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Update from November 10, 4:27 p.m.: Cross-border skirmishes continued between armed Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces on Friday. This was reported by the official Lebanese News Agency National Media Agency. On Friday morning, there were reports of Israeli artillery shelling near the Lebanese towns of Ramia and Beit Lev, in addition to Israeli drones over the eastern part of the Israeli-Lebanese border.
Later on Friday, Hezbollah claimed to have attacked Israeli forces in the eastern sector, after which Israeli artillery shelled the area where the attack occurred. Hezbollah also reportedly fired a guided missile at the Israeli town of Metulla, to which Israel responded with artillery, according to reports National Media Agency.
Update from November 10, 3:29 p.m.: More than 100 UN relief workers have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the latest escalation in the Middle East. The United Nations Relief Agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, announced on Friday. The number of confirmed deaths among UNRWA workers is 101. They were teachers, nurses, doctors, logisticians or security guards who served their community.
UNRWA Director Philippe Lazzarini said the situation was devastating. “More than 100 colleagues were killed in one month.” UNRWA is in mourning, the Palestinians are in mourning, and Israel is in mourning. “To end this tragedy, a humanitarian ceasefire is needed now,” Lazzarini said.
The Israeli attack on the largest hospital in Gaza kills 13 people.
Update from November 10, 2:51 p.m.: Hamas said that 13 people in the Gaza Strip were killed in an Israeli bombing of Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip. France Press agency mentioned. While journalists have not yet been able to verify this claim, an AFP journalist reported that he saw at least seven bodies outside the hospital.
The Israeli army had no immediate comment. Israel reported heavy fighting near the hospital on Thursday (November 9), saying it had killed dozens of fighters and destroyed tunnels considered key to Hamas’ fighting power.
Two women were injured by missile fragments in Tel Aviv.
Update from November 10, 2:12 p.m.: Two women were injured by missile fragments in Tel Aviv. One woman was moderately injured and another woman was slightly injured. Rocket debris was also found in the city of Rishon Lezion in central Israel.
Update from November 10, 1:32 p.m.: Doctors Without Borders said on Thursday that it had observed „a significant increase in acts of violence committed by Israeli forces in Jenin in the West Bank.” The organization said in its statement: “Today witnessed an increase in violence, with large-scale bombings and shooting operations.”
Doctors Without Borders reported that Israeli military vehicles prevented ambulances from reaching health facilities and entering hospitals. The statement said that the teams had to transfer patients to distant hospitals. “Hospitals are not targets and must remain safe places,” MSF stressed. She called on the Israeli army to stop bombing hospitals. “Medical care should not be hindered.”
The Israeli army kills many Hamas terrorists and announces a new evacuation corridor
Update from November 10, 12:15 p.m.: The Israeli occupation forces opened an evacuation corridor towards the southern Gaza Strip. This was announced by the Israeli military authority responsible for government policy in the occupied Palestinian territories. The corridor will remain open for seven hours, from 8 am to 3 pm German time. According to the Office for the Coordination of Government Activities, tens of thousands of civilians are already using the corridor to reach the southern Gaza Strip.
Strike against Hamas: Many terrorists killed and heavy weapons confiscated
Updated from November 10, 11:28 a.m.: According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, the conflict in the Middle East can only be ended by ending the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. Turk said on Friday in Amman, Jordan, that the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination must be respected: „For the violence to end, the occupation must end.” He called on all countries of the world to make the necessary efforts to achieve this. The lasting peace that all Palestinians and Israelis must achieve. The vicious cycle of violence must be broken. “We have seen time and time again throughout history that extremism only leads to more extremism,” Türk said.
Updated from November 10, 10:05 a.m.: The Israeli army announced that it had once again killed suspected terrorists in the Gaza Strip. The army said on Friday that among these people were those involved in the massacre in Israel. They were killed on Thursday. On Friday night, Israeli soldiers also reportedly attacked 19 suspected terrorists who were planning an attack on them. They also beat or confiscated many weapons such as rocket launchers.
Biden calls for more aid to the Gaza Strip
Update from November 10, 8:45 a.m.: US President Joe Biden has spoken in favor of providing more aid supplies to the Gaza Strip. He added: “Two days ago there were 96 trucks carrying relief supplies, and yesterday there were 106 trucks. But we need more, and soon. Our goal is at least 150 people a day, every day,” he wrote on Platform X (formerly Twitter). „Also everything we can to increase the delivery of humanitarian aid and services.”
Biden also said there would be two humanitarian corridors “starting today” to enable people to flee combat zones north of the cordoned off coastline. Referring to the targeted humanitarian breaks, the Prime Minister added that these breaks will help move the civilian population to safer areas. “They are a step in the right direction,” the Democrat said.
Update from November 10 at 7:40 a.m.: The Israeli army announced that a soldier was killed during the fighting against Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, Thursday. His death increases the number of soldiers killed in the Israeli ground operation, according to the radio The Times of Israel At 36.
Israel attacks Syria: reaction after drone attack on school
The first report: TEL AVIV/GAZA – In response to a drone attack on a school building in the southern Israeli city of Eilat, the Israeli military said it attacked a target in Syria. The army said on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday that the army met with the organization that carried out the attack. The army holds Syria “fully responsible for any terrorist activity emanating from its territory.”
A school was damaged by a drone on Thursday. It was initially said that the origin of the drone and the incident as a whole would be investigated. There were no reports of injuries. A few hours ago, the Israeli Armed Forces succeeded in deploying the new Arrow 3 missile defense system for the first time.
The Israeli Ministry of Defense said that an object fired at Israel was intercepted in the Red Sea region. The Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen had previously announced that they had attacked Israel with missiles. It was not initially clear whether the missile intercepted by the Arrow 3 system was a Houthi missile. Army spokesman Daniel Hagari said, “The Arrow missile intercepted a threat that was traveling far from the State of Israel.” “We intercepted a surface-to-surface missile fired at us.”
Israel agrees to a four-hour ceasefire – a ceasefire remains out of the question at the moment
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to continue allowing civilians to safely escape the combat zone in the closed Gaza Strip. “The fight against Hamas, the Hamas terrorists, is continuing, but we want to allow safe passage of civilians from the combat zone in certain places for a certain period of time, a few hours here, a few hours there. “This is what we do,” he told Fox News. Earlier in Washington, National Security Council Communications Director John Kirby said that Israel had agreed to four-hour daily humanitarian rest periods in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
A senior Israeli government official confirmed The Times of Israel According to his own statements, the Israeli government also agreed to “humanitarian rest periods.” Accordingly, the “local tactical” separations aim to give the residents of the Gaza Strip the opportunity to escape from the north of the Strip to the south, away from the most conflicted areas.
However, Netanyahu reiterated in the interview that Israel had not agreed to a ceasefire. He said: “A ceasefire with Hamas means surrender to Hamas.” The Prime Minister added: “Therefore, there will be no ceasefire without the release of the Israeli hostages.” (talk to agencies)
The day after the controversial NGO law was passed, tens of thousands protested again in Georgia. The foreign ministers of European Union countries also participated. Meanwhile, Türkiye announced a similar proposed law.
In Georgia, tens of thousands of people took to the streets again to protest a recently passed law on “foreign influence.”
An Agence France-Presse journalist reported that about 30,000 people gathered in front of Parliament in the capital, Tbilisi, on Wednesday alone. Demonstrations also took place in the cities of Kutaisi and Zalinghikha in the west of the country.
European ministers demonstrate
The foreign ministers of Estonia, Iceland and Lithuania, who were visiting Georgia, also participated in the protests in Tbilisi. Senior diplomats addressed the demonstrators.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told AFP that he and his colleagues participated in the protest „to support the desire of the Georgian people to become part of the European Union and NATO.” The Georgian national anthem and the European anthem „Ode to Joy” were played at the demonstration.
The demonstrators waved the flags of Georgia and the European Union.
Parliament in Tbilisi approved the controversial law on Tuesday. According to this, organizations and media that receive at least 20% of funding from abroad must in the future be registered in the former Soviet republic as bodies “pursuing the interests of foreign powers.”
Similarities with Russian law
Critics see similarities with the law against „foreign agents” in Russia, which enables authorities there to take wide-ranging measures against critical media and organizations. There have been massive protests against the law in Georgia for weeks.
The adoption of the law sparked international criticism. The European Union, the United Nations and NATO called on the government in Tbilisi to change course. It also called on the federal government to withdraw the law. Georgia has been an official candidate for European Union membership since December. With the new law, it has become difficult to imagine the European future of this Caucasian country.
Türkiye plans to issue a similar law
On the other hand, a draft law has been introduced in neighboring Turkey requiring the imprisonment of journalists and scholars who work for foreign “interests”. The proposed amendment to the Turkish Penal Code stipulates prison sentences ranging from three to seven years, according to the text obtained by Agence France-Presse.
The draft law applies to “any person who conducts or orders the conduct of research on (Turkish) citizens or institutions on behalf of or for the strategic interest of a foreign organization or state in order to act against the security, political, internal or external interests of the state.” „.
Björn Blaschke, ARD Moscow, now Tbilisi, Tagesschau, May 15, 2024 at 7:13 am
The life of Slovak Prime Minister Fico is in danger after he was shot
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot after a cabinet meeting in the town of Handlova. The Slovak News Agency reported that he was taken to hospital.
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Shooting in Slovakia: Prime Minister Robert Fico shot after a cabinet meeting. The government said his life was in danger. According to media reports, the attacker was arrested. Chancellor Schultz speaks of a „cowardly assassination attempt.”
DrSlovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in mortal danger after being attacked. This was announced by the government office in Bratislava, TASR news agency reported.
Fico was shot after a cabinet meeting at the House of Culture in the town of Handlova. He was taken to hospital. Handlova is located about 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, Bratislava. The exact background was clear at first.
TASR reported that Deputy Speaker of Parliament Lobos Blaha confirmed the attack during a parliamentary session and postponed it until further notice. A Reuters employee said he heard several gunshots and saw police arresting a man. Security forces took the arrested man to a car and took him away.
Security guards bring Vico to his car and run towards the shooter
Source: Reuters
Emergency services told TASR that a helicopter carrying an emergency doctor was sent to Vico after the accident. The police evacuated the House of Culture, where the government meeting was being held.
Slovak President Zuzana Caputova condemned the “brutal and brutal attack.” She added: “I hope Robert Fico has a lot of strength at this critical moment to recover from the attack.”
A suspect has been arrested
Source: Reuters
A few days ago, Fico himself accused the liberal opposition of creating a climate of hostility against the government. It cannot be ruled out that violence will occur at some point in such a climate.
Schulz and von der Leyen comment on the attack
Chancellor Olaf Scholz strongly condemned the attack. He wrote on the online platform “X”: “I am shocked by the news of the cowardly assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Fico. Violence should have no place in European politics. During these hours, my thoughts are with Robert Fico, his relatives and the citizens of Slovakia.”
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described the attack as “abhorrent.” “Such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy, our greatest common good,” she wrote on X. Her thoughts were with Vico and his family.
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European Council President Charles Michel was also shocked. “Violence and such attacks cannot be justified by anything,” he wrote on X.
Fiko has been the Prime Minister of Slovakia again since 2023. He was Prime Minister from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018.
Fico is one of the founders of his party Samir. Their policies fall into „socialist internationalism”, and their policies are also criticized as populist. Recently, Fico angered people by saying that Ukraine is a country controlled by the United States. Slovakia will prevent Kiev from joining NATO. During a visit to Uzhhorod, right on the Slovak-Ukrainian border However, Fico said afterwardsHe said that his country would continue to provide humanitarian aid despite differences of opinion and would not prevent private arms deals. Regarding domestic politics, Fico is accused of restructuring the state to serve his own interests, similar to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
Boeing could be sued over two plane crashes. According to the US government, the company violated regulations. The next steps are still under study.
According to the US Department of Justice, plane manufacturer Boeing could be sued over two fatal crashes of two 737 MAX planes about five years ago. The ministry said in a letter that the company violated its obligations under an agreement protecting Boeing from criminal prosecution over the two incidents.
Court documents said Boeing failed to implement a program designed to prevent violations of U.S. fraud laws, as agreed. The US government is still considering how to proceed with this case. Boeing now has until June 13 to provide an official response. In an initial reaction, the company confirmed that, from its point of view, it adhered to the agreement.
Boeing must implement a compliance and ethics program
A total of 346 people died when two 737 MAX planes crashed in October 2018 and March 2019 in Indonesia and Ethiopia, respectively. According to investigations, one of the causes of the accident was the software in the plane that was supposed to support the pilots, but it interfered with the control devices more than they expected.
Boeing has been criticized because the aircraft manufacturer declared special training on the software unnecessary when the type was certified by US authorities. Under the agreement concluded with the US government, Boeing paid a fine of $243 million (225 million euros).
The allegations regarding the plane crashes were not followed up. However, there is something of a test bed in place with the central requirement that Boeing implement a compliance and ethics program. The Ministry of Justice has now stressed that breaching this could lead to criminal prosecution of the company.
