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At least 7 Palestinians killed and 12 injured in an Israeli raid in Yenin, in the northern West Bank
Seven Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in clashes unleashed in an Israeli Army rad in the Yenin refugee camp, in the north of the West Bank, one of the bastions of the Palestinian militia movement.
In addition, twelve Palestinians are injured, two of them in serious condition, according to the Ministry of Health.
Local sources informed the Palestinian agency Wafa that a journalist, Amr Manasra, was injured in the back in the vicinity of the Yenin hospital by shrapnel of Israeli bullets. Its state is stable, according to the latest information.
Among the dead are a surgeon from the Yenun hospital, Aseed Jabareen, “attacked at the entrances to the medical center,” teacher Allam Jadarat and a student who were in a school, according to the director of the hospital cited by the official Palestinian agency Wafa.
Wafa assures that Israeli forces broke into the Yenin camp with armored vehicles, which unleashed armed clashes both in the countryside and in other neighborhoods of the city and in the nearby village of Burqin.
For its part, the Israeli Army has limited itself to confirming its operation in Yenin, which it defined as “anti-terrorist.”
“These crimes will not stop the resistance of our people and their persistent quest to liberate their land, their holiness and achieve their national rights,” said the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in a statement on what they consider an extension of the war in Gaza.
Likewise, the group reproached the international community for “its silence” for not “condemning the aggressions” against its people and for not taking “deterrent measures” against Israel to assume the responsibilities of its “massacres.”
The occupied West Bank is experiencing its greatest spiral of violence since the Second Intifada (2000-05). So far this year, at least 184 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, most of them alleged militiamen or attackers, but also civilians, including more than thirty minors, according to the EFE count.
On the Israeli side, ten people have been killed in eight Palestinian attacks in 2024, including four uniformed personnel and six civilians, three of them settlers.
In Lebanon, the Israeli Army confirmed that it had killed a Hizbulah commander, Qasam Saqlawi, in charge of rockets and missiles, in an attack in the Tyre area.
“Yesterday, Monday, in the Tyre area of Lebanon, an Air Force plane attacked and eliminated the terrorist Qasam Saqlawi, commander of the set of rockets and missiles in the coastal sector of Hizbulah,” a military statement reported.
The Army attributes to Saqlawi the responsibility of planning and executing numerous rocket attacks against Israel, as well as anti-tank missiles.
Hezbollah – who yesterday claimed up to 13 attacks on Israel with missiles, rockets and artillery – confirmed this morning the death of a member of the same name, without offering details about his position or the circumstances of his death.
The border between Israel and Lebanon is experiencing its highest peak of tension since 2006 with an intense exchange of fire since October, which has claimed the lives of at least 423 people, most of them on the Lebanese side and in the ranks of Hezbollah, which has confirmed 286 militia casualties, some in Syria.
In northern Israel, 23 people, 13 soldiers and 10 civilians have died.
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Justice Department Misses Deadline as Millions of Epstein Files Remain Under Review
The U.S. Department of Justice said on Monday that it is continuing to review more than two million documentspotentially linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Last month, the department began releasing records from its decades-long investigation into Epstein, a wealthy financier who died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors.
However, the Justice Department failed to meet the legal deadline established by the so-called Epstein Files Transparency Act, which required all related documents to be made public no later than December 19.
In a letter sent Monday to a federal judge, the department stated that more than two million documents remain “at various stages of review.”
According to the filing, authorities have so far released approximately 12,285 documents totaling more than 125,000 pages, in compliance with the law. Those materials, however, represent less than 1 percent of the total volume currently under review.
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Beijing Says International Support Strengthens Its Position on Taiwan Sovereignty Issue
A spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lin Jian, stated at a regular press briefing that several dozen countries have expressed support for China’s actions following recent countermeasures and military drills concerning the Taiwan region. These comments were made as Beijing continues to defend its stance on Taiwan after large-scale military exercises by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) near the island
According to the official statement, countries including Russia, Cuba, Serbia, Venezuela, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and others publicly reaffirmed their commitment to the one-China principle, reiterated their opposition to external interference in China’s internal affairs, and voiced support for China’s efforts to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Lin emphasized that these countries specifically noted that “Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory” and that “the Taiwan question is China’s internal affair,” adding that any form of Taiwanese independence must be rejected. He also praised these nations for their firm diplomatic support.
The spokesperson reiterated China’s position that it will remain steadfast in defending its national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and warned that any provocations concerning the Taiwan question would be met with a firm response.
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Maduro, Delcy Rodríguez sued in Florida over alleged kidnapping, torture and terrorism
U.S. citizens have revived a lawsuit in Miami against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro following his capture, as well as against Vice President and now acting leader Delcy Rodríguez and other senior Chavista officials, whom they accuse of kidnapping, torture, and terrorism.
The plaintiffs — including U.S. citizens who were kidnapped in Venezuela and two minors — filed a motion over the weekend before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida asking the court to declare the defendants in default for failing to respond to the lawsuit initially filed on August 14, 2025, according to court documents made public on Monday.
The case, assigned to Judge Darrin P. Gayles, accuses the Venezuelan leaders of violating the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), the Florida Anti-Terrorism Act, and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
In addition to Maduro and Rodríguez, the lawsuit names Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López; Attorney General Tarek William Saab; Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello; former Supreme Court Chief Justice Maikel Moreno; and National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez.
The complaint also lists the state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and former Electricity Minister Néstor Reverol as defendants.
According to the filing, Maduro “committed flagrant acts of terrorism against U.S. citizens,” citing the criminal case in New York in which Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, appeared in court for the first time on Monday following their arrest on Saturday.
The lawsuit claims that the plaintiffs “were held captive by Maduro” with “illegal material support” from the other defendants, whom it identifies as members of the Cartel of the Suns, a group designated by the United States as a terrorist organization last year.
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