Israeli strike on Gaza school sheltering displaced kills 28, paramedics say
David Gritten
At least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced families in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Red Crescent says.
More than 50 others were injured in the attack on Rufaida al-Aslamia school, which the medical organisation said was close to its headquarters in the town of Deir al-Balah.
A video from the scene showed people running to help the injured amid a cloud of smoke and dust, while several children were pictured being treated at the local al-Aqsa hospital.
UN inquiry accuses Israel of crime of 'extermination' in destruction of Gaza health system
A UN inquiry said on Thursday it found that Israel carried out a concerted policy of destroying Gaza’s healthcare system in the Gaza war, actions amounting to both war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, reports Reuters.
A statement by ex-UN high commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay released ahead of a full report accused Israel of “relentless and deliberate attacks on medical personnel and facilities” in the war.
“Children in particular have borne the brunt of these attacks, suffering both directly and indirectly from the collapse of the health system,” said Pillay, whose report will be presented to the UN general assembly on 30 October.
WWF: Wildlife populations have plummeted by 73% since 1970
In some areas, the WWF's Living Planet report noted that wildlife populations had fallen by up to 95%. The Amazon rainforest is particularly vulnerable.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) published its latest Living Planet report on Thursday, showing that wild populations of animal species have plunged over 70% since 1970.
In some highly biodiverse areas, such as Latin America and the Caribbean, that number is closer to 95%.
"The picture we are painting is incredibly concerning," Kirsten Schuijt, director general of WWF International, told a press conference.
UN peacekeepers accuses Israel of firing on Lebanon HQ
The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Israeli tank fire on its headquarters in the country's south Thursday wounded two of its members, accusing Israel of "repeatedly" hitting its positions.
It is the most serious incident reported by the mission since it said last week it had rejected Israeli demands to "relocate" from some of its positions.
UNIFIL, which has about 10,000 peacekeepers stationed in south Lebanon, has called for a ceasefire since an escalation between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah on September 23, after a year of cross-border fire.
"This morning, two peacekeepers were injured after an IDF Merkava tank fired its weapon toward an observation tower at UNIFIL's headquarters in Naqura, directly hitting it and causing them to fall," the force said, using an acronym for the Israeli military.
Korean novelist Han Kang awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
Korean novelist Han Kang has become the first Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The Swedish Academy announced, Thursday, that Han, 53, was the winner of the prestigious prize.
She is the second Korean Nobel laureate, following former President Kim Dae-jung, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000 for his efforts to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula. Additionally, she is the first Asian woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Inside the last functioning hospital in Sudan’s Khartoum North
Due to repeated targeting of healthcare facilities throughout Sudan’s conflict, it is the only hospital left in the country’s populous city.
Away from the bustling corridors of Bahri Hospital, the only functioning hospital left in Sudan’s city of Khartoum North, Alsuna Issa sits perched on the edge of a small cot next to her toddler son in a patient room.
The young boy, Jaber, dressed in distressed jeans and a Spiderman t-shirt that grazes his enlarged belly, is malnourished.
Under the whirring fans of the hospital, patients in similar situations wait their turn, hoping to be attended to in a country reeling from more than 18 months of fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
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