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Four children among 18 killed after Israeli strike near Beirut hospital, ministry says

Update Rescuers search for survivors at the site of an Israeli strike near Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon October 22, 2024. (Reuters)
Rescuers search for survivors at the site of an Israeli strike near Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon October 22, 2024. (Reuters)
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Updated 22 October 2024

Four children among 18 killed after Israeli strike near Beirut hospital, ministry says

Rescuers search for survivors at the site of an Israeli strike near Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon.
  • Director of the hospital said that due to the Israeli attack, nearby debris, probably from heavy ammunition, had caused damage to the medical facility

BEIRUT: At least 18 people were killed, including four children, and 60 were wounded in an Israeli strike on Monday near Beirut鈥檚 main government hospital, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
Israeli jets hit a Hezbollah target close to the Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut but did not target the hospital and it was not affected by the strike, the Israeli military said on Tuesday.
However, the director of the hospital said that due to the Israeli attack, nearby debris, probably from heavy ammunition, had caused damage to the medical facility.
While there were no casualties among the staff, efforts to rescue people in front of the hospital were ongoing, the director, Jihad Saadeh, added.聽


Erdogan urges Syria鈥檚 Kurds to integrate with new government

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Erdogan urges Syria鈥檚 Kurds to integrate with new government

Erdogan urges Syria鈥檚 Kurds to integrate with new government
鈥淭he Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) must keep their word,鈥 Erdogan told Turkish journalists
Syria鈥檚 authorities have rejected Kurdish demands for a decentralized government

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged Syrian Kurds to 鈥渃omplete their integration鈥 with Syria鈥檚 new government after the announcement of a comprehensive ceasefire, in a transcript shared by his office Wednesday.
鈥淭he Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) must keep their word. They must complete their integration with Syria,鈥 Erdogan told Turkish journalists late Tuesday on board a plane returning from Azerbaijan.
Syria announced a comprehensive ceasefire with Kurdish forces after a meeting on Tuesday between Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa and Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi that followed deadly clashes in the northern city of Aleppo.
Syria鈥檚 authorities, who took power last year after overthrowing Bashar Assad, have rejected Kurdish demands for a decentralized government.
The issue has added to tensions with the Kurdish administration that controls swathes of the north and northeast, while differences between the two sides have held up implementation of a March 10 deal on integrating the Kurds鈥 civil and military institutions into the state.
Erdogan said: 鈥淪yria鈥檚 territorial integrity is non-negotiable for us. We cannot accept any stance against this.鈥
His government has supported Syria鈥檚 new rulers led by Sharaa.
Between 2016 and 2019, Turkiye launched three offensives in northern Syria against Syrian Kurdish fighters, who form the backbone of the SDF, and against the Daesh group.

Jordan court sentences suspects in rocket, drone plots targeting national security

Jordan court sentences suspects in rocket, drone plots targeting national security
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Jordan court sentences suspects in rocket, drone plots targeting national security

Jordan court sentences suspects in rocket, drone plots targeting national security
  • The cases are related to arrests announced by Jordan鈥檚 security services in April

AMMAN: Jordan鈥檚 State Security Court on Wednesday handed down prison sentences to several defendants convicted in cases linked to plots to manufacture rockets and drones for use inside the country.

The cases are related to arrests announced by Jordan鈥檚 security services in April, when 16 people were detained for allegedly planning attacks aimed at destabilizing the kingdom.

The defendants were found guilty of manufacturing weapons for illegal use and of acts that endangered public safety and national security, according to court documents.

In the missile manufacturing case, defendants Abdullah Hisham and Moaz Ghanem were sentenced to 15 years of temporary hard labor, while a third defendant, Mohsen Ghanem, received a sentence of seven and a half years. 

The court said the men had established warehouses in Amman and Zarqa to produce and store short-range rockets, with funding and training from abroad.

In the recruitment case, defendants Marwan Al-Hawamdeh and Anas Abu Awad were sentenced to three years and four months in prison for attempting to recruit individuals for illegal activities and coordinating with foreign parties.

In the training case, defendants Khader Abdel Aziz, Ayman Ajawi, Mohammed Saleh, and Farouk Al-Salman received similar sentences for training others to carry out security-related operations inside Jordan.

In the drone case, the court acquitted four defendants, ruling that prosecutors had not proven criminal intent. The men, Ali Ahmed Qasim, Abdel Aziz Haroun, Abdullah Al-Hadar, and Ahmed Khalifa, were ordered to be released.

The April arrests, announced by the General Intelligence Department, had accused the suspects of forming four interconnected cells that sought to 鈥渢arget national security and sow chaos鈥 using rockets, drones, and explosives. 

Officials said some of the suspects had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, an allegation the group denied.


Erdogan: Not fair to put burden of peace only on Hamas, Palestinians

Erdogan: Not fair to put burden of peace only on Hamas, Palestinians
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Erdogan: Not fair to put burden of peace only on Hamas, Palestinians

Erdogan: Not fair to put burden of peace only on Hamas, Palestinians
  • Erdogan said Israel remained the main obstacle to peace in Gaza despite a plan by US聽President Donald Trump

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday it was neither fair nor realistic to put the burden of achieving peace in Gaza solely on Hamas and Palestinians, and that Israel must stop its attacks in order for peace efforts to succeed.
Speaking to lawmakers from his party, Erdogan said Israel remained the main obstacle to peace in Gaza despite a plan by US President Donald Trump. Ceasefire talks in Egypt, to which Turkish officials are attending, are critical, he said.
"Peace is not a bird with a single wing. Putting the entire burden of peace on Hamas and Palestinians is not a fair, correct or realistic approach," he said, repeating his claim that Hamas is a "resistance group".


Israel鈥檚 Ben Gvir calls for 鈥楪aza victoy鈥 at Al Aqsa mosque compound

Israel鈥檚 Ben Gvir calls for 鈥楪aza victoy鈥 at Al Aqsa mosque compound
Updated 08 October 2025

Israel鈥檚 Ben Gvir calls for 鈥楪aza victoy鈥 at Al Aqsa mosque compound

Israel鈥檚 Ben Gvir calls for 鈥楪aza victoy鈥 at Al Aqsa mosque compound
  • The Al Aqsa compound, in Jerusalem鈥檚 walled Old City, is Islam鈥檚 third holiest site and the most sacred in Judaism
  • Under a delicate decades old 鈥渟tatus quo鈥 arrangement with Muslim authorities, the Al-Aqsa compound is administered by a Jordanian religious foundation and Jews can visit but may not pray there

JERUSALEM: Israel鈥檚 far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem on Wednesday and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pursue 鈥渃omplete victory鈥 over Hamas in Gaza.
In a video on the edge of one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East, Ben-Gvir said that two years after the October 7 2023 Hamas attack that triggered the Gaza war, Israel was 鈥渨inning鈥 at the Jerusalem compound known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
鈥淓very house in Gaza has a picture of the Temple Mount, and today, two years later, we are winning on the Temple Mount. We are the owners of the Temple Mount,鈥 Ben-Gvir said in the video released by his Jewish Power party.
鈥淚 only pray that our prime minister will allow a complete victory in Gaza as well 鈥 to destroy Hamas, with God鈥檚 help we will return the hostages, and we will win a complete victory,鈥 Ben-Gvir said.
His remarks were released as Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas are deep in indirect negotiations in Egypt to release all remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza and end the war there.
Ben-Gvir, known as a hard-liner well before he helped Netanyahu form the most right-wing coalition government in Israel鈥檚 history, heads the pro-settler, nationalist-religious Jewish Power party. He has previously threatened to quit Netanyahu鈥檚 government unless Hamas is utterly destroyed.
The Al-Aqsa compound, in Jerusalem鈥檚 walled Old City, is Islam鈥檚 third holiest site and the most sacred in Judaism. Under a delicate decades-old 鈥渟tatus quo鈥 arrangement with Muslim authorities, the Al-Aqsa compound is administered by a Jordanian religious foundation and Jews can visit but may not pray there.
Ben-Gvir has previously challenged those rules, prompting Netanyahu to issue statements saying Israel was committed to the status quo there.
Suggestions that Israel would alter rules at the Al-Aqsa compound have sparked outrage in the Muslim world and ignited violence in the past.


Turkiye says Israel鈥檚 Gaza aid flotilla intervention is act of piracy

Turkiye says Israel鈥檚 Gaza aid flotilla intervention is act of piracy
Updated 08 October 2025

Turkiye says Israel鈥檚 Gaza aid flotilla intervention is act of piracy

Turkiye says Israel鈥檚 Gaza aid flotilla intervention is act of piracy
  • Turkiye said that all initiatives were being taken for Turkish citizens held by Israel to be freed

ANKARA: Turkiye on Wednesday slammed an intervention by Israeli forces against a flotilla attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza as an act of piracy and a violation of international law.
Turkiye鈥檚 foreign ministry said the intervention against the Freedom Flotilla, including Turkish nationals and lawmakers, showed that the 鈥済enocidal鈥 Israeli government targeted all peaceful measures and heightened tensions in the region while damaging peace efforts.
It added in its statement that all initiatives were being taken for Turkish citizens held by Israel to be freed and returned to Turkiye, and that it was coordinating with other countries regarding their citizens too.