Israel admits killing 2 Palestinians and then burying them with a bulldozer after shocking video surfaces
From CNN's Tim Lister, Allegra Goodwin, Gianluca Mezzofiore, Abeer Salman, Alex Stambaugh and Paul P. Murphy
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has admitted killing two Palestinian men and burying their bodies with a bulldozer after Al Jazeera published a video purportedly showing the incident Wednesday.
The men approached its "operational area" in central Gaza “in a suspicious manner” and didn’t respond to a warning shot, the IDF said in a statement to CNN. The Israelis killed them and bulldozed their bodies fearing they carried explosives, it said.
What the video shows: In the video, which is filmed from a distance and has been heavily edited, two men are seen walking along a beach in Gaza, apart from one another; both appear to be waving white flags, to symbolize surrender, as they cautiously approach a group of Israeli soldiers. The video shows one man walking toward the soldiers with his hands in the air. He passes out of view behind some sand and concrete. It's not clear what happens to him next. The second man turns away from the soldiers. As he hurriedly walks away from the camera, he is seen being followed by an Israeli armored vehicle. Suddenly, he falls to the sand, apparently shot.
‘Death at any moment’: fights break out as Gazans compete over airdropped aid
Armed gangs take food and water from desperate locals, as critics say airdrops are dangerous and merely designed to divert public anger
Airdrops of humanitarian aid are leading to fatal fights in Gaza as the desperate and hungry battle to reach parachuted food and essentials, amid fears that little of the much-needed assistance is reaching those most threatened by a looming famine.
Eyewitness accounts, images and interviews with aid workers in Gaza suggest the high-profile airdrop operations are of limited help, and have contributed to growing anarchy there.
Yousef Abu Rabee, a strawberry farmer in northern Gaza before the conflict, said he had given up trying to reach aid drops to provide for his family after being shot at by unidentified armed men during a recent chaotic struggle around one parachuted pallet of assistance.
Netherlands: 'Last hostage released' in Ede, man arrested
Police say a man has been taken into custody and the last captive released after a hostage-taking in the town of Ede that lasted several hours. Authorities said there was no sign of terrorism as a motive.
A heavy police presence, including special units, deployed in central Ede in the Netherlands early on Saturday morning, amid a hostage situation initially involving "several people."
Police said at around 12:45 p.m. local time (1145 UTC/GMT), some five hours after their first communications on the issue, that a man had been arrested and that the "last hostage has been released," but that they could not immediately say more.
Marthyne Kunst, the head of the public prosecutor's office for East Netherlands, said in a press conference soon after the arrest that the suspect had a black rucksack and knives on his person which he had shown to the hostages. He claimed to have explosives as well.
Turkey poised for local elections as Erdogan's party eyes recapturing Istanbul
Bruised and fractured by Tayyip Erdogan's victory in 2023 general elections, Turkey's opposition aims to land a blow in Sunday's local polls, with the future of its biggest hope, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, tied to the outcome.
The nationwide municipal votes on March 31 could reinforce President Erdogan's control after two decades running Turkey, or signal change in the NATO member's deeply divided political landscape.
The results are likely to be shaped in part by economic woes driven by rampant inflation, and by Kurdish and Islamist voters weighing up the government's performance and their hopes for political change.
Opposition hopes of transformation were fuelled by local election results in 2019 when they defeated Erdogan's AK Party in the main two cities, Istanbul and Ankara, which had been run by the AKP and its Islamist predecessors for 25 years.
Kobayashi Pharma factory inspected over dietary supplement deaths, illnesses
The health ministry and local authorities on Saturday inspected a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co factory in Osaka following reports of deaths and hospitalizations possibly linked to its red yeast rice dietary supplements.
The factory in western Japan, which was making the ingredients of the supplements, shut down in December. But the ministry and the local government decided to carry out an on-site inspection in light of the widening health problems regarding the Osaka-based company's products containing beni-koji red yeast rice.
The search of the Osaka factory took about four and a half hours. Kenji Yamashita, head of the company's production division, on Saturday apologized but declined to provide the details of the inspection.
Pouria Zeraati: TV station Iran International faced 'heavy threats' before stabbing
By Suzanne Leigh,BBC News
The stabbing of an Iranian TV news channel presenter follows "heavy threats" made to the London-based station, a spokesman has said.
Iran International presenter Pouria Zeraati, 36, is recovering in hospital after a group attacked him outside his home in Wimbledon, south London.
Counter-terrorism officers are leading the investigation, while the Iranian regime has denied any involvement.
A station spokesman said the Iranian regime had threatened its journalists.
London-based Iran International aims to provide independent coverage of events in the country, but the regime in Tehran has declared it a terrorist organisation.
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