JERUSALEM -- The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced Thursday night that Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, head of the Hamas network in Tulkarm in the West Bank, was killed earlier in the day.
The IDF said in a statement that Oufi planned and led the attempted car-bombing attack in Ateret on Sept. 2. As part of his role, he supplied weaponry to a large number of Hamas militants in the area, planning and leading a significant amount of additional attacks directed toward communities in the West Bank and places in Israel. (Israel-West Bank-Hamas)
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BEIRUT -- The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Lebanon over the past 24 hours reached 37 while injuries stood at 151, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported.
The ministry said that nine people were killed and 24 others injured in Lebanon's capital, Beirut. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrike-Death Toll)
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NEW YORK -- Death toll exceeded 200 on Thursday in hurricane-stricken southeastern U.S. states, according to NBC News.
At least 204 people are known to have died across six states as a result of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Helene since it made landfall in Florida a week ago, reported the news outlet, adding that hundreds are still missing and nearly a million customers remain without power. (US-Hurricane-Helene)
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ABUJA -- At least 25 bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying more than 300 passengers capsized in Niger State in central Nigeria early this week, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu's spokesman said on Thursday.
Over 150 others were rescued after the overloaded wooden boat flipped over on the River Niger upstream Jebba Dam in the Mokwa local government area Tuesday night, Bayo Onanuga, a senior presidential spokesman, said in a statement issued on behalf of Tinubu. (Nigeria-Boat accident) ■
