Author: France 24

TRT journalist Sami Shehada was wounded by an Israeli strike in Gaza Friday as he and his crew were filming. Israeli forces launched strikes and raids in central and northern Gaza, killing and wounding dozens according to residents of the Nuseirat refugee camp. Meanwhile the Hamas-run health ministry said 25 members of a family were killed in an air strike in Gaza city. Source link

US President Joe Biden on Friday said he expected Iran to attack Israel “sooner, rather than later” and warned Tehran not to proceed. Israel braced on Friday for an attack by Iran or its proxies as warnings grew of retaliation for an attack on Iran’s embassy compound last week in Damascus that killed a senior commander in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ overseas Quds Force and six other officers. Source link

The search for a missing Israeli teenager resumed Saturday in the occupied West Bank, where settler attacks on Palestinian villages have left at least one dead and dozens injured, sources on both sides said. The Israeli army said it was still looking for Benjamin Achimeir, 14, who went missing early on Friday from Malachi Hashalom, an outpost near the city of Ramallah. Source link

French athlete Anouk Garnier broke the rope climbing world record on Wednesday morning after she ascended over 100 metres to the second floor of the Eiffel Tower. Source link

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Saturday seized a container ship linked to Israel, state media reported. The news came after the US on Friday said it was sending military reinforcements to the region, after Iran vowed retaliation for a deadly strike on the consular section of its Damascus embassy in Syria almost two weeks ago. “This seems to be just the first step potentially in what could be several moves against Israel or Israeli interests in the region,” Jasmine El-Gamal, political analyst and former Pentagon Middle East advisor told FRANCE 24. Source link

Anouk Garnier: record-breaking rope climber scales the Eiffel Tower Source link

Rescue workers finished evacuating dozens of passengers trapped for 23 hours mid-air Saturday after a cable car accident in southern Turkey that killed one person. Source link

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, days after Tehran warned it would retaliate for an Israeli strike on its Syria consulate. Iran’s vowed revenge on Israel is, however, likely to be “limited” as it has few military options, University of Birmingham Professor of American Studies Scott Lucas told FRANCE 24. “Iranians are acting out of weakness, not strength … Iran could try to expand these attacks in the region to show they’re tough but then they might get punched in the nose in return”, he said. Source link

The United States on Friday said it was sending reinforcements to the Middle East amid growing fears that Iran could attack Israel in retaliation for what it claims was an Israeli strike last week on its consulate in Syria. A senior officer of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and his deputy were killed in the attack.  Read our liveblog to follow the latest developments: Source link

Maya Rudolph is back with a second season of her quirky billionaire workplace comedy, “Loot”, while Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr dons multiple disguises for his role in the Vietnam War spy drama “The Sympathizer”. Dheepthika Laurent and Olivia Salazar-Winspear also bring you the latest news from Canneseries, including Michael Douglas’s historical drama “Franklin” and a biopic about Karl Lagerfeld. Source link