Shooting attack in Beersheba leaves one dead and ten injured

One woman has died and the number of injured has risen to 10 following a shooting attack at the central bus station in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, Israel's emergency medical service (MDA) reported.

"Medics confirmed the death of a young woman, approximately 25 years old, and are providing medical assistance to 10 victims being transported to Soroka Hospital," the statement said.

According to MDA, five of the injured sustained gunshot wounds, while the other five are in a non-serious condition with bruises and injuries from shattered glass.

Israeli police earlier reported the shooting attack at Beersheba's central bus station. The attacker was neutralized.

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Iran berates US and UK over aggression against Yemen, blames Israel for inflaming regional instability

Iran “strongly condemns the US and British military attacks on parts of Sanaa, Hodeidah and other regions of Yemen,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei wrote in a social media post Saturday night in the wake of attacks on Yemen by the US-led coalition October 4.

“Repeated military aggression by the United States and Britain against Yemen constitutes a blatant infringement of the United Nations Charter and the fundamental principles of international law. The attacking parties bear international accountability for such unlawful acts,” Baghaei wrote.

Baghaei cited the actions of Yemenis and “other Islamic nations in the region” in response to Israeli actions a “natural reaction to the killing of their Palestinian and Lebanese brothers and sisters,” and emphasized that the military operations by the US and its allies against Yemen “will have no effect on their determination to defend the people of Palestine and Lebanon.”

The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman went on to blast Israel over its ongoing military campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon, suggesting that “the continuation of the occupation, war-mongering and expansionism of the Zionist regime is the main reason for the continued insecurity and instability in the region,” and that an end of attacks on Lebanon and the “genocide in Gaza” were the preconditions “for restoring peace and stability in the region.”

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Hezbollah has attacked an Israeli base south of Haifa with drones, group says

Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement "launched an air assault with a squadron of attack drones on the maintenance and rehabilitation base south of Haifa," the group said in a statement.

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Islamic Jihad's military wing says it has fired rockets at Israel's Ashkelon, settlements near Gaza border

Video taken from social media.

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❗️Iran cancels all flights from 20:30 local time on Sunday until 05:30 Monday - Civil Aviation Authority

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🇵🇸 Pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul draws thousands, including Erdogan’s children

A pro-Palestinian rally to mark the anniversary of the escalation of the Middle East conflict, took place in Istanbul. Several thousand demonstrators gathered, including children of the Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Speaking to the crowd, Bilal Erdogan, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for the Spread of Knowledge, stated that the US would go down in history as an accomplice to the genocide in Gaza.

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❗️The Lebanese Civil Aviation Authority announced that Beirut International Airport canceled all flights from 9:00 PM on Sunday to 6:00 AM on Monday.

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The beginning of the school year has been postponed in Lebanon until November 4 amid continuing Israeli attacks, Lebanon's Education Minister Abbas Halabi said on Sunday.

"Studies in public schools, colleges and specialized schools will begin on November 4," Halabi was quoted by Lebanese TV broadcaster Al Jadeed as saying.

On Saturday night, a Sputnik correspondent reported that the Israeli air force aircraft launched a new series of strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs. More than three strikes were carried out on the highway from the city center to the airport. Several explosions occurred about two kilometers (1.3 miles) from Beirut International Airport. The previous strikes were carried out on the Choueifat and Bourj el-Barajneh municipalities.

Israel started a ground operation against the Hezbollah movement in the south of Lebanon on Monday, while the mutual exchange of air and rocket strikes continues. Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said on Wednesday that about 1.2 million people, including Syrian refugees, were displaced due to the hostilities. Lebanese Health Minister Firass Abiad said on Thursday that nearly 2,000 people died and over 9,000 others were injured in Israeli attacks.

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🇮🇱 The Israeli Defence Forces have declared three areas in northern Israel as 'closed zones'

'Following a situational assessment, the areas of Manara, Yiftah, and Malkia in northern Israel have been declared a closed military zone. Entry to these areas is prohibited,'  the IDF said in a statement.

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What’s at stake in the EU-China EV trade war? A breakdown of potential fallout

💬 “The goal” of the EU’s proposed tariff hike on Chinese electric vehicles “is to foster a European EV industry” with state backing and support, but could trigger a massive trade war unless both sides adopt “bold ideas and wisdom” to resolve the dispute, Francesco Sisci, a Beijing-based China expert and author, told Sputnik, commenting on the European Commission’s vote last Friday to approve heightened duties of up to 45% on Chinese EVs.

“Of course the Chinese can export their EVs to third countries and from there they could sneak cars back into Europe. But these loopholes could be closed and they could not affect the overall trend,” Sisci said, commenting on China’s predicament. The EU “is not backing down on this,” and that World Trade Organization-facilitated mediation “doesn’t work anymore,” requiring a “bilateral agreement the two parties will hopefully sign,” the observer said.

If an agreement can’t be reached, Beijing has an array of options to hit back at Brussels – whose economic prospects have already been dimmed in recent years thanks to soaring energy costs, which have undermined the competitiveness of Europe’s industrial output.

China’s options for retaliation may include:

◻️ Double-digit tariffs on European gas-guzzling big-engine luxury cars like Porsche, Mercedes and BMW.

◻️ Duties on European pork, dairy, wine, cognac and other niche food products. Beijing already announced a probe into the EU’s subsidies for dairy exports in August, complementing similar probes into pork and brandy.

◻️ Europe’s chemical and medical device exports have also been put under the microscope by Chinese authorities for subsidies, and French and Italian luxury goods like perfume could also be targeted.

◻️ Other options for retaliation include machinery, industrial inputs, and aerospace products, although US business media doesn’t believe Beijing will go that far unless pressured.

◻️ China could also choose a non-tariff route, such as increasing investments in European factories to evade tariffs altogether.

Hundreds of billions of euros are at stake in the China-EU trade spat. In 2023, China exported €515.9 billion worth of goods to the EU, contrasted with €223.6 billion heading the other way, for a total trade deficit with the Asian nation of a whopping €292 billion.

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