October 10, 2024

Daily News Brief

*) Israeli air strike on tents in North Gaza kills 16 Palestinians Israel has killed at least 16 people and wounded others in air strikes near Al Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital in northern besieged Gaza. Hossam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, said victims were killed when an Israeli warplane targeted displaced people's tents outside the hospital. Paramedics said the dead included women and children, noting that the bombardment left "charred remains of the deceased Palestinians." Later, several others were killed and wounded in a second air strike targeting displaced people outside the entrance of the hospital, according to the Gaza Civil Defense. *) Israel kills 10, including 5 medics, in southern Lebanon Meanwhile in Lebanon, Israel has killed at least ten people, including five medics, and wounded dozens of others in the southern region. The Lebanese Civil Defense said in a statement that five of its workers were killed in the Israeli air strike on the Civil Defense centre in Derdghaya, a town in the Tyre district in the southern governorate. It said the victims were on duty at the centre and ready to respond to emergency calls. *) ASEAN summit urges end to Myanmar violence yet struggles for solutions Southeast Asian leaders have pressed Myanmar's junta and its opponents to stop the civil war and bloodshed in the country, which has killed thousands of people. The Myanmar crisis dominated the first day of the ASEAN summit in Vientiane, Laos where the disputed South China Sea will also be high on the agenda. The leaders held their first face-to-face talks with a senior Myanmar junta representative in more than three years on the first day. *) Hurricane Milton makes landfall in Florida as monstrous storm The US National Hurricane Center confirmed Hurricane Milton has made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a Category 3 storm. Milton slammed into the region that’s still reeling from Hurricane Helene, which caused heavy damage to beach communities and killed over 200 people. Earlier, officials issued dire warnings to flee or face grim odds of survival. *) Musk’s X reinstated in Brazil after month-long court conflict The social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, has returned to Brazil. The platform was inaccessible for more than a month due to a clash between its owner, Elon Musk, and a justice on Brazil's highest court over free speech, far-right accounts, and misinformation. Internet service providers began restoring access to the platform on Wednesday after the judge authorised lifting the suspension.