BEIRUT — This morning, Israeli occupation forces carried out artillery strikes on multiple towns in southern Lebanon.

The targeted areas included Rob Thalathine, Shebaa, Kafr Kela, Kafr Hamam, and Odaisseh.

The attacks coincided with the presence of Israeli warplanes and reconnaissance aircraft in Lebanese airspace.

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GAZA — Four Palestinians were killed and several others injured early this morning in Israeli airstrikes on the Nuseirat and Jabalia refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.

In the Nuseirat camp, three individuals were killed when an Israeli airstrike targeted the home of the Imad al-Din family near Abu Srar roundabout. Israeli forces also fired on northern areas of the camp.

In Jabalia refugee camp, one person was killed and several others were injured when Israeli forces struck the home of the Swidan family. The injured were transported to Kamal Adwan Hospital in the camp for treatment.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in 41,182 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 95,280 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

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KYIV — Two people died in a missile attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, local officials said, as Moscow and Kyiv exchanged drone and missile attacks.

The Ukrainian air force said Sunday it shot down 10 of the 14 drones and one of the three missiles Russia launched overnight, while the rest hit the suburbs of Odesa.

Oleh Kiper, Odesa’s regional governor, said the two who died Saturday night were a married couple, and that another person was wounded in the attack.

Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry said it downed 29 Ukrainian drones overnight into Sunday over western and southwestern regions, with no damage caused by the falling debris. It also said another Ukrainian drone was shot down Sunday morning over the western Ryazan region.

While Ukraine and Russia regularly launch overnight drone raids on each other’s territory, Ukrainian officials generally do not confirm or deny attacks within Russia’s borders.

The latest attacks came after Ukraine made a new call Saturday on the West to allow it to use the long-range missiles they have provided to strike targets deep inside Russia, as Ukrainian forces struggle to hold back Russian advances in eastern Ukraine.

So far, the US has allowed Kyiv to use American-provided weapons only in a limited area inside Russia’s border with Ukraine.

Kyiv officials argue the weapons are vital to weaken Russia’s ability to strike Ukraine and force it to move its strike capabilities further from the border.

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JAKARTA — A 5.7-magnitude under-land earthquake struck off Indonesia’s western North Sumatra province on Sunday, the country’s meteorology and geophysics agency said.

The tremors occurred at 04:37 a.m. Jakarta time (2137 GMT Saturday) with its epicenter being 17 km southwest of North Tapanuli (Tapanuli Utara) regency at a depth of 131 km under-earth, the agency reported.

The quake’s intensity registered at III MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) in Central Tapanuli (Tapanuli Tengah) regency and Gunungsitoli town, it said.

Indonesia is prone to earthquakes as the archipelagic country lies in a vulnerable quake-stricken zone called “the Pacific Ring of Fire.”

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MANILA — Tropical storm Bebinca left the Philippines with six dead and at least two missing, the Philippine government said Sunday.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said four died in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and two in Zamboanga Peninsula in the southern Philippines.

The agency added that one is missing in Zamboanga Peninsula and the other in Western Visayas region in the central Philippines.

The agency said that Bebinca, the sixth tropical cyclone to lash the Philippines since January this year, has affected over 200,000 people in nearly 300 villages. Almost 14,000 displaced villagers are in government-run temporary shelters.

Bebinca damaged infrastructure, including roads, bridges, and houses.

Bebinca exited the Philippines on Saturday afternoon. However, it continued to bring rain after enhancing the Southwest monsoon.

An average of 20 typhoons pound the Philippines yearly, triggering severe flooding, landslides, and other extreme natural disasters and resulting in heavy casualties to human life and destruction of crops and properties.

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WARSAW — One person was killed and thousands were evacuated due to continuous rainfall in southern Poland, said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at a press conference on Sunday.

By Sunday morning, 1,600 people had been evacuated from Klodzko, a town in southern Poland, due to severe flooding caused by continuous rainfall.

Torrential rains have caused rivers to exceed alarming levels, especially in regions like Opole, Lower Silesia, and Silesia.

The local water management authority in Wroclaw expects a flood peak on the Oder River in Wroclaw next Tuesday which will last for several days.

Tusk warned that delaying evacuation may pose a danger not only to citizens but also to the services that will have to carry out the evacuation later, in much more difficult conditions.

People in the towns of Jarnoltowek and Pokrzywna in the region of Opole started to evacuate on Saturday with authorities warning that the situation could worsen.

The director of the Karkonosze National Park in southwestern Poland has decided to close all tourist trails in the park until further notice.

Hydrologic alerts have been extended to other regions, with infrastructure damage, road closures, and halted rail services reported.

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JERUSALEM — A long-range surface-to-surface missile fired from Yemen struck an unpopulated area near Israel’s international airport outside Tel Aviv on Sunday, Israeli sources said.

The missile triggered sirens in Tel Aviv and other cities in central Israel, sending residents running to shelters during the morning rush hour.

The Israeli military said in a statement that interceptors were launched but failed to shoot down the missile, which landed in an open area.

Israel’s state-owned Kan TV news reported that the missile fell in Kfar Daniel, about 6 km from Ben Gurion Airport. A fire broke out in the area.

Magen David Adom, Israel’s national rescue service, said five people were injured while running to shelters.

There were no changes to the Home Front Command’s defensive guidelines for civilians.

The incident marks the second time a projectile from Yemen has reached central Israel, following a drone attack by Houthi forces in July that killed one person in Tel Aviv.

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MOSCOW — Russia’s patience regarding a nuclear response to Western actions in Ukraine is wearing thin, warned Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s security council, in a message posted on his Telegram channel on Saturday.

Medvedev said while “a nuclear conflict is in no one’s interest,” Russia has thus far exercised restraint in utilizing its nuclear capabilities in response to Western involvement, particularly concerning high-precision strikes deep into Russian territory. However, he cautioned that “even the greatest patience has its limits.”

This warning came following recent U.S. discussions regarding the provision of Army Tactical Missile Systems to Ukraine, which could enable strikes deeper into Russian territory.

The Kremlin has also signaled its awareness of the escalating threat, with the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov noting that Russia is preparing countermeasures.

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MAIDAN SHAR, Afghanistan — At least three people have been confirmed dead and three others were injured in a road accident in east Afghanistan’s Wardak province on Sunday morning, a local police official reported.

The mishap occurred on the outskirts of Maidan Shar City, the capital of the province, along the highway linking the capital Kabul with the southern Kandahar province, said Mohammad Yosuf Asrar, spokesman for provincial police.

According to Asrar, the injured are now under treatment in the provincial hospital of Wardak, but their conditions were reported as critical.

The victims of the road accident, including two women, are members of the same family.

Some 2,000 people lost their lives and about 6,000 others were injured in 4,270 road accidents in Afghanistan over the past 12 months.

Road accidents due to reckless driving on congested roads and lack of traffic signs on dilapidated highways are a leading cause of deaths in the war-ravaged country.

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