BEIRUT -- A Hezbollah member was killed Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese sources.
An Israeli drone "struck a motorcycle on the Nabatieh Al-Fawqa road with a guided missile," Lebanon's official National News Agency (NNA) reported. A Lebanese army intelligence source told Xinhua the dead was a Hezbollah member named Ali Tawba from the village of Maifadoun. (Lebanon-Israel-Death)
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ACCRA -- The Ghanaian government has dispatched additional police and military personnel to the country's Savannah Region to restore calm and end ethnic clashes between two groups, according to a statement released on Sunday.
The statement said the interior minister is also leading a high-powered delegation to meet with traditional and opinion leaders to discuss steps to end the conflict. (Ghana-Security-Ethnic Clashes)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's military chief Eyal Zamir vowed Sunday that Israeli forces would also target Hamas leaders based abroad, following the killing of the group's armed wing spokesperson in Gaza.
"In the Gaza Strip, yesterday we struck one of Hamas' senior leaders, Abu Obeida," Zamir said. "This is not the end. Most of Hamas' leadership is abroad, and we will reach them as well," he said.
Zamir made the remarks during a situational assessment meeting at the army's Northern Command in the Upper Galilee mountains near the borders with Lebanon and Syria. He stressed that the military is "operating offensively, with initiative and operational superiority, across all arenas and at all times." (Israel-Target-Hamas Leadership)
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ISLAMABAD -- At least 33 people were killed and over two million were affected as torrential rain triggered severe floods in parts of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province since the start of the week, said an official on Sunday.
Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Director General Irfan Ali Kathia said that nearly half a million people have been moved to safe places as severe flooding continues to inundate vast areas of Punjab, adding that rescue and relief operations are continuing. (Pakistan-Punjab-Flood) ■
