GAZA -- At least 40 were killed or wounded on Wednesday in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house adjacent to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, the media office of Hamas said in a statement.
The statement added that a journalist named Ahmed Badir was killed in the attack, calling on the international community to stop the "war waged by the Israeli army against civilians, children and women." (Israel-Gaza-Conflict)
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MOSCOW -- Russian forces have repelled an attack carried out by a Ukrainian assault group in the Zaporizhzhia region, the defense ministry said in a statement Wednesday.
Over the past day, Russian forces "repelled an attack carried out by the third assault brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the area of the Rabotino settlement, in the Zaporizhzhia region," it said. (Russia-Ukraine-Attack)
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HERAT, Afghanistan -- Seven persons were injured as a blast targeted a police car in Herat city, the provincial capital of west Afghanistan's Herat province on Wednesday, provincial police spokesperson Abdullah Insaf said.
"Seven persons have been confirmed injured following a hand grenade attack that targeted a police car in Drwazi Khosh locality of Police District 2 in Herat city," Insaf told reporters. (Afghanistan-Blast)
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TOKYO -- The death toll rose to 206 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of Wednesday afternoon, nine days after a series of strong quakes of up to 7.6 magnitude jolted the prefecture and its vicinity, according to local authorities.
The prefectural government confirmed 91 deaths in Suzu City, 83 in Wajima City, 20 in Anamizu Town, five in Nanao City, four in Noto Town, two in Shika Town and one in Hakui City as of 2:00 p.m. local time. (Japan-Earthquake-Death Toll) ■
