Algerian Candidate Hassani Cherif's Campaign Says it Recorded Election Violations

Abdelaali Hassani Cherif, leader of the moderate Islamist Movement of the Society for Peace (MSP) and presidential candidate, gestures as he casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Algiers, Algeria September 7, 2024. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Abdelaali Hassani Cherif, leader of the moderate Islamist Movement of the Society for Peace (MSP) and presidential candidate, gestures as he casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Algiers, Algeria September 7, 2024. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
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Algerian Candidate Hassani Cherif's Campaign Says it Recorded Election Violations

Abdelaali Hassani Cherif, leader of the moderate Islamist Movement of the Society for Peace (MSP) and presidential candidate, gestures as he casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Algiers, Algeria September 7, 2024. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights
Abdelaali Hassani Cherif, leader of the moderate Islamist Movement of the Society for Peace (MSP) and presidential candidate, gestures as he casts his vote at a polling station during the presidential election in Algiers, Algeria September 7, 2024. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Algerian presidential candidate Abdelaali Hassani Cherif's campaign said in a statement on Sunday that it had recorded cases of violations in the country's Saturday presidential election, initial results of which have yet to be announced, Reuters reported.

The campaign said the violations included putting pressure on some polling station officials to inflate the results, failure to deliver vote-sorting records to the candidates' representatives, and instances of proxy group voting.

Algerians voted on Saturday in an election in which military-backed President Abdulmadjid Tebboune is widely expected to win a second term.



Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Strikes Kill 24 Palestinians

A boy walks past a destroyed building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike at Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on January 15, 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
A boy walks past a destroyed building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike at Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on January 15, 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
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Gaza Rescuers Say Israeli Strikes Kill 24 Palestinians

A boy walks past a destroyed building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike at Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on January 15, 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
A boy walks past a destroyed building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike at Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on January 15, 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

Gaza's civil defense agency said on Wednesday that Israeli strikes killed at least 24 people across the Palestinian territory, with Israel's military saying it had targeted Hamas militants overnight.

The latest violence, following more than 15 months of war between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas, comes as truce mediator Qatar said negotiations for a ceasefire and hostage release deal were in their "final stages”

The civil defense agency said in a statement that 11 bodies were brought to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza Strip, after Israel struck a family home in Deir el-Balah city during the night.

A seven-year-old boy and three teenagers were among the dead, the agency said.

A separate strike targeted a school building used as shelter for war-displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, killing seven people and injuring several others, the civil defense agency said.

A third strike at dawn hit a house in the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, killing six people and injuring seven, the agency added.

The Israeli military confirmed that its forces had carried out multiple strikes overnight in Gaza, saying in a statement that they were "precise" and targeted "terrorist operatives.”

Over the past 24 hours, the military said it had struck more than 50 targets across the Gaza Strip.

Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 46,707 Palestinians and wounded 110,265 since Oct. 7, 2023, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said on Wednesday.