The Israeli army has dismissed a unit commander after a probe into the killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza found multiple operational failures.
The Israeli military says a review into last month’s killing of emergency responders in Gaza uncovered “several professional failures,” and that a commander will be dismissed over the incident.
Fifteen paramedics and other rescue workers were killed on March 23 in three separate shootings at the same location near the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
An internal investigation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) found multiple failings, including an “operational misunderstanding” and a “breach of orders.”
The deputy commander of the unit involved has been dismissed for providing an incomplete and inaccurate account during the debrief. Another commanding officer will be formally reprimanded for his overall responsibility in the incident.
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New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said that Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu had “lost the plot.” He made the comment on Wednesday (August 13) as Wellington considers whether to recognise Palestinian state.
International pop singer Madonna appealed on Instagram for Pope Leo XIV to visit Gaza and “bring light to the children before it’s too late,” calling him “the only one of us who cannot be denied entry” and urged action to prevent child starvation.
Residents in northern Gaza are walking more than 10 kilometres and braving Israeli gunfire to secure a single bag of flour, as aid shortages and blockades push the territory closer to famine, according to local accounts and United Nations agencies.
The world’s biggest dance music festival faces an unexpected setback as a fire destroys its main stage, prompting a last-minute response from organisers determined to keep the party alive in Boom, Belgium.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
A resumption of Iraq’s Kurdish oil exports is not expected in the near term, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, despite an announcement by Iraq’s federal government a day earlier stating that shipments would resume immediately.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 56 kilometres east of Gorgan in northern Iran early Sunday morning, according to preliminary seismic data.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he would not negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, stressing that Kyiv must decide whether to pursue any territorial swaps with Moscow.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov drew attention in Anchorage on Friday when he arrived for a high-profile summit between US president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin wearing a vintage sweatshirt bearing the Soviet-era “CCCP” emblem.
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