NewzIsraeli strikes killed five Palestinians and wounded 19 others in Gaza, officials at two hospitals said, the latest of almost-daily attacks since Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire nearly a year ago.On an Israel-bound flight Wednesday, a pilot stabbed another pilot and then apparently tried to crash the aircraft carrying dozens of Israelis, the Israeli prime minister said. Passengers and crew subdued the attacker and the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.Meanwhile, in Iran, authorities executed two people accused of violence against security forces during the country’s January protests. forces left Iraq, under a Washington-Baghdad deal from two years ago.Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Wednesday.
Full coverage is available here.Israeli strikes kill 5 Palestinians and wound 19 in GazaIsraeli strikes killed five Palestinians and wounded 19 in Gaza, hospital officials said Wednesday, the latest of almost daily attacks since Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire nearly a year ago, halting the heaviest of the fighting.Officials at Shifa Hospital said an Israeli strike killed a woman and critically wounded her husband in Gaza City, while another struck a bus, killing four and wounding at least 14. Elsewhere in the territory, a strike in Khan Younis wounded four Palestinians, officials at Nasser Hospital said.Israel’s military didn’t immediately respond to questions about the bus strike, but said it was reviewing information about the strike in Khan Younis.Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 1,400 Palestinians since the ceasefire, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which maintains detailed records that are generally seen as reliable. Five Israeli soldiers have been killed in militant attacks over the same time period, while two more were killed by friendly fire.Mourners hold vigil for 105 people killed during the Gaza warHundreds of mourners in Gaza City held a vigil Wednesday for 105 people killed during the war and whose bodies were recovered in the past several days from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes.Their remains were wrapped in white bags and draped with Palestinian flags.
Plastic candles and red lights from the ambulance trucks provided lighting. Attendees gathered around the bodies, some piled atop the rubble their loved ones were originally found in.Mass funerals have become… Passengers and crew staged a dramatic intervention to subdue the attacker and the plane eventually made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.The FlyDubai flight landed safely after issuing an emergency alert and abr…
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