BEIRUT -- At least four people, including a child, were killed and 27 others injured in an Israeli airstrike Monday night near Lebanon's largest public hospital close to Beirut's southern suburbs, according to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health.

The Israeli strike targeted the vicinity of Rafik Hariri University Hospital in the Jnah area, located on the outskirts of southern Beirut. (Lebanon-Israel-Airstrikes)

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KHARTOUM -- More than 10 people have been killed in an attack by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on cities and villages in central Sudan, a local non-governmental group announced on Monday.

"Yesterday (Sunday) and today (Monday), large numbers of the Janjaweed militia attacked the eastern region of Gezira State and committed massacres in Tamboul and Rufaa cities as well as several villages," the non-governmental resistance committee in Wad Madani, the capital city of the Gezira state, said in a statement. (Sudan-Death)

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JERUSALEM -- Israeli and U.S. officials have begun implementing a 5.2-billion-U.S. dollar emergency aid package to bolster Israel's air defense system, the Israeli Defense Ministry said Monday.

The Israeli and U.S. sides completed an exchange of letters to initiate the package, which will enhance Israel's Iron Dome anti-rocket system, David's Sling missile defense system, and the Iron Beam laser defense system, the ministry said in a statement. (Israel-US-Air Defense Aid)

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ROME -- Severe flooding caused by intense rainfall in central Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, has claimed one life and forced the evacuation of at least 2,500 people in the past 24 hours, mayor Matteo Lepore said on social media Monday.

A 20-year-old man died on Sunday when the car he was driving with his brother was swept away by floodwaters in a small town near Bologna, the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region. (Italy-Floods) Enditem

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