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Israel Halts Electricity Supply To Gaza – Energy Minister

Israel ordered its state-run electricity company to halt supply to the Gaza Strip on Saturday after Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel, the energy minister said.

“I have signed an order instructing (Israel) Electric Company to stop the electricity supply to Gaza,” Energy Minister Israel Katz said in a statement.

Hamas has released images of several Israelis taken captive, and Israel army spokesman Daniel Hagari confirmed that “there are kidnapped soldiers and civilians.

READ ALSO: Israel Death Toll From Hamas Attack Rises To 70.

The army said its forces were engaged in live gun battles in several locations near the Gaza Strip, in an operation labelled “Swords of Iron”.

Israel’s military said it had warned residents to evacuate before targeting two multistorey buildings used by Hamas.

The aid group Doctors without Borders said one strike had hit the enclave’s Indonesian hospital and an ambulance outside Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, causing multiple deaths. »

Donald Trump Suffers Legal Week From Hell

Authored by newsweek.com

Donald Trump endured a hellish legal week, sitting in court for the first three days of his civil fraud trial and suffering setbacks in a number of cases against him.

But Donald Trump lives in a fantasy world where money grows on trees and facts don't matter.".

The past week was "a bruising one for Trump in court," former federal prosecutor Harry Litman said on MSNBC. »

World Gymnastics Championships: Simone Biles makes history with women's all-around gold

Authored by bbc.com

American Simone Biles has become the most decorated gymnast in history after winning her second gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships.

Her total of 34 world and Olympic medals is more than any other gymnast, male or female.

She finished ahead of defending champion Rebeca Andrade of Brazil (56.766), while Biles' American team-mate Shilese Jones took bronze with a score of 56.332. »

Netanyahu says Israel is at war after hundreds die in Hamas attacks

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France closes seven schools over bedbug infestations

Authored by theguardian.com

France has been forced to shut seven schools over growing concerns over an infestation of bedbugs, the education minister has said.

“Bedbugs were detected at various levels in … I believe 17 institutions, and currently as I speak to you, seven institutions are closed for this reason,” Gabriel Attal told France 5 television.

Earlier this week, authorities announced two schools – one in Marseille and the other in Villefranche-sur-Saone outside Lyon in south-eastern France – had been shut down for cleaning. »