GAZA -- At least 49 Palestinians were killed on Monday in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire across the Gaza Strip, according to the Civil Defense agency in the coastal enclave.
Mahmoud Basal, a spokesperson for the Civil Defense, told Xinhua that Israeli forces had intensified air and artillery attacks on multiple locations, hitting homes, tents, schools sheltering displaced people, and public gatherings. (Gaza-Israeli Attacks-Casualty)
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TEHRAN -- The death toll from Israeli attacks on Iran between June 13 and 24 has climbed to 935, including 38 children and 132 women, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported on Monday.
Citing figures from the Iranian Legal Medicine Organization, judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir said at a press conference in Tehran that some of the women killed were pregnant. (Iran-Israeli Strikes-Deaths)
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ANKARA -- Türkiye has evacuated more than 50,000 people from regions affected by forest fires across the country, with the western province of Izmir accounting for the majority of evacuations, the country's disaster agency said on Monday.
Fires have swept through parts of Izmir, Bilecik, Hatay, Sakarya, and Manisa provinces, prompting authorities to relocate residents from 41 different settlements to temporary safe zones, according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority. (Türkiye-Wildfires-Evacuation)
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DUBAI -- Dubai has completed the first successful test flight of an electric air taxi in the Middle East, a key step toward introducing commercial air mobility services, the emirate's transport authority said on Monday.
The trial, conducted by the Roads and Transport Authority in partnership with U.S.-based Joby Aviation, took place at a desert test site and was attended by senior officials from the transport and aviation sectors. (UAE-Air Taxi-Test Flight) ■
