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‘We are at war’: Israel retaliates after massive surprise attack by Hamas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:35 GMT

Israel was struck by a surprise attack by Hamas early Saturday morning in one of the most serious escalations in years between Israel and the Islamist militant group. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the country was “at war.”Israel launched retaliatory air strikes on targets in Gaza.The massive assault by Iran-backed Hamas combined a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel and dozens of heavily armed gunmen attacking the country’s south from Gaza. It came a day after Israel marked the 50th anniversary of the surprise invasion on Yom Kippur in 1973. Some 100 Israelis have been killed in the attack with nearly 1,000 wounded, according to media reports. The death toll was expected to rise. “We are at war, and we will win,” Netanyahu said in a message to Israelis. “The enemy will pay an unprecedented price.”The Israel Defense Forces carried out retaliatory strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza. “The ID...

Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton not accepting incoming patients due to issue with critical infrastructure, officials say

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:35 GMT

Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton is not accepting incoming patients while emergency crews deal with “emergency issues” impacting the hospital, local officials said Saturday morning. The Brockton Emergency Management Agency in a statement said leadership and staff were on scene as of around 11 a.m. working with Good Samaritan’s emergency response team. The hospital, officials said, was in “condition black.”The emergency management agency in a subsequent post on Facebook said “there is nothing suspicious in regards to this,” adding “this is an issue with critical infrastructure at the hospital.”“We will update the public as soon as we have more information,” officials said.No further information was immediately available.This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

Maryland weather: Rainy weather delays Orioles postseason opener start time

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:35 GMT

Cooler temperatures, breezy winds and cloudy skies greeted baseball fans Saturday afternoon waiting for the American League best Orioles begin their postseason run at Camden Yards.The National Weather Service in Washington and Baltimore predicted a 60% chance of showers Saturday morning, and the rain has delayed the 1 p.m. game start time, though it is expected to clear “within the next hour,” said NWS meteorologist Luis Rosa. Forecasters expect a high temperature of 69 degrees.Cloudy skies will give way to sunshine through the afternoon as temperatures cool even more before concertgoers head to M&T Bank Stadium to hear rock and roll icons Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks. A low temperature of 49 degrees with winds around 14 mph and gusts as high as 21 mph are forecast.The weather service is predicting mostly sunny conditions in Baltimore on Sunday, with a high of 65 degrees.The city is expected to see a lot of foot traffic this weekend as the Orioles will host the Texa...

Gov. Healey ‘welcomes’ Homeland Security team tasked with assessing migrant crisis

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:35 GMT

Gov. Maura Healey applauded a decision by the White House to send a Department of Homeland Security team to the state to “assess” an influx of migrants crowding local shelters just as Democrats across Massachusetts have made clear their discontent with the response from Washington.A White House spokesperson said the team will “assess the current migrant situation and identify ways to improve efficiencies and maximize our support for communities that are addressing the needs of migrants.”“White House officials have been in close contact with Mayor (Michelle) Wu, Gov. (Maura) Healey, and their respective staff, and will remain in coordination with the city and commonwealth to determine best practices and ways in which the federal government can support Boston and Massachusetts over the coming weeks and months, or until Congress takes action to fix our nation’s broken immigration system,” the spokesperson said in a statement Saturday.A spokesperson for Healey said the administration “w...

Start of ALDS Game 1 between Orioles and Rangers delayed by rain to 2:15 p.m.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:35 GMT

Orioles fans have waited nine years for a home playoff game. They’ll have to wait just a bit longer.Saturday’s American League Division Series Game 1 between the Orioles and the Texas Rangers, scheduled to begin at 1:03 p.m., has been delayed by rain. It will now start at 2:15 p.m.Just before 1 p.m., a crew ran out on the field to remove the tarp from the field, much to the delight of the crowd.The delay could complicate what is sure to be a busy day at the Camden Yards complex. At 7 p.m., rock icons Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks are scheduled to perform at neighboring M&T Bank Stadium, which shares parking lots with Oriole Park.The playoff game was scheduled at 1:03 p.m. in an effort to avoid the events overlapping. It will now likely end around the time the gates open for the concert at 5:30 p.m. ()

Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza stuns Israel and leaves hundreds dead in fighting, retaliation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:35 GMT

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ISSAM ADWAN (Associated Press)JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of fighters into Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip in an unprecedented surprise early morning attack during a major Jewish holiday Saturday, killing dozens and stunning the country. Israel said it is now at war with Hamas and launched airstrikes in Gaza, vowing to inflict an “unprecedented price.” In an assault of startling breadth, Hamas gunmen rolled into as many as 22 locations outside the Gaza Strip, including towns and other communities as far as 15 miles (24 kilometers) from the Gaza border. In some places, they roamed for hours, gunning down civilians and soldiers until Israel’s military mustered a response. Even well after nightfall, gunbattles continued in some locations. Israel’s national rescue service said at least 100 people were killed and hundreds wounded, making it the deadliest attack in Israel in years. An...

Tijuana fighting bedbug and tick infestation

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:35 GMT

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Baja California's health department has begun fumigating entire neighborhoods as it tries to stop a tick and bedbug infestation in Tijuana.Adrián Medina Amarillas, Baja's health secretary, says 17 people have died as a result of rickettsia so far this year. The disease is spread by bedbugs, mites and ticks carried by cats and dogs especially stray animals."We're including ticks in this campaign so we can avoid further infections," he said.Bed bugs crawl around in a container on display during the 2nd National Bed Bug Summit in Washington, DC in 2011. (Credit: Getty Images)Other cities and regions in Mexico are having similar issues including Mexico City where a bedbug infestation has gripped the city's National Autonomous University.And according to Medina Amarillas, several cities in the state of Sinaloa find themselves in the midst of a bedbug and tick problem as well.Baja's health secretary says the state will continue with a campaign to kill ticks an...

Days after deadly missile strike on Ukrainian cafe, grief and a search for answers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:35 GMT

HROZA, Ukraine (AP) — U.N. and local investigators searched for answers on Saturday at the site of a Russian missile strike on a small Ukrainian village that days earlier turned its sole cafe to rubble and killed nearly 52 people gathered for a dead soldier’s wake, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials in Kyiv. Local residents that same day began laying their lost friends to rest. Representatives from the United Nations Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) spent much of the day speaking with local residents and survivors in Hroza, in the northeastern Kharkiv region, according to a statement shared with the Associated Press.“My initial conversations with local residents and survivors indicate that virtually all those killed were civilians and that the target itself, a busy village cafe and store, was also clearly civilian,” Danielle Bell, who led the team that visited Hroza on Saturday, was cited as saying in the U.N. statement.“What happened here is yet...

Biden condemns the ‘appalling assault’ by Hamas as Israel’s allies express anger and shock

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:35 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday decried the “appalling assault” by Hamas militants and his administration pledged to ensure Israel has “what it needs to defend itself” after the surprise attack that drew worldwide condemnation and anger from Israel’s allies. Biden made clear in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that “we stand ready to offer all appropriate means of support,” according to the White House. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the White House for meetings and was phoning foreign counterparts, while Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with Israel’s defense minister.“Terrorism is never justified. Israel has a right to defend itself and its people,” Biden said in a statement that also warned “any other party hostile to Israel” against “seeking advantage in this situation.” Washington’s support for “Israel’s security is rock solid and unwavering,” the president said. His Pentagon chief said the U.S...

Two 6.3-magnitude earthquakes kill dozens and injure many more in western Afghanistan

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 16:11:35 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes killed dozens of people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country’s national disaster authority said.The United Nations gave a preliminary figure of 320 dead, but later said the figure was still being verified. Local authorities gave an estimate of 100 people killed and 500 injured, according to the same update from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Mohammad Abdullah Jan said four villages in the Zenda Jan district in Herat province bore the brunt of the quakes and aftershocks. Dozens of houses have been damaged. The United States Geological Survey reported the 6.3 magnitude tremblors. It said the epicenter was 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) northwest of Herat city. There was an aftershock with a 5.5 magnitude.A map on the USGS website indicates seven earthquakes in the area. At least five powerful earthquakes struck the city around noon, Herat city resident Abdul Shakor Samadi said.“All people are out...