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NEW YORK (AP) — Louise Meriwether, the author and activist whose coming-of-age novel "Daddy Was a Number Runner" is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and vital portrait of race, gender and class, has died. "Daddy Was a Number Runner," published in 1970, tells of a poor Black community in Harlem during the 1930s as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Francie Coffin. Political Cartoons View All 1206 ImagesIn 2016 the Feminist Press and TAYO Literary Magazine launched the Louise Meriwether First Book Prize for "debut women/nonbinary writers of color." "Daddy Was a Number Runner" was a personal story. After returning to New York in the late 1960s, she joined the Harlem Writers Guild and befriended Angelou and Sonia Sanchez, among others.

Persons: — Louise Meriwether, Meriwether, Cheryl Hill, Hill, Francie Coffin, Francie, I'm, Toni Morrison's, Angelou's, James Baldwin, Jacqueline Woodson, Louise Meriwether, Rosa Parks, Daniel Hale Williams, Robert Smalls, John Birch, Muhammad Ali's, Angelo Meriwether, Earle Howe, Louise Jenkins, Budd Schulberg, Angelou, Sonia Sanchez, Sarah Lawrence Organizations: Amsterdam Nursing, Feminist Press, Columbus Foundation, Los Angeles Times, IMF, World Bank, John Birch Society, Sarah Lawrence College, University of Houston, New York University, UCLA, Watts Writers, South Central, Universal Studios, Harlem Writers Guild, Pine Manor College Locations: Manhattan, Harlem, Puerto Rican, South Africa, Haverstraw , New York, Brooklyn, South, South Central Los Angeles, Hollywood, New York, Pine

☆ Cory Booker says he was out jogging in Israel's Old City and had to hide in a hotel stairwell when Hamas launched its attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sen. Cory Booker was in Israel when Hamas began attacking the Jewish nation on Saturday. A spokesperson told Fox News that Booker and his staff left Israel safely on Sunday. AdvertisementAdvertisementSen. Cory Booker said he had to hide in his hotel in Israel when Hamas started firing missiles at the Jewish nation on Saturday. Booker recounted his experience fleeing to his hotel for shelter in a post on X, previously known as Twitter, on Sunday. AdvertisementAdvertisement"When I got back to the hotel, I joined others in the bomb shelter or the stairwells of the hotel," Booker continued.

Persons: Sen, Cory Booker, Booker, —, Maya Krishna, Rogers, Israel, E4BgEZxSTC — Cory Booker, Krishna Organizations: Fox News, Service, Democratic, Booker, Hamas Locations: Israel, New Jersey, Old City, Gaza, Israel's

CNN —Israel has declared war on the Palestinian militant group Hamas after it carried out an unprecedented attack by air, sea and land on Saturday. Israel has pledged that Hamas will pay a heavy price and may now be preparing a ground incursion into Gaza. There, Hamas gunmen killed hundreds of people, including civilians and soldiers, and took hostages, sometimes from their homes. While Hamas has kidnapped Israelis before, it has never before taken dozens of hostages at once, including children and the elderly. On Monday, however, Iran’s mission to the United Nations said that the Islamic Republic was “not involved in Palestine’s response,” referring to the Hamas attack.

Persons: CNN — Israel, ”, Yoav Gallant, –, Fatah, Amir Cohen, Israel, Mahmoud Abbas, Oded, Gilad Shalit, Elhanan Tannenbaum, Richard Hecht, Saleh, Arouri, Al, Maya Alleruzzo, “ They’ve, Ebrahim Raisi, Ismail Haniyeh, “, Lloyd Austin, Najib Mikati Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Islamic, IDF, Palestinian Ministry of Health, West Bank, Palestinian, Palestinian Authority, Rights, Oslo Accords, Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, Israel, European Union, US State Department, Biden, United Nations, Hezbollah Locations: Israel, Gaza, Gaza’s, Hamas, Al, Aqsa, Jerusalem, Israeli, “, Egypt, Yom Kippur, Sderot, Oslo, United States, Iran, Tel Aviv, ”, Al Jazeera, Ramat Gan, Washington, Islamic Republic, Palestine, Israel’s, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Lebanese

☆ Opinion: In times of crisis, Israelis rally around their leaders. This time is different
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Janine Zacharia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

In the entire nearly five years of the second Palestinian intifada from 2000 to 2005, roughly 1,000 Israelis were killed. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Getty Images Israeli soldiers work on a tank at the border between Israel and Gaza on October 9. Ahmad Hasballah/Getty Images Rockets launched from Gaza are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system on October 8. Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images Relatives of Palestinians killed on Saturday, October 7, mourn at the morgue of a hospital in Gaza. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images An Israeli soldier stands by the bodies of Israelis killed by Palestinian militants in Sderot on October 7.

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A view shows an Israeli tank and military vehicles near Israel's border with Lebanon, northern Israel, October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Acquire Licensing RightsBEIRUT, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A member of Lebanon's Hezbollah was killed in Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon on Monday, three sources in Lebanon said, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants expanded to the Israeli-Lebanese border. The man was killed in Israeli shelling into southern Lebanon prompted by a cross-border raid by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, which has been fighting alongside the Hamas group since it launched its surprise attack on Israel on Saturday. The Israeli army said soldiers backed by helicopters killed at least two gunmen who crossed the frontier. In a statement, the Israeli military said its soldiers "killed a number of armed suspects that infiltrated into Israeli territory from Lebanese territory".

Persons: Ammar Awad, Aalma El, General Lazaro, Gabi Hage, Laila Bassam, Timour Azhari, Gebeily, Dan Williams, Tom Perry, Hugh Lawson, Nick Macfie, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Islamic, Saturday, Israel's Army Radio, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Rights BEIRUT, Lebanese, Iran, Gaza, Adamit, Aalma, Beirut, Jerusalem

☆ Israel, Hezbollah exchange artillery, rocket fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

BEIRUT, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon's powerful armed group Hezbollah exchanged artillery and rocket fire on Sunday following the deadliest attack in years by Palestinian gunmen on Israel. Hezbollah on Sunday said it had launched guided rockets and artillery onto three posts in the Shebaa Farms "in solidarity" with the Palestinian people. Israel has held the Shebaa Farms, a 15-square-mile (39-square-km) patch of land, since 1967. A Lebanese security source told Reuters that a tent set up by Hezbollah in the Shebaa Farms had been hit and that Hezbollah fighters had erected a new one. On Saturday, UNIFIL said it had enhanced its presence in southern Lebanon following developments in Israel and Gaza, including its operations to counter rocket launches.

Persons: Hashem Safieddine, Gil Eliyahu, Har Dov, Israel, Andrea Tenenti, Lebanon Joanna Wronecka, Laila Bassam, Aziz Taher, Karamallah Daher, Gebeily, Ari Rabinovitch, William Mallard, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Hezbollah, Palestinian, Twitter, Israeli Defence Forces, Patriot, REUTERS, Reuters, United Nations, Thomson Locations: BEIRUT, Israel, Iran, Dahieh, Beirut's, Lebanon, Syria, Shebaa, Kfar Shouba, Gaza, Jerusalem

☆ Israel/Gaza crisis: Netanyahu warns of 'long war' as it faces unprecedented hostage crisis following Gaza attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Hadas Gold Shirin Faqiri Helen Regan Jessie Yeung | Hadas Gold | Shirin Faqiri | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Jerusalem and Gaza CNN —Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country is “embarking on a long and difficult war” as it deals with an unprecedented hostage crisis after Palestinian militants launched a surprise land, sea and air attack from Gaza, killing hundreds and infiltrating into Israeli territory. At least 350 Israelis have been killed, an Israeli official told CNN and more than 1,500 have been injured, Israeli media reported. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Palestinians gather around an Israeli army vehicle that Palestinian militants drove from Israel into Gaza on Saturday. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images An Israeli soldier stands by the bodies of Israelis killed by Palestinian militants in Sderot on Saturday. The IDF is now slowly evacuating communities Gaza, and searching the area for any Hamas militants left.

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☆ Israel, Hezbollah Exchange Artillery, Rocket Fire
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +4 min

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel and Lebanon's powerful armed group Hezbollah exchanged artillery and rocket fire on Sunday following the deadliest attack in years by Palestinian gunmen on Israel. Hezbollah on Sunday said it had launched guided rockets and artillery onto three posts in the Shebaa Farms "in solidarity" with the Palestinian people. Israel has held the Shebaa Farms, a 15-square-mile (39-square-km) patch of land, since 1967. A Lebanese security source told Reuters that a tent set up by Hezbollah in the Shebaa Farms had been hit and that Hezbollah fighters had erected a new one. On Saturday, UNIFIL said it had enhanced its presence in southern Lebanon following developments in Israel and Gaza, including its operations to counter rocket launches.

Persons: Hashem Safieddine, Har Dov, Israel, Andrea Tenenti, Lebanon Joanna Wronecka, Laila Bassam, Aziz Taher, Karamallah Daher, Gebeily, Ari Rabinovitch, William Mallard, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Hezbollah, Palestinian, Twitter, Israeli Defence Forces, Patriot, Reuters, United Nations Locations: BEIRUT, Israel, Iran, Dahieh, Beirut's, Lebanon, Syria, Shebaa, Kfar Shouba, Gaza, Jerusalem

☆ Syria mourns scores killed in drone attack on military academy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Coffins carrying the bodies of some of the people who were killed on Thursday in drone attack on a military academy, lie on the ground outside a military hospital during the funeral in Homs, Syria October 6, 2023. Several weaponised drones hit the Homs Military Academy's courtyard where families were gathered with the new officers on Thursday, minutes after defence minister Ali Mahmoud Abbas had left. On Friday morning, coffins carrying victims and draped in the Syrian flag were sent out from the Homs Military Hospital. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which reports on the Syrian conflict, put the toll at above 120. Russia has helped in efforts to strengthen the Syrian military.

Persons: Firas, Ali Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, Bashar al, Assad, Maya Gebeily, Tom Perry, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Homs Military Hospital, Syrian Observatory, Human Rights, Observatory, Authorities, Thomson Locations: Homs, Syria, Idlib, Aleppo, Qardaha, Latakia, Russia, Iran, Tehran

☆ At least 60 killed in drone attack on Syrian military academy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIRUT, Oct 5 (Reuters) - At least 60 people were killed on Thursday in an attack on a military academy in Syria, a war monitor and a security source said, with weaponised drones bombing the site minutes after Syria's defence minister left a graduation ceremony there. Civilians and military personnel were killed in the attack on the military academy in the central province of Homs, Syria's defence ministry said in a statement, adding "terrorist" groups had used drones to carry it out. The statement did not specify an organisation and no group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Syria's defence minister attended the graduation ceremony but left minutes before the attack, according to a Syrian security source and a security source in the regional alliance backing the Damascus government against opposition groups. We don't know where it came from, and corpses littered the ground," said a Syrian man who had helped set up decorations at the academy for the occasion.

Persons: Syria's, Bashar al, Assad, Laila Bassam, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Kinda, Jon Boyle, Mark Heinrich, David Gregorio, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Reuters, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: BEIRUT, Syria, Homs, Damascus, Syrian, fatigues, Russia, Iran, Tehran, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey

☆ At least 100 killed in drone attack on Syrian military academy, monitor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

People stand and walk outside a building after drone attack on Syrian military academy in Homs, Syria October 5, 2023 is seen in this screen grab from a video. Video obtained by Reuters/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsBEIRUT, Oct 5 (Reuters) - At least 100 people were killed on Thursday in an attack on a military academy in Syria, a war monitor and an official said, with weaponised drones bombing the site minutes after Syria's defence minister left a graduation ceremony there. Civilians and military personnel were killed in the attack on the military academy in the central province of Homs, Syria's defence ministry said, adding "terrorist" groups had used drones. Syria's defence and foreign ministries vowed to respond "with full force". The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said more than 100 people were killed and 125 injured.

Persons: Syria's, Hassan Al, Ghobash, Bashar al, Assad, Laila Bassam, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Kinda, Jon Boyle, Mark Heinrich, David Gregorio, Alexandra Hudson, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Reuters, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Syrian Observatory, Human Rights, Health, Thomson Locations: Homs, Syria, Rights BEIRUT, Idlib, Damascus, Syrian, fatigues, Russia, Iran, Tehran, Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey

☆ Rice, beer, and urine mixed into ancient structures could help explain how they're still standing after millennia
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementIs ancient Roman concrete better than today's? Her research has found that the key could be in the specific volcanic materials used by the Romans. According to Selvaraj's research, in humid areas of India, builders used local herbs that help structures deal with moisture. Even though Roman concrete lasted a long time, it couldn't hold up heavy loads: "You couldn't build a modern skyscraper with Roman concrete," Oleson said. Instead, researchers are trying to take some of the ancient material's specialties and add them into modern mixes.

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Is ancient Roman concrete better than today's? Most modern concrete starts with Portland cement, a powder made by heating limestone and clay to super-high temperatures and grinding them up. The ancient builders mixed materials like burnt limestone and volcanic sand with water and gravel, creating chemical reactions to bind everything together. Now, scientists think they’ve found a key reason why some Roman concrete has held up structures for thousands of years: The ancient material has an unusual power to repair itself. Even though Roman concrete lasted a long time, it couldn't hold up heavy loads: “You couldn’t build a modern skyscraper with Roman concrete,” Oleson said.

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☆ London’s Pointe Black ballet school aims to break racial barriers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Alishia Abodunde | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

And classical ballet companies strive for a uniform look especially in works like “Swan Lake,” making it harder for dancers of colour to get hired or promoted. At The Royal Ballet, “we are determined to make our theatre a welcoming and inclusive place for all,” a company spokesperson said. “Dance is for everybody,” noted a spokesperson at The Royal Academy of Dance, whose syllabus is taught worldwide. “Ensuring there is diversity in the dance world is important to everyone at the RAD.”Essel wants to speed up change by disrupting the status quo. And it’s really just about celebrating the person no matter where they come from.”Maya Beale-Springer, a 10-year-old student at Pointe Black and another ballet school, enjoys exploring various styles.

Persons: Sandie Bourne, ”, Essel, “, ” Maya Beale, won’t, ” Essel, Richard Chang, E Wong, Eve Watling Organizations: Britain’s Society for Dance Research, Royal Ballet, The Royal Academy of Dance, Springer, Pointe Black Locations: Asia, South America, Cuba, perm

☆ France’s health minister says country not ‘invaded by bedbugs’ and urges calm
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Chris Liakos | Maya Szaniecki | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Paris CNN —France’s health minister has assured the French public that there’s “no reason for widespread panic” as Paris reports a “widespread” rise in bedbugs. “Bedbugs have been increasingly present in France for two or three years now, regularly peaking in the summer. French transport operators say they remain “vigilant” about bedbugs following reports of what were said to be sightings in public transport. In the videos, the bedbugs were said to be spotted on public transport and other public locations, such as cinemas. French health minister Aurelien Rousseau also dimissed the idea that the rise in bedbugs is related to imigration.

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Paris CNN —The French government has vowed action to “reassure and protect” the public as its capital Paris reports a “widespread” rise in bedbugs. The announcement comes as calls for government action from Paris officials and trade unions mount after several videos of bedbugs spotted in public transport and other locations such as cinemas have surfaced on social media. She added there was an “escalation” in numbers because bedbugs were increasingly resistant to insecticides. The news comes as Paris gets ready to host the 2024 Olympics Games, but officials say they are not worried. “There is no threat to the Olympic Games,” Gregoire said.

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☆ Buenos Aires central square becomes nighttime soup kitchen as poverty hits 40%
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Miguel Lo Bianco | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Demonstrators camp outside the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace, as unemployed and informal workers protest to demand more subsidies from the national government, at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, Argentina April 19, 2023. Standing in a long line for food in the central square that is flanked by the Casa Rosada presidential palace, Erica Maya, 45, told Reuters she could earn just 3,000-4,000 pesos working all day collecting cardboard, worth $4 at real exchange rates. "We estimate the level of poverty in Argentina at 40% of the population," said Eduardo Donza, from the Social Debt Observatory of the Catholic University. "I have resorted to selling tortillas to find a way for my family and my daughter to survive," said Diego Ortiz, 30, as he cooked flour tortillas over hot coals in a Buenos Aires suburb. Reporting by Miguel Lo Bianco; Writing by Nicolas Misculin; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mariana Nedelcu, Erica Maya, Sergio Massa, Javier Milei, Conservative Patricia Bullrich, Eduardo Donza, Donza, Diego Ortiz, Miguel Lo Bianco, Nicolas Misculin, Adam Jourdan, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Casa, Plaza de Mayo, REUTERS, Reuters, Peronist, Economy, Conservative, Social, Catholic University, Thomson Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, BUENOS AIRES, de Mayo

☆ Israeli tech firms raised $1.7 bln in Q3 in sign of stabilisation -report
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Israeli high-tech firms raised $1.7 billion in the third quarter, preliminary data showed on Tuesday, in a sign that investment in startups is stabilising. The amount raised in the third quarter was down 38% over the same period in 2022 but only 14% lower from the second quarter, the IVC Research Center and LeumiTech said in a report. Israeli tech companies have raised $5.3 billion so far this year, with $1.9 billion coming in the second quarter. In all of 2022, tech firms raised nearly $16 billion, mainly in the first half before the global economic slowdown, higher interest rates and weak stock markets hit. The Israeli government's plan to overhaul the country's judiciary has also harmed fundraising, with many investors wary and vocal about the country's democratic health.

Persons: LeumiTech, Maya Eisen, Steven Scheer, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: IVC Research, Thomson Locations: Israeli

☆ What happens if you swallow gum — when it’s harmless and when you should worry
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Sadie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“It’s an old wives’ tale,” said Simon Travis, professor of clinical gastroenterology at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. “If you swallow chewing gum, it’ll go through the stomach, and go through into the intestine, and pass out unchanged at the other end,” Travis said. “There are cases of chewing gum lodging in the intestines of infants and even children if they’ve swallowed a lot, and then it causes an obstruction. “Chicle is a natural latex that comes from something called the Chico sapote tree, or sapodilla tree,” Mathews explained. When to worry about swallowing gumUnless you are in pain or have swallowed a lot of gum, Travis and Carroll said you don’t need to go to the doctor if you accidentally swallow a piece whole.

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Paris CNN —The United Nations’ human rights office has criticized the French government for banning French athletes from wearing the hijab at the Paris Olympics next year. That means a ban on any type of proselytising and the absolute neutrality of the public service,” Oudéa-Castera told state broadcaster France 3. According to the ruling earlier this year, “the principle of public service neutrality applies to sports federations which are in charge of a public service. She added the rules applying to other athletes will be set by each international federation, under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). “There will be heterogeneity between sports,” the French minister added.

Persons: “, ”, Maria Hurtado, ” Hurtado, Amélie Oudéa, Castéra, Castera Organizations: Paris CNN —, United Nations, Paris Olympics, UN, Human, French Sports, Sunday, France, CNN, International Olympic Committee Locations: France

☆ Ancient Maya grave found in Mexico as tourist rail project advances
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Carolina Pulice | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The rail project, known as the Maya Train, is a top economic development priority of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. It employs teams of relatively well-funded archaeologists who have rushed to complete excavations so the construction work will not be delayed. They likely pertain to an elite resident of the city, known by the ancient Maya as Lakamha'. Scholars credit the ancient Maya with major human achievements in art, architecture, astronomy and writing. Palenque, like dozens of other ancient cities clustered around southern Mexico and parts of Central America, thrived from around 300-900 AD.

Persons: INAH, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Carolina Pulice, David Alire Garcia, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology, MEXICO CITY, Thomson Locations: Palenque, MEXICO, Mexico, Cancun, Tulum, Chiapas, Central America

☆ Ancient Maya Grave Found in Mexico as Tourist Rail Project Advances
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

Persons: INAH, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Carolina Pulice, David Alire Garcia, David Gregorio Organizations: MEXICO CITY Locations: Carolina, MEXICO, Mexico, Cancun, Tulum, Palenque, Chiapas, Central America

☆ Fall equinox: Why the first day of fall isn’t as equal as you might think
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

If you reside in the Northern Hemisphere, you know it as the fall equinox (or autumnal equinox). Technically, your location on the globe also determines the local time and even the date you experience the fall equinox. Here are the answers to some fall equinox questions:Where does the word ‘equinox’ come from? From the CNN Fast Facts file: The term equinox comes from the Latin word equinoxium, meaning “equality between day and night.”Precisely when will the fall equinox happen? Ryan K. W. Lai/ShutterstockAll around the world, the fall equinox has weaved its way into our cultures and celebrations.

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☆ Lebanese Army Says Troops Exchange Tear Gas, Smoke Bomb Fire With Israeli Forces
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Lebanese army said on Saturday that it had fired tear gas at Israeli forces in response to attacks by smoke bombs fired by the Israelis in the Bastra area of southern Lebanon. "Elements of the Israeli enemy violated the withdrawal line and fired smoke bombs at a Lebanese army patrol that was accompanying a bulldozer removing an earthen berm erected by the Israeli enemy north of the withdrawal line, the blue line, in the Bastra area," the Lebanese army said in a statement. "The Lebanese patrol responded to the attack by firing tear bombs...forcing them to withdraw to the occupied Palestinian territories." Andrea Tenenti, a spokesperson for UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force in the area, said: "There has been tension today. At the moment we are on the ground, monitoring the situation and trying to bring calm back to the area."

Persons: Andrea Tenenti, Maya Gebeily, Muhammad Al Gebaly, Peter Graff Organizations: Lebanese, UNIFIL, UN Locations: CAIRO, Bastra, Lebanon, Lebanese, Palestinian

☆ Lebanese army says it exchanged tear gas, smoke bomb fire with Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A view shows the border area between Lebanon and Israel as pictured from Bastra farms, in southern Lebanon, August 8, 2023. REUTERS/Aziz Taher/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsCAIRO, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Lebanon's army said it fired tear gas at Israeli forces over the border on Saturday in response to smoke bombs fired at its troops, though Israel said Lebanon started the confrontation. "Elements of the Israeli enemy violated the withdrawal line and fired smoke bombs at a Lebanese army patrol that was accompanying a bulldozer removing an earthen berm erected by the Israeli enemy north of the withdrawal line, the blue line, in the Bastra area," the Lebanese army said in a statement. "The Lebanese patrol responded to the attack by firing tear bombs ... forcing them to withdraw to the occupied Palestinian territories," Lebanon's army added. The Israeli military said it was Lebanon that started the violence.

Persons: Aziz Taher, Mount Dov, Andrea Tenenti, Maya Gebeily, Emily Rose, Muhammad Al Gebaly, Peter Graff, Andrew Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, United, UNIFIL, UN, Thomson Locations: Lebanon, Israel, Rights CAIRO, Lebanese, United Nations, Mount, Jerusalem

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