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Yahoo
8 hours ago
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Israeli forces open fire on Gazans seeking aid, kill 30, Hamas says
At least 30 people were killed and dozens more injured when Israeli forces opened fire on people collecting aid at a distribution point in Gaza on Sunday, Hamas reported, as independent medical workers declared a "mass casualty influx." The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said 179 people, including women and children, were taken to the Red Cross field hospital in Rafah in southern Gaza early on Sunday morning, mostly with gunshot and shrapnel wounds. All those still alive said they had been injured while trying to reach a distribution point for aid supplies, according to the ICRC, who counted 21 dead upon arrival. The ICRC reported that never since the field hospital was set up more than a year ago had so many people with gunshot wounds arrived at once. The reports cannot be independently verified. The Israeli military later denied the reports and said a preliminary inquiry had found that its forces "did not fire at civilians while they were near or within the humanitarian aid distribution site and that reports to this effect are false." The Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) running the new humanitarian distribution centres also denied the allegations. "Our aid was again distributed today without incident," the foundation said in a statement, adding it was "aware of rumours being actively fomented by Hamas suggesting deaths and injuries today. They are untrue and fabricated." After a blockade of aid deliveries lasting several months, Israel has been allowing a small amount of goods into the sealed-off coastal strip for a few days. According to the Israeli government, the GHF is to be responsible for distributing aid supplies to the population of Gaza in order to bypass UN aid organizations and other initiatives. The UN has criticized the initiative, fearing it is aimed at luring the population to the few distribution centres in Gaza's south and accelerating their expulsion from other residential areas. There have been reports of looting and a storming of the new distribution centres in recent days. The GHF has repeatedly denied reports of deaths, large numbers of injuries and chaotic scenes at its aid centres. Since the start of the operation six days ago, a total of more than 4.7 million meals have been distributed to Gazans, according to the foundation. However, amid ongoing warnings of famine due to food scarcity, the ICRC says the small amount of aid reaching Gazans is "nowhere near enough." Expansion of Israel's Gaza offensive Later on Sunday, Israeli Chief of General Staff Eyal Zamir ordered the expansion of the ground offensive to additional areas of the Gaza Strip, according to a military statement following a troop visit by the military chief in the south of the war-torn coastal area. "We are in the midst of a powerful and relentless operation," Zamir said to soldiers. The offensive is to continue until "the return of all our hostages and the elimination of Hamas' governing capabilities and military wing," the statement further noted. Zamir said that the Palestinian Islamist organization is now losing control over the Gaza Strip. He did not provide details. Previously, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz stated that he had instructed the army to continue advancing in the Gaza Strip and to achieve all declared war objectives, "regardless of any negotiations." Hopes for a ceasefire in the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas have been dashed for the time being. Although Hamas agreed in its response to a proposal by US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of some hostages still held there, it set further conditions.
South China Morning Post
16 hours ago
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- South China Morning Post
Russian strike kills 12 Ukrainian soldiers during training amid peace talks uncertainty
At least 12 Ukrainian service members were killed and more than 60 were injured in a Russian missile strike on the location of a Ukrainian army training unit on Sunday, according to a statement from the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The strike occurred at 12.50pm, the statement said, emphasising that no formations or mass gatherings of personnel were being held at the time. An investigative commission was created to uncover the circumstances around the attack that led to such a loss in personnel, the statement said. The training unit is located to the rear of the 1,000km active front line, where Russian reconnaissance and strike drones are able to strike. Ukraine's forces suffer from manpower shortages and take extra precautions to avoid mass gatherings, as the skies across the front line are saturated with Russian drones looking for targets. 'If it is established that the actions or inaction of officials led to the death or injury of servicemen, those responsible will be held strictly accountable,' the Ukrainian Ground Forces' statement said. A local resident looks out of the window of his flat in a multi-storey residential building, damaged following a Russian drone strike on Kyiv on May 24. Photo: TNS Northern pressure
Washington Post
17 hours ago
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- Washington Post
12 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Russian strike on army training unit
KYIV, Ukraine — At least 12 Ukrainian service members were killed and more than 60 were injured in a Russian missile strike on the location of a Ukrainian army training unit Sunday, according to a statement from the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The strike occurred at 12:50 p.m. the statement said, emphasizing that no formations or mass gatherings of personnel were being held at the time. An investigative commission was created to uncover the circumstances around the attack that led to such a loss in personnel, the statement said.
Associated Press
17 hours ago
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- Associated Press
12 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Russian strike on army training unit
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least 12 Ukrainian service members were killed and more than 60 were injured in a Russian missile strike on the location of a Ukrainian army training unit Sunday, according to a statement from the Ukrainian Ground Forces. The strike occurred at 12:50 p.m. the statement said, emphasizing that no formations or mass gatherings of personnel were being held at the time. An investigative commission was created to uncover the circumstances around the attack that led to such a loss in personnel, the statement said. The training unit is located to the rear of the 1,000-kilometer active front line, where Russian reconnaissance and strike drones are able to strike. Ukraine's forces suffer from manpower shortages and take extra precautions to avoid mass gatherings as the skies across the front line are saturated with Russian drones looking for targets. 'If it is established that the actions or inaction of officials led to the death or injury of servicemen, those responsible will be held strictly accountable,' the Ukrainian Ground Forces' statement said. Northern pressure Russia's Ministry of Defense said Sunday that it had taken control of the village of Oleksiivka in Ukraine's northern Sumy region. Ukrainian authorities in Sumy ordered mandatory evacuations in 11 more settlements Saturday as Russian forces make steady gains in the area. Speaking Saturday, Ukraine's top army chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that Russian forces were focusing their main offensive efforts on Pokrovsk, Toretsk and Lyman in the Donetsk region, as well as the Sumy border area. The strikes come amid continuing uncertainty as to whether Kyiv diplomats will attend a new round of peace talks proposed by Moscow for early next week in Istanbul. Ukrainian officials have called on the Kremlin to provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the more than three-year war before the meeting takes place. Moscow previously said it would share its memorandum during the talks. In his evening address Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Moscow to stop 'playing with diplomacy' by withholding the document. 'At this point, we don't have any clear information about what the Russians are planning to do in Istanbul,' he said. 'Of course, everyone in the world wants diplomacy to work and a real ceasefire to happen. Everyone wants Russia to stop playing with diplomacy and end the war. Everyone wants serious peace, and Russia must agree to this.'
Reuters
18 hours ago
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- Reuters
Two Russian bridges are blown up, killing several, officials say
At least seven people were killed and 69 injured when two bridges were blown up in separate Russian regions bordering Ukraine ahead of planned peace talks aimed at ending the three-year-old war in Ukraine, Russian officials said early on Sunday (June 1). A passenger train was derailed when it passed under one of the bridges as it collapsed.
