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Two Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza helicopter crash
Two Israeli soldiers were killed after a military helicopter crashed trying to rescue an injured soldier in Rafah, the Israeli army says.
“During the night, an ‘Owl’ helicopter of the Air Force, as part of a mission to evacuate an injured fighter for medical treatment at a hospital, crashed in the Rafah area during landing,” the army posted on X.
It added that, according to initial investigation, “it appears that the crash was not caused by enemy fire”.
Israeli forces arrest 17 Palestinians in Hebron
The Israeli military has arrested 17 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank’s Hebron governorate and set up military checkpoints in several areas, the Wafa news agency reports.
The army at dawn also apprehended two brothers from Kafr Rai village, south of Jenin, after raiding their home.
Two men were arrested during the raids on the towns of Beit Rima and Rantis, northwest of Ramallah city.
Israeli air strike in the West Bank kills five
CAIRO (Reuters) – At least five people were killed in an Israeli air strike on Tubas in the West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported on Wednesday.
Its crews were able to retrieve the bodies of five people from the bombing site, and they were transferred to the hospital, Red Crescent added.
"As part of the counter terrorism activity, an IAF aircraft struck an armed terrorist cell a short while ago in the area of Tubas", the Israeli army said in a statement.
Western powers unveil new sanctions on Iran for arming Russia with ballistic missiles
NEW YORK (AFP) - The US, UK, France and Germany on Tuesday announced new sanctions on Iran for supplying Russia with short-range ballistic missiles to use in its war in Ukraine. US sanctions targeted Russian and Iranian entities while France, Britain and Germany canceled bilateral air agreements with Iran.
The United States on Tuesday unveiled fresh sanctions against more than a dozen firms and individuals in Russia and Iran in response to what it called Iran's "escalatory" decision to send ballistic missiles to Russia.
World leaders slam Israel for bombing Gaza 'safe-zone'
World leaders strongly condemned Israel for bombing the Al-Mawasi “safe-zone” in southern Gaza.
At least 19 people lost their lives in the attack, and 60 others sustained multiple injuries.
The toll is likely to climb.
Israel's bomb turns bodies to ashes
Gaza officials said the 2,000 pound weapon used by Israeli forces has “melted” the bodies of the victims who were in the center of the attack.
Media reported that Israel likely used the US-made MK 84 bomb in the attack.
Polio vaccination starts in north Gaza despite obstacles
GENEVA (AFP) - A campaign to vaccinate a final 200,000 children in north Gaza against polio began on Tuesday (Sep 10) although health and aid officials said the operation was complicated by access restrictions, evacuation orders and shortages of fuel.
The campaign in north Gaza, the part of the territory hardest hit by Israel's 11-month military offensive against Hamas militants, follows the vaccination of more than 446,000 Palestinian children in central and south Gaza earlier this month.
Israel defence minister says Gaza truce deal a 'strategic opportunity'
TEL AVIV (AFP) – Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant offered his support for a hostage release agreement in the first phase of a Gaza truce deal, saying it would give Israel a "strategic opportunity" to address other security challenges.
Bringing the hostages home is "the right thing to do", Gallant told foreign journalists.
EU fears Israeli-occupied West Bank becoming a 'new Gaza'
CAIRO (AFP) – The European Union's top diplomat Josep Borrell warned on Tuesday that increased violence in the occupied West Bank since the Israel-Hamas war erupted meant it risked becoming "a new Gaza".
Violence in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967 and is separated from the Gaza Strip by Israeli territory, has flared alongside the war that began after Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7.
