#civilian-casualties

#civilian-casualties

Palestinians have flooded the streets of Khan Younis, Gaza, celebrating after United States President Donald Trump announced the initial phase of a ceasefire plan between Israel and Hamas would proceed. Jubilation spread throughout the city as Palestinians expressed optimism that the prolonged, devastating Israeli genocidal war might finally conclude. The comprehensive 20-point plan, initially revealed on September 29, outlines the release of all Israeli captives in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, a ceasefire, Hamas disarmament, and Gaza reconstruction efforts.

At least 20 people were killed and dozens more were injured in central Myanmar after the military launched a paraglider bomb attack during an anti-government protest on Monday night. The attack hit Chaung U, in Sagaing region, twice during a national holiday. Myanmar has been engulfed in armed conflict since the military seized power in 2021 and the town has been a key battleground in the war.

Within hours after they were told that Aysenur Ezgi Eygi had been killed by an Israeli sniper while at a protest in the West Bank last year, her family was on a phone call with the parents of Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza more than two decades ago. The families were introduced by a mutual contact in Washington state, where both Corrie and 26-year-old Eygi had lived.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says five people were killed and 10 injured overnight as Russian drones and missiles struck several regions. He said the attacks targeted Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa, and Kirovohrad regions. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, he called on the US and Europe to take action to force Russian President Vladimir Putin cease his attacks.

I often have the same dream: that I'm trying to get home, says Elena Lebedeva, setting out tea and sandwiches in the tiny kitchen of her rented flat. There's always some checkpoint, obstacle, something in the way. I keep going walking, running, crawling but I never manage to reach it. Home for Lebedeva is Opytne, a tiny village one school, no supermarkets just outside Donetsk.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin said his forces are prevailing in what he described as a righteous battle in Ukraine. Our fighters and commanders go on the attack, and the entire country, all of Russia, is waging this righteous battle and working hard, he said. President Putin signed a decree ordering the conscription of 135,000 men for military service, the official government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports.

Claim: If Hamas agrees to Israel's demands, the war could end right now. Factcheck: Israel, with full political and military support from the US, has blocked numerous efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu and his government have been repeatedly blasted by the families of captives held in Gaza, along with hundreds of thousands of Israelis, who protested to call for an end to the war and the return of all captives.

When asked about Israel's violence in Gaza, which many of the world's leading experts have called a genocide, Lawrence replied: I'm terrified. It's mortifying. What's happening is no less than a genocide and it's terrible. What makes me so sad is the disrespect in the discourse of American politics right now and how that is going to be normalized to the kids right now, she added.

Growing up in a nomadic family in central Somalia's Galgaduud region, Luul Dahir Mohamed, like many girls in her Bedouin community, never got the opportunity to go to school. But as she grew up, married and had two children Mohamed and Mariam she dreamed of a better life for them. After her marriage ended, the young mother decided to relocate from her rural community in Bergan to the central Somali city of El Buur in 2018,