NEW YORK -- A police officer was killed and a second was injured Saturday in a shooting at a park in Columbia, the U.S. state of South Carolina, according to police.
Columbia Police Department Chief W.H. "Skip" Holbrook confirmed that the suspect also died.
The incident occurred at Southeast Park on Hazelwood Road in the city as two officers responded to a reported domestic dispute, Holbrook said at a press conference. (U.S.-Shooting-South Carolina)
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday issued a rare condemnation of settler violence in the West Bank, calling attacks in the Palestinian villages of Qusra and Jalud "criminal" and urging authorities to arrest those responsible.
"I strongly condemn the criminal acts of violence committed in the villages of Qusra and Jalud," Netanyahu said in a statement, calling the attackers "a handful of rioters who are violating the law." (Israel-West Bank-Settler Violence)
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TEHRAN -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday the peace memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between Iran and the United States is in the interests of the country, West Asia and the world.
During a ceremony in the Iranian capital Tehran, he stressed that with the MoU's implementation, the United States and Israel will not be able to cause chaos, aggression and insecurity in the region, and regional states will be able to pursue the path of stability and development, according to a statement published on the website of his office. (Iran-U.S.-MoU)
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JERUSALEM/GAZA -- Israel carried out an airstrike on part of the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital compound in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, saying it targeted a Hamas commander who was planning attacks, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.
Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that an Israeli drone fired two missiles at a medical warehouse in the hospital compound in Deir al-Balah, causing damage. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel) ■
