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GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: Unrelenting Israeli bombardment rocked Gaza on Monday, while an army spokesman warned the war on the besieged territory’s Hamas rulers will continue throughout 2024. Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant met troops inside Gaza on Monday, and vowed in a statement that “life will return to its course” for residents of border communities hit in Hamas’s October 7 attacks that triggered the war.

At least 20 people reported dead since the 7.6 magnitude quake struck the west coast on New Year's Day.

Lee Jae-myung was attacked as he spoke to reporters during a visit to the southeastern port city of Busan

BEIRUT: Tensions rose on the Lebanese southern front following a short period of cautious calm lasting until the early hours of Monday in many border villages. Lebanon’s caretaker social affairs minister, Hector Hajjar, on Monday visited the border region and toured several towns to assess the situation of people forced to leave their homes. The number of displaced people has reached 72,436 due to escalating conflicts in previously less affected areas.

The deal will pave the way for the landlocked country to use the port of Berbera.

Succes Masra returned from exile in November after signing a reconciliation agreement with Chad's military rulers.

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza on Sunday, residents and medics said, as battles raged through the rubble of towns and refugee camps in a war Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said would take “many more months” to end. Netanyahu’s comments signal no let-up in a campaign that has killed many thousands and levelled much of Gaza, while his vow to restore Israeli control over the enclave’s border with Egypt raises new questions over an eventual two-state solution.