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Israel’s military “failed in its mission” to rescue three hostages mistakenly killed by its troops in Gaza earlier this month, its chief of the general staff said Thursday, as the military published the findings of its investigation.The findings concluded that Israeli command ranks had information that hostages were present in the area, and “even took actions to prevent strikes on locations suspected of having hostages,” the report read. But the investigation also concluded the Israeli forces in the field had “insufficient awareness” of the possibility that hostages would approach them or that the troops would encounter hostages in operations not specifically…

CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Ibrahim al-Jaafari, the former Prime Minister of Iraq. date of birth: 1947 place of birth: Karbala, Iraq marriage: Married, name not publicly available children: five education: University of Mosul, Doctor of Medicine 1974 religion: Shiite Muslim 1968 – Join the Islamic Dawa Party. The Dawa Party (officially the Islamic Dawa Party or Islamic Dawa Party), is a Shiite Islamic party with close ties to the theocratic regime in Iran. 1980 – He flees from Iraq to Iran to escape Saddam Hussein’s oppression of members of the Dawa Party. 1990-2003 – Leader…

A still from a video appears to show Palestinians detained by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a stadium in northern Gaza. Yosee Gamzoo LetovaAn edited video circulating on social media appears to show Palestinian men and at least two children detained and stripped by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a stadium in northern Gaza. CNN is unable to verify when the video was shot. A CNN geolocation of the video shows it was filmed in Yarmouk Stadium in Gaza City.CNN reached out to the IDF late Tuesday night for comment on the video and the children detained but has not yet heard back. In the past,…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, after returning from a visit to the Gaza Strip, that the Israeli war in Gaza “will be a long battle” and is far from over. Follow the latest news here. Source link

CNN  —  Here’s a look at the life of the former King of Spain. Birth date: January 5, 1938 Birth place: Rome, Italy Birth name: Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon Father: Don Juan de Borbon y Battenburg, Count of Barcelona, third son of King Alfonso XIII of Spain Mother: Dona Maria de las Mercedes de Borbon y Orleans, Princess of the Two Sicilies and Countess of Barcelona Marriage: Princess Sofia of Greece (May 14, 1962-present) Children: Infanta Elena of Spain, Elena Maria, Isabel, Dominica de Silos de Borbon y Grecia, Duchess of Lugo, December 1963; Infanta…

CNN  —  Here’s a look at the life of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Birth date: 1935 Birth place: Safed, Palestine Marriage: Amina Abbas Children: Three sons Mazen (died in 2002), Yasser and Tareq Education: Damascus University, B.A.; Oriental College (in Moscow), Ph.D. His family left the British Mandate area Safed, Palestine, to live in Syria as refugees in 1948. Abbas laid floor tiles and taught elementary school before earning a law degree. Played an integral role in the forging of the Declaration of Principles, the historic Oslo Accords signed in 1993 by PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and Prime Minister Yitzhak…

CNN — Here’s a look at the life of Iyad Allawi, the former interim prime minister of Iraq. date of birth: [1945 place of birth: Iraq marriage: Thanaa Allawi (1987-present) children: three education: He studied medicine/neurology in Baghdad and London. religion: Shiite Muslim 1960s – He joined the Baath Party while studying at the College of Medicine in Baghdad. The seventies – He was responsible for Baath organizations in Europe when he broke away from Saddam Hussein’s regime and went into exile in London. 1978 – Surviving an assassination attempt by Hussein’s supporters. He was beaten with an ax and…

CNN  —  Here is a look at the January 2015 terror attacks in Paris. From January 7 to January 9, a total of 17 people were killed in attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a kosher grocery store and the Paris suburb of Montrouge. Three suspects in the attacks were killed by police in separate standoffs. On December 16, 2020, a French court found guilty 14 accomplices of the French Islamist militants behind the attacks. The Charlie Hebdo magazine began publishing in 1970 with the goal of satirizing religion, politics, and other topics. Most employees came from the publication…