Europe

London: Two people sustained "serious injuries" and nine more were hurt as a busy commuter train from London derailed on Thursday near the southeast English town of Lewes, emergency services said. "At this stage, we can confirm that two patients have sustained serious injuries and a further nine patients have sustained less serious injuries," the South East Coast Ambulance Service said in a statement. The ambulance service said there were around 150 passengers on board the train which departed from London Victoria station and veered off the tracks shortly before 4:00 pm (1500 GMT). Ian Drummond-Smith from the British Transport Police said a "major incident" had been declared but that all passengers on the train had been "safely evacuated". Footage from the scene in East Sussex showed at least three overturned carriages and paramedics on site. The cause of the incident remained unknown. The accident involved a train from Southern Rail, which connects areas south of London to the capital. Train accidents, particularly fatal ones, are relatively rare in Britain. A train driver was killed and dozens of people injured when two trains collided north of London in June. Four people suffered minor injuries in a train derailment due to a reported landslide in remote northwestern England last November.

Middle East

Occupied Jerusalem: The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested 30 Palestinians on Thursday in various areas across the West Bank. WAFA news agency reported that the IOF arrested seven Palestinians, all family members of slain Palestinians, during a raid on their homes in the city of Qalqiliya, seven others southwest of Salfit, and two other Palestinians northeast of the Occupied Jerusalem (Al-Quds). The IOF also arrested five Palestinians north of Tulkarm, four others in Al-Khalil Governorate, in addition to three young Palestinians in Jenin, and two others in Al-Bireh City, after having raided and searched their homes. In a related context, the IOF stormed on Thursday at dawn several towns and cities in Nablus. These developments come in conjunction with the escalation of daily incursions and attacks committed by the Israeli occupation and colonists on the cities, towns and refugee camps of the occupied West Bank and Al-Quds, including raids accompanied by confrontations and arrests, and the firing of live and rubber bullets and toxic tear gas bombs, as well as attacks on private property.

Middle East

Gaza:The Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security in the Gaza Strip announced on Thursday that the Gaza Governorate Police Chief was martyred in an Israeli airstrike targeting his vehicle on Al-Rashid Street. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported in an earlier statement that one person was martyred and two others injured in the same airstrike, without identifying the victims. The incident follows the killing of one Palestinian and the injury of another in an Israeli occupation airstrike targeting Khan Younis, as Israeli occupation forces continue artillery shelling and gunfire in eastern areas of the Gaza Strip. According to the latest update issued on Thursday by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, the death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 73,389, while the number of injured has reached 174,266. The ceasefire agreement between Hamas and the Israeli entity reached last October has failed to halt the attacks, which continue to target areas across the Gaza Strip and its population.