New Israeli Strikes in Central Gaza Kill at Least 21, Including 5 Children

A Palestinian boy inspects the rubble of the destroyed Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, 06 October 2024. (EPA)
A Palestinian boy inspects the rubble of the destroyed Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, 06 October 2024. (EPA)
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New Israeli Strikes in Central Gaza Kill at Least 21, Including 5 Children

A Palestinian boy inspects the rubble of the destroyed Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, 06 October 2024. (EPA)
A Palestinian boy inspects the rubble of the destroyed Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, 06 October 2024. (EPA)

At least 21 people, including five children and two women, were killed in strikes in central Gaza on Monday night, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital, where the bodies were taken.

The strikes took place on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel that triggered the war between Israel and Hamas.

Two strikes hit houses in the Bureij refugee camp. An Associated Press journalist counted the bodies along with about a dozen wounded, including several children.

Emergency responders said more people are thought to be under the rubble.

The Palestinian death toll in the war in Gaza is nearing 42,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn't differentiate between civilians and fighters.



Siga Technologies to Supply Mpox Therapy in Morocco

The Mohammed VI Tower in Rabat. (AFP)
The Mohammed VI Tower in Rabat. (AFP)
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Siga Technologies to Supply Mpox Therapy in Morocco

The Mohammed VI Tower in Rabat. (AFP)
The Mohammed VI Tower in Rabat. (AFP)

Drugmaker Siga Technologies said on Tuesday it would supply its therapy for mpox in Morocco as part of a contract in response to a request from the country's health ministry for protection against any potential outbreak of the disease.

Although the antiviral therapy Tpoxx has been available in Africa through clinical trials and the World Health Organization's emergency use access protocol to deal with the current outbreak of mpox virus, this agreement marks Siga's first commercial sale of the therapy on the continent, Reuters reported.

The therapy is approved in the US and Canada for the treatment of smallpox and authorized in Europe and the UK for smallpox, mpox, cowpox and complications from vaccinia virus.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention stated last month that the outbreak is not under control, after the WHO declared it a public health emergency of international concern in August upon identifying the new variant.

Two cases of the disease have been confirmed in Morocco this year, according to the WHO.