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Wednesday, 27 May 2015 5:07 AM [ Last Update: Wednesday, 27 May 2015 5:07 AM ]

Palestinian men sit amid the rubble of houses which were destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014, in the Eastern Gaza City Shujaiya neighbourhood, on May 23, 2015. (AFP)

1 Israeli warplanes have targeted the Palestinian cities of Gaza, Rafah, Khan Yunis, Beit Lahia as well as the Nuseirat Refugee Camp. Tel Aviv claims the attacks were in response to earlier Palestinian rocket attacks. However, both Palestinian Hamas movement and the Islamic Jihad have denied firing any rockets into Israel.

2 Heavy blasts have rocked a diplomatic district of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. There are reports of at least ten blasts accompanied by sporadic gunfire. The focus of the attack is believed to be a guesthouse which belongs to the son of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani. Officials say two assailants have been killed.

3 Saudi warplanes continue airstrikes against Yemen despite calls by international aid agencies to halt the deadly campaign. The latest attacks targeted areas in Ta’izz, Aden, Amran, Hudaydah and Hajjah provinces, leaving over 20 people dead. Nearly 4-thousand people, mostly civilians, have been killed in the bombardments since March 26.

4 The Yemeni army and Ansarullah fighters have launched counter attacks against Saudi Arabia. At least 10 Saudi and foreign officers have been killed in Fawaz military bases in the city of Najran. A number of Saudi tanks were also destroyed in a rocket attack in the southwestern city.

5 Egypt has temporarily opened the Rafah crossing, which has been kept shut for over two months, to allow Palestinians stranded in the country to return home. Egypt’s restriction on the Gaza strip intensified following a series of attacks that targeted Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula in October last year.

6 Three civilians, including a child, have reportedly been killed in a mortar attack in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. The deaths occurred when mortar rounds reportedly fired by the Ukrainian army hit a residential area in the town of Horlivka. Four people were also injured.

7 The Russian president has slammed foreign military interference by western governments in the Middle East and North Africa. Vladimir Putin said the interventions were the main reason for the rise of terrorist groups such as ISIL. Putin described the consequences of such interferences as serious.

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