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- Israel threatens to 'take Lebanon back to the stone age'www.telegraph.co.uk Israel threatens to ‘take Lebanon back to the stone age’
Defence minister makes threat after weeks of increasing fighting between Israeli forces and the Hezbollah terror group
- apnews.com A Palestinian was shot, beaten and tied to an Israeli army jeep. The army says he posed no threat
When Mujahid Abadi stepped outside to see if Israeli forces had entered his neighborhood, he was shot in the arm and the foot, and that was only the start of his ordeal.
After a couple of hours, Israeli soldiers found him. He says they struck his head and face and in the areas where he had been shot. Then they dragged him by his legs, lifted him by his hands and feet and threw him onto the hood of the military jeep.
“I screamed because of the heat,” he said. “Then, one of the soldiers started cursing at me and told me to be quiet.”
The military said its forces had tied Abadi to the hood of the jeep to transport him to paramedics.
But Nebal Farsakh, a spokesperson for the Palestinian Red Crescent rescue service, said the army had sealed off the area and prevented paramedics from tending to the wounded for at least an hour.
In dashboard camera footage obtained by the AP, the jeep to which Abadi was tied drove past at least two ambulances. Abadi said he was lashed to the jeep for about half an hour before soldiers untied him and released him to paramedics.
- www.businessinsider.com North Korean troops will become 'cannon fodder' if they aid Russia in Ukraine, Pentagon says
A Pentagon spokesperson said that any military personnel North Korea sent to Ukraine to aid Russian forces would just be "cannon fodder."
- scheerpost.com ‘Democracy Must Be Respected’: Bolivian Leader Replaces Military Chiefs Over Coup Attempt
Leftists and political leaders around the world slammed the coup effort as Bolivia’s trade union federation called for an emergency mass mobilization and a general strike.
- Biden’s debate performance sets off alarm bells for Democratswww.cnn.com Biden’s debate performance sets off alarm bells for Democrats | CNN Politics
Alarm bells are ringing among top Democrats over the 2024 presidential race and President Joe Biden’s political future, with the president’s debate performance leaving some to openly question whether Biden can stay atop of the Democratic ticket.
- US Nuclear Submarine Surfaces Off Norway in Rare Flexwww.businessinsider.com US nuclear submarine surfaces off Norway in rare flex
The show of force comes amid continued tensions with Russia and follows the recent visit of a Russian navy flotilla to Cuba.
- www.bbc.co.uk Pakistan: More than 500 die in six days as heatwave grips country
Soaring temperatures in Pakistan have led more people to head to hospitals seeking help.
- www.thenation.com “They Didn’t Spare Anyone”: The Story of an Israeli Massacre in Gaza
In December, Israeli ground troops entered a Gaza apartment building filled with innocent people. Survivors told Al Jazeera that the soldiers left a “bloodbath” in their wake.
Working with journalists in Gaza, Al Jazeera English investigated a number of Israeli military attacks as part of The Night Won’t End, a documentary we reported and produced for the show Fault Lines and which was released last Friday. While we reported on incidents ranging from a massive air strike to attacks on safe zones to the killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab, we also sought to focus on an issue that has received more limited media coverage: allegations of arbitrary executions of civilians by Israeli ground forces.
This is the story of one of those alleged incidents. We verified the details of the attack using the testimony of six survivors, satellite imagery, phone messages, and video footage.
- www.electrive.com Scholz proposes equally high tariffs for EVs from China and the EU - electrive.com
The German government is again causing trouble in the EU - this time, it is not Transport Minister Wissing but the Chancellor himself. Olaf Scholz is said to have intervened in the dispute between the EU and China over raising tariffs for Chinese EVs with a compromise offer.
- responsiblestatecraft.org Prolonging the Ukraine war is flirting with nuclear disaster
The chances of an atomic catastrophe are low but they aren't zero
- www.bbc.com China honours woman who died saving Japanese family
Hu Youping, a bus attendant, tried to restrain an assailant at a bus stop outside a Japanese school.
A Chinese woman who tried to shield a Japanese mother and her child from a knife attack has died.
Hu Youping was working as a school bus attendant in Suzhou city when a man attacked a Japanese woman and her child at a bus stop outside a Japanese school.
She suffered serious injuries while trying to restrain him.
Tributes for her have poured out online and the local government has said she will be given the title of "Righteous and Courageous Role Model".
