Israel-Palestine, Gambia, China.
Today's three stories you should know.
Israel-Palestine
The Israeli military today launched a massive assault on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, carrying out drone strikes and sending in hundreds of ground troops in what experts said was the biggest military operation in Jenin for two decades. Palestinian armed groups exchanged fire with Israeli troops, and at least nine Palestinians were confirmed dead with scores also wounded. Jenin has been raided several times this year by Israeli forces who say they are trying to arrest Palestinian fighters carrying out attacks in Israel. Many civilians have been killed, though, and rights groups say the Israeli army is often indiscriminate in its attacks.
More from Al Jazeera here.
Gambia
The parents of Gambian children who died after taking cough syrup have launched legal action against the Indian manufacturers of the medicine as well as the company that imported it. The 19 parents involved are seeking about $4.7m in damages and want the importer’s licence revoked. At least 70 children died in the country, most from acute kidney failure. Other batches of the medicine, which was found to contain chemicals ordinarily used in car brake fluid, were linked to deaths of children in Uzbekistan. India exports huge quantities of medicine to African countries.
More from BBC here.
China
More than 10,000 people have had to flee their homes in China due to severe flooding in the central province of Hunan. Around 70 houses were destroyed, more than 2,000 were damaged and acres of farmland was flooded, according to a report from the Associated Press news agency. No deaths have been reported so far.
More from AP here.