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ITALY: Firefighters airlift dog trapped in mountain ravine for four days
Firefighters used a helicopter in a rescue on Sunday, October 15, that saw a dog fly to freedom after four days trapped in a mountain ravine. The animal became stuck close to the Lander hiking trail near the popular tourist town of Arta Terme in the Julian Alps. According to the Italian fire service, its personnel used off-road vehicles to reach the area, before climbing a further 300 metres.…
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LEBANON: Israeli airstrike destroys structure in Lebanon amid fighting with Hezbollah, IDF says [MUTE]
The Israel Defence Forces released a video on Sunday, October 15, described as showing an airstrike on a building in Lebanon belonging to the militant Hezbollah militia. The group controls much of the Shiite-majority areas of Lebanon, including parts of the capital, Beirut. The IDF said on Monday it targeted positions that had been directing fire at Israeli territory on Sunday and that the…
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ECUADOR: Ecuadorians elect youngest-ever president amid gang violence and unemployment in the country
Ecuador has elected Daniel Noboa to become the next president, according to results indicating he obtained some 52 percent of the vote following elections that took place on Sunday, October 15. Noboda is 35 years old and Ecuador’s youngest-ever president-elect. He vowed to restore peace in the country and bring gang violence under control. He also promised to create jobs. Noboa, whose only…
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GAZA: Palestinians wounded in Israeli airstrikes transferred to hospital in central Gaza Strip [GRAPHIC]
Footage released by the Palestinian News & Information Agency WAFA captured people injured in Israeli airstrikes being taken to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday. Israel’s military continued to urge Palestinians to evacuate to the southern area of the Gaza Strip as it vowed to counter Hamas ahead of an expected ground offensive. The evacuation…
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AUSTRALIA: Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally outside parliament building in Melbourne
Pro-Palestinian rallies were held in cities across Australia on Sunday, October 15, drawing thousands of participants, according to news reports. News reports said six thousand reportedly turned out in Sydney, while 10,000 had joined a rally in Melbourne. Rallies were also reported in Brisbane and Adelaide, while a pro-Israel rally in Perth drew a crowd of several hundred people. A heavy police…
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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians take refuge in southern Gaza school as makeshift tents erected on playground
Internally displaced Palestinians who have fled northern Gaza have been taking refuge in a UN-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, local media reported. The families could be seen in footage released by the Wafa news agency crowded into the school building and inside makeshift tents on the playground in the southern city of Deir al Balah. Israel’s military continued to urge Palestinians to…
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AUSTRALIA: Pro-Palestinian supporters rally in Sydney's Hyde Park
Pro-Palestinian rallies were held in cities across Australia on Sunday, October 15, drawing thousands of participants, according to news reports. News reports said six thousand reportedly turned out in Sydney, while 10,000 had joined a rally in Melbourne. Rallies were also reported in Brisbane and Adelaide, while a pro-Israel rally in Perth drew several hundred people. A heavy police presence was…
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GAZA: Gaza residents inspect rubble of homes after deadly Israeli airstrike
Israel’s military continued to urge Palestinians to evacuate to the southern area of the Gaza Strip as it vowed to counter Hamas ahead of an expected ground offensive. The evacuation orders have been criticised by humanitarian agencies as an estimated one million people, out of a population of 2.3 million, have already been displaced in the first week of the conflict, the UN said. Meanwhile, US…
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AUSTRALIA: Demonstrators rally in Sydney in support of Palestinians
Pro-Palestinian rallies were held in cities across Australia on Sunday, October 15, drawing thousands of participants, according to news reports. News reports said six thousand reportedly turned out in Sydney, while 10,000 had joined a rally in Melbourne. Rallies were also reported in Brisbane and Adelaide, while a pro-Israel rally in Perth drew a crowd of several hundred people. A heavy police…
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UKRAINE: Ukrainian drone targets Russian military vehicle in Kupyansk, border guards say [MUTE]
The State Border Service of Ukraine (DPSU) released a video on October 15 described as showing a drone carrying out a strike on a Russian military truck near the city of Kupyansk in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. DPSU said teams conducting aerial reconnaissance in the region had spotted the truck. The vehicle was apparently carrying building materials to be used to set up firing…
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ISRAEL: Israeli PM Netanyahu meets with families of people missing amid Hamas conflict [MUTE]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the families of people who were abducted or have been missing since the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an offensive against Israel. The prime minister’s office said the meeting took place on Sunday, October 15, as relatives presented pictures of people missing with their names and banners reading “Bring them home”. The video was edited…
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ISRAEL: Iron Dome air defence system intercepts rockets over Tel Aviv as conflict enters second week
Air alert sirens sounded in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, October 15, as the city was targeted by a series of rockets. The Iron Dome air defence systemappeared to have intercepted a number of them. The rockets were seen like flares moving across the evening sky before suddenly going dark, appearing to be intercepted. One resident of Tel Aviv, Mark Griffin, captured the incident on camera, writing…
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GEORGIA: Demonstrators rally in Tbilisi in support of Israel
Some 200 demonstrators joined a rally in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Sunday, October 15, held to show support for Israel amid the deadly conflict with the Hamas militant group in Gaza, according to news outlet SOTAvision. The media outlet quoted some participants as saying that they saw the rally as an opportunity to “speak out against terrorism and support the civilised world.” Slogans to…
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LEBANON: Israeli airstrikes target Hezbollah military infrastructure that directed fire towards Israel, IDF says [MUTE]
The Israel Defence Forces released a video on Monday, October 16, described as showing airstrikes on military infrastructure in Lebanon belonging to the militant Hezbollah militia. The group controls much of the Shiite-majority areas of Lebanon, including parts of the capital, Beirut. IDF said the positions that were targeted had been directing fire at Israeli territory on Sunday and that the…
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ISRAEL: IDF says its soldiers fired on Hamas militants ‘swimming’ toward Israeli shoreline
Israel Defence Forces said its soldiers fired on Hamas militants who were swimming toward the Israeli shoreline as the Palestinian group launched a surprise attack on October 7. The IDF released this footage a week later, saying the Israeli Navy ‘Snapir‘ unit opened fire as Hamas militants attempted to infiltrate Israel by sea. “Soldiers thwarted a number of terrorists, preventing them from…
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SERBIA: Belgrade rally mourns Israeli victims of Hamas attacks
Dozens of people marched in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Sunday, October 15 to call for peace in Israel amid its conflict with the Palestinian military group Hamas. Jewish communities in Serbia and an association promoting Jewish heritage jointly organised the event, local media reported. The participants waved Israeli flags and carried pictures of some of the Israeli civilian victims of the…
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ON THE NEWSWIRE Protesters gather to support Palestine as Israel keeps up pressure on Gaza Demonstrations were held in cities across Europe and beyond on Saturday and Sunday in support of Palestine and calling for an end to the Israeli military’s actions in the Gaza Strip. The protests came as the Israeli military geared up for a likely ground offensive in Gaza after several days of air strikes…
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