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Israeli Shelling in Gaza Kills 12 Palestinians

Palestinians gather to check a building shortly after it was levelled by Israeli bombing in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 22, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the Hamas group continues. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Palestinians gather to check a building shortly after it was levelled by Israeli bombing in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 22, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the Hamas group continues. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
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Israeli Shelling in Gaza Kills 12 Palestinians

Palestinians gather to check a building shortly after it was levelled by Israeli bombing in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 22, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the Hamas group continues. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
Palestinians gather to check a building shortly after it was levelled by Israeli bombing in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on August 22, 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the Hamas group continues. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

At least 12 Palestinians, including two children and a woman, were killed early on Saturday morning by Israeli attacks east of Gaza's Khan Younis and in the Al-Nuseirat camp area, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said.
At least 15 others were injured in the attacks, Wafa added.
The war began with the Oct. 7 attack as Hamas and other militants stormed Israel, killing around 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducting around 250. The Israeli offensive launched in response has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to the local Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between militants and civilians.

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Türkiye, Russia Resume Joint Patrols in Northern Syria as Ankara Seeks to Mend Ties with Assad

Turkish soldiers stand on top of a tank in the border town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province, Türkiye, Oct. 11, 2019. (Reuters)
Turkish soldiers stand on top of a tank in the border town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province, Türkiye, Oct. 11, 2019. (Reuters)
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Türkiye, Russia Resume Joint Patrols in Northern Syria as Ankara Seeks to Mend Ties with Assad

Turkish soldiers stand on top of a tank in the border town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province, Türkiye, Oct. 11, 2019. (Reuters)
Turkish soldiers stand on top of a tank in the border town of Akcakale in Sanliurfa province, Türkiye, Oct. 11, 2019. (Reuters)

Türkiye and Russia have resumed joint military patrols in northern Syria after nearly a year's break, the Turkish Defense Ministry announced Saturday.

Combined patrols began in the Operation Peace Spring area, the statement said, referring to a 30-kilometer (19-mile) -deep strip of land on the Syrian side of the Türkiye-Syria border between Tal Abyad and Ras al-Ayn. The territory was captured from Kurdish fighters by Turkish and allied Syrian forces in 2019.

The renewed Turkish-Russian patrols come as Ankara is trying to repair its relations with Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose regime draws support from Moscow.

Assad has said he will only meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the withdrawal of Turkish troops from Syria and an end to Ankara’s support for Syrian fighters that Damascus considers terrorists.

Turkish and Russian soldiers first began joint operations in the area in November 2019, conducting 344 patrols until October last year, when they were suspended, the ministry said.

Some 24 Turkish personnel in four vehicles took part in the first resumed patrol on Thursday at the eastern end of the Operation Peace Spring area.

“It is planned to continue the United Land Patrol ... to ensure the security of our country’s borders and the civilian population in the region (and) to establish stability in northern Syria,” the ministry said in its statement.

The operation would also identify “checkpoints, headquarters and military structures” of Kurdish fighters from the People’s Protection Units (YPG).

Türkiye considers the YPG a terrorist organization due to its links to the PKK, which has fought a 40-year insurgency against Ankara, leading to tens of thousands of deaths.

The United States, however, partnered with the YPG in 2014 to fight the ISIS group in Syria and continues to support the Kurdish fighters under the umbrella of the Syrian Democratic Forces. The relationship has led to tensions between NATO allies Türkiye and the US.