More than 600 Israelis are now feared dead and thousands more have been injured following an unprecedented attack by Hamas militants. Israeli media said at least 600 people were killed and 2,000 wounded in Saturday’s attack. Hamas fighters have also taken an unknown number of civilians and soldiers …
Read More »UN documents summary execution of 77 Ukrainian civilians
A United Nations monitoring mission in Ukraine finds both Russia and Ukraine guilty of breaching international law. A United Nations mission in Ukraine has expressed grave concern over the summary execution of more than 70 Ukrainian civilians by Russian forces while also documenting other breaches of international law by both …
Read More »Russia Ramps Up Pressure on Civilians in Occupied Ukraine
Russia is ramping up pressure on civilians in occupied parts of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, whose forces have stepped up their assaults behind enemy lines ahead of a widely expected counteroffensive. The assault could prove a critical opportunity after 14 months of war, not just for Ukraine to regain …
Read More »Video: Russian Strike in Eastern Ukraine Kills 6 Civilians
About a dozen others were also wounded when Russian shelling blasted numerous homes and buildings in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine.
Read More »‘Russia planning new mobilization of civilians to turn tide of war’ – Zelensky
Ukraine‘s President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russia is planning to call up more troops for a major new offensive, even as Moscow faces some of its biggest internal criticism of the war over a Ukranian missile strike that killed scores of fresh conscripts on new year’s eve. Kyiv has …
Read More »Soldiers and civilians reportedly killed by ISWAP terrorists
Soldiers and civilians have reportedly been killed by ISWAP terrorists who attacked an army base and a town in Borno. Eyewitnesses told AFP that the terrorists who drove trucks fitted with machine guns, stormed Malam Fatori town, in Abadam district, late Friday and early Saturday November 19. A military officer said; …
Read More »Bandits kill five policemen and three civilians in Katsina
Bandits have killed five mobile policemen and three civilians in Gatakawa community, Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident occurred at about 5:35pm on Wednesday, July 20, when the terrorists numbering over 300 stormed the community and started shooting sporadically to scare the residents. A source told …
Read More »More than 300,000 civilians killed in Syrian conflict: UN report
The report based on eight sources says some 306,887 civilians were killed in Syria between March 1, 2011 to March 31, 2021 due to the conflict. In the first 10 years of Syria’s conflict more than 300,000 civilians were killed, the United Nations has said, while on the same day …
Read More »‘Grim reality’ of war’s deadly toll on civilians laid bare in Security Council
Updating the ambassadors on the latest UN report on protecting civilians in armed conflict, Ramesh Rajasingham, Director of the Coordination Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that hostilities in densely populated areas, “sharply” increased the risks of death and injury for civilians. “When explosive …
Read More »One officer, four civilians killed as gunmen open fire on police convoy in Bayelsa
One officer and four civilians were killed while others sustained injuries when gunmen ambushed a police convoy at Idema- Otuabagi Road, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The victims were returning from the burial of a police officer on Saturday, May 14, when the gunmen suspected to be kidnappers …
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