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Israeli defense forces have killed a total number of 18 people which includes six UN officials who were the shelter manager and five other Unrwa staff in Al- Jaouni school in Nuseirat in Central Gaza on Wednesday night. The incident was confirmed by Antonio Gutierrez, the United Nations Secretary General, who described the attack as  “totally unacceptable”. The UN secretary general said that the attack was a total breach of international law that protects the rights and lives of civilians in a conflict zone . He said “These dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop now.” The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) schools which were turned into refugee shelters since the wake of the war in October 2023. Josep Borrell, a top diplomat in the European Union, was completely outraged by the report of the incident and said  “The disregard of the basic principles of international humanitarian law, especially protection of civilians, cannot and should not be accepted by the international community.” The German foreign ministry has also expressed its concern over the attack and condemned the Israeli killing of United Nations Workers.  Israeli authorities have defended their actions and claimed that they launched the air strike based on an intelligence report that there was a Hamas “command and control operation center” in the school. They further claimed that the Hamas militants were using the refugees as human shields against Israeli forces while coordinating attacks against Israel. UNRWA has claimed that the Wednesday attack was the deadliest on the organization since the beginning of the war in Gaza. The organization further revealed that a total number of 220 of its members have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war. Philippe Lazzarin, the UNRWA agency head took to his X official account to express his grievances and concerns about Israel actions against his organization, he said  “Among those killed was the manager of the Unrwa shelter and other team members providing assistance to displaced people.”  He further stated that “Humanitarian staff, premises and operations have been blatantly and unbatedly disregarded since the beginning of the war.” The World Health Organization reported that more than 95,000 people have been wounded, while a quarter are from suffering “life-changing injuries” including amputations that will require years of support.  

Israeli defense forces have killed five palestinian civilians with an airstrike on occupied territory of the West Bank on Wednesday morning.   The Palestinian Red Crescent Society confirmed the attack and said “as a result of Israeli air strikes which occurred near a mosque in the Tubas region. Ahmed Jibril, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society spokesperson said the victims of the attack were taken to a Turkish hospital in Tubas. The Israel Defense Forces claimed that the attack was carried out on a terrorist base in the Tubas region in northern West Bank.  They further claimed that “currently conducting counterterrorism activity in the area of Tubas and Tamun struck an armed terrorist cell” which harbored a prominent terrorist figure in the person of Muhammad Zakaria Zubeidi from the Jenin region. The IDF has refused to confirm the number of the death toll. An eyewitness claimed that the Israeli forces were “storming the city of Tubas and the town of Tammun to the east nearby Tammun town, and imposed a curfew.” According to the Palestinian health ministry, a total number of 698  Palestinians have been killed while 5700 others have been injured in the West Bank by the Israeli defense forces and Israeli settlers since October 7.  

Ukraine rained a barrage of drones into Moscow on Tuesday in which over 140 drones were shot down by Russia air defense systems but failed to prevent a fatality crisis. The drone attack which claimed the life of a female civilian and destroyed several homes and key infrastructures within the Moscow region which also forced the cancellation of flights and shut down of the airspace and airports. The incident which was confirmed by a Russian defense ministry said that the attack was the largest ever within Moscow and was the first time that it would claim the life of someone since the beginning of the war in 2022. It was revealed that the Ukrainian drone targets were actually nine regions while 20 were aimed towards Moscow. The ministry confirmed the shooting down of 144 drones launched by the Ukraine Army.  The overnight attacks which saw Ukraine launch over 200 drones into Moscow set off various air defenses systems simultaneously within the Moscow region. The deceased who was killed in drone attacks was a 46 year old woman in the town of Ramenskoye, while three others were reported to be wounded and currently recovering in the hospital. Andrey Vorobyov, Governor of Moscow Oblast in a statement confirmed the death and suggested that it could be more that one person killed by the drone attack, he added that a 9 year old child was not yet confirmed to be alive after the attack.

At least 40 people have been confirmed dead while another 60 are reported to be seriously injured when an Israeli missile hit an humanitarian center at Khan Younis in Southern Gaza on Monday night. The humanitarian center which is home to thousands of Palestianians refugees since the beginning of the war in October have witnessed a series of airstrikes from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).  This was confirmed by the Palestinian Civil Defence authority, in a statement by the operation director he said, “Forty people were killed and more than 60 injured, while many are still under the rubble”. The attack which was also confirmed by the Israeli authorities in a statement by, claimed that  “significant Hamas terrorists who were operating within a command and control center embedded inside the Humanitarian Area in Khan Yunis.” “Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional means,” this was revealed by the spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) who later added that, “The terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip continue to systematically abuse civilian and humanitarian infrastructure, including the designated Humanitarian Area, to carry out terrorist activity against the State of Israel and IDF troops.” Whereas Hamas has rejected the Israeli claims that the center harbors any of their fighters, this was disclosed in a statement to counter the IDF statement, Hamas said “The resistance has denied several times that any of its members exist within civilian gatherings or are using these places for military purposes.” The proscribed terrorist organization further disclosed that Israel intentionally launched the airstrikes directly at palestinian civilian occupied territory and any other claim by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is far from the truth. Prodesq, gathered that the Israeli Defense Forces launched three different missile strikes at the Humanitarian Center in Khan Younis, which also recorded a death of 90 people in July when another Israeli airstrike was launched into the safe zone.

Israel on Sunday launched deadly airstrikes on military sites in Central Syria which claimed the lives of 18 people and left 37 people severely injured. The incident was confirmed by a United Kingdom-based monitoring group called the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) claiming that 26 people had been confirmed dead from the deadly Israel airstrikes. It further disclosed that five civilians, four members of Syrian government forces, and 14 Syrians working with pro-Iran groups, W while three other bodies are yet to be identified. The monitoring group further disclosed that the airstrike also struck a scientific research lab located within the Masyaf province that is used to develop chemical weapons apart from the military sites confirmed by the Syria News Agency.  However, the Israel Defense Forces have declined to make any comments on foreign events outside Israeli territory, this was revealed in a statement issued on Monday by the IDF. This is the first time in years that Israel has decided to take responsibility for airstrikes in Syria, which they have claimed hundreds of airstrikes in Syria. The Syria foreign ministry has described the Israel attack as a “blatant aggression” which was supported by a statement from the Iranian government which issued a statement through their foreign ministry, calling the attack an act “criminal attack”. Nasser Kanaani, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said “We do not confirm what was reported by media outlets linked to the Zionist regime [Israel] about an attack on an Iranian center or a center under Iran’s protection.” The Syrian Foreign Ministry disclosed that the Israeli airstrikes specifically targeted several residential areas while local sources claimed that significant structures were also destroyed by the airstrikes. It also said that Israelis have used missiles and artillery strikes that have targeted Syrian territory on 64 occasions since the start of the year, resulting in the damage or destruction of about 140 targets, which includes weapons depots, vehicles, and Iran-backed militia headquarters.

Israeli authorities have confirmed the death of three of their citizens at the hands of Hezbollah militants at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank border with Jordan.  The two incidents that occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning were reported by the Israeli ‘s emergency service in a statement issued by the Magen David Adom emergency service, he said “We found three men lying unconscious, with no pulse and not breathing, with gunshot wounds. Together with the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] medical team, we performed resuscitation efforts, but unfortunately, we had to declare their deaths on scene.”.  The Israeli Defense Forces said a lone gunman in a truck approached the Jordanian crossing with the West Bank and opened fire at the security forces who fired back and neutralized the attacker but unfortunately three Israeli civilians were killed in the shooting.  In a separate statement issued by the Israeli police, they confirmed that there was a shooting and three civilians were killed by the shooter who was later neutralized by the Israeli security forces. The Allenby Bridge Crossing is used by Palestinians, Israelis and international tourists and has been closed till further notice by both the Israeli and the Jordanian governments.  Prodesq, gathered that the three victims killed were males and they were security guards. The occupied West Bank territory has seen a rise of violence since the October Seven attack on Israel.  However, the Israeli Defense Forces said it launched a series of air strikes on Hezbollah targets in northern Lebanon.  Lebanon’s Health Ministry confirmed that three emergency responders were killed while two others were severely wounded, with one of them in a critical condition in the strike launched by the Israeli Defense Forces on Saturday.

In the early hours of September 3, Russian missiles struck the Ukrainian Ministry of Communications in the eastern city of Poltava that housed several hundreds of Ukrainian and NATO soldiers and a hospital that was adjacent to the communications institute. Prodesq gathered that the attack was orchestrated through two different ballistic missiles and claimed the lives of 54 people and wounded more than 290 people. The attack which is considered one of the deadliest air attacks since the beginning of war was reported by the Ukrainian State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES).  Ukrainian officials issued a warning of an emergency power outage due to the attack. In a statement issued by Oleksandr Kharchenko, the director of the Energy Research Center, said that Pivdennoukrayinsk power plant of South Ukraine has experienced two more periodic shutdowns.  He however said that high voltage transmission lines are being repaired by state operator Energoatom but didn’t specify when the repair will be completed.  Philip Pronin, the regional governor of Poltava declared a three day mourning period for the victims.  A search and rescue operation has been underway for the past few days in search for survivors and trapped bodies, it still remains unclear but the Ukrainian authorities claimed that five people are still trapped in the rubbles.  Over 1760 tons of rubble has been removed from the site by the search and rescue workers in efforts to recover the missing bodies and the potential five survivors.  It’s been reported that a total number of the six-story building of the educational building was partially destroyed, three apartment buildings, five private houses and an office building were destroyed by the ballistic missiles. Maryana Bezuhla, a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, revealed that the attack was a deliberate repetition of what happened to the Ukrainian 128th brigade last November. On September 4, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that the Russian army lost another 1200 soldiers wounded and killed.  He further claimed a total number of 6 armored tanks, 21 armored combat vehicles, 31 artillery systems, 42 operational-tactical level drones, 7 cruise missiles, 37 vehicles and 10 units of special equipment. On February 25, 2024, Volodymyr Zelensky the Ukrainian president announced that a total number of 31,000 Ukrainians soldiers have been killed since the war began in February, 2022 but omitted the numbers of the wounded and the missing. The Poltava attack has resurrected fresh agitation for the Ukrainian military to use long range missiles into Russia