Israel, El Salvador, Sudan.
Today's three stories you should know.
Israel
Five people have been shot dead in a suburb of Tel Aviv - the third such attack in a week. The attacker, who was Palestinian, was shot dead by police at the scene. In the first attack, a man who said he planned to join ISIS drove a car into a cyclist in the southern city of Beersheba, killing him, and then stabbed three people to death. A few days later, two men opened fire on a bus stop and killed two police officers in a northern city, Hadera. ISIS claimed that attack. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the killings, saying they may lead to an escalation in violence. Hamas, which governs the occupied Gaza Strip, praised the Tel Aviv attack.
More from Haaretz here.
El Salvador
As mentioned in a previous newsletter, El Salvador has declared a state of emergency after a spate of gang violence, scooping up hundreds of gang members in mass arrests and reducing food rations for gangsters in prison. Today, security forces appear to have escalated their operations. Residents of several gang-controlled areas awoke to find their neighborhoods completely surrounded by security forces, and the attorney general announced that nearly 1,500 gang members have now been arrested. Rights groups warned that the extent of the crackdown could lead to human rights violations. President Nayib Bukele, though, doubled down and said the organizations criticizing his actions had never done anything to combat the problem.
More from AP here.
Sudan
Sudan’s military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has sacked the heads of some 30 universities. As mentioned in many previous newsletters, Sudan has been rocked by protests since a military coup last November. Universities have proved a hotbed of opposition and protest-organizing since then. Professors at Sudan University in the capital Khartoum said they intended to go on strike to protest the decision.
More from BBC here.