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An Israeli airstrike killed Izz al-Din Al-Beik, the head of Hamas’ armed wing in the northern Gaza Strip, yesterday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli military had targeted and killed Beik, who they said has been involved in planning attacks and recruiting fighters. Hamas issued a statement confirming Beik’s killing in the Israeli strike that medics said hit an apartment building in Gaza City’s Nasr neighbourhood around dawn. Another person died from their wounds after the attack, health officials said. Israel, which says Hamas has been rearming and launching attacks in violation of an October ceasefire, has stepped up strikes on the group in recent weeks. The Israeli military says it has killed at least 20 Hamas figures this month, including some it identified as senior commanders. Source link
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Syria is considering joining the Makkah Agreement for Joint Defence but has not yet issued a final decision, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (pictured) confirmed yesterday, indicating that his country will make its decision on this matter at a later date. The official Syrian news channel quoted al-Shaibani’s remarks during his official visit to Islamabad, in which he stressed Syria’s rejection of any Israeli dictates regarding its alliances, adding that his country is sovereign and that Israel should not dictate to Damascus its alliances or partnerships.Al-Shaibani indicated that it is still too early to discuss any strategic agreement, noting that Syria’s first priority is to stop Israeli attacks. On another note, he explained that Damascus and Islamabad agreed to reactivate the joint ministerial committee, continue direct flights, establish a business council, and organise an investment forum.He affirmed that both sides share the same vision and aspire to elevate bilateral relations to the highest level, emphasising that his country’s new foreign policy focuses on reconstruction, economic cooperation, and building stronger ties with regional and international partners.Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the “Makkah Agreement for Joint Defence” on August 7 during a trilateral summit held in Makkah.The joint statement issued after the summit indicated that the “Makkah Agreement for Joint Defence” aims to enhance joint deterrence against any aggression and stipulates that any armed attack on any of the three countries is considered an attack on all three. The agreement also aims to develop all aspects of defence cooperation among them. Source link
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At least two teenagers were seriously wounded after a sword-wielding attacker entered a high school in central Sweden, authorities said, while media reported the perpetrator had been shot by police.Regional healthcare director Jonas Cederberg told AFP two ‘seriously wounded’ people had been admitted to hospital. A third person whose injuries had yet to be ascertained was in the process of being brought to hospital.The two seriously wounded were boys between the ages of 12 and 17, one of whom was in emergency surgery though both were in stable condition, the healthcare authority said on its website.’An assailant armed with a sword has entered Brinellskolan and wounded several people,’ the Fagersta municipality said in a statement, adding that the assailant had been detained by police.Police said they had received reports of the attack just after 2:00 pm.Students, just back from their summer holidays, were still in lockdown at the school more than three hours later, said public broadcaster SVT's reporter from the scene.The local authority said a little later that the lockdown had been lifted.The local authority did not specify how many people had been wounded but said in a statement that police were still searching the school and that several other schools in the area had been locked down.The local authority postponed a news conference initially scheduled for 5:00pm, saying ‘a rescue operation’ was still ongoing.The motive for the attack was not immediately clear.Aftonbladet newspaper reported that the attacker had been shot in the leg by police. It also cited unidentified sources as saying the attacker was an 18-year-old former student of the school.Images on public broadcaster SVT showed multiple ambulances and police cars parked outside the school as well as a police helicopter.The school has around 450 students, in a town of around 12,000 inhabitants.In May, the municipality announced that students at Brinellskolan had been sent home following a threat to the school.Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson told AFP in a written statement that ‘a serious incident has taken place today at a school in Fagersta, just after the summer holidays.”There are reports of people being injured. We do not yet know what lies behind the attack, but we do know that the police are working extremely intensively,’ Kristersson said.Magdalena Andersson, leader of the opposition Social Democrats, lamented the ‘terrible news’ from Fagersta, in a post on X.’My thoughts are with those affected and everyone involved,’ she said.’When violence takes place at a school, I know it impacts everyone in our country. All of Sweden stands with Fagersta in this difficult time.’Sweden has suffered some high-profile attacks at educational institutions.In February 2025, a 35-year-old man killed 10 people at an adult education centre in Orebro — Sweden's worst mass shooting.Police said it had been motivated by the killer's wish to end his life because of financial and psychological woes.In March 2022, an 18-year-old student stabbed two teachers to death at a secondary school in the southern city of Malmo.And in October 2015, three people were killed in a racially motivated attack at a school in the western town of Trollhattan by a sword-wielding assailant who was killed by police. Source link
