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- The Israeli military said that forces were continuing their operation in the central and eastern parts of the Gaza Strip. It said in a statement that “the activity started on the basis of intelligence information indicating the presence of terrorists and terrorist infrastructure above and below ground in the area.” The military waged an offensive earlier this year for several weeks in Bureij and several other nearby refugee camps in central Gaza.
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The Latest | Israeli troops launch attacks in central Gaza, possibly widening their offensive
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,06/05/24-4:06AM , 249 Reads
The Israeli military said it has “operational control” over two areas of central Gaza as it carries out ground incursions and airstrikes in a possible broadening of its monthslong war against Hamas.
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- The Lebanese army said Wednesday a gunman attempted to attack the U.S. embassy near Beirut. The Lebanese military in a statement said that soldiers shot an assailant, who they only described as a Syrian national. The gunman was wounded and taken to a hospital.
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Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB AND LUJAIN JO - Associated Press
Wed,06/05/24-1:43AM , 165 Reads
AUKAR, Lebanon (AP) — A gunman who attacked the U.S. embassy near Beirut was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a Wednesday morning shootout that injured an embassy security guard, the military and embassy officials said.
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- FILE- Children play on a water pump in an internally displaced camp in Gaoa, Burkina Faso, April 22, 2021. More than half of the displaced by growing violence between Islamic extremists and security forces are children, and many are traumatized by their experiences. But mental health services in the West African country are limited, and children are often overlooked for treatment.(AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
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In Burkina Faso, a growing number of children are traumatized by war
By JESSICA DONATI - Associated Press
Wed,06/05/24-1:06AM , 238 Reads
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When armed men entered Safi’s village in northern Burkina Faso and began firing, she hid in her home with her four children. The gunmen found them and let them live — to suffer the guilt of survival — after killing her husband and other relatives.
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- A shell that appears to be white phosphorus from Israeli artillery explodes over a house in al-Bustan, a Lebanese village along the border with Israel, on Oct. 15, 2023. A global human rights group claimed in a report published Wednesday, June 5, 204, that Israel has used white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and violating international law. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
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Rights group accuses Israel of hitting residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB - Associated Press
Wed,06/05/24-12:55AM , 411 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — A global human rights group accused Israel of using white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and violating international law, in a report published Wednesday.
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