At least four Palestinians were killed on Thursday and 23 others injured after an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) operation in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian Authority Health Ministry, at least five of the injured are in critical condition. In a statement the Israeli security forces said they neutralized two operatives of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization who are suspected of significant terrorist activity.
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Serbia school attack killed several children
A teenage boy opened fire in a school in the Serbian capital of Belgrade just after lessons began on Wednesday morning, killing eight children and a security guard and seriously injuring several others. The boy, a 13 year old student at the school, allegedly sketched out the attack in advance on crumpled pieces of paper that officials displayed at a somber press conference. He called police himself after the shootings.
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6 workers presumed dead after Baltimore bridge collapse
A cargo ship lost power and rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, destroying the span in a matter of seconds and plunging it into the river in a terrifying collapse that could disrupt a vital shipping port for months. Six people were missing and presumed dead, and the search for them was suspended until Wednesday morning.
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6 killed at Nashville school and deceased shooter identified
Three children and three adults were killed by an attacker who carried two assault-style weapons and a pistol into an elementary school in Nashville. Officers shot and killed the attacker at the Covenant School, attached to the Covenant Presbyterian church in the Tennessee state capital. Lamenting the heartbreaking attack, President Joe Biden repeated his call for Congress to pass meaningful gun control reform including an assault weapons ban.
