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About 1,500 Hamas militants bodies found in Israel Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua |  An Israeli deputy commander was killed in a clash with militants who crossed from Lebanon on Monday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. Alim Abdallah, the Deputy Commander of the IDF’s 300th Brigade, was killed “during a confrontation …

Poor maternal health and malnutrition underpin the high numbers London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | An estimated 13.4 million babies were born early (before 37 full weeks of pregnancy) in 2020  which is around 1 in 10 of all live births – according to a detailed study published in the Lancet …

The humanitarian situation in Gaza was extremely dire even before the sudden escalation of violence over the weekend. Now it would only deteriorate exponentially. New York, US | Xinhua |  More than 123,000 people have been internally displaced in Gaza as a result of ongoing Israeli attacks, said the UN …

Jerusalem, Israel | NEWS ANALYSIS – Xinhua | The Israeli government formally declared war and greenlighted “significant military steps” to retaliate against Hamas for its surprise attack, as the military labored into Monday to crush fighters still in southern towns and intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip. More than …

Vladivostok, Russia | Xinhua | Russian IT company Sitronics Group has tested the first prototype of an electric boat powered by hydrogen fuel cells on the Neva River, local media reported on Monday. Sitronics announced that it has successfully tested a boat equipped with an electrochemical generator (ECG) that converts …

Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Israel’s cabinet declared a “state of war” on Sunday after a massive surprise attack launched by Hamas has so far killed at least 700 in Israel while retaliatory Israeli airstrikes killed at least 413 in Gaza. The Israeli army continued its extensive airstrikes on targets …

Gaza/ Jerusalem, Israel | Xinhua | Massive rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel, while a number of Palestinian militants have penetrated into Israel from Gaza, the Israeli military said Saturday, while hitting back. According to Israeli medical sources, the new round of conflict between the two sides has …

Berlin, Germany | Xinhua | Germany is grappling with a shortage of childcare spots for 299,000 children aged three or younger this year, according to a study published Friday by the German Economic Institute (IW). “While birth rates have been declining for two years, the childcare situation is unlikely to ease …

Paris, France | Xinhua | “This week,” France will begin withdrawing its soldiers deployed in Niger, the French Joint Defense Staff said on Thursday. “We will begin our disengagement operation this week, in good order, safely and in coordination with the Nigeriens,” the French military headquarters was quoted by the …

Stockholm, Sweden | Xinhua | Norwegian author Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced here on Thursday. Fosse’s immense oeuvre, written in Norwegian Nynorsk and spanning a variety of genres, consists of a wealth of plays, novels, poetry collections, essays, children’s books and translations, …