Protests and vigilance mark a year since the Hamas attacks on Israel
A year after an Israeli village near the Gaza border was targeted by militants, its residents are digging up the dead and reburying them back home. Merav Roth, a prominent Israeli psychologist, said, “Questions from [the] inferno, really.” More than 100 residents of Kibbutz Be’eri were killed on October 7 last year in an attack that led to a six-week war between Israel and Hamas.
The biggest loss in the Israeli village was one year ago
As Israeli forces returned from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after a year-long war with Hamas, the country’s President Reuven Rivlin said, “We are going back home. This is an important step in our rebuilding process.” He added, “It will be an important step to honour the memory of the heroic soldiers who bravely fought against [Hamas]…and the martyrs who paid the supreme sacrifice.”
19 people were killed in a mosque as Israel bombed northern Gaza and southern Lebanon
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, “We’re trying to reach a cease-fire in Gaza and in Lebanon.” He added, “The unnamed countries are putting forward initiatives. They include regional states and some outside the Middle East. We’re hopeful.” Iran’s statement comes after Israel carried out airstrikes in Lebanon’s south following the killing of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah.
Many flee war in Lebanon as Israel expands bombardment
Israeli airstrikes killed at least six people across Lebanon and the Gaza Strip on Sunday, a day after Israel launched its ground operation in the country’s south. The Lebanon state-run National News Agency said the area was hit by over 30 strikes overnight, the heaviest bombardment since September. Hezbollah said that it successfully targeted Israeli soldiers with a large rocket salvo.
A new car in its fleet is the Hyundai Ioniq 5
Waymo, the self-driving technology arm of Alphabet, on Tuesday announced a partnership with Hyundai to equip its fleet of electric cars with autonomous driving technology in late 2025. Waymo will purchase several Ioniq 5 vehicles from Hyundai, which will be used for Waymo’s ride-hail service. The partnership comes after Waymo said that it has achieved over 1,00,000 paid trips a week.
Ex-officers in Memphis are found guilty in the death of a man
Three former police officers in the US have been found not guilty of depriving African-American Tyre Nichols of his civil rights resulting in his death in 2023. They had also been convicted of violating Nichols’ constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. Nichols had died after being beaten with batons and pepper spray during a traffic stop.
There were four other things learned from the vice-presidential debate
During the first vice presidential debate, Democratic nominee JD Vance said, “For the first time in a generation, Donald Trump had the wisdom and the courage to say, ‘We’re not doing it anymore’.” Walz replied, “I will talk a lot.” Later, Walz said, “I will talk a lot. I’ll talk a lot.” Vance was referring to Trump’s comment that “we’re not doing it anymore”.
Citizen science can be used for big-data projects
A team of scientists from the University of New South Wales has discovered 4,581 new neuron types in the brains of fruit flies, a discovery that could lead to new directions in research. The team used a computer model to train the artificial intelligence model to create a wiring diagram of millions of sphinxes and thousands of neurons.
As Iran launches an attack, Israel’s next move may determine the war’s course
Iran launched at least 200 missiles at targets in Israel on Wednesday, according to the Israeli military. The missiles were fired in response to Israel’s launch of an air-defence system against Iran’s nuclear facilities. The attack was Iran’s second in six months and comes amid rising tensions between the two countries over Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme.
The largest brain map shows fruit fly’s neurons in detail
A study has found that neurological neurons enter the brain through left or right nerve. Researchers who analysed 200 neuronal data from an experiment described it as ‘left–right co-clustering’. The researchers identified more types of neuron than they had expected. To assign cell types to the remaining neurons, they ran a double-hemisphere co-clustering.