Bombardments

Al-Shifa hospital has been the focal point of days of fighting and nearby aerial bombardments in Israel's war with Hamas.

Bombardments and strikes from fighter jets rocked Khartoum on Monday, including near the military headquarters, and in Bahri just across the Nile River near another base, witnesses in the areas said.

Citizens are trying to hide from gun battles, bombardments and airstrikes occurring in markets and on the streets outside.

In Gaza, telecoms firms and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said internet and phone services were cut off as a result of Israeli bombardments.

It comes after hundreds of councillors urged Sir Keir to go further and back a ceasefire, as the death toll rises in the Gaza Strip after days of Israeli bombardments.

The escalation in Israel’s bombardments was evident in Sderot, a city in southern Israel less than two kilometres from the border with Gaza.

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has claimed that more than 4,100 Palestinians, mainly civilians, have been killed in Israeli bombardments since the October 7 massacres in Israel.

The transfers under a four-day truce that started Friday have been the first relief for captives' families since the militant group attacked Israel on October 7, prompting devastating Israeli bombardments of the Gaza Strip.

The Turkish forces frequently carry out ground operations, airstrikes, and artillery bombardments in northern Iraq against the PKK, especially in the Qandil Mountains, the main base of the group, Xinhua news agency reported.

Thursday's attack follows a pattern of heavy bombardments after Ukrainian battlefield or diplomatic gains.

Young Gazans are facing a perilous winter, with the UN children's agency warning that "child deaths due to disease could surpass those killed in bombardments".

Amid cease-fire efforts, Gazans said in interviews that they were mainly concerned about getting home safely after multiple displacements and bombardments.

As many as 558 civilians, including 150 women and children, have been killed in the Israeli bombardments in Lebanon since Monday.

BEIRUT: Israel's military said a Hezbollah drone had killed four soldiers at one of its northern bases on Sunday (Oct 13), as it expanded its bombardments of Lebanon and troops battled militants across the border.

Eighteen civilians have been killed since dawn on Wednesday in various Israeli bombardments across the Gaza Strip.

Estimates vary, but historians agree that more than 1 million Leningrad residents perished of hunger or in air and artillery bombardments.

Fierce battles and heavy Israeli bombardments have been reported in the central Nuseirat camp since the military launched a “targeted” operation focussing on the southern city of Rafah in early May.

He said that the bombardments had “seriously damaged” the Gulf Clan’s attempts to build up its forces in the region.

In June alone, 72 percent of civilian casualties resulted from artillery shelling, rocket systems, and aerial bombardments, with 26 percent caused by missile and loitering munitions strikes.

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon in recent weeks have killed more than 1,000 people in some of the most punishing bombardments in modern warfare.