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☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war, West Bank violence, Iran tensions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The Israeli military has ended one of its largest offensives in the occupied West Bank since October 7, saying it killed 10 "terrorists" in the Nur al-Shams refugee camp. Images from the raid — one of the IDF's largest in the West Bank since October 7 — show concrete slabs and rubble strewn across the area. Elsewhere in the West Bank, Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians near Hebron on Sunday, in what the military says was an attempted attack on soldiers. Meanwhile, an ambulance driver was killed in the West Bank on Saturday when his vehicle was hit by gunfire while transporting Palestinians wounded in an attack by Israeli settlers. Violence by Israeli settlers and troops in the West Bank has surged during Israel's war in Gaza.

Persons: Nur Organizations: West Bank, Palestinian Health Ministry, US Locations: Hebron, Gaza

☆ Live updates: Tensions simmer between Iran and Israel as war devastates Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

A West Bank-wide labor strike has been called for Sunday, a working day, over Palestinian deaths in Tulkarem in the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian political faction Fatah said on Saturday, according to official Palestinian news agency WAFA. The strike calls on people "to unite in support of our people," Fatah said, according to WAFA. The Palestinian Teachers Union said that a general strike will be adhered to at all schools, educational facilities, and the ministry, WAFA reported, adding that the General Union of Transport Workers also said it is committed to adhering to the strike. Some context: The call for a general strike was announced after 14 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli military operation in Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem, in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Persons: Fatah, WAFA Organizations: Bank, West Bank, Palestinian, Palestinian Teachers Union, General Union of Transport Workers, Palestinian Ministry of Health Locations: Tulkarem, Gaza, Nur Shams

☆ Palestinians Go on Strike in West Bank to Protest Deadly Raid
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Vivek Shankar | Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Image Palestinians in front of closed shops on Sunday during a strike in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Sunday’s strike “paralyzed all aspects of life” in the West Bank, according to the official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, with shops, schools, universities and banks shuttered. And violence in the West Bank has sharply escalated in recent months. Deadly violence against Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the West Bank has also reached record levels since Oct. 7. Later on Sunday morning, an Israeli man was slightly injured in an explosion in the West Bank, according to the Israeli emergency services.

Persons: Mussa Qawasma, ”, Nur Shams, Fatah Organizations: West Bank . Credit, West Bank, Sunday, West Bank —, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestinian, Palestinian Ministry, Palestinian Authority, United Locations: Hebron, Israel, Gaza, Nur, United States

☆ Here's where to invest $1 million right now, according to the pros
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

If you had a spare $1 million to invest right now, what should you buy? He would allocate roughly 60% into stocks this way: 15% each to U.S. large-cap growth stocks and U.S. large-cap value stocks; 4% to small-caps; and 8% to mid-caps. "We really believe in style diversification and feel that remaining diversified with value and growth stocks remains prudent," Benson said. With a million dollars to invest, it would be "reasonable" for investors to put their money in both small- and mid-cap stocks now, he said. The average amount of money that his clients invest is $1.3 million, and his firm manages over $1.2 billion.

Persons: Aaron Benson, Baird, Benson, Chris Fasciano, Shams Afzal, Afzal, Louis Navellier, they've, Navellier, Li Auto Organizations: U.S . Federal, CNBC Pro, Commonwealth Financial Network, Carnegie Investment, Navellier, Associates, Nvidia, Computer, Micro, Mexico's Vista Energy, Volkswagen, Alamos Locations: U.S, Mexico, India, China

☆ A Death-Haunted First Novel Incandescent With Life
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Junot Díaz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But above all else Cyrus is sad; profoundly, inconsolably, suicidally sad. His oceanic sorrows are fed by many Styxes, but the deepest and darkest is his mother Roya’s “unspeakable” death. Like a goose.”The reference is to the notorious real-life destruction of Iran Air Flight 665 by the U.S.S. Sixty-six children were aboard Flight 665 — Cyrus should have been the 67th, but Roya decided to leave her son home because he was so young. If you think the condition of a native is a nervous one, try the condition of the immigrant who settles in the country that vaporized his loved one.

Persons: Kaveh Akbar Cyrus Shams, Cyrus, Roya, Arash, “, ”, ghouls, Ali Organizations: Iranian Army, Iraq, U.S . Navy, Iran Air Locations: Iranian, Tehran, Dubai, Iran, Vincennes, United States

☆ AI, wearables and more — these markets are booming as the world ages. The pros share 4 stock picks
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-27 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"The aging population discussion in recent years has mostly revolved around future challenges to labor productivity and its economic growth implications," he said. AI, robotics and wearables The aging population stands to gain significantly from breakthroughs in robotics powered by artificial intelligence, according to Afzal. Arelis Agosto, research analyst at Global X ETFs, said wearables technology is one interesting area to invest in for the aging theme. "We view self-sustaining monitoring and therapeutic systems as the future of patient care, though it is particularly beneficial for elderly patients," Agosto said. Global X ETFs, a fund management company, offers a way to tap the aging theme through its Aging Population ETF.

Persons: Shams Afzal, There's, Afzal, Stryker, Dani Saurymper, Saurymper, Arelis Agosto, Agosto Organizations: Carnegie Investment, CNBC Pro, Stryker, EU, Longevity, Global, Carnegie, Abbott Laboratories, Agosto Locations: U.S, GLP, Agosto

☆ At climate summit, Turkey, South Africa hit out at Israel over Gaza war
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Alexander Cornwell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan delivers a national statement at the World Climate Action Summit during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 1, 2023. "The current situation in Gaza constitutes a war crime and a crime against humanity; those responsible must be held accountable under international law," he said. The war against the innocent people of Palestine is a war crime that must be ended now," he said in his address. The "international youth delegate" said he would try to raise awareness at the COP28 conference of the Palestinian cause. The assault sparked outrage in the Arab world, though most Western leaders have supported what they say is Israel's right to defend itself.

Persons: Tayyip Erdogan, Al Sudani, Israel, Cyril Ramaphosa, Jordan's King Abdullah, Mohammed Ursof, Antony Blinken, Blinken, Rishi Sunak, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Isaac Herzog, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Herzog, Oded Joseph, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Abdul Latif Rashid, Gustavo Petro, Alexander Cornwell, Nadine Awadalla, Jana Choukeir, Huseyin Hayatsever, Mai Shams El, Richard Valdmanis, William Maclean Organizations: United Nations, Change, United Arab Emirates, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Hamas, United, U.S, State Department, Palestinian Authority, Dubai, UAE, Foreign Ministry, Reuters COP28, Thomson Locations: Dubai, United Arab, Israel, Gaza, Palestinian, Africa, Palestine, UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, COP28

"They are innocent children, premature babies," an exhausted al-Saik said in a video interview provided by the Egyptian government. The babies, from a total of 31 moved on Sunday from the besieged Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to a maternity hospital in Rafah, wore only nappies and tiny green hats. When doctors at Al Shifa raised the alarm about them, there were 39 babies. Like hundreds of thousands of others, al-Saik moved to the south of the Gaza Strip with her three other children, while the baby girl stayed at Al Shifa. FAMILY TORN APARTWith shortages of electricity, water, medicines and other basics, conditions at Al Shifa deteriorated and the baby lost weight and got sick.

Persons: Gaza's, Lobna, Saik, Rick Brennan, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Al Shifa, Jeremy Hopkins, Mohammad Salama, Helal, Salama, Nayera Abdallah, Clauda Tanios, Mai Shams El, Yusri Mohamed, Aidan Lewis, Estelle Shirbon, Janet Lawrence Organizations: Al Shifa, WHO, World Health Organization, Reuters, Al Shifa Hospital, Hamas, UNICEF, Emairati Maternity, Thomson Locations: Egypt, Al, CAIRO, GAZA, Gaza, Rafah, Gaza City, Cairo, Israel, Palestinian, Ismailia, London

The start of the rainy season and the possibility of flooding increased fears that the densely populated enclave's sewage system will be overwhelmed and disease will spread. At a U.N. shelter in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the rain brought dismay for displaced people who woke to find the clothes they put out to dry the night had been drenched by rain. It voiced concern on Tuesday about the prospect of rain causing flooding and overwhelming already meagre and damaged sewage facilities. Ahmed Bayram, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Refugee Council, said the start of the rainy season could mark "the most difficult week in Gaza since the (military) escalation began." Touma said just a small amount of rain could cause the streets of Gaza to flood, given the sewage system's inability to absorb water.

Persons: Khan Younis, Fayeza Srour, Karim Mreish, We've, Margaret Harris, Ahmed Bayram, Israel, Juliette Touma, We're, Touma, Cross, William Schomburg, Emma Farge, Mai Shams El, Timothy Organizations: World Health Organization, WHO, Norwegian Refugee Council, Communications, International Committee, ICRC, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Gaza, GAZA, GENEVA, Israel, Geneva, Palestinian, Gazans

☆ Fact Check: Injured teenager who lost his leg misidentified on social media
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

An Oct. 26 post on social media said: “Palestinian blogger ‘miraculously’ healed in one day from ‘Israeli bombing’. The clip of Aljafarawi circulating in some online posts appeared in his Oct. 25 post on Instagram. HOSPITAL VIDEOAljafarawi has been falsely linked to the individual at a hospital, footage of whom has circulated online prior to the escalated Israel-Hamas conflict in October 2023. Zendiq is seen without one leg, sometimes on crutches, in posts as recently as Oct. 26. A boy on a hospital bed has been misidentified as a video creator who has been documenting the Israel-Hamas conflict in October from Gaza.

Persons: ‘, “ Pallywood, Saleh Aljafarawi, Aljafarawi, Mohammed Zendiq, Nur, @hamode.zandek, Read Organizations: Netflix, Reuters, Facebook, Palestinian, International Solidarity, Thomson Locations: Israel, Gaza, Zendiq

Egypt's military spokesman Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez said two drones were fired from the southern Red Sea aiming north. Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that combat helicopters had been scrambled when "an aerial threat was spotted in the Red Sea region". EGYPT EXPOSED"The air force and air defence force are intensifying efforts to secure Egyptian airspace on all strategic directions," the Egyptian military said. The U.S. said last week a Navy warship in the Red Sea intercepted projectiles launched by the Houthi, potentially toward Israel. Bordering both Gaza and Israel, Egypt is exposed to the conflict that blew up after Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on Israel and the subsequent bombardment of the Gaza Strip.

Persons: Ahmed Ona, Yemen's, Israel, Houthi, Gharib Abdel, Hafez, Daniel Hagari, Emily Rose, Dan Williams, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Nafisa Eltahir, Ahmed Tolba, Hatem Maher, Mai Shams El, Yusri Mohamed, Nayera Abdallah, Nadine Awadalla, Ahmed Elimam, Rami Ayyub, Nafisa, Michael Perry, Andrew Cawthorne, Jonathan Oatis, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS Acquire, Navy, Red, Thomson Locations: Red, Nuweiba, Egypt, Israel, Gaza, CAIRO, JERUSALEM, Yemen's Iran, Iran, Yemen, Taba, EGYPT, United States, Cairo, Eilat, Jerusalem, Ismailia, Dubai

The president also stressed the urgency of getting relief to Palestinian civilians in Gaza who lack food, water and medicine. Israel appeared to be getting closer to a full-scale invasion of Gaza, a densely populated enclave ruled by Hamas. The Israeli military has massed troops and equipment near the Gaza border. The command will come," Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told troops gathered at the Gaza border on Thursday. [1/8]Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon, in southern Israel, October 19, 2023.

Persons: Khan Younis, Biden, Joe Biden, Israel, Yoav Gallant, Ayman Safadi, Amir Cohen, David Satterfield, General Antonio Guterres, Gaza's, Issam Abdallah, Crescent, Abu Obeida, Al, Nidal al, Cynthia Osterman, Stephen Coates, Howard Goller Organizations: Israel, Wednesday, Israeli, REUTERS, Middle East, State Department, Hamas, United Nations, Palestinian, Gaza's Hamas, Pentagon, U.S . Navy, Hezbollah, Bank, West Bank, Thomson Locations: West Bank, Lebanon, U.S, Yemen, Israel WASHINGTON, GAZA, JERUSALEM, Gaza, Israel, kibbutzes, Jordanian, Amman, Tel Aviv, Egypt, Ashkelon, Rafah, FLASHPOINTS, Khan, Iran, Lebanese, Manara, Nur, Tulkarm, Al Jazeera, Gaza , Washington, Jerusalem

[1/4] A Palestinian on a wheelchair passes by ruins of buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 9, 2023. On Tuesday, the Israeli military revised a recommendation by one of its spokespeople that Palestinians fleeing its air strikes in Gaza head to Egypt. Gaza's Hamas-run Interior Ministry said bombardments on both Monday and Tuesday had hit an entry gate on the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing. So far, there has been no sign of mass gatherings of Palestinians at the Rafah crossing, with only scheduled departures proceeding until Tuesday. Hamas, which has run the Gaza Strip since 2007, shares the Islamist ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, a movement outlawed in Egypt.

Persons: Abu Mustafa, Abdel Fattah al, Sisi, Ahmed Salem, Gaza's, Sinai's, Sinai, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan, Yusri Mohamed, Nidal, Nadine Awadalla, Ahmed Eliman, Aidan Lewis, Mai Shams, Alison Williams, Gareth Jones, Susan Fenton, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Sinai Foundation, Human Rights, Hamas, Gaza's Hamas, Ministry, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Rafah, Gaza, Egypt, Israel, CAIRO, GAZA, Tuesday, Sinai, Sinai ., Gaza's, Palestinian, Sinai's, Al Arish, Hamas

☆ Russia to begin drafting soldiers from occupied regions of Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's fall draft begins October 1 and seeks to call up 130,000 new soldiers to fight in the war. The Kyiv Independent reported eligible men from occupied regions of Ukraine will be drafted. Russian state media claims no conscription has previously occurred in occupied Ukraine. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussia's Defense Ministry announced Friday that its upcoming conscription campaign will for the first time include eligible men from four occupied regions in Ukraine. Russian men aged 18-27 are required to enlist for a year of mandatory military service.

Persons: —, Putin, shams, France24, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Kyiv Independent, Service, Defense, CNN, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, Government of, Russian Federation Locations: Ukraine, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Russian, Russia

CNN —Four occupied regions of Ukraine will be included for the first time in a new round of Russian military conscriptions this fall, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Friday. Autumn conscription will begin from October 1 in all parts of the Russian Federation, according to the ministry, including in the illegally annexed regions of Ukraine. “The autumn conscription will take place from October 1 in all constituent entities of the Russian Federation. “The term of conscription military service, as before, will be 12 months,” Tsimlyansky said. There was no conscription for military service last year and in the spring of 2023 in these regions, according to TASS.

Persons: Putin, Zaporizhzhia –, “ shams, Vladimir Tsimlyansky, ” Tsimlyansky, ”, Tsimlyansky, “, Conscriptions Organizations: CNN, Russia’s Defense, Russian Federation, Staff, Russian Armed Forces, “ Military, Armed Forces, TASS, General Staff, Russia’s Armed Forces Locations: Ukraine, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Western, Russia, Crimea, Russia’s, Moscow

☆ Forced to flee war, Sudanese band spreads musical message
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( El Tayeb Siddig | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] General Kidi, a member of the Nuba Mountain Sound band, trains children to dance, in Port Sudan, in Sudan, September 26, 2023. One day they hope to tour the whole country to spread their message, said General Kidi, 29. "We want to deliver the voice of the people of the Nuba Mountains to the rest of the people in Sudan, through music," he said. "We show the world that this is Sudan, Sudan is not just war, Sudan has diverse traditions and music. Reporting by El Tayeb Siddig; Writing by Mai Shams El-Din; Editing by Aidan Lewis and Alison WilliamsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kidi, El Tayeb, General Kidi, Ganja Farmer, Omar al, Bashir, Mai Shams El, Aidan Lewis, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Rapid Support Forces, Ganja Farmer, Thomson Locations: Port Sudan, Sudan, El, PORT SUDAN, Red Sea, Ganja, South Kordofan, Khartoum

☆ Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in West Bank raid, Hamas says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Palestinians check a damaged house following an Israeli raid in Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 24, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Sawafta Acquire Licensing RightsSept 24 (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a fighter from the Islamist group Hamas, during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, emergency workers and Hamas said. Israeli forces raided the Nur Shams camp near the city of Tulkarm and a gun battle ensued with Palestinian fighters, medic Najeeb Adeeb said. Violence in the West Bank has raged for more than a year, with stepped-up Israeli military raids, increased settler assaults on Palestinian villages and a spate of Palestinian attacks on Israelis. As day dawned on the Nur Shams camp, residents took stock of the roads, infrastructure and buildings damaged during an operation that witnesses said lasted around six hours.

Persons: Ali Sawafta, Nur Shams, Najeeb Adeeb, Nidal Al Mughrabi, Bernadette Baum Organizations: West Bank, REUTERS, Hamas, Palestinian, Thomson Locations: Tulkarm, Israeli, Nur Shams, Gaza

☆ Two Palestinian men killed during Israeli incursion in camp near Tulkarem
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Kareem Khadder | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Jerusalem CNN —Two Palestinian men were killed in the early hours of Sunday during an incursion by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said. He said it was the third Israeli raid on the camp this year, damaging electricity and water services. Videos obtained by CNN shared by residents of the camp showed military vehicles entering the camp, where at least one was hit by an IED. Israel raided the camp earlier in September, leaving a Palestinian man killed and another two injured. A general strike has been announced in the camp and Tulkarem.

Persons: Farhan Abu Ali, Abd al, Rahman Suleiman Abu Daghash, Abu Daghash, Taha al, Irani, WAFA, “, Najeeb, Israel Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Israel Defense Forces, West Bank, Palestinian Ministry of Health, IDF, CNN, UN Locations: Jerusalem, Nur, Tulkarem, Palestinian

☆ Custom art, air purifiers and TikTok: College spending boom could booster retailers' sales this fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Eros Hoagland | Getty ImagesOver the past few years, Alicia Browne has noticed a change in what college students haul out of cars on move-in days at the University of Alabama. A growing pie — and market share up for grabsAs college spending is poised to grow, retailers have another reason to vie for students' dollars. Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesIt is difficult to estimate how much college market share Bed Bath had in total. Shipt, the Target-owned delivery service, and Walmart have both tried to attract more college students to their membership programs by offering a special discounted price. She said the company's growth has been fueled by college students who want uniquely decorated rooms that reflect their personalities.

Persons: Eros Hoagland, Alicia Browne, Keurig coffeemakers, decorators, Browne, Prosper, Browne chalks, " Browne, Marshal Cohen, Jakub Porzycki, Harmon, Cristina Fernandez, Sonoma, TikTok, Dormify, Amanda Zuckerman, Zuckerman, Kate Reppeto, Callie Weathers Kate Reppeto, Repetto, she's, Anna Emblom Organizations: University of North, Hill, University of Alabama, College, National Retail Federation, IRI, NPD, Target, Walmart, Consulting, Deloitte, Nurphoto, Goods, Ikea, Telsey Advisory, Williams, Hamptons, Madison, University of Mississippi, Eagle Locations: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill , North Carolina, Kohl's, Bath, Bed, Williston , Vermont, New York City, Madison Ave, Oxford, Miss, Southlake, Dallas, Fort Worth in Texas, Birmingham, Ala

☆ Special Report: Dozens of babies die in orphanage as Sudan war takes grim toll on Khartoum
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Maggie Michael | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +13 min

[1/7] A view from inside an orphanage in Khartoum, Sudan, in this handout image released April 20, 2023. There was no one there,” said Abdullah, speaking by phone from the orphanage, the cries of wailing babies audible in the background. Frini and the director of the orphanage, Zeinab Jouda, referred questions about the total death toll to Abdullah, Mygoma’s medical chief. ABANDONED CHILDRENOfficially called The Orphan's Care Centre, Mygoma, the orphanage is housed in a three-storey building in central Khartoum. She said that a day earlier, two babies who died were instead buried in a city square close to the orphanage.

At about 8.30 a.m. shooting started at the Soba military camp in the south of Khartoum, according to three eyewitnesses and an advisor within Dagalo's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Burhan's air force was studying where the RSF was gathered, using coordinates provided by the army, two military sources told Reuters, describing plans that have not previously been reported. The RSF, meanwhile, had been locating more and more gunmen at Soba and other camps across Khartoum, the same military sources said. The army also established a small committee of senior generals to prepare for a possible conflict with the RSF, the same sources said. Both the army and the RSF were quick to blame the other publicly for sparking the violence and attempting a power grab.

☆ Sudanese help one another find medicine, water as state collapses
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Mai Shams El-Din | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Elsewhere, individuals have used technology to match local stocks of food, fresh water and medicine to neighbourhoods in need. It mobilised a team of surgeons and other medics, reopened a local health centre for urgent cases and set up a hotline for less urgent ones. It has handled at least 25 medical cases since the fighting began, Surketty said. With most of Khartoum's hospitals shut down, and the few still open offering only limited services, medical needs have been intense. They're not meant to be treated using Telehealth, they actually need to go to a hospital," Mujtaba said.

This year, those who can are making a frantic escape from Khartoum, driven out by war. Both sides in the conflict agreed to a ceasefire but it was not immediately clear when it would begin. Ahmed Mubarak, 27, said he felt "extreme anxiety" after the violence erupted on April 15 and before he decided to leave Khartoum on Thursday, taking with him only the clothes he was wearing. Makram Waleed, a 25-year-old doctor, was hoping to leave Khartoum with his family but was worried about the dangers to his three younger sisters. And if we leave, will we be able to go back to our house and our lives in Khartoum?

☆ Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce deal pushed by U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

"We have not received any indications here that there's been a halt in the fighting," United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric told a news briefing in New York. The ceasefire deal will not extend beyond the agreed 24 hours, Army General Shams El Din Kabbashi, a member of Sudan's ruling military council, said earlier on al Arabiya TV. A Reuters reporter in Khartoum said he heard tanks firing shortly after the truce was due to take hold. In video verified by Reuters, RSF fighters could be seen inside a section of the army headquarters in Khartoum. Maxar satellite imagery of destroyed fuel trucks at fuel depot in Khartoum, Sudan.

From a vantage point in his home, Motasim said that earlier on Tuesday he could see RSF troops aiming anti-aircraft missiles from the street below. Residents from other districts said shops had been looted and people ejected from homes by armed men. In the well-heeled Khartoum 2 district, an area that is home to embassies and RSF offices, residents said RSF troops had stormed homes and raided supermarkets. RSF buildings and bases are dispersed across the capital, often in densely populated areas that have become a focus for fighting. Elsewhere in the capital area, several people told Reuters they saw RSF troops dispersing quickly into streets of residential districts when airstrikes began.

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