- Title: Highlights of main world events for August 2022
- Date: 11th November 2022
- Summary: Israeli forces bombed targets they said were linked to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza, killing a commander and prompting vows of retaliation from the militant group, which said it could hit Tel Aviv in response. The strikes came after days of escalating tensions following the arrest of a Palestinian militant leader during the week and ended more than a year of relative calm along the border. GAZA CITY, GAZA (FILE - AUGUST 5, 2022) (REUTERS) AMBULANCE ARRIVING AT SITE AFTER ISRAELI AIR STRIKE ON BUILDING, WHERE ISLAMIC JIHAD COMMANDER WAS KILLED INJURED MAN BEING PUT INTO AMBULANCE VARIOUS OF FIRE AND DAMAGED BUILDING AFTER ISRAELI AIR STRIKE DEBRIS AND BROKEN MACHINES Palestinian militants in Gaza fired dozens of rockets into Israel in response to the Israeli airstrikes, which killed at least 10 people including a senior commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement. Israel’s iron dome defence system launched intercept rockets in response. GAZA CITY, GAZA (FILE - AUGUST 5, 2022) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) EXPLOSIONS AS ISRAELI STRIKES HIT ROCKET BEING LAUNCHED Israel and Gaza continued to fire rockets at one another following the Israeli operation. On August 6, Israel said it struck Islamic Jihad militants preparing to launch rockets and militant posts, while artillery units also fired across the border. Palestinian militants fired at least 160 rockets across the border, setting off air raids sirens and sending people running to bomb shelters as far as the central Israeli city of Modiin, between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. GAZA CITY, GAZA (FILE - AUGUST 6, 2022) (REUTERS) STRIKE HITTING BUILDING, BLACK SMOKE BILLOWING UP PEOPLE RUNNING ON STREET AWAY FROM LOCATION WHERE ISRAELI AIR STRIKE HIT DESTROYED BUILDING ASHKELON, ISRAEL (FILE - AUGUST 6, 2022) (REUTERS) IRON DOME INTERCEPTION MISSILE LAUNCHING RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (FILE - AUGUST 6, 2022) (REUTERS) PALESTINIANS THROWING STONES TOWARDS ISRAELI MILITARY VEHICLE AND RUNNING AWAY AS TEAR GAS LAUNCHED FROM VEHICLE / SMOKE RISING ISRAELI SOLDIER FIRING WEAPON SOLDIERS THROWING STUN GRENADES AND TEAR GAS CLOSE TO JOURNALISTS / MEDIA RUNNING AWAY ISRAELI SOLDIER TAKING AIM AND FIRING ISRAELI BORDER WITH GAZA, ISRAEL (FILE - AUGUST 6,2022) (REUTERS) ISRAELI ARMY TANK ON BORDER WITH GAZA, FIRING TOWARD GAZA ISRAELI SOLDIERS SITTING UNDER TENT AT BORDER SOLDIERS CLIMBING INTO VEHICLE At least one house was flattened in a strike on Gaza. The house’s owner said he received an advance warning by the Israeli army to evacuate before he scrambled to safety. The house was hit first with smaller missiles before warplanes bombed it. GAZA CITY, GAZA (AUGUST 6, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF DEMOLISHED HOUSE AFTER ISRAELI AIR STRIKE, PEOPLE LOOKING AT DAMAGE ON THE GROUND GAZA CITY, GAZA (AUGUST 6, 2022) (REUTERS) CHILD LOOKING ACROSS AT DEMOLISHED REMAINS OF HOUSE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE INSPECTING DAMAGE BOY STANDING ON RUBBLE CHICKEN STANDING ON RUBBLE When Israeli rockets slammed into her neighbourhood in a crowded refugee camp in the Gaza strip on August 6, 9-year-old Leen Matar said she was so scared that she began to recite Islam's final prayers. RAFAH, GAZA (FILE - AUGUST 7, 2022) (REUTERS) DESTROYED BUILDING AFTER ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING AROUND RUBBLE FATHER OF GAZAN 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL, LEEN MATAR, WHO WAS RESCUED FROM THE RUBBLE, SHOWING PHOTO FOR HER WITH THE GRANDFATHER WALKING OUT OF RUBBLE MATAR AT HOSPITAL WITH BROKEN LEG (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) GAZAN 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL WHO WAS RESCUED FROM BETWEEN RUBBLE, LEEN MATAR, SAYING: "I was saying the last prayers, I didn’t expect to live, I didn't expect to live until the moment they rescued me." Israel and Palestinian militants agreed to a Cairo-mediated truce to take effect late on August 7, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in more than a year. Rockets were still being launched from Gaza towards Israel as the reported truce was approaching. ASHKELON, ISRAEL (FILE - AUGUST 7, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) (NIGHT SHOTS) DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING ROCKETS LAUNCHED FROM GAZA TOWARDS ISRAEL Former U.S. President Donald Trump said that his Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, has been raided by FBI agents, but did not say why. Documents unsealed in federal court said the agents removed 11 sets of classified documents, including several marked top secret. The agents were looking at the Florida estate for documents related to nuclear weapons, the Washington Post reported. PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 8, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF POLICE VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC OUTSIDE FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO RESIDENCE, CARS DRIVEN BY TRUMP SUPPORTERS PASSING BY PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 15, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) DRONE SHOTOF TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO ESTATE DRONE SHOT OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS NEAR ESTATE DRONE SHOTOF TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO ESTATE WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES (FILE - AUGUST 15, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS PAGES OF THE SEARCH WARRANT AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE FBI RAID OF TRUMP'S MAR-A-LAGO ESTATE Historic monsoon rains that hit Pakistan killed at least 1,000 people and affected more than 33 million others. Roads, crops, infrastructure and bridges were washed away by unprecedented flash floods. In Ratodero, the capital of Sindh province 480 km north of Karachi, many Pakistanis displaced by the floods took shelter in makeshift huts set up along dry patches of roads. Pakistan appealed for international help and some countries sent in supplies and rescue teams. RATODERO, SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN (FILE - AUGUST 29, 2022) (REUTERS) (MUTE) VARIOUS DRONE SHOTS OF FLOOD WATERS SURROUNDING HOUSES AND TREES RATODERO, SINDH PROVINCE, PAKISTAN (FILE - AUGUST 29, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MAN HOLDING ROPE COT ON HEAD WADING THROUGH WAIST-DEEP WATER PEOPLE DISPLACED BY FLOODS LIVING IN MAKESHIFT ROADSIDE TENTS VARIOUS OF ELDERLY WOMAN SITTING AT TENT WOMAN AND CHILDREN SITTING UNDER TENT DAMAGED HOUSES IN FLOOD WATERS
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- Keywords: Darya Dugina Deputy President William Ruto First Lady Olena Zelenska Former U.S. President Donald Trump Gaza strip IAEA chief Rafael Grossi Kisumu Mar-A-Lago estate raid Mikhail Gorbachev Pakistan monsoon rains Pinabete mine Razoni Russian military airbase at Novofedorivka in western Crimea Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Salman Rushdie Tayyip Erdogan U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner Ukraine crisis Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant daughter of Alexander Dugin wildfires
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