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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Oct. 14

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GAZA -- At least 19 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured on Sunday in Israeli shelling on a school housing displaced persons in the Nuseirat refugee camp of central Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources.

Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that Israeli artillery fired on the Al-Mufti school, which houses dozens of displaced families in the northern Nuseirat camp. (Gaza Strip-Hamas-Israel)

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SEOUL -- The armed forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) received order to get ready to open fire, state media said on Sunday, amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula following DPRK accusation of South Korea for recent drone incursion into its airspace.

A Sunday statement by the DPRK Ministry of National Defence said that "the General Staff of the Korean People's Army issued a preliminary operation order on October 12th to the combined artillery units along the (southern) border and the units taking on an important firepower task to get fully ready to open fire," according to a report by the official Korean Central News Agency. (DPRK-South Korea-Tensions)

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JERUSALEM -- Four soldiers were killed in a drone attack on a military base in northern Israel Sunday evening, the Israeli military said in a statement.

The Israel Defense Forces said that a drone launched by Hezbollah forces from Lebanon hit an army base adjacent to the town of Binyamina, located on the Carmel coast between Haifa and Tel Aviv. (Israel-Hezbollah-Drone Attack)

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LOS ANGELES -- SpaceX completed its fifth test flight of its giant Starship rocket on Sunday, achieving the return of its booster back on the launch pad.

SpaceX launched Starship at about 8:25 a.m. Central Time (1325 GMT) from its Starbase facility near Brownsville, U.S. state of Texas. (U.S.-SpaceX-Starship) Enditem

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