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At least 25 Palestinians killed in Gaza in the last few hours in Israeli attacks
At least 25 people died in Israeli attacks in different parts of the Gaza Strip throughout the night and early hours of Wednesday, according to the rescue services of the Civil Defense of the enclave.
The group’s spokesman, Mahmud Basal, confirmed that at least 11 Palestinians, including nine women, lost their lives in a bombing of a family home east of Jan Yunis, in the south of the enclave.
Palestinian media also report that a fisherman lost his life in an Israeli attack when he was at sea off the coast of Jan Yunis, near the one designated as a “humanitarian area” by Israeli forces.
In addition, nine other people, six of them women, died in another attack last night against the house of a university professor in the town of Yabalia, in the north of the Strip.
And in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the center of the enclave, at least four people were killed in a bombing of a residence, Civil Defense said.
Since the Israeli war began in Gaza, more than eleven months ago, at least 41,000 people have lost their lives and more than 94,000 have been injured in Israeli attacks against the Palestinian enclave, according to the latest data from the Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
The Israeli Army has also intensified its incursions into the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank.
At least five people died last night in an airstrike near the town of Tubas, in the northeast of the occupied West Bank, as confirmed today by both the Palestinian Red Crescent and the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian National Authority, which governs small parts of the territory.
According to Israeli forces, the attack was directed against a cell of armed militiamen, and they framed the operation as part of their offensive against Palestinian militias in the northern West Bank, which began last week.
The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, has specified that the attack took place near a mosque. All the dead were between 18 and 24 years old.
In addition, two other people were killed last night in a rail in Tulkarem, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
On the other hand, an Israeli in his 20s is in critical condition after being run over near a Jewish settlement in the southern occupied West Bank, the emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said on Wednesday.
The Israeli Army confirmed the event and said that its forces eliminated the alleged attacker, whom they described as a “terrorist.”
International
Dominican court postpones hearing in deadly nightclub collapse case
A Dominican court on Monday postponed until March a preliminary hearing against the owners of a nightclub that collapsed last year, killing more than 200 people.
The roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed in the early hours of April 8, 2025, during a concert by popular merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who died along with 235 other people.
Jet Set owner and manager Antonio Espaillat and his sister Maribel, who served as the club’s administrator, were arrested on charges of involuntary manslaughter but were later released on bail after posting approximately $842,500.
Both appeared at the Palace of Justice, where they were met by a small protest from relatives and friends of the victims.
“Thirty years in prison is not enough” and “President, we want JUSTICE,” read signs held by demonstrators.
The preliminary hearing determines whether there is sufficient evidence to send the case to trial. The court decided to reschedule the hearing for March 16.
“We don’t want money and we’re not demanding anything else, only justice for those who died,” said Secundino Pérez, a 75-year-old shopkeeper who lost 12 friends in the Jet Set tragedy.
“Antonio and his family celebrated Christmas sitting at a table, celebrating their freedom,” said Edgar Gómez, who lost his daughter in the collapse.
The Dominican Republic’s Public Prosecutor’s Office maintains that the defendants “significantly altered” the structure of the nightclub. Prosecutors filed formal charges in November and requested that the case proceed to trial.
The charge of involuntary manslaughter carries a sentence of three months to two years in prison.
“May your conscience never let you sleep. I lost my son,” a woman shouted through tears before the hearing, while others chanted, “Murderers, murderers, murderers.”
International
Venezuelan opposition leader dedicates Nobel Prize to Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that he was “eager” to welcome the opposition leader, who left Venezuela clandestinely with U.S. assistance, to receive her Nobel Prize in Oslo.
Machado dedicated her Nobel Prize to Trump, who nevertheless showed a very cautious attitude toward including her in any potential political transition in Venezuela.
The opposition leader said on Monday, after an audience with Pope Leo XIV, that “the defeat of evil is closer” in Venezuela following the U.S. military operation that overthrew and removed President Nicolás Maduro and his wife from the country.
Trump has claimed that he is now in control of the South American nation, stating that the primary objective at this stage is to stabilize the country before considering elections.
Venezuelan oil is Washington’s main objective, Trump added after Maduro’s overthrow.
International
Police hunt gunmen after fatal shooting in Corsica
A man was shot dead on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, local media reported. The victim was identified as Alain Orsoni, former president of local football club AC Ajaccio, according to sources close to the investigation cited by French news channel BFMTV.
Orsoni, 71, was killed in the town of Vero, near Ajaccio, the island’s capital, while attending his mother’s funeral.
He was also a former member of the National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC), a nationalist organization that has long sought independence for the island, reports said.
BFMTV reported that the gunmen fled the scene and remain at large. Local police have opened an investigation into the shooting.
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