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Libyan Authorities Dismantle Human Trafficking Network

Victims gesture as authorities dismantle a human trafficking network, according to Libyan authorities, in what they say is Libya, in this still image from a handout video released on August 31, 2024. Attorney General Office - State Of Libya via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS
Victims gesture as authorities dismantle a human trafficking network, according to Libyan authorities, in what they say is Libya, in this still image from a handout video released on August 31, 2024. Attorney General Office - State Of Libya via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS
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Libyan Authorities Dismantle Human Trafficking Network

Victims gesture as authorities dismantle a human trafficking network, according to Libyan authorities, in what they say is Libya, in this still image from a handout video released on August 31, 2024. Attorney General Office - State Of Libya via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS
Victims gesture as authorities dismantle a human trafficking network, according to Libyan authorities, in what they say is Libya, in this still image from a handout video released on August 31, 2024. Attorney General Office - State Of Libya via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS

Libyan authorities have dismantled a human trafficking network operating in the country's southwest and arrested members of the group, the country's Attorney General's office said on its Facebook page on Saturday.
Authorities arrested one of the network's leaders and 10 members who are accused of murder, illegal detention, torture, and rape of migrants, the statement said.
The investigation documented violations affecting 1,300 migrants, including cases of forced detention, torture, and extortion for their release.
Libya descended into chaos after a NATO-backed uprising in 2011 led to the overthrow and killing of leader Muammar Gaddafi, with two competing governments backed by militias scrambling for control of the oil-producing country. ISIS militants also gained a foothold in the North African state.
People smugglers operating with impunity in Libya have sent hundreds of thousands of migrants by sea to Europe, mainly Italy, since 2014. Thousands have died during the voyages.

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3 Israeli Police Officers Killed in West Bank Shooting

A view of rubble on the street after Israeli bulldozers destroyed streets and shops on the fifth day of an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 01 September 2024. (EPA)
A view of rubble on the street after Israeli bulldozers destroyed streets and shops on the fifth day of an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 01 September 2024. (EPA)
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3 Israeli Police Officers Killed in West Bank Shooting

A view of rubble on the street after Israeli bulldozers destroyed streets and shops on the fifth day of an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 01 September 2024. (EPA)
A view of rubble on the street after Israeli bulldozers destroyed streets and shops on the fifth day of an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, 01 September 2024. (EPA)

Palestinian gunmen killed three Israeli police officers on Sunday when they opened fire on a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, where Israel has carried out large-scale raids in recent days.

The attack took place along a road in the southern West Bank. The raids have mainly been focused on urban refugee camps in the northern part of the territory, where Israeli forces have traded fire with gunmen on a near-daily basis since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.

The police confirmed that all three killed were officers and said the assailants slipped away. A little-known armed group calling itself the Khalil al-Rahman Brigade claimed responsibility. Hamas praised the attack as a “natural response” to the war in Gaza and called for more.

The West Bank has seen a surge in violence since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack out of Gaza ignited the war there.

Over 650 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, mainly during Israeli military arrest raids. Most appear to have been fighters involved in gunbattles with Israeli forces, but civilian bystanders and rock-throwing protesters have also been killed.

The last 10 months have also seen an uptick in settler violence directed at Palestinians and in Palestinian attacks on Israelis.

Israel captured the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians want all three territories for their future state, but the last serious peace talks collapsed more than 15 years ago.

Israel has built well over 100 settlements across the West Bank, some of which resemble suburbs and small towns. Over 500,000 settlers with Israeli citizenship live in the settlements, which most of the international community considers illegal.

The 3 million Palestinians in the West Bank live under seemingly open-ended Israeli military rule, with the Western-backed Palestinian Authority exercising limited autonomy in population centers.