December 21, 2024

*) Israeli air strike levels Gaza home, killing 10, mostly children At least 10 Palestinians, including seven children, were killed and another eight wounded in an Israeli air strike on a home in northern Gaza as Tel Aviv's genocidal war on the besieged coastal enclave continues unabated. The Palestinian Civil Defense said in a statement that seven of the 10 victims killed in the Israeli attack on evening were children. A medical source in the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City said that the bodies of 10 people and eight others wounded were brought to the hospital after the Israeli airstrike on the home in the Jabalia Nazla neighbourhood. *) Israeli snipers 'authorised' to shoot civilians in Gaza — report According to a media report, Israeli soldiers have revealed that the army killed Palestinian civilians who entered previously targeted buildings in Gaza, The Haaretz newspaper in Israel said the army "does not routinely update its list of targets in Gaza, nor does it indicate to forces on the ground which structures are no longer being used" by fighters. "As a result, anyone – including noncombatants – who enters such a building risks being attacked," it said. A discharged officer from the 252nd Division said snipers were authorised to consider civilians entering specific areas as fighters and that they were killing civilians there who are then counted as ‘terrorists’. *) Car rams German Christmas market in suspected attack, killing two A car has ploughed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg, killing two people and wounding 50 in what authorities say was a suspected attack. The car driver was arrested. Regional government spokesperson Matthias Schuppe and city spokesperson Michael Reif said they suspected it was deliberate. Reif stated there were "numerous injured," though he did not provide an exact number. *) US House approves bill to avert looming government shutdown The US House of Representatives has voted to avert a government shutdown with just hours to spare, with Democrats joining Republicans to advance a funding bill keeping the lights on through mid-March. Lawmakers sent a package to the Senate that would keep federal agencies running through mid-March. Although the House is run by the Republicans, who introduced the bill, 34 of the party's backbenchers voted against it, while almost every Democrat was a yes. *) Ukrainian missile attack kills six in Russia's Kursk Six people, including one child, were killed in a Ukrainian missile attack on the town of Rylsk in Russia's Kursk region. Ten wounded people, including a 13-year-old, were taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. Authorities said that those responsible for the attack would receive "well-deserved retribution".