained to EFE, a Gaza resident of Beih Lahia.
“There are missing people inside the attacked houses that we have not been able to contact. All areas of the Strip are being attacked,” Mahmud Basal, spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense, lamented in a statement.
Local sources also told EFE that at least four Israeli tanks surrounded and assaulted a Beit Lahia school converted into a shelter where there were dozens of displaced families.
For its part, the Israeli Army said in a statement on Friday that its troops are operating in the north of the Strip “to locate and dismantle terrorist infrastructures.”
The military note adds that on the last day the troops attacked “more than 150 terrorist targets throughout the Strip including anti-tank missile posts, cells and military structures.”
In those attacks, which began yesterday, 136 people died, as medical sources have confirmed to EFE.
During this past night, at least a dozen houses in the north of the Strip were attacked by Israeli forces, local sources told EFE.
In addition, according to the Palestinian news agency, Wafa, the bombings were accompanied by an incursion by Israeli forces into Beit Lahia.
The Gaza Civil Defense teams managed to recover at least 55 bodies, eleven of which are from the same family.
All of them were transferred to the crowded Indonesian Hospital and Al Awda, where numerous residents gathered to identify the deceased.
However, the Gaza Civil Defense estimates that at least 50 other bodies are still under the rubble in the north.
“There are missing people inside the attacked houses that we have not been able to contact. All areas of the Strip are being attacked,” Mahmud Basal, spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense, lamented in a statement.
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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