Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Video causes attacks in Gaza Strip

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Israeli military jets targeted sites linked to Palestinia­n Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip on Sunday night, hours after militants from the group fired more than 20 rockets into Israeli territory.

The exchange came after a Palestinia­n news agency posted graphic footage showing an Israeli army bulldozer dragging the body of a Palestinia­n man, who Israel said was part of a “terror squad” and was killed as he placed an explosive device at the border fence.

The Israeli military said more than 20 projectile­s and rockets were fired from Gaza. Most were intercepte­d by the Iron Dome aerial defense system. Videos shared on social media showed civilians in the cities of Ashkelon and Sderot crouching for cover as warning sirens blared in most of the Israeli communitie­s around Gaza.

Study: 1 in 3 facing hunger in Venezuela

One in three people in Venezuela is struggling to get enough food to meet minimum nutrition requiremen­ts as the nation’s economic contractio­n and political upheaval persists, according to a study published Sunday by the U.N. World Food Program.

A nationwide survey based on data from 8,375 questionna­ires reveals a startling picture of the large number of Venezuelan­s surviving off a diet consisting largely of tubers, or potato stems, and beans as hyperinfla­tion renders many salaries worthless.

The study describes food insecurity as a nationwide concern. Certain states such as Delta Amacuro, Amazonas and Falcon had especially high levels, but even in more prosperous regions, one in five people are estimated to be food insecure.

President Nicolas Maduro’s government offered no response to the findings.

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