New Delhi, Aug 6 (PTI) Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria flew a sortie in an F-15 fighter aircraft in Israel on Thursday apart from holding wide-ranging talks with his Israeli counterpart Maj Gen Amikam Norkin on further boosting bilateral military cooperation, officials said.
The Chief of Air Staff (CAS) reached Israel on Tuesday on a three-day visit from the United Arab Emirates.
JERUSALEM, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli air force on Friday night carried out airstrikes on the northern Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday.
The Israeli attack came in response to continual launches of arson balloons from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Friday, the IDF added.
The Israeli fighter jets thus struck a military compound and rocket launching site of the Palestinian organization Hamas, according to the Israeli military.
SANAA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- At least 45 Houthi rebels were killed in multiple airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition and in ground clashes with the Yemeni government army in Yemen's central province of Marib in the last 24 hours, two military sources said on Saturday.
"In the western district of Sirwah, the airstrikes targeted a rebel makeshift operational room, killing at least 12," one of the sources in Marib told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Ethiopian government on Friday evening warned that the expansion of conflict to parts of the country by rebel forces is pushing it to change its defensive stance if humanitarian overtures for peaceful resolution are unreciprocated.
The Ethiopian government in late June announced a unilateral ceasefire in the country's conflict-affected northernmost Tigray regional state.
TUNIS, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed Ali Mrabet as the new health minister, the presidency said on Friday.
During the inauguration ceremony, the new minister "took the constitutional oath before the president, in accordance with article 89 of the Tunisian Constitution," a presidency statement said.
Mrabet is professor in epidemiology and public health.
On July 20, Tunisia's Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi removed Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi, amid rising COVID-19 cases in the North African country.
ISTANBUL, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Turkish authorities on Friday strengthened security measures in the southwestern province of Mugla as a wildfire advanced toward a thermal power plant.
Firefighters have chopped down several trees around the Yenikoy Thermal Power Plant when the fire was about five km from the station, according to the Mugla municipality.
Gendarmerie forces closed a highway toward the power plant while aerial firefighting responses to the fire continued.
JERUSALEM, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said that Israel was doing the world a “great service” by administering Covid vaccine booster shots, despite the World Health Organization’s plea for a moratorium.
Nearly 60 percent of Israel’s 9.3 million people have had two jabs, mostly of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, with the government recently rolling out a third shot for the over-60s.
The WHO has called for a moratorium on booster shots until at least the end of September in order to address inequalities in global dose distribution.
RAMALLAH (Palestine), Aug 6 (NNN-XINHUA) — A group of diplomats from European countries paid a visit on Thursday to the West Bank village Beita as conflicts and violence between local Palestinians and Israeli forces continued to increase in the area.
“The European Union (EU) and like-minded countries visited Beita village in response to rising levels of settlers’ violence and the building of an illegal Israeli outpost on top of Mount Sabih, resulting in regular clashes and casualties,” said an official statement.
TUNIS, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Sitting on her rooftop in Tunis, political activist Fatma Jgham said she and her comrades backed the Tunisian president's seizure of governing powers but would maintain pressure on him if their demands were not met.
"We must hold a referendum on the constitution, and the demands of the people must not be turned around...not by you (the president) or anyone else," said Jgham, a 48-year old art teacher.
06 Aug 2021; MEMO: Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said it had fired rockets at open ground near Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms area today in response to Israeli airstrikes which struck sites belonging to the group yesterday.
The Israeli military said at least ten rockets were launched towards Israel from southern Lebanon.
"In response to the 10+ rockets just fired at Israel from Lebanon, we are currently striking the rocket launch sites in Lebanon," the Israeli army said in a statement.
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