Mangaluru: In a significant administrative move, the state government on Tuesday enacted a major transfer of 66 personnel, encompassing inspectors and circle inspectors, within the police department.

Among the notable transfers in Mangaluru, Inspector Niranjan Kumar, who was serving at Bajpe, has been transferred to the Sakaleshpur rural circle. Sandesh PG, who held a position in the Internal Security Division (ISD), has been transferred to the Mudubidire station. Azmat Ali, who served in the District Crime Record Bureau (DCRE), has been shifted to the BJP station.

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Muhammad Sharif, who was previously stationed at the City Crime Branch Special Branch, has been transferred to the Mangaluru Traffic North division. Similarly, Somashekar, who was stationed at Panambur, has now been reassigned to the Kadri police station. Inspector Ananta Padmanabhari, who held a role at Kadri, has been transferred to the Karnataka Lokayukta.

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Deir al-Balah (Gaza Strip), Oct 24: An Israeli strike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in the central Gaza Strip killed at least 17 people on Thursday, nearly all women and children, Palestinian medical officials said.

The strike came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Israel had accomplished its objective of “effectively dismantling” Hamas, and that negotiations over a cease-fire and the release of dozens of Israeli hostages would resume in the coming days.

Another 42 people were wounded in the strike in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp, according to the Awda Hospital, which received the casualties. Among the dead were 13 children under the age of 18 and three women, according to the hospital's records.

The Israeli military said it targeted Hamas group inside the school, without providing evidence. Israel has carried out several strikes on schools-turned-shelters in recent months, saying it precisely targets Hamas members hiding out among civilians. The strikes often kill women and children.

Blinken, speaking to reporters in Qatar, which has served as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, said negotiators would reconvene “in the coming days”.

“What we really have to determine is whether Hamas is prepared to engage," he said on his 11th visit to the region since the start of the war.

The United States hopes to renew the negotiations after Israeli forces killed top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza last week, but neither side has shown any sign of moderating its demands from months of negotiations that sputtered to a halt over the summer.

Blinken also announced an additional USD 135 million in US aid to the Palestinians, while again urging Israel to allow more assistance to enter the territory.

Health workers in besieged northern Gaza meanwhile warned of a catastrophic situation there, where Israel has been waging an air and ground offensive for more than two weeks.