Over 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested at campuses throughout the US. Students are calling on universities to boycott companies that are working with Israel or are in support of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.
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The Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack, including German-Israeli Shani Louk. A photo of 22-year-old Louk's twisted body in the back of a pickup truck ricocheted around the world and brought to light the scale of the militants’ attack on communities in southern Israel. The military identified the other two bodies as those of a 28-year-old woman, Amit Buskila, and a 56-year-old man, Itzhak Gelerenter.
Intense gunfire and explosions rang out in the Ukrainian frontline town of Vovchansk on Thursday, May 16, as Ukrainian armed forces engaged advancing Russian forces in street battles.This video was published by Ukrainian Military Intelligence, who said it shows soldiers from the “Stugna” group of the special forces unit Timur GUR exchanging close-range gunfire with Russian forces while moving through rubble-filled streets and buildings in the northeastern border town.Fighters can be seen carrying an injured soldier under gunfire.According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fighting in the northeast was concentrated around Lyptsi and Vovchansk, as Russian forces rained down a total of 32 airstrikes and 181 artillery barrages across Kharkiv region. Credit: Defense Intelligence of Ukraine via Storyful
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released aerial footage on Thursday, May 16, showing airstrikes on buildings in southern Lebanese towns that it says were a response to multiple Hezbollah rocket launches toward the Golan Heights earlier that day.The first two videos here show strikes on buildings in Ayta ash Shab, which lies close to the Israeli village of Shtula, and a third clip shows a strike on a building in Houla, west of the Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona.The IDF said the buildings were being used by Hezbollah militants, but Storyful could not independently verify those details.The Hezbollah-owned Al-Manar television channel reported Israeli raids in both towns, but provided no further details.The IDF also released footage that it said showed strikes on Hezbollah positions in Meiss Ej Jabal, Kafr Kila, and Naqoura, but Storyful was unable to verify the locations of the videos. Credit: IDF via Storyful
Police reinforcements have been arriving in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia as part of a major security crackdown following days of deadly rioting. An extra 1,000 personnel have been sent to the archipelago in addition to the 1,700 already deployed, after France imposed a state of emergency to tackle the unrest, which included a curfew and a ban on TikTok. Five people, including two police officers, have been killed in the violence which erupted following protests over voting reforms being pushed through by French President Emmanuel Macron's government.
A massive Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea caused power outages in Sevastopol and ignited a refinery in southern Russia, according to Russian authorities. The drone strikes on Friday morning marked Kyiv’s effort to retaliate amid Moscow’s offensive in northeastern Ukraine, increasing pressure on the outnumbered and outgunned Ukrainian forces who are awaiting delayed deliveries of crucial weapons and ammunition from Western allies. Ukraine has not commented on the attack or claimed responsibility for it.
A campus Palestinian solidarity movement rolled into Saskatchewan's two universities with dual events on Friday.The all-day events at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and the University of Regina featured activities such as teach-ins, letter writing, and speeches from students, professors and Palestinians.Protests across the country have followed others that began on campuses in the United States. At some universities in Canada, encampments have popped up, and some have been dismantle
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Amir Cohen/ReutersThe Israeli military said Thursday that five of its soldiers were killed in Gaza when they were hit by Israeli tank shells in what is thought to be one of the deadliest instances of friendly fire since the outbreak of the war.Another seven troops were wounded—including three seriously—in the incident in the northern city of Jabalia on Wednesday evening. All of the deceased victims served in the 202nd Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade and were between the ages of 20 and 22.I
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Israel lashed out Friday at South Africa's case before the UN's top court, describing it as "totally divorced" from reality, as Pretoria urges judges to order a ceasefire in Gaza.A top lawyer for Israel painted the South Africa case as a "mockery" of the UN Genocide Convention it is accused of breaching."South Africa presents the court for the fourth time with a picture that is completely divorced from the facts and circumstances," Gilad Noam told the International Court of Justice (ICJ).Pretoria has petitioned the ICJ to order a stop to the Israeli assault on the Gaza city of Rafah, which Israel says is key to eliminating Hamas militants.Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday the ground assault on Rafah was a "critical" part of the army's mission to destroy Hamas and prevent a repetition of the October 7 attack."The battle in Rafah is critical... It's not just the rest of their battalions, it's also like an oxygen line for them for escape and resupply," he said.Netanyahu ordered the Rafah offensive in defiance of US warnings that more than a million civilians sheltering there could be caught in the crossfire.Friday in the Hague, Noam told the court Israel was "acutely aware" of civilians concentrated in Rafah. "It is also acutely aware of Hamas efforts to use these civilians as a shield," he said. Noam said there had been no "large-scale" assault on Rafah but "specific and localised operations prefaced with evacuation efforts and support for humanitarian activities."A few dozen protesters rallied in support of Israel outside the Peace Palace seat of the ICJ, showing pictures of some of the hostages held by Hamas.And the sitting was briefly interrupted as Israel was concluding its statement, with a woman heard shouting "liars" in the court.- 'New and horrific stage' -On Thursday, lawyers representing Pretoria presented judges a litany of allegations against Israel, including mass graves, torture and deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid."South Africa had hoped, when we last appeared before this court, to halt this genocidal process to preserve Palestine and its people," said top lawyer Vusimuzi Madonsela."Instead, Israel's genocide has continued apace and has just reached a new and horrific stage," added Madonsela.But Noam said that South Africa's accusations made a "mockery of the heinous charge of genocide.""Calling something a genocide again and again does not make it genocide. Repeating a lie does not make it true," he said."There is a tragic war going on but there is no genocide."It is the fourth time South Africa has appealed to the court, with Israel accusing them of abusing the procedure."If anyone should be told enough is enough, it should be South Africa, not Israel," said Noam."At what point do we say 'enough' to South Africa's repeated attempts to exploit the provisional measure procedure of this court in such a vile and cynical manner?"- 'Protection from genocide' -In a ruling that made headlines worldwide, the ICJ in January ordered Israel to do everything in its power to prevent genocidal acts and enable humanitarian aid to Gaza.But the court stopped short of ordering a ceasefire and South Africa's argument is that the situation on the ground -- notably the operation in the crowded city of Rafah -- requires fresh ICJ action.The orders of the ICJ, which rules in disputes between states, are legally binding but it has little means to enforce them.It has ordered Russia to halt its invasion of Ukraine, to no avail.South Africa wants the ICJ to issue three emergency orders -- "provisional measures" in court jargon -- while it rules on the wider accusation that Israel is breaking the 1948 UN Genocide Convention.It wants the court to order Israel to "immediately" cease all military operations in Gaza, including in Rafah, enable humanitarian access and report back on its progress on achieving these orders.The Hamas attack on October 7 resulted in the death of more than 1,170 people in Israel, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. Out of 252 people taken hostage that day, 128 are still being held inside the Gaza Strip, including 38 who the army says are dead.At least 35,303 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the war broke out, according to data provided by the health ministry of Hamas-run Gaza.Israeli military says 279 soldiers have been killed in the Gaza military campaign since the start of the ground offensive on October 27ric/gv
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Two police officers who took a two-hour break to get kebabs on the night of the Manchester Arena terror attack have been given final written warnings. The inquiry into the atrocity had heard suicide bomber Salman Abedi may have been challenged if a British Transport Police (BTP) officer had been present. It heard none of the BTP officers responsible for patrolling the venue were in the arena's foyer at the time of the attack - despite instructions one should be positioned there at the end of the concert.
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