TUNIS -- Tunisian security forces had killed four "terrorists" in an operation in the western province of Kasserine, the Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
"Tunisian security units neutralized a four-member terrorist cell in an area near the town of Majel Bel Abbes after tracking the group over recent days," said the statement. (Tunisia-Terrorist-Killing)
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GAZA -- Five Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, while a three-month-old infant died from exposure to cold in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported on Thursday.
Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City said four members of the same family were killed after an Israeli artillery shell hit the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of the city. In the southern Gaza Strip, a Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces in the Bani Suheila area, east of Khan Younis, according to Nasser Medical Complex. (Gaza-Hamas-Israel)
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DAMASCUS -- About 20,000 children in displacement camps and "rehabilitation facilities" in northeastern Syria face heightened risks as security deteriorates amid renewed fighting, Save the Children warned Thursday.
The group said clashes between the Syrian interim government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have sharply restricted humanitarian access and created chaos around major camps such as Al-Hol and Roj. The sites house roughly 30,000 people, mostly women and children, including about 8,500 foreign nationals displaced after the collapse of the Islamic State in Baghouz in March 2019. (Syria-IS-Children)
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's cabinet will discuss reopening the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt "early next week," a senior Israeli official said on Thursday, after the interim Gaza administration declared the crossing would reopen next week.
The official, briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, said the discussion would be tied to ongoing efforts to secure the return of the body of Ran Gvili, believed to be the last hostage whose body is still held in Gaza. (Israel-Rafah crossing-Reopening) Enditem
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