GAZA -- At least 18 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the central and northern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources on Friday.

Local sources and eyewitnesses reported that Israeli warplanes targeted an apartment in the multi-story "Yaffa" tower in the al-Nuseirat camp, located in central Gaza. A statement from Al-Awda Hospital in the camp confirmed that eight people were killed and 14 others injured, some seriously, in the attack. (Gaza-Israeli Airstrikes-Death Toll)

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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi group said they launched joint drone attacks with the Iraqi Resistance on Friday against "military and vital targets" in Israel.

"We will respond to any Israeli-U.S. escalation against Yemen with a similar escalation and will not hesitate to target the vital facilities of the Israeli enemy as well as the military actions of the U.S. enemy," Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement at a rally of the Houthi supporters in the capital Sanaa. (Yemen-Houthis-Israeli Targets)

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KHARTOUM -- The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday announced that three of its staff members were killed in an aerial bombardment in Sudan, while the Sudanese government pledged to investigate the incident.

"The WFP is outraged by the killing of three of its staff members in an aerial bombardment in Sudan on Thursday, December 19, 2024," the UN agency said in a statement on social media platform X. (Sudan-UN-Killings)

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DAMASCUS -- A high-level U.S. delegation met with Ahmad al-Shara, the commander of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, on Friday.

In a statement, the U.S. State Department said the diplomats "will be engaging directly with the Syrian people ... about their vision for the future of their country and how the United States can help support them." (Syria-U.S.-Engagement) Enditem

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