The National Assembly also passed a bill to initiate an independent investigation into the 2023 drowning death of a marine during a search-and-rescue operation for flood victims, an incident the Democratic Party, which holds majority, accuses Yoon’s government of covering up.
GHF says there has been no violence in the aid sites themselves but has acknowledged the potential dangers people face when traveling to them on foot. Thousands of Palestinians walk to the sites early each morning, desperate for food and hoping to beat the crowds, and pass near Israeli forces in the predawn darkness.Palestinians carry the body of Reem Al-Akhras who was killed while heading to a Gaza aid hub, during her funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians carry the body of Reem Al-Akhras who was killed while heading to a Gaza aid hub, during her funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)GHF said it asked Israel’s military, the Israel Defense Forces, to “introduce measures that guide foot traffic in a way that minimizes confusion or escalation risks near IDF military perimeters; develop clearer IDF-issued guidance to help the population transit safely; enhance IDF force training and refine internal IDF procedures to support safety.”In a separate development, Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 26 people late Tuesday and into Wednesday, according to hospital officials. One of the strikes hit a tent in Gaza City, killing seven people, including two women and a 7-year-old girl, according to Shifa Hospital.
The military said it was looking into the reports. Israel says it only targets militants and blames Hamas for civilian deaths because the militant group is entrenched in populated areas.Mourners pray beside the body of Adnan Abu Harb who was killed while heading to a Gaza aid hub, during his funeral at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Mourners pray beside the body of Adnan Abu Harb who was killed while heading to a Gaza aid hub, during his funeral at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israel and the United States say they supported the establishment of the new aid system to prevent Hamas from stealing aid and selling it to finance its militant activities. Israel has not claimed that Hamas fired in the area of the GHF sites.It has tried to run soccer, but that rigid governance hasn’t worked.
“What soccer reflects is the social and political problems of China,” Zhang Feng, a Chinese journalist and commentator, tells The Associated Press. “It’s not a free society. It doesn’t have the team-level trust that allows players to pass the ball to each other without worrying.”Zhang argues that politics has stalled soccer’s growth. And there’s added pressure since Xi’s a big fan and has promised to resuscitate the game at home. Soccer is a world language with its “own grammar,” says Zhang, and China doesn’t speak it.
“In China, the more emphasis the leader places on soccer, the more nervous the society gets, the more power the bureaucrats get, and the more corrupt they become,” Zhang adds.FIEL - Then Vice President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China kicks a football during visit to Croke Park Stadium, Dublin, Ireland on Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Moran, Pool, File)