International
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
Erin brings strong winds and storm surge despite weakening offshore
Hurricane Erin weakened to a Category 2 storm on Tuesday but continues to pose a threat to parts of the U.S. East Coast with potentially dangerous flooding, according to meteorologists.
Although the hurricane’s eye is expected to remain offshore, experts are concerned about Erin’s size, as strong winds extend hundreds of kilometers beyond the storm’s center.
In its 18:00 GMT bulletin, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) lifted tropical storm warnings for the Bahamasand Turks and Caicos Islands, but kept them in effect for parts of North Carolina.
Erin was located several hundred kilometers southeast of North Carolina and was moving northwestward.
“This means there is a risk of potentially life-threatening flooding of 60 to 120 centimeters above ground level,” said NHC Director Michael Brennan.
He also warned of the possibility of destructive waves, combined with storm surge, that could cause severe damage to beaches and coastal areas, making roads impassable.
International
Three U.S. Warships deploy near Venezuela to combat drug trafficking
Three U.S. naval vessels are moving toward the coasts of Venezuela, according to international media reports on Tuesday, after White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed that President Donald Trump is ready to combat and curb international drug trafficking.
Reports indicate that the ships will reach Venezuelan waters within the next 36 hours as part of a recent U.S. deployment aimed at countering international narcotics operations.
The announcement coincides with Leavitt’s statement that Trump is prepared to “use the full extent of his power” to halt drug flows into the United States. The naval deployment involves approximately 4,000 military personnel.
“The President has been clear and consistent. He is ready to use every element of U.S. power to prevent drugs from flooding our country and to bring those responsible to justice. The Maduro regime is not the legitimate government of Venezuela—it is a narco-terror cartel,” the spokesperson said during a press conference.
International
Cuban authorities free salvadoran convicted in 1997 hotel bombing
Salvadoran national Otto René Rodríguez Llerena was released after serving a 30-year prison sentence for his involvement in a terrorist attack at a hotel in Cuba in 1997, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported.
During his trial, Rodríguez Llerena admitted to placing an explosive device at the Meliá Cohiba Hotel under the orders of anti-Castro exile leaders. He was arrested the following year when he returned to Havana with another load of explosives that failed to detonate.
“The Cuban government reiterates its commitment to combating terrorism, respecting human rights, and the need for the international community to hold accountable those who promote such acts,” the statement read.
He was released on August 15 and is the second Salvadoran to complete his sentence. In December of last year, another Salvadoran, Ernesto Cruz León, was released after planting bombs at tourist centers, one of which killed an Italian tourist identified as Fabio Di Celmo.
A third Salvadoran, Francisco Chávez Abarca, also received a 30-year sentence from Cuban courts in 2010 after being extradited from Venezuela through Interpol for actions against Cuba.
Rodríguez Llerena had requested conditional release in 2016, arguing that his actions had not caused any direct fatalities, but no further information was released about his situation until now.
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