The details surrounding the crash remain unclear, and further updates are awaited.
Indian Passenger Plane Crashes in Afghanistan’s; Investigations Underway. In a tragic incident, an Indian passenger plane crashed in the northeastern region of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, according to reports from foreign media. Afghan police stated that the aircraft crashed into the mountainous terrain near the Zebak district of Badakhshan, becoming undetectable on radar since last night.
Authorities are facing challenges in promptly determining the type of aircraft, the number of passengers on board, and the cause of the accident. Afghan officials have dispatched a team to the area to conduct thorough investigations into the incident.
The details surrounding the crash remain unclear, and further updates are awaited as authorities work to unveil the circumstances leading to the tragic event.
Netanyahu at odds with Biden over Palestinians’ future
Israel ratcheted up its attacks in the south of Gaza Strip on Saturday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden discussed differences over a post-war future for Palestinians that have suggested a rift between the two allies, foreign media reported.
Witnesses said the Israeli bombardment was again focused overnight on Khan Yunis, the largest city in Gaza’s south, although Palestinian media also reported intense fire around Jabalia, in the north, early on Saturday.
Biden and Netanyahu held their first call on Friday since December 23, after the Israeli leader reiterated his rejection of a two-state solution, deepening divisions with Israel’s key backer over the matter.
President Biden said after Friday’s call with Netanyahu, with whom he has had a complicated relationship over 40 years, it was possible the Israeli leader might still come around.
“There are a number of types of two-state solutions. There are a number of countries that are members of the UN that… don’t have their own militaries,” Biden told reporters after an event at the White House.
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“And so, I think there are ways in which this could work.” Netanyahu had said on Thursday Israel “must have security control over the entire territory west of the Jordan River”, which “contradicts the idea of (Palestinian) sovereignty”.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had said in Davos a day earlier that Israel could not achieve “genuine security” without a “pathway to a Palestinian state”.
LEAFLETS DROPPED
Israeli planes dropped leaflets on the southern area of Rafah urging Palestinians seeking refuge there to help locate prisoners held by Hamas, residents said.
Palestinian fighters battled tanks trying to push back into the eastern suburbs of the Jabalia area in northern Gaza, where Israel had started pulling out troops and shifting to smaller-scale operations.
The Israeli military said aircraft struck “militant squads trying to plant explosives” near troops and fire missiles at tanks in northern Gaza, adding that it was striking targets throughout Gaza.
In the southern city of Khan Yunis, where Israel says it has expanded its operations against Hamas, witnesses said tanks shelled areas around Nasser Hospital on Friday night, describing the bombardment as the most intense in many days.
Nasser is now Gaza’s largest functioning hospital.
