Militant Group Commander Killed in Airstrike in Gaza; US, Australia, Japan urge China to stop war drills; Ukrainian woman who sacrifices her life for animals… Today’s world news
Ukrainian risks life for animals, China military exercise near Taiwan today world news: Now let’s see the important events that took place in the countries of the world today.
Militant commander killed in Gaza airstrike
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group said an Israeli airstrike killed its top commander for the southern Gaza Strip, a day after Israel killed the northern Gaza commander of an Iran-backed group in an airstrike, sparking the worst cross-border conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants since the end of the 11-day war in 2021.
Islamic Jihad’s al-Quda Brigades confirmed on Sunday that an air strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah killed commander Khaled Mansour and two fellow fighters.
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The organization said five other civilians, including a child and three women, were killed in airstrikes in Rafah that flattened several houses.
US, Australia, Japan urge China to stop war drills
The United States, Australia and Japan have urged China to immediately halt military exercises that began following US Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei, reaffirming their commitment to maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
Nancy Pelosi, 82, is the most senior US sitting leader to visit Taiwan in 25 years. Nancy Pelosi’s visit last Wednesday and her meetings with President Tsai Ing-wen and other leaders have angered China, which views the self-governing democratic island of Taiwan as its territory and wants it reunified, even by force.
China has begun large-scale military exercises in response to Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taipei and is firing a barrage of ballistic missiles into the waters around Taiwan.
Ukrainian woman sacrifices her life for animals
Natalia Popova from Ukraine has found a new purpose in life: rescuing wild animals and pets from destruction caused by the war in Ukraine.
“They’re my life,” says Natalia, 50, stroking the light-furred lion, which looks like a kitten. From inside a cage, a lion stretches its paws towards its keeper and enjoys being petted by him.
Natalia Popova, working with the animal protection group UA Animals, has already saved more than 300 animals from war; Of those, 200 animals were transported abroad, and another 100 were placed in a new location in western Ukraine, which is considered safe. Many of them were wild animals that were kept as pets in private homes before their owners fled Russian shelling and missiles.
There are now 133 animals in the Natalya shelter in the village of Chubynske in the Kiev region. This includes wild animals like 13 lions, one leopard, one tiger, three deer, wolves, foxes, raccoons and domestic animals like roe deer and horses, donkeys, goats, rabbits, dogs, cats and birds.
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