Skip next section 2 injured in northern Israel stabbing attack
07/03/2024July 3, 2024
2 injured in northern Israel stabbing attack
Two people were wounded in a stabbing attack in an Israeli mall, according to Israeli police.
Police called the incident a suspected terror attack and said the attacker had been “neutralized.”
The shopping center is located in the town of Karmiel in northern Israel’s Galilee.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
Israeli medics said they were treating two men in their 20s. One was in a very serious condition while the other was fully conscious, they said.
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Skip next section Former US officials condemn US ‘complicity’ in Gaza crisis
07/03/2024July 3, 2024
Former US officials condemn US ‘complicity’ in Gaza crisis
A dozen former US government officials have accused Washington of “undeniable complicity” in the deaths of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
A joint statement by the former officials said administration was violating US laws by sending arms to Israel.
“America’s diplomatic cover for, and continuous flow of arms to, Israel has ensured our undeniable complicity in the killings and forced starvation of a besieged Palestinian population in Gaza,” the statement said.
The former officials called on the United States to use its diplomatic and political leverage to bring the war to an end and to expand aid deliveries to Gaza.
Israel’s offensive in Gaza has increasingly come under international pressure over the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory.
Over a million people have been displaced in the fighting since October 7, and the territory’s population is experiencing widespread hunger. Nearly 38,000 people have been killed during the war, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
Israeli operations in Gaza began after the Hamas militant Islamist group attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages.
Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by Israel, the EU, the US, Germany and several other states.
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Skip next section Israeli strike on West Bank kills 4 — Palestinian Health Ministry
07/03/2024July 3, 2024
Israeli strike on West Bank kills 4 — Palestinian Health Ministry
The Palestinian Health Ministry said an Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in the Nur Shams camp in the .
The ministry is part of the .
Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported that the dead were men between the ages of 20 and 25.
Violence in the West Bank has increased since the start of the war in Gaza between Israel and the Hamas militant Islamist group.
At least 556 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
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Skip next section Only 2-3 people know Hamas chief Sinwar’s location — report
07/03/2024July 3, 2024
Only 2-3 people know Hamas chief Sinwar’s location — report
Only a small group of around two to three people know the current location of Yahya Sinwar, a leader of the militant Islamist group, according to Hamas sources cited by the London-based and -funded media outlet Asharq Al-Awsat.
and is believed to have planned the October 7 terror attacks on Israel that killed about 1,200 people.
According to the sources cited by the report, Sinwar maintains contact with other Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh, who heads the -based Hamas Political Bureau.
The sources did not specify whether Sinwar was hiding above ground or in the Gaza Strip’s network of tunnels.
The report said Sinwar would not accept a deal with Israel that would have him exiled from the Gaza Strip.
Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have repeatedly said the war in Gaza would not end until Hamas was eliminated.
Hamas is classified as a terror group by Israel, Germany, the United States and several other countries.
sdi/sms (AP, AFP, Reuters, dpa)
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