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‘Torn up bodies’: Israel intensifies bombing campaign in Gaza
Israeli attacks kill dozens, including local journalist, as Palestinian death toll in besieged territory nears 39,000.
The Israeli military has continued its relentless bombardment of Gaza with strikes hitting the southern, central and northern parts of the territory.
The Palestinian Civil Defence said on Saturday that its crews retrieved the bodies of 12 people who were killed in separate Israeli attacks on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. The Israeli army had bombed a residential tower in the area.
The Civil Defence also documented the killing of six Palestinians in the neighbouring Bureij camp, while 10 others were killed in Gaza City and other areas north of the territory.
Israel also bombed a commercial building housing displaced people east of Khan Younis late on Saturday, according to local sources. The Civil Defence said the attack killed at least six people, with others still missing under the rubble.
The Wafa news agency also reported that one person was killed and several others were injured in an Israeli air attack in Rafah in southern Gaza.
Israeli shelling of Jabalia in northern Gaza killed local journalist Muhammad Abu Jasser along with his wife and two children.
“We were sleeping in the house safely. There was no armed presence. All of a sudden, a missile fell on us,” Abu Jasser’s cousin told Al Jazeera Arabic.
“Torn up bodies were strewn outside – an ugly scene. Little kids, what have they done to be killed like that?”
Gaza’s Government Media Office said that 161 Palestinian journalists in Gaza have been killed since the start of the war.
Early on Saturday, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said that Israeli forces had killed 37 people over the previous 24 hours, bringing the Palestinian death toll from the war to 38,919.
Israel has imposed a suffocating blockade on Gaza, sparking a hunger crisis in the territory. Health advocates have also warned of the spread of diseases because of sewage spills around displaced people’s encampments.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Interior warned people against moving from north to south in the territory, accusing Israel of using “psychological pressure on citizens” to further displace Palestinians.
“We warn citizens against the lies and deceit of the occupation. We salute the citizens’ steadfastness in their homes,” the ministry said in a statement.
“The occupation practises the most horrific forms of torture and abuse against the displaced, away from the cameras, executing dozens of them and leaving the injured to bleed to death.”
Israel has intensified its attacks on Gaza in recent weeks amid talks to reach a ceasefire deal which would see the release of Israeli captives held by Hamas and other Palestinian groups.
Hamas accused Israel of stepping up its bombing campaign in the past two days in response to the International Court of Justice, which ruled on Friday that the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories is illegal.
“The United Nations must act quickly to stop this show of Zionist crimes and terrorism that is happening with the direct support of the American administration,” the Palestinian group said in a statement.
Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the Palestinian group’s political bureau, stressed later on Saturday that Israel’s “crimes” will not stop without a “price to pay and mounting pressure”.
Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, and allied armed groups claimed several attacks against Israeli forces on Thursday including an ambush on a tank in Rafah.
Iranians mourning the country’s supreme leader condemned U.S. strikes that Washington called retaliation for Iran’s attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. At a tightly controlled state funeral in Mashhad — one of Iran’s most conservative cities, where opponents of the government were unlikely to be found in the crowd — mourners voiced defiance and called for revenge.
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Beloved musicians among victims in deadly Bahamas plane crash; aviation authority grounds flights
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A devastating double-aviation crisis in the Bahamas, including a deadly North Andros plane crash and a separate aircraft fire on Friday, prompted the government to suspend flight operations for a local airline and launch a federal safety probe.
Shortly after 1 p.m. local time Friday, a Cessna 402 aircraft with Bahamian registration departed Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau bound for San Andros Airport.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) said the plane “encountered difficulties” and crashed into bushes prior to landing.
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Authorities said 10 people were killed in a Bahamas plane crash on Friday. (Our News Bahamas via AP)
First responders, including the Royal Bahamas Police Force, Airport Authority and emergency medical personnel, rushed to the dense brush where the aircraft went down.
The Bahamas Musicians and Entertainers Union confirmed in a statement Saturday that 10 people died in the crash, including prominent members of the “The Pond Band” and a local DJ, whose artistry the union said “touched so many lives and helped to enrich the cultural fabric of The Bahamas.”
Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Brave Davis said a sole survivor was pulled from the wreckage.
“Ann and I are praying for the families who are now facing unbearable grief,” Davis wrote in a statement on X. “We are also praying for the survivor, whose recovery and care will remain in our thoughts.”
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The identities of those killed in the crash have not yet been released.
While the AAIA’s preliminary reports initially indicated seven people were on board, officials are still establishing the facts of the flight manifest.
Just hours before the fatal crash in North Andros, a Flamingo Air flight en route to Mayaguana was forced to turn back to Nassau after the pilot reported a concern, according to the Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Aviation (MoET).
After the aircraft landed and passengers safely deplaned, the plane caught fire on the runway.
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FILE – The Civil Aviation Authority Bahamas temporarily suspended Flamingo Air’s Air Operator Certificate following two aircraft incidents Friday. (iStock)
Following the two back-to-back safety incidents, the Civil Aviation Authority Bahamas (CAAB) temporarily suspended Flamingo Air’s Air Operator Certificate, according to MoET officials.
“The suspension is a precautionary safety measure and should not be treated as an adverse compliance action against Flamingo Air,” the agency wrote in a statement.
FILE – The plane crashed in North Andros on Friday after taking off from Lynden Pindling International Airport. (Melissa Alcena/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Investigators from the AAIA and inspectors from the CAAB remain at the scene in North Andros as they work to determine what caused the Cessna 402 tragedy.
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Flamingo Air did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Moldova’s pro-European President Maia Sandu nominated businessman Vasile Tofan on Saturday as the country’s next prime minister to replace Alexandru Munteanu, who resigned earlier this month over differences with the ruling majority.
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In a video posted to social media, Sandu said Tofan’s primary responsibility, after his candidacy is approved by the country’s parliament, would be to move the country further towards its path of “integration” into the European Union.
He should also “strengthen the resilience of state institutions and society”, and “revive the economy”, added Sandu.
The Moldovan businessman now has two weeks to secure parliamentary backing, a prospect he hopes to achieve after submitting his government programme and his ministerial cabinet nominations.
Tofan had been mentioned as a possible prime minister last year even before the appointment of Munteanu.
Igor Grosu, who heads Sandu’s Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) which won the last parliamentary elections in September, announced on Friday that he had selected him as his candidate to replace the outgoing premier.
He said Tofan shared “the same objectives” as him and PAS, specifying that “EU accession in the years to come, institutional reform and economic growth”, were among the biggest points of agreement.
The nominee for prime minister, who graduated Harvard Business School and turns 44 on Sunday, has a degree in public management from the Netherlands and is a managing partner at Horizon Capital, a private equity firm with assets primarily in Ukraine and Moldova.
He has also chaired the board of directors of Moldova’s Purcari winery, considered the crown jewel of the country’s winemaking sector.
Munteanu, another businessman who like Sandu previously worked at the World Bank, had been chosen to boost the economy and bring it closer to the EU, but turbulence with PAS saw him vacate his post less than a year into holding office.
He resigned on 3 July after less than eight months, stating that he could no longer carry out his mandate “according to (his) principles and (his) convictions”.
The EU last month officially launched a first round of accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. Both countries became official EU candidate countries on 23 June 2022.
Additional sources • AFP
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