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Israel intensifies attacks in the north and east of Rafah on another deadly day for Gaza

The Israeli Army issued new evacuation orders on Saturday on neighborhoods in the north of Gaza, where it intensified its attacks on the Yabalia refugee camp, on a day with more than 80 deaths and great devastation also in the east of Rafah.

According to medical sources, at least 28 Palestinians died this Saturday in Yabalia, including ten children and ten women, in an Israeli airstrike against a residential block near the Kamal Adwan Hospital, in which an indeterminate number of people were also injured.

Last weekend, the Army already ordered an evacuation of Yabalia, after the reunification of Hamas in this area, and since then has expanded it twice, now including the coastal areas of al Atatra and al Karama, as announced today by a military spokesman.

The destruction in Yabalia is “massive” and there are already more than 300 homes completely destroyed after a week of re-offensive, the spokesman for Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, independent of Hamas, announced on Saturday.

“The atrocious attack carried out by the Fascist Occupation Army in the Yabalia camp continues for the seventh consecutive day, witnessing an intensification of brutal raids, the destruction of entire residential blocks on the heads of their residents and attacks on schools and shelters,” denounced today in a statement the Islamist group Hamas, which governs the enclave ‘de facto’.

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For its part, the Israeli Army confirmed clashes with militiamen in this area, in addition to having dismantled a long-range rocket launcher, and located several tunnels, weapons and explosive devices in the area, according to a statement.

Troops have continued to penetrate the southern town of Rafah, from where the UN estimates that more than 630,000 Gazans have already fled since Israel began its ground offensive on the 6th, closing the Rafah crossing and further decreasing the entry of humanitarian aid, which has begun to arrive through the pier.

Since the early hours of Saturday, at least 18 more Palestinians have died as a result of Israeli “indiscriminate attacks” in various areas of the south, but also in the center of the enclave, medical sources told the Palestinian agency Wafa today.

Five civilians died and several more were injured in an Israeli air raid against a group of people, according to local sources, who were piled up on 20th Street of the Nuseirat refugee camp (center).

According to the Army, in recent weeks, about 130 alleged militiamen have been eliminated – by soldiers of the Givati and 401 brigades – in specific areas of the east of Rafah, where they also located dozens of rifles, grenades and ammunition.

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“The Givati reconnaissance unit also located an important infrastructure of underground tunnels in the area,” a military statement said today, which will be destroyed.

While the attacks in Gaza continue, the Israeli government faces new divisions after almost seven and a half months of war, more than 35,200 Gazans killed and areas where Hamas militiamen have regrouped while the Army does not seem to have clear directives.

After the Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant, warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a few days ago that he would not accept military control in a post-war Gaza, today the also Minister of the Cabinet of War Benny Gantz announced that he will give a speech in the coming hours, and local media point out that he could launch an ultimatum to Netanyahu and demand clear guidelines.

Opponant Yair Lapid joined the dispute today, and said on social network X that Gantz should announce that he is “retiring from the worst government in the history of the country.”

“He must announce that he is no longer willing to help the abandonment of the kidnapped, the abandonment of the north, the crushing of the economy and the middle class. He should say that he will no longer help Netanyahu stay in power,” he added.

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Deportation flight lands in Venezuela; government denies criminal gang links

A flight carrying 175 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States arrived in Caracas on Sunday. This marks the third group to return since repatriation flights resumed a week ago, and among them is an alleged member of a criminal organization, according to Venezuelan authorities.

Unlike previous flights operated by the Venezuelan state airline Conviasa, this time, an aircraft from the U.S. airline Eastern landed at Maiquetía Airport, on the outskirts of Caracas, shortly after 2:00 p.m. with the deportees.

Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, who welcomed the returnees at the airport, stated that the 175 repatriated individuals were coming back “after being subjected, like all Venezuelans, to persecution” and dismissed claims that they belonged to the criminal organization El Tren de Aragua.

However, Cabello confirmed that “for the first time in these flights we have been carrying out, someone of significance wanted by Venezuelan justice has arrived, and he is not from El Tren de Aragua.” Instead, he belongs to a gang operating in the state of Trujillo. The minister did not disclose the individual’s identity or provide details on where he would be taken.

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Son of journalist José Rubén Zamora condemns father’s return to prison as “illegal”

Guatemalan court decides Wednesday whether to convict journalist José Rubén Zamora

The son of renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín, José Carlos Zamora, has denounced as “illegal” the court order that sent his father back to a Guatemalan prison on March 3, after already spending 819 days behind barsover a highly irregular money laundering case.

“My father’s return to prison was based on an arbitrary and illegal ruling. It is also alarming that the judge who had granted him house arrest received threats,” José Carlos Zamora told EFE in an interview on Saturday.

The 67-year-old journalist was sent back to prison inside the Mariscal Zavala military barracks on March 3, when Judge Erick García upheld a Court of Appeals ruling that overturned the house arrest granted to him in October. Zamora had already spent 819 days in prison over an alleged money laundering case.

His son condemned the situation as “unacceptable”, stating that the judge handling the case “cannot do his job in accordance with the law due to threats against his life.”

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Miyazaki’s style goes viral with AI but at what cost?

This week, you may have noticed that everything—from historical photos and classic movie scenes to internet memes and recent political moments—has been reimagined on social media as Studio Ghibli-style portraits. The trend quickly went viral thanks to ChatGPT and the latest update of OpenAI’s chatbot, released on Tuesday, March 25.

The newest addition to GPT-4o has allowed users to replicate the distinctive artistic style of the legendary Japanese filmmaker and Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away). “Today is a great day on the internet,” one user declared while sharing popular memes in Ghibli format.

While the trend has captivated users worldwide, it has also highlighted ethical concerns about AI tools trained on copyrighted creative works—and what this means for the livelihoods of human artists.

Not that this concerns OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, which has actively encouraged the “Ghiblification”experiments. Its CEO, Sam Altman, even changed his profile picture on the social media platform X to a Ghibli-style portrait.

Miyazaki, now 84 years old, is known for his hand-drawn animation approach and whimsical storytelling. He has long expressed skepticism about AI’s role in animation. His past remarks on AI-generated animation have resurfaced and gone viral again, particularly when he once said he was “utterly disgusted” by an AI demonstration.

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