Foreign Tit Bits
Compiled by Yadnom Awu/Asaba
Israel Kills 19 Gazans Today
More than 19 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops in Gaza since dawn today.
The Hamas -run Gaza Ministry of Health said that six of the victims were killed in Al-Mawatsi area of Gaza, where 10 others were wounded.
The ministry said that others were killed elsewhere.
The Saturday incidents and tally followed similar developments on Friday when, in several violent incidents across the strip, at least 51 Gazans were killed and many more wounded,including those harmed at the aid distribution centres run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, GHF.
The Ministry of Health says that more than 600 Palestinians have been killed and thousands of others wounded at the four centres run by the GHF, which is operated by American and Israeli interests.
Critics have described the GHF aids centres as abbatoirs and all other humanitarian groups have stayed away from it.
The first head of the GHF, Jake Woods, resigned ahead of its take- off, citing opaqueness in its mandate.
Ukraine
Russia, Ukraine Exchange Bodies of Fallen Troops
Both Russia and Ukraine have exchanged bodies of thousands of soldiers killed in their three- year war.
There were no official figures of the number of fallen troops exchanged,but it was a continuation of earlier similar exchanges between both countries.
The exchanges are a result of the talks between officials of both countries held in Istanbul, Turkiye earlier this year.
The talks had been engineered by American officials.
The last round of exchanges comes against the backdrop of Wednesday’s phone talk between American President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Viktor Putin.
Trump said after the talks that he was disappointed at the attitude of Putin during the talks and that he appeared unwilling to end the war on Ukraine.
America
24 Perish, Many Others Missing In Texas Flash Floods
At least 24 persons, mainly children, have died in flash floods in Texas, America.
Many more, including at least 20 children, are missing after the floods swept through a camp site for children holding a programme.
Search and rescue operations continued as questions continued to be asked as to how there were inadequate preventive preparations to curb the disaster on Friday night.
The victims were Christians, mainly children and teenagers, who had been holding a Christian programme at the popular Camp Mystic site.
But horror struck Friday night when , reportedly without warning, the Guadalupe River overflowed, rising 8 metres( about 24feet) in just 45 minutes.
Israel
Israeli PM To Visit Trump Monday
Finishing touches are being put to preparations for the visit of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to American President Donald Trump.
The core preparations include security and diplomacy related ones as Netanyahu makes ready to do his second journey to the President who has become a core asset to Israeli military, political , diplomatic and security goals around the world, especially in the Middy East.
Top of the agenda will be talks on Israel’ s war on Gaza and the its recent military conflict with Iran.
The visit comes amid renewed upsurge in hopes of a diplomatic solution to the brutal war on Gaza which has recorded more than 150,000 casualties, including 55,000 fatalities.
Trump, in a surprise move this week, announced that Israel had agreed to the necessary conditions for talks with Hamas, which it has been fighting in Gaza for almost two years now.
Hamas,last night, also said it had responded positively to the proposals for the resumption of talks with Israel.
Gaza
Hamas Open To Resumed Talks With Israel
Leaked documents have indicated that Hamas has responded positively to the current proposals for resumed talks with Israel over its war with the Jewish in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza.
Details were not readily available but the reports are the surest signs yet that behind- the- scene diplomacy remains active in spite of the brutal war between both sides in the embattled enclave.
Egypt and Qatar, supported by America, have been at the head of the diplomatic efforts ,but critics have questioned the neutrality of America which has been providing actionable intelligence, military hardware and cash in support of Israel’ s war on the strip.
Talks between both Israel and Hamas have been conducted by proxy, with Egyptian and Qatari officials acting as go- betweens.
