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  • Israel tingkat pengeboman Gaza, membunuh 80 orang, ketika Trump melawat Teluk

    Penduduk Palestin memeriksa tapak serangan Israel ke atas sebuah rumah, di Jabalia, di utara Semenanjung Gaza, 14 Mei 2025. REUTERS

    KAHERAH, 14 Mei – Serangan tentera Israel membunuh sekurang-kurangnya 80 rakyat Palestin di seluruh Semenanjung Gaza pada Rabu, kata pihak berkuasa kesihatan tempatan, dalam peningkatan pengeboman ketika Presiden AS Donald Trump melawat Timur Tengah.

    Pegawai perubatan berkata kebanyakan mangsa yang maut, termasuk wanita dan kanak-kanak, terbunuh dalam serangan udara Israel yang bertubi-tubi ke atas rumah di kawasan Jabalia di utara Gaza.

    Kemudian pada Rabu, tentera Israel mengeluarkan arahan pemindahan baharu kepada penduduk di beberapa daerah di bandar Gaza, memaksa beribu-ribu rakyat Palestin meninggalkan tempat perlindungan mereka.

    Kawasan yang diancam oleh amaran pemindahan termasuk beberapa sekolah dan Hospital Shifa terbesar, menurut peta diterbitkan oleh tentera Israel.

    Saksi dan pegawai perubatan berkata sejurus selepas arahan pemindahan, pesawat Israel melakukan beberapa serangan udara terhadap sasaran dalam bandar Gaza.

    “Sesetengah mangsa masih berada di jalan dan di bawah runtuhan di mana pasukan penyelamat dan kecemasan awam tidak dapat mencapai (mereka),” kata kenyataan kementerian kesihatan.

    Tentera Israel tidak mempunyai sebarang komen segera. Ia berkata ia cuba mengesahkan laporan itu.

    Rakaman televisyen Reuters menunjukkan penduduk kembali ke runtuhan rumah mereka. Ada yang menyelongkar sisa-sisa dinding dan perabot, mencari dokumen dan barang-barang.

    “Mereka melepaskan dua roket, mereka memberitahu kami rumah Moqbel (telah dihentam),” kata Hadi Moqbel, yang kehilangan saudara-mara dalam serangan di Jabalia.

    “Kami datang berlari, kami melihat bahagian badan di atas tanah, kanak-kanak terbunuh, wanita terbunuh dan bayi terbunuh – kepalanya meletup seperti bunga. Dia berumur dua bulan.”

    Laporan akhbar Israel pada Rabu memetik pegawai keselamatan sebagai berkata mereka percaya pemimpin tentera Hamas Mohammad Sinwar dan pegawai kanan lain telah terbunuh dalam serangan pada Selasa ke atas apa yang disifatkan oleh tentera Israel sebagai kubu perintah dan kawalan di bawah Hospital Eropah di bandar selatan Gaza Khan Younis.

    Tiada pengesahan oleh tentera Israel atau Hamas. Pada Rabu, saksi dan pegawai perubatan berkata serangan udara Israel melanda jentolak yang menghampiri kawasan serangan di Hospital Eropah, mencederakan beberapa orang.

    Lewat Selasa, Jihad Islam, kumpulan militan disokong Iran yang bersekutu dengan Hamas, melancarkan roket dari Gaza ke arah Israel.
    Sejurus sebelum Israel membalas serangan, tenteranya mengeluarkan arahan pemindahan kepada penduduk di kawasan Jabalia dan berhampiran Beit Lahiya.

    LAWATAN TRUMP

    Rakyat Palestin berharap lawatan Trump ke Arab Saudi, Qatar dan Emiriah Arab Bersatu (UAE) akan memberikan tekanan untuk mengurangkan keganasan.

    Hamas pada Isnin membebaskan Edan Alexander, tebusan Amerika terakhir yang diketahui masih hidup yang telah ditahannya.

    Trump berkata di Riyadh pada Selasa bahawa lebih ramai tebusan akan mengikuti Alexander dan penduduk Gaza berhak mendapat masa depan yang lebih baik. Dia tidak melawat Israel semasa lawatannya ke Timur Tengah.

    Usaha gencatan senjata telah goyah. Hamas bercakap dengan Amerika Syarikat dan pengantara Mesir dan Qatar untuk mengatur pembebasan Alexander, dan Israel telah menghantar satu pasukan ke Doha untuk memulakan pusingan baru rundingan.

    Pada Selasa, utusan khas Trump, Steve Witkoff dan Adam Boehler bertemu keluarga tebusan di Tel Aviv dan berkata mereka melihat peluang yang lebih baik untuk perjanjian pembebasan tebusan berikutan perjanjian mengenai Alexander.

    Hamas berkata pada Rabu serangan berterusan menunjukkan Perdana Menteri Israel Benjamin Netanyahu mahu “meningkatkan pencerobohan dan pembunuhan beramai-ramai terhadap orang awam untuk menjejaskan usaha (gencatan senjata) itu”. Israel telah menyalahkan Hamas atas peperangan yang berterusan.

    AS telah membentangkan rancangan untuk membuka semula penghantaran bantuan kemanusiaan di Gaza menggunakan kontraktor swasta. Israel, yang mengenakan sekatan total bekalan ke Gaza mulai 2 Mac, telah mengesahkan rancangan itu tetapi ia telah ditolak oleh Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu dan agensi bantuan antarabangsa.

    Israel menyerang Gaza sebagai tindakan balas terhadap serangan diketuai Hamas ke atas komuniti selatan Israel pada 7 Oktober 2023, di mana kira-kira 1,200 orang terbunuh dan 251 telah diambil sebagai tebusan ke Gaza, menurut pengiraan Israel.

    Kempen tentera Israel telah membunuh lebih 52,900 rakyat Palestin, menurut pegawai kesihatan tempatan. Ia telah meninggalkan Gaza di ambang kebuluran, kata kumpulan bantuan dan agensi antarabangsa.

    REUTERS

  • Israel intensifies Gaza bombardment, kills 80 people, as Trump visits Gulf

    Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2025. REUTERS

    CAIRO, May 14 – Israeli military strikes killed at least 80 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, local health authorities said, in an intensification of the bombardment as U.S. President Donald Trump visits the Middle East.

    Medics said most of the dead, including women and children, were killed in a barrage of Israeli airstrikes on houses in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza.

    Later on Wednesday, the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders to people in several districts in Gaza City, forcing thousands of Palestinians to leave their shelters.

    The areas threatened by the evacuation warnings included several schools and the largest Shifa Hospital, according to a map published by the Israeli army.

    Witnesses and medics said shortly after the evacuation orders Israeli planes carried several airstrikes against targets within Gaza City.

    “Some victims are still on the road and under the rubble where rescue and civil emergency teams can’t reach (them),” the health ministry statement said.

    Israel’s military had no immediate comment. It said it was trying to verify the reports.

    Reuters television footage showed residents returning to the ruins of their homes. Some sifted through the remains of walls and furniture, looking for documents and belongings.

    “They fired two rockets, they told us the house of Moqbel (had been hit),” said Hadi Moqbel, who lost relatives in the attack in Jabalia.

    “We came running, we saw body parts on the ground, children killed, the woman killed and a baby killed – his head was exploded like a flower. He was two months old.”

    Israeli press reports on Wednesday cited security officials as saying they believed Hamas military leader Mohammad Sinwar and other senior officials had been killed in a strike on Tuesday on what the Israeli military described as a command and control bunker under the European Hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.

    There was no confirmation by the Israeli military or Hamas. On Wednesday, witnesses and medics said an Israeli airstrike hit a bulldozer that approached the area of the strike at the European Hospital, wounding several people.

    Late on Tuesday, Islamic Jihad, an Iranian-backed militant group allied with Hamas, fired rockets from Gaza towards Israel. Shortly before Israel hit back, its military issued evacuation orders to residents in the area of Jabalia and nearby Beit Lahiya.

    TRUMP VISIT

    Palestinians hope Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will provide pressure for a reduction of violence. Hamas on Monday released Edan Alexander, the last known living American hostage it had been holding.

    Trump said in Riyadh on Tuesday that more hostages would follow Alexander and that the people of Gaza deserved a better future. He is not visiting Israel during his Middle East trip.

    Ceasefire efforts have faltered. Hamas talked to the United States and Egyptian and Qatari mediators to arrange Alexander’s release, and Israel has sent a team to Doha to begin a new round of talks.

    On Tuesday, Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Adam Boehler met hostage families in Tel Aviv and said they saw a better chance of an agreement for the hostages’ release following the deal over Alexander.

    Hamas said on Wednesday the continued attacks indicated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to “escalate the aggression and massacres against civilians to undermine those (ceasefire) efforts”. Israel has blamed Hamas for the continuing war.

    The U.S. has presented a plan to reopen humanitarian aid deliveries in Gaza using private contractors. Israel, which imposed a total blockade of supplies going into Gaza from March 2, has endorsed the plan but it has been rejected by the United Nations and international aid agencies.

    Israel invaded Gaza in retaliation for the Hamas-led attack on southern Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken as hostages to Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.

    Israel’s military campaign has killed more than 52,900 Palestinians, according to local health officials. It has left Gaza on the brink of famine, aid groups and international agencies say.

    REUTERS

  • Meloni Itali gesa Netanyahu Israel hormati undang-undang antarabangsa di Gaza

    ROMA – Israel mesti menghormati undang-undang antarabangsa dalam operasi ketenteraannya di Gaza, kata Perdana Menteri Itali Giorgia Meloni pada Rabu, menyifatkan situasi kemanusiaan di kawasan Palestin semakin “dramatik dan tidak wajar”.

    Israel menyerang Gaza selepas serangan diketuai Hamas ke atas komuniti Israel selatan pada 7 Oktober 2023, dan baru-baru ini mengumumkan rancangan untuk melancarkan serangan untuk mengalahkan kumpulan militan Hamas.

    “Sejak beberapa bulan lalu saya telah bercakap dengan Perdana Menteri (Benjamin) Netanyahu pada beberapa kali, dan perbualan selalunya sukar,” Meloni memberitahu sesi masa soal jawab di dewan rendah parlimen Itali.

    Lebih 52,000 rakyat Palestin telah terbunuh dalam serangan Israel, menurut pihak berkuasa kesihatan tempatan. Kempen ketenteraan telah meninggalkan Gaza di ambang kebuluran, kata kumpulan bantuan dan agensi antarabangsa.

    “Saya selalu mengingat keperluan mendesak untuk mencari jalan untuk menamatkan permusuhan dan menghormati undang-undang antarabangsa dan undang-undang kemanusiaan antarabangsa. Permintaan yang saya perbaharui hari ini,” kata Meloni.

    Serangan Israel diperhebat minggu ini, membunuh berpuluh-puluh di utara Gaza, kata penduduk tempatan.

    Presiden Perancis Emmanuel Macron minggu ini juga mengkritik dasar Netanyahu di Gaza, menyebutnya memalukan. Pemimpin Israel itu membalas menuduh Macron berpihak kepada Hamas.

    Kerajaan Meloni telah menjadi salah satu penyokong Israel yang paling lantang di Eropah, tetapi terdapat kegelisahan yang semakin meningkat dalam sebahagian daripada gabungannya mengenai kempen ketenteraan Israel yang tidak henti-henti dan lama.

    AN-REUTERS

  • Italy’s Meloni urges Israel’s Netanyahu to respect international law in Gaza

    ROME – Israel must respect international law in its military operation in Gaza, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Wednesday, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave increasingly “dramatic and unjustifiable.”

    Israel invaded Gaza after the Hamas-led attack on southern Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, and has recently announced plans for an expanded offensive to defeat militant group Hamas.

    “Over the past months I have spoken with Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu on several occasions, and the conversations have often been difficult,” Meloni told a question time session in the Italian lower house of parliament.

    More than 52,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli offensive, according to local health authorities. The military campaign has left Gaza on the brink of famine, aid groups and international agencies say.

    “I have always recalled the urgency of finding a way to end the hostilities and respect international law and international humanitarian law. A request that I renew today,” Meloni said.

    Israeli strikes intensified this week, killing dozens in northern Gaza, locals have said.

    French President Emmanuel Macron this week also criticized Netanyahu’s policy in Gaza, calling it shameful. The Israeli leader struck back accusing Macron of siding with Hamas.
    Meloni’s government has been one of Israel’s most vocal supporters within Europe, but there has been growing unease within parts of her coalition over Israel’s relentless and long-running military campaign.

    AN-REUTERS

  • Seorang maut, 12 cedera dalam serangan bom tangan di barat daya Pakistan

    ISLAMABAD, 14 Mei – Sekurang-kurangnya seorang terbunuh dan 12 lagi cedera dalam serangan bom tangan pada petang Rabu di Quetta, ibu kota wilayah Balochistan di barat daya Pakistan, kata polis tempatan.

    Menurut polis, penyerang tidak dikenali melemparkan dua bom tangan pada perhimpunan politik dekat Jalan Munir Mengal di bandar itu. Perhimpunan itu diketuai oleh Ali Madad Jattak, seorang Ahli Dewan Balochistan dan seorang pemimpin Parti Rakyat Pakistan (PPP).

    Polis, pasukan keselamatan, dan pasukan penyelamat bertindak pantas ke tempat kejadian dan membawa mangsa maut dan cedera ke hospital berdekatan. Serangan itu menyebabkan kerosakan sebahagian pada kenderaan dan beca.

    Pasukan keselamatan mengepung kawasan itu dan memulakan siasatan forensik untuk mengesan pelaku.

    Belum ada kumpulan mengaku bertanggungjawab atas serangan itu.

    XINHUA

  • One killed, 12 injured in hand grenade attack in SW Pakistan

    ISLAMABAD, May 14 – At least one person was killed and 12 others injured in a hand grenade attack on Wednesday evening in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, local police said.

    According to police, unknown assailants hurled two hand grenades at a political rally near Munir Mengal Road of the city. The rally was led by Ali Madad Jattak, a Member of the Balochistan Assembly and a leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

    Police, security forces, and rescue teams swiftly responded to the scene and transported the deceased and injured to a nearby hospital. The attack caused partial damage to a vehicle and a rickshaw.

    Security forces cordoned off the area and initiated a forensic investigation to trace the perpetrators.

    No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

    XINHUA

  • Pempengaruh kecantikan Mexico ditembak mati semasa strim langsung TikTok

    BANDARAYA MEXICO, 14 Mei – Seorang pempengaruh media sosial muda Mexico, yang terkenal dengan videonya mengenai kecantikan dan solek, ditembak mati secara tidak sengaja semasa siaran langsung TikTok, dalam satu insiden yang menimbulkan kejutan di negara menghadapi tahap keganasan berasaskan jantina yang tinggi.

    Kematian Valeria Marquez, 23, sedang disiasat mengikut protokol untuk pembunuhan wanita – pembunuhan wanita atau kanak-kanak perempuan atas sebab jantina – kata pendakwa raya negeri Jalisco dalam satu kenyataan dikeluarkan pada petang Selasa.

    Pembunuhan wanita boleh melibatkan keganasan yang merendahkan martabat, penderaan seksual, hubungan dengan pembunuh, atau mayat mangsa terdedah di ruang awam, menurut pihak berkuasa Mexico.

    Marquez dibunuh pada Selasa di salon kecantikan tempat dia bekerja di bandar Zapopan oleh seorang lelaki yang memasuki dan menembaknya, kata kenyataan itu. Pejabat pendakwa raya tidak menamakan suspek.

    Beberapa saat sebelum kejadian itu, Marquez dilihat pada strim langsung TikToknya sedang duduk di meja sambil memegang mainan yang disumbat. Dia terdengar berkata, “mereka akan datang,” sebelum suara di latar belakang bertanya “Hei, Vale?”

    “Ya,” jawab Marquez, sejurus sebelum meredam bunyi pada strim langsung.

    Beberapa saat kemudian, dia ditembak mati. Seseorang kelihatan mengambil telefonnya, dengan wajah terpapar sebentar pada strim langsung sebelum video tamat.

    Marquez, yang mempunyai hampir 200,000 pengikut di seluruh Instagram dan TikTok, telah berkata sebelum ini dalam strim langsung bahawa seseorang datang ke salun apabila dia tidak berada di sana dengan membawa “hadiah mahal” untuk disampaikan kepadanya. Marquez, yang kelihatan prihatin, berkata dia tidak bercadang untuk menunggu orang itu datang lagi.

    Mexico terikat dengan Paraguay, Uruguay dan Bolivia sebagai negara dengan kadar pembunuhan wanita keempat tertinggi di Amerika Latin dan Caribbean, menurut data terkini daripada Suruhanjaya Ekonomi Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu untuk Amerika Latin dan Caribbean, pada 1.3 kematian sedemikian bagi setiap 100,000 wanita pada 2023.

    Jalisco menduduki tempat keenam daripada 32 negeri Mexico, termasuk Mexico City, untuk pembunuhan, dengan 906 direkodkan di sana sejak permulaan penggal Presiden Claudia Sheinbaum pada Oktober 2024, menurut perundingan data TResearch.

    REUTERS

  • Mexican beauty influencer shot to death during TikTok livestream

    MEXICO CITY, May 14 – A young Mexican social media influencer, known for her videos about beauty and makeup, was brazenly shot to death during a TikTok livestream, in an incident that sent shockwaves through a country that faces high levels of gender-based violence.

    The death of Valeria Marquez, 23, is being investigated according to protocols for femicide – the killing of women or girls for reasons of gender – the Jalisco state prosecutor said in a statement released on Tuesday evening.

    Femicide can involve degrading violence, sexual abuse, a relationship with the murderer, or the victim’s body being exposed in a public space, according to Mexican authorities.

    Marquez was killed on Tuesday in the beauty salon where she worked in the city of Zapopan by a man who entered and shot her, the statement said. The prosecutor’s office did not name a suspect.

    Seconds before the incident, Marquez was seen on her TikTok livestream seated at a table clutching a stuffed toy. She was heard saying, “they’re coming,” before a voice in the background asked “Hey, Vale?”

    “Yes,” Marquez replied, just before muting the sound on the livestream.

    Moments later, she was shot to death. A person appeared to pick up her phone, with their face briefly showing on the livestream before the video ended.

    Marquez, who had nearly 200,000 followers across Instagram and TikTok, had said earlier on the livestream that someone came to the salon when she was not there with an “expensive gift” to deliver to her. Marquez, who appeared concerned, said she was not planning to wait for the person to come back.

    Mexico is tied with Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia as the countries with the fourth-highest rates of femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the latest data from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, at 1.3 such deaths for every 100,000 women in 2023.

    Jalisco is ranked sixth out of Mexico’s 32 states, including Mexico City, for homicides, with 906 recorded there since the beginning of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s term in October 2024, according to data consultancy TResearch.

    REUTERS

  • Jet latihan tentera Jepun terhempas dalam kolam, 2 hilang

    TOKYO, 14 Mei – Sebuah jet latihan T-4 Pasukan Pertahanan Udara Jepun (JASDF) terhempas ke dalam kolam di Wilayah Aichi pada Rabu, menyebabkan dua kru hilang.

    T-4 berlepas dari Pangkalan Udara Komaki pada jam 3:06 petang waktu tempatan dan hilang daripada radar sekitar jam 3:08 petang, timur laut pangkalan itu, lapor penyiar kebangsaan NHK.

    Jabatan bomba tempatan melaporkan menerima panggilan kecemasan yang menyatakan objek seperti pesawat terhempas ke dalam kolam di kawasan itu.

    Bahagian daripada pesawat itu ditemui di sekitar Kolam Iruka, tetapi setakat jam 8 malam, dua kru yang berada di dalamnya masih belum ditemui. Tiada kecederaan dilaporkan di kawasan sekitar.

    Tumpahan minyak diperhatikan di sebelah utara Kolam Iruka, dan Pasukan Pertahanan Diri dan polis meneruskan pencarian mereka untuk dua kru terbabit sambil menyiasat perincian kejadian.

    XINHUA

  • Japan military trainer jet crashes into pond, 2 missing

    TOKYO, May 14 – A Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) T-4 trainer jet crashed into a pond in Aichi Prefecture on Wednesday, leaving two crew members missing.

    The T-4 took off from Komaki Air Base at 3:06 p.m. local time and disappeared from radar around 3:08 p.m., northeast of the base, national broadcaster NHK reported.

    Local fire departments reported receiving emergency calls stating that an aircraft-like object had crashed into a pond in the area.

    Parts of the aircraft were found around Iruka Pond, but as of 8:00 p.m., the two crew members on board had not been located. No injuries have been reported in the surrounding area.

    An oil slick has been observed on the northern side of Iruka Pond, and the Self-Defense Forces and police are continuing their search for the two crew members while investigating the details of the incident.

    XINHUA