AIR STRIKES ON GAZA, ROCKETS FIRED TOWARD ISREAL AND HUNDRED REPOTEDLY DEAD

    Hundred of people have been reported dead in the middle of the conflict between Isreal and Palestinia, which has moved into a second week and no sight of ending soon. This week began with a lot of blood sheds recording 52 deaths in Gaza making it the highest number in a single day since the conflict broke out bringing the total number of death to two hundred.

            Over the past week, 10 Isrealies have been killed with the Palestinian militans firing rockets into different cities in Isreal. The Isreali army claimed to have killed a top commander of the militant group, also bombed an underground tunnel used by Hamas in Gaza.

            An emergency meeting was held by the UN security councils, where the Isreali and Palestinian representatives accuse each other of committing more crime.

            The prime minister of Isreal Joseph Netanyahu said in an interview with CNN that Isreal will do whatever it take to restore order on the security of the country. He also said, Isreal is trying to degrade Hamas terror plans and their will to attack Isreal again.

            Meanwhile, in Gaza the situation is becoming difficult as results of air strikes, cutting off of the power supply they get from Isreal. This has lead to the dilemma of power supply in Gaza which also affected their water system. Many as forty thousand people have taken refuge in schools which serves as the UN Palestinian refugee camp hoping the sites will not be hit by Isreali air strikes.

            In the quest to settle this conflict, The Isreali are asking Hamas to firstly sizes fire for 3 hours which Hamas said is not acceptable to them.    

 

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Odunaro Adeyinka 

COMAS/MAC/17/026

NIGERIA'S SECURITY FORCES SHOT AND KILLED AT LEAST 12 UNARMED PROTESTERS IN LAGOS- BBC

Nigerian in diaspora in a social media protest condemned activities of the Nigeria Security Forces accused of shooting down at least 12 unarmed protesters leaving many injured.

The report from Human Rights Group Amnesty International says " It has received credible and disturbing evidence that Nigerian Security forces shot and killed at least 12 people taking part in a peaceful protest in the country's largest city, Lagos.

BBC report says there has been demonstration against police brutality for weeks as torture took place by the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS).

Odion Ighalo,  a well known footballer slammed the Nigerian Government, calling them a shame. BBC correspondent, Mayeni Jones reports from Lagos.

The  BBC report emerged at a trying time for Nigeria. Nigerians in diaspora (who resides Abroad) express their discontent on the shooting of the innocent. End-Sars protesters who were agitating for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) accused of killing and torture.

Mayeni Jones also gave a report about the city that was in chaos, Agitators all heard around basically on calls for the resignation of the President and other Political key office holders.

One respondent said "we the poor are suffering, we can't afford three square meal, we are doing our protest, nobody was even armed and we obeyed the law, why must they send soldiers to us.

Another respondent said that " If they can't put the nation in order, let them step aside and let the youth take over and put this nation in order, we need a better(ment) in this nation ".

The correspondent also have a report about the third respondent who emphasized to the government on how to shift the economy, the government should be accountable to us. She also said that we don't want police brutalizing and molesting citizens of Nigeria anymore.

Mayer Jones explain that this is a protest born online, more than half of the country is under 24. The protest has galvanized support. 

He also made emphasis on Nigeria who has been a dictatorship for almost life as an independent nation, many of the citizens who were in the event were in the dark days of military rule and make sure it doesn't happen.

Report from BBC NEWS

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BENSON GRACE TOLULOPE

COMAS/MAC/17/013

ISREAL AND GAZA AFTER BAARRAGE OF ROCKETS

 The deadly exchange of fire that occur between militants in the Israel and Gaza, have been a deadly occur war.

A militant Islamic political movement that does not recognize gnise Israel.

The barrage of rocket fire targeted Israeli communities bordering Gaza and even reached the suburbs of Jerusalem. It was reported on BBC news correspondent in ISREAL, Tom Batman report the situation about the fire rockets, which effect many house, while the victim of some house were destroyed, and it effect some family who had an wound. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a state of emergency in Lod, a city near Tel Aviv, on the same day after reports members of Israel's 21% Arab minority set fire to synagogues and Jews had stoned cars driven by Arab residents.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to expand Israel's offensive and said Hamas should "pay a very heavy price for their belligerence". On Wednesday morning an Israeli soldier was killed by an anti-tank missile fired from Gaza into Israel, authorities said.

The correspondent in Gaza, Rushidi Abualoufe report the situation in a Gaza says that about 200 rockets this morning and fire still on the street.

Militant groups in Gaza, run by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, have been firing rockets into Israel since Monday night, and Israel has responded by hitting targets in the territory.

The health ministry in Gaza says that more than 400 people have been injured there since the conflict began, in addition to the 67 who have died.

Mr Netanyahu said the government would use all its strength to protect Israel from enemies on the outside and rioters on the inside.

The militants in Gaza said they had fired 130 rockets into Israel in response to an Israeli air raid which destroyed the al-Sharouk tower in Gaza City.

More than 100 people have been killed in Gaza and seven have died in Israel.

The correspondent in Gaza report that ISREAL and Gaza war was since 20014. On Wednesday a third high-rise building in Gaza was destroyed.

    

          

 

Sulyman Rukayat Oyindamola

 

 

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