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87 People Killed or Missing in Northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya

Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes lie on the ground at Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip in this still image taken from a video, October 20, 2024. Reuters TV via REUTERS
Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes lie on the ground at Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip in this still image taken from a video, October 20, 2024. Reuters TV via REUTERS
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87 People Killed or Missing in Northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya

Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes lie on the ground at Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip in this still image taken from a video, October 20, 2024. Reuters TV via REUTERS
Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes lie on the ground at Kamal Adwan hospital, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip in this still image taken from a video, October 20, 2024. Reuters TV via REUTERS

A total of 87 people were killed or missing under the rubble after an Israeli attack on Saturday on northern Gaza's town of Beit Lahiya, the Palestinian enclave's health ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

More than 40 others were injured, it added.

The Israeli military said they were checking the report.

It said the figures did not align with its own information, the precise munitions used or the accuracy of the strike, which it said was directed at a Hamas target.
Palestinian health officials said rescue operations were being hampered by the cut-off of telecommunication and internet services for a second day. Earlier in the day, the Gaza health ministry said Israeli military strikes killed 35 Palestinians across the enclave.
Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 42,603 Palestinians and wounded 99,795, the Gaza health ministry said.

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Sudanese Army Reports First Defection of Senior RSF Commander

Members of the Sudanese army during a military parade (File Photo- AFP)
Members of the Sudanese army during a military parade (File Photo- AFP)
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Sudanese Army Reports First Defection of Senior RSF Commander

Members of the Sudanese army during a military parade (File Photo- AFP)
Members of the Sudanese army during a military parade (File Photo- AFP)

Sudan's army said on Sunday a commander from its foe the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had defected with some of his troops, in what would be the first such move by a senior figure since the sides started fighting more than 18 months ago.

There was no immediate comment from the RSF which has seized control of large parts of the country in a conflict with the military that the UN says has caused one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.

Supporters of the army posted photos online purporting to show Abuagla Keikal - a former army officer who became the RSF's top commander in the southeastern state of El Gezira - after he had defected.

The army, which has recently reported gains against the RSF in parts of the capital, said Keikal had decided to make the move because of his former force's "destructive agenda".

It did not go into further detail and there was no statement, in print or on video, from Keikal, Reuters reported.

The conflict has displaced more than 10 million people, driven parts of the country to extreme hunger or famine, and drawn in foreign powers that have supplied both sides with material support.

It began in April 2023 when tensions between the RSF and the army, who had been jostling for position ahead of an internationally backed transition to civilian rule, erupted into open conflict.

The army and the RSF had previously shared power after staging a coup in 2021, two years after veteran autocrat Omar al-Bashir was toppled in a