International
Israel attacks northern Gaza again: at least 93 dead in the bombing of a residential building
At least 93 Palestinians, including 25 children, have been killed in an Israeli bombing of a residential building in the town of Beit Lahia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, where the Army has been maintaining an intense military siege for 24 days.
According to the health authorities of the enclave, “hundreds of displaced civilians” took refuge in the five-story building.
They have also denounced that the Israeli siege against the three main hospitals in northern Gaza now prevents dozens of injured people from being treated.
For their part, Palestinian media reported another air attack shortly after against the vicinity of the Kamal Adwan hospital, also in Beit Lahia, where some affected by the bombing had already arrived.
The Israeli army has not yet reported that attack.
The Israeli military siege in northern Gaza
The Palestinian news agency Wafa has assured that there are still dozens of people among the rubble of the building, and at least 20 seriously injured have so far arrived at the Kamal Adwan center.
“The (Israeli) occupation army knew that in this residential building there were dozens of displaced civilians, and that most of them were children and women,” criticized the Government of the Strip.
“The Civil Defense labor system has been completely dismantled by the Israeli aggression in northern Gaza, the arrest of its workers and the displacement of others,” denounced the spokesman for that emergency service, who warned that they do not stop receiving notices for this attack in Beit Lahia.
The videos released after the “massacre”, in terms used by the Palestinian authorities, show dozens of corpses wrapped in blankets located next to the tangle of debris of the attacked building.
For 24 days, Israel has maintained a military siege against northern Gaza, in which it combines an intense bombing campaign with a land raid, which has caused more than a thousand deaths.
Five dead and more than 20 injured in more Israeli attacks
At least five people died and more than twenty were injured on Tuesday in a couple of Israeli attacks against the Sahaba market in northern Gaza City, according to the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa.
The media, which cites local sources in the enclave (where Israel does not allow independent entry to the international press), said that there were two attacks launched by Israeli aircraft against the market, located in the Daraj neighborhood, in the east of the Gaza capital, and that the dead and wounded were transferred to several hospitals.
Gaza Civil Defense spokesman, Mahmud Basal, confirmed that at least 4 bodies and more than 80 injured arrived in less than an hour at the Arab hospital al Ahli in Gaza City after an attack on the Sahaba market and the Sudania neighborhood.
The news comes after Gaza’s health authorities raised the death toll to 43,061 in the last year.
This figure does not include the almost one hundred dead in the Israeli bombing of a residential building in the town of Beit Lahia.
So far on Tuesday, at least 109 people have died in the punished north of Gaza, according to Palestinian media, which cite health sources.
International
Dominican ‘False Hero’ Arrested for Faking Role in Nightclub Collapse That Killed 231
A man identified as Rafael Rosario Mota falsely claimed to have rescued 12 people from the collapse of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo—a tragedy that left 231 people dead—but he was never at the scene.
Intelligence agents in the Dominican Republic arrested the 32-year-old man for pretending to be a hero who saved lives during the catastrophic incident, authorities announced.
Rosario Mota had been charging for media interviews in which he falsely claimed to have pulled survivors from the rubble after the nightclub’s roof collapsed in the early hours of April 8, during a concert by merengue singer Rubby Pérez, who was among those killed.
“He was never at the scene of the tragedy,” the police stated. The arrest took place just after he finished another interview on a digital platform, where he repeated his fabricated story in exchange for money as part of a “media tour” filled with manipulated information and invented testimonies.
“False hero!” read a message shared on the police force’s Instagram account alongside a short video of the suspect, in which he apologized: “I did it because I was paid. I ask forgiveness from the public and the authorities.”
Central America
Nicaraguan Exiles to Mark 7th Anniversary of 2018 Protests with Global Commemorations
The Nicaraguan opposition in exile announced on Thursday that it will commemorate the seventh anniversary of the April 2018 protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, with events in Costa Rica, the United States, and several European countries.
The commemorative activities—which will call for justice for the victims, as well as freedom and democracy for Nicaragua—will include religious services, public forums, cultural fairs, and other public gatherings, according to official announcements.
In April 2018, thousands of Nicaraguans took to the streets to protest controversial reforms to the social security system. The government’s violent response quickly turned the demonstrations into a broader call for the resignation of President Ortega, who is now 79 and has been in power since 2007.
The protests resulted in at least 355 deaths, according to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), although Nicaraguan organizations claim the toll is as high as 684. Ortega has acknowledged “more than 300” deaths and maintains the unrest was an attempted coup d’état.
International
Arsenal stun Real Madrid at the Bernabéu to reach Champions League semifinals
Arsenal enjoyed a “historic night” on Wednesday after defeating Real Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabéu, knocking them out of the Champions League quarterfinals, midfielder Declan Rice said.
“It’s such a special night for this club, a historic night for this club,” said Rice, who scored twice in the first leg in London, speaking to TNT Sports.
The English international was named Man of the Match in both legs — the 3-0 win in London and the second leg in Madrid.
“It’s amazing. I knew we were on an upward trajectory and we’ve done incredibly well in this competition. We deserve it and we have full confidence in our coach. Reaching the semifinals is unbelievable,” Rice added.
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