Israel-Palestine, Sri Lanka, Egypt.
Today's three stories you should know.
Israel-Palestine
A Palestinian teenager has died after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, making him the fourth Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers in two days. Mohammed Zakarneh, 17, was shot dead by troops looking for relatives of Raad Hazem, a Palestinian who last week killed three Israeli civilians at a bar in Tel Aviv before being shot dead by police. The army demanded that Hazem’s father hand himself in before the army demolished the family home as punishment for his son’s crime. House demolitions are a tactic that rights groups say amount to collective punishment, which is considered a war crime under the Geneva Conventions.
More from The New Arab here.
Sri Lanka
As protests continue over Sri Lanka’s economic freefall, doctors have warned the health system is on the verge of crumbling with hospitals struggling to source vital medicine and keep the power on amid constant blackouts. “All Sri Lankan hospitals are on the verge of collapse,” Dr Senal Fernando, secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association, told Al Jazeera. “The situation will deteriorate in the next two weeks and people will start dying if action is not taken now.”
More from Al Jazeera here.
Egypt
The family of prominent Egyptian economist Ayman Hadhoud, who was a member of the opposition Reform and Development Party, is demanding answers after being told he died in a psychiatric hospital two months after they say he went missing. The official accounts appear to contradict each other, fuelling suspicion. Rights groups often slam Egypt’s human rights record and say enforced disappearances are common.
More from Middle East Eye here.