Israel launches 3 airstrikes on Gaza
Gaza, June 25 : Israeli army drones have carried out three successive airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, in response to arson kites and balloons fired from the enclave.
The airstrikes on Sunday injured four persons, according to medical sources, Xinhua news agency reported.
An Israeli drone fired a missile at a training facility that belongs to the Islamic Hamas movement's armed wing al-Qassam Brigades in central Gaza, with no injuries reported.
Another drone fired a rocket on a motorbike in the refugee camp of al-Bureij close to the border between eastern Gaza and Israel, also with no injuries.
The third airstrike on eastern Gaza City injured four. It targeted a vehicle which carried young Palestinians flying flaming kites and balloons into Israel.
The Israeli army is not immediately available for comment on the airstrikes.
Flying and releasing kites and balloons is part of the ongoing Palestinian "Great March of Return" mass rally against Israel's 11-year crippling blockade, which started on March 30.
Israeli media reported last Thursday that flaming kites and balloons caused four huge fires in agricultural fields in Israel.
Ashraf al-Qedra, the health ministry spokesman in Gaza, earlier told reporters that Israeli forces have killed at least 132 Palestinians, and injured 14,000 others since March 30.
Around half of the injured were shot by live ammunition, and many of them are still in critical condition, he added.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
