Israel-Palestine, Philippines, Cameroon.

Today's three stories you should know.

Nov 06, 2023

Israel-Palestine

A horrible landmark has been reached in Gaza. More than 10,000 Palestinians have now been killed in Israel’s bombardment of the tiny Palestinian enclave, according to the Gaza health ministry . To contextualize it a little: that’s one in every 250 people in Gaza dead in little over a month. The ministry said that 4,104 of the dead were children and 2,642 were women. It also said that 25,408 people have been wounded. “I’m not sure I have the words that will do any justice to what’s been happening or to the suffering or to the grief or to the heartache of mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters and friends and fiancés and husbands and wives,” Juliette Touma, spokesperson for the United Nations' Palestinian refugee agency, said today.

Philippines

A radio journalist has been shot dead live on air in the Philippines prompting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to personally order an investigation, local media reported. Juan Jumalon, also known as DJ Johnny Walker, was killed while broadcasting from his home in a murder that was also captured on a Facebook livestream. The Philippines is one of the world’s most dangerous countries for journalists, but police have not said whether his killing was related to his journalism.

Cameroon

At least 20 people have been killed in an overnight attack by separatist rebels on a village in southwestern Cameroon, according to officials. The village was also set ablaze. An underreported conflict has been raging in Cameroon since 2017 when two separatist groups from the country’s English-speaking regions took up arms against the government in the primarily French-speaking country. At least 6,000 people are estimated to have been killed and more than a million forced from their homes.